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Genesis 23:6

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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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The surrounding passage

  1. Genesis 23:4

    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.

  2. Genesis 23:5

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

  3. Genesis 23:7

    And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

  4. Genesis 23:8

    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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