Genesis 23:7
Abraham arose and bowed down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth.
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In The King James Version
And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
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Genesis 18:2He looked up and, behold, he saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door and bowed low to the ground.
Genesis 23:12Then Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
Proverbs 18:24The one who claims many friends is brought to ruin by them, 1 but there is a friend who comes closer than a brother.
Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, and also the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
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 →