Genesis 23:18

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It was assigned to Abraham as his property in the presence of the Hittites and all who entered the city gate.

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  • Gen 34:20 : 20 Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying:
  • Ruth 4:1 : 1 Boaz went up to the city gate and sat down there. Just then, the kinsman-redeemer he had spoken about came by. Boaz said, 'Come over here, my friend, and sit down.' So he went over and sat down.
  • Jer 32:12 : 12 Then I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch, son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my cousin Hanamel, the witnesses who signed the deed, and all the Jews who were sitting in the courtyard of the guard.

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  • Gen 23:19-20
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    87%

    19Afterward, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

    20So the field and the cave that was in it were officially deeded to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.

  • Gen 23:3-17
    15 verses
    85%

    3Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites, saying,

    4“I am a foreigner and a sojourner among you. Give me a burial site among you so I can bury my dead out of my sight.”

    5The Hittites replied to Abraham,

    6“Listen to us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our burial sites. None of us will withhold his burial site from you to bury your dead.”

    7Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

    8He said to them, “If you are willing to let me bury my dead out of my sight, listen to me and plead with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf.

    9Ask him to give me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the edge of his field. Let him sell it to me for its full price as a burial site among you.”

    10Now Ephron was sitting among the Hittites, and in the hearing of all who came to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, saying,

    11“No, my lord! Listen to me: I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of my people, I give it to you. Go ahead and bury your dead.”

    12Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.

    13And he said to Ephron in their hearing, “Please listen to me. I am giving you the price of the field. Accept it from me so that I may bury my dead there.”

    14Ephron answered Abraham,

    15“My lord, listen to me. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver. What is that between you and me? Go and bury your dead.”

    16Abraham agreed to Ephron's terms and weighed out the silver for him. He gave him the four hundred shekels of silver, as agreed upon in the presence of the Hittites, using the weight current among the merchants.

    17So the field of Ephron in Machpelah near Mamre—the field with its cave and all the trees within its borders—was legally transferred.

  • Gen 49:29-30
    2 verses
    80%

    29Then he gave them these instructions: 'I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

    30The cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.

  • Gen 49:32
    78%

    32The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the sons of Heth.

  • Gen 25:9-10
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    77%

    9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, near the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, which is near Mamre.

    10The field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

  • Gen 50:13
    73%

    13They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, which Abraham had bought as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.

  • Gen 25:5
    71%

    5Abraham gave everything he owned to Isaac.

  • Gen 20:15
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    15And Abimelech said, 'My land is before you; settle wherever you please.'

  • Gen 12:6
    69%

    6Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the great tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were in the land.

  • Gen 13:17-18
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    17Arise, walk through the land, its length and its breadth, for I will give it to you.

    18So Abram moved his tent and went to live by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron. There he built an altar to the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 16:18
    69%

    18He said, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance."

  • Gen 18:18
    68%

    18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all nations of the earth will be blessed.

  • Gen 33:19
    68%

    19He bought the plot of land where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

  • Acts 7:16
    68%

    16Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor at Shechem.

  • Gen 14:24
    68%

    24'I will take nothing except what the young men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion.'

  • Gen 17:8
    68%

    8And I will give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are now living as a foreigner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

  • Gen 18:1
    68%

    1The LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre as he was sitting at the entrance of the tent during the heat of the day.