## Genesis Chapter 23

###### Genesis 23:1
[Genesis 23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:1)

וַיִּהְיוּ֙ חַיֵּ֣י שָׂרָ֔ה מֵאָ֥ה שָׁנָ֛ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְשֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֑ים שְׁנֵ֖י חַיֵּ֥י שָׂרָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The lifetime of Sarah consisted of one hundred years, twenty years and seven years. [These were] the years of Sarah’s life.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Sara was a hundred and twenty seven years old: these were the years of Sara’s life.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the life of Sarah was a hundred years and twenty years [(Just as she had not sinned by twenty, sin liability not obtaining until that age, so she had not sinned by one hundred)], and seven years [(She was as beautiful at twenty as she was at seven)], the years of the life of Sarah [All were uniform in goodness.]


###### Genesis 23:2
[Genesis 23:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:2)

וַתָּ֣מׇת שָׂרָ֗ה בְּקִרְיַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֛ע הִ֥וא חֶבְר֖וֹן בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וַיָּבֹא֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם לִסְפֹּ֥ד לְשָׂרָ֖ה וְלִבְכֹּתָֽהּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Sarah died in Kiryas Arba, which is Chevron, in the land of Canaan. Avraham came to eulogize Sarah and to weep for her.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Sara died in Qiryat-arba; that is Ḥevron, in the land of Kena῾an: and Avraham came to mourn for Sara, and to weep for her.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Sarah died in Kiryath Arbah [("the city of the four" — so called either because of the four giants who lived there, or because of the four pairs who are buried there — Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rivkah, Jacob and Leah)], which is Chevron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came [from Beersheva] to eulogize Sarah and to bewail her.


###### Genesis 23:3
[Genesis 23:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:3)

וַיָּ֙קׇם֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם מֵעַ֖ל פְּנֵ֣י מֵת֑וֹ וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶל־בְּנֵי־חֵ֖ת לֵאמֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avraham rose from the presence of his dead, and spoke to the sons of Cheis saying,

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Ḥet, saying,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Abraham arose from before his dead one, and he spoke to the sons of Cheth, saying:


###### Genesis 23:4
[Genesis 23:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:4)

גֵּר־וְתוֹשָׁ֥ב אָנֹכִ֖י עִמָּכֶ֑ם תְּנ֨וּ לִ֤י אֲחֻזַּת־קֶ֙בֶר֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥ה מֵתִ֖י מִלְּפָנָֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
I am a foreigner and a resident among you. Grant me the possession of a grave site with you, so that I may bury my dead from my presence.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I 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.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A stranger [from a different land] and a dweller am I with you. Give me a (land) holding for a burial plot with you so that I may bury my dead one from before me.


###### Genesis 23:5
[Genesis 23:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:5)

וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ בְנֵי־חֵ֛ת אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֥ר לֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The sons of Cheis replied to Avraham saying to him,

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the children of Ḥet answered Avraham, saying to him,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the sons of Cheth answered Abraham, saying to him:


###### Genesis 23:6
[Genesis 23:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:6)

שְׁמָעֵ֣נוּ**׀** אֲדֹנִ֗י נְשִׂ֨יא אֱלֹהִ֤ים אַתָּה֙ בְּתוֹכֵ֔נוּ בְּמִבְחַ֣ר קְבָרֵ֔ינוּ קְבֹ֖ר אֶת־מֵתֶ֑ךָ אִ֣ישׁ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ אֶת־קִבְר֛וֹ לֹֽא־יִכְלֶ֥ה מִמְּךָ֖ מִקְּבֹ֥ר מֵתֶֽךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Hear us my master, you are a prince of God in our midst. Bury your dead in the choicest of our grave sites. No man among us will deny his grave site from you to bury your dead.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall with- hold from thee his tomb, but that thou mayst bury thy dead.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hear us, my lord, you are a prince of G-d in our midst. In the choicest of our plots bury your dead one; none of us will hold back his plot from you from burying your dead one.


###### Genesis 23:7
[Genesis 23:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:7)

וַיָּ֧קׇם אַבְרָהָ֛ם וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ לְעַם־הָאָ֖רֶץ לִבְנֵי־חֵֽת׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Cheis.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Ḥet.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Abraham arose and he prostrated himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Cheth.


