Discovery BoxGenesis 23:17 
Context23:17 So Abraham secured 1 Ephron’s field in Machpelah, next to Mamre, including the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and all around its border,
Genesis 31:1
Context31:1 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were complaining, 2 “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich 3 at our father’s expense!” 4
Genesis 37:35
Context37:35 All his sons and daughters stood by 5 him to console him, but he refused to be consoled. “No,” he said, “I will go to the grave mourning my son.” 6 So Joseph’s 7 father wept for him.
1 tn Heb “And it was conveyed.” The recipient, Abraham (mentioned in the Hebrew text at the beginning of v. 18) has been placed here in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “and he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying.”
3 sn The Hebrew word translated “gotten rich” (כָּבוֹד, cavod) has the basic idea of “weight.” If one is heavy with possessions, then that one is wealthy (13:2). Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph all became wealthy when they left the promised land. Jacob’s wealth foreshadows what will happen to Israel when they leave the land of Egypt (Exod 12:35-38).
4 tn Heb “and from that which belonged to our father he has gained all this wealth.”
5 tn Heb “arose, stood”; which here suggests that they stood by him in his time of grief.
6 tn Heb “and he said, ‘Indeed I will go down to my son mourning to Sheol.’” Sheol was viewed as the place where departed spirits went after death.
7 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
