Genesis 23:6
My 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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
5The children of Heth answered, saying:
7Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to wit the children of Heth:
Cross References
Genesis 13:2And he was very rich in possession of gold and silver.
Genesis 18:12And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old
Genesis 24:18And she answered: Drink, my lord. And quickly she let down the pitcher upon her arm, and gave him drink.
Genesis 31:35She said: Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee, because it has now happened to me, according to the custom of women, So his careful search was in vain.
Genesis 32:18Thou shalt answer: Thy servant Jacob's: he hath sent them as a present to my lord Esau: and he cometh after us.
Genesis 44:5The cup which you have stolen is that in which my lord drinketh, and in which he is wont to divine: you have done a very evil thing.
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 →