Genesis 23:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,”
Genesis 23:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 23:5 in 7 Bible Translations
Read Genesis 23:5 in the King James Version (KJV) and 6 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Genesis 23:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,”
Genesis 23:5 — World English Bible
Genesis 23:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, ”
Genesis 23:5 — American Standard Version
Genesis 23:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him,”
Genesis 23:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 23:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, ”
Genesis 23:5 — Darby Translation
Genesis 23:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then the Hittites answered Abraham, saying vnto him,”
Genesis 23:5 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 23:5 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,”
Genesis 23:5 — The Living Sword
Genesis 23:5 in Context — Genesis 23
3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4 I 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.
5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
What Does Genesis 23:5 Mean?
Genesis 23:5 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 23. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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