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God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the desert and became an archer.

(vi) At that time Avimelekh and Pikhol the commander of his army spoke to Avraham. They said, "God is with you in everything you do.

Therefore, swear to me here by God that you will never deal falsely with me or with my son or grandson; but according to the kindness with which I have treated you, you will treat me and the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.

Avraham planted a tamarisk tree in Be'er-Sheva, and there he called on the name of Adonai , the everlasting God.

(vii) After these things, God tested Avraham. He said to him, "Avraham!" and he answered, "Here I am."

Avraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, together with Yitz'chak his son. He cut the wood for the burnt offering, departed and went toward the place God had told him about.

Avraham replied, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son"; and they both went on together.

They came to the place God had told him about; and Avraham built the altar there, set the wood in order, bound Yitz'chak his son and laid him on the altar, on the wood.

He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy! Don't do anything to him! For now I know that you are a man who fears God, because you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."

"Listen to us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us, so choose any of our tombs to bury your dead — not one of us would refuse you his tomb for burying your dead."

because I want you to swear by Adonai , God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from among the women of the Kena‘ani, among whom I am living;

Adonai , the God of heaven — who took me away from my father's house and away from the land I was born in, who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘I will give this land to your descendants' — he will send his angel ahead of you; and you are to bring a wife for my son from there.

He said, " Adonai , God of my master Avraham, please let me succeed today; and show your grace to my master Avraham.

(iv) Then he said, "Blessed be Adonai , God of my master Avraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love for my master; because Adonai has guided me to the house of my master's kinsmen."

"So today, I came to the spring and said, ‘ Adonai , God of my master Avraham, if you are causing my trip to succeed in its purpose,

bowed my head, prostrated myself before Adonai and blessed Adonai , God of my master Avraham, for having led me in the right way to obtain my master's brother's [grand]daughter for his son.

After Avraham died, God blessed Yitz'chak his son, and Yitz'chak lived near Be'er-Lachai-Ro'i.

Adonai appeared to him that same night and said, "I am the God of Avraham your father. Don't be afraid, because I am with you; I will bless you and increase your descendants for the sake of my servant Avraham."

Yitz'chak said to his son, "How did you find it so quickly, my son?" He answered, " Adonai your God made it happen that way."

(vi) So may God give you dew from heaven, the richness of the earth, and grain and wine in abundance.