Genesis 23:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Genesis 23:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 23:6 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 23:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““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.””
Genesis 23:6 — World English Bible
Genesis 23:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Hear us, my lord; thou art a prince of God 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.”
Genesis 23:6 — American Standard Version
Genesis 23:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`Hear us, my lord; a prince of God <FI>art<Fi> thou in our midst; in the choice of our burying-places bury thy dead: none of us his burying-place doth withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.'”
Genesis 23:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 23:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Hear us, my lord: thou art a prince of God among us: in the choicest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre for burying thy dead.”
Genesis 23:6 — Darby Translation
Genesis 23:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Heare vs, my lorde: thou art a prince of God among vs: in the chiefest of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of vs shall forbid thee his sepulchre, but thou mayest bury thy dead therein.”
Genesis 23:6 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 23:6 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“"Hear us, my lord: you are a prince of God among us. In the choice of our burial places bury your dead; a man from us will not withhold his burial place from you to bury your dead."”
Genesis 23:6 — The Living Sword
Genesis 23:6 in Context — Genesis 23
4 Peregrino e estrangeiro sou entre vós; dá-me propriedade de sepultura convosco, e sepultarei minha falecida de diante de mim.
5 E responderam os filhos de Hete a Abraão, e disseram-lhe:
6 Ouve-nos, senhor meu, és um príncipe de Deus entre nós; no melhor de nossas sepulturas sepulta a tua falecida; nenhum de nós te impedirá sua sepultura, para que enterres tua falecida.
7 E Abraão se levantou, e inclinou-se ao povo daquela terra, aos filhos de Hete;
8 E falou com eles, dizendo: Se queres que eu sepulte minha falecida de diante de mim, ouvi-me, e intercedei por mim com Efrom, filho de Zoar,
What Does Genesis 23:6 Mean?
Genesis 23:6 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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