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Genesis 23:4

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“I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

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Genesis 23:4 in other translations

I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

Genesis 23:4 · American Standard Version

Genesis 23:4 in context

  1. 2Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
  2. 3Abraham rose up from before his dead and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,
  3. 4“I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
  4. 5The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
  5. 6“Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead.”