“Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince(A) 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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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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11 “No, my lord,” he said. “Listen to me; I give[a](A) you the field, and I give[b] you the cave that is in it. I give[c] it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:11 Or sell
  2. Genesis 23:11 Or sell
  3. Genesis 23:11 Or sell

11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

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