EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 23:19 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 23:19

The Complete Passuk

וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן֩ קָבַ֨ר אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶת־שָׂרָ֣ה אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ אֶל־מְעָרַ֞ת שְׂדֵ֧ה הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה עַל־פְּנֵ֥י מַמְרֵ֖א הִ֣וא חֶבְר֑וֹן בְּאֶ֖רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃

And after that, Avraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah facing Mamre—that is Chevron—in the land of Canaan.

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Source Citation

Bereshit Rabbah / classical (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: אחרי כן קבר אברהם.

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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וַיָּקָם שְׂדֵה עֶפְרוֹן (בראשית כג, יז), דַּהֲוַת נְפִילָה וְקָמַת. דַּהֲוַת דְּבַר אֵינַשׁ זְעֵיר, וְאִתְעֲבִידַת לְבַר נָשׁ רַב. שְׂדֵה עֶפְרוֹן אֲשֶׁר בַּמַּכְפֵּלָה, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁנִּכְפְּלוּ בְּעֵינֵי כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד, שֶׁכָּל מִי שֶׁהוּא קָבוּר בְּתוֹכָהּ, בָּטוּחַ שֶׁשְּׂכָרוֹ כָּפוּל וּמְכֻפָּל. אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּהוּ שֶׁכָּפַף הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא קוֹמָתוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן וּקְבָרוֹ בְּתוֹכָהּ. (בראשית כג, יז): הַשָּׂדֶה וְהַמְּעָרָה אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ וגו', אָמַר רַבִּי מִנַּיִן תְּנֵינַן הַמּוֹכֵר אֶת שָׂדֵהוּ צָרִיךְ לִכְתֹּב אֶת שָׂדֵהוּ וְאֶת סִימָנֶיהָ, מֵהָכָא הַשָּׂדֶה וְהַמ…

English: “After that” — after he had purchased the field he buried [her], to teach that he did not bury until he had acquired it by a complete acquisition.

On the daf / in context: The sequence “after that he buried” is taken to stress that the burial followed a completed, public purchase; Avraham would not inter Sarah until the title was clear.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (midrashic sequence) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the order of the narrative is read as a legal and moral requirement of clear title before burial.

What Is Learned

Avraham buried Sarah only after the field had been fully acquired; the phrase “after that” teaches that the burial waited upon a completed purchase.