Genesis 49:32
Context49:32 The field and the cave in it were acquired from the sons of Heth.” 1
Genesis 23:20
Context23:20 So Abraham secured the field and the cave that was in it as a burial site 2 from the sons of Heth.
Genesis 19:30
Context19:30 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
Context23:9 if he will sell 3 me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly 4 for the full price, 5 so that I may own it as a burial site.”
Genesis 23:11
Context23:11 “No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell 6 you both the field and the cave that is in it. 7 In the presence of my people 8 I sell it to you. Bury your dead.”
Genesis 23:19
Context23:19 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
Context25:9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah 9 near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite.
Genesis 49:29
Context49:29 Then he instructed them, 10 “I am about to go 11 to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Genesis 23:17
Context23:17 So Abraham secured 12 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,
Genesis 49:30
Context49:30 It is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought for a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.
Genesis 50:13
Context50:13 His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the field Abraham purchased as a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.


[49:32] 1 tn Some translate the Hebrew term “Heth” as “Hittites” here (see also Gen 23:3), but this gives the impression that these people were the classical Hittites of Anatolia. However, there is no known connection between these sons of Heth, apparently a Canaanite group (see Gen 10:15), and the Hittites of Asia Minor. See H. A. Hoffner, Jr., “Hittites,” Peoples of the Old Testament World, 152-53.
[23:20] 2 tn Heb “possession of a grave.”
[23:9] 3 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] 4 tn Heb “in your presence.”
[23:11] 4 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] 5 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] 6 tn Heb “in the presence of the sons of my people.”
[25:9] 5 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] 6 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] 7 tn Heb “I am about to be gathered” The participle is used here to describe what is imminent.
[23:17] 7 tn Heb “And it was conveyed.” The recipient, Abraham (mentioned in the Hebrew text at the beginning of v. 18) has been placed here in the translation for stylistic reasons.