The Sign of the Covenant

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.

May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and numerous, that you may become a company of peoples.

God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall spring from you.

may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, so that he may send back your other brother and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and he blessed me

by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name ‘The Lord’ I did not make myself known to them.

the oracle of one who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, who falls down but with eyes uncovered:

the oracle of one who hears the words of God and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, who falls down but with eyes uncovered:

She said to them, “Call me no longer Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me.

I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty; why call me Naomi when the Lord has dealt harshly with me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?”

“How happy is the one whom God reproves; therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

“Those who withhold kindness from a friend forsake the fear of the Almighty.

Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?

If you will seek God and make supplication to the Almighty,

“Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?

But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

Because they stretched out their hands against God and bid defiance to the Almighty,

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’

Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?

They said to God, ‘Leave us alone,’ and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’

If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored, if you remove unrighteousness from your tents,

and if the Almighty is your gold and your precious silver,