Chuàngshìjì 23:3

3 Hòulái Yàbólāhǎn cóng sǐ rén miànqián qǐlai , duì Hèrén shuō ,

Chuàngshìjì 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:

Chuàngshìjì 23:3 In-Context

1 Sǎlā xiǎng shòu yī bǎi èr shí qī suì , zhè shì Sǎlā yìshēng de suìshù .

2 Sǎlā sǐ zaì Jiānán dì de Jīlièyàbā , jiù shì Xībǎilún . Yàbólāhǎn wéi tā āi tòng kū hào .

3 Hòulái Yàbólāhǎn cóng sǐ rén miànqián qǐlai , duì Hèrén shuō ,

4 Wǒ zaì nǐmen zhōngjiān shì waìrén , shì jìjū de . qiú nǐmen zaì zhèlǐ gĕi wǒ yī kuaì dì , wǒ hào máizàng wǒde sǐ rén , shǐ tā bú zaì wǒ yǎnqián .

5 Hèrén huídá Yàbólāhǎn shuō ,