Chuàngshìjì 23:8

8 Duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen ruò yǒu yì jiào wǒ máizàng wǒde sǐ rén , shǐ tā bù zaì wǒ yǎnqián , jiù qǐng tīng wǒde huà , wéi wǒ qiú Suǒxiá de érzi Yǐfúlún ,

Chuàngshìjì 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:

Chuàngshìjì 23:8 In-Context

6 Wǒ zhǔ qǐng tīng . nǐ zaì wǒmen zhōngjiān shì yī wèi zūn dà de wáng zǐ , zhǐguǎn zaì wǒmen zuì hǎo de fùndì lǐ máizàng nǐde sǐ rén . wǒmen méiyǒu yī rén bùróng nǐ zaì tāde fùndì lǐ máizàng nǐde sǐ rén .

7 Yàbólāhǎn jiù qǐlai , xiàng nà dì de Hèrén xià baì ,

8 Duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen ruò yǒu yì jiào wǒ máizàng wǒde sǐ rén , shǐ tā bù zaì wǒ yǎnqián , jiù qǐng tīng wǒde huà , wéi wǒ qiú Suǒxiá de érzi Yǐfúlún ,

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 ,