[Avodah] Bereshit 23: 6-16

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:

> I once saw the first Rashi explained in similar terms. Why did R' Yichaq
> assume the nations that challenge our claim to EY would care what *our*
> scriptures say about Who owned the land and had a right to distribute
> it?

There are several gemaras from which it appears that Chazal believed that
all the nations believe in Hashem ("but they call Him the gods' God"),
and are familiar with and accept the truth of the whole Tanach.  This
statement of R Yitzchak seems in line with those gemaras.

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