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Then he said to them, “If you agree[a] that I may bury my dead,[b] then hear me out.[c] Ask[d] Ephron the son of Zohar

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:8 tn Heb “If it is with your purpose.” The Hebrew noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) here has the nuance “purpose” or perhaps “desire” (see BDB 661 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ).
  2. Genesis 23:8 tn Heb “bury my dead out of my sight.” The last phrase “out of my sight” has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  3. Genesis 23:8 tn Or “hear me.”
  4. Genesis 23:8 tn Heb “intercede for me with.”