שְׁמָעֵ֣נוּ ׀ אֲדֹנִ֗י נְשִׂ֨יא אֱלֹהִ֤ים אַתָּה֙ בְּתוֹכֵ֔נוּ בְּמִבְחַ֣ר קְבָרֵ֔ינוּ קְבֹ֖ר אֶת־מֵתֶ֑ךָ אִ֣ישׁ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ אֶת־קִבְר֛וֹ לֹֽא־יִכְלֶ֥ה מִמְּךָ֖ מִקְּבֹ֥ר מֵתֶֽךָ׃
“Dengarkanlah kami, tuanku! Engkau adalah pembesar Allah di tengah-tengah kami. Kuburkanlah jenazahmu di kuburan kami yang terbaik. Tidak seorang pun dari kami akan menolak memberikan kuburannya kepadamu untuk menguburkan jenazahmu.”
On the Change of Names
[152] And this is no invention of mine, but a statement made by the most holy oracles, wherein certain people appear as saying to Abraham “Thou art a King from God among us” (Gen. 23:6). They did not consider his material resources, for what such were there in an emigrant, who was not even the inhabitant of a city but a wanderer over a wide and desolate and trackless land? Rather they perceived the kingship in his mind, and thus Moses confesses that the Sage alone is king.
On Dreams
[244] Thus it was said to Abraham by those who saw his worthiness: “thou art a king from God with us” (Gen. 23:6). And thus they laid down the doctrine for the students of philosophy, that the Sage alone is a ruler and king, and virtue a rule and a kingship whose authority is final.