Gen 23:3-4 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Gen 23:3-4: 23:3-4 Abraham bargained with local Hittite elders for a piece of land for a burial site. These Hittites had apparently migrated south to Canaan from the great Hittite empire in eastern Asia Minor (modern Turkey; cp. 10:15 ). • Abraham was a stranger and a foreigner among these people; his hope was in God’s promise that he would eventually possess the land.

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‏ Genesis 23:3-4

Summary for Gen 23:3-4: 23:3-4 ^a Abraham bargained with local Hittite elders for a piece of land for a burial site. These Hittites had apparently migrated south to Canaan from the great Hittite empire in eastern Asia Minor (modern Turkey; cp. 10:15 ^b).

• Abraham was a stranger and a foreigner among these people; his hope was in God’s promise that he would eventually possess the land.