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

So the Lord said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them."

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

And he said to him, "I am the Lord who brought you out 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, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing 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,

So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?"

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 and said, "Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

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

And Isaac said to his father Abraham, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." He said, "Behold, the fire and the wood, 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 sojourner and foreigner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."

Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, 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.

behold, I am standing by the spring of water. Let the virgin who comes out to draw water, to whom I shall say, "Please give me a little water from your jar to drink,"

And Esau said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!" (Therefore his name was called Edom.)