Genesis 23 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Now the life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty seven years. ² And Sarah died in the city Arbok, which is in the vale, the same is Chebron in the land of Chanaan. And Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to make lamentation. ³ And Abraham arose from before his dead and spoke to the children of Chet, saying, ⁴ I am a stranger and sojourner among you, give me therefore the possession of a burying place among you, that I may bury my dead from before me. ⁵ And the children of Chet answered and said to Abraham, ⁶ Nay, Sir, rather hearken to us. Thou art a king from God among us. In the choice of our tombs bury thy dead; for there is none of us who will deny thee his tomb to bury there thy dead. ⁷ Then Abraham standing up made obeisance to the people of the land; the children of Chet. ⁸ And Abraham spoke to them saying, If it be your wish that I should bury this my dead out of my sight, hearken to me and speak for me to Ephron the son of Saar. ⁹ And let him give me the double cave which belongeth to him; that which is in a part of his field. Let him give it to me for the full value of it, among you, for a possession of a burying place. ¹⁰ Now Ephron was sitting among the children of Chet; And Ephron the Chettite answered Abraham and said in the hearing of the children of Chet and of all coming into the city, ¹¹ Attend, Sir, and hearken to me. The field and the cave which is in it I give thee. In the presence of my fellow citizens I have given them to thee. Bury thy dead. ¹² And when Abraham had made obeisance before all the people of the land, ¹³ he said to Ephron in the hearing of all the people of the land, As thou art here before me, hearken to me. Take of me in silver the value of the field and I will bury my dead there. ¹⁴ Whereupon Ephron answered Abraham, saying, ¹⁵ Nay, Sir, I have indeed heard that the land is worth four hundred didrachms of silver; but what can that be between me and thee? But bury thou thy dead. ¹⁶ And Abraham hearkened to Ephron; and Abraham paid down to Ephron the money which he mentioned in the hearing of the children of Chet, four hundred didrachms of silver current among merchants. ¹⁷ So the field of Ephron including the double cave which is situate before Mambre, the field and the cave in it and all the wood in the field and all within the bounds thereof round about were conveyed ¹⁸ to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Chet and of all who entered the city. ¹⁹ After this Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the double cave of the field which is over against Mambre [the same is Chebron in the land of Chanaan. ²⁰ And the property of the field and the cave in it was confirmed to Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Chet.

¹⁹ By the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat thy bread until thou return into the earth out of which thou wast taken; for earth thou art and to earth thou shalt return."

¹⁵ And Chanaan begot Sidon his first born, and Chettaius,

² Now Abram was very rich in cattle and in silver and gold,

¹⁸ Then Abram removed his tent and came and dwelt near the Oak of Mambre, which was by Chebron, and built there an altar to the Lord.

¹⁴ And when Abram heard that his nephew Lot was carried away captive, he numbered his domestics, three hundred and eighteen men, and pursued them to Dan.

²² Whereupon Abram said to the king of Sodom, With this uplifted hand of mine I swear by the Lord the God Most High, who created the heaven and the earth, ²³ that of all which belong to thee I will not take from a thread to a shoe latchet; that thou mayest not say, I have made Abram rich;

⁸ And I will give thee and thy seed after thee this land in which thou sojournest; even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God."

¹⁷ Upon this Abraham fell on his face and smiled, and said in his heart, To him who is in his hundredth year shall a son be born? and shall Sarah bring forth in her ninetieth year?

² he raised his eyes and looked, and lo! three men stood above him. And when he saw them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent; and having made obeisance to the ground,

¹² And Sarah smiled within herself, saying, It hath never been so with me even to this time, and my lord is old.

¹ Now in the evening the two angels came to Sodom, and Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom, and upon seeing them, Lot arose to meet them, and made obeisance with his face to the ground,

²² Now it happened at that time that Abimelech, accompanied with Ochozath his chamberlain and Phichol the general of his army, spoke to Abraham saying, God is with thee in all that thou dost.

⁵ And the children of Chet answered and said to Abraham, ⁶ Nay, Sir, rather hearken to us. Thou art a king from God among us. In the choice of our tombs bury thy dead; for there is none of us who will deny thee his tomb to bury there thy dead. ⁷ Then Abraham standing up made obeisance to the people of the land; the children of Chet.

¹⁵ Nay, Sir, I have indeed heard that the land is worth four hundred didrachms of silver; but what can that be between me and thee? But bury thou thy dead.

