Genesis Chapter 23 verse 3 Holy Bible
And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying,
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And Abraham came from his dead and said to the children of Heth,
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And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
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And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
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And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
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Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,
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And Abraham riseth up from the presence of his dead, and speaketh unto the sons of Heth, saying,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - And Abraham stood up - during the days of mourning he had been sitting on the ground; and now, his grief having moderated (Calvin), he goes out to the city gate - from before (literally, from over the face of) his dead, - "Sarah, though dead, was still his" (Wordsworth) - and spake unto the sons of Heth. - the Hittites were descendants of Heth, the son of Canaan (vide Genesis 10:15). Cf. "daughters of Heth" (Genesis 27:46) and "daughters of Canaan" (Genesis 28:1) - saying.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Abraham stood up from before his dead.--His first care on arriving at Hebron had been to prostrate himself in Sarah's tent, and give utterance to his grief. Only after this he rises to prepare for her burial.The sons of Heth.--Up to this time we have read only of Amorites, Mamre and his toothers, at Hebron. It now appears that it was the property of the Hittites, a race who, while the Israelites sojourned in Egypt, became so powerful as to contend for empire with the Egyptians themselves. Their capital was Emesa in Northern Syria, and their history is now being made known to us not only by means of Egyptian records, but also of inscriptions in their own language (See Note on Genesis 10:15).