The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Avraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Chet.
Genesis 49:30 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) in the cave that is in the field of Makhpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Kena`an, which Avraham bought with the field from `Efron the Chittite as a burial place. 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, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Avraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Chet.
Avraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Chet, saying,
*I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.*
Yitzchak and Yishma'el, his sons, buried him in the cave of Makhpelah, in the field of `Efron, the son of Tzochar the Chittite, which is before Mamre,