Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
I am a stranger and a visitor with you. Give me a possession of a burying place with you, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
New American Standard Bible
“I am
King James 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.
Holman Bible
“I am a foreign resident among you.
International Standard Version
"I am an alien and an outsider among you. Give me a cemetery among you where I can bury my dead away from my presence."
A Conservative 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.
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.
Amplified
“I am a stranger and a sojourner (resident alien) among you; give (sell) me property for a burial place among you so that I may bury my dead [in the proper manner].”
Bible in Basic English
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
Darby Translation
I 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.
Julia Smith Translation
I am a sojourner and stranger with you: give me the possession of a grave with you, and I will bury my dead from my face.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"I [am] a stranger and an alien among you; give to me {my own burial site} among you so that I may bury my dead from before me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"I am a stranger and a foreigner among you; give me a possession to bury in with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
NET Bible
"I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead."
New Heart English Bible
"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 Emphasized Bible
A sojourner and settler, am I with you, - Give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, That I may bury my dead, from before me.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
"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."
Youngs Literal Translation
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.'
Themes
Abraham » He purchases a place for her burial, and buries her in a cave
Embalming » Unknown to early patriarchs
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 23:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Sarah's Death And Burial
3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying, 4 I am a stranger and a visitor with you. Give me a possession of a burying place with you, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 5 And the sons of Heth answered Abraham saying to him,
Cross References
Genesis 17:8
And I will give the land to you in which you are a stranger, and to your seed after you, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. And I will be their God.
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are strangers before You, and pilgrims, as our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and none abides.
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs of the same promise with him.
Genesis 49:30
in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, the field which Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite for a burying-place.
Leviticus 25:23
The land shall not be sold forever; for the land is Mine. For you are strangers and pilgrims with Me.
Psalm 39:12
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear to my cry. Do not be silent at my tears; for I am a stranger with You, a pilgrim, as all my fathers were.
Psalm 119:19
I am a stranger in the earth; do not hide Your Commandments from me.
Acts 7:5
And He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not even a foot-breadth. And He promised that He would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, there being no child to him.
Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
Genesis 47:9
And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and I have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Genesis 50:13
For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a burying place from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
Job 30:23
For I know that You will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Psalm 105:12-13
when they were a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
Ecclesiastes 6:3
If a man fathers a hundred, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also is for him no burial; I say, a miscarriage is better than he.
Ecclesiastes 12:5
also they are afraid of the high place, and terrors along the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets;
Ecclesiastes 12:7
then the dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.
Hebrews 11:13-16
These all died by way of faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. And they were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
1 Peter 2:11
Dearly beloved, I exhort you as temporary residents and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,