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Genesis 23:10-13
The Message
Genesis 23:10-13
The Message
10-11 Ephron was part of the local Hittite community. Then Ephron the Hittite spoke up, answering Abraham with all the Hittites who were part of the town council listening: “Oh no, my master! I couldn’t do that. The field is yours—a gift. I’ll give it and the cave to you. With my people as witnesses, I give it to you. Bury your deceased wife.”
12-13 Abraham bowed respectfully before the assembled council and answered Ephron: “Please allow me—I want to pay the price of the land; take my money so that I can go ahead and bury my wife.”
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Genesis 23:10-12
New International Version
Genesis 23:10-12
New International Version
10 Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites(A) who had come to the gate(B) of his city. 11 “No, my lord,” he said. “Listen to me; I give[a](C) you the field, and I give[b] you the cave that is in it. I give[c] it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
12 Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
Footnotes
- Genesis 23:11 Or sell
- Genesis 23:11 Or sell
- Genesis 23:11 Or sell
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