Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 23:9
much money: Heb. full money, Romans 12:17, Romans 13:8 Reciprocal: Genesis 25:9 - in the cave read more
Genesis 23:9 Kjv
Samuel Bagster
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 23:9
9. Machpelah This is to be regarded as a proper name applied both to the cave and to the field in which it was located . Comp . Genesis 23:17; Genesis 23:19. The Septuagint and Vulgate render it as an adjective the double cave; and perhaps two compartments or two entrances into the cave may have occasioned the name Machpelah, which is derived from כפל , caphal, to double. Gesenius, however, gives this root the sense of to divide, and to Machpelah the sense of portion, part,... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 23:9
Gen 23:9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which [is] in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. Ver. 9. For a possession of a burying place. ] It is remarkable that the first purchase of possession mentioned in Scripture, was a place to bury in, not to build in. The Jews also had their sepulchres hewn out long before their deaths, to mind them of their mortality. Joseph of Arimathea had... read more