Genesis 23:18

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Gen 34:20 : 20 And Hamor cometh -- Shechem his son also -- unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto the men of their city, saying,
  • Ruth 4:1 : 1 And Boaz hath gone up to the gate, and sitteth there, and lo, the redeemer is passing by of whom Boaz had spoken, and he saith, `Turn aside, sit down here, such a one, such a one;' and he turneth aside and sitteth down.
  • Jer 32:12 : 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.

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  • Gen 23:19-20
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    87%

    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 23:3-17
    15 verses
    85%

    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.

    17And 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,

  • Gen 49:29-30
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    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;

  • Gen 49:32
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    32the purchase of the field and of the cave which `is' in it, `is' from Sons of Heth.'

  • Gen 25:9-10
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    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
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    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.

  • Gen 25:5
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    5And Abraham giveth all that he hath to Isaac;

  • Gen 20:15
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    15and Abimelech saith, `Lo, my land `is' before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;'

  • Gen 12:6
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    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 13:17-18
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    69%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 16:18
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    18Saying: To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,

  • Gen 18:18
    68%

    18and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

  • Gen 33:19
    68%

    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;

  • Acts 7:16
    68%

    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
    68%

    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 17:8
    68%

    8and I have given to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become their God.'

  • Gen 18:1
    68%

    1And Jehovah appeareth unto him among the oaks of Mamre, and he is sitting at the opening of the tent, about the heat of the day;