Genesis 23:9

New English Translation

if he will sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly for the full price, so that I may own it as a burial site.”

Cross References

Genesis 23:10

(Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth – before all who entered the gate of his city –

Genesis 23:4

“I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead.”

Genesis 23:8

Then he said to them, “If you agree that I may bury my dead, then hear me out. Ask Ephron the son of Zohar

Genesis 25:10

This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

Genesis 49:29

Then he instructed them, “I am about to go to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

Genesis 50:13

His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the field Abraham purchased as a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.

1 Chronicles 21:22

David said to Ornan, “Sell me the threshing floor so I can build on it an altar for the Lord – I’ll pay top price – so that the plague may be removed from the people.”

1 Chronicles 21:24

King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice that cost me nothing.

Romans 12:17

Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people.

Romans 13:8

Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.