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Genesis 14:1

And it came about in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,

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Genesis 14:2

that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).

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Genesis 14:3

All these came as allies to the valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

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Genesis 14:4

Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Genesis 14:5

In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim and the Zuzim in Ham and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

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Genesis 14:6

and the Horites in their Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is by the wilderness.

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Genesis 14:7

Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and conquered all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

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Genesis 14:8

And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) came out; and they arrayed for battle against them in the valley of Siddim,

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Genesis 14:9

against Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goiim and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.

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Genesis 14:10

Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell into them. But those who survived fled to the hill country.

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Genesis 14:11

Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food supply, and departed.

Genesis 14:12

They also took Lot, Abram's nephew, and his possessions and departed, for he was living in Sodom.

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Genesis 14:13

Then a fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now he was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and these were allies with Abram.

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Genesis 14:14

When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he led out his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.

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Genesis 14:15

He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

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Genesis 14:16

He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative Lot with his possessions, and also the women, and the people.

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Genesis 14:17

Then after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).

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Genesis 14:18

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High.

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Genesis 14:19

He blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;

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Genesis 14:20

And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand." He gave him a tenth of all.

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Genesis 14:21

The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give the people to me and take the goods for yourself."

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Genesis 14:22

Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have sworn to the Lord God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

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Genesis 14:23

that I will not take a thread or a sandal thong or anything that is yours, for fear you would say, ‘I have made Abram rich.'

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Genesis 14:24

I will take nothing except what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their share."

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Genesis 15:1

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."

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Genesis 15:2

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

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Genesis 15:3

And Abram said, "Since You have given no offspring to me, one born in my house is my heir."

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Genesis 15:4

Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir."

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Genesis 15:5

And He took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be."

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Genesis 15:6

Then he believed in the Lord ; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.

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Genesis 15:7

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."

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Genesis 15:8

He said, "O Lord God , how may I know that I will possess it?"

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Genesis 15:9

So He said to him, "Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon."

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Genesis 15:10

Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds.

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Genesis 15:11

The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

Genesis 15:12

Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him.

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Genesis 15:13

God said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years.

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Genesis 15:14

But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions.

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Genesis 15:15

As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.

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Genesis 15:16

Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete."

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Genesis 15:17

It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces.

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Genesis 15:18

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

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Genesis 15:19

the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite

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Genesis 15:20

and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim

Genesis 15:21

and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite."

Genesis 16:1

Now Sarai, Abram's wife had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

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Genesis 16:2

So Sarai said to Abram, "Now behold, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my maid; perhaps I will obtain children through her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

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Genesis 16:3

After Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife.

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Genesis 16:4

He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her sight.

Genesis 16:5

And Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done me be upon you. I gave my maid into your arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her sight. May the Lord judge between you and me."

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Genesis 16:6

But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your power; do to her what is good in your sight." So Sarai treated her harshly, and she fled from her presence.

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Genesis 16:7

Now the angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

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Genesis 16:8

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."

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Genesis 16:9

Then the angel of the Lord said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority."

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Genesis 16:10

Moreover, the angel of the Lord said to her, "I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count."

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Genesis 16:11

The angel of the Lord said to her further, "Behold, you are with child, And you will bear a son; And you shall call his name Ishmael, Because the Lord has given heed to your affliction.

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Genesis 16:12

"He will be a wild donkey of a man, His hand will be against everyone, And everyone's hand will be against him; And he will live to the east of all his brothers."

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Genesis 16:13

Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees"; for she said, "Have I even remained alive here after seeing Him?"

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Genesis 16:14

Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

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Genesis 16:15

So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

Genesis 16:16

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.

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Genesis 17:1

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.

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Genesis 17:2

"I will establish My covenant between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly."

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Genesis 17:3

Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,

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Genesis 17:4

"As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, And you will be the father of a multitude of nations.

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Genesis 17:5

"No longer shall your name be called Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

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Genesis 17:6

I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come forth from you.

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Genesis 17:7

I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.

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Genesis 17:8

I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."

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Genesis 17:9

God said further to Abraham, "Now as for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

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Genesis 17:10

This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised.

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Genesis 17:11

And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you.

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Genesis 17:12

And every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, a servant who is born in the house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your descendants.

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Genesis 17:13

A servant who is born in your house or who is bought with your money shall surely be circumcised; thus shall My covenant be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

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Genesis 17:14

But an uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant."

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Genesis 17:15

Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

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Genesis 17:16

I will bless her, and indeed I will give you a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."

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Genesis 17:17

Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to a man one hundred years old? And will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?"

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Genesis 17:18

And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before You!"

Genesis 17:19

But God said, "No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

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Genesis 17:20

As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

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Genesis 17:21

But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year."

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Genesis 17:22

When He finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

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Genesis 17:23

Then Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all the servants who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's household, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the very same day, as God had said to him.

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Genesis 17:24

Now Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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Genesis 17:25

And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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Genesis 17:26

In the very same day Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

Genesis 17:27

All the men of his household, who were born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

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Genesis 18:1

Now the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day.

