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I promise that I will not keep anything that is yours. I will not keep even a thread or a sandal strap so that you cannot say, ‘I made Abram rich.'

But Abram said, "Lord God , what can you give me? I have no son, so my slave Eliezer from Damascus will get everything I own after I die."

Abram said, "Look, you have given me no son, so a slave born in my house will inherit everything I have."

Then God led Abram outside and said, "Look at the sky. There are so many stars you cannot count them. Your descendants also will be too many to count."

God said to Abram, "I am the Lord who led you out of Ur of Babylonia so that I could give you this land to own."

So on that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram and said, "I will give to your descendants the land between the river of Egypt and the great river Euphrates.

Sarai said to Abram, "Look, the Lord has not allowed me to have children, so have sexual relations with my slave girl. If she has a child, maybe I can have my own family through her." Abram did what Sarai said.

The angel also said, "I will give you so many descendants they cannot be counted."

So the well there, between Kadesh and Bered, was called Beer Lahai Roi.

Then Abraham gathered Ishmael, all the males born in his camp, and the slaves he had bought. So that day Abraham circumcised every man and boy in his camp as God had told him to do.

I will bring some water so all of you can wash your feet. You may rest under the tree,

and I will get some bread for you so you can regain your strength. Then you may continue your journey." The three men said, "That is fine. Do as you said."

Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, "I didn't laugh." But the Lord said, "No. You did laugh."

I have chosen him so he would command his children and his descendants to live the way the Lord wants them to, to live right and be fair. Then I, the Lord , will give Abraham what I promised him."

So the men turned and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood there before the Lord .

But Lot begged them to come, so they agreed and went to his house. Then Lot prepared a meal for them. He baked bread without yeast, and they ate it.

They called to Lot, "Where are the two men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sexual relations with them."

They struck those outside the door with blindness, so the men, both young and old, could not find the door.

because we are about to destroy this city. The Lord has heard of all the evil that is here, so he has sent us to destroy it."

So Lot went out and said to his future sons-in-law who were pledged to marry his daughters, "Hurry and leave this city! The Lord is about to destroy it!" But they thought Lot was joking.