Genesis 23:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

That 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.

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  • Rom 12:17 : 17 Recompence to no man euill for euill: procure things honest in the sight of all men.
  • Rom 13:8 : 8 Owe nothing to any man, but to loue one another: for he that loueth another, hath fulfilled the Lawe.

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  • Gen 49:29-32
    4 verses
    87%

    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 23:10-20
    11 verses
    87%

    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.

    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 23:3-8
    6 verses
    87%

    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,

  • Gen 25:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    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
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    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 33:19
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    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.

  • Acts 7:16
    73%

    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 20:15
    72%

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

  • Gen 25:5
    71%

    5And Abraham gaue all his goods to Izhak,

  • Gen 21:30
    71%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 21:2
    70%

    2And Ahab spake vnto Naboth, saying, Giue me thy vineyarde, that I may make mee a garden of herbes thereof, because it is neere by mine house: and I will giue thee for it a better vineyarde then it is: or if it please thee, I will giue thee the worth of it in money.

  • Gen 13:9
    69%

    9Is not the whole land before thee? depart I pray thee from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will goe to the right: or if thou goe to the right hand, then I will take the left.

  • Gen 50:5
    69%

    5My father made me sweare, saying, Loe, I die, bury me in my graue, which I haue made me in the land of Canaan: now therefore let me go, I pray thee, & bury my father, & I wil come againe.