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Hear us, my lord: here is a conjunction of the plural and singular number, because though but one person spake, yet he spake in the name of the whole community.
A mighty prince; Heb. a prince of God. Great and excellent persons or things are oft expressed by adding the name of God. See Gen_13:10. Or, by prince of God, they understand a prince favoured and beloved of God.
In the choice of our sepulchres; for each family had a distinct sepulchre.