Genesis 23:17

So Ephron's field at Machpelah near Mamre, with the hollow in the rock and all the trees in the field and round it,

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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

In Context

16And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave him four hundred shekels in current money.

18Became the property of Abraham before the eyes of the children of Heth and of all who came into the town.

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Cross References

Genesis 23:20And the field and the hollow rock were handed over to Abraham as his property by the children of Heth.

Genesis 25:10The same field which Abraham got from the children of Heth: there Abraham was put to rest with Sarah, his wife.

Genesis 49:30In the rock in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham got from Ephron the Hittite, to be his resting-place.

Genesis 50:13For they took him into the land of Canaan and put him to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Machpelah, which Abraham got with the field, for a resting-place, from Ephron the Hittite at Mamre.

Job 38:20So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house?

Jeremiah 32:7See, Hanamel, the son of Shallum, your father's brother, will come to you and say, Give the price and get for yourself my property in Anathoth: for you have the right of the nearest relation.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 23:17-20

Sarah's Funeral. ( b. c. 1857.) 16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. 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 18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of… Read the whole commentary →

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