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Genesis 23:3-6
New International Version
Genesis 23:3-6
New International Version
3 Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites.[a](A) He said, 4 “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)”
5 The Hittites replied to Abraham, 6 “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.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 23:3 Or the descendants of Heth; also in verses 5, 7, 10, 16, 18 and 20
Genesis 23:3-6
King James Version
Genesis 23:3-6
King James Version
3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
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