Genesis 23:13

and spake unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land saying, Only if, thou, wouldst, hear me,—I have given the silver of the field Take it of me, That I may bury my dead here.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

In Context

12So Abraham boweth himself down, before the people of the land:

14And Ephron responded to Abraham, saying to him,

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Cross References

Genesis 33:19And he bought the portion of the field where he had spread out his tent, at the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem,—for a hundred kesitahs.

Acts 20:35In all things, I gave you to understand, that, thus toiling, it behoves to be helping the weak, also to be keeping in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, that, he himself, said—Happy is it, rather to give than to receive!

Philippians 4:5Let, your considerateness, be known unto all men. The Lord, is near:—

Hebrews 13:5Without fondness for money, be your way of life,—being content with the present things,—for, he, hath said: In nowise, thee, will I leave, no indeed! in nowise, thee, will I forsake:

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 →

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