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1사라가 일백이십칠 세를 살았으니 이것이 곧 사라의 향년이라 2사라가 가나안 땅 헤브론 곧 기럇아르바에서 죽으매 아브라함이 들어가서 사라를 위하여 슬퍼하며 애통하다가 3그 시체 앞에서 일어나 나가서 헷족속에게 말하여 가로되 4나는 당신들 중에 나그네요 우거한 자니 청컨대 당신들 중에서 내게 매장지를 주어 소유를 삼아 나로 내 죽은 자를 내어 장사하게 하시오 5헷 족속이 아브라함에게 대답하여 가로되 6내 주여 들으소서 당신은 우리 중 하나님의 방백이시니 우리 묘실 중에서 좋은 것을 택하여 당신의 죽은 자를 장사하소서 우리 중에서 자기 묘실에 당신의 죽은 자 장사함을 금할 자가 없으리이다 7아브라함이 일어나 그 땅 거민 헷 족속을 향하여 몸을 굽히고 8그들에게 말하여 가로되 나로 나의 죽은 자를 내어 장사하게 하는 일이 당신들의 뜻일진대 내 말을 듣고 나를 위하여 소할의 아들 에브론에게 구하여 9그로 그 밭머리에 있는 막벨라 굴을 내게 주게 하되 준가를 받고 그 굴을 내게 주어서 당신들 중에 내 소유 매장지가 되게하기를 원하노라 10때에 에브론이 헷 족속 중에 앉았더니 그가 헷 족속 곧 성문에 들어온 모든 자의 듣는데 아브라함에게 대답하여 가로되 11내 주여 그리 마시고 내 말을 들으소서 내가 그 밭을 당신께 드리고 그 속의 굴도 내가 당신께 드리되 내가 내 동족 앞에서 당신께 드리오니 당신의 죽은 자를 장사하소서 12아브라함이 이에 그 땅 백성을 대하여 몸을 굽히고 13그 땅 백성의 듣는데 에브론에게 말하여 가로되 당신이 합당히 여기면 청컨대 내 말을 들으시오 내가 그 밭값을 당신에게 주리니 당신은 내게서 받으시오 내가 나의 죽은 자를 거기 장사하겠노라 14에브론이 아브라함에게 대답하여 가로되 15내 주여 내게 들으소서 땅값은 은 사백 세겔이나 나와 당신 사이에 어찌 교계하리이까 당신의 죽은 자를 장사하소서 16아브라함이 에브론의 말을 좇아 에브론이 헷 족속의 듣는데서 말한 대로 상고의 통용하는 은 사백 세겔을 달아 에브론에게 주었더니 17마므레 앞 막벨라에 있는 에브론의 밭을 바꾸어 그 속의 굴과 그 사방에 둘린 수목을 다 18성문에 들어온 헷 족속 앞에서 아브라함의 소유로 정한지라 19그 후에 아브라함이 그 아내 사라를 가나안 땅 마므레 앞 막벨라 밭 굴에 장사하였더라(마므레는 곧 헤브론이라) 20이와 같이 그 밭과 그 속의 굴을 헷 족속이 아브라함 소유 매장지로 정하였더라

1Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah’s life. 2Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 3Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying, 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.” 5The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, 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.” 7Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. 8He talked 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, 9that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me among you for a possession of a burying-place.” 10Now 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“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.” 12Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land. 13He 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.” 14Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, 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.” 16Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants’ standard. 17So 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 18to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city. 19After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan. 20The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Heth.

1En het leven van Sara was honderd zeven en twintig jaren; dit waren de jaren des levens van Sara. 2En Sara stierf te Kiriath-Arba, dat is Hebron, in het land Kanaan; en Abraham kwam om Sara te beklagen, en haar te bewenen. 3Daarna stond Abraham op van het aangezicht van zijner dode, en hij sprak tot de zonen Heths, zeggende: 4Ik ben een vreemdeling en inwoner bij u; geef mij een erfbegrafenis bij u, opdat ik mijn dode van voor mijn aangezicht begrave. 5En de zonen Heths antwoordden Abraham, zeggende tot hem: 6Hoor ons, mijn heer! gij zijt een vorst Gods in het midden van ons; begraaf uw dode in de keure onzer graven; niemand van ons zal zijn graf voor u weren, dat gij uw dode niet zoudt begraven. 7Toen stond Abraham op, en boog zich neder voor het volk des lands, voor de zonen Heths; 8En hij sprak met hen, zeggende: Is het met uw wil, dat ik mijn dode begrave van voor mijn aangezicht; zo hoort mij, en spreekt voor mij bij Efron, den zoon van Zohar, 9Dat hij mij geve de spelonk van Machpela, die hij heeft, die in het einde van zijn akker is, dat hij dezelve mij om het volle geld geve, tot een erfbegrafenis in het midden van u. 10Efron nu zat in het midden van de zonen Heths; en Efron de Hethiet antwoordde Abraham, voor de oren van de zonen Heths, van al degenen, die ter poorte zijner stad ingingen, zeggende: 11Neen, mijn heer! hoor mij; den akker geef ik u; ook de spelonk, die daarin is, die geef ik u; voor de ogen van de zonen mijns volks geef ik u die; begraaf uw dode. 12Toen boog zich Abraham neder voor het aangezicht van het volk des lands; 13En hij sprak tot Efron, voor de oren van het volk des lands, zeggende: Trouwens, zijt gij het? lieve, hoor mij; ik zal het geld des akkers geven; neem het van mij, zo zal ik mijn dode aldaar begraven. 14En Efron antwoordde Abraham, zeggende tot hem: 15Mijn heer! hoor mij; een land van vierhonderd sikkelen zilvers, wat is dat tussen mij en tussen u? begraaf slechts uw dode. 16En Abraham luisterde naar Efron; en Abraham woog Efron het geld, waarvan hij gesproken had voor de oren van de zonen Heths, vierhonderd sikkelen zilvers, onder den koopman gangbaar. 17Alzo werd de akker van Efron, die in Machpela was, dat tegenover Mamre lag, de akker en de spelonk, die daarin was, en al het geboomte, dat op den akker stond, dat rondom in zijn ganse landpale was gevestigd, 18Aan Abraham tot een bezitting, voor de ogen van de zonen Heths, bij allen, die tot zijn stadspoort ingingen. 19En daarna begroef Abraham zijn huisvrouw Sara in de spelonk des akkers van Machpela, tegenover Mamre, hetwelk is Hebron, in het land Kanaan. 20Alzo werd die akker, en de spelonk die daarin was, aan Abraham gevestigd tot een erfbegrafenis van de zonen Heths.