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Ge 23:1, 2.
英文原文
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. 亞伯拉罕為撒拉哀哭，等等——他從自己的帳棚來到撒拉的帳棚門口站立。"哀哭"描述他遵照習俗坐在地上一段時間；"哭泣"則表明他悲傷自然的流露。
英文原文
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.
Ge 23:3-20.
購買墳地。
3. 亞伯拉罕起來等等——東方人總有家族的墳地；但亞伯拉罕信心的生活——他作客旅的身分——使他連這麼小的一塊地也沒能獲得
(Ac 7:5)。
對赫的子孫說——他請求他們施恩幫助，使他得着那屬於以弗崙——一個富裕鄰居——的洞。
英文原文
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. 麥比拉——即「雙洞」。
英文原文
9. Machpelah--the "double cave."
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10. 以弗崙——字面作「坐在」赫的子孫中間，在城門口，那裏是一切交易進行的地方。但雖然他在他們中間是個首領，亞伯拉罕大概並不認識他。
英文原文
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. 以弗崙回答說，我主，不然等等——這裏表現出極大的慷慨，但只是表面而已；因為亞伯拉罕只要那個洞，他卻把「田和洞」連在一起；雖然他兩者都作為白送的禮物提出，他當然期望得到一些貴重的回禮，若沒有這些，他是不會滿意的。先祖知道這一點，便想作一次買賣，並詢問條件。
英文原文
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. 那塊地值四百舍客勒等等——好像以弗崙說：「既然你想知道這產業的價值，便是如此如此；但那是小事，你隨意付或不付都可以。」他們是以亞拉伯人客套的常用形式說話，這種不在乎不過是裝出來的。
英文原文
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. 亞伯拉罕秤了……銀子——款項共五十英鎊，在聚集的見證人面前付清；而且是秤過的。秤銀子的做法，銀子通常是塊狀或環狀，各印有其重量，至今在東方許多地方仍很普遍；每個在城門口或市集的商人，腰帶上都帶着秤。
英文原文
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. 亞伯拉罕葬了撒拉——如此他得了麥比拉的產權，把他所哀悼之妻子的遺骸安放在一個家族的墳墓裏，這是他唯一擁有的一塊地。
英文原文
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.
撒拉的年齡與去世。
1. 撒拉享壽一百二十七歲，等等——撒拉是聖經中惟一記載年齡、去世和埋葬的女子，大概是為了向希伯來民族可敬的母親致敬。