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Genesis 23:3–4

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¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
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.
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  1. Genesis 10:15Rank 1 from verse 3
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    15¶ And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

  2. 1 Samuel 26:6Rank 2 from verse 3
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    6Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

  3. 2 Samuel 23:39Rank 3 from verse 3
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    39Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.

  4. Genesis 23:5Rank 4 from verse 3
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    5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

  5. Genesis 23:7Rank 5 from verse 3
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    7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

From verse 4

  1. 1 Chronicles 29:15Rank 1 from verse 4
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    15For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

  2. Hebrews 11:9Rank 2 from verse 4
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    9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

  3. Genesis 17:8Rank 3 from verse 4
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    8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

  4. Psalms 119:19Rank 4 from verse 4
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    19I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

  5. Acts 7:5Rank 5 from verse 4
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    5And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

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Genesis 23:3

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Abraham

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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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dead

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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

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spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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Genesis 23:4

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sojourner

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A stranger, traveller, foreigner, guest, or temporary resident dwelling in a place without permanent native possession.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

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bury

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Sense 1: To place a dead body in a grave or tomb. Sense 2: To cover or conceal beneath earth or another substance.

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dead

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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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sight

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1. The act or power of seeing. 2. A thing seen, view, or appearance. 3. Presence or observation.

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2And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

3¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

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4I 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.

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5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

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