8 occurrences

'Burial' in the Bible

"I [am] a stranger and an alien among you; give to me {my own burial site} among you so that I may bury my dead from before me.

Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimPilgrims, Examples OfUnseenReckoned As ForeignersThe Cave Of Machpelah

"Hear us, my lord, you [are] a mighty prince in our midst. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial sites. None of us {will withhold his burial site} from you [for] burying your dead."

Verse ConceptsPrincesAbraham, In SocietySepulchresConsentThe Cave Of MachpelahBurying places

that he may sell to me the cave of Machpelah which {belongs to him}, which [is] at the end of his field. At full value let him sell [it] to me in your midst as {a burial site}."

Verse ConceptsCavesCaves For BuryingThe Cave Of MachpelahIn Men's PresenceBurying placescouples

And the field and the cave which [was] in it {passed} to Abraham as {a burial site} from the Hittites.

Verse ConceptsContractsCaves For BuryingPeople Possessing Other ThingsThe Cave Of MachpelahCaves Used As Graves

And Jacob erected a pillar at her burial site. That [is] the pillar of the burial site of Rachel unto this day.

Verse ConceptsObelisksPlaces To This Day

but let me lie with my ancestors. Carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial site." And he said, "I will do according to your word."

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good KidsCarrying Dead BodiesThe Cave Of MachpelahGathered To One's People

in the cave that [is] in the field of Machpelah that [is] before Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

Verse ConceptsThe Cave Of Machpelah

And his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which field Abraham had bought as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite before Mamre.

Verse ConceptsempiresCavesTombsCaves For BuryingThe Cave Of MachpelahCaves Used As Graves

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