Genesis 23:13

and he spake to Ephron, while his people stood about, (and said), I beseech, that thou hear me; I shall give money (to thee) for the field, receive thou it, and so I shall bury my dead body in the field (or and then I shall bury my dead wife’s body there in the field).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

12Abraham worshipped before the Lord, and before the people of the land, (And Abraham bowed low before the people of the land,)

14And Ephron answered,

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Cross References

Genesis 33:19And he bought for an hundred lambs a part of the field, in which he set tabernacles, of the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. (And he bought part of that field from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred lambs, or for a hundred pieces of money, and he pitched his tents there.)

Acts 20:35All these things I showed to you, for so it behooveth men travailing to receive sick men, and to have mind of the word of the Lord Jesus; for he said, It is more blessful to give, than to receive, [or It is more blessed to give, more than to receive]. (I showed all of these things to you, because it behooveth all of us who labour, to accept, or to help, the frail or the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus; for he said, It is more blessed to give, than to receive.)

Philippians 4:5Be your patience [or your temperance] known to all men; the Lord is nigh (or the Lord is near).

Hebrews 13:5Be your manners without covetousness, satisfied with present things; for he said, I shall not leave thee, neither forsake (thee),

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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