“No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell you both the field and the cave that is in it. In the presence of my people I sell it to you. Bury your dead.”

But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother. Keep what belongs to you.”

And you must take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten, and gather it together. It will be food for you and for them.

Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you.

Then the two visitors said to Lot, “Who else do you have here? Do you have any sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or other relatives in the city? Get them out of this place

May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. You will be lord over your brothers, and the sons of your mother will bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

Leave immediately for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”

It will produce thorns and thistles for you, but you will eat the grain of the field.

Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you.”

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast?

I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever.

Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself.”

“Be careful never to take my son back there!” Abraham told him.

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave us and go elsewhere, for you have become much more powerful than we are.”

May God give you the dew of the sky and the richness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

Now then, my son, do what I say. Run away immediately to my brother Laban in Haran.

Laban replied, “I’d rather give her to you than to another man. Stay with me.”

If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.

Any children that you father after them will be yours; they will be listed under the names of their brothers in their inheritance.