So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.
Cross References
Genesis 10:15And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
Genesis 23:4"I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead."
Genesis 23:19After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
Jeremiah 32:10I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
Treasury of Scripture
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure to Abraham for a possession of a burial plot by the sons of Heth.
were.
Ruth 4:7-10
Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel…
2 Samuel 24:24
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Jeremiah 32:10,11
And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances…
for a.
Genesis 25:9
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;
Genesis 49:31,32
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah…
Genesis 50:5,13,24,25
My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again…
