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.


In Context

1 And Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

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

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

4 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.

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

6 Hear us, my lord; thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead: none of us will withhold from thee his sepulcher, but that thou mayest bury thy 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:4"I am an alien and a stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead."

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 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.