Genesis 23:3 · KJV
“And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,”
— Genesis 23:3
And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same {is} Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
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 — Context
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: {these were} the years of the life of Sarah.
2And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same {is} Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4I {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.
5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
Cross References
Genesis 10:15
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, {Sidon: Heb. Tzidon}
Genesis 27:46
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these {which are} of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
Genesis 23:5
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
Genesis 23:7
And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, {even} to the children of Heth.
2 Samuel 23:39
Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
Genesis 49:30
In the cave that {is} in the field of Machpelah, which {is} before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
1 Samuel 26:6
Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
Genesis 25:10
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.