Verse 4

I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me a possession of a burial place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jeg er en fremmed og gjest blandt dere. Gi meg en gravplass, så jeg kan begrave min døde bort fra mitt nærvær.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg er en fremmed og en innflytter hos dere: gi meg en eiendom for en grav hos dere, slik at jeg kan begrave min døde ut av syne.

• Norsk King James

  Jeg er en fremmed blant dere; gi meg en gravplass, slik at jeg kan begrave mine døde.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg er en fremmed og en gjest blant dere. Gi meg eiendom til gravsted hos dere, så jeg kan begrave den avdøde foran meg.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  "Jeg er en fremmed og en innflytter blant dere. Gi meg en gravplass blant dere, så jeg kan gravlegge min døde og få henne bort fra mitt åsyn."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  «Jeg er en fremmed og innflytter blant dere. Gi meg en gravplass blant dere, så jeg kan begrave min døde bort fra min åsyn.»

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Jeg er en fremmed og tilflytter hos dere. La meg få et gravsted her hos dere, slik at jeg kan begrave min avdøde utenfor mitt syn.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  «Jeg er en fremmed og innflytter blant dere. Gi meg en gravplass blant dere, så jeg kan begrave min døde bort fra min åsyn.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  "Jeg er innflytter og bosatt hos dere. La meg få en grav her, så jeg kan begrave min døde bort fra meg."

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  “I am a foreigner and a sojourner among you. Give me a burial site among you so I can bury my dead out of my sight.”

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Genesis.23.4", "source": "גֵּר־וְתוֹשָׁ֥ב אָנֹכִ֖י עִמָּכֶ֑ם תְּנ֨וּ לִ֤י אֲחֻזַּת־קֶ֙בֶר֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥ה מֵתִ֖י מִלְּפָנָֽי׃", "text": "*Gēr* and *tôšāḇ* *ʾānōḵî* with you, *tənû* to me *ʾăḥuzzaṯ*-*qeḇer* with you, and *wə-ʾeqbərāh* *mēṯî* from before me.", "grammar": { "*Gēr*": "masculine singular noun - stranger/sojourner", "*tôšāḇ*": "masculine singular noun - resident alien/dweller", "*ʾānōḵî*": "1st person singular independent pronoun - I (am)", "*tənû*": "qal imperative masculine plural - give", "*ʾăḥuzzaṯ*": "construct state feminine singular - possession of", "*qeḇer*": "masculine singular noun - grave/burial place", "*wə-ʾeqbərāh*": "conjunction + qal cohortative 1st singular - and let me bury", "*mēṯî*": "masculine singular noun + 1st singular suffix - my dead" }, "variants": { "*Gēr*": "stranger/sojourner/alien/foreigner", "*tôšāḇ*": "resident alien/temporary dweller/settler", "*ʾăḥuzzaṯ*": "possession of/property of" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han sa: "Jeg er en fremmed og en tilflytter blant dere. Gi meg et gravsted blant dere, så jeg kan begrave min avdøde foran meg."

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg er en Fremmed og Gjæst hos eder; giver mig en Eiendom til en Begravelse hos eder, at jeg kan begrave min Døde fra (dette Sted, hun ligger) for mit Ansigt.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I am a stranr and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg er en fremmed og en innflytter blant dere. Gi meg en eiendom til gravsted hos dere, slik at jeg kan begrave min døde ut av min syn.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  "Jeg er en fremmed og en utlending hos dere. Gi meg eiendom til en gravplass hos dere, så jeg kan begrave mine døde bort fra mitt øye."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  «En fremmed og en tilflytter er jeg blant dere; gi meg eiendomsrett til en gravplass hos dere, så jeg kan begrave min døde fra meg.»

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg er en fremmed og en innflytter blant dere. Gi meg en gravplass hos dere, så jeg kan begrave min døde bort fra mitt ansikt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  «Jeg bor som fremmed blant dere. Gi meg et jordstykke som arvested, så jeg kan begrave min døde der.»

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  I am a straunger ad a foryner amonge yow geue me a possession to bury in with you that I may bury my dead oute of my sighte.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I am a strauger and an indweller amonge you, geue me a possession to bury in with you, that I maye bury my coarse by me.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I am a stranger, & a forreiner among you, giue me a possession of buriall with you, that I may burie my dead out of my sight.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I am a straunger and a foriner amongest you: geue me a possession to bury in with you, that I may bury my corse out of my sight.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `A sojourner and a settler I `am' with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “I am a foreign resident, a temporary settler, among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• 1 Chr 29:15 : 15 For we are strangers before You, and sojourners, as were all our fathers; our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
• Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
• Ps 39:12 : 12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; do not be silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with you, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
• Ps 119:19 : 19 I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
• Lev 25:23 : 23 The land shall not be sold forever: for the land is mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with me.
• Gen 49:30 : 30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burial place.
• Acts 7:5 : 5 And He gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on; yet he promised that He would give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him, when as yet he had no child.
• Gen 50:13 : 13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying place from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
• Gen 47:9 : 9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
• Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
• Job 30:23 : 23 For I know that You will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
• Eccl 6:3 : 3 If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, yet his soul is not filled with good, and indeed he has no burial; I say, that a premature birth is better than he.
• Eccl 12:5 : 5 Also when they are afraid of what is high, and fears are in the way, and the almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper is a burden, and desire fails: because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.
• Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
• Ps 105:12-13 : 12 When they were but a few men in number; yes, very few, and strangers in it. 13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
• Heb 11:13-16 : 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15 And truly, if they had called to mind that country from which they had come, they might have had opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
• 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Dearly beloved, I urge you as strangers and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul;