Genesis 23: And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
Genesis 23: And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth,
even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Genesis 23: And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou
wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take
it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
Genesis 23: And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
Genesis 23: And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current
money with the merchant.
Genesis 23: And the field of Ephron, which
was in Machpelah, which
was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which
was therein, and all the trees that
were in the field, that
were in all the borders round about, were made sure
Genesis 25: And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which
is before Mamre;
Genesis 49: And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that
is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
Genesis 49: In the cave that
is in the field of Machpelah, which
is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
Genesis 50: 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 for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
Joshua 15: And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which
is Kirjathjearim:
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Ephrain - Hebrew text reads, “
Ephron,” as do most modern translations. See
Ephron
Ephron -
Ephron . The purchase is described with great particularity; and the transactions between
Ephron and Abraham are conducted with an elaborate courtesy characteristic of Oriental proceedings.
Ephron received 400 shekels’ weight of silver (23:15): coined money apparently did not exist at that time. If we compare the sale of the site with other instances ( Genesis 33:19 , 1 Kings 16:24 ),
Ephron seems to have made a good bargain. ] reads
Ephron for AV [Note: Authorized Version
Zohar -
The father of
Ephron the Hittite (Genesis 23:8 )
Eph'Ron, Mount - The "cities of Mount
Ephron" formed one of the landmarks on the northern boundary of the tribe of Judah
Nephtoah - We read of the water of Nephtoah, which went towards mount
Ephron, Joshua 15:9
Ephron - Abraham bought it from
Ephron for 400 shekels of silver (Genesis 23; 25; 49)
Zohar - Father of
Ephron the Hittite
zo'Har -
Father of
Ephron the Hittite
Ephrain - Possibly = Ephraim city above; also =
Ephron, MOUNT, on the northern bound of Judah (Joshua 15:9)
Machpelah - The owner,
Ephron the Hittite, offered it to Abraham for free, but the patriarch refused the gift and paid the fair price of 400 shekels of silver. Both
Ephron and Abraham expected a purchase to be made
Ophrah - Probably the same as
Ephron. (See
Ephron; EPHRAIM
Heth -
Ephron, who was an inhabitant of that city, was of the race of Heth; and in the time of Abraham the whole city were of the family of Heth
Jeshanah - of Beitin, near the main route between Jerusalem and Shechem, and its relation to the other towns of the triangle,
Ephron (Taiyibeh) and Bethel (Beitin), made its acquisition of consequence to Abijah as commanding the high road to his capital
e'Phra-in - ( 2 Chronicles 13:19 ) It has been conjectured that this Ephrain or
Ephron is identical with the Ephraim by which Absalom's sheep-farm of Baal-hazor was situated; with the city called Ephraim near the wilderness in which our Lord lived for some time; and with Ophrah, a city of Benjamin, apparently not far from Bethel
Zohar - Father of
Ephron the Hittite ( Genesis 23:8 ; Genesis 25:19 )
Ophrah -
A city of Benjamin (Joshua 18:23 ); probably identical with
Ephron (2 Chronicles 13:19 ) and Ephraim (John 11:54 )
Ophrah - Some suppose it is identical with Ephrain or
Ephron, 2 Chronicles 13:19, and with the city of Ephraim, to which our Lord retired after raising Lazarus
Ophrah - This Ophrah is perhaps identical with
Ephron (2 Chronicles 13:19 ) and Ephraim (2 Samuel 13:23 ; John 11:54 )
Sepulchre - First mentioned as purchased by Abraham for Sarah from
Ephron the Hittite (Genesis 23:20 )
Hit'Tits - Abraham bought from the "children of Heth" the field and the cave of Machpelah, belonging to
Ephron the Hittite
Machpelah - The tract containing the field and cave in the end of
Ephron's field, which Abraham bought as his burying ground from
Ephron and the sons of Heth (Genesis 23:9); his only possession in the land of promise
Balances - They were needful also in early days for weighing the money: when Abraham bought a burying place he "weighed to
Ephron the silver
Shekel - Abraham weighed to
Ephron the silver-in the audience of the sons of Heth," Genesis 23:15,16
Sarah - She died in the valley of Hebron, and Abraham came to Beer-sheba to mourn for her, after which he bought a field of
Ephron the Hittite, wherein was a cave hewn in the rock, called Machpelah, where Sarah was buried, Genesis 23:9
Machpelah - A field in Hebron containing the cave which Abraham bought of
Ephron the Hittite as a burial-place for his family
Hamor - ...
