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And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

So now, return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours."

So Abimelech arose early in the morning and called all his servants and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were greatly afraid.

And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they bore children.

So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.

So God said to Abraham, "Do not be distressed because of the boy and your maidservant; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her voice, for through Isaac your seed shall be named.

So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.

so now, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but according to the lovingkindness that I have shown you, you shall show me and the land in which you have sojourned."

So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them cut a covenant.

He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness to me, that I dug this well."

So they cut a covenant at Beersheba; and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, arose and returned to the land of the Philistines.

So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son; and he split wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

Then Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and put it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together.

And Abraham said, "God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." So the two of them walked on together.

So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and walked together to Beersheba; and Abraham lived at Beersheba.

So Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.

"My lord, hear me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? So bury your dead."

So Abraham heard Ephron; and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, commercial standard.

So Ephron's field, which was in Machpelah, which faced Mamre, the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees which were in the field, that were within all the confines of its border, were deeded over

So the field and the cave that is in it were deeded over to Abraham for a possession for a burial site by the sons of Heth.