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Genesis 23:17-20

Listen to Genesis 23:17-20
17 So wurde das Feld Ephrons, welches bei Machpela, vor Mamre, lag, das Feld und die Höhle, die darin war, und alle Bäume, die auf dem Felde innerhalb seiner ganzen Grenze ringsum standen,
18 dem Abraham zum Besitztum bestätigt vor den Augen der Kinder Heth, vor allen, die zum Tore seiner Stadt eingingen.
19 Und danach begrub Abraham Sara, sein Weib, in der Höhle des Feldes von Machpela, vor Mamre, das ist Hebron, im Lande Kanaan
20 So wurde das Feld und die Höhle, welche darin war, dem Abraham zum Erbbegräbnis bestätigt von seiten der Kinder Heth.

Genesis 23:17-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 23

This chapter treats of the age, death, and funeral of Sarah, and the place of her interment: of her age, Ge 23:1; of her death, Ge 23:2; of the motion Abraham made to the sons of Heth, to obtain a burial place among them, Ge 23:3,4; of the answer of them to him, giving him leave to bury in any of their sepulchres, Ge 23:5,6; of a second motion of his to them, to use their interest with Ephron the Hittite, to let him have the cave of Machpelah for the above purpose, Ge 23:7-9; of Ephron's consent unto it, Ge 23:10,11; of the purchase Abraham made of it for four hundred shekels of silver, Ge 23:12-16; and of its being secured unto him, which he interred Sarah his wife, Ge 23:17-20.

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