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When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”
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The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
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God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.
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This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.
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The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
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“As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”
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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:
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But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?”
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Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half.
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You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.
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In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”
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No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
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I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
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Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.
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For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring.
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God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.
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Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.”
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And when God had me wander from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
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And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
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When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
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When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” he answered.
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Isaac asked his son, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?” “The Lord your God gave me success,” he replied.
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When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him, I’ll send word for you to come back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
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Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac;
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He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”
