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And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, he-asses, menservants, maidservants, she-asses, and camels.

Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her, and be gone."

so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together,

Then Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are kinsmen.

So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan valley, and Lot journeyed east; thus they separated from each other.

for all the land which you see I will give to you and to your descendants for ever.

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

And the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the persons, but take the goods for yourself."

But Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Elie'zer of Damascus?"

Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know of a surety that your descendants will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and will be slaves there, and they will be oppressed for four hundred years;

As for yourself, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.

And they shall come back here in the fourth generation; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."

The angel of the LORD also said to her, "I will so greatly multiply your descendants that they cannot be numbered for multitude."

So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "Thou art a God of seeing"; for she said, "Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him?"

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

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

And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."

And God said to Abraham, "As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

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

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