So the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman replied, “The serpent tricked me, and I ate.”

Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”

She went on to say, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have given birth to a son for him in his old age!”

“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and quickly lowering her jug to her hands, she gave him a drink.

When she had done so, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have drunk as much as they want.”

She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom Milcah bore to Nahor.

We have plenty of straw and feed,” she added, “and room for you to spend the night.”

So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Do you want to go with this man?” She replied, “I want to go.”

So his mother told him, “Any curse against you will fall on me, my son! Just obey me! Go and get them for me!”

Then Rachel said, “I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.

Leah said, “How happy I am, for women will call me happy!” So she named him Asher.

Then Leah said, “God has granted me a reward because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife.” So she named him Issachar.

Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Yes, do so.” So the young girl went and got the child’s mother.

She said, “I agree to these conditions.” She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window.

So Naomi said, “Look, your sister-in-law is returning to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law back home!”

At that time, Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure.

When Saul sent messengers to arrest David, she said, “He’s sick.”

and said to her servants, “Go on ahead of me. I will come after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

She arose, bowed her face toward the ground, and said, “Your female servant, like a lowly servant, will wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”

The woman replied, “Who is it that I should bring up for you?” He said, “Bring up for me Samuel.”