What does Genesis 23:3 mean?

Genesis 23:3 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Genesis 23:3 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

1And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

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.

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

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.

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

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