Genesis 23:5

Then the Hittites answered Abraham, saying vnto him,

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

In Context

4I am a stranger, and a forreiner among you, giue me a possession of buriall with you, that I may burie my dead out of my sight.

6Heare vs, my lorde: thou art a prince of God among vs: in the chiefest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of vs shall forbid thee his sepulchre, but thou mayest bury thy dead therein.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 1:13Also Canaan begate Zidon his first borne, and Heth,

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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