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11 “No, my lord, hear me; I [a]give you the [entire] field, and I also give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the men of my people I give (sell) it to you; bury your dead [there].” 12 Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land. 13 He said to Ephron in the presence of the people of the land, “If you will only please listen to me and accept my offer. I will give you the price of the field; accept it from me and I will bury my dead there.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:11 This was not an offer to give the land to Abraham as a gift, but part of the negotiating process of the time.

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