¹⁸ to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Chet and of all who entered the city. ¹⁹ After this Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the double cave of the field which is over against Mambre [the same is Chebron in the land of Chanaan. ²⁰ And the property of the field and the cave in it was confirmed to Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Chet.

¹⁰ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master; and of all the goods of his master which were in his charge, and arose and went to Mesopotamia to the city of Nachor.

¹⁸ Upon which she said, Drink, my lord, and hastened to let down the pitcher on her arm and let him drink till he was satisfied.

³⁵ The Lord indeed hath blessed my master exceedingly, so that he is be 35 come great. He hath given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, men servants and maid servants, camels and asses.

⁹ And his sons Isaak and Ismael buried him in the double cave in the field of Ephron the son of Saar the Chettite, which is over against Mambre;

⁹ And his sons Isaak and Ismael buried him in the double cave in the field of Ephron the son of Saar the Chettite, which is over against Mambre; ¹⁰ in the field and the cave which Abraham bought of the children of Chet, there they buried Abraham with Sarah his wife.

¹⁰ in the field and the cave which Abraham bought of the children of Chet, there they buried Abraham with Sarah his wife.

⁴¹ So Esau harboured a rooted hatred against Jacob on account of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And in this agitation of his mind Esau said, O! that, the days of mourning for my father were come that I may kill my brother Jacob.

⁴⁶ Then Rebekka said to Isaak, I am weary of my life on account of the daughters of the children of Chet. If Jacob should take a wife of the daughters of this land what would life be to me?

³⁵ and she said to her father, Be not offended my lord, I cannot rise before thee, for the custom of women is upon me. So when Laban had searched the whole tent but did not find the idols,

⁴ and had given them a charge, saying, Thus shall you say to my lord Esau, Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban and staid till now. ⁵ And I have got oxen and asses and sheep and men servants and maid servants. And I have sent to give notice to my lord Esau, that thy servant may find favour in thy sight.

¹⁸ thou shalt say, They belong to thy servant Jacob; presents which he hath sent to my lord Esau. And lo! he is behind us.

²⁰ so Emmor and his son Sychem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city saying.

²⁴ Accordingly all who went in at the gate of their city hearkened to Emmor and his son Sychem and were every male of them, circumcised.

²⁷ Then Jacob went to his father Isaak, to Mambre, a city of the plain, the same is Chebron in the land of Chanaan, where Abraham and Isaak had sojourned. ²⁸ Now the days which Isaak lived were one hundred and eighty years. ²⁹ And Isaak fainting away died and was added to his race being an old man and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

¹⁰ And they said, No, my lord. We thy servants are come to buy food.

²¹ But when we came to the lodging place and opened our bags every man's money was in his bag. This money we have now brought back in our hands in full weight.

⁵ Why have you stolen my silver cup? Is not this it out of which my lord drinketh. By it indeed he divineth. You have done evil in so doing.

⁸ If we indeed brought back to thee from the land of Chanaan the money which we found in our bags, how should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?

⁹ And Jacob said to Pharao, The days of the years of my life which I am now sojourning are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life. They have not reached to the days of the years of the life of my fathers which they sojourned.

³⁰ but let me sleep with my fathers. Therefore thou shalt carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their sepulchre. And he said I will do as thou hast said.

²⁹ And when he had blessed them he said, I am going to be added to my people, and you shall bury me with my fathers, ³⁰ in the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Chettite, in the double cave which is over against Mambre in the land of Chanaan; the cave which Abraham bought of Ephron the Chettite for the possession of a burying place.

³⁰ in the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Chettite, in the double cave which is over against Mambre in the land of Chanaan; the cave which Abraham bought of Ephron the Chettite for the possession of a burying place. ³¹ There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There they buried Isaak and Rebekka his wife. There Leia was buried; ³² in the field namely in the cave in it, which was purchased of the children of Chet.

⁵ My father adjured me saying, In the tomb which I cut out for myself in the land of Chanaan there thou shalt bury me. Now therefore let me go up and bury my father and I will return again.

¹⁰ And when they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is on the bank of the Jordan, they mourned for him with a very great and sore lamentation. And he continued the mourning for his father seven days.

¹³ when they had carried him to the land of Chanaan and buried him in the double cave; the cave which Abraham bought for the possession of a burying place from Ephron the Chettite over against Mambre,

²⁴ Joseph spoke to his brothers, saying, I die, but God will assuredly visit you and conduct you out of this land into the land which God with an oath gave to our fathers, Abraham, Isaak and Jacob. ²⁵ And Joseph adjured the children of Israel saying, In the visitation wherewith God will visit you, you shall carry my bones hence with you.

²⁵ And Joseph adjured the children of Israel saying, In the visitation wherewith God will visit you, you shall carry my bones hence with you.

¹³ And this is what every one who passeth review shall give, the half of a didrachm, which is according to the holy didrachm, twenty oboli making a didrachm. And this half of a didrachm shall be an offering to the Lord.

¹⁵ He who is rich shall add nothing to it, and he who is poor shall deduct nothing from the half of a didrachm when you give this offering to the Lord to make atonement for your lives.

²² Upon which Aaron said to Moses, Be not angry, my lord, for thou knowest the impetuousness of this people.

²³ Now the land must not be sold forever; for the land is mine. Because you are strangers, and sojourners before me,

²² Then they went up, on a course parallel with the front of the desart; then turned down to Chebron, where were the Achimans and the Sessians, and the Thelamins, descendants of Enach. Now Chebron was built seven years before Tanis in Egypt.

²⁹ And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, the whole house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.

³⁰ When any one hath slain a person, thou shalt put to death the murderer, by witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against a person to cause him to be put to death.

⁶ On the testimony of two or three witnesses the guilty person shall be put to death; but shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness.

¹⁵ One witness shall not be sufficient to testify against a man for any iniquity, or any crime, or any sin, which he may commit. By the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, every thing shall be established.

⁸ And the children of Israel mourned for Moses, in Araboth Moab, by the Jordan, over against Jericho, thirty days. And when the days of mourning for Moses were fulfilled,

³⁹ And they utterly destroyed it, and every soul in it. They did not leave one alive. As they had done to Chebron, and its king, so they did to Dabir, and its king.

¹⁴ For this cause Chebron had become the possession of Chaleb son of Jephonne, the Kenezite, at this day, because he followed the command of the Lord God of Israel. ¹⁵ Now the name of Chebron, formerly, was city Argob. It was the metropolis of the Enakims. Now when the land had rest from war,

⁷ and he had set apart Kades, in Galilee, on mount Nephthaleim, and Sychem, on mount Ephraim, and the city Arbok, which is Chebron, on the mountain of Juda:

¹⁰ And when Juda went against the Chananites who dwelt in Chebron, [the name of which city formerly was Kariath-arbok-sepher,] Chebron came out against them; and they smote Sessi, and Achiman, and Tholmi, descendants of Enak,

¹³ And she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my Lord, for thou hast comforted me. Now because thou hast spoken affectionately to thy servant, behold let me therefore be like one of thy maid servants.

¹ And Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. And behold when the kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken was passing by, Boaz said to him, Turn aside and sit down here thou hidden man. So he turned aside, and sat down.

¹ And Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. And behold when the kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken was passing by, Boaz said to him, Turn aside and sit down here thou hidden man. So he turned aside, and sat down. ² Then Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit down here. ³ And when they had taken their seats, Boaz said to the kinsman, With respect to that portion of the field which belonged to our brother Elimelech, and which is given to Noemin, who is returned from the country of Moab, ⁴ I have promised to open thine ear, saying, Purchase it in the presence of these men who are sitting here, even in the presence of the elders of my people. If thou wilt do the kinsman's part, do it; but if thou wilt not perform the office of a kinsman, tell me, that I may know; for there is none besides thee to perform the office of a kinsman, except myself, who am next after thee. And he said, I will do the kinsman's part.

⁴ I have promised to open thine ear, saying, Purchase it in the presence of these men who are sitting here, even in the presence of the elders of my people. If thou wilt do the kinsman's part, do it; but if thou wilt not perform the office of a kinsman, tell me, that I may know; for there is none besides thee to perform the office of a kinsman, except myself, who am next after thee. And he said, I will do the kinsman's part.

⁷ Now it was the custom heretofore in Israel, in regard to the transfer of the right of consanguinity, in order to give it validity, that the man loosed his sandal, and gave it to his neighbour, who took upon him his right of consanguinity, and this was the evidence in Israel. ⁸ So when the relation said to Boaz, Purchase thou for thyself, what by the law of consanguinity it was my right to purchase, he loosed his sandal, and gave it to him. ⁹ Thereupon Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, You are this day witnesses that I have purchased all that belonged to Elimelech, and all that belonged to Chelaion and Maalon, at the hand of Noemin;

⁹ Thereupon Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, You are this day witnesses that I have purchased all that belonged to Elimelech, and all that belonged to Chelaion and Maalon, at the hand of Noemin; ¹⁰ and that I have purchased Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of Maalon, to be a wife to myself, to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance; that the name of the deceased may not be blotted out from among his brethren, and from the tribe of his people. You are this day witnesses. ¹¹ And all the people who were in the gate said, We are witnesses. Then the elders said, The Lord make this thy wife who is coming to thy house, like Rachel and like Leia, who both built up the house of Israel, and laid the foundation of power in Ephratha, that there may be a name in Bethlehem:

³¹ For as long as the son of Jessai liveth, thy kingdom will not be established. Now therefore send and seize that young man, for he shall surely die.

⁶ Now David addressing Abimelech the Chettite, and Abessa son of Saruia, the brother of Joab, had said, Who will go with me into the camp to Saul? and Abessa said, I will go with thee.

³ Now Samuel was dead and all Israel had bewailed him, and buried him at Armathaim in his city. And Saul had driven from the land the belly speakers, and the diviners;

¹² and beat their breasts, and wept, and fasted till evening for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Juda, and for the house of Israel, because they had been smitten with the sword.

¹⁷ Then David sung this funereal Ode over Saul, and over Jonathan his son,

¹¹ now the time which David reigned at Chebron over the house of Juda was seven years and six months]

³ And when all the elders of Israel came to David to Chebron, king David made a covenant with them at Chebron, before the Lord, and they anointed David to be king over all Israel.

⁵ Seven years and six months he reigned at Chebron over Juda, and he reigned thirty three years, over all Israel and Juda, at Jerusalem.

³⁹ Ourias the Chettite. They were thirty seven in all.

²⁰ And when Orna looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming up to him, he went out and bowed down to the king, with his face to the ground, ²¹ and said, Why is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To purchase of thee this threshing floor to build an altar to the Lord, that the slaughter among the people may be stayed. ²² Then Orna said to David, Let my lord the king take, and offer to the Lord what is agreeable to him. Behold here are cattle for a whole burnt offering, and the carts and the yokes of the cattle for fuel. ²³ All these Orna hath given to the king. And may the Lord thy God, said Orna addressing the king, bless thee. ²⁴ But the king said to Orna, No. Let me only purchase them of thee for their full value; for I cannot offer to the Lord my God a whole burnt offering which costeth me nothing. So David purchased the threshing floor, and the cattle, for fifty shekels of silver.

²⁴ But the king said to Orna, No. Let me only purchase them of thee for their full value; for I cannot offer to the Lord my God a whole burnt offering which costeth me nothing. So David purchased the threshing floor, and the cattle, for fifty shekels of silver.

¹⁷ Then he said to her, Speak, I pray thee to Solomon, for he will not refuse thee, that he may give me Abisag, the Somanite, for a wife.

¹⁸ When Manasses slept with his fathers, he was buried in the garden of his house in the garden of Oza; and Amos his son reigned in his stead.

⁵⁷ to the sons of Aaron they gave these cities; of the refuge cities, Chebron and Lobna with its suburbs, and Salna with its suburbs, and Esthamo with its suburbs,

²² And David said to Orna, Grant me the place of this threshing floor of thine, that I may build thereon an altar to the Lord; grant it to me for its worth in money, that the plague may be stayed from the people. ²³ And Orna said to David, Take it for thyself; and let my Lord the king do what is good in his sight. Behold I have given these young bulls for a whole burnt offering, and that plough for wood, and this corn for a sacrifice. Of all these things I make a gift. ²⁴ And David said to Orna, By no means: for I must buy them for their worth in money. For I cannot take what are thine for the Lord, to offer a whole burnt offering to the Lord at free cost.

¹⁵ For we before thee are strangers and sojourners as all our fathers were. Our days on earth are like a shadow and there is no fixed abiding.

²⁵ And Jeremias composed a song of lamentation for Josias, which all the heads of families, both men and women, sung over him, and which they continue to sing to this day; for they established it for an ordinance to Israel. And behold it is written among the funereal odes.

²⁵ and I weighed out to them the silver and the gold, and the vessels which were dedicated to the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors, and his chiefs, and all the Israelites there, had dedicated; ²⁶ I weighed into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and a hundred vessels of silver and a hundred talents of gold, ²⁷ and twenty gilt cups, worth about a thousand drachms, and vessels of fine burnished brass, precious as gold, ²⁸ and said to them, You are holy to the Lord, and these vessels are holy, and the silver and the gold are free will offerings to the Lord God of our fathers. ²⁹ Watch and keep them, until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of the families in Jerusalem, into the tabernacles of the house of the Lord. ³⁰ And when the priests and the Levites had taken the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels to carry them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God,

¹⁵ would not one give for it all he hath got?

⁷ when I walked early through the city; and a seat was set for me in the streets!

²³ For I know that death will destroy me: for earth is the house for every mortal.

¹² Hearken, Lord, to my prayer: give ear to my supplication: hold not thy peace at my tears: since I am a sojourner in the land; and a stranger as all my fathers were;

¹² When they were few in number; of little account and sojourners therein; ¹³ when they passed through from nation to nation; from one kingdom to another people;

⁵ a beneficent man who commiserateth and lendeth. He will manage his affairs with judgment;

¹⁹ I am a sojourner in this land, hide not thy commandments from me.

³ Though a man should beget a hundred children and live many years, if during that multitude of years which his days shall continue, his soul shall not be satisfied with an enjoyment of good, and he hath got no burying place, I conclude that an Abortive is better than he.

⁵ and they will look up to the height and there are terrors in the way. Though the almond tree shall have bloomed and the locust hath been fattened and the caper bush is shed, because the man is gone to his long home, therefore the mourners have made a circuit in the market place.

⁷ and dust return to dust as it was, and the spirit return to God who gave it;

⁶ They shall be left for the spirit of Justice; to administer justice and destroy the power of the opposers.

⁸ But the pious have counselled with understanding; and their counsel shall be established."

¹⁴ Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, That for which Egypt laboured and the traffick of the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans men of tall stature shall come over to thee; and they shall be thy vassals and shall follow thee bound with chains. They will come over to thee and pay thee homage and pray to thee because God is in thee. [c] There is indeed no God besides thee.

¹⁰ Weep not for him who is dead, nor utter lamentations for him, weep bitterly for him who is going away; for he shall never return, nor see any more his native country.

¹⁸ Therefore thus saith the Lord respecting Joakim son of Josias, king of Juda, even concerning this man, they shall not utter for him the lamentation "Alas Brother" nor shall they bewail him saying, "Alas lord"

⁷ Behold Anameel son of Salom thy father's brother is coming to thee and will say, Buy thee my field which is at Anathoth, for the right of purchase is in thee.

⁷ Behold Anameel son of Salom thy father's brother is coming to thee and will say, Buy thee my field which is at Anathoth, for the right of purchase is in thee. ⁸ Accordingly Anameel son of Salom my father's brother came to me in the court of the prison and said, Buy thee my field which is in the land of Benjamin, that at Anathoth, for the right of purchase is in thee as thou art the eldest. Upon this I knew that it was a word of the Lord,

⁸ Accordingly Anameel son of Salom my father's brother came to me in the court of the prison and said, Buy thee my field which is in the land of Benjamin, that at Anathoth, for the right of purchase is in thee as thou art the eldest. Upon this I knew that it was a word of the Lord, ⁹ so I bought the field of Anameel, my father' s brother's son and paid him seventeen shekels of silver.

⁹ so I bought the field of Anameel, my father' s brother's son and paid him seventeen shekels of silver.

⁹ so I bought the field of Anameel, my father' s brother's son and paid him seventeen shekels of silver. ¹⁰ And when I had signed the writing and sealed it and had it witnessed and had paid the money by weight,

¹⁰ And when I had signed the writing and sealed it and had it witnessed and had paid the money by weight, ¹¹ I took the deed of possession which was sealed and gave it to Baruch, son of Nerias son of Maasias in the presence of Anameel my father's brother's son,

¹¹ I took the deed of possession which was sealed and gave it to Baruch, son of Nerias son of Maasias in the presence of Anameel my father's brother's son, ¹² and in the presence of the byestanders who had signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of the Jews who were in the court of the prison;

¹² and in the presence of the byestanders who had signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of the Jews who were in the court of the prison;

¹² and in the presence of the byestanders who had signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of the Jews who were in the court of the prison; ¹³ and in their presence I gave a charge to Baruch, saying, ¹⁴ Thus said the Lord Almighty, Take this deed of possession, even this deed which hath been read, and put it in an earthen vessel that it may remain there many days.

