Genesis 23:3-20
New International Version
3 Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites.[a](A) He said, 4 “I am a foreigner and stranger(B) among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.(C)”
5 The Hittites replied to Abraham, 6 “Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince(D) among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”
7 Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites. 8 He said to them, “If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar(E) on my behalf 9 so he will sell me the cave of Machpelah,(F) which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you.”
10 Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites(G) who had come to the gate(H) of his city. 11 “No, my lord,” he said. “Listen to me; I give[b](I) you the field, and I give[c] you the cave that is in it. I give[d] it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
12 Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land 13 and he said to Ephron in their hearing, “Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there.”
14 Ephron answered Abraham, 15 “Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels[e] of silver,(J) but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
16 Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver,(K) according to the weight current among the merchants.(L)
17 So Ephron’s field in Machpelah(M) near Mamre(N)—both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field—was deeded 18 to Abraham as his property(O) in the presence of all the Hittites(P) who had come to the gate(Q) of the city. 19 Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah(R) near Mamre (which is at Hebron(S)) in the land of Canaan.(T) 20 So the field and the cave in it were deeded(U) to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.(V)
Footnotes
- Genesis 23:3 Or the descendants of Heth; also in verses 5, 7, 10, 16, 18 and 20
- Genesis 23:11 Or sell
- Genesis 23:11 Or sell
- Genesis 23:11 Or sell
- Genesis 23:15 That is, about 10 pounds or about 4.6 kilograms
Genesis 33:19
New International Version
19 For a hundred pieces of silver,[a] he bought from the sons of Hamor,(A) the father of Shechem,(B) the plot of ground(C) where he pitched his tent.(D)
Footnotes
- Genesis 33:19 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.
Genesis 49:29-30
New International Version
The Death of Jacob
29 Then he gave them these instructions:(A) “I am about to be gathered to my people.(B) Bury me with my fathers(C) in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite,(D) 30 the cave in the field of Machpelah,(E) near Mamre(F) in Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field(G) as a burial place(H) from Ephron the Hittite.
Genesis 50:13
New International Version
13 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah,(A) near Mamre,(B) which Abraham had bought along with the field(C) as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.(D)
Joshua 24:32
New International Version
32 And Joseph’s bones,(A) which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt,(B) were buried at Shechem in the tract of land(C) that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver[a] from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.
Footnotes
- Joshua 24:32 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.
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