King James Version
Genesis 25:10 in the King James Version says “The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.”
Genesis 25:10 · KJV
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
KJV Study — Public Domain
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“purchased”
H7069to erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“of the sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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