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.|


In Context

1 Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah's life.

2 Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

3 Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,

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.|

5 The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

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.|

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 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 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.