And the life of Sarah was one hundred and twenty-seven years.
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Rahlfs Septuagint
Genesis 23
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ἀπέθανεν Σαρρα ἐν πόλει Αρβοκ ἥ ἐστιν ἐν τῷ κοιλώματι αὕτη ἐστὶν Χεβρων ἐν γῇ Χανααν ἦλθεν δὲ Αβρααμ κόψασθαι Σαρραν καὶ πενθῆσαι
And Sarah died in the city of Arbok, which is in the hollow, this is Hebron, in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn Sarah and to lament her.
And Abraham rose from his dead and said to the sons of Heth, saying
καὶ παρεπίδημος ἐγώ εἰμι μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν δότε οὖν μοι κτῆσιν τάφου μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν καὶ θάψω τὸν νεκρόν μου ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ
I am a sojourner and resident alien among you; therefore give me a burial possession among you, and I will bury my dead from before me.
And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying:
κύριε ἄκουσον δὲ ἡμῶν βασιλεὺς παρὰ θεοῦ εἶ σὺ ἐν ἡμῖν ἐν τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς μνημείοις ἡμῶν θάψον τὸν νεκρόν σου οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἡμῶν τὸ μνημεῖον αὐτοῦ κωλύσει ἀπὸ σοῦ τοῦ θάψαι τὸν νεκρόν σου ἐκεῖ
No, lord; hear us. You are a king from God among us. In our choicest tombs bury your dead; for none of us will withhold his tomb from you, to bury your dead there.
And Abraham rose and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth.
ἐλάλησεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς Αβρααμ λέγων εἰ ἔχετε τῇ ψυχῇ ὑμῶν ὥστε θάψαι τὸν νεκρόν μου ἀπὸ προσώπου μου ἀκούσατέ μου καὶ λαλήσατε περὶ ἐμοῦ Εφρων τῷ τοῦ Σααρ
And Abraham spoke to them, saying, If it is in your soul that I should bury my dead away from before me, hear me and speak for me to Ephron the son of Zohar.
δότω μοι τὸ σπήλαιον τὸ διπλοῦν ὅ ἐστιν αὐτῷ τὸ ὂν ἐν μέρει τοῦ ἀγροῦ αὐτοῦ ἀργυρίου τοῦ ἀξίου δότω μοι αὐτὸ ἐν ὑμῖν εἰς κτῆσιν μνημείου
and let him give me the double cave which is his, which is in the part of his field; let him give it to me for worth of silver among you, for a possession of a burial place
δὲ ἐκάθητο ἐν μέσῳ τῶν υἱῶν Χετ ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Εφρων ὁ Χετταῖος πρὸς Αβρααμ εἶπεν ἀκουόντων τῶν υἱῶν Χετ καὶ πάντων τῶν εἰσπορευομένων εἰς τὴν πόλιν λέγων
Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, saying in the hearing of the sons of Heth and of all who entered into the city, saying
ἐμοὶ γενοῦ κύριε καὶ ἄκουσόν μου τὸν ἀγρὸν καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ σοι δίδωμι ἐναντίον πάντων τῶν πολιτῶν μου δέδωκά σοι θάψον τὸν νεκρόν σου
Be with me, lord, and hear me; the field and the cave that is in it I give to you, in the presence of all my fellow citizens I have given it to you; bury your dead.
And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
εἶπεν τῷ Εφρων εἰς τὰ ὦτα τοῦ λαοῦ τῆς γῆς ἐπειδὴ πρὸς ἐμοῦ εἶ ἄκουσόν μου τὸ ἀργύριον τοῦ ἀγροῦ λαβὲ παρ᾿ ἐμοῦ καὶ θάψω τὸν νεκρόν μου ἐκεῖ
And he said to Ephron in the ears of the people of the land, Since you are with me, hear me: take the silver of the field from me, and I will bury my dead there.
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying
κύριε ἀκήκοα γῆ τετρακοσίων διδράχμων ἀργυρίου ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ τί ἂν εἴη τοῦτο σὺ δὲ τὸν νεκρόν σου θάψον
No, lord; I have heard: a land of four hundred shekels of silver, between me and you—what would that be? And you, bury your dead.
ἤκουσεν Αβρααμ τοῦ Εφρων καὶ ἀπεκατέστησεν Αβρααμ τῷ Εφρων τὸ ἀργύριον ὃ ἐλάλησεν εἰς τὰ ὦτα τῶν υἱῶν Χετ τετρακόσια δίδραχμα ἀργυρίου δοκίμου ἐμπόροις
And Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham restored to Ephron the silver that he had spoken in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred double-drachmas of approved silver with the merchants
ἔστη ὁ ἀγρὸς Εφρων ὃς ἦν ἐν τῷ διπλῷ σπηλαίῳ ὅς ἐστιν κατὰ πρόσωπον Μαμβρη ὁ ἀγρὸς καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον ὃ ἦν ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ πᾶν δένδρον ὃ ἦν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ ὅ ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτοῦ κύκλῳ
And the field of Ephron, which was in the double cave, which is opposite Mamre, the field and the cave which was in it, and every tree which was in the field, which was within its borders all around, stood confirmed.
to Abraham for possession, before the sons of Heth and all who were entering into the city
ταῦτα ἔθαψεν Αβρααμ Σαρραν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ τοῦ ἀγροῦ τῷ διπλῷ ὅ ἐστιν ἀπέναντι Μαμβρη αὕτη ἐστὶν Χεβρων ἐν τῇ γῇ Χανααν
After these things Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which is opposite Mamre; this is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
And the field and the cave that was in it were confirmed to Abraham for a possession of a tomb from the sons of Heth