Genesis 23
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
2And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
8And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
9That 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.
10And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
11Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
12And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
13And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
15My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
17And 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
18Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
20And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אַבְרָהָםʼAbrâhâmH8512× in this chapter
Abraham, the later name of Abram
- אֵתʼêthH85311× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בֵּןbênH112110× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH83410× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- מוּתmûwthH41919× in this chapter
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- חֵתChêthH28458× in this chapter
Cheth, an aboriginal Canaanite
- עֶפְרוֹןʻEphrôwnH60858× in this chapter
Ephron, the name of a Canaanite and of two places in Palestine
- קָבַרqâbarH69128× in this chapter
to inter
- שָׂדֶהsâdehH77048× in this chapter
a field (as flat)
- נָתַןnâthanH54147× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5596× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64406× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7766× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻH80856× in this chapter
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- כֶּסֶףkeçephH37015× in this chapter
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
- מְעָרָהmᵉʻârâhH46315× in this chapter
a cavern (as dark)
- קֶבֶרqeberH69135× in this chapter
a sepulchre
- שָׂרָהSârâhH82835× in this chapter
Sarah, Abraham's wife
- דָבַרdâbarH16964× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- כֹּלkôlH36054× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אֵלʼêlH4134× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- עַםʻamH59714× in this chapter
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- קוּםqûwmH69654× in this chapter
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- שָׁנֶהshânehH81414× in this chapter
a year (as a revolution of time)
- אָדוֹןʼâdôwnH1133× in this chapter
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
- הוּאhûwʼH19313× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- אֹזֶןʼôzenH2413× in this chapter
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
- אֲחֻזָּהʼăchuzzâhH2723× in this chapter
something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
- מֵאָהmêʼâhH39673× in this chapter
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
- מַכְפֵּלָהMakpêlâhH43753× in this chapter
Makpelah, a place in Palestine
- מִןminH44803× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- עָנָהʻânâhH60303× in this chapter
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
- תָּוֶךְtâvekH84323× in this chapter
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
- אֵתʼêthH8543× in this chapter
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9353× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- חֶבְרוֹןChebrôwnH22752× in this chapter
Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
- חַיchayH24162× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- כְּנַעַןKᵉnaʻanH36672× in this chapter
Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
- לֹאlôʼH38082× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- מַמְרֵאMamrêʼH44712× in this chapter
Mamre, an Amorite