10 (For Ephron dwelt among the Hittites) Then Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of all the Hittites that [a]went in at the gates of his city, saying,

11 No, my Lord, hear me: the field give I thee and the cave that therein is, I give it thee: even in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee to bury thy dead.

12 Then Abraham [b]bowed himself before the people of the land,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:10 Meaning, all the citizens and inhabitants.
  2. Genesis 23:12 To show that he had them in good estimation and reverence.

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