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Genesis 23:17

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

KJV

Confirmatusque est ager quondam Ephronis, in quo erat spelunca duplex, respiciens Mambre, tam ipse, quam spelunca, et omnes arbores ejus in cunctis terminis ejus per circuitum,

Vulgate

καὶ ἔστη ὁ ἀγρὸς Ἐφρών, ὃς ἦν ἐν τῷ διπλῷ σπηλαίῳ ὅς ἐστιν κατὰ πρόσωπον Μαμβρή, ὁ ἀγρὸς καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον ὃ ἦν αὐτῷ, καὶ πᾶν δένδρον ὃ ἦν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, ὅ ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτοῦ κύκλῳ,

LXX

So 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 border thereof round about, were made sure

ASV

וַ/יָּ֣קָם שְׂדֵ֣ה עֶפְר֗וֹן אֲשֶׁר֙ בַּ/מַּכְפֵּלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר לִ/פְנֵ֣י מַמְרֵ֑א הַ/שָּׂדֶה֙ וְ/הַ/מְּעָרָ֣ה אֲשֶׁר בּ֔/וֹ וְ/כָל הָ/עֵץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּ/שָּׂדֶ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּ/כָל גְּבֻל֖/וֹ סָבִֽיב

Hebrew

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In this verse

Places Mamre

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
גְּב֣וּל
gbvl
noun · 239×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַמְרֵ֖א
mmr'
proper_noun · 10×
מְּעָרָ֔ה
m'rh
noun · 40×
מַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה
mkplh
proper_noun · 6×
סָבִֽיב
sbyb
noun · 334×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
עֶפְר֥וֹן
'prvn
proper_noun · 15×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:16 — And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
  • Gen 23:20 — And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
  • Gen 25:9 — 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;
  • Gen 49:29 — 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,
  • Gen 50:13 — 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, be