made sure. This was all strictly in conformity with the commercial enactments of the Code of Khammurabi. See App-15.
buryingplace. All that Abraham possessed; hut in the faith and hope of resurrection.
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Genesis 23:20
20 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.