Genesis 23:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And established are the field of Ephron, which `is' in Machpelah, which `is' before Mamre, the field and the cave which `is' in it, and all the trees which `are' in the field, which `are' in all its border round about,

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 50:13 : 13 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.
  • Gen 25:9 : 9 And Isaac and Ishmael his sons bury him at the cave of Machpelah, at the field of Ephron, son of Zoar the Hittite, which `is' before Mamre --
  • Gen 23:20 : 20 and established are the field, and the cave which `is' in it, to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place, from the sons of Heth.
  • Acts 7:16 : 16 and they were carried over into Sychem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in money from the sons of Emmor, of Sychem.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
  • Col 4:5 : 5 in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling;
  • Gen 49:29-32 : 29 And he commandeth them, and saith unto them, `I am being gathered unto my people; bury me by my fathers, at the cave which `is' in the field of Ephron the Hittite; 30 in the cave which `is' in the field of Machpelah, which `is' on the front of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place; 31 (there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah); 32 the purchase of the field and of the cave which `is' in it, `is' from Sons of Heth.'
  • Ruth 4:7-9 : 7 And this `is' formerly in Israel for redemption and for changing, to establish anything: a man hath drawn off his sandal, and given `it' to his neighbour, and this `is' the testimony in Israel. 8 And the redeemer saith to Boaz, `Buy `it' for thyself,' and draweth off his sandal. 9 And Boaz saith to the elders, and `to' all the people, `Witnesses `are' ye to-day that I have bought all that `is' to Elimelech, and all that `is' to Chilion and Mahlon, from the hand of Naomi; 10 and also Ruth the Moabitess, wife of Mahlon, I have bought to myself for a wife, to raise up the name of the dead over his inheritance; and the name of the dead is not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place; witnesses ye `are' to-day.'
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 Good `is' the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.
  • Jer 32:7-9 : 7 Lo, Hanameel son of Shallum, thine uncle, is coming unto thee, saying, Buy for thee my field that `is' in Anathoth, for thine `is' the right of redemption -- to buy. 8 And Hanameel, my uncle's son, cometh in unto me, according to the word of Jehovah, unto the court of the prison, and saith unto me, `Buy, I pray thee, my field that `is' in Anathoth, that `is' in the land of Benjamin, for thine `is' the right of possession, and thine of redemption -- buy for thee.' And I know that it `is' the word of Jehovah, 9 And I buy the field, that `is' in Anathoth, from Hanameel, my uncle's son, and I weigh to him the money -- seventeen shekels of silver. 10 And I write in a book, and seal, and cause witnesses to testify, and weigh the silver in balances; 11 And I take the purchase-book, the sealed one, according to law and custom, and the open one. 12 And I give the purchase-book unto Baruch son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, before the eyes of Hanameel, my uncle's son, and before the eyes of the witnesses, those writing in the purchase-book, before the eyes of all the Jews who are sitting in the court of the prison. 13 And I charge Baruch before their eyes, saying, 14 `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Take these books, this purchase-book, both the sealed one and the open one, and thou hast put them in an earthen vessel, that they may remain many days;
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 `Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 23:18-20
    3 verses
    87%

    18to Abraham by purchase, before the eyes of the sons of Heth, among all entering the gate of his city.

    19And after this hath Abraham buried Sarah his wife at the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (which `is' Hebron), in the land of Canaan;

    20and established are the field, and the cave which `is' in it, to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place, from the sons of Heth.

  • Gen 49:29-32
    4 verses
    82%

    29And he commandeth them, and saith unto them, `I am being gathered unto my people; bury me by my fathers, at the cave which `is' in the field of Ephron the Hittite;

    30in the cave which `is' in the field of Machpelah, which `is' on the front of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place;

    31(there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah);

    32the purchase of the field and of the cave which `is' in it, `is' from Sons of Heth.'

  • Gen 23:3-16
    14 verses
    81%

    3And Abraham riseth up from the presence of his dead, and speaketh unto the sons of Heth, saying,

    4`A sojourner and a settler I `am' with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me.'

    5And the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him,

    6`Hear us, my lord; a prince of God `art' thou in our midst; in the choice of our burying-places bury thy dead: none of us his burying-place doth withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.'

    7And Abraham riseth and boweth himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,

    8and he speaketh with them, saying, `If it is your desire to bury my dead from before me, hear me, and meet for me with Ephron, son of Zoar;

    9and he giveth to me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which `is' in the extremity of his field; for full money doth he give it to me, in your midst, for a possession of a burying-place.'

    10And Ephron is sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answereth Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all those entering the gate of his city, saying,

    11`Nay, my lord, hear me: the field I have given to thee, and the cave that `is' in it, to thee I have given it; before the eyes of the sons of my people I have given it to thee -- bury thy dead.'

    12And Abraham boweth himself before the people of the land,

    13and speaketh unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land, saying, `Only -- if thou wouldst hear me -- I have given the money of the field -- accept from me, and I bury my dead there.'

    14And Ephron answereth Abraham, saying to him,

    15`My lord, hear me: the land -- four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what `is' it? -- thy dead bury.'

    16And Abraham hearkeneth unto Ephron, and Abraham weigheth to Ephron the silver which he hath spoken of in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred silver shekels, passing with the merchant.

  • Gen 25:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9And Isaac and Ishmael his sons bury him at the cave of Machpelah, at the field of Ephron, son of Zoar the Hittite, which `is' before Mamre --

    10the field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth -- there hath Abraham been buried, and Sarah his wife.

  • Gen 50:13
    74%

    13and 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.

  • Acts 7:16
    71%

    16and they were carried over into Sychem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in money from the sons of Emmor, of Sychem.

  • Gen 14:24
    70%

    24save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who have gone with me -- Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre -- they take their portion.'

  • Gen 33:19
    70%

    19and he buyeth the portion of the field where he hath stretched out his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitah;

  • Gen 13:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17rise, go up and down through the land, to its length, and to its breadth, for to thee I give it.'

    18And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which `are' in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.

  • Gen 20:15
    70%

    15and Abimelech saith, `Lo, my land `is' before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;'

  • Lev 27:22
    69%

    22`And if the field of his purchase (which `is' not of the fields of his possession) `one' sanctify to Jehovah --

  • Gen 21:30
    69%

    30And he saith, `For -- the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;'

  • Gen 21:23
    69%

    23and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.'

  • Lev 27:17
    69%

    17if from the year of the jubilee he sanctify his field, according to thy valuation it standeth;

  • Gen 12:6
    69%

    6And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite `is' then in the land.

  • Gen 15:18
    69%

    18In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, `To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,

  • Gen 21:27
    69%

    27And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;

  • Gen 25:5
    69%

    5And Abraham giveth all that he hath to Isaac;