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Genesis 18:2

When he lifted up his eyes and looked, behold, three men were standing opposite him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth,

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Genesis 18:3

and said, "My Lord, if now I have found favor in Your sight, please do not pass Your servant by.

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Genesis 18:4

Please let a little water be brought and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree;

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Genesis 18:5

and I will bring a piece of bread, that you may refresh yourselves; after that you may go on, since you have visited your servant." And they said, "So do, as you have said."

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Genesis 18:6

So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly, prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it and make bread cakes."

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Genesis 18:7

Abraham also ran to the herd, and took a tender and choice calf and gave it to the servant, and he hurried to prepare it.

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Genesis 18:8

He took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and placed it before them; and he was standing by them under the tree as they ate.

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Genesis 18:9

Then they said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" And he said, "There, in the tent."

Genesis 18:10

He said, "I will surely return to you at this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door, which was behind him.

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Genesis 18:11

Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; Sarah was past childbearing.

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Genesis 18:12

Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"

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Genesis 18:13

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

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Genesis 18:14

Is anything too difficult for the Lord ? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son."

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Genesis 18:15

Sarah denied it however, saying, "I did not laugh"; for she was afraid. And He said, "No, but you did laugh."

Genesis 18:16

Then the men rose up from there, and looked down toward Sodom; and Abraham was walking with them to send them off.

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Genesis 18:17

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

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Genesis 18:18

since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed?

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Genesis 18:19

For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him."

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Genesis 18:20

And the Lord said, "The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.

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Genesis 18:21

I will go down now, and see if they have done entirely according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know."

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Genesis 18:22

Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before the Lord .

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Genesis 18:23

Abraham came near and said, "Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

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Genesis 18:24

Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it?

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Genesis 18:25

Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?"

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Genesis 18:26

So the Lord said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place on their account."

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Genesis 18:27

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

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Genesis 18:28

Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five?" And He said, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there."

Genesis 18:29

He spoke to Him yet again and said, "Suppose forty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do it on account of the forty."

Genesis 18:30

Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak; suppose thirty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do it if I find thirty there."

Genesis 18:31

And he said, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the twenty."

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Genesis 18:32

Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the ten."

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Genesis 18:33

As soon as He had finished speaking to Abraham the Lord departed, and Abraham returned to his place.

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Genesis 19:1

Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.

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Genesis 19:2

And he said, "Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way." They said however, "No, but we shall spend the night in the square."

Genesis 19:3

Yet he urged them strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he prepared a feast for them, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

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Genesis 19:4

Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;

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Genesis 19:5

and they called to Lot and said to him, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them."

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Genesis 19:6

But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him,

Genesis 19:7

and said, "Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly.

Genesis 19:8

Now behold, I have two daughters who have not had relations with man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them whatever you like; only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the shelter of my roof."

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Genesis 19:9

But they said, "Stand aside." Furthermore, they said, "This one came in as an alien, and already he is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them." So they pressed hard against Lot and came near to break the door.

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Genesis 19:10

But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

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Genesis 19:11

They struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the doorway.

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Genesis 19:12

Then the two men said to Lot, "Whom else have you here? A son-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whomever you have in the city, bring them out of the place;

Genesis 19:13

for we are about to destroy this place, because their outcry has become so great before the Lord that the Lord has sent us to destroy it."

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Genesis 19:14

Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, "Up, get out of this place, for the Lord will destroy the city." But he appeared to his sons-in-law to be jesting.

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Genesis 19:15

When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city."

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Genesis 19:16

But he hesitated. So the men seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two daughters, for the compassion of the Lord was upon him; and they brought him out, and put him outside the city.

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Genesis 19:17

When they had brought them outside, one said, "Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay anywhere in the valley; escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away."

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Genesis 19:18

But Lot said to them, "Oh no, my lords!

Genesis 19:19

Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I will die;

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Genesis 19:20

now behold, this town is near enough to flee to, and it is small. Please, let me escape there (is it not small?) that my life may be saved."

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Genesis 19:21

He said to him, "Behold, I grant you this request also, not to overthrow the town of which you have spoken.

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Genesis 19:22

Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar.

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Genesis 19:23

The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

Genesis 19:24

Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven,

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Genesis 19:25

and He overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.

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Genesis 19:26

But his wife, from behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

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Genesis 19:27

Now Abraham arose early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the Lord ;

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Genesis 19:28

and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley, and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a furnace.

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Genesis 19:29

Thus it came about, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.

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Genesis 19:30

Lot went up from Zoar, and stayed in the mountains, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to stay in Zoar; and he stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters.

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Genesis 19:31

Then the firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of the earth.

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Genesis 19:32

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with him that we may preserve our family through our father."

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Genesis 19:33

So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

Genesis 19:34

On the following day, the firstborn said to the younger, "Behold, I lay last night with my father; let us make him drink wine tonight also; then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve our family through our father."

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Genesis 19:35

So they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger arose and lay with him; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

Genesis 19:36

Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

Genesis 19:37

The firstborn bore a son, and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

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Genesis 19:38

As for the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi; he is the father of the sons of Ammon to this day.

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Genesis 20:1

Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar.

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Genesis 20:2

Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

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Genesis 20:3

But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married."

