Footnotes

1. Genesis 23:7 tn Heb “to the people of the land” (also in v. 12).
2. Genesis 23:8 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).
3. Genesis 23:8 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.
4. Genesis 23:8 tn Or “hear me.”
5. Genesis 23:8 tn Heb “intercede for me with.”
6. Genesis 23:9 tn Heb “give.” This is used here (also a second time later in this verse) as an idiom for “sell”; see the note on the word “grant” in v. 4.
7. Genesis 23:9 tn Heb “in your presence.”
8. Genesis 23:9 tn Heb “full silver.”