Genesis 23:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Abraham stoode vp and bowed hym selfe before the people of the lande, that is, the chyldren of Heth.

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  • Gen 18:2 : 2 And he lift vp his eyes and loked, and loe, three men stoode by hym: And when he sawe them, he ranne to meete them from the tent doore, and bowed hym selfe towarde the grounde,
  • Gen 19:1 : 1 And there came two angels to Sodome at euen, and Lot sate at the gate of Sodome: and Lot seing them rose vp to meete them, and he bowed hym selfe with his face towarde the grounde.
  • Prov 18:24 : 24 A man that wyll haue frendes, must shewe hym selfe frendly: and there is a frende whiche is nearer then a brother.
  • Rom 12:17-18 : 17 Recompensyng to no man euyll for euyll. Prouydyng afore hande thynges honest, not only before God, but also in the syght of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as lyeth in you, lyue peaceably with all men.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Folowe peace with all men, and holynesse, without the which, no man shall see the Lorde:
  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 In conclusion, be ye all of one minde, of one heart, loue as brethren, be pitiful, be curteous,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 23:8-16
    9 verses
    90%

    8And he communed with them, saying: If it be your mynde that I shal bury my dead out of my sight, heare me, and speake for me to Ephron the sonne of Sohar,

    9That he may geue me the caue of Machpelah, whiche he hath in the ende of his fielde: but for as much money as it is worth shall he geue it me, for a possession to bury in amongest you.

    10(For Ephron dwelleth amongest the chyldren of Heth) and Ephron the Hethite aunswered Abraham in the audience of the chyldren of Heth, and of all that went in at the gates of his citie, saying:

    11Not so my Lord, heare me: the fielde geue I thee, and the caue that therin is geue I thee also, in the presence of the sonnes of my people geue I it thee, burye thy dead.

    12And Abraham bowed him selfe before the people of the lande.

    13And spake vnto Ephron in the audience of the people of the countrey, saying: yf thou wylt geue it then I pray thee heare me, I wyll geue syluer for the fielde, take it of me, and I will bury my dead therin.

    14Ephron aunswered Abraham, saying vnto hym:

    15My Lord, hearken vnto me, the lande is worth foure hundred sicles of siluer, what is that betwixt thee and me? bury therfore thy dead.

    16And Abraham hearkened vnto Ephron, and wayed him the siluer which he had sayde in the aundience of the sonnes of Heth, euen foure hundred syluer sicles of currant money amongest marchauntes.

  • Gen 23:3-6
    4 verses
    85%

    3And Abraham stoode vp fro the sight of his corse, and talked with the sonnes of Heth, saying:

    4I am a straunger and a foriner amongest you: geue me a possession to bury in with you, that I may bury my corse out of my sight.

    5And the chyldren of Heth aunswered Abraham, saying vnto hym:

    6Heare vs my Lorde, thou art a prince of God amongest vs, in the chiefest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of vs shall forbyd thee his sepulchre, but thou mayest bury thy dead therin.

  • Gen 23:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

    18Unto Abraham for a possession in the sight of the chyldren of Heth, before all that went in at the gates of the citie.

    19After this dyd Abraham bury Sara his wyfe in the double caue of the fielde that lyeth before Mamre, the same is Hebron in the land of Chanaan.

    20And so both the fielde & the caue that is therein, was made vnto Abraham a sure possession to bury in, by the sonnes of Heth.

  • Gen 24:52
    76%

    52And when Abrahams seruaunt heard theyr wordes, he worshipped the Lord, bowyng hym selfe towarde the earth.

  • Gen 18:2
    75%

    2And he lift vp his eyes and loked, and loe, three men stoode by hym: And when he sawe them, he ranne to meete them from the tent doore, and bowed hym selfe towarde the grounde,

  • Gen 24:26
    73%

    26And the man bowed hymselfe, and worshipped the Lorde,

  • Gen 33:3
    73%

    3And he went before them, and bowed him selfe to the grounde seuen tymes, vntill he came to his brother.

  • Gen 25:8-10
    3 verses
    72%

    8And then Abraham waxyng away, dyed in a lustie age, beyng an olde man, when he had liued ynough, and was gathered to his people.

    9And his sonnes Isahac and Ismael buryed hym in the double caue in the fielde of Ephron sonne of Soar the Hethite, before Mamre.

    10Whiche fielde Abraham bought of the sonnes of Heth: there was Abraham buryed, and Sara his wyfe.

  • Gen 19:27
    72%

    27Abraham rysyng vp early, gote hym to the place where he stoode before the presence of God, and loked towarde Sodome and Gomorrhe, and towarde all the lande of that playne countrey,

  • Gen 49:32
    72%

    32The fielde and the caue that is therin was bought of the chyldren of Heth.

  • Gen 49:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29And he charged them, and sayde vnto them: When I shalbe gathered vnto my people, bury me with my fathers in the caue that is in the field of Ephron the Hethite,

    30In the caue that is in the fielde of Machpelah, which is before Mamre in the lande of Chanaan, which Abraham bought with the fielde of Ephron the Hethite for a possession to bury in.

  • Gen 17:3
    70%

    3And Abram fell on his face, & God talked with hym, saying:

  • Gen 24:2
    70%

    2And Abraham saide vnto his eldest seruaut of his house, whiche had the rule ouer all that he had: put thy hande vnder my thigh:

  • Gen 43:28
    70%

    28They aunswered: Thy seruaunt our father is in good health, & is yet alyue. And they bowing them selues, made theyr obeysaunce.

  • Gen 21:23
    70%

    23And nowe therefore, sweare vnto me euen here by God, that thou wylt not hurt me, nor my chyldren, nor my chyldrens children: but that thou shalt deale with me and the countrey where thou hast ben a straunger, accordyng vnto the kyndnesse that I haue shewed thee.

  • Gen 18:22
    70%

    22And the men departed thence, & went to Sodomeward: but Abraham stoode yet before the Lorde.

  • Gen 43:26
    70%

    26When Ioseph came home, they brought the present into the house to hym, whiche was in their handes, and bowed them selues to the grounde before him.

  • Gen 48:12
    69%

    12And Ioseph toke them away fro his lappe, and he bowed hym selfe with his face towarde the earth.

  • Gen 33:6
    69%

    6Then came the handmaydens foorth, and their chyldren, and dyd their obeysaunce.

  • Gen 18:27
    69%

    27And Abraham aunsweryng, sayde: beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto the Lorde, whiche am but dust and asshes.

  • Gen 24:48
    69%

    48And I bowed my selfe, and worshipped the Lorde, and blessed the Lorde God of my maister Abraham, whiche had brought me the ryght way, to take my maisters brothers daughter vnto his sonne.