Genesis 49:32

That land and that cave, they used to belong to the Heth people, but now that place belongs to our family.”

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.

In Context

31And Abraham buried his wife Sarah there. Some time later, Abraham died, and they buried him in that same place. My father Isaac and his wife Rebekah, they are buried there too. And I also buried my wife Leah there.

33Jacob finished saying all those things to his sons, and he lay down on his bed. Then he breathed for the last time, and he died.

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Cross References

Genesis 23:17Then that land, and the cave, and all the trees on that land, they belonged to Abraham. That land was in the place called Makpelah, to the east of the place called Mamreh. All the Heth people that were at the town gate, they saw Abraham buy Efron’s land, so they knew that it belonged to Abraham.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:29-33

Death of Jacob. ( b. c. 1689.) 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. 29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a… Read the whole commentary →

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