Genesis 23:6
Receive from us Ribbona; a prince before the Lord art thou among us; in the best of our sepulchres bury thy dead. No man of us will refuse his sepulchre to thee for the burial of thy dead.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
5And the sons of Hittah answered Abraham, saying to him,
7And Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Hittah.
Cross References
Genesis 13:2And Abram was exceeding strong in cattle, in silver, and in gold;
Genesis 18:12And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After that I am old shall I have a child, and my lord (being also) old?
Genesis 24:18And she said, Drink, Ribboni; and she made haste, and held her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him to drink.
Genesis 31:35And she said to her father, Let it not be displeasing in the eyes of my lord, that I am not able to rise before thee; for the way of women is upon me. And he scrutinized, but found not the images.
Genesis 32:18And he commanded the foremost, saying, If Esau my brother meet thee, and ask thee, saying, Whose art thou? And, Whither goest thou? And, Whose are these that are before thee?
Genesis 44:5Is it not this from which my lord drinketh, and, behold, by which inquiring he inquireth? You have done the thing that is 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 →