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Genesis 23:6 KJV
Genesis · chapter 23 · verse 6 · King James Version
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.Genesis 23:6 · King James Version
Genesis 23:6 in context
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.
5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6Hear 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.
7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
8And 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,
Key words (Strong's)
- sepulchresqebera sepulchreH6913 →
- withholdkâlâʼto restrict, by act or wordH3607 →
- mightyʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
- princenâsîyʼproperly, an exalted oneH5387 →
- choicemibchârselectH4005 →
- lordʼâdôwnsovereignH113 →
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