Genesis 23:12

Then Abraham bowed before the people of the land,

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In The King James Version

And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

In Context

11“No, my lord, hear me. I give the field to you and the cave that is in it I give to you; in the presence of the children of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.”

13and spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “Please, hear me – I will give the price of the field; accept it from me so that I may bury my dead there.”

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Cross References

Genesis 18:2and, as he looked up, three men stood there before him. As soon as he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed to the ground

Genesis 23:7Abraham rose up and bowed before the people of the land, the Hittites,

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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