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Genesis 23:7
And Abraham riseth and boweth himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,
Genesis 23:7 · Young's Literal Translation
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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 `A sojourner and a settler I am with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me.'
5 And the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him,
6 `Hear us, my lord; a prince of God art thou in our midst; in the choice of our burying-places bury thy dead: none of us his burying-place doth withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.'
7 And Abraham riseth and boweth himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,
8 and he speaketh with them, saying, `If it is your desire to bury my dead from before me, hear me, and meet for me with Ephron, son of Zoar;
9 and he giveth to me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the extremity of his field; for full money doth he give it to me, in your midst, for a possession of a burying-place.'
10 And Ephron is sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answereth Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all those entering the gate of his city, saying,
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