Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 23:11

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 23:11 - 23:11

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 23:11 - 23:11

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23:1 - 23:1
23:2 - 23:2
23:3 - 23:3
23:9 - 23:9
23:10 - 23:10
23:11 - 23:11
23:15 - 23:15
23:16 - 23:16
23:19 - 23:19

Ephron answered, Nay, my lord, etc. - Here is a great show of generosity, but it was only a show; for while Abraham wanted only the cave, he joins “the field and the cave”; and though he offered them both as free gifts, he, of course, expected some costly presents in return, without which, he would not have been satisfied. The patriarch, knowing this, wished to make a purchase and asked the terms.