Verse 3
3. Stood up from before his dead After being bowed down with the mourning for Sarah, he rose up from the presence of his beloved dead, and went forth to secure a burying place . The standing up and bowing were essential parts of Oriental etiquette . Comp . Genesis 23:7.
Sons of Heth The same as the Hittites, a Canaanitish tribe, sprung from the Heth named in Genesis 10:14, who settled in this part of Canaan . They were, perhaps, only a southern colony of the great people who figure on the Assyrian monuments as Khatti, and on the Egyptian monuments as Khita, whose chief seat was on the Orontes, but whose dominion was widespread over Syria and Asia Minor. They appear to have been a powerful military nation in the time of the later kings of Israel. 2 Kings 7:6-7. Inscriptions recently discovered at Hamah and other places are believed to be records of this ancient and powerful people.
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