Genesis 23:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ The field and the cave that is in it passed from the Hittites into Abraham’s possession as a burying place.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ 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

²⁰ 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)

²⁰ 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

²⁰ The field and the cave in it were officially transferred from the Hittites to Abraham as his burial property.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And the field was confirmed to Abraham, with the cave that was in it, as a memorial possession before the sons of Heth.

Genesis 23:20 Cross References

2 Kings 21:18

Manasseh slept with his ancestors and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza. His son Amon succeeded him.

2 Samuel 24:24

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.

Genesis 50:13

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.

Genesis 50:5

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.”

Genesis 25:9

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,

Genesis 10:15

Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth

Genesis 23:4

“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.”

Genesis 23:19

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.

Genesis 25:10

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

Genesis 49:29

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,