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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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A Stranger's Identity
Commentators explain that Abraham's self-description as a "stranger and sojourner" was both a legal reality and a statement of humility. He had no legal claim to the land, showing his reliance on God's promise. This identity reminds Christians that their ultimate citizenship is in heaven, and they live in this world with faith in a future inheritance.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
19th Century
Anglican
A possession of a burial place. —While strangers might pasture their cattle on the open land, yet the consent of the local inhabit…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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…
