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Genesis 23:3

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3 Daarna stond Abraham op van het aangezicht van zijner dode, en hij sprak tot de zonen Heths, zeggende:

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:

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Genesis 23:3 In-Context

1 En het leven van Sara was honderd zeven en twintig jaren; dit waren de jaren des levens van Sara.
2 En Sara stierf te Kiriath-Arba, dat is Hebron, in het land Kanaan; en Abraham kwam om Sara te beklagen, en haar te bewenen.
3 Daarna stond Abraham op van het aangezicht van zijner dode, en hij sprak tot de zonen Heths, zeggende:
4 Ik ben een vreemdeling en inwoner bij u; geef mij een erfbegrafenis bij u, opdat ik mijn dode van voor mijn aangezicht begrave
5 En de zonen Heths antwoordden Abraham, zeggende tot hem:

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