Read Genesis 23:1-20 (The Living Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Genesis 23.1-20, Genesis 23v1-20, Gen. 23:1-20. Then, standing beside her body, he said to the men of Heth: “Here I am, a visitor in a foreign land, with no place to bury my wife. Please sell me a piece o…
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3 Then, standing beside her body, he said to the men of Heth:
4 “Here I am, a visitor in a foreign land, with no place to bury my wife. Please sell me a piece of ground for this purpose.”
7 Then Abraham bowed low before them and said,
8 “Since this is your feeling in the matter, be so kind as to ask Ephron, Zohar’s son,
9 to sell me the cave of Mach-pelah, down at the end of his field. I will of course pay the full price for it, whatever is publicly agreed upon, and it will become a permanent cemetery for my family.”
10 Ephron was sitting there among the others, and now he spoke up, answering Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the citizens of the town:
11 “Sir,” he said to Abraham, “please listen to me. I will give you the cave and the field without any charge. Here in the presence of my people, I give it to you free. Go and bury your dead.”
12 Abraham bowed again to the men of Heth,
13 and replied to Ephron, as all listened: “No, let me buy it from you. Let me pay the full price of the field, and then I will bury my dead.”
16 So Abraham paid Ephron the price he had suggested—400 pieces of silver, as publicly agreed.
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