Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites.[a](A) He said, “I am a foreigner and stranger(B) among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.(C)

The Hittites replied to Abraham, “Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince(D) among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:3 Or the descendants of Heth; also in verses 5, 7, 10, 16, 18 and 20

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