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Genesis 23:7
Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to wit, the children of Heth:
Genesis 23:7 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 23:7 in other translations
And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.
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In context
4 I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead.
5 The children of Heth answered, saying:
6 My lord, hear us, thou art a prince of God among us: bury thy dead in our principal sepulchres: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulchre.
7 Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to wit, the children of Heth:
8 And said to them: If it please your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede for me to Ephron the son of Seor.
9 That he may give me the double cave, which he hath in the end of his field: For as much money as it is worth he shall give it me before you, for a possession of a burying place.
10 Now Ephron dwelt in the midst of the children of Heth. And Ephron made answer to Abraham in the hearing of all that went in at the gate of the city, saying:
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