the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.
Parallel translations
- WEB the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth. Abraham was buried there with Sarah, his wife.
- KJV The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
- BSB This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.
- NKJV the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife.
- NLT This was the field Abraham had purchased from the Hittites and where he had buried his wife Sarah.
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Abraham is buried with Sarah in the field he had purchased from the Hittites.
Overview
Abraham is laid to rest beside Sarah in the only piece of Canaan he owned, bought as a pledge of God's land promise. This burial plot quietly testifies to faith that the land would one day belong to his offspring. It anchors the covenant hope in a tangible place even after his death.
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Cross-references · 2
- Gen 23:16Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants’ standard.
- Gen 49:31There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
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