Genesis 50:13

New International Reader's Version

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.

Cross References

Genesis 23:20

So the field and the cave that was in it were sold to Abraham by the Hittites. The property became a place to bury those who died in his family.

Genesis 23:9

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.”

Genesis 25:8

He took his last breath and died when he was very old. He had lived a very long time. Then he joined the members of his family who had already died.

Genesis 25:9

Abraham’s sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him. They put his body in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre. It was in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite.

Genesis 35:27

Jacob came home to his father Isaac in Mamre. Mamre is near Kiriath Arba, where Abraham and Isaac had stayed. The place is also called Hebron.

Genesis 35:29

Then he took his last breath and died. He was very old when he joined the members of his family who had already died. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 46:4

I will go down to Egypt with you. I will surely bring you back again. And when you die, Joseph will close your eyes with his own hand.”

Genesis 47:30

When I join the members of my family who have already died, carry me out of Egypt. Bury me where they are buried.” “I’ll do exactly as you say,” Joseph said.

Genesis 50:12

So Jacob’s sons did exactly as he had commanded them.

Genesis 50:14

After Joseph buried his father, he went back to Egypt. His brothers and all the others who had gone to help him bury his father went back with him.

2 Kings 21:18

Manasseh joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in his palace garden. It was called the garden of Uzza. Manasseh’s son Amon became the next king after him.

Acts 7:16

Some of their bodies were brought back to Shechem. They were placed in a tomb Abraham had bought. He had purchased it from Hamor’s sons at Shechem. He had purchased it for a certain amount of money.