Genesis 49:32
in Genesis 49The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.
KJV
The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
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This verse in Genesis 49
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe purchase of the field, and of the cave that is there, was from the children of Heth. Which is repeated for the certainty of it, and that it might be taken notice of, that both the field and cave were bought by Abraham of Ephron the Hittite, and that the children of Heth were witnesses of the bargain, and of the payment of the money, and by whom the estate was made sure to Abraham; all which might be urged, if any controversy should arise about it; see Gen 23:16.
This site's exposition
there I buried Leah
on Genesis 49:31-32
Jacob names everyone already lying in the cave, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah. The last name comes in his own voice, there I buried Leah. Leah is the wife he was given, and she is the one who lies beside him, and the field was bought from the Hittites.
This site's exposition
purchased from the Hittites
Jacob ends his last words on the title to the field and cave Abraham purchased, a sale no one can dispute. Stephen at Acts 7:16 names a tomb Abraham bought at Shechem, a verse read as joining this purchase with Jacob's at 33:19. Both plots were paid for in silver.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
He was afraid lest his sons, after seventeen years' sojourning in Egypt, had forgotten Canaan, and even the burying-place of their ancestors there, or lest the Canaanites should dispute his title to it; and therefore he specifies it thus largely, and the purchase of it, even when he lies a-dying, not only to prevent mistakes, but to show how mindful he was of that country.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִקְנֵ֧ה | mikneh | [the] livestock of | H4735 → | 76 times |
| הַשָּׂדֶ֛ה | hasadeh | the field | H7704 → | 334 times |
| וְהַמְּעָרָ֥ה | vehamearah | and the cave | H4631 → | 37 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בּ֖וֹ | bo | [is] in it | ||
| מֵאֵ֥ת | meet | from with | H854 → | 929 times |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חֵֽת׃ | chet | Heth | H2845 → | 14 times |
מִקְנֵ֧ה[the] livestock of
miknehH4735 →76 times
הַשָּׂדֶ֛הthe field
hasadehH7704 →334 times
וְהַמְּעָרָ֥הand the cave
vehamearahH4631 →37 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
בּ֖וֹ[is] in it
bo
מֵאֵ֥תfrom with
meetH854 →929 times
בְּנֵי־[the] sons of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
חֵֽת׃Heth
chetH2845 →14 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies28
- Afterlife Vocabulary
- Dan
- Dinah at Shechem
- Ephraim and Manasseh, the two tribes of Joseph
- Jacob
- Judah, the Brother Who Stood Surety
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- The Words Agape, Philia, Chesed and Ahavah
- Micah's idol and the migration of Dan
- Rachel and Leah
- Rachel's Tomb on the Bethlehem Road
- Rebekah
- The Seed Promise
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About Genesis
This page draws on John Calvin, Commentary on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.