Genesis 23:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a prince [a]of God among us: in the chiefest of our sepulchers bury the dead: none of us shall forbid thee his sepulcher, but thou mayest bury thy dead therein.
7 Then Abraham stood up, and bowed himself before the people of the land of the Hittites.
8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be [b]your mind, that I shall bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
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- Genesis 23:6 That is, godly or excellent: for the Hebrews so speak of all things that are notable, because all excellency cometh of God.
- Genesis 23:8 Hebrew, in your soul.
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