Genesis 19:30

19:30 Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and settled in the mountains because he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters.

Genesis 23:9

23:9 if he will sell ¹  me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly ²  for the full price, ³  so that I may own it as a burial site.”

Genesis 23:11

23:11 “No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell ⁴  you both the field and the cave that is in it. ⁵  In the presence of my people ⁶  I sell it to you. Bury your dead.”

Genesis 23:19

23:19 After this Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah next to Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 25:9

25:9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah ⁷  near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite.

Genesis 49:29

49:29 Then he instructed them, ⁸  “I am about to go ⁹  to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

[23:9]  ¹ tn Heb “give.” This is used here (also a second time later in this verse) as an idiom for “sell”; see the note on the word “grant” in v. 4.

[23:9]  ² tn Heb “in your presence.”

[23:9]  ³ tn Heb “silver.”

[23:11]  ¹ tn Heb “give.” The perfect tense has here a present nuance; this is a formal, legally binding declaration. Abraham asked only for a burial site/cave within the field; Ephron agrees to sell him the entire field.

[23:11]  ² tn The Hebrew text adds “to you I give [i.e., sell] it.” This is redundant in English and has not been translated for stylistic reasons.

[23:11]  ³ tn Heb “in the presence of the sons of my people.”

[25:9]  ¹ sn The cave of Machpelah was the place Abraham had purchased as a burial place for his wife Sarah (Gen 23:17-18).

[49:29]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text adds “and he said to them,” which is not included in the translation because it is redundant in English.

[49:29]  ² tn Heb “I am about to be gathered” The participle is used here to describe what is imminent.