Genesis 23:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The field and the cave that is in it passed from the Hittites into Abraham’s possession as a burying place. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The field and the cave in it were conveyed to Abraham for a permanent burial place by the sons of Heth. American Standard Version (1901) And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Heth. Common English Bible The field and the cave in it were officially transferred from the Hittites to Abraham as his burial property. Catholic Public Domain Version And the field was confirmed to Abraham, with the cave that was in it, as a memorial possession before the sons of Heth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah facing Mamre, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan.
“I am a stranger and an alien residing among you; give me property among you for a burying place, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
the field that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,
Then he charged them, saying to them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my ancestors in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah, the field near Mamre, which Abraham bought as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.
My father made me swear an oath; he said, ‘I am about to die. In the tomb that I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.’ Now therefore let me go up, so that I may bury my father; then I will return.”
But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy them from you for a price; I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Manasseh slept with his ancestors and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza. His son Amon succeeded him.