Study it in the app“in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is facing Mamre, in the land of Canaan, the field that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial place.”
in the caveבַּמְּעָרָהthatאֲשֶׁרis in the fieldבִּשְׂדֵהof Machpelah,הַמַּכְפֵּלָהwhichאֲשֶׁרis facingעַל פְּנֵיMamre,מַמְרֵאin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנָעַןthe fieldאֶת הַשָּׂדֶהthatאֲשֶׁרAbrahamאַבְרָהָםboughtקָנָהfromמֵאֵתEphronעֶפְרֹןthe Hittiteהַחִתִּיas a possessionלַאֲחֻזַּתfor a burial place.קָבֶר
cave
Cave.
Where else “meara” appearsfarmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sede” appearsMachpelah
Machpelah, the place near Hebron with the cave that Abraham bought to bury Sarah. Abraham, Isaac, Rebekah, Leah and Jacob were also buried there.
Where else “machpela” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsMamre
Mamre, the name of an Amorite ally of Abram and of the place with oaks near Hebron where Abraham lived.
Where else “mamre” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appearsAbraham
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” appearsbuy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “kana” appearsEphron
Ephron, the Hittite who owned the field and the cave of Machpelah; also the name of places.
Where else “efron” appearsHittite
Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chiti” appearspossession
Possession: land that someone holds as his own.
Where else “achuzat” appearstomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kaver” appearsCanaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
29He commanded them and said to them, “I am about to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 · This verse (above)
31There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
1. What it says
What did Jacob say about Judah and Joseph in his blessings (vv. 8-12, 22-26)?
2. What it means
What does it show that Jacob gave each son a different blessing (v. 28)?
3. How I live it
How can you recognize what is distinct and unique in each person in your family?
