Genesis 23:4

“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 

Ge 3:19; Ge 17:8; Ge 23:19; Ge 47:9; Ge 49:30; Ge 50:13; Le 25:23; 1Ch 29:15; Job 30:23; Ps 39:12; Ps 105:12,13; Ps 119:19; Ec 6:3; Ec 12:5,7; Ac 7:5; Heb 11:9,13-16; 1Pe 2:11

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.