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All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea Valley).
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But God came to Abimelek in a dream one night and said to him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.”
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Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said,
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“I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.”
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“Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”
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He said to them, “If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
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“No, my lord,” he said. “Listen to me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
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and he said to Ephron in their hearing, “Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there.”
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“Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
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The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city where their sister had been defiled.
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But Jacob said, “My son will not go down there with you; his brother is dead and he is the only one left. If harm comes to him on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in sorrow.”
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And we answered, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
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Joseph Reassures His Brothers
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?”
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Now the Lord had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill you are dead.”
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Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.”
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Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.
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That day the Lord saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore.
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the one who opened the pit must pay the owner for the loss and take the dead animal in exchange.
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“If anyone’s bull injures someone else’s bull and it dies, the two parties are to sell the live one and divide both the money and the dead animal equally.
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However, if it was known that the bull had the habit of goring, yet the owner did not keep it penned up, the owner must pay, animal for animal, and take the dead animal in exchange.
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The fat of an animal found dead or torn by wild animals may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.
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Of all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.
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Then he is to take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn and the live bird, dip them into the blood of the dead bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
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“‘Anyone, whether native-born or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or torn by wild animals must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be ceremonially unclean till evening; then they will be clean.
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“‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.
