Genesis 23:5

And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4A sojourner and settler, am I with you,—Give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, That I may bury my dead, from before me.

6Hear us, my lord! A prince of God, art thou in our midst, In the choice of our buryingplaces, bury thy dead,—Not, a man from among us his, burying-place, will withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 1:13And, Canaan, begat Zidon his firstborn, 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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