Genesis 23 (NET)

Genesis 23:1¹Sarah lived 127 years.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 23:2²Then she died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 23:19Gen 13:181 Chr 6:57Judg 1:101 Sam 20:311 Sam 28:32 Chr 35:252 Sam 1:122 Sam 1:172 Sam 2:11

Genesis 23:3³Then Abraham got up from mourning his dead wife and said to the sons of Heth,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 10:151 Sam 26:62 Sam 23:39Gen 23:5Gen 23:7Gen 27:46Gen 49:30Gen 25:10

Genesis 23:4⁴“I am a foreign resident, a temporary settler, among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 29:15Heb 11:9Gen 17:8Ps 119:19Acts 7:5Gen 49:30Heb 11:13-16Lev 25:23Ps 39:121 Pet 2:11

Genesis 23:5⁵The sons of Heth answered Abraham,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 23:6⁶“Listen, sir, you are a mighty prince among us! You may bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb to prevent you from burying your dead.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 24:35Gen 14:141 John 3:1-2Exod 32:22Gen 13:2Gen 18:12Gen 21:22Gen 24:18Gen 31:35Gen 32:18

Genesis 23:7⁷Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, the sons of Heth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 12:14Gen 18:2Gen 19:1Prov 18:24Rom 12:17-181 Pet 3:8

Genesis 23:8⁸Then he said to them, “If you agree that I may bury my dead, then hear me out. Ask Ephron the son of ZoharCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 2:1-21 Kgs 2:17Gen 25:9Heb 7:26Luke 7:3-4

Genesis 23:9⁹if 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.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 12:17Rom 13:8

Genesis 23:10¹⁰(Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hittite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth—before all who entered the gate of his city—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 34:20Gen 34:24Gen 23:18Gen 24:10Isa 28:6Job 29:7Luke 2:3-4Matt 9:1Ruth 4:1-4

Genesis 23:11¹¹“No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell you both the field and the cave that is in it. In the presence of my people I sell it to you. Bury your dead.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 19:24Isa 32:81 Chr 21:22-242 Sam 24:20-24Deut 17:6Deut 19:15Gen 23:18Gen 23:6Jer 32:7-12Num 35:30

Genesis 23:12¹²Abraham bowed before the local peopleCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 18:2Gen 19:1Gen 23:7

Genesis 23:13¹³and said to Ephron in their hearing, “Hear me, if you will. I pay to you the price of the field. Take it from me so that I may bury my dead there.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 13:82 Sam 24:24Acts 20:35Gen 14:22-23Col 4:5Heb 13:5Phil 4:5-8

Genesis 23:14¹⁴Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 23:15¹⁵“Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 45:12Exod 30:13Exod 30:15

Genesis 23:16¹⁶So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth—400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 32:9Zech 11:121 Thess 4:6Exod 30:13Ezek 45:12Ezra 8:25-30Gen 23:15Gen 43:21Job 28:15Matt 7:12

Genesis 23:17¹⁷So Abraham secured Ephron’s field in Machpelah, next to Mamre, including the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and all around its border,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 25:9Gen 50:13Gen 23:20Acts 7:16Gen 49:29-32Col 4:5Eph 5:15Jer 32:7-14Matt 10:16Ps 112:5

Genesis 23:18¹⁸as his property in the presence of the sons of Heth before all who entered the gate of Ephron’s city.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 34:20Jer 32:12Ruth 4:1

Genesis 23:19¹⁹After this Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah next to Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 12:5Eccl 12:7Eccl 6:3Gen 25:9-10Gen 3:19Gen 35:27-29Gen 47:30Gen 49:29-32Gen 50:13Gen 50:25

Genesis 23:20²⁰So Abraham secured the field and the cave that was in it as a burial site from the sons of Heth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 32:10-14Ruth 4:7-102 Kgs 21:182 Sam 24:24Gen 25:9Gen 49:31-32Gen 50:13Gen 50:24-25Gen 50:5