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The Death and Burial of Sarah

Genesis 23:12

In 11 translations

BSB
Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
KJV
And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
WEB
Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
ASV
And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
LSV
And Abraham bows himself before the people of the land,
YLT
And Abraham boweth himself before the people of the land,
DBY
And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land;
DRC
Abraham bowed down before the people of the land,
GNV
Then Abraham bowed himselfe before the people of the land,
JPS
And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.
LXXE
And Abraam did obeisance before the people of the land.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י עַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ προσεκύνησεν Ἁβραὰμ ἐναντίον τοῦ λαοῦ τῆς γῆς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 18:2And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
  • Genesis 23:7Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
  • Genesis 19:1Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

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