Genesis 23:20 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 23:20

And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.

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ASV

And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Heth.

WEB

So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.

YLT

and established are the field, and the cave which is in it, to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place, from the sons of Heth.

DBT

And the field and the cave that was in it were assured to Abraham for a possession of a sepulchre by the sons of Heth.

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Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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Genesis 23:17
And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
Ruth 4:7–10
Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
Jeremiah 32:10–14
And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
2 Samuel 24:24
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Genesis 50:13
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

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A burying place - 'Tis worth noting, 1. That a burying-place was the first spot of ground Abraham was possessed of in Canaan. That it was the only piece of land he was ever possessed of, tho' it was all his own in reversion.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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