'People of the Land' in the Bible

And Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,

And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land;

and he spoke to Ephron, in the ears of the people of the land, saying, But if only thou wouldst listen to me, I give the money for the field: take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

And Joseph, he was the governor over the land he it was that sold the corn to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.