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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.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century
  1. ארבע קרית qı̂ryat - 'arba‛, “Qirjath-arba‘, city of Arba.” ארבע 'arba‛ — “Arba‘, four.”…
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

A possession of a burial place. —While strangers might pasture their cattle on the open land, yet the consent of the local inhabit…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

I am a stranger and a sojourner with you. This introductory sentence tends to one or the other of these points: either that he may more ea…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you Not a native of the place, only dwelt as a sojourner among them for a time; bu…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter. Blessed be…

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