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Genesis 23:3

King James Version (KJV)

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Genesis 23:3

Verse 3 of 20

Scripture focus

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

Genesis 23:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Genesis 23:3

Theological / Devotional

Spake unto the sons of Heth. The inhabitants of the region are here called the sons of Heth, or Hittites (v. 10). During Abraham’s first period of residence the Amorites had been in possession of Hebron (see Genesis 20:1). Critical objection to the presence of Hittites in southern Palestine at this early period is not confirmed by the latest archeological findings.

In fact it is in the light of the Hittite laws that some details connected with this story can best be explained. (See vs. 11, 17, and M. R. Lehmann in Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 129 [Feb., 1953], pp. 15-18.)

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