Genesis 23:5
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.”
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The Hittites replied to Abraham,
- KJV
- And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
- WEB
- The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
- ASV
- And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
- DARBY
- And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
- BLB
- And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
- ÅB
- Da svarte Hets barn Abraham og sa til ham:
- OTB
- Hetittene svarte Abraham og sa til ham,
- B1930
- Da svarte Hets barn Abraham og sa til ham: