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Ge 23:1, 2.
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Ge 23:1, 2.
AGE AND DEATH OF SARAH.
1. Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old, &c.--Sarah is the only woman in Scripture whose age, death, and burial are mentioned, probably to do honor to the venerable mother of the Hebrew people.
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2. 亚伯拉罕为撒拉哀哭，等——他从自己的帐棚来到撒拉的帐棚门前守候。“哀哭”描述他循俗在地上坐了一段时间；“哭”则表明他悲伤的自然倾吐。
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2. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, &c.--He came from his own tent to take his station at the door of Sarah's. The "mourning" describes his conformity to the customary usage of sitting on the ground for a time; while the "weeping" indicates the natural outburst of his sorrow.
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Ge 23:3-20.
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Ge 23:3-20.
购买坟地。
3. 亚伯拉罕起来，等——东方人总是备有家族墓地；但亚伯拉罕的信心生活——他那客旅的身份——使他连这样小的一块地也没有
(Ac 7:5)。
对赫的儿子们说——他请求他们帮忙，使他得以获得属以弗伦——一个富有的邻居——的一个洞。
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Ge 23:3-20.
PURCHASE OF A BURYING-PLACE.
3. Abraham stood up, &c.--Eastern people are always provided with family burying-places; but Abraham's life of faith--his pilgrim state--had prevented him acquiring even so small a possession
(Ac 7:5).
spake unto the sons of Heth--He bespoke their kind offices to aid him in obtaining possession of a cave that belonged to Ephron--a wealthy neighbor.
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9. 麦比拉——即“双洞”。
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9. Machpelah--the "double cave."
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10. 以弗伦——直译“坐”在赫的众子中间，在城门口，那里是办理一切事务之处。但他虽是其中首要之人，对亚伯拉罕来说大概是陌生人。
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10. Ephron dwelt--literally, was "sitting" among the children of Heth in the gate of the city where all business was transacted. But, though a chief man among them, he was probably unknown to Abraham.
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11-15. 以弗伦回答，我主，不然，等——这里大有慷慨的样子，但只是样子；因为亚伯拉罕只要那洞，他却把“田和洞”连在一起；虽然他把两者都当作礼物奉送，他当然期望回报一些贵重的礼物，否则他便不会满意。这位列祖知道这一点，便愿买下，并问明价钱。
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11-15. Ephron answered, Nay, my lord, &c.--Here is a great show of generosity, but it was only a show; for while Abraham wanted only the cave, he joins "the field and the cave"; and though he offered them both as free gifts, he, of course, expected some costly presents in return, without which, he would not have been satisfied. The patriarch, knowing this, wished to make a purchase and asked the terms.
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15. 这块地值四百舍客勒银子，等——以弗伦似乎是说：“你既然想知道这产业的价值，便是如此如此；但那不过是小事，你随意付或不付。”他们照着亚拉伯礼貌的常用形式说话，这种轻描淡写只是一种矫情。
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15. the land is worth four hundred shekels, &c.--as if Ephron had said, "Since you wish to know the value of the property, it is so and so; but that is a trifle, which you may pay or not as it suits you." They spoke in the common forms of Arab civility, and this indifference was mere affectation.
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16. 亚伯拉罕称了……银子——这银子共值五十英镑，当着聚集的见证人付了；而且是称的。称银钱的习俗，银子常作块状或环状，每块印有其重量，至今在东方许多地方仍普遍；每一个坐在城门口或市集的商人，腰间都带有秤。
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16. Abraham weighed . . . the silver--The money, amounting to £50 was paid in presence of the assembled witnesses; and it was weighed. The practice of weighing money, which is often in lumps or rings, each stamped with their weight, is still common in many parts of the East; and every merchant at the gates or the bazaar has his scales at his girdle.
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19. 亚伯拉罕埋葬了撒拉——他这样得了麦比拉，把所悼念之伴侣的遗体存放在一个家族的墓穴中，这是他所拥有的唯一一块地。
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19. Abraham buried Sarah--Thus he got possession of Machpelah and deposited the remains of his lamented partner in a family vault which was the only spot of ground he owned.
Ge 23:1, 2.
撒拉的寿数与死。
1. 撒拉享寿一百二十七岁，等——撒拉是圣经中唯一记载了寿数、死亡与埋葬的女子，这大概是为了向这位希伯来民族之可敬的母亲致敬。