American Standard Version
"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. "
— Genesis 23:4, American Standard Version
“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.”
“"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."”
““I am a foreign resident, a temporary settler, among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead.””
“I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead.”
“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.”
“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.”
And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying,
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.
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
Hear us, my lord; thou art a prince of God 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.
And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.