Genesis 49:30

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“in the cave which <FI>is<Fi> in the field of Machpelah, which <FI>is<Fi> 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;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 49:30 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 23:8“If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
  2. Genesis 23:16Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
  3. Genesis 23:17So 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
  4. Genesis 23:20So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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