Genesis 23:20

20 The field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure to Avraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Het.

Genesis 23:20 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 23:20

And the field, and the cave that is therein, was made sure to
Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace, by the sons of Heth.
] Who were witnesses of the transaction between Abraham and Ephron; and this was further made sure by Sarah's being buried in it, which was taking possession of it, for the use for which it was bought; and was a pledge and earnest of the future possession of the land of Canaan by the seed of Abraham: this was the first piece of ground in it possessed by Abraham and his seed; and it being called the possession of a buryingplace, shows that there is no contradiction between this and what Stephen says, ( Acts 7:5 ) ; he had a possession to bury in, but not to live upon; not any ground of his own to till and sow, or build upon.

Genesis 23:20 In-Context

18 to Avraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Het, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

19 After this, Avraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Makhpelah before Mamre (the same is Hevron), in the land of Kana`an

20 The field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure to Avraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Het.