12<\/strong>. bowed himself<\/em> ] See note on Gen 23:7<\/em><\/span>. He had been sitting, while Ephron was speaking.<\/p>\n And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.<\/strong> Showing hereby great respect, and giving much honour both to them and Ephron; and signifying that he had something to say, and desired audience of them, and humbly submitted to them what he should say.<\/p>\n (12) Abraham bowed down.<\/strong>This obeisance on the patriarchs part is the Oriental method of returning thanks for the granting of a request; and so in Gen. 23:7<\/span>. The next step is to fix the price.<\/p>\n 12<\/strong>. <\/strong> Bowed <\/strong> Thus again (comp . Gen 23:3<\/span>; Gen 23:7<\/span>) he courteously acknowledges the friendly spirit and generosity of these Hittites .<\/p>\n ‘And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land, and he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “But if you will, I pray you, hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it of me and I will bury my dead there”.’ <\/p>\n With full acknowledgement to the elders Abraham agrees to buy the field as well as the cave. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Gen 23:12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Ver. 12. Abraham bowed down himself.<\/strong> ] Civil courtesy is a Christian duty. Religion teacheth not a severe austerity of carriage, or rusticity; but humanity and a genuine affection.<\/p>\n Gen 23:7, Gen 18:2, Gen 19:1<\/p>\n 23:12 And Abraham {d} bowed down himself before the people of the land.<\/p>\n (d) To show that he had them in good estimation and reverence.<\/p>\n And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. 12. bowed himself ] See note on Gen 23:7. He had been sitting, while Ephron was speaking. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. Showing hereby great respect, and giving much honour … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 23:12”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"