Chayei Sarah 23:5–8

Torah Temimah cites no numbered derasha on these four consecutive passukim. This is one SKIP page for the complete contiguous silent range.

Passuk 23:5

וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ בְנֵי־חֵ֛ת אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֥ר לֽוֹ׃

And the children of Ches replied to Avraham, saying to him,

Passuk 23:6

שְׁמָעֵ֣נוּ אֲדֹנִ֗י נְשִׂ֨יא אֱלֹהִ֤ים אַתָּה֙ בְּתוֹכֵ֔נוּ בְּמִבְחַ֣ר קְבָרֵ֔ינוּ קְבֹ֖ר אֶת־מֵתֶ֑ךָ אִ֣ישׁ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ אֶת־קִבְר֛וֹ לֹֽא־יִכְלֶ֥ה מִמְּךָ֖ מִקְּבֹ֥ר מֵתֶֽךָ׃

“Hear us, my lord: you are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places; none of us will withhold his burial place from you for burying your dead.”

Passuk 23:7

וַיָּ֧קׇם אַבְרָהָ֛ם וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ לְעַם־הָאָ֖רֶץ לִבְנֵי־חֵֽת׃

Thereupon Avraham bowed low to the people of the land, the children of Ches,

Passuk 23:8

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתָּ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־יֵ֣שׁ אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁכֶ֗ם לִקְבֹּ֤ר אֶת־מֵתִי֙ מִלְּפָנַ֔י שְׁמָע֕וּנִי וּפִגְעוּ־לִ֖י בְּעֶפְר֥וֹן בֶּן־צֹֽחַר׃

and he said to them, “If it is your wish that I remove my dead for burial, you must agree to intercede for me with Efron son of Tzochar.

Chayei Sarah 23:5–8 · SKIP

Passuk 23:5

Passuk 23:6

Passuk 23:7

Passuk 23:8