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So Lot chose the Plain of the Yarden for himself. Lot journeyed east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.

for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.

Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it to you."

He believed in the LORD; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

He said to Avram, "Know for sure that your seed will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.

In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amori is not yet full."

The angel of the LORD said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."

She called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?"

Hagar bore a son for Avram. Avram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Yishma'el.

"As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

Neither will your name any more be called Avram, but your name will be Avraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you.

I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Kana`an, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."

God said to Avraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.

He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

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

God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Yitzchak. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

As for Yishma'el, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."

Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't laugh," for she was afraid." He said, "No, but you did laugh."