OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 5

Genesis 23:5

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The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

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Genesis 23:2–8

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Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

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Abraham rose up from before his dead and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,

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“I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

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The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

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“Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead.”

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Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.

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He talked with them, saying, “If you agree 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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