Genesis 23:8-10
1599 Geneva Bible
8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be [a]your mind, that I shall bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
9 That he would give me the cave of [b]Machpelah, which he hath in the end of his field: that he would give it me for as much [c]money as it is worth, for a possession to bury in among you.
10 (For Ephron dwelt among the Hittites) Then Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of all the Hittites that [d]went in at the gates of his city, saying,
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- Genesis 23:8 Hebrew, in your soul.
- Genesis 23:9 Or, double cave, because one was within another.
- Genesis 23:9 Hebrew, in full silver.
- Genesis 23:10 Meaning, all the citizens and inhabitants.
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