Genesis 23:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So Ephron said to Abraham,

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  • Gen 23:3-13
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    89%

    3 And Abraham came from his dead and said to the children of Heth,

    4 I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest.

    5 And in answer the children of Heth said to Abraham,

    6 My lord, truly you are a great chief among us; take the best of our resting-places for your dead; not one of us will keep back from you a place where you may put your dead to rest.

    7 And Abraham got up and gave honour to the children of Heth, the people of that land.

    8 And he said to them, If you will let me put my dead to rest here, make a request for me to Ephron, the son of Zohar,

    9 That he will give me the hollow in the rock named Machpelah, which is his property at the end of his field; let him give it to me for its full price as a resting-place for my dead among you.

    10 Now Ephron was seated among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite gave Abraham his answer in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those who came into his town, saying,

    11 No, my lord, I will give you the field with the hollow in the rock; before all the children of my people will I give it to you for a resting-place for your dead.

    12 And Abraham went down on his face before the people of the land.

    13 And Abraham said to Ephron, in the hearing of the people of the land, If only you will give ear to me, I will give you the price of the field; take it, and let me put my dead to rest there.

  • Gen 23:15-20
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    15 My lord, give ear to me: the value of the land is four hundred shekels; what is that between me and you? so put your dead to rest there.

    16 And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave him four hundred shekels in current money.

    17 So Ephron's field at Machpelah near Mamre, with the hollow in the rock and all the trees in the field and round it,

    18 Became the property of Abraham before the eyes of the children of Heth and of all who came into the town.

    19 Then Abraham put Sarah his wife to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, that is, Hebron in the land of Canaan.

    20 And the field and the hollow rock were handed over to Abraham as his property by the children of Heth.

  • Gen 49:29-30
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    29 And he gave orders to them, saying, Put me to rest with my people and with my fathers, in the hollow of the rock in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

    30 In the rock in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham got from Ephron the Hittite, to be his resting-place.

  • Gen 21:23-24
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    23 Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.

    24 And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.

  • 15 And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.

  • 34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.

  • Gen 25:9-10
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    9 And Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, put him to rest in the hollow rock of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, near Mamre;

    10 The same field which Abraham got from the children of Heth: there Abraham was put to rest with Sarah, his wife.

  • 27 And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:

  • 32 In the rock in the field which was got for a price from the people of Heth.

  • 10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, Why did you do this thing?

  • 13 For they took him into the land of Canaan and put him to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Machpelah, which Abraham got with the field, for a resting-place, from Ephron the Hittite at Mamre.

  • Gen 21:29-30
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    29 Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?

    30 And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.

  • 2 And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:

  • 24 Give me nothing but the food which the fighting-men who went with me have had; but let Aner and Eshcol and Mamre have their part of the goods.