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Genesis 23:3-7

Genesis 23:3

Then Abraham arose from mourning before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

Genesis 23:4

“I am a stranger and a foreign resident among you; give me a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

Genesis 23:5

The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

Genesis 23:6

“Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead.”

Genesis 23:7

So Abraham stood up and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.