7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
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Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-15)Here is, I. The humble request which Abraham made to his neighbours, the Hittites, for a burying-place among them, Gen. 23:3 , 4 . It was strange he had this to do now; but we are to impute it rather to God’s providence than to his improvidence, as appears Acts 7:5; where it is said, God gave him no inheritance in Canaan . It were well if all those who take care to provide burying-places for their…
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