7And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.


In Context

4 I 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.

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

6 Hear 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.

7 And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

8 And 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,

9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a burying-place.

Genesis 23:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, [even] to the children of Heth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:7Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:7Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to wit the children of Heth:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:7And Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:7And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:7And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:7Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:7And Abraham riseth and boweth himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.