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Genesis 50:13 KJV
Genesis · chapter 50 · verse 13
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.Genesis 50:13 · King James Version
Genesis 50:13 in context
11And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
12And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
13For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
14And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
15And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- MachpelahMakpêlâhMakpelah, a place in PalestineH4375 →
- carriednâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
- AbrahamʼAbrâhâmAbraham, the later name of AbramH85 →
- CanaanKᵉnaʻanKenaan, a son a HamH3667 →
- buriedqâbarto interH6912 →
- boughtqânâhto erectH7069 →
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