Genesis 23:7

And Abraham got up and gave honour to the children of Heth, the people of that land.

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In The King James Version

And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

In Context

6My lord, truly you are a great chief among us; take the best of our resting-places for your dead; not one of us will keep back from you a place where you may put your dead to rest.

8And he said to them, If you will let me put my dead to rest here, make a request for me to Ephron, the son of Zohar,

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Cross References

Genesis 18:2And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

Genesis 23:12And Abraham went down on his face before the people of the land.

Proverbs 18:24There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

Hebrews 12:14Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

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 →

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