Genesis 50:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

For 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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׂא֨וּ אֹת֤וֹ בָנָיו֙ אַ֣רְצָה כְּנַ֔עַן וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ בִּמְעָרַ֖ת שְׂדֵ֣ה הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָנָה֩ אַבְרָהָ֨ם אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶ֜ה לַאֲחֻזַּת־קֶ֗בֶר מֵאֵ֛ת עֶפְרֹ֥ן הַחִתִּ֖י עַל־פְּנֵ֥י מַמְרֵֽא׃

Transliteration

Wa-yiśʾû ʾōṯô bānāyw ʾarṣāh Kənaʿan wa-yiqbərû ʾōṯô in-məʿāraṯ śəḏēh ha-makpēlāh which qānāh ʾAḇrāhām ʾeṯ-ha-śāḏeh for-ʾăḥuzzaṯ-qeḇer from ʿEp̱rōn ha-ḥittî upon-pənê Mamrēʾ

Grammar Details

• *Wa-yiśʾû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they carried
• *ʾōṯô*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine singular suffix - him
• *bānāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sons
• *ʾarṣāh*: feminine singular noun with directional heh - to the land of
• *Kənaʿan*: proper noun - Canaan
• *wa-yiqbərû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they buried
• *məʿāraṯ*: feminine singular construct - cave of
• *śəḏēh*: masculine singular construct - field of
• *ha-makpēlāh*: definite article + proper noun - the Machpelah
• *qānāh*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he bought
• *ʾAḇrāhām*: proper noun - Abraham
• *ha-śāḏeh*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the field
• *ʾăḥuzzaṯ*: feminine singular construct - possession of
• *qeḇer*: masculine singular noun - burial
• *ʿEp̱rōn*: proper noun - Ephron
• *ha-ḥittî*: definite article + gentilic adjective, masculine singular - the Hittite
• *pənê*: masculine plural construct - face of
• *Mamrēʾ*: proper noun - Mamre

Word Meanings

• *məʿāraṯ śəḏēh ha-makpēlāh*: cave of the field of Machpelah
• *ʾăḥuzzaṯ-qeḇer*: burial possession/burial property
• *pənê*: face/before/east of

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They 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.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For 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 buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  for his sons{H1121} carried{H5375} him into the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} and buried{H6912} him in the cave{H4631} of the field{H7704} of Machpelah,{H4375} which Abraham{H85} bought{H7069} with the field,{H7704} for a possession{H272} of a burying-place,{H6913} of Ephron{H6085} the Hittite,{H2850} before{H6440} Mamre.{H4471}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For his sons{H1121} carried{H5375}{(H8799)} him into the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}, and buried{H6912}{(H8799)} him in the cave{H4631} of the field{H7704} of Machpelah{H4375}, which Abraham{H85} bought{H7069}{(H8804)} with the field{H7704} for a possession{H272} of a buryingplace{H6913} of Ephron{H6085} the Hittite{H2850}, before{H6440} Mamre{H4471}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And his sonnes caried him in to the land of Canaan and buryed him in the double caue which Abraha had boughte with the felde to be a place to burye in of Ephron the Hethite before Mamre.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and caried him to ye lande of Canaan, and buried him in ye dubble caue, that Abraham bought with the felde for a possession to bury in, of Ephron ye Hethite ouer ageynst Mamre.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  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.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For his sonnes caryed hym into the lande of Chanaan, & buryed hym in the caue of the fielde Machpelah, whiche fielde Abraham bought to be a place to bury in of Ephron the Hethite, before Mamre.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For 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 buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  for 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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and his sons bear him away to the land of Canaan, and bury 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, on the front of Mamre.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  for 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, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  for 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, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For they took him into the land of Canaan and put him to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Machpelah, which Abraham got with the field, for a resting-place, from Ephron the Hittite at Mamre.

• World English Bible (2000)

  for 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 burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the field Abraham purchased as a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 23:16-18 : 16 And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. 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.
• Gen 49:29-31 : 29 And 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, 30 In 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. 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
• Acts 7:16 : 16 And 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.
• 2 Kgs 21:18 : 18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his place.
• Gen 23:20 : 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.
• Gen 25:9 : 9 And 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;
• Gen 35:27 : 27 And Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre, to the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac lived.
• Gen 35:29 : 29 And Isaac breathed his last, and died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.