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And they said, Give way there. This one man, they said, came here from a strange country, and will he now be our judge? now we will do worse to you than to them; and pushing violently against Lot, they came near to get the door broken in.

But the men who were outside the door they made blind, all of them, small and great, so that they were tired out with looking for the door.

And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.

And that night they made their father take much wine; and the older daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.

And that night again they made their father take much wine; and the younger daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.

So Abimelech got up early in the morning and sent for all his servants and gave them word of these things, and they were full of fear.

And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.

Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.

So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.

And Abraham said, God himself will give the lamb for the burned offering: so they went on together.

And they came to the place of which God had given him knowledge; and there Abraham made the altar and put the wood in place on it, and having made tight the bands round Isaac his son, he put him on the wood on the altar.

Then Abraham went back to his young men and they went together to Beer-sheba, the place where Abraham was living.

And having done so, she said, I will get water for your camels till they have had enough.

And meat was put before him, but he said, I will not take food till I have made my business clear to you. And they said, Do so.

And you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from your oath.

And they said, We will send for the girl, and let her make the decision.

And they sent for Rebekah and said to her, Are you ready to go with this man? And she said, I am ready.

So they sent their sister Rebekah and her servant with Abraham's servant and his men.

And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.

And their country was from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt: they took their place to the east of all their brothers.