Genesis 23:7
Abraham got up and bowed low before the Hittites, the local people,
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In The King James Version
And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
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Genesis 18:2He looked up and all of a sudden he saw three men standing there. As soon as he saw them, he ran over to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
Genesis 23:12Abraham bowed low before the local people,
Proverbs 18:24Some friends give up on you, but there's a friend who stays closer to you than a brother.
Hebrews 12:14Do your best to live in peace with everybody, and look for holiness—if you don't have this you won't see the Lord.
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 →