Genesis 23:5

The children of Heth answered, saying:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead.

6My Lord, hear us, thou art a prince of God among us: bury thy dead in our principle sepulchers: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulcher.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 1:13And Chanaan beget Sidon his firstborn, and the Hethite,

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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