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1 Sara vivió ciento veintisiete años,
1 Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah’s life.
2 y murió en Quiriat Arbá —la que hoy es la ciudad de Hebrón—, en la tierra de Canaán. Abraham lloró por la muerte de Sara y le guardó luto.
2 Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3 Luego, salió del lugar donde estaba el cadáver de su esposa, y fue a hablar con los hititas. Les dijo:
3 Abraham rose up from before his dead and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,
4 ―Aunque soy un extranjero entre ustedes, les suplico que me vendan un sepulcro en el cual pueda sepultar a mi esposa.
4 “I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
5 Los hititas le contestaron:
5 The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
6 ¡Señor, por favor, escúchenos! Para nosotros usted es un príncipe poderoso. Escoja el mejor de nuestros sepulcros para que sepulte a su esposa. Ninguno de nosotros le negará su sepulcro para que lo haga.
6 “Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead.”
7 Entonces Abraham se inclinó delante de ellos,
7 Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.
8 y les dijo: ―Puesto que tienen la buena voluntad de concedérmelo, díganle a Efrón hijo de Zojar,
8 He talked with them, saying, “If you agree that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
9 que, por favor, me venda la cueva de Macpela, que queda al final de su campo. Por supuesto, le pagaré lo que vale, y la usaré como sepultura para mi familia.
9 that he may sell me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him sell it to me among you as a possession for a burial place.”
10 Efrón el hitita, que estaba sentado entre sus familiares, le contestó a Abraham públicamente delante de ellos y de todos los que entraban a la ciudad:
10 Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
11 ―Señor mío, por favor, escúcheme. Le daré el campo, junto con la cueva que está en él. Todos los que están aquí serán testigos de que se los regalo. Vaya y entierre a su esposa.
11 “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.”
12 Abraham se inclinó nuevamente delante de los habitantes de ese lugar
12 Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
13 y, en presencia de todos, le respondió a Efrón: ―No, por favor, escúcheme usted. Yo insisto en pagarle el valor de la propiedad. Recíbalo, para que yo pueda enterrar allí a mi esposa.
13 He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, “But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there.”
14 Entonces Efrón le respondió:
14 Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
15 ―Bueno, señor mío, la tierra cuesta cuatrocientas monedas de plata. Creo que eso es tan poco que no vamos a discutir por ello. Vaya y entierre a su esposa.
15 “My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead.”
16 Abraham estuvo de acuerdo con Efrón y, delante de los hititas, le entregó las cuatrocientas monedas de plata de las que usaban corrientemente los comerciantes.
16 Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants’ standard.
17 Fue así como Abraham adquirió el campo de Efrón, que estaba en Macpela, cerca de Mamré, junto con la cueva y todos los árboles que había en él.
17 So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded
18 El negocio se hizo en presencia de los hititas y de todos los que entraban a la ciudad.
18 to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
19 Después de esto, Abraham fue y sepultó a su esposa Sara en la cueva del campo de Macpela, al oriente de Mamré, que se conocía también como Hebrón, en Canaán.
19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
20 De ese modo, el campo, junto con la cueva, dejó de pertenecer a los hititas y pasó a ser propiedad de Abraham para sepultura, pues Abraham lo compró.
20 The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham by the children of Heth as a possession for a burial place.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abraham
Called by God, he left home in faith to become the father of a chosen people.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 12–25
Ephron
A Hittite at Hebron, son of Zohar, who sold Abraham the field and cave of Machpelah for four hundred shekels of silver, where Abraham buried Sarah and was himself buried.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 23:8–10; Genesis 23:16; Genesis 25:9
Isaac
The long-promised son, nearly offered on Moriah, through whom the covenant continued.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 21–27
Zohar
A Hittite named only as the father of Ephron, from whom Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 23:8; Genesis 25:9
Places
Hebron
One of the region's oldest cities, holding the patriarchs' burial cave (Machpelah). It was David's first royal capital, over Judah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 23:19; Genesis 13:18; 2 Samuel 5:3
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Genesis 23:19; Genesis 13:18; 1 Chronicles 6:57; Judges 1:10; Genesis 27:41
- 3 Genesis 10:15; Genesis 23:7; Genesis 23:5; Genesis 27:46; 2 Samuel 23:39
- 4 Hebrews 11:9; 1 Chronicles 29:15; Genesis 17:8; Psalm 119:19; Psalm 39:12
- 6 Genesis 24:35; Genesis 14:14; Genesis 44:5; Genesis 13:2; Genesis 32:4–5
- 7 Hebrews 12:14; Romans 12:17–18; Genesis 19:1; Genesis 18:2; Proverbs 18:24
- 8 1 Kings 2:17; Hebrews 7:26; Genesis 25:9; 1 John 2:1–2; Luke 7:3–4
- 9 Romans 12:17; Romans 13:8
- 10 Genesis 34:20; Genesis 34:24; Genesis 23:18; Matthew 9:1; Ruth 4:1–4
- 11 Luke 19:24; Isaiah 32:8; 2 Samuel 24:20–24; Genesis 23:6; Jeremiah 32:7–12
- 12 Genesis 19:1; Genesis 18:2; Genesis 23:7
- 13 Romans 13:8; Genesis 14:22–23; 2 Samuel 24:24; Acts 20:35; Hebrews 13:5
- 15 Ezekiel 45:12; Exodus 30:13; Exodus 30:15
- 16 Jeremiah 32:9; Zechariah 11:12; Exodus 30:13; Romans 13:8; Matthew 7:12
- 17 Genesis 50:13; Genesis 25:9; Genesis 23:20; Acts 7:16; Genesis 49:29–32
- 18 Jeremiah 32:12; Genesis 34:20; Ruth 4:1
- 19 Genesis 49:29–32; Genesis 25:9–10; Genesis 50:25; Genesis 50:13; Genesis 35:27–29
- 20 Jeremiah 32:10–14; Ruth 4:7–10; 2 Kings 21:18; Genesis 50:5; Genesis 25:9
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