Genesis 23:10

Geneva Bible (1560)

(For Ephron dwelt among the Hittites) Then Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of all the Hittites that went in at the gates of his citie, saying,

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  • Gen 34:20 : 20 Then Hamor and Shechem his Sonne went vnto the gate of their citie, and communed with the men of their citie, saying,
  • Gen 34:24 : 24 And vnto Hamor, and Shechem his sonne hearkened all that went out of the gate of his citie: and all the men children were circumcised, euen all that went out of the gate of his citie.
  • Gen 23:18 : 18 Vnto Abraham for a possession, in ye sight of the Hittites, euen of all that went in at the gates of his citie.
  • Gen 24:10 : 10 So the seruant tooke ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed: (for he had all his masters goods in his hand:) and so he arose, and went to Aram Naharaim, vnto the citie of Nahor.
  • Ruth 4:1-4 : 1 Then went Boaz vp to the gate, and sate there, and beholde, the kinsman, of whome Boaz had spoken, came by: and he sayd, Ho, snch one, come, sit downe here; he turned, and sate downe. 2 Then he tooke ten men of the Elders of the citie, and sayd, Sit ye downe here; they sate downe. 3 And he said vnto ye kinsman, Naomi, that is come againe out of ye countrey of Moab, wil sell a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelechs. 4 And I thought to aduertise thee, saying, Buy it before the assistants, & before the Elders of my people. If thou wilt redeeme it, redeeme it: but if thou wilt not redeeme it, tel me: for I know that there is none besides thee to redeeme it, & I am after thee. Then he answered, I wil redeeme it.
  • Job 29:7 : 7 When I went out to the gate, euen to the iudgement seat, and when I caused them to prepare my seate in the streete.
  • Isa 28:6 : 6 And for a spirite of iudgement to him that sitteth in iudgement, and for strength vnto them that turne away the battell to the gate.
  • Matt 9:1 : 1 Then hee entred into a shippe, and passed ouer, and came into his owne citie.
  • Luke 2:3-4 : 3 Therefore went all to be taxed, euery man to his owne Citie. 4 And Ioseph also went vp from Galile out of a citie called Nazareth, into Iudea, vnto the citie of Dauid, which is called Beth-leem (because he was of the house and linage of Dauid,)

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  • Gen 23:11-20
    10 verses
    88%

    11No, my Lorde, heare me: the fielde giue I thee, and the caue, that therein is, I giue it thee: euen in the presence of the sonnes of my people giue I it thee, to bury thy dead.

    12Then Abraham bowed himselfe before the people of the land,

    13And spake vnto Ephron in the audience of the people of the countrey, saying, Seeing thou wilt giue it, I pray thee, heare me, I will giue the price of the fielde: receiue it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

    14Ephron then answered Abraham, saying vnto him,

    15My lord, hearken vnto me: ye land is worth foure hundreth shekels of siluer: what is that betweene me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

    16So Abraham hearkened vnto Ephron, and Abraham weyed to Ephron the siluer, which he had named, in the audience of the Hittites, euen foure hundreth siluer shekels of currant money among marchants.

    17So the fielde of Ephron which was in Machpelah, and ouer against Mamre, euen the field and the caue that was therein, and all the trees that were in the fielde, which were in all the borders round about, was made sure

    18Vnto Abraham for a possession, in ye sight of the Hittites, euen of all that went in at the gates of his citie.

    19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the caue of the fielde of Machpelah ouer against Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

    20Thus the fielde and the caue, that is therein, was made sure vnto Abraham for a possession of buriall by the Hittites.

  • Gen 23:2-9
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    87%

    2Then Sarah dyed in Kiriath-arba: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan; Abraham came to mourne for Sarah and to weepe for her.

    3Then Abraham rose vp from the sight of his corps, & talked with the Hittites, saying,

    4I am a stranger, & a forreiner among you, giue me a possession of buriall with you, that I may burie my dead out of my sight.

    5Then the Hittites answered Abraham, saying vnto him,

    6Heare vs, my lorde: thou art a prince of God among vs: in the chiefest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of vs shall forbid thee his sepulchre, but thou mayest bury thy dead therein.

    7Then Abraham stoode vp, and bowed him selfe before the people of the land of the Hittites.

    8And he communed with them, saying, If it be your minde, that I shall bury my dead out of my sight, heare me, and intreate for me to Ephron the sonne of Zohar,

    9That he would giue me ye caue of Machpelah, which he hath in the ende of his field: that he would giue it me for as much money as it is worth, for a possession to bury in among you.

  • Gen 49:29-30
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    80%

    29And he charged them & sayd vnto them, I am ready to be gathered vnto my people: burie mee with my fathers in the caue, that is in the fielde of Ephron the Hittite,

    30In the caue that is in the field of Machpelah besides Mamre in the land of Canaan: which caue Abraham bought with the fielde of Ephron the Hittite for a possession to burie in.

  • Gen 25:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9And his sonnes, Izhak and Ishmael buryed him in the caue of Machpelah, in the fielde of Ephron sonne of Zohar the Hittite, before Mamre.

    10Which fielde Abraham bought of the Hittites, where Abraham was buryed with Sarah his wife.

  • Gen 49:32
    76%

    32The purchase of the fielde and the caue that is therein, was bought of the children of Heth.

  • Gen 50:13
    72%

    13For his sonnes caried him into the lande of Canaan, & buried him in the caue of the fielde of Machpelah, which caue Abraham bought with the fielde, to be a place to bury in, of Ephron the Hittite besides Mamre.

  • Gen 20:15
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    15And Abimelech saide, Beholde, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

  • Gen 20:9-10
    2 verses
    67%

    9Afterward Abimelech called Abraham, and said vnto him, What hast thou done vnto vs? and what haue I offeded thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdome this great sinne? thou hast done things vnto me that ought not to be done.

    10So Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What sawest thou that thou hast done this thing?

  • Gen 21:22-23
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    67%

    22And at that same time Abimelech and Phichol his chief captaine spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.

    23Nowe therefore sweare vnto me here by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my children, nor my childrens children: thou shalt deale with me, and with the countrey, where thou hast bene a stranger, according vnto the kindnesse that I haue shewed thee.

  • Gen 25:5
    66%

    5And Abraham gaue all his goods to Izhak,

  • Acts 7:16
    66%

    16And were remoued into Sychem, and were put in the sepulchre, that Abraham had bought for money of the sonnes of Emor, sonne of Sychem.