Genesis 23:17
And Ephron confirmed the field in which is the double cavern which is before Mamre; the field, and the cavern that is therein, and all the trees which were in the field, in all its boundaries round about,
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
18To Abraham, for a purchase, in the sight of the sons of Hitah, of all entering the gate of the city.
Cross References
Genesis 23:20And the field and the cavern which is in it were confirmed to Abraham for the possession of a sepulchre from the sons of Hittah.
Genesis 25:10the field that Abraham bought from the sons of Hittah: there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife.
Genesis 49:30In the cavern which is in the double field over against Mamre, in the land of Kenaan, which field Abraham bought of Ephron the Hitaah for an inheritancesepulchre.
Genesis 50:13And his sons carried him into the land of Kenaan, and buried him in the cavern of the Double Field, which Abraham bought for an inheritancesepulchre of Ephron the Hitaah, before Mamre.
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 →