When Abraham got up from beside his dead wife, he spoke to the Hethites: “I am an alien residing among you.(A) Give me burial property among you so that I can bury my dead.”[a](B)

The Hethites replied to Abraham,[b]

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  1. 23:4 Lit dead from before me
  2. 23:5 Lit Abraham, saying to him

Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites.[a](A) He said, “I am a foreigner and stranger(B) among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.(C)

The Hittites replied to Abraham,

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  1. Genesis 23:3 Or the descendants of Heth; also in verses 5, 7, 10, 16, 18 and 20