Genesis 4:23

4:23 Lamech said to his wives,

“Adah and Zillah! Listen to me!

You wives of Lamech, hear my words!

I have killed a man for wounding me,

a young man ¹  for hurting me.

Genesis 23:11

23:11 “No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell ²  you both the field and the cave that is in it. ³  In the presence of my people ⁴  I sell it to you. Bury your dead.”

Genesis 23:13

23:13 and said to Ephron in their hearing, “Hear me, if you will. I pay ⁵  to you the price ⁶  of the field. Take it from me so that I may ⁷  bury my dead there.”

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¹ tn The Hebrew term יֶלֶד (yeled) probably refers to a youthful warrior here, not a child.

² tn Heb “give.” The perfect tense has here a present nuance; this is a formal, legally binding declaration. Abraham asked only for a burial site/cave within the field; Ephron agrees to sell him the entire field.

³ tn The Hebrew text adds “to you I give [i.e., sell] it.” This is redundant in English and has not been translated for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “in the presence of the sons of my people.”

⁵ tn Heb “give.”

⁶ tn Heb “silver.”

⁷ tn After the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction expresses purpose or result.