Devine Scripture

Genesis 23:3

Genesis chapter 23 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying,

Context

v.2And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

v.3This passage

v.4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 27:46

    And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

  • Genesis 23:5

    And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

  • Genesis 10:15

    And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth,

  • Genesis 49:30

    in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place.

  • Genesis 25:10

    the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

  • 1 Samuel 26:6

    Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.