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# Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth
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Here "Now" is used here to mark a change from the story to background information about Ephron. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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# Ephron
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This is the name of a man. See how you translated this in [Genesis 23:8](./07.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# the sons of Heth
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Here "sons" stands for those who descended from Heth. See how you translated this in [Genesis 23:3](./03.md). AT: "the descendants of Heth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# in the hearing of the sons of Heth
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The abstract noun "the hearing" can be stated as "hear" or "listening." AT: "so that all the sons of Heth could hear him" or "while all the sons of Heth were listening" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# all those who had come into the gate of his city
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This tells which sons of Heth were listening. AT: "all those who had gathered at the gate of his city" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-distinguish]])
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# gate of his city
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The city gate was where the leaders of the city would meet to make important decisions.
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# his city
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"the city where he lived." This phrase shows that Ephron belonged to that city. It does not mean that he owned it.
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# my master
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This phrase is used to show respect to Abraham.
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# in the presence of the sons of my people
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Here "presence" stands for the people serving as witnesses. AT: "with my fellow countrymen as my witnesses" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# sons of my people
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This means "my fellow countrymen" or "my fellow Hittites"
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# my people
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This phrase shows that Ephron was part of that group of people. It does not mean that he was their leader.
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# I give it to you to bury your dead
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"I give it to you. Bury your dead"
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# your dead
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The nominal adjective "dead" can be stated as a verb or simply as "wife." AT: "your wife who has died" or "your wife" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/hittite]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abraham]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gate]] |