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Genesis 23:4

I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Genesis 23:4 · King James Version

In other versions

  • 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.

    ASV

  • I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest.

    BBE

  • I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a sepulchre with you, that I may bury my dead from before me.

    DBY

  • "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."

    WEB

  • `A sojourner and a settler I `am' with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me.'

    YLT

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

    ENG

  • 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.

    WBT

  • “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

    BSB

In context

2And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

6Hear 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.

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