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Genesis 23:8 KJV
Genesis · chapter 23 · verse 8 · King James Version
And 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,Genesis 23:8 · King James Version
Genesis 23:8 in context
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,
9That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
10And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Key words (Strong's)
- communeddâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- intreatpâgaʻto impinge, by accident or violence, or by importunityH6293 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- EphronʻEphrôwnEphron, the name of a Canaanite and of two places in PalestineH6085 →
- sightpânîymthe faceH6440 →
- mindnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
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