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Genesis 23:5
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
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Genesis 23:5 in other translations
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
The Hittites replied to Abraham,
The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
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In context
2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan: And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
4 I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
6 Hear us, my lord; thou [art] a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead: none of us will withhold from thee his sepulcher, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
7 And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.
8 And he communed with them, saying, If it is your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
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