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Abraham Purchases the Field of Efron
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Abraham Purchases the Field of Efron

Gilliam van der Gouwen · 1728 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Abraham buys the field of Efron for four hundred shekels of silver (Gen. 23:16). Abraham weighs out the silver. In the background, the cave in which Abraham wishes to bury his wife. The print has a Hebrew, Latin, French, English, German and Dutch caption.

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Credit lineAbraham koopt de akker van Efron. 1728. Gilliam van der Gouwen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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