¹⁶ Son of man, Behold I take from thee the desires of thine eyes with a stroke. Thou must not mourn, nor utter lamentation. ¹⁷ Let sighing for blood and grief of loins be suppressed. Thy hair shall be platted on thy head and thy sandals shall be on thy feet. Thou must not receive comfort from their lips, nor eat funeral bread. ¹⁸ So I spoke to the people in the morning as he had ordered me in the evening. And when I did in the morning as I was commanded,

¹² And the weights shall be twenty oboli, five shekels, fifteen shekels. And fifty shekels shall be your mna.

¹² Then I will say to them, If it seemeth good in your sight, give me my wages; if not, forbear. And when they had weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver;

¹² Whatsoever therefore you would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

¹ So having gone onboard the vessel, he crossed over, and came to his own city.

¹⁶ Behold I send you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore wise as the serpents and harmless as the doves.

³ and all went to be enrolled, every one to his own city, ⁴ and accordingly Joseph went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and patriarchal family of David,

³ And the centurion, having heard of Jesus, had sent to him the elders of the Jews with a request that he would come and cure his servant. ⁴ And when they came to Jesus, they pressed him earnestly, saying, He is worthy of this favour;

²⁴ Then he said to his attendants, Take the pound from him, and give it to him who hath the ten pounds,

³¹ When the Jews therefore who were in the house, and comforting her, saw that Mary arose hastily and went out, they followed her, saying, She is going to the tomb to weep there.

³⁵ Jesus wept.

⁵ but gave him no inheritance in it; not even a foot of land. He indeed promised that he would give it to him for a possession, even to his seed after him, though he then had no child.

¹⁶ and were conveyed to Sychem, and deposited in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmer the Sychemite.

² While devout men were carrying Stephen to the grave and making great lamentation for him,

³⁵ On all occasions I have suggested to you that you ought thus to labour, and support the indigent, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he said, "It is a greater happiness to give, than to receive."

¹⁷ Render to none evil for evil. Be provident in regard to things good in the sight of all men.

¹⁷ Render to none evil for evil. Be provident in regard to things good in the sight of all men. ¹⁸ If possible, that is, as far as in your power, be at peace with all men.

⁸ Owe no one any thing, save this, to love one another: for he who loveth others hath fulfilled the law:

¹⁵ Take heed therefore how circumspectly you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

⁵ Let your meekness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand: ⁶ Be anxious about nothing; but on all occasions, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; ⁷ and the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds safe in Christ Jesus. ⁸ Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are venerable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are friendly, whatsoever things are reputable, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think of these things,

⁸ Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are venerable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are friendly, whatsoever things are reputable, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think of these things,

⁵ Walk in wisdom towards them who are without, redeeming the time. ⁶ not overreaching and injuring his brother in this matter; for the Lord is the avenger of all such things, as we told you before and testified.

²⁶ For it suited us to have such a chief priest"one holy, innocent, undefined, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens,

⁹ By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange land, and dwelt in tents with Isaak and Jacob, who were coheirs with him of the same promise.

¹³ These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they viewed them at a distance, and were persuaded of, and embraced them, and acknowledged that they were strangers and sojourners in the land. ¹⁴ For they who speak thus shew plainly that they are seeking their father's country: ¹⁵ Now had these been mindful of that from which they came out, they might have had an opportunity of returning thither: ¹⁶ but now they desire a better; that is a heavenly country; therefore God is not ashamed of them; to be invoked as their God: for he prepared a city for them.

¹⁴ Follow peace with all men, and that holiness without which none shall see the Lord,

⁵ Let your conduct be free from avarice. Be content with what you have; for he hath said, "I will never leave thee, nor will I ever forsake thee."

¹¹ beloved; I beseech you as strangers and sojourners to abstain from carnal lusts, which war against the soul:

⁸ Finally, be all of one mind, sympathising with one another, full of brotherly love, compassionate, courteous

¹ My children I write these things to you that you may not sin. But if any one sin, we have an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous, ² and he is an atonement for our sins, and not for ours only, but for those of the whole world.

¹ Behold what a love the Father hath shewn us, that we should be called children of God: on this account the world doth not know us, because it did not know him. ² Beloved, we are now children of God. Though it hath not yet been manifested what we shall be, yet we know that when he shall appear we shall be like him: that we shall see him as he is.