Genesis 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.”Genesis 23:4 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — ઉત્પત્તિ ૨૩:૪
- “હું તમારી મધ્યે વિદેશી છું. કૃપા કરી મને મારી મૃત પત્નીને દફનાવવા માટે તમારા લોકોમાં જગ્યા આપો.”
- हिन्दी — उत्पत्ति २३:४
- “मैं तुम्हारे बीच अतिथि और परदेशी हूँ; मुझे अपने मध्य में कब्रिस्तान के लिये ऐसी भूमि दो जो मेरी निज की हो जाए, कि मैं अपने मृतक को गाड़कर अपनी आँख से दूर करूँ।”
In context
2Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3Abraham 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.”
5The 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.”
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