◄ Genesis 23:12 ►
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Good News Translation
But Abraham bowed before the Hittites

New Revised Standard Version
Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.

Contemporary English Version
Once again, Abraham bowed down

New American Bible
But Abraham, after bowing low before the people of the land,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.

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Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.

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Genesis 23:7 Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to wit, the children of Heth:

Genesis 18:2 And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men standing near to him: and as soon as he saw them, he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and adored down to the ground.

Genesis 19:1 And the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of the city. And seeing them, he rose up and went to meet them: and worshipped prostrate to the ground.

Context
The Death and Burial of Sarah
…11Let it not be so, my lord, but do thou rather hearken to what I say: The field I deliver to thee, and the cave that is therein; in the presence of the children of my people, bury thy dead. 12Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.13And he spoke to Ephron, in the presence of the people: I beseech thee to hear me: I will give money for the field; take it, and so will I bury my dead in it.…
Cross References
Genesis 23:11
Let it not be so, my lord, but do thou rather hearken to what I say: The field I deliver to thee, and the cave that is therein; in the presence of the children of my people, bury thy dead.

Genesis 23:13
And he spoke to Ephron, in the presence of the people: I beseech thee to hear me: I will give money for the field; take it, and so will I bury my dead in it.

Genesis 23:11
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