Genesis 23:5

Genesis chapter 23 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

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.

v.5This passage

v.6Hear us, my lord; thou art a prince of God 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.