Genesis 25:10

10 the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites.^[a] There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

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Genesis 25:10 in Other Translations

KJV

10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

ESV

10 the field that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife.

NLT

10 This was the field Abraham had purchased from the Hittites and where he had buried his wife Sarah.

MSG

10 It was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried next to his wife Sarah.

CSB

10 This was the field that Abraham bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.

Genesis 25:10 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 25:10

The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth
Of one of them, Ephron, the rest being witnesses of it, ( Genesis 23:16 Genesis 23:18 Genesis 23:20 ) ;

there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife;
Sarah had been buried there thirty eight years before, which was the reason why his sons buried, him there; if he died in Beersheba, as seems probable, see ( Genesis 24:62 Genesis 24:67 ) ; from thence to Hebron were sixteen miles ^F8; so far was he carried to be interred.

FOOTNOTES:

F8 Bunting's Travels, p. 57.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 25:10 In-Context

8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.

9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite,

10 the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

11 After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.

12 This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Sarah’s slave, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham.

Cross References 1

1. S Genesis 10:15; Genesis 23:16

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or "the descendants of Heth"