Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The Hittites replied to Abraham, New Living Translation The Hittites replied to Abraham, English Standard Version The Hittites answered Abraham, Berean Standard Bible The Hittites replied to Abraham, King James Bible And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, New King James Version And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, New American Standard Bible The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, NASB 1995 The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, NASB 1977 And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, Legacy Standard Bible And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, Amplified Bible The Hittites replied to Abraham, Christian Standard Bible The Hethites replied to Abraham, Holman Christian Standard Bible The Hittites replied to Abraham,” American Standard Version And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, English Revised Version And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, GOD'S WORD® Translation The Hittites answered Abraham, Good News Translation They answered, International Standard Version The Hittites responded to Abraham, Majority Standard Bible The Hittites replied to Abraham, NET Bible The sons of Heth answered Abraham, New Heart English Bible The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, Webster's Bible Translation And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, World English Bible The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him, Young's Literal Translation And the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him, Smith's Literal Translation And the sons of Heth will answer Abraham, saying to him, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe children of Heth answered, saying: Catholic Public Domain Version The sons of Heth responded by saying: New American Bible The Hittites answered Abraham: “Please, New Revised Standard Version The Hittites answered Abraham, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the sons of Heth answered and said to Abraham, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the sons of Khyth answered and they said to Abraham. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him: Brenton Septuagint Translation And the sons of Chet answered to Abraam, saying, Not so, Sir, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Death and Burial of Sarah…4“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.” 5The Hittites replied to Abraham, 6“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”… Cross References Genesis 15:13-16 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. / But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions. / You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age. ... Genesis 17:8 And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.” Genesis 12:7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him. Genesis 13:15 for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever. Genesis 24:35 “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys. Genesis 50:13 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site. Exodus 6:8 And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’” Exodus 3:8 I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. Numbers 33:53 You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess. Deuteronomy 1:8 See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.” Joshua 24:32 And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants. Acts 7:5 He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child. Hebrews 11:9-10 By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. / For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. Hebrews 11:13-16 All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. / Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own. / If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. ... Acts 7:16 Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver. Treasury of Scripture And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, Jump to Previous Abraham Children Heth HittitesJump to Next Abraham Children Heth HittitesGenesis 23 1. The age and death of Sarah.3. The purchase of the field and cave of Machpelah; 19. where Sarah is buried. The Hittites The Hittites were an ancient people who lived in the region that is now modern-day Turkey and parts of Syria. In the context of Genesis, they are inhabitants of Canaan, the land promised to Abraham and his descendants. The Hittites are often mentioned in the Old Testament as one of the many groups living in Canaan. Historically, the Hittites were known for their advanced civilization and their interactions with other major powers of the ancient Near East. In this passage, their mention signifies the diverse and complex social landscape Abraham navigated. Theologically, the presence of the Hittites in the narrative underscores the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham that he would be a father of many nations and that his descendants would inherit a land occupied by various peoples. replied to Abraham Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The Hittitesבְנֵי־ (ḇə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son replied וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ (way·ya·‘ă·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6030: To answer, respond to Abraham, אַבְרָהָ֖ם (’aḇ·rā·hām) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation Links Genesis 23:5 NIVGenesis 23:5 NLT Genesis 23:5 ESV Genesis 23:5 NASB Genesis 23:5 KJV Genesis 23:5 BibleApps.com Genesis 23:5 Biblia Paralela Genesis 23:5 Chinese Bible Genesis 23:5 French Bible Genesis 23:5 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 23:5 The children of Heth answered Abraham saying (Gen. Ge Gn) |