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

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.

Then God enabled Hagar to see a well of water. She went over and filled the skin with water, and then gave the boy a drink.

At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.

But Isaac asked his son, “How in the world did you find it so quickly, my son?” “Because the Lord your God brought it to me,” he replied.

Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son.” That is why she named him Dan.

There he said to them, “I can tell that your father’s attitude toward me has changed, but the God of my father has been with me.

But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and warned him, “Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.”

So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has enabled you to know all this, there is no one as wise and discerning as you are!

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s house.”

Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life!

So Israel began his journey, taking with him all that he had. When he came to Beer Sheba he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” His father said, “Bring them to me so I may bless them.”

Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.

Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He said, “God will surely come to you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

Abraham approached and said, “Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked?

Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created – when the Lord God made the earth and heavens.

Abraham replied, “Because I thought, ‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

He was afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!”