Genesis 23:6
“Hear us, my lord; you are a mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the best of our burial places. None of us will withhold from you his burial place, so that you may bury your dead.”
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In Context
5The Hittites answered Abraham,
7Abraham rose up and bowed before the people of the land, the Hittites,
Cross References
Genesis 13:2Abram was now very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 18:12so she laughed to herself, saying, “After I and my husband are so old will I have pleasure?”
Genesis 24:18She answered, “Drink, sir,” and quickly let down her water-jar from her shoulder upon her hand and gave him a drink.
Genesis 31:35She said to her father, “Do not be angry that I cannot rise before you, my lord, for it is that time of the month that women have.” And though he searched thoroughly, he did not find the household gods.
Genesis 32:18then you must say, ‘To your servant Jacob; it is a present sent by him to my lord Esau; and Jacob himself is just behind us.’”
Genesis 44:5Why have you stolen my silver cup, that from which my master drinks and by which he divines the future? You have done wrong in so doing!’”
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 →