1La vita di Sara fu di centoventisette anni. Tanti furono gli anni della sua vita.2Sara morì a Chiriat-Arba, che è Ebron, nel paese di Canaan, e Abraamo venne a far lutto per Sara e a piangerla.3Poi Abraamo si alzò, si allontanò dalla salma e parlò ai figli di Chet dicendo:4«Io sono straniero e di passaggio tra di voi; datemi la proprietà di una tomba in mezzo a voi per seppellire la salma e toglierla dalla mia vista».5I figli di Chet risposero ad Abraamo:6«Ascoltaci, signore! Tu sei un principe di Dio in mezzo a noi; seppellisci la tua salma nella migliore delle nostre tombe; nessuno di noi ti rifiuterà la sua tomba perché tu ve la seppellisca».7Abraamo si alzò, s’inchinò davanti al popolo del paese, davanti ai figli di Chet,8e parlò loro così: «Se piace a voi che io seppellisca la salma togliendola dalla mia vista, ascoltatemi e intercedete per me presso Efron, figlio di Zoar,9perché mi ceda la grotta di Macpela che è all’estremità del suo campo; me la dia per il suo prezzo intero, come tomba di mia proprietà nel vostro paese».10Or Efron stava seduto in mezzo ai figli di Chet; ed Efron, l’Ittita, rispose ad Abraamo in presenza dei figli di Chet, di tutti quelli che entravano per la porta della sua città:11«No, mio signore, ascoltami! Io ti do il campo e ti do la grotta che vi si trova; te ne faccio dono in presenza dei figli del mio popolo; seppellisci la salma».12Allora Abraamo s’inchinò davanti al popolo del paese13e, in presenza del popolo del paese, disse a Efron: «Ti prego, ascoltami! Ti darò il prezzo del campo, accettalo da me, e io seppellirò lì la salma».14Efron rispose ad Abraamo:15«Signor mio, ascoltami! Un pezzo di terreno di quattrocento sicli d’argento, che cos’è tra me e te? Seppellisci dunque la salma».16Abraamo diede ascolto a Efron e gli pesò il prezzo che egli aveva detto in presenza dei figli di Chet: quattrocento sicli d’argento, di buona moneta corrente sul mercato.17Così il campo di Efron, che era a Macpela di fronte a Mamre, il campo con la grotta che vi si trovava, tutti gli alberi che erano nel campo e in tutti i confini all’intorno,18furono assicurati come proprietà di Abraamo, in presenza dei figli di Chet e di tutti quelli che entravano per la porta della città di Efron.19Subito dopo, Abraamo seppellì sua moglie Sara nella grotta del campo di Macpela di fronte a Mamre, cioè Ebron, nel paese di Canaan.20Il campo e la grotta che vi si trova furono assicurati ad Abraamo, dai figli di Chet, come sepolcro di sua proprietà.
