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But the word of the Lord came to him, "This man shall not be your heir; no one but your very own issue shall be your heir."

But he said, "O Lord God , how am I to know that I shall possess it?"

He brought him all these and cut them in two, laying each half over against the other; but he did not cut the birds in two.

but I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.

But Abram said to Sarai, "Your slave-girl is in your power; do to her as you please." Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she ran away from her.

No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations.

God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

God said, "No, but your wife Sarah shall bear you a son, and you shall name him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.

But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this season next year."

But Sarah denied, saying, "I did not laugh"; for she was afraid. He said, "Oh yes, you did laugh."

Abraham answered, "Let me take it upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

But he urged them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house;

But they replied, "Stand back!" And they said, "This fellow came here as an alien, and he would play the judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them." Then they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near the door to break it down.

But the men inside reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, "Up, get out of this place; for the Lord is about to destroy the city." But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting.

But he lingered; so the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and left him outside the city.

your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life; but I cannot flee to the hills, for fear the disaster will overtake me and I die.

But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, "You are about to die because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a married woman."