The Hittites replied to Abraham,[a] “Listen to us, lord.[b] You are God’s chosen one[c] among us. Bury your dead in our finest burial place.[d] None of us will withhold from you his burial place for burying your dead.”

Then Abraham rose and bowed down to the Hittites, the people of the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:5 Lit Abraham, saying to him
  2. Genesis 23:6 Lit my lord
  3. Genesis 23:6 Or prince of God, or mighty prince
  4. Genesis 23:6 Or finest graves

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