Genesis 23:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, Abraham stood up from before his dead - He had probably sat on the ground some days in token of sorrow, as the custom then was, (see Tobit 2:12, 13; Isaiah 47:1; and Genesis 37:35); and when this time was finished he arose and began to treat about a burying place.