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Now Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and stayed in the mountains, because he was afraid to stay in Zoar; and he stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters.

But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married."

Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.

For the LORD had completely closed all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

The matter distressed Abraham greatly because of his son Ishmael.

But God said to Abraham, "Do not be distressed because of the boy and your slave woman; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for through Isaac your descendants shall be named.

"And of the son of the slave woman I will make a nation also, because he is your descendant."

But Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well of water which the servants of Abimelech had seized.

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.

and said, "By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,

"And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."

Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children; and the LORD answered him, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

Now Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for game; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

because Abraham obeyed Me and fulfilled his duty to Me, and kept My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."

Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Behold, she certainly is your wife! So how is it that you said, 'She is my sister'?" And Isaac said to him, "Because I thought, 'otherwise I might be killed on account of her.'"

the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they argued with him.

Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have it so quickly, my son?" And he said, "Because the LORD your God made it come to me."

And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.

So Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said to himself, "The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob."

And Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth like these from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?"