Ephron in the Bible
Meaning: dust
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He said to them, “If you are willing for me to bury my dead, listen to me and ask Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
Ephron was sitting among the Hittites. So in the presence
and said to Ephron in the presence
Ephron answered Abraham and said to him,
Abraham agreed with Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver that he had agreed to in the presence
So Ephron’s field
as his property in the presence of the sons of Heth before all who entered the gate of Ephron's city.
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah
Then he commanded them: “I am about to be gathered to my people.
The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.
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Ephron » Son of zohar, the hittite » Sells to abraham the field containing the cave machpelah
No, my lord: hear me. The field give I thee; and the cave that is in it, to thee I give it; before the eyes of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land; and he spoke to Ephron, in the ears of the people of the land, saying, But if only thou wouldst listen to me, I give the money for the field: take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, My lord, hearken to me. A field of four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. And Abraham hearkened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the money that he had named in the ears of the sons of Heth four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant. So the field of Ephron, which was at Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all its borders round about,