Holy Scripture
Genesis 23:4
Source: Septuagint
Original
4I am a sojourner and a stranger among you, give me therefore possession of a burying place among you, and I will bury my dead away from me.
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2And Sarah died in the city of Arba, which is in the valley, this is Hebron in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to lament for Sarah and to mourn.
3And Abraham stood up from before his dead; and Abraham spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
— Genesis 23:4 —
5And the sons of Heth answered to Abraham, saying, Not so, Sir,
6but hear us; thou art in the midst of us a king from God; bury thy dead in our choice sepulchers, for not one of us will by any means withhold his sepulcher from thee, so that thou shouldest not bury thy dead there.