Genesis 23:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 23:5

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Berean Standard Bible

The Hittites replied to Abraham,

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KJV

King James Version

And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

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WEB

World English Bible

The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

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ASV

American Standard Version

And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

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Genesis 23

³ Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,

⁴ “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

⁵ The Hittites replied to Abraham,

⁶ “Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”

⁷ Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

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