Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. And Abraham rose up from his dead, and he spoke to the Hittites [and] said,
New American Standard Bible
Then Abraham rose from before his dead, and spoke to the
King James Version
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
Holman Bible
Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites:
International Standard Version
Then Abraham stood up from beside his dead wife and addressed the Hittites. He said,
A Conservative Version
And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
American Standard Version
And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying,
Amplified
Then Abraham stood up before his dead [wife’s body], and spoke to the
Bible in Basic English
And Abraham came from his dead and said to the children of Heth,
Darby Translation
And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
Julia Smith Translation
And Abraham will rise up from the face of his dead, and speak to the sons of Heth, saying,
King James 2000
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke unto the sons of Heth, saying,
Modern King James verseion
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Abraham stood up from the corpse, and talked with the sons of Heth saying,
NET Bible
Then Abraham got up from mourning his dead wife and said to the sons of Heth,
New Heart English Bible
Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,
The Emphasized Bible
And Abraham rose up from over the face of his dead, - and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying;
Webster
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
World English Bible
Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,
Youngs Literal Translation
And Abraham riseth up from the presence of his dead, and speaketh unto the sons of Heth, saying,
Themes
Abraham » He purchases a place for her burial, and buries her in a cave
Heth » Son of canaan, and ancestor of the hittites
Hittites » Called the » Sons of heth
Interlinear
Quwm
Paniym
Muwth
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 23:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Sarah's Death And Burial
2 And Sarah died in Kiriath Arba; that [is] Hebron, in the land of Canaan. 3 And Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. And Abraham rose up from his dead, and he spoke to the Hittites [and] said, 4 "I [am] a stranger and an alien among you; give to me {my own burial site} among you so that I may bury my dead from before me.
Cross References
Genesis 10:15
Canaan fathered Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth,
Genesis 23:5
And the Hittites answered Abraham [and] said to him,
Genesis 23:7
And Abraham rose up and bowed to the people of the land, to the Hittites.
Genesis 25:10
the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried and Sarah his wife.
Genesis 27:46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I loathe my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from Hittite women like these, from the {native women}, {what am I living for}?"
Genesis 49:30
in the cave that [is] in the field of Machpelah that [is] before Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
1 Samuel 26:6
David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah the brother of Joab, saying, "Who will go down with me to Saul, in the camp?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you."
2 Samuel 23:39
Uriah the Hittite; in all, thirty-seven.