Génesis 23:18

18 a Abraham en propiedad a la vista de los hijos de Het, delante de todos los que entraban por la puerta de su ciudad.

Génesis 23:18 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 23:18

Unto Abraham for a possession
To be enjoyed by him and his for ever, as his own property, being purchased by his money: in the presence of the children of Heth;
they being witnesses of the bargain, and of the payment of the money by Abraham, and of the surrender of the field unto him, for his own use: before all that went in at the gates of his city;
not of Abraham's city, for he had none, but of Ephron's city, which was Hebron, see ( Genesis 23:10 ) ; these are either the same with the children of Heth, and so the clause is added by way of explanation, and including all the inhabitants of the place; or else different from them, they intending the princes of the people that composed the assembly Abraham addressed, and these the common people, the inhabitants of the place. Aben Ezra takes them to be the travellers that passed and repassed through the gates of the city: however, the design of the expression is to show in what a public manner this affair was transacted, and that the field was made as firm and as sure to Abraham as it could well be, no writings on such occasion being used so early.

Génesis 23:18 In-Context

16 Y oyó Abraham a Efrón; y Abraham pesó a Efrón la plata que éste había mencionado a oídos de los hijos de Het: cuatrocientos siclos de plata, medida comercial.

17 Así el campo de Efrón que está en Macpela, frente a Mamre, el campo y la cueva que hay en él, y todos los árboles en el campo dentro de sus confines, fueron cedidos

18 a Abraham en propiedad a la vista de los hijos de Het, delante de todos los que entraban por la puerta de su ciudad.

19 Después de esto, Abraham sepultó a Sara su mujer en la cueva del campo de Macpela frente a Mamre, esto es, Hebrón, en la tierra de Canaán

20 Y el campo y la cueva que hay en él fueron cedidos a Abraham en posesión para una sepultura, por los hijos de Het.