Genesis 23:3
¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
¶ And Abraham stood vp from before his dead, & spake vnto the sonnes of Heth, saying,
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- 1 Samuel 26:6Rank 2 from verse 3
6Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
6Then answered Dauid, and sayd to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah brother to Ioab, saying, Who will goe downe with me to Saul to the campe? And Abishai sayd, I will goe downe with thee.
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46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
46And Rebekah said to *Isaac, I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of Heth: If Iacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life doe me?
- Genesis 49:30Rank 7 from verse 3
30In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
30In the caue that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, *which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite, for a possession of a burying place.
- Genesis 25:10Rank 8 from verse 3
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Genesis 23:3
The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.
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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.
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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.
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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.
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2And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
2And Sarah died in Kiriath arba, the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: And Abraham came to mourne for Sarah, and to weepe for her.
3¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
3¶ And Abraham stood vp from before his dead, & spake vnto the sonnes of Heth, saying,
Selected passage4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
4I am a stranger and a soiourner with you: giue me a possession of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.