“Hear us, my lord: You are (A)a [a]mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places. None of us will withhold from you his burial place, that you may bury your dead.”

Then Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, the sons of Heth. And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your wish that I bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and [b]meet with Ephron the son of Zohar for me,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:6 Lit. prince of God
  2. Genesis 23:8 entreat

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