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.”
Genesis 23:4–6
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Genesis 23:10–12
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Genesis 23:14–16
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Book of Jubilees 19:3–5
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Genesis 49:28–30
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Book of Jubilees 35:20–22
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Book of Jubilees 36:1–3
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