Scripture · Old Testament
Genesis 23:5
Genesis 23:5 is verse 5 of Genesis chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The Hittites replied to Abraham,
King James Version
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
World English Bible
The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
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Genesis 23:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
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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