Genesis 23:4

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 

Genesis 23:20

23:20 So Abraham secured the field and the cave that was in it as a burial site ⁶  from the sons of Heth.

Genesis 25:10

25:10 This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. ⁷  There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

[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.

[23:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “possession of a grave.”

[25:10]  ¹¹ tn See the note on the phrase “sons of Heth” in Gen 23:3.