dwelt: Or, sitting - as the word frequently denotesamong the children of Heth, at the gate of the city, where all public business was transacted. Ephron, though a chief man, might have been personally unknown to Abraham; but now he answers for himself, making a free tender of the field and cave to Abraham, in the presence of all the people, which amounted to a legal conveyance to the Patriarch. audience: Heb. ears all that: Gen 23:18, Gen 34:20, Gen 34:24, Rth 4:1-4, Job 29:7, Isa 28:6 his: Gen 24:10, Mat 9:1, Luk 2:3, Luk 2:4 Reciprocal: Lev 2:12 - the oblation