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Now, go and look over the whole land, because I am going to give it all to you."

Abram put his trust in the Lord , and because of this the Lord was pleased with him and accepted him.

It will be four generations before your descendants come back here, because I will not drive out the Amorites until they become so wicked that they must be punished."

You are going to have a son, and you will name him Ishmael, because the Lord has heard your cry of distress.

Your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham, because I am making you the ancestor of many nations.

Any male who has not been circumcised will no longer be considered one of my people, because he has not kept the covenant with me."

Because Sarah was afraid, she denied it. "I didn't laugh," she said. "Yes, you did," he replied. "You laughed."

But perhaps there will be only forty-five innocent people instead of fifty. Will you destroy the whole city because there are five too few?" The Lord answered, "I will not destroy the city if I find forty-five innocent people."

because we are going to destroy this place. The Lord has heard the terrible accusations against these people and has sent us to destroy Sodom."

Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you get there." Because Lot called it small, the town was named Zoar.

Because Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar, he and his two daughters moved up into the hills and lived in a cave.

One night God appeared to him in a dream and said, "You are going to die, because you have taken this woman; she is already married."

Because of what had happened to Sarah, Abraham's wife, the Lord had made it impossible for any woman in Abimelech's palace to have children. So Abraham prayed for Abimelech, and God healed him. He also healed his wife and his slave women, so that they could have children.

This troubled Abraham very much, because Ishmael also was his son.

But God said to Abraham, "Don't be worried about the boy and your slave Hagar. Do whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that you will have the descendants I have promised.

And so the place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them made a vow.

"Don't hurt the boy or do anything to him," he said. "Now I know that you honor and obey God, because you have not kept back your only son from him."

"I make a vow by my own name—the Lord is speaking—that I will richly bless you. Because you did this and did not keep back your only son from me,

All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants—all because you obeyed my command."

Because Rebecca had no children, Isaac prayed to the Lord for her. The Lord answered his prayer, and Rebecca became pregnant.