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Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

The LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."

Then God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.

"Behold, I, even I am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish.

God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations;

After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great."

Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"

And He said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it."

He said, "Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from and where are you going?" And she said, "I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai."

Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; Walk before Me, and be blameless.

And the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, when I am so old?'

The LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,

And Abraham replied, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes.

Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."

Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." And he said, "Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"

But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."

"I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me a burial site among you that I may bury my dead out of my sight."

"Behold, I am standing by the spring, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water;

She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor."

So he said, "I am Abraham's servant.