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Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" And he replied, "I don't know! Am I my brother's guardian?"

So God said to Noah, "I have decided that all living creatures must die, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy them and the earth.

I am about to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them. Everything that is on the earth will die,

And God said, "This is the guarantee of the covenant I am making with you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all subsequent generations:

So God said to Noah, "This is the guarantee of the covenant that I am confirming between me and all living things that are on the earth."

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: "Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance."

The Lord said to him, "I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess."

But Abram said, "O sovereign Lord , by what can I know that I am to possess it?"

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.

Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?"

The Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child when I am old?'

Then the Lord said, "Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

Then Abraham asked, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes),

Your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I am not able to escape to the mountains because this disaster will overtake me and I'll die.

Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" Abraham replied.

But the Lord 's angel called to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am!" he answered.

"I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead."

so that I may make you solemnly promise by the Lord , the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

Here I am, standing by the spring, and the daughters of the people who live in the town are coming out to draw water.