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“I am a stranger and an alien among you; give to me my own burial site[a] among you so that I may bury my dead from before me.” And the Hittites[b] answered Abraham and said to him, “Hear us, my lord, you are a mighty prince[c] in our midst. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial sites. None of us will withhold his burial site[d] from you for burying your dead.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:4 Literally “ownership of a grave”
  2. Genesis 23:5 Or “sons of Heth”
  3. Genesis 23:6 Or “prince of God”
  4. Genesis 23:6 Literally “will withhold from himself his burial site