KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 49:30
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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 from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.
ASV American Standard Version
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 from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
in the cave which is in the field of Machpelah, which is on the front of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place;
Surrounding context — Genesis 49
27 Benjamin shall ravin [as] a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
28 All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel: and this [is it] that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
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.
32 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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בַּמְּעָרָ֞הH4631 · me.a.rahcaveאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichבִּשְׂדֵ֧הH7704 · sa.daySirionהַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛הH4375 · makh.pe.lahMachpelahאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichעַל־H5921 · aluponפְּנֵי־H6440 · pa.nehface: beforeמַמְרֵ֖אH4471 · mam.reMamreבְּאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetכְּנָ֑עַןH3667 · ke.na.anCanaanאֲשֶׁר֩H834 · a.sherwhichקָנָ֨הH7069 · qa.nahto buyאַבְרָהָ֜םH85 · av.ra.hamAbrahamאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַשָּׂדֶ֗הH7704 · sa.daySirionמֵאֵ֛תH854 · etwithעֶפְרֹ֥ןH6085 · eph.ronEphronהַחִתִּ֖יH2850 · chit.tiHittiteלַאֲחֻזַּת־H272 · a.chuz.zahpossessionקָֽבֶר׃H6913 · qe.vergrave
Cross-references
Genesis 23:16-18And 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.Genesis 23:8-9And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,Genesis 23:20And the field, and the cave that [is] therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
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