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Then he left the side of his deceased wife and addressed the Hittites:[a]

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  1. 23:3 The Hittites: in the Bible the term is applied to several different groups—inhabitants of the second-millennium Hittite empire in Asia Minor and northern Syria, residents of the Neo-Hittite kingdoms in northern Syria in the first part of the first millennium, and (following Assyrian terminology) the inhabitants of Syria and Palestine. The third group is meant here.

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

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And Abraham rose up from before his dead and said to the Hittites,[a]

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  1. Genesis 23:3 Hebrew sons of Heth; also verses 5, 7, 10, 16, 18, 20

Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites.[a](A) He said,

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  1. Genesis 23:3 Or the descendants of Heth; also in verses 5, 7, 10, 16, 18 and 20