Chuàngshìjì 23:7

7 Yàbólāhǎn jiù qǐlai , xiàng nà dì de Hèrén xià baì ,

Chuàngshìjì 23:7 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 23:7

And Abraham stood up
For, having made his speech to the children of Heth, he sat down waiting for an answer; or rather perhaps they obliged him to sit down, out of reverence to so great a personage; and when they had done speaking, he rose up: and bowed himself to the people of the land;
the principal of them, in token of the grateful sense he had of the honour they had done him, and of the great civility with which they had used him: [even] to the children of Heth;
this seems to be added to distinguish them from the common people, and as an explanation of the preceding clause; (See Gill on Genesis 23:3).

Chuàngshìjì 23:7 In-Context

5 Hèrén huídá Yàbólāhǎn shuō ,

6 Wǒ zhǔ qǐng tīng . nǐ zaì wǒmen zhōngjiān shì yī wèi zūn dà de wáng zǐ , zhǐguǎn zaì wǒmen zuì hǎo de fùndì lǐ máizàng nǐde sǐ rén . wǒmen méiyǒu yī rén bùróng nǐ zaì tāde fùndì lǐ máizàng nǐde sǐ rén .

7 Yàbólāhǎn jiù qǐlai , xiàng nà dì de Hèrén xià baì ,

8 Duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen ruò yǒu yì jiào wǒ máizàng wǒde sǐ rén , shǐ tā bù zaì wǒ yǎnqián , jiù qǐng tīng wǒde huà , wéi wǒ qiú Suǒxiá de érzi Yǐfúlún ,

9 Bǎ tián tóu shǎng nà Maìbǐlā dòng gĕi wǒ . tā kĕyǐ àn zhe zú jià maì gĕi wǒ , zuò wǒ zaì nǐmen zhōngjiān de fùndì .