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Genesis 23:3

AbrahamHeth
Grief

1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

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

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.

5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

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BSB
Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
KJV
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
WEB
Abraham rose up from before his dead and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,
ASV
And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying,
DARBY
And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
BLB
And Abraham rose up from before his dead one, and he spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
ÅB
Deretter sto Abraham opp og gikk bort fra sin døde hustru, og han talte til Hets barn og sa:
OTB
Så reiste Abraham seg fra sin døde hustru og talte til hetittene og sa,
B1930
Derefter stod Abraham op og gikk bort fra sin døde hustru, og han talte til Hets barn og sa:

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  • Genesis 10:15

    And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

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  • Genesis 23:7

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

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  • Genesis 23:5

    And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

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  • Genesis 27:46

    And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

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  • 2 Samuel 23:39

    Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.

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  • 1 Samuel 26:6

    Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

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  • Genesis 49:30

    In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

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  • Genesis 25:10

    The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

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