Genesis 49:32
30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
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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
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 sure
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