Text -- Genesis 23:4 (NET)

23:4 “I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 23:4

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.