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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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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. Genesis 23:9 tn Heb “in your presence.”
  3. Genesis 23:9 tn Heb “full silver.”

so he will sell me the cave of Machpelah,(A) which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you.”

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