###### Genesis 23:8
[Genesis 23:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:8)

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתָּ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־יֵ֣שׁ אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁכֶ֗ם לִקְבֹּ֤ר אֶת־מֵתִי֙ מִלְּפָנַ֔י שְׁמָע֕וּנִי וּפִגְעוּ־לִ֖י בְּעֶפְר֥וֹן בֶּן־צֹֽחַר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avraham spoke to them, saying, If it is really your will that I bury my dead from my presence, listen to me and intercede for me with Ephron, son of Tzochar.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he spoke 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 ῾Efron the son of Żoĥar,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he spoke to them, saying: If it is your will to bury my dead one from before me, hear me and petition Efron the son of Tzochar for me.


###### Genesis 23:9
[Genesis 23:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:9)

וְיִתֶּן־לִ֗י אֶת־מְעָרַ֤ת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה֙ אֲשֶׁר־ל֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּקְצֵ֣ה שָׂדֵ֑הוּ בְּכֶ֨סֶף מָלֵ֜א יִתְּנֶ֥נָּה לִּ֛י בְּתוֹכְכֶ֖ם לַאֲחֻזַּת־קָֽבֶר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Let him give me the Machpeilah [double] cave, which belongs to him, which is at the end of his field. Let him give [sell] it to me for its full value, as a grave site among you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that he may give me the cave of Makhpela, which he has, which is in the end of his field; for the full price he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And let him give me the doubled cave [(so called because it had an upper and a lower story or because it was "doubled with pairs")], which he has, which is at the end of his field. For its full value let him give it (i.e., sell it) to me, in your midst as holding for a burial plot.


###### Genesis 23:10
[Genesis 23:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:10)

וְעֶפְר֥וֹן יֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּת֣וֹךְ בְּנֵי־חֵ֑ת וַיַּ֩עַן֩ עֶפְר֨וֹן הַחִתִּ֤י אֶת־אַבְרָהָם֙ בְּאׇזְנֵ֣י בְנֵי־חֵ֔ת לְכֹ֛ל בָּאֵ֥י שַֽׁעַר־עִיר֖וֹ לֵאמֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Ephron lived in the midst of the sons of Cheis, Ephron the Chitite replied to Avraham in the ears [audience] of the sons of Cheis, for all who came to the city gate, saying,

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And ῾Efron dwelt among the children of Ḥet: and ῾Efron the Ḥitti answered Avraham in the hearing of the children of Ḥet, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Efron was sitting in the midst of the sons of Cheth, [having that day been appointed an officer in consideration of Abraham's being beholden to him]. And Efron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Cheth, for all who had come to the gate of his city [(All had left their work to come to pay respect to Sarah)], saying:


###### Genesis 23:11
[Genesis 23:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:11)

לֹֽא־אֲדֹנִ֣י שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי הַשָּׂדֶה֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לָ֔ךְ וְהַמְּעָרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־בּ֖וֹ לְךָ֣ נְתַתִּ֑יהָ לְעֵינֵ֧י בְנֵי־עַמִּ֛י נְתַתִּ֥יהָ לָּ֖ךְ קְבֹ֥ר מֵתֶֽךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
No, my master, hear me: I have given you the field, and the cave that is in it, I have [also] given to you. Before the eyes of the sons of my people I have given it to you. Bury your dead.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
No, my lord, hear me: the field I give thee, and the cave that is in it, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people I give it thee: bury thy dead.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
No, my lord, [do not pay for it], hear me. The field — I have given it to you; and the cave that is in it, to you have I given it. Before the eyes of the sons of my people have I given it to you — bury your dead one.


###### Genesis 23:12
[Genesis 23:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:12)

וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י עַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avraham bowed to the people of the land.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Abraham prostrated himself before the people of the land.


###### Genesis 23:13
[Genesis 23:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:13)

וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר אֶל־עֶפְר֜וֹן בְּאׇזְנֵ֤י עַם־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אַ֛ךְ אִם־אַתָּ֥ה ל֖וּ שְׁמָעֵ֑נִי נָתַ֜תִּי כֶּ֤סֶף הַשָּׂדֶה֙ קַ֣ח מִמֶּ֔נִּי וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥ה אֶת־מֵתִ֖י שָֽׁמָּה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He spoke to Ephron in the ears [audience] of the people of the land saying, If you will only listen to me. I have given the money for the field. Take it from me and I will bury my dead there.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he spoke to ῾Efron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee the price of the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he spoke to Efron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying: But if you would only hear me. I have set aside the money for the field — take it from me and let me bury my dead one there.


