Genesis 23:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

So 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

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  • Gen 50:13 : 13 For 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 25:9 : 9 And his sonnes, Izhak and Ishmael buryed him in the caue of Machpelah, in the fielde of Ephron sonne of Zohar the Hittite, before Mamre.
  • Gen 23:20 : 20 Thus the fielde and the caue, that is therein, was made sure vnto Abraham for a possession of buriall by the Hittites.
  • Acts 7:16 : 16 And were remoued into Sychem, and were put in the sepulchre, that Abraham had bought for money of the sonnes of Emor, sonne of Sychem.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 Take heede therefore that yee walke circumspectly, not as fooles, but as wise,
  • Col 4:5 : 5 Walke wisely towarde them that are without, and redeeme the season.
  • Gen 49:29-32 : 29 And 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, 30 In 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. 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife: there they buryed Izhak and Rebekah his wife: and there I buried Leah. 32 The purchase of the fielde and the caue that is therein, was bought of the children of Heth.
  • Ruth 4:7-9 : 7 Now this was the maner beforetime in Israel, concerning redeeming and changing, for to stablish all things: a man did plucke off his shooe, and gaue it his neighbour, and this was a sure witnes in Israel. 8 Therefore the kinsman sayd to Boas, Buy it for thee: and he drew off his shooe. 9 And Boaz sayd vnto the Elders & vnto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I haue bought all that was Elimelechs, and all that was Chilions and Mahlons, of the hand of Naomi. 10 And moreouer, Ruth the Moabitesse the wife of Mahlon, haue I bought to be my wife, to stirre vp the name of the dead vpon his inheritance, and that the name of the dead be not put out from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 A good man is mercifull and lendeth, and will measure his affaires by iudgement.
  • Jer 32:7-9 : 7 Beholde, Hanameel, the sonne of Shallum thine vncle, shall come vnto thee and say, Bye vnto thee my fielde, that is in Anathoth: for the title by kindred appertaineth vnto thee to bye it. 8 So Hanameel, mine vncles sonne, came to mee in the court of the prison, according to the word of the Lord, & said vnto me, Bye my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the countrey of Beniamin: for the right of the possession is thine, & the purchase belongeth vnto thee: bye it for thee. Then I knewe that this was the worde of the Lord. 9 And I bought the field of Hanameel, mine vncles sonne, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the siluer, euen seuen shekels, and tenne pieces of siluer. 10 And I writ it in the booke and signed it, and tooke witnesses, and weighed him the siluer in the balances. 11 So I tooke the booke of the possession, being sealed according to the Lawe, and custome, with the booke that was open, 12 And I gaue the booke of the possession vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah, the sonne of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine vncles sonne, and in the presence of the witnesses, written in the booke of the possession, before al the Iewes that sate in the court of the prison. 13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying, 14 Thus saith the Lorde of hostes, the God of Israel, Take the writings, euen this booke of the possession, both that is sealed, and this booke that is open, and put them in an earthen vessell, that they may continue a long time.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you as sheepe in the middes of the wolues: be yee therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doues.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 23:18-20
    3 verses
    87%

    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 49:29-32
    4 verses
    82%

    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.

    31There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife: there they buryed Izhak and Rebekah his wife: and there I buried Leah.

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

  • Gen 23:3-16
    14 verses
    81%

    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.

    10(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,

    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.

  • Gen 25:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    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 50:13
    74%

    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.

  • Acts 7:16
    71%

    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.

  • Gen 14:24
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    24Saue onely that, which the yong men haue eaten, and the partes of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre: let them take their partes.

  • Gen 33:19
    70%

    19And there he bought a parcell of ground, where hee pitched his tent, at the hande of the sonnes of Hamor Shechems father, for an hundreth pieces of money.

  • Gen 13:17-18
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    70%

    17Arise, walke through the land, in ye length thereof, and breadth thereof: for I will giue it vnto thee.

    18Then Abram remoued his tent, and came and dwelled in the plaine of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and builded there an altar vnto ye Lorde.

  • Gen 20:15
    70%

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

  • Lev 27:22
    69%

    22If a man also dedicate vnto ye Lord a fielde which he hath bought, which is not of the groud of his inheritance,

  • Gen 21:30
    69%

    30And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand these seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well.

  • Gen 21:23
    69%

    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.

  • Lev 27:17
    69%

    17If he dedicate his field immediately from the yeere of Iubile, it shall bee worth as thou doest esteeme it.

  • Gen 12:6
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    6So Abram passed through the land vnto the place of Shechem, and vnto the plaine of Moreh (and the Canaanite was then in ye land)

  • Gen 15:18
    69%

    18In that same day the Lord made a couenant with Abram, saying, Vnto thy seede haue I giuen this lande, from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates.

  • Gen 21:27
    69%

    27Then Abraham tooke sheepe and beeues, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: and they two made a couenant.

  • Gen 25:5
    69%

    5And Abraham gaue all his goods to Izhak,