Genesis 23:7
Genesis chapter 23 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
Context
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.
v.7This passage
v.8And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Romans 12:17
Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men.
- Genesis 18:2
and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over against him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
- Genesis 19:1
And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth;
- 1 Peter 3:8
Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:
- Proverbs 18:24
He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
- Hebrews 12:14
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord: