Genesis 23:7

Abraham arose, and he reverenced the people of the land, namely, the sons of Heth.

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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

6“Hear us, O lord, you are a leader of God among us. Bury your dead in our chosen sepulchers. And no man shall be able to prohibit you from burying your dead within his memorial.”

8And he said to them: “If it pleases your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede on my behalf with Ephron, the son of Zohar,

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Cross References

Genesis 18:2And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men, standing near him. When he had seen them, he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and he reverenced them on the ground.

Genesis 23:12Abraham reverenced in the sight of the people of the land.

Proverbs 18:24A man amiable to society shall be more friendly than a brother.

Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with everyone. Pursue sanctity, without which no one shall see God.

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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