* dwelt.
Or, sitting (as the word frequently denotes) among the
children of Heth, at the gate of the city, where all public
business was transacted. Ephron, though a chief man, might
have been personally unknown to Abraham; but now he answers
for himself, making a free tender of the field and cave to
Abraham, in the presence of all the people, which amounted to
a legal conveyance to the Patriarch.
* audience. Heb. ears. all that.
# 18; 34:20,24; Ru 4:1-4; Job 29:7; Isa 28:6|
* his.
# 24:10; Mt 9:1; Lu 2:3,4|
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