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Ge 23:3 Strong Concordance And Abraham [085] stood up [06965] from before [06440] his dead [04191], and spake [01696] unto the sons [01121] of Heth [02845], saying [0559],
  King James And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
PURCHASE OF A BURYING-PLACE. (Gen. 23:3-20)

Abraham stood up, &c.--Eastern people are always provided with family burying-places; but Abraham's life of faith--his pilgrim state--had prevented him acquiring even so small a possession (Act 7:5).

spake unto the sons of Heth--He bespoke their kind offices to aid him in obtaining possession of a cave that belonged to Ephron--a wealthy neighbor.
 
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5 And [2532] he gave [1325] him [846] none [3756] inheritance [2817] in [1722] it [846], no, not [3761] so much as to set [968] his foot [4228] on [968]: yet [2532] he promised [1861] that he would give [1325] it [846] to him [846] for [1519] a possession [2697], and [2532] to his [846] seed [4690] after [3326] him [846], when as yet he [846] had [5607] no [3756] child [5043].
16 And Abraham [085] hearkened [08085] unto Ephron [06085]; and Abraham [085] weighed [08254] to Ephron [06085] the silver [03701], which he had named [01696] in the audience [0241] of the sons [01121] of Heth [02845], four [0702] hundred [03967] shekels [08255] of silver [03701], current [05674] money with the merchant [05503].
15 My lord [0113], hearken [08085] unto me: the land [0776] is worth four [0702] hundred [03967] shekels [08255] of silver [03701]; what is that betwixt [0996] me and thee? bury [06912] therefore thy dead [04191].
10 And Ephron [06085] dwelt [03427] among [08432] the children [01121] of Heth [02845]: and Ephron [06085] the Hittite [02850] answered [06030] Abraham [085] in the audience [0241] of the children [01121] of Heth [02845], even of all that went in [0935] at the gate [08179] of his city [05892], saying [0559],
6 Hear us [08085], my lord [0113]: thou art a mighty [0430] prince [05387] among us [08432]: in the choice [04005] of our sepulchres [06913] bury [06912] thy dead [04191]; none [03808] [0376] of us shall withhold [03607] from thee his sepulchre [06913], but that thou mayest bury [06912] thy dead [04191].
19 Thus said [0559] the LORD [03068] unto me; Go [01980] and stand [05975] in the gate [08179] of the children [01121] of the people [05971], whereby the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] come in [0935], and by the which they go out [03318], and in all the gates [08179] of Jerusalem [03389];
24 And unto Hamor [02544] and unto Shechem [07927] his son [01121] hearkened [08085] all that went out [03318] of the gate [08179] of his city [05892]; and every male [02145] was circumcised [04135], all that went out [03318] of the gate [08179] of his city [05892].
18 Unto Abraham [085] for a possession [04736] in the presence [05869] of the children [01121] of Heth [02845], before all that went in [0935] at the gate [08179] of his city [05892].
10 And Ephron [06085] dwelt [03427] among [08432] the children [01121] of Heth [02845]: and Ephron [06085] the Hittite [02850] answered [06030] Abraham [085] in the audience [0241] of the children [01121] of Heth [02845], even of all that went in [0935] at the gate [08179] of his city [05892], saying [0559],
10 And Ephron [06085] dwelt [03427] among [08432] the children [01121] of Heth [02845]: and Ephron [06085] the Hittite [02850] answered [06030] Abraham [085] in the audience [0241] of the children [01121] of Heth [02845], even of all that went in [0935] at the gate [08179] of his city [05892], saying [0559],
7 And Abraham [085] stood up [06965], and bowed [07812] himself to the people [05971] of the land [0776], even to the children [01121] of Heth [02845].
35 And all his sons [01121] and all his daughters [01323] rose up [06965] to comfort [05162] him; but he refused [03985] to be comforted [05162]; and he said [0559], For I will go down [03381] into the grave [07585] unto my son [01121] mourning [057]. Thus his father [01] wept [01058] for him.
1 Come down [03381], and sit [03427] in the dust [06083], O virgin [01330] daughter [01323] of Babylon [0894], sit [03427] on the ground [0776]: there is no throne [03678], O daughter [01323] of the Chaldeans [03778]: for thou shalt no more [03254] be called [07121] tender [07390] and delicate [06028].