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Genesis 23:3
And after he rose up from the funeral obsequies, he spoke to the children of Heth, saying:
Genesis 23:3 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 23:3 in other translations
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
Abraham rose up from before his dead and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,
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In context
1 And Sara lived a hundred and twenty-seven years.
2 And she died in the city of Arbee which is Hebron, in the land of Chanaan: and Abraham came to mourn and weep for her.
3 And after he rose up from the funeral obsequies, he spoke to the children of Heth, saying:
4 I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead.
5 The children of Heth answered, saying:
6 My lord, hear us, thou art a prince of God among us: bury thy dead in our principal sepulchres: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulchre.
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