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¹Sara'nın ömrü yüz yirmi yedi yıl oldu.

²Sara, Kenan diyarındaki havzada yer alan Arbok kentinde (yani Hebron'da) öldü; İbrahim de Sara için dövünerek ağıt yakmaya ve yas tutmaya geldi.

³İbrahim ölüsünün başından ayağa kalktı ve Het oğullarıyla konuşarak şöyle dedi:

⁴"Aranızda yerleşik bir yabancı ve geçici bir misafirim; ölümü benden uzağa gömebilmem için bana aranızda bir mezar mülkiyeti verin."

⁵Het oğulları İbrahim'e şöyle cevap verdiler:

⁶"Bizi dinle efendimiz; sen aramızda Tanrı katından bir kralsın. Ölünü en seçkin mezarlarımıza göm; çünkü hiçbirimiz ölünü oraya gömmen için kendi mezarını senden asla esirgemeyecektir."

⁷Bunun üzerine İbrahim ayağa kalktı ve o diyarın halkı olan Het oğullarının önünde saygıyla eğildi

⁸ve onlarla konuşarak şöyle dedi: "Eğer ölümü gözümün önünden kaldırıp gömmek canınızda varsa, beni dinleyin ve benim için Saar oğlu Efron ile konuşun;

⁹tarlasının sınırında bulunan kendisine ait çifte mağarayı bana versin; aranızda bir mezar mülkiyetine sahip olmam için, değerindeki gümüş bedeli karşılığında onu bana versin."

¹⁰Efron ise Het oğullarının ortasında oturuyordu. Hititli Efron, Het oğullarının ve kente giren herkesin işiteceği şekilde İbrahim'e cevap vererek şöyle dedi:

¹¹"Benden yana ol efendim ve beni dinle! Tarlayı da içindeki mağarayı da sana veriyorum; bütün yurttaşlarımın huzurunda onu sana verdim, ölünü göm."

¹²İbrahim diyarın halkı önünde saygıyla eğildi

¹³ve diyarın halkının huzurunda Efron'un kulaklarına işittirecek şekilde şöyle dedi: "Madem benden yanasın, lütfen beni dinle. Tarlanın gümüş bedelini benden al, ben de ölümü oraya gömeyim."

¹⁴Efron İbrahim'e şöyle cevap verdi:

¹⁵"Hayır efendim, beni dinle; dört yüz gümüş didrahmi değerindeki bir toprak, seninle benim aramda lafı edilecek bir şey midir? Sen ölünü göm."

¹⁶İbrahim Efron'un sözüne uydu ve Het oğullarının kulakları önünde belirttiği miktarı, tüccarlar arasında geçerli olan dört yüz gümüş didrahmiyi Efron'a tartıp ödedi.

¹⁷Böylece Efron'un Mamre'nin karşısındaki çifte mağarada bulunan tarlası; tarla, içindeki mağara ve tarlanın sınırları içindeki bütün ağaçlar, çevresiyle birlikte,

¹⁸Het oğullarının ve kente giren herkesin gözü önünde mülk olarak İbrahim'e geçti.

¹⁹Bundan sonra İbrahim, karısı Sara'yı Kenan diyarında, Mamre'nin (yani Hebron'un) karşısındaki tarlada bulunan çifte mağaraya gömdü.

²⁰Böylece tarla ve içindeki mağara, Het oğulları tarafından bir mezar mülkiyeti olarak İbrahim adına hukuken kesinleşti.

¹ΕΓΕΝΕΤΟ δὲ ἡ ζωὴ Σάρρας ἔτη ἑκατὸν εἰκοσιεπτά.

²καὶ ἀπέθανε Σάρρα ἐν πόλει ᾿Αρβόκ, ἥ ἐστιν ἐν τῷ κοιλώματι (αὕτη ἐστὶ Χεβρών) ἐν τῇ γῇ Χαναάν. ἦλθε δὲ ῾Αβραὰμ κόψασθαι Σάρραν καὶ πενθῆσαι.

