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


In Context

4 I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead.

5 The children of Heth answered, saying:

6 My Lord, hear us, thou art a prince of God among us: bury thy dead in our principle sepulchers: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulcher.

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

8 And said to them: If it please your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede for me to Ephron the son of Seor.

9 That he may give me the double cave, which he hath in the end of his field: for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me before you, for a possession of a buryingplace.

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 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 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.