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Genesis 23:3
New English Translation
Genesis 23:3
New English Translation
3 Then Abraham got up from mourning his dead wife[a] and said to the sons of Heth,[b]
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- Genesis 23:3 tn Heb “And Abraham arose from upon the face of his dead.”
- Genesis 23:3 tn Heb “sons of Heth,” the gentilic of which is הִתִּי (hitti) “Hittites.” Some translations use “Hittites” here (also in vv. 5, 7, 10, 16, 18, 20). But these people were not the classical Hittites of Anatolia (in Asia Minor, modern Turkey). These sons of Heth are apparently a Canaanite group (see Gen 10:15). See H. A. Hoffner, Jr., “Hittites,” Peoples of the Old Testament World 152-53. But cf. also V. Hamilton, Genesis 18-50 (NICOT), 126-128.
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