Genesis 23:17 - Commentary

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Text -- Genesis 23:17 (NET)

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23:17 So Abraham secured Ephron’s field in Machpelah, next to Mamre, including the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and all around its border,

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Names, People and Places:

· Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite who sold a cave to Abraham,a mountain on the border of Judah and Benjamin (OS),a town on the south. border of Benjamin and about 5 km NE of Jerusalem

· Mach-Pelah a place, (a field with a cave)

· Mamre a place where Abraham camped, probably a few km north of Hebron,an Amorite chief who was Abraham's ally, with Eshcol and Aner