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Genesis 23:10

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dwelt: Or, sitting (as the word frequently denotes) among the children of Heth, at the gate of the city, where all public business was transacted. Ephron, though a chief man, might have been personally unknown to Abraham; but now he answers for himself, making a free tender of the field and cave to Abraham, in the presence of all the people, which amounted to a legal conveyance to the Patriarch.

audience: Heb. ears

all that: Genesis 23:18, Genesis 34:20, Genesis 34:24; Ruth 4:1-4; Job 29:7; Isaiah 28:6

his: Genesis 24:10; Matthew 9:1; Luke 2:3-4

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