Genesis 23:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

to sell me Machpelah Cave at the end of his field. I'll pay what it's worth, and all of you can be witnesses.”

Cross References

Genesis 23:10

Ephron was sitting there near the city gate, when Abraham made this request, and he answered,

Genesis 23:4

“I live as a foreigner in your land, and I don't own any property where I can bury my wife. Please let me buy a piece of land.”

Genesis 23:8

and replied, “If you are willing to let me bury my wife here, please ask Zohar's son Ephron

Genesis 49:29

Jacob told his sons: Soon I will die, and I want you to bury me in Machpelah Cave. Abraham bought this cave as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite, and it is near the town of Mamre in Canaan. Abraham and Sarah are buried there, and so are Isaac and Rebekah. I buried Leah there too.

Genesis 50:13

They took him to Canaan and buried him in Machpelah Cave, the burial place Abraham had bought from Ephron the Hittite.

1 Chronicles 21:22

David said, “Would you sell me your threshing place, so I can build an altar on it to the LORD? Then this disease will stop killing the people. I'm willing to pay whatever you say it's worth.”

1 Chronicles 21:24

But David replied, “No! I want to pay you what they're worth. I can't just take something from you and then offer the LORD a sacrifice that cost me nothing.”

Romans 12:17

Don't ill-treat someone who has ill-treated you. But try to earn the respect of others,

Romans 13:8

Let love be your only debt! If you love others, you have done all that the Law demands.