Genesis 23:6
“Listen, my lord, you are a highly-respected prince among us. Choose the very best of our burial sites to bury your dead. None of us will say no to you.”
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In Context
5The Hittites answered Abraham, telling him,
7Abraham got up and bowed low before the Hittites, the local people,
Cross References
Genesis 13:2Abram was very rich, having many herds of livestock and a great deal of silver and gold.
Genesis 18:12Sarah was laughing inside, saying to herself, “Now that I'm old and worn out, how would I experience pleasure? My husband is old too!”
Genesis 24:18“Please drink, my lord,” she replied. She quickly lifted the jar down from her shoulder and held it for him to drink.
Genesis 31:35She said to her father, “Sir, please don't get upset with me for not standing up in your presence, but I have my period.” He looked everywhere but didn't find the idols.
Genesis 32:18you are to say to him, ‘Your servant Jacob sends these as a gift to my lord Esau, and he's following us.’”
Genesis 44:5This is the cup he personally drinks from, and which he uses for divination. What you've done is really evil!’”
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 →