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And Abraham said, Because I thought, perhaps there is no fear of God in this country; and they will slay me for my wifes sake.

And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given a thousand pieces of silver to your brother; behold, it is given for you, because you have been humbled in the eyes of my people, and because of the other things for which I have reproved you.

For the LORD had fast closed up the wombs of all women in the household of Abimeleck because of Sarah, Abrahams wife.

For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would give suck to children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.

Therefore she said to Abraham, Expel this maidservant and her son; for the son of this maidservant shall not be heir with my son Isaac.

And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in your sight because of the boy and because of your maidservant; whatever Sarah tells you, hearken to her voice; for your descendants shall come through Isaac.

And she went and sat down opposite him about the distance of a bowshot; for she said, Let me not see the death of the boy. And she sat down opposite him and lifted up her voice and wept.

And the LORD heard the voice of the boy; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her, What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not; for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

Arise, take up the boy, and hold him fast in your arms; for I will make him a great nation.

And he said, For these seven ewe lambs you shall take of my hands that they may be a witness for me that I have digged this well.

And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

And he said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of the Amorites; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I will tell you.

And Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his ass and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son, and cut wood for the burnt offering and rose up and went to the place of which God had told him.

And Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it upon Isaac his son, and he took the fire in a container and a knife in his hand, and they went both of them together.

And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, My father. And he answered. Here I am, my son. And Isaac said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son. So they went both of them together.

And he said to him, Do not lay your hand on the boy, neither shall you harm him; for now I know that you are a man who reveres God, seeing that you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.

And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold a ram caught in a thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

And said, I have sworn by myself, says the LORD, for because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son, from me,