the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth. Abraham was buried there with Sarah, his wife.
KJV
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
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Commentary
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth,.... Of one of them, Ephron, the rest being witnesses of it,
Gen 23:16
,
there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife; Sarah had been buried there thirty eight years before, which was the reason why his sons buried, him there; if he died in Beersheba, as seems probable, see
Gen 24:62
; from thence to Hebron were sixteen miles (h); so far was he carried to be interred.
(h) Bunting's Travels, p. 57.
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