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Genesis 23:9Gen.23.9

That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which [is] in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

KJV

Hebrew original

וְ/יִתֶּן לִ֗/י אֶת מְעָרַ֤ת הַ/מַּכְפֵּלָה֙ אֲשֶׁר ל֔/וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּ/קְצֵ֣ה שָׂדֵ֑/הוּ בְּ/כֶ֨סֶף מָלֵ֜א יִתְּנֶ֥/נָּה לִ֛/י בְּ/תוֹכְ/כֶ֖ם לַ/אֲחֻזַּת קָֽבֶר

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

de me céder la caverne de Macpéla, qui lui appartient, à l'extrémité de son champ, de me la céder contre sa valeur en argent, afin qu'elle me serve de possession sépulcrale au milieu de vous.

KJV

That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which [is] in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    De Posteritate Caini

    ωνται. ἡ δὲ τῷ καλῷ συνεζευγμένη διαφερόντων ταῖς ἀρεταῖς ἔλαχεν οἰκητόρων, οὓς τὸ διπλοῦν σπήλαιον (Gen. 23, 9) ζυγάδην κεχώρηκεν, Ἀβραὰμ 1. 2 Ἡλιούπολιν U 2 ὁ ἥλιος Cohn νύκτωρ conicio 4 alterum τὰ om. U 4. 5 παραλαμβάνεσθαι Max. 6 ὃς Max.: ὃ ὡς U 7 πολὺν U 8 προφαίνεσθαι Max.:…
  • Philo Judaeus

    De Somniis (lib. i-ii)

    ίδων ἀνάμεστον ἐκνίψασθαι καὶ ἀπολούσασθαι βίον. ταύτης ἐστὶ τῆς συγγενείας καὶ τὸ διπλοῦν σπήλαιον (Gen. 23, 9), αἱ διπλαῖ καὶ περιμάχητοι γνῶμαι, ἥ τε περὶ τοῦ γεγονότος καὶ ἡ περὶ τοῦ πεποιηκότος, αἷς ἐντρέφεται ὁ ἀστεῖος, θεωρῶν μὲν τὰ ἐν κόσμῳ, φιλοπευστῶν δὲ καὶ περὶ τοῦ γε…

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