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.'


In Context

1 And the life of Sarah is a hundred and twenty and seven years — years of the life of Sarah;

2 and Sarah dieth in Kirjath-Arba, which is Hebron, in the land of Caanan, and Abraham goeth in to mourn for Sarah, and to bewail her.

3 And Abraham riseth up from the presence of his dead, and speaketh unto the sons of Heth, saying,

4 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.'

5 And the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him,

6 Hear us, my lord; a prince of God art thou in our midst; in the choice of our burying-places bury thy dead: none of us his burying-place doth withhold from thee, from burying 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 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 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.