TSK · Genesis 23:4

I will give the whole land of Canaan– the land where you are now residing– to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”

It is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought for a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.

The land must not be sold without reclaim because the land belongs to me, for you are foreign residents, temporary settlers, with me.

I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.

When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident foreigners within it,

Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years– even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity– even if he were to live forever– I would say,“A stillborn child is better off than he is!”

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath returns to God who gave it.

By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.

Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,