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And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraam, for I have made thee a father of many nations.

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarrha shall bear to thee at this time, in the next year.

And the Lord said to Abraam, Why is it that Sarrha has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am grown old.

But Sarrha denied, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid. And he said to her, Nay, but thou didst laugh.

But Abraam shall become a great and populous nation, and in him shall all the nations of the earth be blest.

But if the fifty righteous should be diminished to forty-five, wilt thou destroy the whole city because of the five wanting? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there forty-five.

And he continued to speak to him still, and said, But if there should be found there forty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the forty�s sake.

And he said, Will there be anything against me, Lord, if I shall speak? but if there be found there thirty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the thirty�s sake.

And he said, Will there be anything against me, Lord, if I speak yet once? but if there should be found there ten? And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten�s sake.

Lo! my lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and rest from your journey, and wash your feet, and having risen early in the morning ye shall depart on your journey. And they said, Nay, but we will lodge in the street.

But before they went to sleep, the men of the city, the Sodomites, compassed the house, both young and old, all the people together.

But I have two daughters, who have not known a man. I will bring them out to you, and do ye use them as it may please you, only do not injury to these men, to avoid which they came under the shelter of my roof.

And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law who had married his daughters, and said, Rise up, and depart out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city; but he seemed to be speaking absurdly before his sons-in-law.

But when it was morning, the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise and take thy wife, and thy two daughters whom thou hast, and go forth; lest thou also be destroyed with the iniquities of the city.

since thy servant has found mercy before thee, and thou hast magnified thy righteousness, in what thou doest towards me that my soul may live, �but I shall not be able to escape to the mountain, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die.

But Abimelech had not touched her, and he said, Lord, wilt thou destroy an ignorantly sinning and just nation?

But now return the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; but if thou restore her not, know that thou shalt die and all thine.

For truly she is my sister by my father, but not by my mother, and she became my wife.

But the word appeared very hard before Abraam concerning his son.

But God said to Abraam, Let it not be hard before thee concerning the child, and concerning the bondwoman; in all things whatsoever Sarrha shall say to thee, hear her voice, for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.