Genesis 23:7
Then Abraham stoode vp, and bowed him selfe before the people of the land of the Hittites.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
Cross References
Genesis 18:2And he lift vp his eyes, and looked: and lo, three men stoode by him, and when he sawe them, he ranne to meete them from the tent doore, and bowed himselfe to the grounde.
Genesis 23:12Then Abraham bowed himselfe before the people of the land,
Proverbs 18:24A man that hath friends, ought to shew him selfe friendly: for a friend is neerer then a brother.
Hebrews 12:14Followe peace with all men, and holinesse, without the which no man shall see ye 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 →