Genesis 23:6
Hear 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.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
5And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
7And Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, 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 am become old, shall I have pleasure, and my lord old?
Genesis 24:18And she said, Drink, my lord! And she hasted and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him to drink.
Genesis 31:35And she said to her father, Let it not be an occasion of anger in the eyes of my lord that I cannot rise up before thee, for it is with me after the manner of women. And he searched carefully, but did not find the teraphim.
Genesis 32:18then thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob's: it is a gift sent to my lord, to Esau. And behold, he also is behind us.
Genesis 44:5Is not this [it] in which my lord drinks, and in which indeed he divines? Ye have done evil [in] what ye have done.
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 →