Passage

The field in Anathoth

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁷‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.”’”

Jeremiah 32:7World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

Jeremiah receives word that his uncle’s son Hanamel will ask him to buy a field in Anathoth.

To understand

Hanamel then comes to the guard’s courtyard with that request, invoking Jeremiah’s right of inheritance and redemption. Jeremiah says this is how he recognizes the Lord’s word.

A question

What right does Hanamel invoke when asking Jeremiah to buy the field?