KJV ORIGINAL
In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
In the cave that's in the field of Machpelah, which is near Mamre, in the land of Canaan—the same field that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite to use as a burial place.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is describing the specific location of the family burial cave that Abraham had purchased generations earlier.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of Jacob's final instructions to his sons about where to bury him. Abraham had purchased this cave and field from Ephron the Hittite as the first piece of the Promised Land that his family actually owned. It became the family burial site where Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, and Leah were already buried.
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