Genesis 23:1-20
The Death of Sarah
23:1 Sarah lived 127 years.
23:2 Then she died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
23:3 Then Abraham got up from mourning his dead wife and said to the sons of Heth,
23:4 “I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead.”
23:5 The sons of Heth answered Abraham,
23:6 “Listen, sir, you are a mighty prince among us! You may bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb to prevent you from burying your dead.”
23:7 Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, the sons of Heth.
23:8 Then he said to them, “If you agree that I may bury my dead, then hear me out. Ask Ephron the son of Zohar
23:9 if he will sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly for the full price, so that I may own it as a burial site.”
23:10 (Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth – before all who entered the gate of his city –
23:11 “No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell you both the field and the cave that is in it. In the presence of my people I sell it to you. Bury your dead.”
23:12 Abraham bowed before the local people
23:13 and said to Ephron in their hearing, “Hear me, if you will. I pay to you the price of the field. Take it from me so that I may bury my dead there.”
23:14 Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
23:15 “Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”
23:16 So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth – 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.
23:17 So Abraham secured Ephron’s field in Machpelah, next to Mamre, including the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and all around its border,
23:18 as his property in the presence of the sons of Heth before all who entered the gate of Ephron’s city.
23:19 After this Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah next to Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
23:20 So Abraham secured the field and the cave that was in it as a burial site from the sons of Heth.
Genesis 6:12
6:12 God saw the earth, and indeed
it was ruined,
for all living creatures
on the earth were sinful.
Genesis 6:14
6:14 Make
for yourself an ark of cypress
wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover
it with pitch inside and out.
Genesis 8:2
8:2 The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed,
and the rain stopped falling from the sky.
Psalms 19:13
19:13 Moreover, keep me from committing flagrant sins;
do not allow such sins to control me.
Then I will be blameless,
and innocent of blatant rebellion.
Psalms 119:133
119:133 Direct my steps by your word!
Do not let any sin dominate me!
John 8:34
8:34 Jesus answered them, “I tell you the solemn truth,
everyone who practices
sin is a slave
of sin.
Ephesians 6:11-13
6:11 Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes
of the devil.
6:12 For our struggle
is not against flesh and blood,
but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness,
against the spiritual forces
of evil in the heavens.
6:13 For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground
on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.
Ephesians 6:2
6:2 “
Honor your father and mother,”
which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,
Ephesians 2:19
2:19 So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,