Genesis 23:11

“No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell ¹  you both the field and the cave that is in it. ²  In the presence of my people ³  I sell it to you. Bury your dead.”

Ge 23:6; Ge 23:18; Nu 35:30; De 17:6; De 19:15; Ru 4:1,4,9,11; 2Sa 24:20-24; 1Ch 21:22-24; Isa 32:8; Jer 32:7-12; Lu 19:24

¹ 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.

² 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.

³ tn Heb “in the presence of the sons of my people.”