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People of the Bible

Ephron

Family

Father: Zohar

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The son of Zohar a Hittite, the owner of the field and cave of Machpelah (q.v.), which Abraham bought for 400 shekels of silver (Gen. 23:8-17; 25:9; 49:29, 30).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 10 verses

Genesis: 23:8, 23:10, 23:13, 23:14, 23:16, 23:17, 25:9, 49:29, 49:30, 50:13

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.