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Genesis 25:10

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 25:10 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “The field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth. There was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

The field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth. There was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
Genesis 25:10 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 25

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
7And these are the days of the years of Abraham`s life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years.
8And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years], and was gathered to his people.
9And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre.
10The field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth. There was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
11And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi.
12Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham`s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah`s handmaid, bare unto Abraham.
13And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth, etc.] Of one of them, Ephron, the rest being witnesses of it, (<012316>Genesis 23:16,18,20); there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife; Sarah had been buried there thirty eight years before, which was the reason why his sons buried, him there; if he died in Beersheba, as seems probable, (see <012462>Genesis 24:62,67); from thence to Hebron were sixteen miles f1375; so far was he carried to be interred.”
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