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Genesis 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;

KJV

Et sepelierunt eum Isaac et Ismaël filii sui in spelunca duplici, quæ sita est in agro Ephron filii Seor Hethæi, e regione Mambre,

Vulgate

καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰσμαὴλ οἱ δύο υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον τὸ διπλοῦν, εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν Ἐφρὼν τοῦ Σάαρ τοῦ Χετταίου, ὅ ἐστιν ἀπέναντι Μαμβρή,

LXX

And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

ASV

וַ/יִּקְבְּר֨וּ אֹת֜/וֹ יִצְחָ֤ק וְ/יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ בָּנָ֔י/ו אֶל מְעָרַ֖ת הַ/מַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה אֶל שְׂדֵ֞ה עֶפְרֹ֤ן בֶּן צֹ֨חַר֙ הַֽ/חִתִּ֔י אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל פְּנֵ֥י מַמְרֵֽא

Hebrew

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In this verse

People IshmaelIsaac
Places Machpelah

In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הוּ
hv
verb · 131×
חִתִּ֔י
chty
noun · 48×
יִצְחָ֖ק
ytschq
proper_noun · 108×
יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל
yshm''l
proper_noun · 48×
מַמְרֵ֖א
mmr'
proper_noun · 10×
מְּעָרָ֔ה
m'rh
noun · 40×
מַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה
mkplh
proper_noun · 6×
עֶפְר֥וֹן
'prvn
proper_noun · 15×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
צֹ֖חַר
tschr
proper_noun · 5×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×

Historic Christian voices

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

Chapter 13.—Reasons for Burying the Bodies of the Saints. Nevertheless the bodies of the dead are not on this account to be despised and left unburied; least of all the bodies of the righteous and faithful, which have been used by the Holy Spirit as His organs and instruments for all good works. For if the dress of a father, or his ring, or anything he wore, be precious to his …

Cross-references

  • Gen 21:9 — And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
  • Gen 23:9 — That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
  • Gen 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,
  • Gen 35:29 — And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
  • Gen 47:30 — But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
  • 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 49:31 — There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
  • 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