And he communed 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 Ephron the son of Zohar,
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Et il leur parla ainsi: Si vous permettez que j'enterre mon mort et que je l'ôte de devant mes yeux, écoutez-moi, et priez pour moi Ephron, fils de Tsochar,
KJV
And he communed 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 Ephron the son of Zohar,
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
and the right to receive tithes. Now Abraham bought from Ephron a double cave for a burying-place ( Gn. 23:8, sqq.), and Jacob bought from Esau the right of the first-born ( Gn. 25:31, sqq.). Again the right of patronage is transferred with the property sold, and is granted "in f…
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