Genesis 23:6

Hear us, my lord: thou [art] a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

Ver. 6. Thou art a prince of God amongst us.] That is, excellent or prosperous, as Genesis 21:22; and it was their ingenuity and candour to acknowledge it. God's people are "princes in all lands" Psa 45:16 Kings they are in righteousness and peace; but somewhat obscure ones, as was Melehizedek, and therefore little set by. 1Jn 3:1-2 Unkent, unkist, as the northern proverb is. So was Christ the heir of all. But "we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him"; that is enough for us. In the meantime, "the righteous is more excellent than his neighbour" (let him dwell by whomsoever), and shall be more prosperous, if it may be for his good.