###### Genesis 23:14
[Genesis 23:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:14)

וַיַּ֧עַן עֶפְר֛וֹן אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֥ר לֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Ephron replied to Avraham, saying to him,

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And ῾Efron answered Avraham, saying to him,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Efron answered Abraham, saying to him:


###### Genesis 23:15
[Genesis 23:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:15)

אֲדֹנִ֣י שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי אֶ֩רֶץ֩ אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵאֹ֧ת שֶֽׁקֶל־כֶּ֛סֶף בֵּינִ֥י וּבֵֽינְךָ֖ מַה־הִ֑וא וְאֶת־מֵתְךָ֖ קְבֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
My master, hear me. A land [worth] four hundred silver *shekel*—what is that between me and you? Bury your dead.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My lord, hearken to me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My lord, hear me. Land worth four hundred shekels of silver, between [lovers like] you and me, what is it? [Forget about it] and bury your dead one.


###### Genesis 23:16
[Genesis 23:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:16)

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע אַבְרָהָם֮ אֶל־עֶפְרוֹן֒ וַיִּשְׁקֹ֤ל אַבְרָהָם֙ לְעֶפְרֹ֔ן אֶת־הַכֶּ֕סֶף אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֖ר בְּאׇזְנֵ֣י בְנֵי־חֵ֑ת אַרְבַּ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ שֶׁ֣קֶל כֶּ֔סֶף עֹבֵ֖ר לַסֹּחֵֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avraham listened to Ephron, and Avraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he spoke of in the hearing of the sons of Cheis, four hundred silver shekel, negotiable currency.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avraham hearkened to ῾Efron; and Avraham weighed to ῾Efron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Ḥet, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Abraham hearkened to Efron, and Abraham weighed out to Efron the silver whereof he had spoken in the ears of the sons of Cheth, four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant.


###### Genesis 23:17
[Genesis 23:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:17)

וַיָּ֣קׇם**׀** שְׂדֵ֣ה עֶפְר֗וֹן אֲשֶׁר֙ בַּמַּכְפֵּלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר לִפְנֵ֣י מַמְרֵ֑א הַשָּׂדֶה֙ וְהַמְּעָרָ֣ה אֲשֶׁר־בּ֔וֹ וְכׇל־הָעֵץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּכׇל־גְּבֻל֖וֹ סָבִֽיב׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The field of Ephron was established [as Avraham’s possession], [the field] which was in Machpeilah, facing Mamrei; [this included] the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field that were in the entire circumference of its boundaries.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the field of ῾Efron, which was in Makhpela, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made over

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the field of Efron which was in the Machpelah before Mamre — the field and the cave therein and all the trees in the field in all its boundaries roundabout — was confirmed


###### Genesis 23:18
[Genesis 23:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:18)

לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם לְמִקְנָ֖ה לְעֵינֵ֣י בְנֵי־חֵ֑ת בְּכֹ֖ל בָּאֵ֥י שַֽׁעַר־עִירֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
This became Avraham’s [possession] through a purchase before the eyes of the sons of Cheis, all who had come to the gate of his city.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to Avraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Ḥet, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
to Abraham as an acquisition before the eyes of the sons of Cheth, before all who entered the gate of his city.


###### Genesis 23:19
[Genesis 23:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:19)

וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן֩ קָבַ֨ר אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶת־שָׂרָ֣ה אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ אֶל־מְעָרַ֞ת שְׂדֵ֧ה הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה עַל־פְּנֵ֥י מַמְרֵ֖א הִ֣וא חֶבְר֑וֹן בְּאֶ֖רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
After that Avraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the Machpeilah field, which faces Mamrei, which is Chevron, in the land of Canaan.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And after this, Avraham buried Sara his wife in the cave of the field of Makhpela before Mamre: the same is Ḥevron in the land of Kena῾an.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And after that, Abraham buried Sarah, his wife, in the cave of the field of the Machpelah, before Mamre, which is Chevron in the land of Canaan.


###### Genesis 23:20
[Genesis 23:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/23:20)

וַיָּ֨קׇם הַשָּׂדֶ֜ה וְהַמְּעָרָ֧ה אֲשֶׁר־בּ֛וֹ לְאַבְרָהָ֖ם לַאֲחֻזַּת־קָ֑בֶר מֵאֵ֖ת בְּנֵי־חֵֽת׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The field and its cave was established as Avraham’s possession as a gravesite, by the sons of Cheis.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the field, and the cave that is in it, were made over to Avraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Ḥet.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the field and the cave therein were confirmed to Abraham as a burial holding from the sons of Cheth.