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I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if ten shall be found there? And he said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.

For we will destroy this place, because their cry is grown loud before the Lord, who hath sent us to destroy them.

And he said to him: Behold also in this, I have heard thy prayers, not to destroy the city for which thou hast spoken.

And Lot went up out of Segor, and abode in the mountain, and his two daughters with him (for he was afraid to stay in Segor) and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters with him.

And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman that thou hast taken: for she hath a husband.

Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet: and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: but if thou wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine.

And Abimelech called also for Abraham, and said to him: What hast thou done to us? what have we offended thee in, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do.

Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife:

And to Sara he said: Behold I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver, this shall serve thee for a covering of thy eyes to all that are with thee, and whithersoever thou shalt go: and remember thou wast taken.

For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech, on account of Sara, Abraham’s wife.

When he was a hundred years old: for at this age of his father, was Isaac born.

And Sara said: God hath made a laughter for me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me.

Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.

Abraham took this grievously for his son.

And God said to him: Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thy bondwoman: in all that Sara hath said to thee, hearken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

And she went her way, and sat over against him a great way off, as far as a bow can carry, for she said: I will not see the boy die: and sitting over against, she lifted up her voice and wept.

And God heard the voice of the boy: and an angel of God called to Agar from heaven, saying: What art thou doing, Agar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the boy, from the place wherein he is.

Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand, for I will make him a great nation.

And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.