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Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
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Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
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Noah and the Flood
This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.
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So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.
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I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.
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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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Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.
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Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.”
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Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar.
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The Lord’s Covenant With Abram
After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
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He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it.”
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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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Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.”
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The Covenant of Circumcision
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
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This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
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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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So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
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Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’
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Then the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
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Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,
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The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.
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To Sarah he said, “I am giving your brother a thousand shekels of silver. This is to cover the offense against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated.”
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Abraham Tested
Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
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But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
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“I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.”
