Catholic Public Domain Version
"“I am a newcomer and a sojourner among you. Give me the right of a sepulcher among you, so that I may bury my dead.” "
— Genesis 23:4, Catholic Public Domain 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 sojourner 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 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.”
Now Sarah lived for one hundred and twenty-seven years.
And she died in the city of Arba, which is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn and weep for her.
And when he had risen up from the funeral duties, he spoke to the sons of Heth, saying:
“I am a newcomer and a sojourner among you. Give me the right of a sepulcher among you, so that I may bury my dead.”
The sons of Heth responded by saying:
“Hear us, O lord, you are a leader of God among us. Bury your dead in our chosen sepulchers. And no man shall be able to prohibit you from burying your dead within his memorial.”
Abraham arose, and he reverenced the people of the land, namely, the sons of Heth.