Genesis - 49:32



32 the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth."

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 49:32.

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In the rock in the field which was got for a price from the people of Heth.
Emptio agri et speluncae, quae est in eo, fuit a filiis Heth.

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The purchase of the field, and of the cave that is there, was from the children of Heth. Which is repeated for the certainty of it, and that it might be taken notice of, that both the field and cave were bought by Abraham of Ephron the Hittite, and that the children of Heth were witnesses of the bargain, and of the payment of the money, and by whom the estate was made sure to Abraham; all which might be urged, if any controversy should arise about it; see

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