Genesis 11:27-25:18

Terah's Descendants

27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. 28 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was i Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, j Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah. 30 Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.

31 Terah k took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together l from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there. 32 The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran.

Genesis 12

The Call of Abram

1 Now m the Lord said 1 to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. 2 n And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 o I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and p in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." 2

4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from q Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, 6 Abram r passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to s the oak 3 of t Moreh. At that time u the Canaanites were in the land. 7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, v "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8 From there he moved to the hill country on the east of w Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord. 9 And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb.

Abram and Sarai in Egypt

10 Now x there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, "I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, 12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they y will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake." 14 When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. 15 And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

17 But the Lord z afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 18 So Pharaoh called Abram and said, "What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her, and go." 20 And Pharaoh gave men orders concerning him, and they sent him away with his wife and all that he had.

Genesis 13

Abram and Lot Separate

1 So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, a into the Negeb.

2 b Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, 4 to c the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the name of the Lord. 5 And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, 6 so that d the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together, 7 e and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. At that time f the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land.

8 Then Abram said to Lot, g "Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, h for we are kinsmen. 4 9 i Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left." 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the j Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like k the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of l Zoar. (This was before the Lord m destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) 11 So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley, and Lot journeyed east. Thus they separated from each other. 12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom n were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.

14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, "Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, o northward and southward and eastward and westward, 15 for all the land that you see I will give p to you and q to your offspring forever. 16 r I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. 17 Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you." 18 So Abram moved his tent and came and s settled by the t oaks 5 of Mamre, which u are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.

Genesis 14

Abram Rescues Lot

1 In the days of Amraphel king of v Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of w Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, 2 these kings made war with x Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of y Admah, Shemeber king of y Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). 3 And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim ( z that is, the Salt Sea). 4 Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the a Rephaim in b Ashteroth-karnaim, the c Zuzim in Ham, the d Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, 6 and the e Horites in their hill country of Seir as far as f El-paran on the border of the wilderness. 7 Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, g Kadesh) and defeated all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who were dwelling h in Hazazon-tamar.

8 Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out, and they joined battle in the Valley of Siddim 9 with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five. 10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of i bitumen pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled j to the hill country. 11 So the enemy took k all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way. 12 They also took Lot, l the son of Abram's brother, m who was dwelling in Sodom, and his possessions, and went their way.

13 Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, n who was living by the o oaks 6 of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram. 14 When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, p born in his house, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as q Dan. 15 And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus. 16 Then he brought back all the possessions, and also brought back his kinsman Lot r with his possessions, and the women and the people.

Abram Blessed by Melchizedek

17 After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the s King's Valley). 18 And t Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was u priest of v God Most High.)

19 And he blessed him and said,
w "Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
x Possessor 7 of heaven and earth;

20 and blessed be God Most High,
who has delivered your enemies into your hand!"
And Abram gave him y a tenth of everything.
21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the persons, but take the goods for yourself." 22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, z "I have lifted my hand 8 to the Lord, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth, 23 that a I would not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.' 24 I will take nothing but what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me. Let b Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre take their share."

Genesis 15

God's Covenant with Abram

1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: c "Fear not, Abram, I am d your shield; your reward shall be very great." 2 But Abram said, "O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue 9 childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?" 3 And Abram said, "Behold, you have given me no offspring, and e a member of my household will be my heir." 4 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: "This man shall not be your heir; f your very own son 10 shall be your heir." 5 And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and g number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, h "So shall your offspring be." 6 And i he believed the Lord, and j he counted it to him as righteousness.

7 And he said to him, "I am the Lord who k brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans l to give you this land to possess." 8 But he said, "O Lord God, m how am I to know that I shall possess it?" 9 He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon." 10 And he brought him all these, n cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But o he did not cut the birds in half. 11 And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

12 As the sun was going down, a p deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then the Lord said to Abram, "Know for certain q that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and r they will be afflicted for s four hundred years. 14 But t I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward u they shall come out with great possessions. 15 As for yourself, you shall go to your fathers in peace; v you shall be buried in a good old age. 16 And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for w the iniquity of the Amorites x is not yet complete."

17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, y "To your offspring I give 11 this land, from z the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, 19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites."

Genesis 16

Sarai and Hagar

1 a Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was b Hagar. 2 And Sarai said to Abram, "Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children 12 by her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3 So, after Abram c had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife. 4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, d she looked with contempt on her mistress. 13 5 And Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May e the Lord judge between you and me!" 6 But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please." Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.

7 The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to f Shur. 8 And he said, "Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai." 9 The angel of the Lord said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her." 10 The angel of the Lord also said to her, g "I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude."

11 And the angel of the Lord said to her,
"Behold, you are pregnant
and shall bear a son.
You shall call his name Ishmael, 14
h because the Lord has listened to your affliction.
12 He shall be i a wild donkey of a man,
his hand against everyone
and everyone's hand against him,
and he shall dwell j over against all his kinsmen."

13 So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, "You are a God of seeing," 15 for she said, k "Truly here I have seen him who looks after me." 16 14 Therefore the well was called l Beer-lahai-roi; 17 it lies between m Kadesh and Bered.

15 And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

Genesis 17

Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; 18 walk before me, and be n blameless, 2 that I may make my covenant between me and you, and o may multiply you greatly." 3 Then Abram p fell on his face. And God said to him, 4 "Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be q the father of a multitude of nations. 5 No longer shall your name be called Abram, 19 but r your name shall be Abraham, 20 s for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make t you into nations, and u kings shall come from you. 7 And I will v establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, w to be God to you and to your offspring after you. 8 And x I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and y I will be their God."

9 And God said to Abraham, "As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a z sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 He who is a eight days old among you shall be circumcised. Every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house or b bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring, 13 both he who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money, shall surely be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant. 14 Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant."

Isaac's Birth Promised

15 And God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah 21 shall be her name. 16 I will bless her, and moreover, I will c give 22 you a son by her. I will bless her, and d she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her." 17 Then Abraham e fell on his face f and laughed and said to himself, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?" 18 And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!" 19 God said, "No, but g Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name h Isaac. 23 I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him. 20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and i multiply him greatly. He j shall father twelve princes, and k I will make him into a great nation. 21 But l I will establish my covenant with Isaac, m whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year."

22 When he had finished talking with him, n God went up from Abraham. 23 Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him. 24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 That very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised. 27 And all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

Genesis 18

1 And the Lord appeared to him by the o oaks 24 of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. p When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth 3 and said, "O Lord, 25 if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant. 4 Let a q little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree, 5 while I bring a morsel of bread, that r you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on - s since you have come to your servant." So they said, "Do as you have said." 6 And Abraham went quickly into the tent to Sarah and said, "Quick! Three seahs 26 of fine flour! Knead it, and make cakes." 7 And Abraham ran to the herd and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to a young man, who prepared it quickly. 8 Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them. And he stood by them under the tree while they ate.

9 They said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" And he said, "She is t in the tent." 10 The Lord said, "I will surely return to you u about this time next year, and v Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him. 11 Now w Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah. 12 x So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, y "After I am worn out, and z my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?" 13 The Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?' 14 a Is anything too hard 27 for the Lord? b At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son." 15 But Sarah denied it, 28 saying, "I did not laugh," for she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh."

16 Then the men set out from there, and they looked down toward Sodom. And Abraham went with them to set them on their way. 17 The Lord said, c "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, 18 seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be d blessed in him? 19 For I have e chosen 29 him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him." 20 Then the Lord said, "Because f the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, 21 g I will go down to see whether they have done altogether 30 according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, h I will know."

Abraham Intercedes for Sodom

22 i So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham j still stood before the Lord. 23 Then Abraham drew near and said, k "Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, l so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! m Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?" 26 And the Lord said, n "If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake."

