Genesis 49:32

KJV1611 – Modern English

The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.

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  • Gen 23:17-20 : 17 So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field and the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, which were within all its borders, were deeded 18 To Abraham as a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city. 19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre, that is, Hebron in the land of Canaan. 20 So the field and the cave that is in it were deeded to Abraham by the sons of Heth as a possession for a burial place.

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  • Gen 49:29-31
    3 verses
    88%

    29And he charged them, and said to them, I am to be gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

    30In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burial place.

    31There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

  • Gen 23:17-20
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    85%

    17So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field and the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, which were within all its borders, were deeded

    18To Abraham as a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

    19After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre, that is, Hebron in the land of Canaan.

    20So the field and the cave that is in it were deeded to Abraham by the sons of Heth as a possession for a burial place.

  • Gen 25:9-10
    2 verses
    83%

    9And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

    10The field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife.

  • Gen 23:3-11
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    81%

    3And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

    4I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me a possession of a burial place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

    5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

    6Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury your dead; none of us will withhold from you his sepulchre, that you may bury your dead.

    7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.

    8And he communed with them, saying, If it be your wish that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and ask for me Ephron the son of Zohar,

    9That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he owns, which is at the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it to me for a possession of a burial place among you.

    10And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,

    11No, my lord, hear me; I give you the field, and the cave that is in it, I give it to you; in the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.

  • Gen 50:13
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    13For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying place from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

  • Gen 33:19
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    19And he bought a piece of land where he had pitched his tent, from the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of money.

  • Gen 23:13
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    13And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, But if you will give it, I pray you, hear me; I will give you money for the field; take it from me, and I will bury my dead there.

  • Acts 7:16
    75%

    16And were carried over into Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem.

  • Gen 23:15
    75%

    15My lord, listen to me; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and you? Therefore, bury your dead.

  • Josh 24:32
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    32And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

  • Gen 49:33
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    33And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.