Jeremiah 32:12
10 I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
11 Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—
and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.
13 In their sight I instructed Baruch,
14 “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.
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- BSB
- and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.
- KJV
- And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
- WEB
- and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the guard.
- ASV
- and I delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel mine uncle`s [son], and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the guard.
- DARBY
- and I gave the writing of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Nerijah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's [son], and in the presence of the witnesses that had subscribed the writing of purchase, before all the Jews that were sitting in the court of the guard.
- BLB
- and I gave the account of the purchase to Baruch son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, before Hanamel of my uncle, and before the witnesses having written in the account of the purchase, [and] before all the Jews sitting in the court of the guard.
- ÅB
- og jeg overgav kjøpebrevet til Baruk, sønn av Nerija, sønn av Mahseja, i nærvær av min frende Hanamel og de vitner som hadde skrevet sine navn i kjøpebrevet, og alle de jøder som satt i vaktgården.
- OTB
- og jeg ga dette skjøtet til Baruk, sønn av Neria, sønn av Mahseja, i nærvær av min fetter Hanamel og vitnene som hadde signert skjøtet, samt alle jødene som satt i vaktgården.
- B1930
- og jeg overgav kjøpebrevet til Baruk, sønn av Nerija, sønn av Mahseja, i nærvær av min frende Hanamel og de vidner som hadde skrevet sine navn i kjøpebrevet, og alle de jøder som satt i vaktgården.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 32:16
After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:
Read in contextJeremiah 51:59
This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign.
Read in contextJeremiah 36:4–5
So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.
Read in contextJeremiah 36:26
Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
Read in contextJeremiah 43:3–6
Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”
Read in contextJeremiah 45:1–5
This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:
Read in contextJeremiah 36:32
Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.
Read in contextJeremiah 36:16–19
When they had heard all these words, they turned to one another in fear and said to Baruch, “Surely we must report all these words to the king.”
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