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And the land was not large enough for them to live together, because their possessions were great; and the land was not large enough for them to live together.

But if the fifty righteous should be diminished to forty-five, wilt thou destroy the whole city because of the five wanting? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there forty-five.

Behold this city is near for me to escape thither, which is a small one, and there shall I be preserved, is it not little? and my soul shall live because of thee.

And Abraam said, Why I said, Surely there is not the worship of God in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife.

Because the Lord had fast closed from without every womb in the house of Abimelech, because of Sarrha Abraam�s wife.

And moreover I will make the son of this bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed.

And Abraam reproved Abimelech because of the wells of water, which the servants of Abimelech took away.

I have sworn by myself, says the Lord, because thou hast done this thing, and on my account hast not spared thy beloved son,

And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast hearkened to my voice.

And Isaac prayed the Lord concerning Rebecca his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord heard him, and his wife Rebecca conceived in her womb.

And Isaac loved Esau, because his venison was his food, but Rebecca loved Jacob.

And Esau said to Jacob, Let me taste of that red pottage, because I am fainting; therefore his name was called Edom.

Because Abraam thy father hearkened to my voice, and kept my injunctions, and my commandments, and my ordinances, and my statutes.

And the men of the place questioned him concerning Rebecca his wife, and he said, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the place should slay him because of Rebecca, because she was fair.

And he departed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive about that; and he named the name of it, Room, saying, Because now the Lord has made room for us, and has increased us upon the earth.

And Esau was angry with Jacob because of the blessing, with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his mind, Let the days of my father�s mourning draw nigh, that I may slay my brother Jacob.

And Rebecca said to Isaac, I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of the sons of Chet; if Jacob shall take a wife of the daughters of this land, wherefore should I live?

And Laban said to Jacob, Surely thou shalt not serve me for nothing, because thou art my brother; tell me what thy reward is to be.

And Lea conceived and bore a son to Jacob; and she called his name, Ruben; saying, Because the Lord has looked on my humiliation, and has given me a son, now then my husband will love me.

And she conceived again, and bore a second son to Jacob; and she said, Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, he has given to me this one also; and she called his name, Simeon.