The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as a possession for a burying place by the Hittites.
Genesis 49:30 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) in the cave that is in the field at Mach-pelah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 possession of a buryingplace. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In the cave in the field at Machpelah, east of Mamre in the land of Canaan, that Abraham bought, along with the field of Ephron the Hittite, to possess as a cemetery. [Gen. 23:17-20.] American Standard Version (1901) 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 from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place. Common English Bible in the cave that’s in the field of Machpelah near Mamre in the land of Canaan that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a burial property. Catholic Public Domain Version opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought, along with its field, from Ephron the Hittite, as a possession for burial. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Over against Mambre in the land of Chanaan, which Abraham bought together with the field of Ephron the Hethite for a possession to bury in. |
The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as a possession for a burying place by the Hittites.
“I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Mach-pelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,