Death and Burial of Sarah

Now Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her; so Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Abraham’s Death

Now Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.

It came about after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac lived by Beer-lahai-roi.

So Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will certainly be put to death.”

Argument over the Wells

Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the same names which his father had given them.

Then Isaac said, “Behold now, I am old and I do not know the day of my death.

‘Bring me some game and prepare a delicious meal for me, so that I may eat, and bless you in the presence of the Lord before my death.’

Then you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”

The Plot against Joseph

When they saw him from a distance, and before he came closer to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.

Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my care, and I will return him to you.”

Death of Joseph

Now Joseph stayed in Egypt, he and his father’s household, and Joseph lived 110 years.

and he said, “When you are helping the Hebrew women to give birth and see them upon the birthstool, if it is a son, then you shall put him to death; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”

But it came about at the overnight encampment on the way, that the Lord met Moses, and sought to put him to death.

So now, please forgive my sin only this once, and plead with the Lord your God, that He would only remove this death from me.”

And it came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the Lord put to death every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from human firstborns to animal firstborns. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the males, every firstborn of a womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

But you shall set boundaries for the people all around, saying, ‘Beware that you do not go up on the mountain or touch the border of it; whoever touches the mountain shall certainly be put to death.

Personal Injuries

“He who strikes someone so that he dies shall certainly be put to death.

If, however, someone is enraged against his neighbor, so as to kill him in a cunning way, you are to take him even from My altar, to be put to death.

“And one who strikes his father or his mother shall certainly be put to death.

“Now one who kidnaps someone, whether he sells him or he is found in his possession, shall certainly be put to death.

“And one who curses his father or his mother shall certainly be put to death.

“Now if an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall certainly be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall go unpunished.

If, however, an ox was previously in the habit of goring and its owner has been warned, yet he does not confine it and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death.

“Whoever has sexual intercourse with an animal must be put to death.