Genesis 23:7

And Abraham riseth and boweth himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,

Young's Literal Translation

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

6'Hear us, my lord; a prince of God [art] thou in our midst; in the choice of our burying-places bury thy dead: none of us his burying-place doth withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.'

8and he speaketh with them, saying, 'If it is your desire to bury my dead from before me, hear me, and meet for me with Ephron, son of Zoar;

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Cross References

Genesis 18:2and he lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, three men standing by him, and he seeth, and runneth to meet them from the opening of the tent, and boweth himself towards the earth,

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

Proverbs 18:24A man with friends [is] to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

Hebrews 12:14peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from 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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