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Genesis 20:4

Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, "Lord, will You slay a nation, even though blameless?

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Genesis 20:5

Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister'? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this."

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Genesis 20:6

Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.

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Genesis 20:7

Now therefore, restore the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours."

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Genesis 20:8

So Abimelech arose early in the morning and called all his servants and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were greatly frightened.

Genesis 20:9

Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done."

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Genesis 20:10

And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What have you encountered, that you have done this thing?"

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Genesis 20:11

Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.

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Genesis 20:12

Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife;

Genesis 20:13

and it came about, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, ‘This is the kindness which you will show to me: everywhere we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"

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Genesis 20:14

Abimelech then took sheep and oxen and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored his wife Sarah to him.

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Genesis 20:15

Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you; settle wherever you please."

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Genesis 20:16

To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, it is your vindication before all who are with you, and before all men you are cleared."

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Genesis 20:17

Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, so that they bore children.

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Genesis 20:18

For the Lord had closed fast all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

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Genesis 21:1

Then the Lord took note of Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had promised.

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Genesis 21:2

So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.

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Genesis 21:3

Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

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Genesis 21:4

Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

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Genesis 21:5

Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

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Genesis 21:6

Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me."

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Genesis 21:7

And she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."

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Genesis 21:8

The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

Genesis 21:9

Now Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

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Genesis 21:10

Therefore she said to Abraham, "Drive out this maid and her son, for the son of this maid shall not be an heir with my son Isaac."

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Genesis 21:11

The matter distressed Abraham greatly because of his son.

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Genesis 21:12

But God said to Abraham, "Do not be distressed because of the lad and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for through Isaac your descendants shall be named.

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Genesis 21:13

And of the son of the maid I will make a nation also, because he is your descendant."

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Genesis 21:14

So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.

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Genesis 21:15

When the water in the skin was used up, she left the boy under one of the bushes.

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Genesis 21:16

Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, "Do not let me see the boy die." And she sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice and wept.

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Genesis 21:17

God heard the lad crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What is the matter with you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

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Genesis 21:18

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him by the hand, for I will make a great nation of him."

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Genesis 21:19

Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the skin with water and gave the lad a drink.

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Genesis 21:20

God was with the lad, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

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Genesis 21:21

He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

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Genesis 21:22

Now it came about at that time that Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do;

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Genesis 21:23

now therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but according to the kindness that I have shown to you, you shall show to me and to the land in which you have sojourned."

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Genesis 21:24

Abraham said, "I swear it."

Genesis 21:25

But Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well of water which the servants of Abimelech had seized.

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Genesis 21:26

And Abimelech said, "I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor did I hear of it until today."

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Genesis 21:27

Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.

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Genesis 21:28

Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

Genesis 21:29

Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs mean, which you have set by themselves?"

Genesis 21:30

He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness to me, that I dug this well."

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Genesis 21:31

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.

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Genesis 21:32

So they made a covenant at Beersheba; and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, arose and returned to the land of the Philistines.

Genesis 21:33

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord , the Everlasting God.

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Genesis 21:34

And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines for many days.

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Genesis 22:1

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

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Genesis 22:2

He said, "Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you."

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Genesis 22:3

So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son; and he split wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

Genesis 22:4

On the third day Abraham raised his eyes and saw the place from a distance.

Genesis 22:5

Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over there; and we will worship and return to you."

Genesis 22:6

Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together.

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Genesis 22:7

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?"

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Genesis 22:8

Abraham said, "God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." So the two of them walked on together.

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Genesis 22:9

Then they came to the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

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Genesis 22:10

Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

Genesis 22:11

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

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Genesis 22:12

He said, "Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me."

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Genesis 22:13

Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.

Genesis 22:14

Abraham called the name of that place The Lord Will Provide, as it is said to this day, "In the mount of the Lord it will be provided."

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Genesis 22:15

Then the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven,

Genesis 22:16

and said, "By Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord , because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,

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Genesis 22:17

indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.

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Genesis 22:18

In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."

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Genesis 22:19

So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham lived at Beersheba.

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Genesis 22:20

Now it came about after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

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Genesis 22:21

Uz his firstborn and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram

Genesis 22:22

and Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel."

Genesis 22:23

Bethuel became the father of Rebekah; these eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

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Genesis 22:24

His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.

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Genesis 23:1

Now Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

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Genesis 23:2

Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

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Genesis 23:3

Then Abraham rose from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

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Genesis 23:4

"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."

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Genesis 23:5

The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

Genesis 23:6

"Hear us, my lord, you are a mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead."

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Genesis 23:7

So Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.

Genesis 23:8

And he spoke with them, saying, "If it is your wish for me to bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and approach Ephron the son of Zohar for me,

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Genesis 23:9

that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he owns, which is at the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in your presence for a burial site."

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Genesis 23:10

Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth; even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,

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Genesis 23:11

"No, my lord, hear me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead."

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Genesis 23:12

And Abraham bowed before the people of the land.

Genesis 23:13

He spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, "If you will only please listen to me; I will give the price of the field, accept it from me that I may bury my dead there."

Genesis 23:14

Then Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

Genesis 23:15

"My lord, listen to me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? So bury your dead."

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