Genesis 23:20

The Passion Translation

Both the field and the cave passed from the Hittites to Abraham’s possession to be his family burial ground.

Cross References

Genesis 10:15

Canaan was the father of Sidon (his firstborn), the Hittites,

Genesis 23:19

After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave there in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (now Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 23:4

“I live as an alien and stranger among you. Sell me some of your property so I can use it as a burial site for my wife.”

Genesis 25:10

They buried him next to his wife Sarah, in the same field that Abraham purchased from the Hittites.

Genesis 25:9

His sons, Isaac and Ishmael, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field which had belonged to Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre.

Genesis 49:29

Afterward, Jacob sat on the side of his bed and instructed his sons with these words: “I am about to join my people in death. Bury me with my ancestors in the cave of the field of Ephron the Hittite—

Genesis 50:13

and carried his body to the land of Canaan. They buried him there in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, where Abraham had purchased a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.

Genesis 50:5

‘My dying father made me promise that I would bury him in the land of Canaan—in a tomb he had hewn with his own hands. Please give me permission to go and bury my father; then I will return.’ ”