Genesis 23:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the children of Heth.

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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

And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth;

Genesis 23:19

And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 23:4

I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

Genesis 25:10

the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

Genesis 25:9

And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

Genesis 49:29

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,

Genesis 50:13

for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a buryingplace, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

Genesis 50:5

My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

2 Samuel 24:24

And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto 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 own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.