Ephron

Ephron (Person)

Father

Zohar

• עֶפְרוֹן·Ephron

Includes 4 verses that refer to Ephron without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. Genesis 23:8
   “If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
2. Genesis 23:9Referred to, not named
   …to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”
3. Genesis 23:10
   Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,
4. Genesis 23:11Referred to, not named
   “No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
5. Genesis 23:13
   …and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”
6. Genesis 23:14
   Ephron answered Abraham,
7. Genesis 23:15Referred to, not named
   “Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
8. Genesis 23:16
   Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
9. Genesis 23:17
   So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over
10. Genesis 23:18Referred to, not named
    …to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
11. 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.
12. Genesis 49:29
    Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
13. Genesis 49:30
    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.
14. 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.