גֵּר־וְתוֹשָׁ֥ב אָנֹכִ֖י עִמָּכֶ֑ם תְּנ֨וּ לִ֤י אֲחֻזַּת־קֶ֙בֶר֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥ה מֵתִ֖י מִלְּפָנָֽי׃
"Je ne suis qu’un étranger domicilié parmi vous: accordez-moi la propriété d’une sépulture au milieu de vous, que j’ensevelisse ce mort qui est devant moi."
On the Confusion of Tongues
[79] We shall not be surprised, then, to find Abraham, when he rose from the life of death and vanity, saying to the guardians of the dead and stewards of mortality, “I am a stranger and sojourner with you” (Gen. 23:4). “You,” he means, “are children of the soil who honour the dust and clay before the soul and have adjudged the precedence to the man named Ephron, which being interpreted is ‘clay.’ ”