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Genesis 23:4-6
International Standard Version
Genesis 23:4-6
International Standard Version
4 “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.”
5 The Hittites responded to Abraham, 6 “Listen to us, sir.[a] You are a mighty prince[b] among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial tombs. None of us would refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”
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- Genesis 23:6 Lit. us, my lord
- Genesis 23:6 MT reads a prince of God; LXX reads a king of God
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