The Call of Abram

The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.

Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die.

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.”’”

Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness I have shown to you.”

Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”

Then he prayed, “Lord, God of my master Abraham, make me successful today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

May it be that when I say to a young woman, ‘Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too’—let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”

Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn.”

I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.

But when all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness; mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison.

“It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.

When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise that you will show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

Then Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink. There the Lord issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test.

Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave.

but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

and do not show favoritism to a poor person in a lawsuit.

Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.

See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

“Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain.

Make the altar hollow, out of boards. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.

Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”

But if the rash does spread in their skin after they have shown themselves to the priest to be pronounced clean, they must appear before the priest again.

if the affected area in the fabric, the leather, the woven or knitted material, or any leather article, is greenish or reddish, it is a defiling mold and must be shown to the priest.