³καὶ ἀνέστη ῾Αβραὰμ ἀπὸ τοῦ νεκροῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν ῾Αβραὰμ τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῦ Χὲτ λέγων·

⁴πάροικος καὶ παρεπίδημος ἐγώ εἰμι μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν· δότε μοι οὖν κτῆσιν τάφου μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν, καὶ θάψω τὸν νεκρόν μου ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ.

⁵ἀπεκρίθησαν δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ Χὲτ πρὸς ῾Αβραὰμ λέγοντες· μὴ κύριε·

⁶ἄκουσον δὲ ἡμῶν. βασιλεὺς παρὰ Θεοῦ σὺ εἶ ἐν ἡμῖν· ἐν τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς μνημείοις ἡμῶν θάψον τὸν νεκρόν σου· οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐ μὴ κωλύσει τὸ μνημεῖον αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ σοῦ τοῦ θάψαι τὸν νεκρόν σου ἐκεῖ.

⁷ἀναστὰς δὲ ῾Αβραὰμ προσεκύνησε τῷ λαῷ τῆς γῆς, τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῦ Χέτ,

⁸καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸς αὐτοὺς ῾Αβραὰμ λέγων· εἰ ἔχετε τῇ ψυχῇ ὑμῶν, ὥστε θάψαι τὸν νεκρόν μου ἀπὸ προσώπου μου, ἀκούσατέ μου καὶ λαλήσατε περὶ ἐμοῦ Ἐφρὼν τῷ τοῦ Σαάρ,

⁹καὶ δότω μοι τὸ σπήλαιον τὸ διπλοῦν, ὅ ἐστιν αὐτῷ, τὸ ὂν ἐν μέρει τοῦ ἀγροῦ αὐτοῦ· ἀργυρίου τοῦ ἀξίου δότω μοι αὐτὸ ἐν ὑμῖν εἰς κτῆσιν μνημείου.

¹⁰᾿Εφρὼν δὲ ἐκάθητο ἐν μέσῳ τῶν υἱῶν Χέτ· ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ᾿Εφρὼν ὁ Χετταῖος πρὸς ῾Αβραὰμ εἶπεν, ἀκουόντων τῶν υἱῶν Χὲτ καὶ τῶν εἰσπορευομένων εἰς τὴν πόλιν πάντων, λέγων·

¹¹παρ᾿ ἐμοὶ γενοῦ, κύριε, καὶ ἄκουσόν μου· τὸν ἀγρὸν καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ σοὶ δίδωμι· ἐναντίον πάντων τῶν πολιτῶν μου δέδωκά σοι· θάψον τὸν νεκρόν σου·

¹²καὶ προσεκύνησεν ῾Αβραὰμ ἐναντίον τοῦ λαοῦ τῆς γῆς

¹³καὶ εἶπε τῷ ᾿Εφρὼν εἰς τὰ ὦτα ἐναντίον τοῦ λαοῦ τῆς γῆς· ἐπειδὴ πρὸς ἐμοῦ εἶ, ἄκουσόν μου· τὸ ἀργύριον τοῦ ἀγροῦ λάβε παρ᾿ ἐμοῦ, καὶ θάψω τὸν νεκρόν μου ἐκεῖ.

¹⁴ἀπεκρίθη δὲ ᾿Εφρὼν τῷ ᾿Αβραὰμ λέγων·

¹⁵οὐχὶ κύριε, ἀκήκοα γάρ, γῆ τετρακοσίων διδράχμων ἀργυρίου, ἀλλὰ τί ἂν εἴη τοῦτο ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ; σὺ δὲ τὸν νεκρόν σου θάψον.

