1. Mosebog 23 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

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Abraham køber jord i Kana’an

1 Sara blev 127 år gammel. 2 Hun døde i Kirjat-Arba, det vil sige Hebron, i Kana’ans land, og Abraham græd og sørgede over hendes død. 3 Da han havde rejst sig fra hendes dødsleje, sagde han til de ledende mænd blandt hittitterne: 4 „Jeg bor jo her hos jer som fremmed, men jeg vil gerne have et sted, hvor jeg kan begrave min kone.” 5-6 „Vi har stor respekt for dig,” svarede de, „for du er en rig og mægtig mand. Begrav du blot din kone i et af vores bedste gravsteder. Ingen af os vil nægte dig en gravplads.” 7 Da bøjede Abraham sig ærbødigt ned for dem 8 og sagde: „Hvis I kan acceptere, at jeg steder min kone til hvile i jeres land, vil jeg bede jer om at lægge et godt ord ind for mig hos Efron, Sohars søn. 9 Jeg ønsker at købe Makpela-klippehulen for enden af hans mark. Jeg vil betale den pris han forlanger, og I skal være vidner til vores handel.” 10 Efron, der indtil nu havde siddet tavs blandt de øvrige hittitter, svarede Abraham, så alle de andre ledere, som sad der ved byporten, kunne høre det: 11 „Nej, hør nu her, min herre, jeg vil da forære dig klippehulen—og marken med! De omkringsiddende her skal være vidner på, at jeg giver dig det hele i dag. Gå blot hen og begrav din kone.” 12 Igen bøjede Abraham sig for landets ledende mænd, 13 og i alles påhør sagde han til Efron: „Nej, hør her. Jeg vil betale fuld pris for marken! Tag venligst imod mit tilbud, så jeg kan gå hen og begrave den døde.” 14-15 „Nej, hør nu på mig, min herre,” svarede Efron. „En mark til en værdi af 400 sølvstykker—hvad er det mellem venner? Gå du bare hen og begrav den døde.” 16 Abraham forstod hentydningen og betalte Efron den pris, han havde nævnt i de andres påhør—400 sølvstykker efter standardvægt. 17 Således blev Abraham ejer af Efrons mark i Makpela ved Mamres lund samt klippehulen og alle træerne på marken. 18 Handelen blev afsluttet og bevidnet af alle de ledende hittitter. 19 Så begravede Abraham sin kone, Sara, i klippehulen på Makpela-marken ved Mamres lund, i Hebron i Kana’ans land. 20 Fra da af ejede Abraham marken med klippehulen som gravsted for sin slægt.

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Sarah’s Death and Burial

1 Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. (1.Mos 23,19; 1.Mos 35,27; Josva 14,15; Dom 1,10)

1.Mos 23,191.Mos 35,27Josva 14,15Dom 1,10

3 And Abraham rose up from before his dead and said to the Hittites,^[1] 4 “I am a sojourner and foreigner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.” (1.Mos 17,8; 1.Krøn 29,15; Salm 105,12; Ap G 7,5; Heb 11,9; Heb 11,13)

1.Mos 17,81.Krøn 29,15Salm 105,12Ap G 7,5Heb 11,9Heb 11,13

5 The Hittites answered Abraham, 6 “Hear us, my lord; you are a prince of God^[2] among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb to hinder you from burying your dead.” 7 Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites, the people of the land. 8 And he said to them, “If you are willing that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me and entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar, 9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he owns; it is at the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in your presence as property for a burying place.” 10 Now Ephron was sitting among the Hittites, and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the Hittites, of all who went in at the gate of his city, (1.Mos 34,20; 1.Mos 34,24; Ruth 4,1) 11 “No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the sight of the sons of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.” 12 Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land. 13 And he said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, “But if you will, hear me: I give the price of the field. Accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there.” 14 Ephron answered Abraham, 15 “My lord, listen to me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels^[3] of silver, what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.” (2.Mos 30,13; Ez 45,12) 16 Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants. (1.Krøn 21,25; Jer 32,9; Zak 11,12) 17 So the field of Ephron in Machpelah, which was to the east of Mamre, the field with the cave that was in it and all the trees that were in the field, throughout its whole area, was made over (1.Mos 25,9; 1.Mos 49,29; 1.Mos 50,13) 18 to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the Hittites, before all who went in at the gate of his city. 19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. 20 The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as property for a burying place by the Hittites. (Ruth 4,7; Jer 32,10)