Genesis 23:8 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 23:8

“If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

BSB

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ASV

And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

KJV

And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Entreat for me to Ephron - Abraham had already seen the cave and field, and finding to whom they belonged, and that they would answer his purpose, came to the gate of Hebron, where the elders of the people sat to administer justice, etc., and where bargains and sales were made and witnessed, and having addressed himself to the elders, among whom Ephron was, though it appears he was not personally known to Abraham, he begged them to use their influence with the owner of the cave and field to sell it to him, that it might serve him and his family for a place of sepulture.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר	vay.da.Ber	and he spoke	H1696 →
אִתָּ֖ם	'i.Tam	with them	H854 →
לֵאמֹ֑ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
יֵ֣שׁ	yesh	there	H3426 →
אֶֽת־	'et-	with	H854 →
נַפְשְׁכֶ֗ם	naf.she.Khem	desire your	H5315 →
לִקְבֹּ֤ר	lik.Bor	to bury	H6912 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מֵתִי֙	me.Ti	dead my	H4191 →
מִלְּפָנַ֔י	mi.le.fa.Nai	from to before me	H6440 →
שְׁמָע֕וּנִי	she.ma.'U.ni	listen to me	H8085 →
וּפִגְעוּ־	u.fig.'u-	and entreat	H6293 →
לִ֖י	li	for <the> me
בְּעֶפְר֥וֹן	be.'ef.Ron	<in> Ephron	H6085 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
צֹֽחַר׃	Tzo.char	Zohar	H6714 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 7:26
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 1 Peter 2:22
  “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
- Hebrews 4:14–15
  Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
- 1 John 2:2
  He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
- Hebrews 8:1
  The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
Through
Genesis 25:9
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
leads to
- Genesis 50:13
  They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
- Genesis 35:29
  Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
- Genesis 21:9–10
  But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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