27 Abraham answered and said, o "Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. 28 Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?" And he said, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there." 29 Again he spoke to him and said, "Suppose forty are found there." He answered, "For the sake of forty I will not do it." 30 Then he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there." He answered, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there." 31 He said, "Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there." He answered, "For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it." 32 Then he said, p "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there." He answered, "For the sake of ten I will not destroy it." 33 And the Lord went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

Genesis 19

God Rescues Lot

1 The q two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth 2 and said, "My lords, r please turn aside to your servant's house and spend the night s and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way." They said, t "No; we will spend the night in the town square." 3 But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house. 5 u And they called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? v Bring them out to us, that we w may know them." 6 Lot went out to the men at the entrance, shut the door after him, 7 and said, "I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly. 8 x Behold, I have two daughters who have not known any man. Let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please. Only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof." 9 But they said, "Stand back!" And they said, "This fellow y came to sojourn, and z he has become the judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them." Then they pressed hard against the man Lot, and drew near to break the door down. 10 But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them and shut the door. 11 And they struck with a blindness the men who were at the entrance of the house, both small and great, so that they wore themselves out groping for the door.

12 Then the men said to Lot, "Have you anyone else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone you have in the city, b bring them out of the place. 13 For we are about to destroy this place, c because the outcry against its people has become great before the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it." 14 So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, d "Up! Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city." But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting.

15 As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city." 16 But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, e the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city. 17 And as they brought them out, one said, "Escape for your life. f Do not look back or stop anywhere in the g valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away." 18 And Lot said to them, "Oh, no, my lords. 19 Behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life. But I cannot escape to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me and I die. 20 Behold, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there - is it not a little one? - and my life will be saved!" 21 He said to him, "Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken. 22 Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there." Therefore the name of the city was called h Zoar. 31

God Destroys Sodom

23 The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar. 24 Then i the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven. 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. 26 But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back, and she became j a pillar of salt.

27 And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had k stood before the Lord. 28 And he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley, and he looked and, behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.

29 So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God l remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived.

Lot and His Daughters

30 Now Lot went up out of Zoar and m lived in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth. 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father." 33 So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

34 The next day, the firstborn said to the younger, "Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also. Then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father." 35 So they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. 36 Thus both the daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father. 37 The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab. 32 n He is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 The younger also bore a son and called his name Ben-ammi. 33 o He is the father of the Ammonites to this day.

Genesis 20

Abraham and Abimelech

1 From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between p Kadesh and Shur; and he q sojourned in r Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, s "She is my sister." And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 3 t But God came to Abimelech u in a dream by night and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man's wife." 4 Now Abimelech had not approached her. So he said, v "Lord, will you kill an innocent people? 5 Did he not himself say to me, 'She is my sister'? And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this." 6 Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning w against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her. 7 Now then, return the man's wife, x for he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you y and all who are yours."

8 So Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants and told them all these things. And the men were very much afraid. 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done." 10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did you see, that you did this thing?" 11 Abraham said, "I did it because I thought, z There is no fear of God at all in this place, and a they will kill me because of my wife. 12 Besides, b she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father though not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife. 13 And when c God caused me to wander from my father's house, I said to her, 'This is the kindness you must do me: at every place to which we come, d say of me, He is my brother.'"

14 Then Abimelech e took sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and returned Sarah his wife to him. 15 And Abimelech said, "Behold, f my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you." 16 To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given g your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is h a sign of your innocence in the eyes of all 34 who are with you, and before everyone you are vindicated." 17 Then i Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children. 18 For the Lord j had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

Genesis 21

The Birth of Isaac

1 The Lord k visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah l as he had promised. 2 And Sarah m conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age n at the time of which God had spoken to him. 3 Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, o Isaac. 35 4 And Abraham p circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, q as God had commanded him. 5 r Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. 6 And Sarah said, s "God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me." 7 And she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? t Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."

God Protects Hagar and Ishmael

8 And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. 9 But Sarah u saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, v laughing. 36 10 So she said to Abraham, w "Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac." 11 And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son. 12 But God said to Abraham, "Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for x through Isaac shall your offspring be named. 13 And I will make y a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring." 14 So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of z Beersheba.

15 When the water in the skin was gone, she put the child under one of the bushes. 16 Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot, for she said, "Let me not look on the death of the child." And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. 18 Up! Lift up the boy, and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make him into a great nation." 19 Then a God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. 20 And God was with the boy, and he grew up. He lived in the wilderness b and became an expert with the bow. 21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

A Treaty with Abimelech

22 At that time c Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, d "God is with you in all that you do. 23 Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants or with my posterity, but e as I have dealt kindly with you, so you will deal with me and with the land where you have sojourned." 24 And Abraham said, "I will swear."

25 When Abraham reproved Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech's servants f had seized, 26 Abimelech said, "I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today." 27 So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men g made a covenant. 28 Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock apart. 29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?" 30 He said, "These seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand, that this 37 may be a witness for me that I dug this well." 31 Therefore h that place was called Beersheba, 38 because there both of them swore an oath. 32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines. 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and i called there on the name of the Lord, j the Everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned many days in the land of the Philistines.

Genesis 22

The Sacrifice of Isaac

1 After these things k God tested Abraham and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I." 2 He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to l the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you." 3 So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. 4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. 5 Then Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy 39 will go over there and worship and come again to you." 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and m laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac said to his father Abraham, "My father!" And he said, "Here am I, my son." He said, "Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?" 8 Abraham said, n "God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they went both of them together.

9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and o laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. 11 But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I." 12 He said, p "Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for q now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me." 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called the name of that place, r "The Lord will provide"; 40 as it is said to this day, "On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided." 41

15 And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven 16 and said, s "By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring t as the stars of heaven and u as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess v the gate of his 42 enemies, 18 and w in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, x because you have obeyed my voice." 19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to y Beersheba. And Abraham lived at y Beersheba.

20 Now after these things it was told to Abraham, "Behold, z Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor: 21 a Uz his firstborn, b Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel." 23 ( c Bethuel fathered Rebekah.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother. 24 Moreover, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Genesis 23

Sarah's Death and Burial

1 Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died at d Kiriath-arba (that is, e Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. 3 And Abraham rose up from before his dead and said to the Hittites, 43 4 f "I am a sojourner and foreigner among you; g give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight." 5 The Hittites answered Abraham, 6 "Hear us, my lord; you are a prince of God 44 among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb to hinder you from burying your dead." 7 Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites, the people of the land. 8 And he said to them, "If you are willing that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me and entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar, 9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he owns; it is at the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in your presence as property for a burying place."

10 Now Ephron was sitting among the Hittites, and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the Hittites, of all who h went in at the gate of his city, 11 "No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the sight of the sons of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead." 12 Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land. 13 And he said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, "But if you will, hear me: I give the price of the field. Accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there." 14 Ephron answered Abraham, 15 "My lord, listen to me: a piece of land worth four hundred i shekels 45 of silver, what is that between you and me? Bury your dead." 16 Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham j weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.

17 So k the field of Ephron in Machpelah, which was to the east of Mamre, the field with the cave that was in it and all the trees that were in the field, throughout its whole area, was made over 18 to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the Hittites, before all who went in at the gate of his city. 19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. 20 The field and the cave that is in it l were made over to Abraham as property for a burying place by the Hittites.

Genesis 24

Isaac and Rebekah

1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the Lord m had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said to his servant, n the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, o "Put your hand under my thigh, 3 that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that p you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell, 4 q but will go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac." 5 The servant said to him, "Perhaps the woman may not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?" 6 Abraham said to him, "See to it that you do not take my son back there. 7 The Lord, the God of heaven, r who took me from my father's house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me and swore to me, s 'To your offspring I will give this land,' t he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there. 8 But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then u you will be free from this oath of mine; only you must not take my son back there." 9 So the servant v put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.

10 Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master; and he arose and went to w Mesopotamia 46 to the city of Nahor. 11 And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time when x women go out to draw water. 12 And he said, "O Lord, y God of my master Abraham, z please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham. 13 Behold, a I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. 14 Let the young woman to whom I shall say, 'Please let down your jar that I may drink,' and who shall say, 'Drink, and I will water your camels' - let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. b By this 47 I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master."

