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And Abram was well treated for her sake; and he became the owner of sheep, oxen, he asses, menservants, maidservants, she asses, and camels.

Why did you say, She is my sister, so that I took her for my wife? Now, therefore, here is your wife, take her, and leave the country.

And the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together; for their herds were so large that they could not dwell together.

And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds; for we are brethren.

Then Lot chose for himself all the land of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east; thus they separated one brother from the other.

For all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your descendants forever.

Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it to you.

And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the people, and take the goods for yourself.

And Abram said, O LORD God, what will thou give me, for I will die childless, and Eliezer of Damascus, one of my household, will be my heir?

And Abram believed in the LORD; and it was counted to him for righteousness.

And he said to him, Take for yourself a heifer, three years old, a three year old ram, a three year old she-goat, a pigeon, and a young dove.

And the LORD said to Abram, Know of a surety that your descendants shall be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and shall be in servitude: and they shall afflict them for four hundred years;

And after four centuries, they shall return here; for the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet full.

And she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, and said, Thou art God whom I saw; for she said, Behold, I have also seen a vision after he had seen me.

As for me, behold, I am establishing my covenant with you, and you shall be a father of many peoples.

Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many peoples.

And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, and I will be God to you and to your descendants after you.

And I will give to you, and your descendants after you, the land in which you sojourn, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting inheritance; and I will be their God.

He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with your money, shall be circumcised; and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; for he has broken my covenant.