²⁴ But God came to Laban the Aramean ^(A)in a dream by night and said to him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, ^(B)either good or bad.”

⁵⁰ Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, “The thing has come from the Lord; we cannot ^(A)speak to you bad or good.

^3 (A)But God came to Abimelech ^(B)in a dream by night and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man's wife.”

²⁹ It is ^(A)in my power to do you harm. But the ^(B)God of your^[a] father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, ^(C)either good or bad.’

^13 (A)‘If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad ^(B)of my own will. What the Lord speaks, that will I speak’?

^42 (A)If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the ^(B)Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. ^(C)God saw my affliction and the labor of my hands and ^(D)rebuked you last night.”

¹⁹ Besides, while he was sitting on ^(A)the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with ^(B)that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today ^(C)in a dream.”

²² But Absalom spoke to Amnon ^(A)neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had violated his sister Tamar.

²⁰ But as he considered these things, behold, ^(A)an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.