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the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהthatאֲשֶׁרAbrahamאַבְרָהָםhad boughtקָנָהfromמֵאֵתthe sonsבְּנֵיof Heth.חֵתThereשָׁמָּהAbrahamאַבְרָהָםwas buried,קֻבַּרand Sarahוְשָׂרָהhis wife.אִשְׁתּוֹ
Genesis 25:10
Study it in the app“the field that Abraham had bought from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 25:10, word by word
- the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appears- Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- had boughtקָנָהkana
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “kana” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Hethחֵתchet
Heth
Heth, son of Canaan, from whom the Hittites (the "sons of Heth") came.
Where else “chet” appears- was buriedקֻבַּרkubar
bury
Bury.
Where else “kubar” appears- and Sarahשָׂרָהsara
Sarah
Sarah, the name God gave to Sarai, wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. It means "princess".
Where else “sara” appears- his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears
The context
9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, which is facing Mamre,
10 · This verse (above)
11After the death of Abraham, Elohim blessed Isaac his son, and Isaac lived by Beer-lahai-roi.
To study Genesis 25 in a group
1. What it says
What did Esau do with his birthright, and what did he receive in exchange (vv. 29-34)?
2. What it means
What does the text mean when it ends, “Thus Esau despised his birthright” (v. 34)?
3. How I live it
What valuable thing are you at risk of trading away for a need of the moment?