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Genesis 23:3 KJV
Genesis · chapter 23 · verse 3
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,Genesis 23:3 · King James Version
Genesis 23:3 in context
1And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
2And 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.
3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4I 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.
5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AbrahamʼAbrâhâmAbraham, the later name of AbramH85 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- spakedâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- deadmûwthto dieH4191 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- HethChêthCheth, an aboriginal CanaaniteH2845 →
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Here is, I. The humble request which Abraham made to his neighbours, the Hittites, for a burying-place among them, Gen 23:3, Gen 23:4. It was strange he had this to do now;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-15