This was the place where he had first built the altar, and there Abram worshiped the Lord.

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

So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there.

and the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is near the desert.

Then, during the night, Abram divided his forces against them and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

Worthy of praise is the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.

But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. Afterward they will come out with many possessions.

So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son, whom Abram named Ishmael.

The Lord went on his way when he had finished speaking to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home.

Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the Lord.

So Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him.

Abraham named his son – whom Sarah bore to him – Isaac.

When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do.

But Sarah noticed the son of Hagar the Egyptian – the son whom Hagar had borne to Abraham – mocking.

But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized.

Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”

Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”

So Abraham secured the field and the cave that was in it as a burial site from the sons of Heth.

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

Rebekah stands here before you. Take her and go so that she may become the wife of your master’s son, just as the Lord has decided.”