Genesis 23:7
Abraham bowed down to them.
Nyangumarta (portions)
In The King James Version
And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
In Context
8He said to them, “Please speak to the man, Zohar's son, Ephron.
Cross References
Genesis 18:2He looked, he saw three men standing nearby. Abraham stood up, he ran to them, he knelt down in front of them.
Genesis 23:12Again Abraham bowed down to the men of the land.
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 →