Genesis 23:5

And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

In Context

4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a sepulchre with you, that I may bury my dead from before me.

6Hear us, my lord: thou art a prince of God among us: in the choicest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre for burying thy dead.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 1:13And Canaan begot Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,

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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