The field with its cave passed from the Hethites to Abraham as burial property.
Genesis 49:30 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hethite as burial property. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In the cave in the field at Machpelah, east of Mamre in the land of Canaan, that Abraham bought, along with the field of Ephron the Hittite, to possess as a cemetery. [Gen. 23:17-20.] American Standard Version (1901) in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place. Common English Bible in the cave that’s in the field of Machpelah near Mamre in the land of Canaan that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a burial property. Catholic Public Domain Version opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought, along with its field, from Ephron the Hittite, as a possession for burial. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Over against Mambre in the land of Chanaan, which Abraham bought together with the field of Ephron the Hethite for a possession to bury in. |
The field with its cave passed from the Hethites to Abraham as burial property.
When Abraham got up from beside his dead wife, he spoke to the Hethites:
‘I am a foreigner residing among you. Give me burial property among you so that I can bury my dead.’ ,
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hethite.