Genesis 23:3–4
Genesis 23:3–4 — The New International Version (NIV)
3 Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said, 4 “I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.”
Genesis 23:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4 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.
Genesis 23:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)
3 Then, leaving her body, he said to the Hittite elders, 4 “Here I am, a stranger and a foreigner among you. Please sell me a piece of land so I can give my wife a proper burial.”
Genesis 23:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
3 Then Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying, 4 “I am a foreigner and a visitor among you. Give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
Genesis 23:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)
3 After a while he got up from the side of his wife’s body and went to talk to the Hittites. He said, 4 “I am only a stranger and a foreigner here. Sell me some of your land so that I can bury my dead wife.”
Genesis 23:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)
3 And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying, 4 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.
Genesis 23:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
3 And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying, 4 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.
Genesis 23:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
3 Then Abraham left the side of his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites, 4 “I’m a stranger with no permanent home. Let me have some of your property for a tomb so that I can bury my dead wife.”
Genesis 23:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites: 4 “I am a foreign resident among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
Genesis 23:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
3 Abraham rose up from beside his dead, and said to the Hittites, 4 “I am a stranger and an alien residing among you; give me property among you for a burying place, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
Genesis 23:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
3 And Abraham rose up from his dead, and he spoke to the Hittites and said, 4 “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.”
Genesis 23:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
3 Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife. He spoke to the Hittites. He said, 4 “I’m an outsider. I’m a stranger among you. Sell me some property here as a place for a family tomb. Then I can bury my wife’s body.”
Genesis 23:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
3 Then Abraham rose from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
4 “I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me a burial site among you that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”