Old Testament · Major figure
Ephron
A Hittite landowner who sold the cave of Machpelah to Abraham for the burial of Sarah.
Ephron the Hittite was a resident of Hebron who negotiated the sale of the field and cave of Machpelah to Abraham. His transaction provided the patriarchs with their first permanent land possession in Canaan, serving as a burial site for Sarah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The narrative highlights the formal legal process of the land transfer and establishes the ancestral connection of the Israelites to the Promised Land.
In the text
- Verses
- 10
- Books
- 1
- First appears
- Genesis 23:8
- Last appears
- Genesis 50:13
Where Ephron appears
10 verses · 4 chaptersIn the same books
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- Laban45 versesThe brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel who became Jacob's father-in-law and employer.
- Leah32 versesThe eldest daughter of Laban and first wife of Jacob, who became the mother of six of Israel's twelve tribes.
- Rebekah30 versesThe wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau, instrumental in fulfilling God's promise to Abraham.
- Hagar12 versesAn Egyptian handmaid to Sarah who bore Ishmael to Abraham and experienced God's provision in the wilderness.
- Bilhah11 versesRachel's handmaid who became a concubine to Jacob and the mother of his sons Dan and Naphtali.
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