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The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself.”
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That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.
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No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
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Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”
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I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”
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What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?
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The Lord said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
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what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?” “If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”
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They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”
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because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.”
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But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.)
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Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.”
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God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
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So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.
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Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.
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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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So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”
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The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time
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Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
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Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
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“No, my lord,” he said. “Listen to me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
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Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
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So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she said.
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Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.
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Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people.
