THEOSISGenesis 23:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And said to them: If it please your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede for me to Ephron the son of Seor.
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתָּ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־יֵ֣שׁ אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁכֶ֗ם לִקְבֹּ֤ר אֶת־מֵתִי֙ מִלְּפָנַ֔י שְׁמָע֕וּנִי וּפִגְעוּ־לִ֖י בְּעֶפְר֥וֹן בֶּן־צֹֽחַר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 John 2:1My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. But if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the just.
- 1 John 2:2And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.
- Gen 25:9And Isaac and Ismael his sons buried him in the double cave, which was situated in the field of Ephron the son of Seor the Hethite, over against Mambre,
- Luke 7:3And when he had heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the ancients of the Jews, desiring him to come and heal his servant.
- Luke 7:4And when they came to Jesus, they besought him earnestly, saying to him: He is worthy that thou shouldest do this for him.
- Heb 7:26For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens: