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I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
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Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”
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Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.
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Abram and Lot Separate
So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him.
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When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
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And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
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He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
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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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On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.
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And every male in Abraham’s household, including those born in his household or bought from a foreigner, was circumcised with him.
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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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Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house.
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So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
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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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Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”
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Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, “I cannot watch the boy die.” And as she sat there, she began to sob.
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The Treaty at Beersheba
At that time Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do.
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Isaac and Rebekah
Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way.
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My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.
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Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.
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because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.”
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When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”
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So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, “She is really your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.”
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When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.”
