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Read Full Chapter (Genesis 23) Genesis 23:7 KJV
"And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth."
Genesis 23:7 in Context (Verses 4–10 KJV)
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I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
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And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
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Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.*
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And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
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And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
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That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.*
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And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,*