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Genesis 23:6-8
International Standard Version
Genesis 23:6-8
International Standard Version
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.”
7 Abraham rose and bowed before the Hittites, the people of the land, 8 and addressed them, “If you are willing that I should bury my dead out of my sight, listen to me and make a request of Zohar’s son Ephron on my behalf.
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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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