1Und die Lebenszeit Saras betrug 127 Jahre; ⟨das waren⟩ die Lebensjahre Saras.2Und Sara starb zu Kirjat-Arba, das ist Hebron, im Land Kanaan. Und Abraham ging hin, um über Sara zu klagen und sie zu beweinen. (Gen 13,18; Gen 24,67; Gen 50,1; Nu 20,29; 1Sam 25,1)3Dann stand Abraham auf ⟨und ging⟩ weg von seiner Toten und redete zu den Söhnen Het: (Gen 10,15)4Ein Fremder und Beisasse[1] bin ich bei euch. Gebt mir ein Erbbegräbnis[2] bei euch, dass ich meine Tote von meinem Angesicht hinweg⟨bringe und⟩ begrabe! (Gen 17,8; 1Cr 29,15; At 7,5; Eb 11,9)5Da antworteten die Söhne Het dem Abraham und sagten zu ihm:6Höre uns an, mein Herr! Du bist ein Fürst Gottes unter uns, begrabe deine Tote in dem auserlesensten unserer Gräber! Keiner von uns wird dir sein Grab verweigern, deine Tote zu begraben.7Da erhob sich Abraham und verneigte sich vor dem Volk des Landes, vor den Söhnen Het.8Und er redete zu ihnen und sagte: Wenn es euer Wille ist, dass ich meine Tote begrabe von meinem Angesicht hinweg, so hört mich an und legt Fürsprache für mich ein bei Efron, dem Sohn Zohars,9dass er mir die Höhle Machpela gibt, die ihm gehört, die am Ende seines Feldes ⟨liegt⟩; zum vollen Kaufpreis[3] gebe er sie mir zu einem Erbbegräbnis[4] in eurer Mitte! (Gen 25,10; Gen 49,29; Gen 50,13; 1Cr 21,22; At 7,16)10Efron aber saß[5] mitten unter den Söhnen Het. Und Efron, der Hetiter, antwortete dem Abraham vor den Ohren der Söhne Het, vor allen, die ins Tor seiner Stadt gekommen waren, und sagte: (Gen 34,24)11Nein, mein Herr, höre mir zu! Das Feld schenke[6] ich dir; und die Höhle, die darauf ist, dir schenke[7] ich sie; vor den Augen der Kinder meines Volkes schenke[8] ich sie dir. Begrabe deine Tote! (Ru 4,4)12Da verneigte sich Abraham vor dem Volk des Landes;13und er redete zu Efron vor den Ohren des Volkes des Landes und sagte: Ach, wenn du doch auf mich hören wolltest! Ich gebe ⟨dir⟩ den Kaufpreis[9] des Feldes. Nimm ihn von mir an, dass ich meine Tote dort begraben kann!14Da antwortete Efron dem Abraham und sagte zu ihm:15Mein Herr, höre mich an! Ein Land von vierhundert Schekel Silber, was ist das zwischen mir und dir? So begrabe deine Tote! (Gen 33,19)16Und Abraham hörte auf Efron; und Abraham wog dem Efron das Geld[10] dar, von dem er vor den Ohren der Söhne Het geredet hatte, vierhundert Schekel Silber, wie es beim Händler gängig ist. (2Sam 24,24; Ger 32,9)17So fiel das Feld Efrons, das bei Machpela gegenüber von[11] Mamre ⟨liegt⟩, das Feld und die Höhle, die darauf war, und alle Bäume auf dem Feld innerhalb seiner ganzen Grenze ringsum18als Besitz an Abraham vor den Augen der Söhne Het, vor allen, die ins Tor seiner Stadt gekommen waren. (Gen 34,24)19Und danach begrub Abraham seine Frau Sara in der Höhle des Feldes von Machpela, gegenüber von Mamre, das ist Hebron, im Land Kanaan. (Gen 25,9)20So fiel das Feld und die Höhle, die darauf war, von den Söhnen Het an Abraham als Erbbegräbnis[12]. (Gen 25,10; Gen 49,29; Gen 50,13; At 7,16)
1Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.2And 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. (Gen 23,19; Gen 35,27; Gios 14,15; Giudic 1,10)3And 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.” (Gen 17,8; 1Cr 29,15; Sal 105,12; At 7,5; Eb 11,9; Eb 11,13)5The 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.”7Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites, the people of the land.8And 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,9that 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.”10Now 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, (Gen 34,20; Gen 34,24; Ru 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.”12Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.13And 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.”14Ephron 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.” (Eso 30,13; Ez 45,12)16Abraham 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. (1Cr 21,25; Ger 32,9; Zac 11,12)17So 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 (Gen 25,9; Gen 49,29; Gen 50,13)18to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the Hittites, 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 east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.20The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as property for a burying place by the Hittites. (Ru 4,7; Ger 32,10)
Genesi 23
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1And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.2And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,6Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.8And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,9That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.10And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,11Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.12And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.13And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it , I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,15My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.17And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure18Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.20And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.