Genesis 23:7

And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

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.

8and spake with them, saying,—If it is with the consent of your minds that I should bury my dead from before me, hear me, and intercede for me, with Ephron son of Zohar:

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Cross References

Genesis 18:2And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo! three men, standing over against him,—so he looked and ran to meet them from the opening of the tent, and bowed himself to the earth;

Genesis 23:12So Abraham boweth himself down, before the people of the land:

Proverbs 18:24A man having [many] friends, shall come to ruin, but there is a loving one, who sticketh closer than a brother.

Hebrews 12:14Peace, be pursuing, with all, and the obtaining of holiness,—without which no one shall 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 →

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