“Listen to us, my lord. You are a prince of God[a] among us. Bury your dead in our finest burial place.[b] None of us will withhold from you his burial place for burying your dead.”

Then Abraham rose and bowed down to the Hethites, the people of the land. He said to them, “If you are willing for me to bury my dead, listen to me and ask Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

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Footnotes

  1. 23:6 Or a mighty prince
  2. 23:6 Or finest graves

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