Genesis 23:19

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And 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;

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  • Gen 3:19 : 19 by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou `art', and unto dust thou turnest back.'
  • Gen 25:9-9 : 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 -- 10 the field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth -- there hath Abraham been buried, and Sarah his wife.
  • Gen 35:27-29 : 27 And Jacob cometh unto Isaac his father, at Mamre, the city of Arba (which `is' Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac have sojourned. 28 And the days of Isaac are a hundred and eighty years, 29 and Isaac expireth, and dieth, and is gathered unto his people, aged and satisfied with days; and bury him do Esau and Jacob his sons.
  • Gen 47:30 : 30 and I have lain with my fathers, and thou hast borne me out of Egypt, and buried me in their burying-place.' And he saith, `I -- I do according to thy word;'
  • 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.'
  • 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 50:25 : 25 And Joseph causeth the sons of Israel to swear, saying, `God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this `place'.'
  • Job 30:23 : 23 For I have known To death Thou dost bring me back, And `to' the house appointed for all living.
  • Eccl 6:3 : 3 If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, `Better than he `is' the untimely birth.'
  • Eccl 12:5 : 5 Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 25:9-10
    2 verses
    87%

    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 23:20
    86%

    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
    84%

    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 23:2-15
    14 verses
    84%

    2and Sarah dieth in Kirjath-Arba, which `is' Hebron, in the land of Caanan, and Abraham goeth in to mourn for Sarah, and to bewail her.

    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.'

  • Gen 50:13
    80%

    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 23:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    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,

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

  • Gen 20:2
    72%

    2and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, `She is my sister;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah.

  • 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 13:18
    71%

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

  • Gen 18:9
    71%

    9And they say unto him, `Where `is' Sarah thy wife?' and he saith, `Lo -- in the tent;'

  • Gen 24:67
    71%

    67and Isaac bringeth her in unto the tent of Sarah his mother, and he taketh Rebekah, and she becometh his wife, and he loveth her, and Isaac is comforted after `the death of' his mother.