On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God.

Abraham replied, “Because I thought, ‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

“Do not harm the boy!” the angel said. “Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”

May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor, the gods of their father, judge between us.” Jacob took an oath by the God whom his father Isaac feared.

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance.”

Then he sent his brothers on their way and they left. He said to them, “As you travel don’t be overcome with fear.”

If the God of my father – the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears – had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night.”

When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you are having another son.”

Rescue me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, as well as the mothers with their children.

Every living creature of the earth and every bird of the sky will be terrified of you. Everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea are under your authority.

But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “What if some accident happens to him?”

But Joseph answered them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?

But God heard the boy’s voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the boy’s voice right where he is crying.

So now, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children.” Then he consoled them and spoke kindly to them.

The Lord appeared to him that night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”

Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified.

For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”

He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him.

Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and settled in the mountains because he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters.