Genesis 49:30

New International Reader's Version

The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre in Canaan. Abraham had bought it as a place where he could bury his wife’s body. He had bought the cave and the field from Ephron, the Hittite.

Cross References

Genesis 23:20

So the field and the cave that was in it were sold to Abraham by the Hittites. The property became a place to bury those who died in his family.

Genesis 23:3

Then Abraham got up from beside his wife’s body. He said to the Hittites,

Genesis 23:4

“I’m an outsider. I’m a stranger among you. Sell me some property where I can bury those in my family who die. Then I can bury my wife.”

Genesis 25:9

Abraham’s sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him. They put his body in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre. It was in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite.