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Genesis 23:3 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, "
Genesis 23:3
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
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
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Genesis 23:1
"And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah."
Genesis 23:2
"And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep"
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"
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."
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