Genesis 23
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Genesis 23:4-6

4“I am 1a stranger and a foreign resident among you; 2give me 3a 4burial site among you so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

5The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

6“Hear us, my lord: you are a 56mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 23:4 Gen 17:8; Lev 25:23; 1 Chr 29:15; Ps 39:12; 105:12; 119:19; Heb 11:9, 13 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 23:4 Acts 7:16 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 23:4 Lit possession of a burial place ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 23:4 Gen 49:30 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 23:6 Lit prince of God ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 23:6 Gen 14:14; 20:7 ↩

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