Genesis 23:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

Thou art a mighty prince - literally, a prince of God.

None of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre. The Septuagint renders it: 'none of us shall prevent you burying your dead in his sepulchre.' But this gives a totally different meaning. It implies a permission to use; whereas our version expresses a free offer of possession.

Genesis 23:6

6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mightya prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.