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Genesis 23:4

“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
גֵּר־ger-[am] a sojournerH1616 →
וְתוֹשָׁ֥בve.to.Shavand a resident alienH8453 →
אָנֹכִ֖י'a.no.KhiIH595 →
עִמָּכֶ֑ם'i.ma.Khemwith youH5973 →
תְּנ֨וּte.NugiveH5414 →
לִ֤יlito <the> me
אֲחֻזַּת־'a.chu.zat-a possession ofH272 →
קֶ֙בֶר֙ke.vera burial siteH6913 →
עִמָּכֶ֔ם'i.ma.Khemwith youH5973 →
וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥הve.'ek.be.Rahso let me buryH6912 →
מֵתִ֖יme.Tidead myH4191 →
מִלְּפָנָֽי׃mi.le.fa.Naifrom to before meH6440 →

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Hebrews 11:13All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.Hebrews 11:9By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.1 Chronicles 29:15For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.Genesis 17:8And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”Psalms 105:12When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,Psalms 119:19I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.Hebrews 11:13–16All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.Genesis 49:30The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.Acts 7:5He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.Leviticus 25:23The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.Genesis 37:1Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.Ecclesiastes 6:3A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”Genesis 50:13They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.Ecclesiastes 12:5when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.Genesis 47:9“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”Psalms 105:12–13When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

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