Stephen with elliptical brevity sums up from six chaps, of Old Testament in one sentence the double purchase (by Abraham from
Ephron the Hittite, Genesis 23; and by Jacob from the children of Hamor), the double burial place (Abraham's cave of Machpelah and Jacob's ground near Shechem), and the double burial (of Jacob in the cave of Machpelah, and of Joseph in the ground at Shechem), just because the details were familiar to both himself and the Jewish council; not, as rationalism objects, because he was ignorant of or forgot the historical facts so notorious from the Old Testament
Hittites - Uriah, the unsuspicious, self-denying patriot, whom David so wronged though of his own bodyguard "the thirty," was a Hittite, and showed the chivalrous bearing which
Ephron the Hittite and his people had showed of old
he'Bron - (Joshua 15:13,14 ; 21:13 ) Sarah died at Hebron; and Abraham then bought from
Ephron the Hittite the field and cave of Machpelah, to serve as a family tomb (Genesis 23:2-20 ) The cave is still there, and the massive walls of the Haram or mosque, within which it lies, form the most remarkable object in the whole city
Field - “Arable land,” land that is either cultivated or to be cultivated, is also signified by śâdeh: “If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat for me to
Ephron the son of Zohar, that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field …” (Gen
Machpelah - Portion; double cave, the cave which Abraham bought, together with the field in which it stood, from
Ephron the Hittite, for a family burying-place (Genesis 23 )
Boundary - 23:17, gebûl represents the “border” of an individual’s field or piece of ground: “And the field of
Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
Silver - Abraham paid
Ephron for the cave of Machpelah "400 shekels of silver, current money with the merchant" (Genesis 23:16)
Hebron - From
Ephron the Hittite he purchased the cave of Machpelah for the burial of Sarah his wife ( Genesis 23:1-20 )
Covenant - When Abraham bought the field of
Ephron in Machpelah, he paid the money "in the audience of the sons of Heth" as witnesses, and it was thus made sure unto him
Hebron - Here he pitched his tent under the oaks of Mamre, by which name it came afterwards to be known; and here Sarah died, and was buried in the cave of Machpelah (Genesis 23:17-20 ), which he bought from
Ephron the Hittite
Sarah - She was 127 when she died at Hebron, 28 years before Abraham, and was buried in the cave of Machpelah, bought from
Ephron the Hittite; her "shrine" is shown opposite Abraham's, with Isaac's and Rebekah's on one side, Jacob's and Leah's on the other
Machpelah - The name of a locality in which, according to the Priestly narrative of the Hexateuch, were situated a field and a cave purchased by Abraham from
Ephron the Hittite, to serve as a burial-place for himself and his family ( Genesis 23:17-18 )
Ephraim - ’...
Eusebius in his Onomasticon says (ad
Ephron, Joshua 15:9) καἰ ἔστι νῦν κώμη Ἐφραὶμ μεγίστη περὶ τἀ βόρεια Αἰλίας ὠς ἀπὸ σημείων κ; in the Latin rendering of Jerome: ‘est et villa pergrandis Efrœa nomine contra septentrionem in vicesimo ab aelia miliario’ (ed
Hebron - Abraham, Sarah, and Isaac were buried near Hebron, in the cave of Machpelah, or the double cave, which Abraham bought of
Ephron, Genesis 23:7-9
Weights And Measures - The first recorded transaction in scripture is that of Abraham buying the field of
Ephron the Hittite for four hundred shekels of silver, which Abraham 'weighed' to
Ephron
Hittites - ) ...
