to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
Genesis 23:19 - Y'all Version Bible After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah to the east of Mamre, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan. American Standard Version (1901) And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Common English Bible After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan. Catholic Public Domain Version So then, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the double cave of the field that overlooked Mamre. This is Hebron in the land of Canaan. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And so Abraham buried Sara his wife, in a double cave of the field, that looked towards Mambre. This is Hebron in the land of Chanaan. |
to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham by the children of Heth as a possession for a burial place.
You will eat bread by the sweat of your nostrils until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are dust, and you will return to dust.”
He said to him, “Go now and see whether things are well with your brothers, and with the flock. Then bring back word to me.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
but when I sleep with my fathers, you must carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place.” Joseph said, “I will do as you have said.”
for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, as a possession for a burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, near Mamre.
Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will visit-visit y’all, and y’all are to carry up my bones from here.”
For I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all living.
yes, they will be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree will blossom, and the grasshopper will be a burden, and desire will fail; because humankind will go to their everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets;
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he;