Genesis 23:17

And so, the cave and all the trees that were in the paddock belonged to Abraham and that was where he buried his wife Sarah. Mack-pelah was near a place called Mamre in the country of Canaan, and later Mamre was called Hebron. That is how Abraham got a cemetery for his family from the Hittite people.

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In The King James Version

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

16Abraham agreed with the price and gave Efron the 400 pieces of silver in front of the Hittite people who were standing near the town gate.

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Cross References

Genesis 50:13They carried his body into Canaan and buried him in the cave that was in the paddock called Mack-pelah near Mamre. It was the same cave that Abraham paid money to a Hittite man named Efron so that Abraham's family could use the cave as a cemetery.

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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