Genesis 23:6
Hear us, my lord. Thou are a prince of God among us. Bury thy dead in our choice sepulchers. None of us shall withhold from thee his sepulcher, but that thou may bury thy dead.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
7And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the sons of Heth.
Cross References
Genesis 13:2And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 18:12And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have become old shall I have pleasure, my lord also being old?
Genesis 24:18And she said, Drink, my lord. And she hurried, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
Genesis 31:35And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee, for the manner of women is upon me. And he searched, but did not find the teraphim.
Genesis 32:18Then thou shall say, Thy servant Jacob's. It is a present sent to my lord Esau. And, behold, he also is behind us.
Genesis 44:5Is not this that in which my lord drinks, and how he indeed divines? Ye have done evil in so doing.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 23:4-16
The Cave of Machpelah. ( b. c. 1857.) 3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 7 And… Read the whole commentary →