Genesis 23:11

Modern English Version

“No, my lord. Hear me: I give you the field and the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of the sons of my people. Bury your dead.”

Cross References

Genesis 23:12

Then Abraham bowed before the people of the land.

Genesis 23:18

to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the Hittites, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

Genesis 23:6

“Hear us, my lord. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places. None of us will withhold from you his burial place that you may bury your dead.”

Isaiah 32:8

But the noble devises noble things, and by noble things he stands.

Numbers 35:30

Whoever kills a person, the murderer will be put to death by the testimony of witnesses, but one witness will not testify against a person for death.

Luke 19:24

“Then he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the pound from him and give it to him who has ten pounds.’

Deuteronomy 17:6

On the testimony of two or three witnesses he that is to die must be put to death, but on the testimony of one witness he cannot be put to death.

Deuteronomy 19:15

A single witness must not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin that he sins. At the testimony of two witnesses or at the testimony of three witnesses shall the matter be established.

Ruth 4:1

So Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom he had spoken, passed by. So Boaz said, “Come over, friend, and sit here.” So he went over and sat down.

Ruth 4:11

Then all the people who were at the gate, along with the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you do well in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem!

Ruth 4:4

I thought I should inform you and say, ‘Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, redeem it. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so that I know, for there is no one prior to you to redeem it, and I am next after you.’ ” So he said, “I will redeem it.”

Ruth 4:9

Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have bought everything that belonged to Elimelek, Kilion, and Mahlon from Naomi.