But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand to the Lord, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow

The messengers returned to Jacob and said, “We went to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you and has four hundred men with him.”

Then he instructed them, “I am about to go to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

(Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban.) Laban rushed out to meet the man at the spring.

The Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you.”

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,

Then God spoke to Noah and said,

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

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

Reuben continued, “Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” (Reuben said this so he could rescue Joseph from them and take him back to his father.)

He imprisoned them all for three days.

Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

male and female, came into the ark to Noah, just as God had commanded him.

Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah.

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.

And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

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 returned to his servants, and they set out together for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed.

She quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels.

His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite.