Discovery BoxGenesis 23:4 
Context23:4 “I am a temporary settler 1 among you. Grant 2 me ownership 3 of a burial site among you so that I may 4 bury my dead.” 5
Genesis 23:8
Context23:8 Then he said to them, “If you agree 6 that I may bury my dead, 7 then hear me out. 8 Ask 9 Ephron the son of Zohar
1 tn Heb “a resident alien and a settler.”
2 tn Heb “give,” which is used here as an idiom for “sell” (see v. 9). The idiom reflects the polite bartering that was done in the culture at the time.
3 tn Or “possession.”
4 tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction expresses purpose.
5 tn Heb “bury my dead out of my sight.” The last phrase “out of my sight” has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6 tn Heb “If it is with your purpose.” The Hebrew noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) here has the nuance “purpose” or perhaps “desire” (see BDB 661 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ).
7 tn Heb “bury my dead out of my sight.” The last phrase “out of my sight” has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
8 tn Or “hear me.”
9 tn Heb “intercede for me with.”
