Genesis 23:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as a possession for a burying place by the Hittites.

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King 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.

Genesis 23:20 Cross References

Genesis 10:15

Canaan became the father of Sidon his first-born, and Heth,

Genesis 23:19

After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Mach-pelah east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 23:4

“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.”

Genesis 25:10

the field which Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife.

Genesis 25:9

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,

Genesis 49:29

Then he charged them, and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Genesis 50:13

for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field at Mach-pelah, to the east of Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite, to possess as a burying place.

Genesis 50:5

My father made me swear, saying, ‘I am about to die: in my tomb which I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me.’ Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father; then I will return.”

2 Samuel 24:24

But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy it of you for a price; I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

2 Kings 21:18

And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his stead.