Genesis 23:3

3 Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites.^[a] He said,

Genesis 23:3 in Other Translations

3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

3 And Abraham rose up from before his dead and said to the Hittites,

3 Then, leaving her body, he said to the Hittite elders,

3 Then Abraham got up from mourning his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites:

3 Then Abraham got up from beside his dead [wife] and spoke to the Hittites:

Genesis 23:3 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 23:3

And Abraham stood up from before his dead
The corpse of Sarah, by which he sat pensive and mourning, perhaps upon the ground, as was the custom of mourners, ( Job 1:13 ) ; where having sat awhile, he rose up and went out of the tent, to provide for the funeral of his wife as became him: and spake unto the sons of Heth;
the descendants of Heth the son of Canaan, see ( Genesis 10:15 ) ; who were at this time the inhabitants and proprietors of that part of the land where Abraham now was: saying; as follows:

Genesis 23:3 In-Context

1 Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.

2 She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.

3 Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said,

4 “I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.”

5 The Hittites replied to Abraham,

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 10:15

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "the descendants of Heth" ; also in verses 5, 7, 10, 16, 18 and 20