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Genesis 23:9
New English Translation
Genesis 23:9
New English Translation
9 if he will sell[a] me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly[b] for the full price,[c] so that I may own it as a burial site.”
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- Genesis 23:9 tn Heb “give.” This is used here (also a second time later in this verse) as an idiom for “sell”; see the note on the word “grant” in v. 4.
- Genesis 23:9 tn Heb “in your presence.”
- Genesis 23:9 tn Heb “full silver.”
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