“Hear us, my lord: you are a [a](A)mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead.” So Abraham stood up and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth. And he spoke with them, saying, “If [b]you are willing to let me bury my dead out of my sight, listen to me, and plead with (B)Ephron the son of Zohar for me,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:6 Lit prince of God
  2. Genesis 23:8 Lit it is with your soul

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