¹⁶καὶ ἤκουσεν ῾Αβραὰμ τοῦ ᾿Εφρών, καὶ ἀποκατέστησεν ῾Αβραὰμ τῷ ᾿Εφρὼν τὸ ἀργύριον, ὃ ἐλάλησεν εἰς τὰ ὦτα τῶν υἱῶν Χέτ, τετρακόσια δίδραχμα ἀργυρίου δοκίμου ἐμπόροις.

¹⁷καὶ ἔστη ὁ ἀγρὸς ᾿Εφρών, ὃς ἦν ἐν τῷ διπλῷ σπηλαίῳ, ὅς ἐστι κατὰ πρόσωπον Μαμβρῆ, ὁ ἀγρὸς καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον, ὃ ἦν ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ πᾶν δένδρον, ὃ ἦν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, καὶ πᾶν ὅ ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτοῦ κύκλῳ,

¹⁸τῷ ῾Αβραάμ, εἰς κτῆσιν ἐναντίον τῶν υἱῶν Χὲτ καὶ πάντων τῶν εἰσπορευομένων εἰς τὴν πόλιν.

¹⁹μετὰ ταῦτα ἔθαψεν ῾Αβραὰμ Σάρραν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ τοῦ ἀγροῦ τῷ διπλῷ, ὅ ἐστιν ἀπέναντι Μαμβρῆ (αὕτη ἐστὶ Χεβρών) ἐν τῇ γῇ Χαναάν.

²⁰καὶ ἐκυρώθη ὁ ἀγρὸς καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον, ὃ ἦν ἐν αὐτῷ, τῷ ῾Αβραὰμ εἰς κτῆσιν τάφου παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Χέτ.

¹AND the life of Sarrha was an hundred and twenty-seven years.

²And Sarrha died in the city of Arboc, which is in the valley, this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan; and Abraam came to lament for Sarrha and to mourn.

³And Abraam stood up from before his dead; and Abraam spoke to the sons of Chet, saying,

⁴I am a sojourner and a stranger among you, give me therefore possession of a burying-place among you, and I will bury my dead away from me.

⁵And the sons of Chet answered to Abraam, saying, Not so, Sir,

⁶but hear us; thou art in the midst of us a king from God; bury thy dead in our choice sepulchres, for not one of us will by any means withhold his sepulchre from thee, so that thou shouldest not bury thy dead there.

⁷And Abraam rose up and did obeisance to the people of the land, to the sons of Chet.

⁸And Abraam spoke to them, saying, If ye have it in your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hearken to me, and speak for me to Ephron the son of Saar.

⁹And let him give me the double cave which he has, which is in a part of his field, let him give it me for the money it is worth for possession of a burying-place among you.

¹⁰Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Chet, and Ephron the Chettite answered Abraam and spoke in the hearing of the sons of Chet, and of all who entered the city, saying,

¹¹Attend to me, my lord, and hear me, I give to thee the field and the cave which is in it; I have given it thee before all my countrymen; bury thy dead.

¹²And Abraam did obeisance before the people of the land.

¹³And he said in the ears of Ephron before the people of the land, Since thou art on my side, hear me; take the price of the field from me, and I will bury my dead there.

¹⁴But Ephron answered Abraam, saying,

¹⁵Nay, my lord, I have heard indeed, the land [is worth] four hundred silver didrachmas, but what can this be between me and thee? nay, do thou bury thy dead.

¹⁶And Abraam hearkened to Ephron, and Abraam rendered to Ephron the money, which he mentioned in the ears of the sons of Chet, four hundred didrachmas of silver approved with merchants.

¹⁷And the field of Ephron, which was in Double Cave, which is opposite Mambre, the field and the cave, which was in it, and every tree which was in the field, and whatever is in its borders round about, were made sure

¹⁸to Abraam for a possession, before the sons of Chet, and all that entered into the city.

¹⁹After this Abraam buried Sarrha his wife in the Double Cave of the field, which is opposite Mambre, this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan.

²⁰So the field and the cave which was in it were made sure to Abraam for possession of a burying place, by the sons of Chet.