Genesis 23:7
Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
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- Gen 18:2 : 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
- Gen 19:1 : 1 The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,
- Prov 18:24 : 24 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
- Rom 12:17-18 : 17 Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. 18 If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.
- Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
- 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
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- Gen 23:8-169 verses90%
8He talked with them, saying, "If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
9that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me among you for a possession of a burying-place."
10Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
11"No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead."
12Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
13He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, "But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there."
14Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
15"My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead."
16Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants' standard.
- Gen 23:3-64 verses85%
3Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,
4"I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
5The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
6"Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead."
- Gen 23:18-203 verses77%
18to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
19After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
20The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Heth.
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52It happened that when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.
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2He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
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26The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.
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3He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
- Gen 25:8-103 verses72%
8Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
9Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre,
10the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth. Abraham was buried there with Sarah, his wife.
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27Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.
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32the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth."
- Gen 49:29-302 verses71%
29He instructed them, and said to them, "I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
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 from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.
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3Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,
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2Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh.
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28They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.
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23Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner."
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22The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.
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26When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to him to the earth.
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12Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
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6Then the handmaids came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.
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27Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
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48I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.