Jeremiah 32:7
in Jeremiah 32Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
KJV
Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
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This verse in Jeremiah 32
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Hanameel was strictly the first-cousin of Jeremiah. In Hebrew all the terms of relationship are used in a more loose way than with us.
This site's exposition
The word of the Lord came unto me
on Jeremiah 32:6-10
The word of the Lord came unto me announces the sign before it happens, Hanameel's visit foretold so that when the cousin arrives asking Jeremiah to exercise the kinsman's right of redemption on a field at Anathoth, the prophet can say then I knew that this was the word of the Lord. The transaction is unremarkable in itself, seventeen shekels weighed out for a field the buyer will likely never farm, the besieging army camped outside the very town where the land lies. The bench reads the ordinariness as the point, an act of commerce performed as an act of faith in territory the Chaldeans already hold.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Version 6, 7.) And Jeremiah said: The word of the Lord came to me, saying: Behold, Anameel (also known as Anemeel), the son of Sellum (or Sallom), your cousin (which is said in Hebrew as Dodach), is coming to you, saying: Buy my field, which is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption belongs to you.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
He prays with admiration of God's majesty and works; and represents his own conflict, ver. 16-25. God confirms the captivity for their sins, ver. 26-35. but promises a gracious return, ver. 36-44.
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But it was the will of God that he should buy it, and he submitted, though the money seemed to be thrown away. His kinsman came to offer it to him; it was not of his own seeking; he coveted not to lay house to house and field to field, but Providence brought it to him, and it was probably a good bargain; besides, the right of redemption belonged to him (
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Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The prohibition to sell these suburban fields (Le 25:34) applied merely to their alienating them from Levites to another tribe; so that this chapter does not contravene that prohibition. Besides, what is here meant is only the purchase of the use of the field till the year of jubilee.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The right of redemption is thine - The law had established that the estates of a family should never be alienated. If, therefore, a man through poverty was obliged to sell his patrimony, the nearest relative had a right to purchase it before all others, and even to redeem it, if it had been sold to another. This is what is called the right of goel, or kinsman, Lev 25:25. And in the year of jubilee the whole reverted to its ancient master Lev 25:13.
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הִנֵּ֣ה | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| חֲנַמְאֵ֗ל | chanamel | Hanamel | H2601 → | 4 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שַׁלֻּם֙ | shalum | Shallum | H7967 → | 27 times |
| דֹּֽדְךָ֔ | dodekha | uncle your | H1730 → | 61 times |
| בָּ֥א | ba' | [is] about to come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֵלֶ֖יךָ | ʾeleikha | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| קְנֵ֣ה | keneh | buy | H7069 → | 84 times |
| לְךָ֗ | lekha | for <the> yourself | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שָׂדִי֙ | sadi | field my | H7704 → | 334 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בַּעֲנָת֔וֹת | baanatot | [is] at Anathoth | H6068 → | 15 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לְךָ֛ | lekha | [belongs] to <the> you | ||
| מִשְׁפַּ֥ט | mishpat | [the] right of | H4941 → | 422 times |
| הַגְּאֻלָּ֖ה | hageulah | <the> redemption | H1353 → | |
| לִקְנֽוֹת׃ | liknot | to buy [it] | H7069 → | 84 times |
הִנֵּ֣הhere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
חֲנַמְאֵ֗לHanamel
chanamelH2601 →4 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שַׁלֻּם֙Shallum
shalumH7967 →27 times
דֹּֽדְךָ֔uncle your
dodekhaH1730 →61 times
בָּ֥א[is] about to come
ba'H935 →2568 times
אֵלֶ֖יךָto you
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
קְנֵ֣הbuy
kenehH7069 →84 times
לְךָ֗for <the> yourself
lekha
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שָׂדִי֙field my
sadiH7704 →334 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בַּעֲנָת֔וֹת[is] at Anathoth
baanatotH6068 →15 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
לְךָ֛[belongs] to <the> you
lekha
מִשְׁפַּ֥ט[the] right of
mishpatH4941 →422 times
הַגְּאֻלָּ֖ה<the> redemption
hageulahH1353 →
לִקְנֽוֹת׃to buy [it]
liknotH7069 →84 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Leviticus 25:25If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.
it leads to
- Ruth 2:20
Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He…
- Ruth 3:9
“Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”
- Ruth 3:12
Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I.
- Ruth 2:20
Through
Numbers 35:2“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
it leads to
- Joshua 14:3–4
For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.
- Joshua 14:3–4
Through
Jeremiah 1:1These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:21
So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.
- Jeremiah 32:7–9
Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’
- 2 Chronicles 36:21
Through
Jeremiah 11:21Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by…
it leads to
- Luke 13:33–34
Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 30:10
They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
- Luke 13:33–34
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
