Genesis 23:13
and spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, ‘Please, hear me – I will give the price of the field; accept it from me so that I may bury my dead there.’
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
In Context
12Then Abraham bowed before the people of the land,
14Ephron answered Abraham by saying to him,
Cross References
Genesis 33:19He bought the piece of ground where he pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for four hundred shekels;
Acts 20:35I left nothing undone to show you that, labouring as I laboured, you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said himself – “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”’
Philippians 4:5Let your forbearing spirit be plain to everyone. The Lord is near.
Hebrews 13:5Do not let your conduct be ruled by the love of money. Be content with what you have, for God himself has said – “I will never forsake you, nor will I ever abandon you.”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 23:4-16
The Cave of Machpelah. ( b. c. 1857.) 3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 7 And… Read the whole commentary →