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

So the LORD said, "I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth-every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air-for I am grieved that I have made them."

And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:

After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward."

The LORD also told him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess."

"Hagar, servant of Sarai," He said, "where have you come from, and where are you going?" "I am running away from my mistress Sarai," she replied.

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

So she laughed to herself, saying, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?"

And the LORD asked Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Can I really bear a child when I am old?'

And the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

Then Abraham answered, "Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord-though I am but dust and ashes-

And he said to Sarah, "See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared."

Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he answered.

Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, "My father!" "Here I am, my son," he replied. "The fire and the wood are here," said Isaac, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"

Just then, the Angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham, Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.

"I am a stranger and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead."

and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,

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

She replied, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor."

"I am Abraham's servant," he replied.