3Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said,


In Context

1 Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.

2 She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.

3 Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said,

4 "I am an alien and a stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead."

5 The Hittites replied to Abraham,

Genesis 23:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:3And after he rose up from the funeral obsequies, he spoke to the children of Heth, saying:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:3And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:3And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3And Abraham riseth up from the presence of his dead, and speaketh unto the sons of Heth, saying,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,