Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Abraham stood up from the corpse, and talked with 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,
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,
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,
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
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Paniym
Muwth
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 23:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Sarah's Death And Burial
2 and then died in a head-city called Hebron in the land of Canaan. Then Abraham came to mourn Sara and to weep for her. 3 And Abraham stood up from the corpse, and talked with the sons of Heth saying, 4 "I am a stranger and a foreigner among you; give me a possession to bury in with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
Cross References
Genesis 10:15
Canaan also begat Sidon his eldest son and Heth,
Genesis 23:5
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
Genesis 23:7
Abraham stood up and bowed himself before the people of the land the children of Heth.
Genesis 25:10
Which field Abraham bought of the sons of Heth: There was Abraham buried, and Sara his wife.
Genesis 27:46
And Rebekah spake to Isaac, "I am weary of my life, for fear of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such one as these are, or of the daughters of the land, what lust should I have to live?"
Genesis 49:30
in the double cave that is in the field before Mamre in the land of Canaan. Which field Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite for a possession to bury in.
1 Samuel 26:6
Then answered David, and spake to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah and brother to Joab, saying, "Who will go down with me to Saul, to the host?" Abishai said, "I will go down with thee."
2 Samuel 23:39
Uriah the Hittite: in all thirty and seven.