Read Genesis 23:1-20 (Contemporary English Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Genesis 23.1-20, Genesis 23v1-20, Gen. 23:1-20. he went to the Hittites and said, “I live as a foreigner in your land, and I don't own any property where I can bury my wife. Please let me buy…
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3 he went to the Hittites and said,
4 “I live as a foreigner in your land, and I don't own any property where I can bury my wife. Please let me buy a piece of land.”
7 Abraham bowed down
8 and replied, “If you are willing to let me bury my wife here, please ask Zohar's son Ephron
9 to sell me Machpelah Cave at the end of his field. I'll pay what it's worth, and all of you can be witnesses.”
10 Ephron was sitting there near the city gate, when Abraham made this request, and he answered,
11 “Sir, the whole field, including the cave, is yours. With my own people as witnesses, I freely give it to you as a burial place for your dead.”
12 Once again, Abraham bowed down
13 and said to Ephron, “In front of these witnesses, I offer you the full price, so I can bury my wife. Please accept my offer.”
19 So Abraham buried his wife Sarah in Machpelah Cave that was in the field
20 he had bought from the Hittites.
Le prix du pardon La Genèse rapporte le premier sacrifice de la Bible : Dieu lui-même habille Adam et Ève de vêtements de peau (Genèse 3:21). Pour couvrir leur honte, un animal a dû mourir. Dès le début, le pardon a un prix, et c'est Dieu qui le paie.
Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph