Jeremiah 32:11
New International Version
I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy containing the terms and conditions, as well as the unsealed copy—

New Living Translation
Then I took the sealed deed and an unsealed copy of the deed, which contained the terms and conditions of the purchase,

English Standard Version
Then I took the sealed deed of purchase, containing the terms and conditions and the open copy.

Berean Standard Bible
Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—

King James Bible
So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:

New King James Version
So I took the purchase deed, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open;

New American Standard Bible
Then I took the deeds of purchase, both the sealed copy containing the terms and conditions and the open copy;

NASB 1995
“Then I took the deeds of purchase, both the sealed copy containing the terms and conditions and the open copy;

NASB 1977
“Then I took the deeds of purchase, both the sealed copy containing the terms and conditions, and the open copy;

Legacy Standard Bible
Then I took the deeds of purchase, both the sealed copy containing the commandment and statutes and the open copy,

Amplified Bible
So I took the deeds of the purchase, both the sealed copy containing the terms and conditions, and the unsealed copy;

Christian Standard Bible
I took the purchase agreement—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions and the open copy—

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I took the purchase agreement—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions and the open copy—

American Standard Version
So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, according to the law and custom, and that which was open:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And I took the deed of purchase that was sealed by commandment and by the law and one which was not sealed

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I took the book of the purchase that was sealed;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I took the deed of the purchase that was sealed, and the stipulations, and the ratifications with the seals that were on the outside.

English Revised Version
So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, according to the law and custom, and that which was open:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then I took the sealed copy of the deed, containing the terms and conditions, as well as an unsealed copy.

Good News Translation
Then I took both copies of the deed of purchase--the sealed copy containing the contract and its conditions, and the open copy--

International Standard Version
Then I took the deed of purchase—both the sealed one with the terms and conditions and the open one —

JPS Tanakh 1917
So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open;

Literal Standard Version
and I take the purchase scroll, the sealed one, according to law and custom, and the open one;

Majority Standard Bible
Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—

New American Bible
I accepted the deed of purchase, both the sealed copy, containing title and conditions, and the open copy.

NET Bible
There were two copies of the deed of purchase. One was sealed and contained the order of transfer and the conditions of purchase. The other was left unsealed.

New Revised Standard Version
Then I took the sealed deed of purchase, containing the terms and conditions, and the open copy;

New Heart English Bible
So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open;

Webster's Bible Translation
So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:

World English Bible
So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open;

Young's Literal Translation
And I take the purchase-book, the sealed one, according to law and custom, and the open one.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jeremiah Buys Hanamel's Field
10I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales. 11Then I took the deed of purchase— the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy— 12and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.…

Cross References
Luke 2:27
Led by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for Him what was customary under the Law,

Jeremiah 32:12
and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.


Treasury of Scripture

So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:

according.

Luke 2:27
And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

Acts 26:3
Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

1 Corinthians 11:16
But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

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Jeremiah 32
1. Jeremiah, being imprisoned by Zedekiah for his prophecy,
6. buys Hanameel's field.
13. Baruch must preserve the evidences, as tokens of the people's return.
16. Jeremiah in his prayer complains to God.
26. God confirms the captivity for their sins;
36. and promises a gracious return.














(11) Both that which was sealed . . . and that which was open.--We are left to conjecture why there were two documents, and why one was sealed and the other open. Possibly, as in modern transactions, one was simply a duplicate copy of the other, the sealed document being the formal evidence of purchase kept by the buyer, and the other left with the vendor for reference. The more probable explanation, however, is that the unsealed document, which the witnesses did not subscribe or see, contained details which did not concern the witnesses, the price paid (though the mention of the witnesses before the weighing of the money militates against this view), the conditions of resumption by the vendor, possibly some reference to the period of seventy years, at the end of which, and not before, the heirs of Jeremiah might expect to enter on possession.

According to the law and custom.--Better, to wit, the agreement and the conditions. The whole transaction may be compared, as an example of ancient conveyancing, with the transfer of the field and cave of Machpelah in Genesis 23



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then I took
וָאֶקַּ֖ח (wā·’eq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3947: To take

the deed
סֵ֣פֶר (sê·p̄er)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5612: A missive, document, writing, book

of purchase—
הַמִּקְנָ֑ה (ham·miq·nāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4736: A buying, acquisition, a piece of property, the sum paid

the sealed
הֶֽחָת֛וּם (he·ḥā·ṯūm)
Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 2856: To seal, affix a seal, seal up

copy with its terms
הַמִּצְוָ֥ה (ham·miṣ·wāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4687: Commandment

and conditions,
וְהַחֻקִּ֖ים (wə·ha·ḥuq·qîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute

as well as
וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

the open copy—
הַגָּלֽוּי׃ (hag·gā·lui)
Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 1540: To denude, to exile, to reveal


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