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Machpelah, which seems to be the proper name of the place, Gen_23:17,19, so called from its duplicity, because the cave was double, either one for men, and another for women; or the one served only for an entrance into the other, which was the burying-place.
For as much money as it is worth; Heb. for full money, 1Ch_21:22,24; i.e. for money of full weight, answerable to its worth.