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Genesis 23:5 KJV
Genesis · chapter 23 · verse 5
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,Genesis 23:5 · King James Version
Genesis 23:5 in context
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,
6Hear 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.
7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- answeredʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- AbrahamʼAbrâhâmAbraham, the later name of AbramH85 →
- 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