Genesis 23:20
Modern Translations
New International Version
So the field and the cave in it were deeded to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.

New Living Translation
So the field and the cave were transferred from the Hittites to Abraham for use as a permanent burial place.

English Standard Version
The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as property for a burying place by the Hittites.

Berean Study Bible
So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.

New American Standard Bible
So the field and the cave that was in it were deeded over to Abraham for a burial site by the sons of Heth.

NASB 1995
So the field and the cave that is in it, were deeded over to Abraham for a burial site by the sons of Heth.

NASB 1977
So the field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded over to Abraham for a burial site by the sons of Heth.

Amplified Bible
The field and the cave in it were deeded over to Abraham by the Hittites as a [permanent] possession and burial place.

Christian Standard Bible
The field with its cave passed from the Hethites to Abraham as burial property.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The field with its cave passed from the Hittites to Abraham as a burial place.

Contemporary English Version
he had bought from the Hittites.

Good News Translation
So the field which had belonged to the Hittites, and the cave in it, became the property of Abraham for a burial ground.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So the field and its cave were sold by the Hittites to Abraham as his property to be used as a tomb.

International Standard Version
And so the field with its cave was deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.

NET Bible
So Abraham secured the field and the cave that was in it as a burial site from the sons of Heth.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.

New King James Version
So the field and the cave that is in it were deeded to Abraham by the sons of Heth as property for a burial place.

King James 2000 Bible
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made over to Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the sons of Heth.

New Heart English Bible
The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham as a possession for a burial place by the sons of Heth.

World English Bible
The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Heth.

American King James Version
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure to Abraham for a possession of a burial plot by the sons of Heth.

American Standard Version
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Heth.

A Faithful Version
And the field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham for possession of a burial place by the sons of Heth.

Darby Bible Translation
And the field and the cave that was in it were assured to Abraham for a possession of a sepulchre by the sons of Heth.

English Revised Version
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the children of Heth.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the field, and the cave that is in it were made sure to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place, by the sons of Heth.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Thus the fielde and the caue, that is therein, was made sure vnto Abraham for a possession of buriall by the Hittites.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And so both the fielde & the caue that is therein, was made vnto Abraham a sure possession to bury in, by the sonnes of Heth.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
So the felde and the caue therin was made sure of the Hethites vnto Abraham, for a possession to bury in.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And so both the felde ad the caue that is therein was made vnto Abraham a sure possession to bury in of the sonnes of Heth.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and established are the field, and the cave which [is] in it, to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place, from the sons of Heth.

Young's Literal Translation
and established are the field, and the cave which is in it, to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place, from the sons of Heth.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the field will stand, and the cave which is in it, to Abraham for the possession of a burying place, from the sons of Heth.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the field was made sure to Abraham, and the cave that was in it, for a possession to bury in, by the children of Heth.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the field was confirmed to Abraham, with the cave that was in it, as a memorial possession before the sons of Heth.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the field of the cave remained, and the cave which is in it, for Abraham as an inheritance of the tomb which was with the sons of Khyth.

Lamsa Bible
Thus the field and the cave that is in it were deeded to Abraham for a possession of a burial ground by the Hittites.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Heth.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So the field and the cave which was in it were made sure to Abraam for possession of a burying place, by the sons of Chet.
















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