Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And Abraham will rise up from the face of his dead, and speak to the sons of Heth, saying,
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,
King James 2000
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke unto the sons of Heth, saying,
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,
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 shall die in the city of four; this is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham will come to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 3 And Abraham will rise up from the face of his dead, and speak to the sons of Heth, saying, 4 I am a sojourner and stranger with you: give me the possession of a grave with you, and I will bury my dead from my face.
Cross References
Genesis 10:15
And Caanan will beget Sidon, his first-born, and Heth,
Genesis 23:5
And the sons of Heth will answer Abraham, saying to him,
Genesis 23:7
And Abraham will rise up and will bow himself to the earth before the sons of Heth.
Genesis 25:10
The field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth: there Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife.
Genesis 27:46
And Rebekah will say to Isaak, I was finished in my life from the face of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob took a wife from the daughters of Heth, as these from the daughters of the land, for what to me life?
Genesis 49:30
In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamra in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite, for the possession of a grave.
1 Samuel 26:6
And David will answer and say to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai, son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai will say, I will go down with thee.
2 Samuel 23:39
Uriah the Hittite: all, thirty and seven.