The Lord decided not to do this. “It will not happen,” the Lord said.

“Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says: ‘Pay close attention to these things also.

The Lord my God says this: “Shepherd the flock set aside for slaughter.

The Lord visited Sarah just as he had said he would and did for Sarah what he had promised.

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.

It was also called Mizpah because he said, “May the Lord watch between us when we are out of sight of one another.

The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.

When she bore a son, Moses named him Gershom, for he said, “I have become a resident foreigner in a foreign land.”

You must say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is my son, my firstborn,

Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,

The enemy said, ‘I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’

So Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Of Joseph he said: May the Lord bless his land with the harvest produced by the sky, by the dew, and by the depths crouching beneath;

Of Gad he said: Blessed be the one who enlarges Gad. Like a lioness he will dwell; he will tear at an arm – indeed, a scalp.

Of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, overflowing with favor, and full of the Lord’s blessing, possess the west and south.

Of Asher he said: Asher is blessed with children, may he be favored by his brothers and may he dip his foot in olive oil.

If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated before its enemies?

Saul’s uncle said, “Tell me what Samuel said to you.”

But if I say to the boy, “Look, the arrows are on the other side of you,’ get away. For in that case the Lord has sent you away.

As he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Leave! Leave! You man of bloodshed, you wicked man!