He said, “No, my brothers! Don’t act so wickedly!

But Lot said to them, “No, please, Lord!

Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life!

O my soul, do not come into their council, do not be united to their assembly, my heart, for in their anger they have killed men, and for pleasure they have hamstrung oxen.

He said, “My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.

But he said to them, “Don’t detain me – the Lord has granted me success on my journey. Let me leave now so I may return to my master.”

The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.

Don’t worry about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt will be yours.’”

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

You are destructive like water and will not excel, for you got on your father’s bed, then you defiled it – he got on my couch!

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

When they had brought them outside, they said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look behind you or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains or you will be destroyed!”

“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.”

Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives.

Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak! What if thirty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

Finally Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”

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

Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.

Reuben said to them, “Didn’t I say to you, ‘Don’t sin against the boy,’ but you wouldn’t listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!”

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.