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Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" He said, "I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?"

So the Lord said, "I will blot out from the earth the human beings I have created—people together with animals and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them."

And God said to Noah, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; now I am going to destroy them along with the earth.

For my part, I am going to bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.

"As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you,

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, "Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great."

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

But he said, "O Lord God , how am I to know that I shall possess it?"

And he said, "Hagar, slave-girl of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She said, "I am running away from my mistress Sarai."

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.

The Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?'

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

Abraham answered, "Let me take it upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."

Isaac said to his father Abraham, "Father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." He said, "The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for a 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 an alien residing among you; give me property among you for a burying place, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight."

I am standing here by the spring of water, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.

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

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