Genesis 23:6
Hear 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.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
5And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him:
7And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth;
Cross References
Genesis 13:2Now, Abram, was very rich,—in cattle, in silver and in gold.
Genesis 18:12So then Sarah laughed within herself, saying: After I am past age, hath there come to me pleasure, my lord, also being old?
Genesis 24:18And she said, Drink my lord,—And she hastened and lowered her pitcher on her hand and let him drink.
Genesis 31:35And she said unto her father, Let it not be vexing in the eyes of my lord that I cannot rise up at thy presence, for, the way of women, is upon me. So he made search, but found not the household gods,
Genesis 32:18then shalt thou say, To thy servant Jacob: It is, a present, sent to my lord, to Esau; And behold he himself also is behind us,
Genesis 44:5Is not this that in which my lord drinketh, and whereby, he himself, doth divine? Ye have done evil in what ye have done.
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 →