KJV King James Version
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
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Genesis 23:3
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
WEB World English Bible
Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,
ASV American Standard Version
And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Abraham riseth up from the presence of his dead, and speaketh unto the sons of Heth, saying,
Surrounding context — Genesis 23
1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: [these were] the years of the life of Sarah.
2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
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.
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Genesis 10:15And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,Genesis 23:7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, [even] to the children of Heth.1 Samuel 26:6Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.Genesis 23:5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,2 Samuel 23:39Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.Genesis 49:30In the cave that [is] in the field of Machpelah, which [is] before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.Genesis 27:46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?Genesis 25:10The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
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