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Then Abrahamוַ אַבְרָהָםroseיָּקָםfrom besideמֵעַל פְּנֵיhis deadמֵתוֹand spokeוַיְדַבֵּרto the sonsאֶל בְּנֵיof Heth,חֵתsaying,לֵאמֹר
Genesis 23:3
Study it in the app“Then Abraham rose from beside his dead and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 23:3, word by word
- Then Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- roseיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- from besideפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- his deadמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- and spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- to the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Hethחֵתchet
Heth
Heth, son of Canaan, from whom the Hittites (the "sons of Heth") came.
Where else “chet” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
2Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
3 · This verse (above)
4“I am a resident alien and a guest among you. Give me a possession for a grave among you, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
To study Genesis 23 in a group
1. What it says
What did Abraham do when Sarah died, and how did he obtain a place to bury her (vv. 2-16)?
2. What it means
What does the conversation at the city gate show about how Abraham treats the sons of Heth and Ephron (vv. 7-16)?
3. How I live it
How can you walk with someone who is grieving this week?