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Genesis 23:20

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

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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.

KJV

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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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּ֨קָםvai.Ya.komand it was confirmedH6965 →
הַשָּׂדֶ֜הha.sa.Dehthe fieldH7704 →
וְהַמְּעָרָ֧הve.ha.me.'a.Rahand the caveH4631 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
בּ֛וֹbo[was] in <the> it
לְאַבְרָהָ֖םle.'av.ra.Hamto AbrahamH85 →
לַאֲחֻזַּת־la.'a.chu.zat-to a possession ofH272 →
קָ֑בֶרKa.vera burial siteH6913 →
מֵאֵ֖תme.'Etfrom withH854 →
בְּנֵי־be.nei-[the] people ofH1121 →
חֵֽת׃ סChetHethH2845 →

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Genesis 23:17So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded overRuth 4:7–10Now in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel.Jeremiah 32:10–14I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.2 Samuel 24:24“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.Genesis 50:13They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.Genesis 25:9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.2 Kings 21:18And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.Genesis 50:5my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”Genesis 49:31–32There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.Genesis 50:24–25Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”1 Chronicles 1:13And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,Genesis 49:30The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

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