Discovery BoxGenesis 50:5 
Context50:5 ‘My father made me swear an oath. He said, 1 “I am about to die. Bury me 2 in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”
Genesis 23:6
Context23:6 “Listen, sir, 3 you are a mighty prince 4 among us! You may bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb to prevent you 5 from burying your dead.”
Genesis 23:11
Context23:11 “No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell 6 you both the field and the cave that is in it. 7 In the presence of my people 8 I sell it to you. Bury your dead.”
Genesis 23:13
Context23:13 and said to Ephron in their hearing, “Hear me, if you will. I pay 9 to you the price 10 of the field. Take it from me so that I may 11 bury my dead there.”
Genesis 50:7
Context50:7 So Joseph went up to bury his father; all Pharaoh’s officials went with him – the senior courtiers 12 of his household, all the senior officials of the land of Egypt,
1 tn Heb “saying.”
2 tn The imperfect verbal form here has the force of a command.
3 tn Heb “Hear us, my lord.”
4 tn Heb “prince of God.” The divine name may be used here as a means of expressing the superlative, “mighty prince.” The word for “prince” probably means “tribal chief” here. See M. H. Gottstein, “Nasi’ ‘elohim (Gen 23:6),” VT 3 (1953) 298-99; and D. W. Thomas, “Consideration of Some Unusual Ways of Expressing the Superlative in Hebrew,” VT 3 (1953) 215-16.
5 tn The phrase “to prevent you” has been added in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6 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.
7 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.
8 tn Heb “in the presence of the sons of my people.”
9 tn Heb “give.”
10 tn Heb “silver.”
11 tn After the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction expresses purpose or result.
12 tn Or “dignitaries”; Heb “elders.”
