Genesis 23:7

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 23:7

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

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KJV

King James Version

And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, [even] to the children of Heth.

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WEB

World English Bible

Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 23

⁵ The Hittites replied to Abraham,

⁶ “Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”

⁷ Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

⁸ “If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

⁹ to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”

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