Genesis 23:9

New Century Version

Ask him to sell me the cave of Machpelah at the edge of his field. I will pay him the full price. You can be the witnesses that I am buying it as a burial place.”

Cross References

Genesis 23:10

Ephron was sitting among the Hittites at the city gate. He answered Abraham,

Genesis 23:4

“I am only a stranger and a foreigner here. Sell me some of your land so that I can bury my dead wife.”

Genesis 23:8

He said to them, “If you truly want to help me bury my dead wife here, speak to Ephron, the son of Zohar for me.

Genesis 25:10

So Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah in the same field that he had bought from the Hittites.

Genesis 49:29

Then Israel gave them a command and said, “I am about to die. Bury me with my ancestors in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

Genesis 50:13

They carried his body to the land of Canaan and buried it in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre. Abraham had bought this cave and field from Ephron the Hittite to use as a burial place.

1 Chronicles 21:22

David said to him, “Sell me your threshing floor so I can build an altar to the Lord here. Then the terrible disease will stop. Sell it to me for the full price.”

1 Chronicles 21:24

But King David answered Araunah, “No, I will pay the full price for the land. I won’t take anything that is yours and give it to the Lord. I won’t offer a burnt offering that costs me nothing.”

Romans 12:17

If someone does wrong to you, do not pay him back by doing wrong to him. Try to do what everyone thinks is right.

Romans 13:8

Do not owe people anything, except always owe love to each other, because the person who loves others has obeyed all the law.