Genesis 23:7

And Abraam rose up and did obeisance to the people of the land, to the sons of Chet.

LXX2012 (US English)

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

6but hear us; you are in the midst of us a king from God; bury your dead in our choice sepulchres, for not one of us will by any means withhold his sepulchre from you, so that you should not bury your dead there.

8And Abraam spoke to them, saying, If you⌃ have it in your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, listen to me, and speak for me to Ephron the son Saar.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:2And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold! three men stood before him; and having seen them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and did obeisance to the ground.

Genesis 23:12And Abraam did obeisance before the people 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 →

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