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Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet: and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: but if thou wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine.

But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed.

Swear therefore by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my posterity, nor my stock: but according to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land wherein thou hast lived a stranger.

But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewe lambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.

And Abimelech and Phicol, the general of his army, arose and returned to the land of the Palestines. But Abraham planted a grove in Bersabee, and there called upon the name of the Lord God eternal.

Let it not be so, my lord, but do thou rather hearken to what I say: The field I deliver to thee, and the cave that is therein; in the presence of the children of my people, bury thy dead.

My lord, hear me. The ground which thou desirest, is worth four hundred sicles of silver: this is the price between me and thee: but what is this? bury thy dead.

But that thou go to my own country and kindred, and take a wife from thence for my son Isaac.

But if the woman will not follow thee, thou shalt not be bound by the oath: only bring not my son back thither again.

But he musing, beheld her with silence, desirous to know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.

And bread was set before him. But he said: I will not eat, till I tell my message. He answered him: Speak.

But thou shalt go to my father’s house, and shalt take a wife of my own kindred for my son:

But I answered my master: What if the woman will not come with me?

But thou shalt be clear from my curse, when thou shalt come to my kindred, if they will not give thee one.

Wherefore, if you do according to mercy and truth with my master, tell me: but if it please you otherwise, tell me that also, that I may go to the right hand, or to the left.

And Laban and Bathuel answered: The word hath proceeded from the Lord: we cannot speak any other thing to thee but his pleasure.

And said to the servant: Who is that man who cometh towards us along the field? And he said to her: That man is my master. But she quickly took her cloak, and covered herself.

But of Madian was born Epha, and Opher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaa: all these were the children of Cetura.

But the children struggled in her womb, and she said: If it were to be so with me, what need was there to conceive? And she went to consult the Lord.

And when they were grown up, Esau became a skilful hunter, and a husbandman: but Jacob, a plain man, dwelt in tents.