Genesis 23:5
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
Genesis 23:5 in other translations
| BSB | The Hittites replied to Abraham, |
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| WEB | The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, |
| ASV | And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, |
| YLT | And the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him, |
| DARBY | And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, |
| BBE | And in answer the children of Heth said to Abraham, |
| Webster | And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, |
What does Genesis 23:5 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 23:1-13
Chapter Outline The death of Sarah, Abraham applies for a burying-place. (1-13) Sarah's burying-place. (14-20) Verses 1-13 The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter. Blessed be his name, that even death cannot part believers from union with Christ. Those whom we most love, yea, even our own bodies, which we so care for…
Genesis 23:5 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 23:4
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
- Genesis 23:5
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
- Genesis 23:6
Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince 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.
Genesis 23:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y respondieron los hijos de Heth á Abraham, y dijéronle: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les fils de Heth répondirent à Abraham, lui disant: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Kinder Heth antworteten dem Abraham und sprachen zu ihm: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Responderunt filii Heth, dicentes: |