Genesis 23:4 — “I live as a foreigner in your land, and I don't own any property where I can b… — CEV | maBible

Read Genesis 23:4 (Contemporary English Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Genesis 23.4, Genesis 23v4, Gen. 23:4. “I live as a foreigner in your land, and I don't own any property where I can bury my wife. Please let me buy a piece of land.”

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4 “I live as a foreigner in your land, and I don't own any property where I can bury my wife. Please let me buy a piece of land.”

Passage themes

A stranger on earth — I am a stranger and a sojourner with you
Buying a burial place — give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead

Notes and references

23.4 He 11.9,13; Ac 7.16.

Events in this chapter

23.1 — Tombeau Sara en terre promise

Did you know?

Le prix du pardon La Genèse rapporte le premier sacrifice de la Bible : Dieu lui-même habille Adam et Ève de vêtements de peau (Genèse 3:21). Pour couvrir leur honte, un animal a dû mourir. Dès le début, le pardon a un prix, et c'est Dieu qui le paie.

About this book

Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph

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