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Then Abraham said, "I don't have any right to ask you, Lord , but what would you do if you find only twenty?" "Because of them, I won't destroy the city," was the Lord 's answer.

Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you are safely there." The town was later called Zoar because Lot had said it was small.

Abraham answered: I did it because I didn't think any of you respected God, and I was sure that someone would kill me to get my wife.

Then she sat down a long way off, because she could not bear to watch him die. And she cried bitterly.

Help him up and hold his hand, because I will make him the father of a great nation."

So they called the place Beersheba, because they made a treaty there.

"Don't hurt the boy or harm him in any way!" the angel said. "Now I know that you truly obey God, because you were willing to offer him your only son."

Abraham's servant did not say a word, but he watched everything Rebekah did, because he wanted to know for certain if this was the woman the Lord had chosen.

Before Rebekah gave birth, she knew she was going to have twins, because she could feel them inside her, fighting each other. She thought, "Why is this happening to me?" Finally, she asked the Lord why her twins were fighting,

because the Lord had appeared to Isaac and said: Isaac, stay away from Egypt! I will show you where I want you to go.

because Abraham did everything I told him to do.

Abimelech called him in and said, "Rebekah must be your wife! Why did you say she is your sister?" "Because I thought someone would kill me," Isaac answered.

But the shepherds of Gerar Valley quarreled with Isaac's shepherds and claimed the water belonged to them. So the well was named "Quarrel," because they had quarreled with Isaac.

Finally, they dug one more well. There was no quarreling this time, and the well was named "Lots of Room," because the Lord had given them room and would make them very successful.

where the Lord appeared to him that night and told him, "Don't be afraid! I am the God who was worshiped by your father Abraham, my servant. I will be with you and bless you, and because of Abraham I will give you many descendants."

When they arrived, Isaac asked, "Why are you here? Didn't you send me away because you hated me?"

to kill a wild animal and cook some tasty food for your father before he dies. Your father said this because he wants to bless your brother with the Lord as his witness.

Esau replied, "My brother deserves the name Jacob, because he has already cheated me twice. The first time he cheated me out of my rights as the first-born son, and now he has cheated me out of my blessing." Then Esau asked his father, "Don't you still have any blessing left for me?"

Esau hated his brother Jacob because he had stolen the blessing that was supposed to be his. So he said to himself, "Just as soon as my father dies, I'll kill Jacob."

He then kissed Rachel and started crying because he was so happy.