Genesis 23:5
3 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.
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
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.
7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
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: