Then you will again be my people and I will be your God.

Then they will say, ‘Under these conditions I can enjoy sweet sleep when I wake up and look around.’”

They will be my people, and I will be their God.

I will commit myself to you in faithfulness; then you will acknowledge the Lord.”

The more the priests increased in numbers, the more they rebelled against me. They have turned their glorious calling into a shameful disgrace!

‘The silver and gold will be mine,’ says the Lord who rules over all.

because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the Lord.”

The man said, “The woman whom you gave me, she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it.”

So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you.”

Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself.”

Abram added, “Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!”

The Lord said to him, “Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.”

So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, “After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?”

“I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead.”

“Look,” said Esau, “I’m about to die! What use is the birthright to me?”

But Jacob said, “Swear an oath to me now.” So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

Therefore, take your weapons – your quiver and your bow – and go out into the open fields and hunt down some wild game for me.

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 his father Isaac said to him, “Come here and kiss me, my son.”

and I return safely to my father’s home, then the Lord will become my God.