Genesis 23:20
Strong's Lexicon
So the field
הַשָּׂדֶ֜ה (haś·śā·ḏeh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: 1) field, land 1a) cultivated field 1b) of home of wild beasts 1c) plain (opposed to mountain) 1d) land (opposed to sea)

and its
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if

cave
וְהַמְּעָרָ֧ה (wə·ham·mə·‘ā·rāh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4631: 1) cave, den, hole

were deeded
וַיָּ֨קָם (way·yā·qām)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6965: 1) to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to arise 1a2) to arise (hostile sense) 1a3) to arise, become powerful 1a4) to arise, come on the scene 1a5) to stand 1a5a) to maintain oneself 1a5b) to be established, be confirmed 1a5c) to stand, endure 1a5d) to be fixed 1a5e) to be valid 1a5f) to be proven 1a5g) to be fulfilled 1a5h) to persist 1a5i) to be set, be fixed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to fulfil 1b2) to confirm, ratify, establish, impose 1c) (Polel) to raise up 1d) (Hithpael) to raise oneself, rise up 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause to arise, raise 1e2) to raise, set up, erect, build 1e3) to raise up, bring on the scene 1e4) to raise up, rouse, stir up, investigate 1e5) to raise up, constitute 1e6) to cause to stand, set, station, establish 1e7) to make binding 1e8) to carry out, give effect to 1f) (Hophal) to be raised up

by the Hittites
בְּנֵי־ (bə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class

חֵֽת׃ (ḥêṯ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2845: Heth = 'terror' 1) a son of Canaan and the progenitor of the Hittites

to Abraham
לְאַבְרָהָ֖ם (lə·’aḇ·rā·hām)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 85: Abraham = 'father of a multitude' or 'chief of multitude' 1) friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God's elective covenant

as a burial
קָ֑בֶר (qā·ḇer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6913: 1) grave, sepulchre, tomb

מֵאֵ֖ת (mê·’êṯ)
Preposition-m | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

site.
לַאֲחֻזַּת־ (la·’ă·ḥuz·zaṯ-)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 272: 1) possession, property 1a) land 1b) possession by inheritance

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.

Young's Literal Translation
and established are the field, and the cave which [is] in it, to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place, from the sons of Heth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The field with its cave passed from the Hittites to Abraham as a burial place.

New American Standard Bible
So the field and the cave that is in it, were deeded over to Abraham for a burial site by the sons of Heth.

King James Bible
And the field, and the cave that [is] therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
So the field and the cave in it were deeded to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.

New Living Translation
So the field and the cave were transferred from the Hittites to Abraham for use as a permanent burial place.

English Standard Version
The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as property for a burying place by the Hittites.

New American Standard Bible
So the field and the cave that is in it, were deeded over to Abraham for a burial site by the sons of Heth.

King James Bible
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The field with its cave passed from the Hittites to Abraham as a burial place.

International Standard Version
And so the field with its cave was deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.

NET Bible
So Abraham secured the field and the cave that was in it as a burial site from the sons of Heth.

American Standard Version
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Heth.

English Revised Version
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the children of Heth.

Young's Literal Translation
and established are the field, and the cave which is in it, to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place, from the sons of Heth.
















Cross References
Genesis 10:15
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

Genesis 23:4
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

Genesis 23:19
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

Jeremiah 32:10
And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 23:18
Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

Genesis 23:17
And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure

Genesis 24:1
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

Genesis 24:2
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

Genesis 24:3
And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
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