You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

“Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”

that you will do us no harm, just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the Lord.”

Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.

But Joseph said, “Far be it from me to do such a thing! Only the man who was found to have the cup will become my slave. The rest of you, go back to your father in peace.”

Your father’s blessings are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than the bounty of the age-old hills. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.

“‘I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove wild beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country.

the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”’

about the well that the princes dug, that the nobles of the people sank— the nobles with scepters and staffs.” Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah,

Therefore tell him I am making my covenant of peace with him.

From the Desert of Kedemoth I sent messengers to Sihon king of Heshbon offering peace and saying,

When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace.

If they refuse to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city.

with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness and the favor of him who dwelt in the burning bush. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.

Then Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath.

The Sun Stands Still

Now Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Ai and totally destroyed it, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and that the people of Gibeon had made a treaty of peace with Israel and had become their allies.

“Come up and help me attack Gibeon,” he said, “because it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

Except for the Hivites living in Gibeon, not one city made a treaty of peace with the Israelites, who took them all in battle.

all the towns on the plateau and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba—princes allied with Sihon—who lived in that country.

So the land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

That day Moab was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace for eighty years.

“When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly offer themselves— praise the Lord!

My heart is with Israel’s princes, with the willing volunteers among the people. Praise the Lord!

The princes of Issachar were with Deborah; yes, Issachar was with Barak, sent under his command into the valley. In the districts of Reuben there was much searching of heart.

“So may all your enemies perish, Lord! But may all who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had peace forty years.