Who is ephron in the bible

Ephron Place Ephron Place. Mountainous district on the northern edge of Judah Jos Ephrain Ephrain. See Ephron Place 2. Ephron 3. A well-fortified city defeated by Judas Maccabeus 1 Macc. Hughes, III. See also Hittites ; Machpelah. The place is not mentioned elsewhere, and there are variant readings in. Son of Zohar, a headman among the sons of Heth who dwelt in an enclave at Mamre or Hebron. He owned the cave of Machpelah q.

Multi-Version Concordance Ephron's 2 Occurrences. Genesis Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of Genesis And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that Easton's Bible Dictionary Brightness. The father of Ephron the Hittite Genesis One of the sons of Simeon Genesis ; Exodus When Abraham asked to buy the cave that belonged to Ephron, he offered the cave and the field as a gift.

When pressed for a price for the cave, Ephron gave the full price for the parcel of land, shekels of silver, all along insisting that he did not want the money. Having successfully negotiated a sizable land, Ephron accepted what amounted to 10 pounds of silver [1].

It became the burial place for Abraham [2] , Isaac [3] and Jacob [4] , and their wives, Sarah [5] , Rebekah and Leah [3]. Series Notes Scripture quotes are taken from the King James translation. The definition of each listing is derived from a variety of sources. Did Jacob really wrestle with an angel?

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