Genesis 23:10-11

10 Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

11 “No, my lord,” he said. “Listen to me; I give^[a] you the field, and I give^[b] you the cave that is in it. I give^[c] it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”

Genesis 23:10-11 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.

Cross References

• 1. ver 18
• 2. S Genesis 18:1; Deuteronomy 22:15; Deuteronomy 25:7; Joshua 20:4; Ruth 4:11; 2 Samuel 15:2; 2 Kings 15:35; Psalms 127:5; Proverbs 31:23; Jeremiah 26:10; Jeremiah 36:10; Genesis 34:20-24; Ruth 4:4
• 3. 2 Samuel 24:23

Footnotes

• [a] Or "sell"
• [b] Or "sell"
• [c] Or "sell"