And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. SARAH AVAIT CENT SEPT ET VINGT ANS, ... - la seule femme dans les Écritures dont l'âge, la mort et l'enterrement sont mentionnés, probablement pour faire honneur à la vénérable mère du peuple hébr... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. SARAH À KIRJATH-ARBA - i: e., la ville d'Arba; un chef anakite. Une tradition rabbinique, que Jérôme incarnait dans son commentaire, interprète le nom Kirjath-arba com... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, ABRAHAM S'EST LEVÉ, ... Les gens de l'Est ont toujours des sépultures familiales; même les bergers nomades ont leurs sépulcres ancestraux; mais la vie de foi d'Abraham - son état de pèlerin - l'avait empêché d'acq... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_I AM A STRANGER AND A SOJOURNER WITH YOU: GIVE ME A POSSESSION OF A BURYINGPLACE WITH YOU, THAT I MAY BURY MY DEAD OUT OF MY SIGHT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. TU ES UN PRINCE PUISSANT - littéralement, un prince de Dieu. AUCUN DE NOUS NE VOUS REFUSERA SON SÉPULCRE. L... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND ABRAHAM STOOD UP, AND BOWED HIMSELF TO THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND, EVEN TO THE CHILDREN OF HETH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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. MACHPELAH - signifie double. [Le texte hébreu a Makpeelaah (H4375); la Septante, de speelaion à dipoun,... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, EPHRON DWELT - littéralement, était «assis» parmi les enfants de Heth à la porte de la ville, où les relations s... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. EPHRON A RÉPONDU, NON, MON SEIGNEUR, ... Voici un grand spectacle de générosité, mais ce n'était qu'un spectacle - une scène typique... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND ABRAHAM BOWED DOWN HIMSELF BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. LE TERRAIN VAUT QUATRE CENTS SHEKELS, ... - comme si Ephron avait dit, puisque vous souhaitez connaître la valeur de la propriété, c'est untel ; mais c'est une b... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. ABRAHAM A PESÉ ... L'ARGENT. Le terme shekel - le mot original retenu par nos traducteurs, et signi... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND THE FIELD OF EPHRON, WHICH WAS IN MACHPELAH, WHICH WAS BEFORE MAMRE, THE FIELD, AND THE CAVE WHICH WAS THEREIN, AND ALL THE TREES THAT WERE IN THE FIELD, THAT WERE IN ALL THE BORDERS ROUND ABOUT, WERE MADE SURE_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. LE CHAMP D'EPHRON A ÉTÉ ASSURÉ À ABRAHAM POUR UNE POSSESSION. Ceci est la première instance de transfert de propriété enregistrée. Il n'y avait pas d'avocat, pas de parchemin, p... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. ABRAHAM A ENTERRÉ SARAH. Ainsi, il a pris possession de Machpelah, et a déposé les restes de son partenaire déploré dans un coffre-fort familial, qui était l... [ Continuer la lecture ]