Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites:[a] “I am a foreign resident among you.(A) Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”[b](B)

The Hittites replied to Abraham,[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:3 Or sons of Heth; also in vv. 5,7,10,16,18,20
  2. Genesis 23:4 Lit dead from before me
  3. Genesis 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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Footnotes

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