Genesis 23:7
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Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to wit, the children of Heth:

Genesis 18:2 And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men standing near to him: and as soon as he saw them, he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and adored down to the ground.

Genesis 19:1 And the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of the city. And seeing them, he rose up and went to meet them: and worshipped prostrate to the ground.

Proverbs 18:24 A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.

Romans 12:17,18 To no man rendering evil for evil. Providing good things, not only in the sight of God but also in the sight of all men. . . .

Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men and holiness: without which no man shall see God.

1 Peter 3:8 And in fine, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, being lovers of the brotherhood, merciful, modest, humble:

Context
The Death and Burial of Sarah
6My lord, hear us, thou art a prince of God among us: bury thy dead in our principal sepulchres: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulchre. 7Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to wit, the children of Heth:8And said to them: If it please your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede for me to Ephron the son of Seor.…
Cross References
Genesis 10:15
And Chanaan begot Sidon his firstborn, the Hethite,

Genesis 23:6
My lord, hear us, thou art a prince of God among us: bury thy dead in our principal sepulchres: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulchre.

Genesis 23:8
And said to them: If it please your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede for me to Ephron the son of Seor.

Lexicon
Then Abraham
אַבְרָהָ֛ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

rose
וַיָּ֧קָם (way·yā·qām)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

and bowed down
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (way·yiš·ta·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7812: To depress, prostrate

before the people
לְעַם־ (lə·‘am-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

of the land,
הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

the Hittites.
לִבְנֵי־ (liḇ·nê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son


Additional Translations
Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

And Abraam rose up and did obeisance to the people of the land, to the sons of Chet.

And Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,

And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.

Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

And Abraham riseth and boweth himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,
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