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Genesis 23:17 KJV
Genesis · chapter 23 · verse 17 · King James Version
And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sureGenesis 23:17 · King James Version
Genesis 23:17 in context
15My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
17And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
18Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
Key words (Strong's)
- MachpelahMakpêlâhMakpelah, a place in PalestineH4375 →
- bordersgᵉbûwlproperly, a cordH1366 →
- EphronʻEphrôwnEphron, the name of a Canaanite and of two places in PalestineH6085 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- fieldsâdeha fieldH7704 →
- MamreMamrêʼMamre, an AmoriteH4471 →
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