Genesis 23:9

New International Reader's Version

Ask him to sell me the cave of Machpelah. It belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price. I want it as a place to bury my dead wife among you.”

Cross References

Genesis 23:10

Ephron the Hittite was sitting there among his people. He replied to Abraham. All of the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city heard him.

Genesis 23:4

“I’m an outsider. I’m a stranger among you. Sell me some property where I can bury those in my family who die. Then I can bury my wife.”

Genesis 23:8

He said to them, “If you are willing to let me bury my wife, then listen to me. Speak to Zohar’s son Ephron for me.

Genesis 25:10

Abraham had bought the field from the Hittites. He was buried there with his wife Sarah.

Genesis 49:29

Then Jacob gave directions to his sons. He said, “I’m about to join the members of my family who have already died. Bury me with them in the cave in the field of Ephron, the Hittite.

Genesis 50:13

They carried his body to the land of Canaan. They buried it in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre. Abraham had bought the cave as a place where he could bury his wife’s body. He had bought the cave and the field from Ephron, the Hittite.

1 Chronicles 21:22

David said to him, “Let me have the property your threshing floor is on. I want to build an altar there to honor the Lord. When I do, the plague on the people will be stopped. Sell the threshing floor to me for the full price.”

1 Chronicles 21:24

But King David replied to Araunah, “No! I want to pay the full price. I won’t take what belongs to you and give it to the Lord. I won’t sacrifice a burnt offering that hasn’t cost me anything.”

Romans 12:17

Don’t pay back evil with evil. Be careful to do what everyone thinks is right.

Romans 13:8

Pay everything you owe. But you can never pay back all the love you owe one another. Whoever loves other people has done everything the law requires.