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And Abraham riseth up from the presence of his dead, and speaketh unto the sons of Heth, saying,

`A sojourner and a settler I [am] with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me.'

And the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him,

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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