Genesis 23:6
Lord, hear thou us; thou art the prince of God with us; bury thou thy dead body in our chosen sepulchres, and no man shall be able to forbid thee, that not thou bury thy dead body in the sepulchre of him. (My lord, hear thou us; thou art the prince of God with us; bury thou thy dead wife’s body in the choicest of our burial places; none of us shall forbid thee, to bury thy dead wife’s body in his burial place.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
5And the sons of Heth answered, and said, (And the Hittites answered, and said,)
Cross References
Genesis 13:2Forsooth he was full rich in possession (s) of silver, and of gold. (And now he was very rich with livestock, silver, and gold.)
Genesis 18:12And (so) she laughed, saying privily, After that I (have) waxed eld, and my lord is eld, shall I give diligence to lust?
Genesis 24:18Which answered, Drink thou, my lord. And anon she did down the water pot on her shoulder, and gave drink to him, (or And at once she did down the water pot from off her shoulder, and gave him a drink).
Genesis 31:35And she said to Laban, seeking (throughout) all the tent, and finding nothing, My lord, be (thou) not wroth that I may not rise (up) before thee, for it befelled now to me by the custom of women (or for it hath befallen now to me by the custom of women); so the busyness of the seeker was scorned.
Genesis 32:18thou shalt answer, (They be) Of thy servant Jacob; he hath sent (them as) gifts to his lord Esau, and he cometh after us.
Genesis 44:5The cup, which ye have stolen, is that in which my lord drinketh, and in which he is wont to divine; ye have done a full wicked thing.
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 →