Genesis 23:4-6

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⁴“I am an alien residing among you.^(A) Give me burial property among you so that I can bury my dead.”^[a]^(B)

⁵The Hethites replied to Abraham,^[b] ⁶“Listen to us, my lord. You are a prince of God^[c] among us. Bury your dead in our finest burial place.^[d] None of us will withhold from you his burial place for burying your dead.”

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Footnotes

23:4 Lit dead from before me
23:5 Lit Abraham, saying to him
23:6 Or a mighty prince
23:6 Or finest graves

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