Genesis 23:6 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁶ My Lord, hear us, thou art a prince of God among us: bury thy dead in our principle sepulchers: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulcher.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Listen to us, my lord; you are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in any tomb or grave of ours that you choose; none of us will withhold from you his tomb or hinder you from burying your dead.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Hear us, my lord; thou art a prince of God 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.

Common English Bible

⁶ “Listen to us, sir. You are an eminent man of God among us. Bury your dead in one of our own select burial sites. None of us will keep our own burial plots from you to bury your dead.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ "Hear us, O lord, you are a leader of God among us. Bury your dead in our chosen sepulchers. And no man shall be able to prohibit you from burying your dead within his memorial."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ My Lord, hear us: Thou art a prince of God among us. Bury thy dead in our principle sepulchres: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulchre.

Genesis 23:6 Cross References

Genesis 13:2

And he was very rich in possession of gold and silver.

Genesis 14:14

4 Which when Abram had heard, to wit, that his brother Lot was taken, he numbered of the servants born in his house, three hundred and eighteen well appointed: and pursued them to Dan.

Genesis 18:12

2 And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure?

Genesis 20:7

Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet: and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: but if thou wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thins.

Genesis 21:22

2 At the same time Abimelech, and Phicol the general of his army said to Abraham: God is with thee in all that thou dost.

Genesis 23:5

The children of Heth answered, saying:

Genesis 23:7

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

Genesis 24:18

8 And she answered: Drink, my lord. And quickly she let down the pitcher upon her arm, and gave him drink.

Genesis 24:35

5 And the Lord hath blessed my master wonderfully, and he is become great: and he hath given him sheep and oxen, silver and gold, menservants and womenservants, camels and asses.

Genesis 31:35

6 And jacob being angry, said in a chiding manner: For what fault of mine, and for what offense on my part hast thou so hotly pursued me,

Genesis 32:18

9 In like manner he commanded the second and the third, and all that followed with the droves, saying: Speak ye the same words to Esau, when ye find him.

Genesis 42:10

1 We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.

Genesis 44:5

He did as he had commanded him. And having overtaken them, he spoke to them the same words.

Genesis 44:8

With whomsoever of thy servants shall be found that which thou seekest, let him die, and we will be the bondmen of my lord.

Exodus 32:22

5 And when Moses saw that the people were naked, (for Aaron had stripped them by occasion of the shame of the filth, and had set them naked among their enemies,)

Isaiah 45:14

2 Be converted to me, and you shall be saved, all ye ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.

Ruth 2:13

8 Which she took up and returned into the city, and shewed it to her mother in law: moreover she brought out, and gave her of the remains of her meat, wherewith she had been filled.