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Genesis 23:18-20
Contemporary English Version
Genesis 23:18-20
Contemporary English Version
16-18 Abraham accepted Ephron's offer and paid him the 400 pieces of silver in front of everyone at the city gate. That's how Abraham came to own Ephron's property east of Mamre,[a] which included the field with all of its trees, as well as Machpelah Cave at the end of the field. 19 So Abraham buried his wife Sarah in Machpelah Cave that was in the field 20 he had bought from the Hittites.
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- 23.16-18 Mamre: A place just north of Hebron.
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