Genesis 23:8

23:8 Then he said to them, “If you agree16 that I may bury my dead,17 then hear me out.18 Ask19 Ephron the son of Zohar

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16	tn Heb “If it is with your purpose.” The Hebrew noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) here has the nuance “purpose” or perhaps “desire” (see BDB 661 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ).
17	tn Heb “bury my dead out of my sight.” The last phrase “out of my sight” has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
18	tn Or “hear me.”
19	tn Heb “intercede for me with.”