Genesis 25:10

Modern

This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.

Traditional

The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

Literal

…the field that Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife.

Latin

…quem emerat a filiis Heth: ibi sepultus est ipse, et Sara uxor ejus.

Hebrew

English

This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.

Even though Abraham had sons with another wife, he protected Isaac's inheritance and blessing.

Theme notes and profiles

Genesis 23:16
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
Genesis 49:31
There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people Heth: Son of Canaan and ancestor of the Hittites Sarah: Wife of Abraham; mother of Isaac