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Genesis 23:4

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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 

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[23:4]  1 tn Heb “a resident alien and a settler.”

[23:4]  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.

[23:4]  3 tn Or “possession.”

[23:4]  4 tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction expresses purpose.

[23:4]  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.



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