KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 50:13
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
WEB World English Bible
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 burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
ASV American Standard Version
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 burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and his sons bear him away to the land of Canaan, and bury him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying-place, from Ephron the Hittite, on the front of Mamre.
Surrounding context — Genesis 50
10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which [is] beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
11 And 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.
12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
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.
14 And 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.
15 And 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.
16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
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וַיִּשְׂא֨וּH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseאֹת֤וֹH853 · et[Obj.]בָנָיו֙H1121 · benson: childאַ֣רְצָהH776 · e.retsland: country/planetכְּנַ֔עַןH3667 · ke.na.anCanaanוַיִּקְבְּר֣וּH6912 · qa.varto buryאֹת֔וֹH853 · et[Obj.]בִּמְעָרַ֖תH4631 · me.a.rahcaveשְׂדֵ֣הH7704 · sa.daySirionהַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑הH4375 · makh.pe.lahMachpelahאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichקָנָה֩H7069 · qa.nahto buyאַבְרָהָ֨םH85 · av.ra.hamAbrahamאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַשָּׂדֶ֜הH7704 · sa.daySirionלַאֲחֻזַּת־H272 · a.chuz.zahpossessionקֶ֗בֶרH6913 · qe.vergraveמֵאֵ֛תH854 · etwithעֶפְרֹ֥ןH6085 · eph.ronEphronהַחִתִּ֖יH2850 · chit.tiHittiteעַל־H5921 · aluponפְּנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeמַמְרֵֽא׃H4471 · mam.reMamre
Cross-references
Genesis 49:29-31And 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,Acts 7:16And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor [the father] of Sychem.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 35:27And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which [is] Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.Genesis 25:9And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which [is] before Mamre;Genesis 35:29And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, [being] old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.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.2 Kings 21:18And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
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