15 Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of c Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water jar on her shoulder. 16 The young woman d was very attractive in appearance, a maiden 48 whom no man had known. She went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up. 17 Then the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please give me a little water to drink from your jar." 18 She said, "Drink, my lord." And she quickly let down her jar upon her hand and gave him a drink. 19 When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking." 20 So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw water, and she drew for all his camels. 21 The man gazed at her in silence to learn whether the Lord had prospered his journey or not.

22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel, 49 and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels, 23 and said, "Please tell me whose daughter you are. Is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?" 24 She said to him, e "I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor." 25 She added, "We have plenty of both straw and fodder, and room to spend the night." 26 f The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord 27 and said, "Blessed be the Lord, g the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken h his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord i has led me in the way to the house of my master's kinsmen." 28 Then the young woman ran and told her mother's household about these things.

29 Rebekah had a brother whose name was j Laban. Laban ran out toward the man, to the spring. 30 As soon as he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister's arms, and heard the words of Rebekah his sister, "Thus the man spoke to me," he went to the man. And behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring. 31 He said, "Come in, k O blessed of the Lord. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house and a place for the camels." 32 So the man came to the house and unharnessed the camels, and gave l straw and fodder to the camels, and there was m water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him. 33 Then food was set before him to eat. But he said, "I will not eat until I have said what I have to say." He said, "Speak on."

34 So he said, "I am Abraham's servant. 35 The Lord n has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys. 36 And Sarah my master's wife o bore a son to my master when she was old, and p to him he has given all that he has. 37 q My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell, 38 but you shall go to my father's house and to my clan and take a wife for my son.' 39 I said to my master, 'Perhaps the woman will not follow me.' 40 But he said to me, 'The Lord, r before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you and s prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son from my clan and from my father's house. 41 Then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my clan. And if they will not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.'

42 "I came today to the spring and said, t 'O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now you s are prospering the way that I go, 43 behold, I am standing u by the spring of water. Let the virgin who comes out to draw water, to whom I shall say, "Please give me a little water from your jar to drink," 44 v and who will say to me, "Drink, and I will draw for your camels also," let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master's son.'

45 "Before I had finished w speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her water jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. I said to her, 'Please let me drink.' 46 She quickly let down her jar from her shoulder and said, 'Drink, and I will give your camels drink also.' So I drank, and she gave the camels drink also. 47 Then I asked her, 'Whose daughter are you?' She said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.' x So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her arms. 48 y Then I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord, t the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way 50 to take z the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son. 49 Now then, if you are going to a show steadfast love and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left."

50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, "The thing has come from the Lord; we cannot b speak to you bad or good. 51 Behold, Rebekah is before you; take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master's son, c as the Lord has spoken."

52 When Abraham's servant heard their words, y he bowed himself to the earth before the Lord. 53 And the servant brought out jewelry of silver and of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave to her brother and to her mother costly ornaments. 54 And he and the men who were with him ate and drank, and they spent the night there. When they arose in the morning, he said, d "Send me away to my master." 55 Her brother and her mother said, "Let the young woman remain with us a while, at least ten days; after that she may go." 56 But he said to them, "Do not delay me, since the Lord has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master." 57 They said, "Let us call the young woman and ask her." 58 And they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" She said, "I will go." 59 So they sent away Rebekah their sister and e her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men.

60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,
"Our sister, may you f become
thousands of ten thousands,
and g may your offspring possess
the gate of those who hate him!" 51

61 Then Rebekah and her young women arose and rode on the camels and followed the man. Thus the servant took Rebekah and went his way.

62 Now Isaac had returned from h Beer-lahai-roi and was dwelling in the Negeb. 63 And Isaac went out i to meditate in the field toward evening. And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, there were camels coming. 64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel 65 and said to the servant, "Who is that man, walking in the field to meet us?" The servant said, "It is my master." So she took her veil and covered herself. 66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 67 Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was j comforted after his mother's k death.

Genesis 25

Abraham's Death and His Descendants

1 Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 l She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. 4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5 m Abraham gave all he had to Isaac. 6 But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he n sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward o to the east country.

7 These are the days of the years of Abraham's life, 175 years. 8 Abraham p breathed his last and q died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people. 9 Isaac and Ishmael r his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre, 10 the field s that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. t There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife. 11 After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at u Beer-lahai-roi.

12 These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, v whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham. 13 w These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: x Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and x Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15 Hadad, y Tema, z Jetur, z Naphish, and Kedemah. 16 These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, a twelve princes according to their tribes. 17 (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He b breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.) 18 c They settled from Havilah to d Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled 52 over against all his kinsmen.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 17:15
    And God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 22:20
    Now after these things it was told to Abraham, "Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 12:1
    Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 15:7
    And he said to him, "I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.
    Joshua 24:2
    And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Long ago, your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and they served other gods.
    Nehemiah 9:7
    You are the Lord, the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
    Acts 7:2
    And Stephen said: "Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.
    Acts 7:4
    Then he went out from the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And after his father died, God removed him from there into this land in which you are now living.
  5. Cross References
    Acts 7:3
    And said to him, 'Go out from your land and from your kindred and go into the land that I will show you.
    Hebrews 11:8
    By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 17:6
    I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you.
    Genesis 18:18
    Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
    Galatians 3:14
    So that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 27:29
    Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you!
    Numbers 24:9
    He crouched, he lay down like a lion and like a lioness; who will rouse him up? Blessed are those who bless you, and cursed are those who curse you.
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 18:18
    Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great...
    Genesis 22:18
    And in your offspring shall all the nations of ...
    Genesis 26:4
    I will multiply your offspring as the stars of ...
    Genesis 28:14
    Your offspring shall be like the dust of the ea...
    Jeremiah 4:2
    And if you swear, 'As the Lord lives,' in truth...
    Acts 3:25
    You are the sons of the prophets and of the cov...
    Galatians 3:16
    Now the promises were made to Abraham and to hi...
    Galatians 3:8
    And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would ju...
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 11:31
    Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there.
  10. Cross References
    Hebrews 11:9
    By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 13:18
    So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
  12. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 11:30
    Are they not beyond the Jordan, west of the road, toward the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oak of Moreh?
    Judges 7:1
    Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
  13. Cross References
    Genesis 13:7
    And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land.
  14. Cross References
    Genesis 13:15
    For all the land that you see I will give to yo...
    Genesis 17:8
    And I will give to you and to your offspring af...
    Exodus 33:1
    The Lord said to Moses, "Depart; go up from her...
    Psalms 105:9 - 12
    The covenant that he made with Abraham, his swo...
    Numbers 32:11
    Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt...
    Galatians 3:16
    Now the promises were made to Abraham and to hi...
  15. Cross References
    Genesis 28:19
    He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
  16. Cross References
    Genesis 26:1
    Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines.
    Genesis 43:1
    Now the famine was severe in the land.
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 20:1 - 18
    From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
    Genesis 26:6 - 11
    So Isaac settled in Gerar.
  18. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 16:21
    He allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account.
    Psalms 105:14
    He allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account.
  19. Cross References
    Genesis 12:9
    And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb.
  20. Cross References
    Genesis 24:35
    The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys.
    Psalms 112:1 - 3
    Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!
    Proverbs 10:22
    The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
  21. Cross References
    Genesis 12:7 - 8
    Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
  22. Cross References
    Genesis 36:6 - 7
    Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock, all his beasts, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan. He went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
  23. Cross References
    Genesis 26:20
    The herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
  24. Cross References
    Genesis 12:6
    Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
  25. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 6:1 - 8
    When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints?
  26. Cross References
    Acts 7:26
    And on the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them, saying, 'Men, you are brothers. Why do you wrong each other?
  27. Cross References
    Genesis 20:15
    And Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you.
    Genesis 34:10
    You shall dwell with us, and the land shall be open to you. Dwell and trade in it, and get property in it.
  28. Cross References
    Genesis 19:17
    And as they brought them out, one said, "Escape...
    Genesis 19:25
    And he overthrew those cities, and all the vall...
    Genesis 19:28
    And he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah an...
    Deuteronomy 34:3
    The Negeb, and the Plain, that is, the Valley o...
    1 Kings 7:46
    In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, ...
    Matthew 3:5
    Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region...
  29. Cross References
    Genesis 2:8
    And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
    Isaiah 51:3
    For the Lord comforts Zion; he comforts all her waste places and makes her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the Lord ; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song.
    Ezekiel 28:13
    You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared.
    Joel 2:3
    Fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden before them, but behind them a desolate wilderness, and nothing escapes them.
  30. Cross References
    Genesis 14:2
    These kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
    Genesis 14:8
    Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out, and they joined battle in the Valley of Siddim
    Genesis 19:22
    Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
  31. Cross References
    Genesis 19:24 - 25
    Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
  32. Cross References
    Genesis 18:20
    Then the Lord said, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave.
    Ezekiel 16:49
    Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.
    2 Peter 2:7 - 8
    And if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked
  33. Cross References
    Genesis 28:14
    Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
  34. Cross References
    Genesis 17:8
    And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.
    Genesis 28:13
    And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring.
    Genesis 35:12
    The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.
    Acts 7:5
    Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot's length, but promised to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, though he had no child.
  35. Cross References
    Genesis 12:7
    Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To y...
    Genesis 15:18
    On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram...
    Genesis 24:7
    The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from m...
    Genesis 26:4
    I will multiply your offspring as the stars of ...
    Deuteronomy 34:4
    And the Lord said to him, "This is the land of ...
    2 Chronicles 20:7
    Did you not, our God, drive out the inhabitants...
  36. Cross References
    Genesis 22:17
    I will surely bless you, and I will surely mult...
    Genesis 28:14
    Your offspring shall be like the dust of the ea...
    Genesis 32:12
    But you said, 'I will surely do you good, and m...
    Numbers 23:10
    Who can count the dust of Jacob or number the f...
    1 Kings 3:8
    And your servant is in the midst of your people...
    Genesis 15:5
    And he brought him outside and said, "Look towa...
  37. Cross References
    Genesis 14:13
    Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram.
  38. Cross References
    Genesis 12:6
    Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
  39. Cross References
    Genesis 35:27
    And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.
  40. Cross References
    Genesis 10:10
    The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
    Genesis 11:2
    And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
  41. Cross References
    Genesis 10:22
    The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
    Isaiah 11:11
    In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
    Acts 2:9
    Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia.
  42. Cross References
    Genesis 14:8
    Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out, and they joined battle in the Valley of Siddim
    Genesis 13:10
    And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
    Genesis 19:22
    Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
  43. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 29:23
    The whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath -
  44. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 29:23
    The whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath -
  45. Cross References
    Numbers 34:12
    And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its limit shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land as defined by its borders all around.
    Deuteronomy 3:17
    The Arabah also, with the Jordan as the border, from Chinnereth as far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah on the east.
    Joshua 3:16
    The waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho.
  46. Cross References
    Genesis 15:20
    The Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim.
    Deuteronomy 2:11
    Like the Anakim they are also counted as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.
    Deuteronomy 3:11
    (For only Og the king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bed was a bed of iron. Is it not in Rabbah of the Ammonites? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its breadth, according to the common cubit.)
  47. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 1:4
    After he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei.
  48. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 2:20
    (It is also counted as a land of Rephaim. Rephaim formerly lived there - but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim -
  49. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 2:10 - 11
    ( The Emim formerly lived there, a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim.
  50. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 2:12
    The Horites also lived in Seir formerly, but the people of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them and settled in their place, as Israel did to the land of their possession, which the Lord gave to them.)
    Deuteronomy 2:22
    As he did for the people of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them and they dispossessed them and settled in their place even to this day.
  51. Cross References
    Genesis 21:21
    He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
    Numbers 12:16
    After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
    Numbers 13:3
    So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel.
  52. Cross References
    Genesis 16:14
    Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
    Genesis 20:1
    From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
    Numbers 13:26
    And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
  53. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 20:2
    Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, "A great multitude is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the sea; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar" (that is, Engedi).
  54. Cross References
    Genesis 11:3
    And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
    Exodus 2:3
    When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank.
  55. Cross References
    Genesis 19:17
    And as they brought them out, one said, "Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.
    Genesis 19:30
    Now Lot went up out of Zoar and lived in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters.
  56. Cross References
    Genesis 14:16
    Then he brought back all the possessions, and also brought back his kinsman Lot with his possessions, and the women and the people.
    Genesis 14:21
    And the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the persons, but take the goods for yourself.
  57. Cross References
    Genesis 12:5
    And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan.
  58. Cross References
    Genesis 13:12
    Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
  59. Cross References
    Genesis 13:18
    So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
  60. Cross References
    Genesis 12:6
    Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
  61. Cross References
    Genesis 15:3
    And Abram said, "Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.
    Genesis 17:12 - 13
    He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised. Every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring.
    Genesis 17:23
    Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him.
    Genesis 17:27
    And all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
    Ecclesiastes 2:7
