Genesis 23:5

The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying,

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

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4“I am a foreigner among you. Please grant me a property for a burial place among you, so that I may bury my dead.”

6“Listen to us, my master. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb, so that you may bury your dead.”

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 1:13Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and of the Hittites.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 23:4-16

The Cave of Machpelah. ( b. c. 1857.) 3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 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. 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 6 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. 7 And… Read the whole commentary →

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