Gen 23:3, 10, 17 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 3. Abraham stood up from before his dead ] He had probably sat on the ground some days in token of sorrow, as the custom then was, (see Tobit 2:12, 13 ; ; and ;) and when this time was finished he arose and began to treat about a burying place.

‏ Genesis 23:3

Verse 3. Abraham stood up from before his dead] He had probably sat on the ground some days in token of sorrow, as the custom then was, (see Tobit 2:12, 13; Isa 47:1; and Ge 37:35;) and when this time was finished he arose and began to treat about a burying place.

‏ Genesis 23:10

Verse 10. And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth] And Ephron yosheb, was sitting among the children of Heth, but, as was before conjectured, was personally unknown to Abraham; he therefore answered for himself, making a free tender of the field, &c., to Abraham, in the presence of all the people, which amounted to a legal conveyance of the whole property to the patriarch.

‏ Genesis 23:17

Verse 17. All the trees that were in the field] It is possible that all these were specified in the agreement.