Genesis 23:20

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Genesis 23:18–20 · Berean Standard Bible

18 to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

19 After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

20 So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.

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So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”

Ruth 4:9

At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.

Ruth 4:10

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2 Samuel 24:24

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Jeremiah 32:10

I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

Jeremiah 32:11

Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—

Genesis 25:9

His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

Genesis 49:31

There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.

Genesis 49:32

The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”

Genesis 50:5

my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”

Genesis 50:13

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 from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

Genesis 50:24

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Genesis 50:25

And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

2 Kings 21:18

And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.