And to you and your future offspring , I will give the land where you are residing #– #all the land of Canaan #– #as a permanent possession, and I will be their God.’
Genesis 23:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘I am a foreigner residing among you. Give me burial property among you so that I can bury my dead.’ , Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible “I am an immigrant and a temporary resident with you. Give me some property for a burial plot among you so that I can bury my deceased wife near me.” 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead. |
And to you and your future offspring , I will give the land where you are residing #– #all the land of Canaan #– #as a permanent possession, and I will be their God.’
You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground, since you were taken from it. For you are dust, and you will return to dust.’
Jacob said to Pharaoh, ‘My pilgrimage has lasted for 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not reached the years of my ancestors during their pilgrimages.’
The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hethite as burial property.
They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased as burial property from Ephron the Hethite.
For we are foreigners and temporary residents in your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
Yes, I know that you will lead me to death – the place appointed for all who live.
She gave birth to a son whom he named Gershom, for he said, ‘I have been a resident foreigner in a foreign land.’
Also, they are afraid of heights and dangers on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caperberry has no effect; for the mere mortal is headed to his eternal home, and mourners will walk around in the street;
and the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
‘The land is not to be permanently sold because it is mine, and you are only foreigners and temporary residents on my land. ,
were carried back to Shechem, and were placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
He didn’t give him an inheritance in it #– #not even a foot of ground #– #but he promised to give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him, even though he was childless.
By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, co-heirs of the same promise.
Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul.