And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth.

And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

And the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:

Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.

And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets, saying,

Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations.

The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer–sheba.

And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:

But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.

And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,

But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.

And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.

Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.

And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai–roi.

Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.

Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.

For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar.

And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.

That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.

And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer–sheba.

And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, having Beth–el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai–roi.

Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,

And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.

Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.

Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the Lord hath spoken.

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

That the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, I am the Lord: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.

For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.

And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.

And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets, saying,

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth.

And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.

Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord.

And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.

And the Lord spake unto me, saying,

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.

And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the Lord hath spoken.

God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.

Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.

And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.

And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.

O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets, saying,

Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.

God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations.