And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.

“Now then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not lie to your face!

and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so.

Then Abraham asked, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes),

Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

So it was in the Transjordan, in Moab, that Moses began to deliver these words:

So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah.

One of them said, “Please come along with your servants.” He replied, “All right, I’ll come.”

Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed under judgment, because he was determined to pursue worthless idols.

Abraham said, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

But the men of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed to remain in those areas.

The Amorites managed to remain in Har Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. Whenever the tribe of Joseph was strong militarily, the Amorites were forced to do hard labor.

So the two of them sat down and had a meal together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Why not stay another night and have a good time!”

The Lord will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The Lord was pleased to make you his own people.

Now you are willing to bless your servant’s dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O Lord, have blessed it and it will be blessed from now on into the future.”

Joshua prayed, “O, Master, Lord! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us?

David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire and tried to walk around, but he was not used to them. David said to Saul, “I can’t walk in these things, for I’m not used to them.” So David removed them.

Now be willing to bless your servant’s dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O sovereign Lord, have spoken. By your blessing may your servant’s dynasty be blessed on into the future!”

Naaman said, “Please accept two talents of silver. He insisted, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, along with two suits of clothes. He gave them to two of his servants and they carried them for Gehazi.

The men of Manasseh did not conquer Beth Shan, Taanach, or their surrounding towns. Nor did they conquer the people living in Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo or their surrounding towns. The Canaanites managed to remain in those areas.