They are first referred to in Scripture in the history of Abraham, who bought from
Ephron the Hittite the field and the cave of Machpelah (Genesis 15:20 : 23:3-18 )
Burial - The first commercial transaction recorded is that of the purchase of a burial-place, for which Abraham weighed to
Ephron "four hundred shekels of silver current money with the merchants
Take Away - ” So Abraham asks
Ephron the Hittite to “receive from” his hand payment for the field which contained the sepulchre (Gen
Abram - The bargain with
Ephron is very characteristic of eastern manners to the present day. Some, misled by
Ephron's courteous speech, have fancied that he really intended to offer his field to Abraham for a gift.
Ephron was a shrewd man, who well knew how to drive a bargain; and a good one he made for himself
Burial - The burial place of Sarah, Abraham, Isaac, Rebekah, Leah, and Jacob, in the field of Machpelah (Genesis 23), bought by Abraham from
Ephron the Hittite, and the field bought by Jacob from Shechem's father, Hamor, where Joseph's bones were buried (Joshua 24:32), were the only fixed possessions the patriarchs had in Canaan, and the sole purchases they made there
Money - The "thousand pieces of silver" which Abimelech gave Abraham (Genesis 20:16) were of this kind; so the 400 shekels "weighed" by Abraham to
Ephron (Genesis 23:3; Genesis 23:9; Genesis 23:16), "current (money) with the merchant"; implying that the silver was in some conventional shapes, with a rude sign to mark its weight
Tomb - --One of the most striking events in the life of Abraham is the purchase of the field of
Ephron the Hittite at Hebron, in which was the cave of Machpelah, in order that he might therein bury Sarah his wife, and that it might be a sepulchre for himself and his children
Joseph - ...
Jacob at length died, and in fulfilment of a promise which he had exacted, Joseph went up to Canaan to bury his father in "the field of
Ephron the Hittite" (Genesis 47:29-31 ; 50:1-14 )
Hittites And Hivites - He was forced to purchase the Cave of Machpelah from
Ephron the Hittite as a family tomb, specifically for the immediate burial of Sarah (Genesis 23:1 )
Abraham - Abraham acquired now the needful possession of a burying-place, the cave of Machpelah, by purchase from the owner of it,
Ephron the Hittite (Genesis 23 ); and there he buried Sarah
Stephen - Again as to Acts 7:15-16, "Jacob and our fathers were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought of Emmor," Stephen with elliptical brevity refers to six different chapters, summing up in one sentence, which none of his hearers could misunderstand from their familiarity as to the details, the double purchase (from
Ephron the Hittite by Abraham, and from Hamor of Shechem by Jacob: Genesis 23:16; Genesis 33:19), the double burial place (Machpelah's cave and the ground at Shechem), and the double burial (Jacob in Machpelah's cave: Genesis 50:13, and Joseph in the Shechem ground of Jacob, Genesis 50:25; Exodus 13:19; Joshua 24:32)
Abram - He, therefore, bought of
Ephron, one of the inhabitants, the field of Machpelah, with the cave and sepulchre in it, at the price of four hundred shekels of silver, about forty-five pounds sterling. He died, aged a hundred and seventy-five years, and was buried, with Sarah his wife, in the cave of Machpelah, which he had purchased of
Ephron, Genesis 24, 25, A
Tombs - Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, and Leah, have lain in the cave of Machpelah in the field so solemnly bought from
Ephron the Hittite at Hebron, about 3,700 years (Genesis 23:4, etc
Money - Accordingly, when Abraham bought the field and cave of Machpelah he ‘weighed to
Ephron the silver ⦠four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant’ ( Genesis 23:15 )