And Sarah died in Kirjath Arba, which is in the valley, this is Hebron in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to lament for Sarah and to mourn.

And it came to pass when Esau heard the words of his father Isaac, he cried out with a great and very bitter cry, and said, Bless me- me also, father!

And he said to him, Your brother has come with subtlety, and has taken your blessing.

And the king was troubled, and went to the chamber over the gate, and wept. And thus he said as he went, My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! I [pray] God I had died for you, [even] I [had died] for you, Absalom, my son, my son!

Thus says the Lord, Call the mourning women, and let them come; and send to the wise women, and let them utter their voice;

For a voice of lamentation has been heard in Zion, How we have become wretched! We are greatly ashamed, for we have forsaken the land, and have abandoned our tabernacles!

For death has come up through your windows, it has entered into our land, to destroy the infants outside, and the young men from the streets.

And the appearance of the glory of the Lord was as burning fire on the top of the mountain, before the children of Israel.

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and compassion: and they shall look upon Me, because they have mocked Me, and they shall make lamentation for Him, as for a beloved [friend], and they shall grieve intensely, as for a firstborn son.

And He went to the house of the synagogue leader, and observed a commotion, [people] weeping and wailing, very much.

And when He went in, He said to them, "Why are you making such commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but she is asleep."

And when Jesus heard, He said, "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

These things He said, and after this He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awaken him."

However, Jesus spoke about his death, but they thought that He was speaking about resting in sleep.