Génesis 23:8

8 y habló con ellos, diciendo: Si es vuestra voluntad que yo sepulte a mi difunta apartándola de delante de mí, oídme e interceded por mí con Efrón, hijo de Zohar,

Génesis 23:8 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 23:8

And he communed with them
Entered into a discourse and conversation with them upon the above subject: saying, if it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight;
that is, in some place belonging to them, otherwise they could have no objection to the burying of his wife anywhere else: if now what they had said were not spoken in a complaisant way, but it was their real mind and will, and they were sincere and hearty in it, and very desirous of obliging him with a place among them for the interment of his dead; then he had this favour to ask of them: hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar;
a principal man among the Hittites, who had a field and a cave in it, near where Abraham dwelt, and very convenient for him, and for this purpose of his now under consideration: this man seems to be present at this time, as appears from ( Genesis 23:10 ) ; but Abraham did not think fit to address him himself, lest he should not so well and so easily succeed; and therefore entreats the princes of Heth to unite in a request to Ephron for the favour after mentioned, which he supposed they would not be backward to, if they were hearty in this affair; and, if Ephron was present, as he seems to be, it was a very handsome, honourable, and modest address to him through his brethren, which he could not with any politeness well withstand. The request follows:

Génesis 23:8 In-Context

6 Oyenos, señor nuestro: eres un príncipe poderoso entre nosotros; sepulta a tu difunta en el mejor de nuestros sepulcros, pues ninguno de nosotros te negará su sepulcro para que sepultes a tu difunta.

7 Abraham se levantó e hizo una reverencia al pueblo de aquella tierra, los hijos de Het,

8 y habló con ellos, diciendo: Si es vuestra voluntad que yo sepulte a mi difunta apartándola de delante de mí, oídme e interceded por mí con Efrón, hijo de Zohar,

9 para que me dé la cueva de Macpela que le pertenece, que está al extremo de su campo. Que en presencia de vosotros me la dé por un precio justo en posesión para una sepultura.

10 Efrón estaba sentado entre los hijos de Het; y Efrón heteo respondió a Abraham a oídos de los hijos de Het y de todos los que entraban por la puerta de su ciudad, diciendo: