Genesis 23:11 ““No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the c…”

Genesis 23:11

“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

World English Bible

“No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.”

American Standard Version

Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the children of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

Geneva Bible 1599

No, my Lord, heare me: the fielde giue I thee, and the caue, that therein is, I giue it thee: euen in the presence of the sonnes of my people giue I it thee, to bury thy dead.

Darby Translation

No, my lord: hear me. The field give I thee; and the cave that is in it, to thee I give it; before the eyes of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

Young's Literal Translation

'Nay, my lord, hear me: the field I have given to thee, and the cave that [is] in it, to thee I have given it; before the eyes of the sons of my people I have given it to thee — bury thy dead.'

Bible in Basic English

No, my lord, I will give you the field with the hollow in the rock; before all the children of my people will I give it to you for a resting-place for your dead.

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Cross references

“my lord”

Isaiah 32:8 Genesis 23:6 2 Samuel 24:20–24 1 Chronicles 21:22–24

Isaiah 32:8 · BSB

But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.

Genesis 23:6 · BSB

“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”

2 Samuel 24:20–24 · BSB

When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.

1 Chronicles 21:22–24 · BSB

Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”

“in the”

Luke 19:24 Genesis 23:18 Numbers 35:30 Deuteronomy 17:6 Deuteronomy 19:15 Ruth 4:1

Luke 19:24 · BSB

Then he told those standing by, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’

Genesis 23:18 · BSB

to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

Numbers 35:30 · BSB

If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.

Deuteronomy 17:6 · BSB

On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.

Deuteronomy 19:15 · BSB

A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Ruth 4:1 · BSB

Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,

12Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land

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