Bible verse

Genesis 23:3

Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,

Genesis 23:3 · BSB

Genesis 23:3 in context

The verses around it, from Genesis 23.

1 Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.

2 She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.

3 Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,

4 “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

5 The Hittites replied to Abraham,

6 “Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”

7 Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

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Genesis 23:3 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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