GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 23 ABRAHAM BUYS A FIELD V1 Sarah lived for 127 years. That was the number of years of her life. V2 Sarah died in Kiriath-arba in the country that is called *Canaan. Kiriath-arba is also called Hebron. Abraham went into her tent and he wept for he... [ Continue Reading ]
The *Hittites were the people who lived in that country. (See verse 7.) They already lived there before Abraham arrived.... [ Continue Reading ]
People often sat at the city’s gate. They talked to each other there. Abraham was speaking to the *Hittites at the city’s gate. So anyone who came into the city could listen. Anyone could hear what they said.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephron said that he gave the field to Abraham. He said that Abraham should not pay for it. But Ephron and Abraham both knew that Abraham would pay.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ephron said that the price was 400 *shekels of silver. That was a very big price. But Abraham paid it and he did not argue. V17–18 So Abraham became the owner of the field that had belonged to Ephron. This field was in Machpelah, which was east of Mamre. Abraham became the owner of the cave that wa... [ Continue Reading ]
God had promised that Abraham and his *descendants would own the whole country. At this time, Abraham owned one field and one well. (See Genesis 21:33 and the comment.) CANAAN ~ the country where the Canaanites lived. (See Canaanites.) It is approximately the same land as the modern country Israel t... [ Continue Reading ]