Genesis 23:18 meaning and explanation
to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
Genesis 23:18, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse records the legal completion of Abraham's purchase of the cave of Machpelah and its field from Ephron the Hittite. The narrator has just described the property, the cave and the trees being deeded over, and here he stresses that the transfer happened publicly, before the Hittites assembled at the city gate, where legal and business matters were settled in that culture.
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