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So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. "Get up," he said. "Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!" But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.

Come, let us get our father drunk with wine, so that we can sleep with him and preserve his line."

So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn came and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

The next day the older daughter said to the younger, "Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight, so you can go sleep with him, and we can preserve our father's line."

So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, "Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?

Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, "Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

So when God had me journey from my father's house, I said to Sarah, 'This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me: He is my brother.'"

So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children-

So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.

So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

Abimelech replied, "I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today."

So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.

Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.