Chuàngshìjì 23:11

11 Bú rán , wǒ zhǔ qǐng tīng . wǒ sòng gĕi nǐ zhè kuaì tián , lián tiánjiān de dòng yĕ sòng gĕi nǐ , zaì wǒ tóng zú de rén miànqián dōu gĕi nǐ , kĕyǐ máizàng nǐde sǐ rén .

Chuàngshìjì 23:11 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 23:11

Nay, my lord, hear me
Or not so, my lord, as Aben Ezra paraphrases it; not that he denied his request entirely, or refused him the cave at any rate, but that he should not buy it of him, he would give it to him, and therefore he desires he would hear what he had to say further: the field give I thee, and the cave that [is] therein I give it thee;
which was more than Abraham asked to purchase; he only desired to have the cave, which lay in one corner of the field, but Ephron proposes both to give him the cave, and the field also: in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee;
both field and cave; three times he says, "I give it thee", to show that he freely gave it, and that Abraham was welcome to it, and for the confirmation of the grant: bury thy dead;
in the cave, at once, immediately, without any more ado.

Chuàngshìjì 23:11 In-Context

9 Bǎ tián tóu shǎng nà Maìbǐlā dòng gĕi wǒ . tā kĕyǐ àn zhe zú jià maì gĕi wǒ , zuò wǒ zaì nǐmen zhōngjiān de fùndì .
10 Dāngshí Yǐfúlún zhēng zuò zaì Hèrén zhōngjiān . yúshì , Hèrén Yǐfúlún zaì chéng mén chūrù de Hèrén miànqián duì Yàbólāhǎn shuō ,
11 Bú rán , wǒ zhǔ qǐng tīng . wǒ sòng gĕi nǐ zhè kuaì tián , lián tiánjiān de dòng yĕ sòng gĕi nǐ , zaì wǒ tóng zú de rén miànqián dōu gĕi nǐ , kĕyǐ máizàng nǐde sǐ rén .
12 Yàbólāhǎn jiù zaì nà dì de rénmín miànqián xià baì ,
13 Zaì tāmen miànqián duì Yǐfúlún shuō , nǐ ruò yīngyún , qǐng tīng wǒde huà . wǒ yào bǎ tián jià gĕi nǐ , qiú nǐ shōu xià , wǒ jiù zaì nàli máizàng wǒde sǐ rén .
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