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 6:5
6:5 But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.
Acts 20:5-11
20:5 These had gone on ahead
and were waiting for us in Troas.
20:6 We
sailed away from Philippi
after the days of Unleavened Bread,
and within five days
we came to the others
in Troas,
where we stayed for seven days.
20:7 On the first day
of the week, when we met
to break bread, Paul began to speak
to the people, and because he intended
to leave the next day, he extended
his message until midnight.
20:8 (Now there were many lamps
in the upstairs room where we were meeting.)
20:9 A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window,
was sinking
into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak
for a long time. Fast asleep,
he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.
20:10 But Paul went down,
threw himself
on the young man,
put his arms around him,
and said, “Do not be distressed, for he is still alive!”
20:11 Then Paul
went back upstairs,
and after he had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them
a long time, until dawn. Then he left.
Acts 20:34-35
20:34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine
provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.
20:35 By all these things,
I have shown you that by working in this way we must help
the weak,
and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Acts 20:1
Paul Travels Through Macedonia and Greece
20:1 After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them and saying farewell, he left to go to Macedonia.
Acts 2:9
2:9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the province of Asia,
Acts 2:2
2:2 Suddenly
a sound
like a violent wind blowing
came from heaven
and filled the entire house where they were sitting.
Acts 3:8
3:8 He
jumped up,
stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts
with them, walking and leaping and praising God.