Genesis 49:32
30 The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
31 There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.
The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”
33 When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”
- KJV
- The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
- WEB
- the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”
- ASV
- the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.
- DARBY
- The purchase of the field, and of the cave that is in it, was from the children of Heth.
- BLB
- The field and the cave that [is] in it [were] purchased from the sons of Heth.”
- ÅB
- på den mark og i den hule der som ble kjøpt av Hets barn.
- OTB
- Marken og hulen i den ble kjøpt fra Hets sønner.»
- B1930
- på den mark og i den hule der som blev kjøpt av Hets barn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 23:17–20
So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over
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