4"I am an alien and a stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead."


In Context

1 Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.

2 She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.

3 Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said,

4 "I am an alien and a stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead."

5 The Hittites replied to Abraham,

6 "Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead."

Genesis 23:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:4I [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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:4I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:4I 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:4I 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:4I 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:4I 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:4|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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:4A 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burial plot with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.