“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 

biblegateway Gen 23:4

"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."

"I am a resident alien among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead."

"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."

biblegateway Gen 23:4

"I am an alien and a stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so that I can bury my dead."

"I am a sojourner and foreigner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."

bibleoremus Gen 23:4

"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."

“I am an alien and a settler among you,” he said. “Make over to me some ground among you for a burial-place, that I may bury my dead.”

biblegateway Gen 23:4

"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."

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.

biblegateway Gen 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 

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.