Genesis 23:7
And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
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And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
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Genesis 18:2And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
Genesis 23:12And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
Proverbs 18:24A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.
Hebrews 12:14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man 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 →