    I bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house. I had also great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.
  62. Cross References
    Judges 18:29
    And they named the city Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel; but the name of the city was Laish at the first.
  63. Cross References
    Genesis 14:11 - 12
    So the enemy took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way.
  64. Cross References
    2 Samuel 18:18
    Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the pillar that is in the King's Valley, for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in remembrance." He called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom's monument to this day.
  65. Cross References
    Hebrews 7:1
    For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him.
  66. Cross References
    Psalms 110:4
    The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind...
    Hebrews 5:6
    As he says also in another place, "You are a pr...
    Hebrews 5:10
    Being designated by God a high priest after the...
    Hebrews 7:1
    For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of ...
    Hebrews 7:11
    Now if perfection had been attainable through t...
    Hebrews 7:17
    For it is witnessed of him, "You are a priest f...
  67. Cross References
    Psalms 57:2
    I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.
    Acts 16:17
    She followed Paul and us, crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.
  68. Cross References
    Hebrews 7:6 - 7
    But this man who does not have his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
  69. Cross References
    Matthew 11:25
    At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children.
  70. Cross References
    Hebrews 7:4
    See how great this man was to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils!
    Genesis 28:22
    And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you.
  71. Cross References
    Exodus 6:8
    I will bring you into the land that I swore to ...
    Numbers 14:30
    Not one shall come into the land where I swore ...
    Deuteronomy 32:40
    For I lift up my hand to heaven and swear, As I...
    Ezekiel 20:5 - 6
    And say to them, Thus says the Lord God : On th...
    Ezekiel 20:15
    Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness tha...
    Ezekiel 20:23
    Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness tha...
    Ezekiel 20:28
    For when I had brought them into the land that ...
    Daniel 12:7
    And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was a...
    Revelation 10:5 - 6
    And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea an...
  72. Cross References
    Esther 9:15 - 16
    The Jews who were in Susa gathered also on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and they killed 300 men in Susa, but they laid no hands on the plunder.
  73. Cross References
    Genesis 14:13
    Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram.
  74. Cross References
    Genesis 26:24
    And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake.
    Daniel 10:12
    Then he said to me, "Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words.
    Luke 1:13
    But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
    Luke 1:30
    And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
  75. Cross References
    Psalms 3:3
    But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
    Psalms 18:2
    The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
    Psalms 84:11
    For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
    Psalms 119:114
    You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.
  76. Cross References
    Genesis 14:14
    When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
  77. Cross References
    Genesis 17:16
    I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.
  78. Cross References
    Psalms 147:4
    He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.
  79. Cross References
    Genesis 22:17
    I will surely bless you, and I will surely mult...
    Genesis 26:4
    I will multiply your offspring as the stars of ...
    Exodus 32:13
    Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your serva...
    Deuteronomy 1:10
    The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behol...
    Deuteronomy 10:22
    Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons...
    1 Chronicles 27:23
    David did not count those below twenty years of...
    Hebrews 11:12
    Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead...
    Romans 4:18
    In hope he believed against hope, that he shoul...
  80. Cross References
    Romans 4:9
    Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.
    Romans 4:22
    That is why his faith was "counted to him as righteousness.
    Galatians 3:6
    Just as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"?
    James 2:23
    And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness" - and he was called a friend of God.
  81. Cross References
    Romans 4:3
    For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.
    Psalms 106:31
    And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.
  82. Cross References
    Genesis 11:31
    Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there.
    Genesis 12:1
    Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.
    Nehemiah 9:7 - 8
    You are the Lord, the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
    Acts 7:2 - 4
    And Stephen said: "Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.
  83. Cross References
    Psalms 105:42
    For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham, his servant.
    Psalms 105:44
    And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil.
  84. Cross References
    Judges 6:17
    And he said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.
    2 Kings 20:8
    And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?
    Psalms 86:17
    Show me a sign of your favor, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.
    Isaiah 7:11 - 13
    "Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven."
    Luke 1:18
    And Zechariah said to the angel, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.
  85. Cross References
    Jeremiah 34:18 - 19
    And the men who transgressed my covenant and did not keep the terms of the covenant that they made before me, I will make them like the calf that they cut in two and passed between its parts -
  86. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:17
    He shall tear it open by its wings, but shall not sever it completely. And the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
  87. Cross References
    Genesis 2:21
    So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
  88. Cross References
    Acts 7:6 - 7
    And God spoke to this effect - that his offspring would be sojourners in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and afflict them four hundred years.
  89. Cross References
    Exodus 1:11 - 12
    Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.
    Exodus 3:7
    Then the Lord said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings.
  90. Cross References
    Acts 7:6
    And God spoke to this effect - that his offspring would be sojourners in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and afflict them four hundred years.
    Exodus 12:40 - 41
    The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years.
    Galatians 3:17
    This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void.
  91. Cross References
    Exodus 6:6
    Say therefore to the people of Israel, 'I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.
  92. Cross References
    Exodus 12:36
    And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.
    Psalms 105:37
    Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
  93. Cross References
    Genesis 25:8
    Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
  94. Cross References
    1 Kings 21:26
    He acted very abominably in going after idols, as the Amorites had done, whom the Lord cast out before the people of Israel.)
    Amos 2:9
    Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars and who was as strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.
  95. Cross References
    Daniel 8:23
    And at the latter end of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached their limit, a king of bold face, one who understands riddles, shall arise.
    Matthew 23:32
    Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
    1 Thessalonians 2:16
    By hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved - so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But God's wrath has come upon them at last!
  96. Cross References
    Genesis 12:7
    Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To y...
    Genesis 13:15
    For all the land that you see I will give to yo...
    Genesis 24:7
    The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from m...
    Genesis 26:4
    I will multiply your offspring as the stars of ...
    Numbers 34:2
    Command the people of Israel, and say to them, ...
    Deuteronomy 34:4
    And the Lord said to him, "This is the land of ...
    Nehemiah 9:8
    You found his heart faithful before you, and ma...
  97. Cross References
    Exodus 23:31
    And I will set your border from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates, for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
    Deuteronomy 1:7
    Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Negeb and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
    Joshua 1:4
    From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory.
  98. Cross References
    Genesis 15:2 - 3
    But Abram said, "O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?
  99. Cross References
    Genesis 21:9
    But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing.
    Galatians 4:24
    Now this may be interpreted allegorically: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar.
  100. Cross References
    Genesis 12:5
    And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan.
  101. Cross References
    1 Samuel 1:6 - 7
    And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.
  102. Cross References
    Genesis 31:53
    The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
    1 Samuel 24:12
    May the Lord judge between me and you, may the Lord avenge me against you, but my hand shall not be against you.
  103. Cross References
    Genesis 25:18
    They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.
    Exodus 15:22
    Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
  104. Cross References
    Genesis 17:20
    As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.
    Genesis 21:18
    Up! Lift up the boy, and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make him into a great nation.
    Genesis 25:12 - 18
    These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.
  105. Cross References
    Genesis 29:32
    And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, "Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.
  106. Cross References
    Job 39:5 - 8
    Who has let the wild donkey go free? Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey.
    Genesis 21:20
    And God was with the boy, and he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow.
  107. Cross References
    Genesis 25:18
    They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.
  108. Cross References
    Genesis 32:30
    So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.
    Exodus 19:21
    And the Lord said to Moses, "Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord to look and many of them perish.
    Exodus 33:20
    But," he said, "you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.
    Judges 13:22
    And Manoah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, for we have seen God.
  109. Cross References
    Genesis 24:62
    Now Isaac had returned from Beer-lahai-roi and was dwelling in the Negeb.
    Genesis 25:11
    After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi.
  110. Cross References
    Genesis 14:7
    Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh) and defeated all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who were dwelling in Hazazon-tamar.
    Genesis 20:1
    From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
    Numbers 13:26
    And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
  111. Cross References
    Genesis 6:9
    These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
    Deuteronomy 18:13
    You shall be blameless before the Lord your God.
    Job 1:1
    There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
    Psalms 119:1
    Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
    Matthew 5:48
    You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
  112. Cross References
    Genesis 12:2
    And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
    Genesis 13:16
    I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.
    Genesis 22:17
    I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.
  113. Cross References
    Genesis 17:17
    Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?
  114. Cross References
    Romans 4:11 - 12
    He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well.
    Romans 4:16
    That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring - not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
  115. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:7
    You are the Lord, the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
  116. Cross References
    Romans 4:17
    As it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations" - in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
  117. Cross References
    Genesis 35:11
    And 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 come from your own body.
  118. Cross References
    Genesis 17:16
    I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.
  119. Cross References
    Galatians 3:17
    This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void.
  120. Cross References
    Hebrews 11:16
    But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
    Genesis 26:24
    And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake.
    Genesis 28:13
    And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring.
  121. Cross References
    Genesis 12:7
    Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
    Genesis 13:15
    For all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.
    Psalms 105:11
    Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion for an inheritance.
  122. Cross References
    Exodus 6:7
    I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
    Leviticus 26:12
    And I will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people.
  123. Cross References
    Acts 7:8
    And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
    Romans 4:11
    He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well.
  124. Cross References
    Leviticus 12:3
    And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
    Luke 1:59
    And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father.
    Luke 2:21
    And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
    Philippians 3:5
    Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee.
  125. Cross References
    Exodus 12:48 - 49
    If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
  126. Cross References
    Genesis 18:10
    The Lord said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.
  127. Cross References
    Genesis 35:11
    And 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 come from your own body.
  128. Cross References
    Genesis 17:3
    Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him.
  129. Cross References
    Genesis 21:6
    And Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me.
    Romans 4:19
    He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead ( since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb.
    John 8:56
    Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.
  130. Cross References
    Genesis 18:10
    The Lord said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.
    Genesis 21:2
    And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.
    Galatians 4:23
    But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through promise.
    Galatians 4:28
    Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
  131. Cross References
    Genesis 21:3
    Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac.
  132. Cross References
    Genesis 16:10
    The angel of the Lord also said to her, "I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.
  133. Cross References
    Genesis 25:12 - 16
    These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.
  134. Cross References
    Genesis 21:13
    And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring.
    Genesis 21:18
    Up! Lift up the boy, and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make him into a great nation.
  135. Cross References
    Genesis 26:2 - 5
    And the Lord appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you.
  136. Cross References
    Genesis 21:2
    And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.
  137. Cross References
    Genesis 35:13
    Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him.
  138. Cross References
    Genesis 13:18
    So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
    Genesis 14:13
    Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram.
  139. Cross References
    Genesis 19:1
    The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth
    Hebrews 13:2
    Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
  140. Cross References
    Genesis 19:2
    And said, "My lords, please turn aside to your servant's house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way." They said, "No; we will spend the night in the town square.
    Genesis 24:32
    So the man came to the house and unharnessed the camels, and gave straw and fodder to the camels, and there was water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
    Genesis 43:24
    And when the man had brought the men into Joseph's house and given them water, and they had washed their feet, and when he had given their donkeys fodder.
    Luke 7:44
    Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
    John 13:14
    If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
  141. Cross References
    Judges 19:5
    And on the fourth day they arose early in the morning, and he prepared to go, but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, "Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and after that you may go.
    Psalms 104:15
    And wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man's heart.
  142. Cross References
    Genesis 19:8
    Behold, I have two daughters who have not known any man. Let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please. Only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof.
    Genesis 33:10
    Jacob said, "No, please, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand. For I have seen your face, which is like seeing the face of God, and you have accepted me.
  143. Cross References
    Genesis 24:67
    Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
  144. Cross References
    Genesis 18:14
    Is anything too hard for the Lord ? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.
    2 Kings 4:16
    And he said, "At this season, about this time next year, you shall embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your servant.
  145. Cross References
    Genesis 17:19
    God said, "No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.
    Genesis 17:21
    But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.
    Genesis 21:2
    And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.
    Romans 9:9
    For this is what the promise said: "About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.
  146. Cross References
    Genesis 17:17
    Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?
    Romans 4:19
    He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead ( since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb.
    Hebrews 11:11 - 12
    By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.
  147. Cross References
    Genesis 17:17
    Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?
  148. Cross References
    Luke 1:18
    And Zechariah said to the angel, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.
  149. Cross References
    1 Peter 3:6
    As Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.
  150. Cross References
    Job 42:2
    I know that you can do all things, and that no ...
    Jeremiah 32:17
    Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heave...
    Jeremiah 32:27
    Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is...
    Zechariah 8:6
    Thus says the Lord of hosts: If it is marvelous...
    Matthew 19:26
    But Jesus looked at them and said, "With man th...
    Luke 1:37
    For nothing will be impossible with God.
  151. Cross References
    Genesis 18:10
    The Lord said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.
  152. Cross References
    Psalms 25:14
    The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.
    Amos 3:7
    For the Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
    John 15:15
    No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
  153. Cross References
    Genesis 12:3
    I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
    Genesis 22:18
    And in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.
    Genesis 26:4
    I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.
    Acts 3:25
    You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
    Galatians 3:8
    And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed.
  154. Cross References
    Amos 3:2
    You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
  155. Cross References
    Genesis 4:10
    And the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.
    Genesis 19:13
    For we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against its people has become great before the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.
    Isaiah 3:9
    For the look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.
    Ezekiel 16:49 - 50
    Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.
    James 5:4
    Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
  156. Cross References
    Genesis 11:5
    And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.
    Genesis 11:7
    Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech.
    Exodus 3:8
    And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
  157. Cross References
    Joshua 22:22
    The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows; and let Israel itself know! If it was in rebellion or in breach of faith against the Lord, do not spare us today
  158. Cross References
    Genesis 18:16
    Then the men set out from there, and they looked down toward Sodom. And Abraham went with them to set them on their way.
    Genesis 19:1
    The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth
  159. Cross References
    Genesis 18:1
    And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.
    Psalms 106:23
    Therefore he said he would destroy them - had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.
    Jeremiah 18:20
    Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
  160. Cross References
    Genesis 20:4
    Now Abimelech had not approached her. So he said, "Lord, will you kill an innocent people?
    Numbers 16:22
    And they fell on their faces and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?
    2 Samuel 24:17
    Then David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, "Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me and against my father's house.
  161. Cross References
    Job 8:20
    Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers.
  162. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:4
    The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.
    Job 8:3
    Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
    Job 34:10
    Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding: far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.
    Romans 3:5 - 6
    But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? ( I speak in a human way.)
  163. Cross References
    Jeremiah 5:1
    Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth, that I may pardon her.
    Ezekiel 22:30
    And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.
    Isaiah 65:8
    Thus says the Lord : "As the new wine is found in the cluster, and they say, 'Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it,' so I will do for my servants' sake, and not destroy them all.
  164. Cross References
    Luke 18:1
    And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
  165. Cross References
    Judges 6:39
    Then Gideon said to God, "Let not your anger burn against me; let me speak just once more. Please let me test just once more with the fleece. Please let it be dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground let there be dew.
  166. Cross References
    Genesis 18:22
    So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the Lord.
  167. Cross References
    Hebrews 13:2
    Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
    Judges 4:18
    And Jael came out to meet Sisera and said to him, "Turn aside, my lord; turn aside to me; do not be afraid." So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
  168. Cross References
    Genesis 18:4
    Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
  169. Cross References
    Luke 24:28
    So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if he were going farther.
  170. Cross References
    Isaiah 3:9
    For the look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.
    Genesis 13:13
    Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.
  171. Cross References
    Judges 19:22
    As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, worthless fellows, surrounded the house, beating on the door. And they said to the old man, the master of the house, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him.
  172. Cross References
    Romans 1:24
    Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves.
    Romans 1:27
    And the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
    Jude 1:7
    Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
  173. Cross References
    Judges 19:24
    Behold, here are my virgin daughter and his concubine. Let me bring them out now. Violate them and do with them what seems good to you, but against this man do not do this outrageous thing.
  174. Cross References
    Genesis 13:12
    Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
  175. Cross References
    Exodus 2:14
    He answered, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid, and thought, "Surely the thing is known.
  176. Cross References
    2 Kings 6:18
    And when the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the Lord and said, "Please strike this people with blindness." So he struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elisha.
    Acts 13:11
    And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand.
  177. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:7
    And if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked
    2 Peter 2:9
    Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment.
    Revelation 18:4 - 5
    Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues.
  178. Cross References
    Genesis 18:20
    Then the Lord said, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave.
  179. Cross References
    Numbers 16:21
    "Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment."
    Numbers 16:26
    And he spoke to the congregation, saying, "Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins.
    Numbers 16:45
    Get away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment." And they fell on their faces.
    Jeremiah 51:6
    Flee from the midst of Babylon; let every one save his life! Be not cut off in her punishment, for this is the time of the Lord 's vengeance, the repayment he is rendering her.
  180. Cross References
    Psalms 34:22
    The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
  181. Cross References
    Genesis 19:26
    But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
    Matthew 24:16 - 18
    Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
  182. Cross References
    Genesis 13:10
    And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
  183. Cross References
    Genesis 14:2
    These kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
  184. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 29:23
    The whole land burned out with brimstone and sa...
    Jeremiah 20:16
    Let that man be like the cities that the Lord o...
    Jeremiah 50:40
    As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and th...
    Lamentations 4:6
    For the chastisement of the daughter of my peop...
    Amos 4:11
    I overthrew some of you, as when God overthrew ...
    Zephaniah 2:9
    Therefore, as I live," declares the Lord of hos...
    Luke 17:29
    But on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fi...
    2 Peter 2:6
    If by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah ...
  185. Cross References
    Luke 17:32
    Remember Lot's wife.
  186. Cross References
    Genesis 18:22
    So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the Lord.
  187. Cross References
    Genesis 8:1
    But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided.
  188. Cross References
    Genesis 19:17
    And as they brought them out, one said, "Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.
    Genesis 19:19
    Behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life. But I cannot escape to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me and I die.
  189. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 2:9
    And the Lord said to me, 'Do not harass Moab or contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the people of Lot for a possession.
  190. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 2:19
    And when you approach the territory of the people of Ammon, do not harass them or contend with them, for I will not give you any of the land of the people of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot for a possession.
  191. Cross References
    Genesis 16:7
    The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.
    Genesis 16:14
    Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
  192. Cross References
    Genesis 26:3
    Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
  193. Cross References
    Genesis 26:6
    So Isaac settled in Gerar.
  194. Cross References
    Genesis 12:13 - 20
    Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.
    Genesis 26:7 - 11
    When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he feared to say, "My wife," thinking, "lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah," because she was attractive in appearance.
  195. Cross References
    Psalms 105:14
    He allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account.
  196. Cross References
    Job 33:15 - 16
    In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, while they slumber on their beds.
    Matthew 1:20
    But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
    Matthew 2:12
    And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
  197. Cross References
    Genesis 18:23
    Then Abraham drew near and said, "Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
    1 Chronicles 21:17
    And David said to God, "Was it not I who gave command to number the people? It is I who have sinned and done great evil. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O Lord my God, be against me and against my father's house. But do not let the plague be on your people.
  198. Cross References
    Genesis 39:9
    He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?
    Psalms 51:4
    Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.
  199. Cross References
    1 Samuel 7:5
    Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.
    Job 42:8
    Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.
  200. Cross References
    Numbers 16:32 - 33
    And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods.
  201. Cross References
    Proverbs 16:6
    By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the Lord one turns away from evil.
  202. Cross References
    Genesis 12:12
    And when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me, but they will let you live.
    Genesis 26:7
    When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he feared to say, "My wife," thinking, "lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah," because she was attractive in appearance.
  203. Cross References
    Genesis 11:29
    And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah.
  204. Cross References
    Genesis 12:1
    Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.
  205. Cross References
    Genesis 12:13
    Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.
  206. Cross References
    Genesis 12:16
    And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
  207. Cross References
    Genesis 13:9
    Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.
    Genesis 34:10
    You shall dwell with us, and the land shall be open to you. Dwell and trade in it, and get property in it.
  208. Cross References
    Genesis 20:5
    Did he not himself say to me, 'She is my sister'? And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.
  209. Cross References
    Genesis 24:65
    And said to the servant, "Who is that man, walking in the field to meet us?" The servant said, "It is my master." So she took her veil and covered herself.
  210. Cross References
    James 5:16
    Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
  211. Cross References
    Genesis 12:17
    But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
  212. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:21
    Indeed the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the young man Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord.
  213. Cross References
    Genesis 17:19
    God said, "No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.
    Genesis 18:10
    The Lord said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.
    Genesis 18:14
    Is anything too hard for the Lord ? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.
  214. Cross References
    Hebrews 11:11
    By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.
    Galatians 4:22
    For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman.
  215. Cross References
    Genesis 17:21
    But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.
  216. Cross References
    Genesis 17:19
    God said, "No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.
  217. Cross References
    Acts 7:8
    And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
  218. Cross References
    Genesis 17:10
    This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
    Genesis 17:12
    He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised. Every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring.
  219. Cross References
    Genesis 17:1
    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.
    Genesis 17:17
    Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?
    Romans 4:19
    He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead ( since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb.
  220. Cross References
    Isaiah 54:1
    Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married," says the Lord.
    Galatians 4:27
    For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than those of the one who has a husband.
  221. Cross References
    Genesis 18:11 - 12
    Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah.
  222. Cross References
    Genesis 16:1
    Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar.
    Genesis 16:15
    And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
  223. Cross References
    Galatians 4:29
    But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
  224. Cross References
    Galatians 4:30
    But what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.
  225. Cross References
    Romans 9:7
    And not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.
    Hebrews 11:18
    Of whom it was said, "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.
  226. Cross References
    Genesis 21:18
    Up! Lift up the boy, and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make him into a great nation.
    Genesis 16:10
    The angel of the Lord also said to her, "I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.
    Genesis 17:20
    As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.
  227. Cross References
    Genesis 21:31
    Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.
  228. Cross References
    Numbers 22:31
    Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, with his drawn sword in his hand. And he bowed down and fell on his face.
    2 Kings 6:17 - 18
    Then Elisha prayed and said, "O Lord, please open his eyes that he may see." So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
    2 Kings 6:20
    As soon as they entered Samaria, Elisha said, "O Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see." So the Lord opened their eyes and they saw, and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
    Luke 24:16
    But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
    Luke 24:31
    And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight.
  229. Cross References
    Genesis 16:12
    He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.
  230. Cross References
    Genesis 20:2
    And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
    Genesis 26:1
    Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines.
    Genesis 26:26
    When Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
  231. Cross References
    Genesis 26:28
    They said, "We see plainly that the Lord has been with you. So we said, let there be a sworn pact between us, between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you.
  232. Cross References
    Genesis 20:14
    Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and returned Sarah his wife to him.
  233. Cross References
    Genesis 26:15
    (Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.)
    Genesis 26:18
    And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham. And he gave them the names that his father had given them.
    Genesis 26:20 - 22
    The herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
  234. Cross References
    Genesis 26:31
    In the morning they rose early and exchanged oaths. And Isaac sent them on their way, and they departed from him in peace.
  235. Cross References
    Genesis 26:33
    He called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
  236. Cross References
    Genesis 4:26
    To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the Lord.
    Genesis 12:8
    From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.
  237. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:28
    Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
    Psalms 90:2
    Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
  238. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 10:13
    No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
    Hebrews 11:17
    By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son.
    James 1:12 - 13
    Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
    1 Peter 1:6 - 7
    In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials.
  239. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 3:1
    Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  240. Cross References
    John 19:17
    And he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
  241. Cross References
    John 1:29
    The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
    John 1:36
    And he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!
    1 Peter 1:19
    But with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
    Revelation 5:12
    Saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!
  242. Cross References
    Hebrews 11:17
    By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son.
    James 2:21
    Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
  243. Cross References
    Micah 6:7 - 8
    Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
  244. Cross References
    Genesis 26:5
    Because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
  245. Cross References
    Genesis 22:8
    Abraham said, "God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they went both of them together.
  246. Cross References
    Psalms 105:9
    The covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac.
    Luke 1:73
    The oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
    Hebrews 6:13
    For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself.
  247. Cross References
    Jeremiah 33:22
    As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me.
    Genesis 15:5
    And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be.
  248. Cross References
    Genesis 13:16
    I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.
  249. Cross References
    Genesis 24:60
    And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you become thousands of ten thousands, and may your offspring possess the gate of those who hate him!
    Psalms 127:5
    Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
  250. Cross References
    Genesis 12:3
    I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
    Genesis 18:18
    Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
    Genesis 26:4
    I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.
    Galatians 3:8
    And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed.
    Acts 3:25
    You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
  251. Cross References
    Genesis 22:3
    So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
    Genesis 26:5
    Because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
  252. Cross References
    Genesis 21:31
    Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.
  253. Cross References
    Genesis 21:31
    Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.
  254. Cross References
    Genesis 11:29
    And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah.
  255. Cross References
    Job 1:1
    There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
  256. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:23
    Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair.
  257. Cross References
    Genesis 24:15
    Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water jar on her shoulder.
  258. Cross References
    Genesis 35:27
    And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.
    Joshua 14:15
    Now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba. (Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim.) And the land had rest from war.
    Judges 1:10
    And Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba), and they defeated Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.
  259. Cross References
    Genesis 23:19
    After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
  260. Cross References
    Genesis 17:8
    And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.
    1 Chronicles 29:15
    For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding.
    Psalms 105:12
    When they were few in number, of little account, and sojourners in it.
    Hebrews 11:9
    By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
    Hebrews 11:13
    These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
  261. Cross References
    Acts 7:5
    Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot's length, but promised to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, though he had no child.
  262. Cross References
    Genesis 34:20
    So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying.
    Genesis 34:24
    And all who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
    Ruth 4:1
    Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, "Turn aside, friend; sit down here." And he turned aside and sat down.
  263. Cross References
    Exodus 30:13
    Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord.
    Ezekiel 45:12
    The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.
  264. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 21:25
    So David paid Ornan 600 shekels of gold by weight for the site.
    Jeremiah 32:9
    And I bought the field at Anathoth from Hanamel my cousin, and weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver.
    Zechariah 11:12
    Then I said to them, "If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them." And they weighed out as my wages thirty pieces of silver.
  265. Cross References
    Genesis 25:9
    Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre.
    Genesis 49:29 - 32
    Then he commanded them and said to them, "I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
    Genesis 50:13
    For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place.
  266. Cross References
    Ruth 4:7 - 10
    Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, the one drew off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was the manner of attesting in Israel.
    Jeremiah 32:10 - 14
    I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and weighed the money on scales.
  267. Cross References
    Genesis 24:35
    The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, camels and donkeys.
    Genesis 13:2
    Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
  268. Cross References
    Genesis 15:2
    But Abram said, "O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?
  269. Cross References
    Genesis 24:9
    So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.
    Genesis 47:29
    And when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and promise to deal kindly and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt.
  270. Cross References
    Genesis 26:34 - 35
    When Esau was forty years old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
    Genesis 27:46
    Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I loathe my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women like these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?
    Deuteronomy 7:3
    You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons.
    2 Corinthians 6:14
    Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
  271. Cross References
    Genesis 28:2
    Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother's father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.
  272. Cross References
    Genesis 12:1
    Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.
  273. Cross References
    Genesis 12:7
    Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
  274. Cross References
    Exodus 23:20
    Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.
    Exodus 23:23
    When my angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out.
    Exodus 33:2
    I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
    Hebrews 1:14
    Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?
  275. Cross References
    Joshua 2:17 - 20
    The men said to her, "We will be guiltless with respect to this oath of yours that you have made us swear.
  276. Cross References
    Genesis 24:2
    And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh.
  277. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 23:4
    Because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
    Judges 3:8
    Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia. And the people of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
  278. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:11
    As they went up the hill to the city, they met young women coming out to draw water and said to them, "Is the seer here?
    John 4:7
    A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink.
  279. Cross References
    Genesis 24:27
    And said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me in the way to the house of my master's kinsmen.
    Genesis 24:42
    I came today to the spring and said, 'O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now you are prospering the way that I go.
    Genesis 24:48
    Then I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.
  280. Cross References
    Genesis 27:20
    But Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He answered, "Because the Lord your God granted me success.
  281. Cross References
    Genesis 24:43
    Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. Let the virgin who comes out to draw water, to whom I shall say, "Please give me a little water from your jar to drink.
  282. Cross References
    Genesis 15:8
    But he said, "O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?
  283. Cross References
    Genesis 11:29
    And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah.
    Genesis 22:23
    ( Bethuel fathered Rebekah.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
  284. Cross References
    Genesis 26:7
    When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he feared to say, "My wife," thinking, "lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah," because she was attractive in appearance.
  285. Cross References
    Genesis 24:15
    Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water jar on her shoulder.
    Genesis 22:23
    ( Bethuel fathered Rebekah.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
  286. Cross References
    Genesis 24:48
    Then I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.
    Genesis 24:52
    When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the earth before the Lord.
    Exodus 4:31
    And the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.
  287. Cross References
    Genesis 24:12
    And he said, "O Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham.
    Genesis 24:42
    I came today to the spring and said, 'O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now you are prospering the way that I go.
    Genesis 24:48
    Then I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.
  288. Cross References
    Genesis 32:10
    I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
    Psalms 98:3
    He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
  289. Cross References
    Genesis 24:48
    Then I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.
  290. Cross References
    Genesis 25:20
    And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.
    Genesis 28:2
    Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother's father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.
    Genesis 29:5
    He said to them, "Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?" They said, "We know him.
  291. Cross References
    Genesis 26:29
    That you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.
    Judges 17:2
    And he said to his mother, "The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it." And his mother said, "Blessed be my son by the Lord.
    Ruth 3:10
    And he said, "May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.
  292. Cross References
    Genesis 43:24
    And when the man had brought the men into Joseph's house and given them water, and they had washed their feet, and when he had given their donkeys fodder.
    Judges 19:21
    So he brought him into his house and gave the donkeys feed. And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
  293. Cross References
    Genesis 18:4
    Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
  294. Cross References
    Genesis 24:1
    Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
  295. Cross References
    Genesis 21:2
    And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.
  296. Cross References
    Genesis 25:5
    Abraham gave all he had to Isaac.
  297. Cross References
    Genesis 24:3 - 8
    That I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.
  298. Cross References
    Genesis 17:1
    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.
  299. Cross References
    Genesis 24:21
    The man gazed at her in silence to learn whether the Lord had prospered his journey or not.
  300. Cross References
    Genesis 24:12
    And he said, "O Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham.
    Genesis 24:27
    And said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me in the way to the house of my master's kinsmen.
  301. Cross References
    Genesis 24:40
    But he said to me, 'The Lord, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son from my clan and from my father's house.
  302. Cross References
    Genesis 24:13
    Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
  303. Cross References
    Genesis 24:14
    Let the young woman to whom I shall say, 'Please let down your jar that I may drink,' and who shall say, 'Drink, and I will water your camels' - let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master.
    Genesis 24:18
    She said, "Drink, my lord." And she quickly let down her jar upon her hand and gave him a drink.
  304. Cross References
    1 Samuel 1:13
    Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman.
  305. Cross References
    Ezekiel 16:11 - 12
    And I adorned you with ornaments and put bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck.
  306. Cross References
    Genesis 24:26
    The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord
    Genesis 24:52
    When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the earth before the Lord.
  307. Cross References
    Genesis 24:42
    I came today to the spring and said, 'O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now you are prospering the way that I go.
  308. Cross References
    Genesis 22:23
    ( Bethuel fathered Rebekah.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
  309. Cross References
    Genesis 47:29
    And when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and promise to deal kindly and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt.
    Joshua 2:14
    And the men said to her, "Our life for yours even to death! If you do not tell this business of ours, then when the Lord gives us the land we will deal kindly and faithfully with you.
  310. Cross References
    Genesis 31:24
    But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, "Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.
    2 Samuel 13:22
    But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had violated his sister Tamar.
  311. Cross References
    Genesis 24:13 - 15
    Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
    Genesis 24:42 - 46
    I came today to the spring and said, 'O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now you are prospering the way that I go.
  312. Cross References
    Genesis 24:48
    Then I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.
  313. Cross References
    Genesis 24:56
    But he said to them, "Do not delay me, since the Lord has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.
    Genesis 24:59
    So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men.
  314. Cross References
    Genesis 35:8
    And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.
  315. Cross References
    Genesis 17:16
    I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.
  316. Cross References
    Genesis 22:17
    I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.
  317. Cross References
    Genesis 16:14
    Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
    Genesis 25:11
    After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi.
  318. Cross References
    Psalms 77:12
    I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.
    Psalms 143:5
    I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands.
  319. Cross References
    Genesis 37:35
    All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, "No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning." Thus his father wept for him.
    Genesis 38:12
    In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua's daughter, died. When Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
  320. Cross References
    Genesis 23:2
    And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
  321. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 1:32 - 33
    The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
  322. Cross References
    Genesis 24:36
    And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old, and to him he has given all that he has.
  323. Cross References
    Genesis 21:14
    So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
  324. Cross References
    Judges 6:3
    For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them.
  325. Cross References
    Genesis 25:17
    (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)
    Genesis 35:29
    And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
    Genesis 49:33
    When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people.
  326. Cross References
    Genesis 15:15
    As for yourself, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.
  327. Cross References
    Genesis 35:29
    And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
  328. Cross References
    Genesis 23:16
    Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.
    Genesis 50:13
    For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place.
  329. Cross References
    Genesis 49:30 - 31
    In the cave that is in the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place.
  330. Cross References
    Genesis 16:14
    Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
    Genesis 24:62
    Now Isaac had returned from Beer-lahai-roi and was dwelling in the Negeb.
  331. Cross References
    Genesis 16:15
    And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
  332. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 1:29 - 31
    These are their genealogies: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam.
  333. Cross References
    Isaiah 60:7
    All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will beautify my beautiful house.
  334. Cross References
    Isaiah 60:7
    All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will beautify my beautiful house.
  335. Cross References
    Job 6:19
    The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope.
    Isaiah 21:14
    To the thirsty bring water; meet the fugitive with bread, O inhabitants of the land of Tema.
  336. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 5:19
    They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
  337. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 5:19
    They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
  338. Cross References
    Genesis 17:20
    As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.
  339. Cross References
    Genesis 25:8
    Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
  340. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:7
    And Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.
  341. Cross References
    Genesis 16:7
    The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.
    Genesis 20:1
    From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
    Exodus 15:22
    Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
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