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Genesis 23:4-6
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
Genesis 23:4-6
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
4 I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead.
5 The children of Heth answered, saying:
6 My Lord, hear us, thou art a prince of God among us: bury thy dead in our principal sepulchres: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulchre.
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Genesis 23:4-6
New International Version
Genesis 23:4-6
New International Version
4 “I am a foreigner and stranger(A) among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.(B)”
5 The Hittites replied to Abraham, 6 “Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince(C) among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”
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