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


In Context

4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a sepulchre with you, that I may bury my dead from before me.

5 And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a prince of God among us: in the choicest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre for burying thy dead.

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

8 and spoke to them, saying, If it be your will that I should bury my dead from before me, hear me, and entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar,

9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which is his, which is at the end of his field; for the full money let him give it to me amongst you for a possession of a sepulchre.

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 American Standard 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 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.