Genesis 23:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Then Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.

Common English Bible

¹² Abraham bowed before the local citizens

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Abraham reverenced in the sight of the people of the land.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Abraham bowed down before the people of the land,

Genesis 23:12 Cross References

Genesis 18:2

He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them and bowed down to the ground.

Genesis 19:1

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.

Genesis 23:11

“No, my lord, hear me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it; in the presence of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.”

Genesis 23:13

He said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, “If you only will listen to me! I will give the price of the field; accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”

Genesis 23:7

Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites, the people of the land.