7And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, 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 to him,

6 Hear us, my lord; thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead: none of us will withhold from thee his sepulcher, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

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

8 And he communed with them, saying, If it is 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 as much money as it is worth he shall give it me, for a possession of a burying-place among you.

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 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 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.