Genesis 23:5
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying vnto him,
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Genesis 23:5
Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.
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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.
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4I 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.
4I am a stranger and a soiourner with you: giue me a possession of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying vnto him,
Selected passage6Hear 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.
6Heare vs, my LORD, thou art a †mightie Prince amongst vs: in the choise of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of vs shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.