Genesis 23:20
And the field was made sure to Abraham, and the cave that was in it, for a possession to bury in, by the children of Heth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 25:9And Isaac and Ismael his sons buried him in the double cave, which was situated in the field of Ephron the son of Seor the Hethite, over against Mambre;
Genesis 49:29Benjamin a ravenous wolf, in the morning shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide the spoil.
Genesis 50:5For my father made me swear to him, saying: Behold I die: thou shalt bury me in my sepulchre which I have digged for myself in the land of Chanaan. So I will go up and bury my father, and return.
Genesis 50:24And he made them swear to him, saying: God will visit you, Carry my bones with you out of this place:
2 Samuel 24:24And the king answered him, and said: Nay, but I will buy it of thee at a price, and I will not offer to the Lord my God holocausts free cost. So David bought the floor, and the oxen, for fifty sicles of silver:
Jeremiah 32:10And I wrote it in a book and sealed it, and took witnesses: and I weighed him the money in the balances.
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 →