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Genesis 50:13

in Genesis 50

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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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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This verse in Genesis 50

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

So Jacob's sons did as he had charged them

on Genesis 50:12-13

The sons do exactly as their father charged them, and twelve brothers carry one body into Canaan. The book that opened with a brother killing a brother in a field closes with all of them at one grave. The cave stands in the field Abraham bought from Ephron.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan,.... That is, they took care that he was carried there, as he desired to be; for it cannot be thought that they carried him on their shoulders thither, in like manner as the devout men carried Stephen to his burial, Act 8:2. and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, &c. the very place where he chose to be buried, Gen 47:29.

The words behind it

23 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּשְׂא֨וּand they carried

    vaiyisuH5375 →656 times

  • אֹת֤וֹ<obj.> him

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • בָנָיו֙sons his

    vanavH1121 →4930 times

  • אַ֣רְצָה[the] land of towards

    ʾartzahH776 →2504 times

  • כְּנַ֔עַןCanaan

    kenaanH3667 →94 times

  • וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּand they buried

    vaiyikberuH6912 →133 times

  • אֹת֔וֹ<obj.> him

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • בִּמְעָרַ֖תin [the] cave of

    bimaratH4631 →37 times

  • שְׂדֵ֣ה[the] field of

    sedehH7704 →334 times

  • הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה<the> Machpelah

    hamakhpelahH4375 →6 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • קָנָה֩he had bought

    kanahH7069 →84 times

  • אַבְרָהָ֨םAbraham

    ʾavrahamH85 →175 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַשָּׂדֶ֜הthe field

    hasadehH7704 →334 times

  • לַאֲחֻזַּת־to a possession of

    laachuzat-H272 →66 times

  • קֶ֗בֶרa burial site

    keverH6913 →67 times

  • מֵאֵ֛תfrom with

    meetH854 →929 times

  • עֶפְרֹ֥ןEphron

    ʾefronH6085 →14 times

  • הַחִתִּ֖יthe Hittite

    hachitiH2850 →48 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • פְּנֵ֥י[the] face of

    peneiH6440 →2123 times

  • מַמְרֵֽא׃Mamre

    mamre'H4471 →10 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

15 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

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 over6 worksGenesis 25:9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.6 worksGenesis 49:29Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.6 worksActs 7:16Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.3 worksGenesis 23:16–18Abraham 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 worksGenesis 46:4I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”3 works
The other 9 cross-references, with their words ▾
Genesis 15:15You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.3 worksGenesis 23:20So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.2 works2 Kings 21:18And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.2 worksGenesis 35:29Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.2 worksGenesis 35:27Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.2 worksGenesis 49:31There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.2 worksGenesis 23:19After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.2 worksGenesis 23:4“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”2 works2 Samuel 19:37Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Acts 7:16

    Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 24:32

      And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father,…

    • Genesis 23:16

      Abraham 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.

    • Exodus 13:19

      Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry…

    • Genesis 33:9–20

      “I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”

  • Through

    Genesis 25:9

    His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 35:29

      Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

    • Genesis 21:9–10

      But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

    • Genesis 49:29–30

      Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

    • Genesis 23:9–20

      to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I…

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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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