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Then Abraham stood up from beside his dead wife[a] and addressed the Hittites. He said, “I am an alien and an outsider among you. Give me a cemetery among you where I can bury my dead away from my presence.”

The Hittites responded to Abraham,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:3 The Heb. lacks wife

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