Teks -- Genesis 23:13 (NET)

23:13 and said to Ephron in their hearing, “Hear me, if you will. I pay to you the price of the field. Take it from me so that I may bury my dead there.”

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Wesley: Gen 23:13 - I will give thee money for the field

It was not in pride that Abraham refused the gift; but In justice. Abraham was rich in silver and gold, and therefore would not take advantage of Ephron's generosity. In prudence. He would pay for it, lest Ephron, when this good humour was over, should upbraid him with it.

JFB: Gen 23:11-15 - 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.

Clarke: Gen 23:13 - If thou wilt give it

If thou wilt give it - Instead of, if thou wilt give it, we should read, But if thou wilt sell it, I will give thee money for the field; כסף keseph , silver, not coined money, for it is not probable that any such was then in use.

TSK: Gen 23:13 - I will

I will : Gen 14:22, Gen 14:23; 2Sa 24:24; Act 20:35; Rom 13:8; Phi 4:5-8; Col 4:5; Heb 13:5

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Poole: Gen 23:13 - But if thou wilt give it

But if thou wilt give it it is a short speech, and something must be supplied; either if thou wilt give or resign it to me; or, if thou be the man of whom I speak; for though Abraham knew his name, he might not know him by face, nor that he was then present. He prudently chose rather to buy it than to receive it as a gift, partly because it would be the surer to him and his, Gen 23:17,20 , and partly because he would not have too great obligations to his pagan neighbours.

Gill: Gen 23:13 - And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land // saying, but if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me // I will give thee the money for the field // take it of me // and I will bury my dead there

And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land,.... He addressed himself to Ephron who spoke last, with an audible voice, so that all could hear him:

saying, but if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me; the words are very concise, and in the original text are only "if thou", and differently supplied; by some, "if thou art he" ^c, Ephron, whom it is supposed Abraham knew not by face, or that he was present; which is not likely, since Abraham had lived in those parts now so as to be well known himself, and must know his neighbours; and had lived formerly here, and could not but know so great a prince as Ephron, whose city he dwelt in. The Targum of Jonathan is,"if thou art willing to do me a kindness, hear me;''it will be taken as a favour to admit me to speak once more, and to grant what shall be desired. Others read the words thus,"if thou wilt hear me, or I pray thee hear me, or if thou, if (I say) thou wilt hear me ^d:''then follows his proposal:

I will give thee the money for the field; Abraham did not choose to receive it as a free gift, but to make a purchase of it, that it might be sure to him and his posterity; for though Ephron was now in this generous mood, he might change his mind, or hereafter upbraid Abraham with it, should he fall out with him, or his posterity might claim it again, and dispute his right to it:

take it of me: the purchase money, the full worth of the field:

and I will bury my dead there, or "then will I bury", &c. ^e; and not before.