Study it in the app“his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, the field that Abraham bought as a possession for a burial place from Ephron the Hittite, facing Mamre.”
his sonsבָנָיוcarriedוַיִּשְׂאוּhimאֹתוֹto the landאַרְצָהof Canaanכְּנַעַןand buriedוַיִּקְבְּרוּhimאֹתוֹin the caveבִּמְעָרַתof the fieldשְׂדֵהof Machpelah,הַמַּכְפֵּלָהthe fieldאֶת הַשָּׂדֶהthatאֲשֶׁרAbrahamאַבְרָהָםboughtקָנָהas a possessionלַאֲחֻזַּתfor a burial placeקֶבֶרfromמֵאֵתEphronעֶפְרֹןthe Hittite,הַחִתִּיfacingעַל פְּנֵיMamre.מַמְרֵא
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appearscarry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “yisu” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsa” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appearsbury
Bury.
Where else “yikbru” appearscave
Cave.
Where else “mearat” 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” 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” appearspossession
Possession: land that someone holds as his own.
Where else “achuzat” appearstomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kever” 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” 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” 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).
12His sons did for him just as he had commanded them;
13 · This verse (above)
14Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
1. What it says
What did Joseph say to his brothers when they feared he would take revenge (vv. 15-21)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that they planned evil against him, but Elohim planned it for good (v. 20)?
3. How I live it
Whom do you need to forgive or ask forgiveness from, and what step can you take?
