Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself, “Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”

So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Take three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread.”

One of them said, “I will surely return to you when the season comes round again, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” (Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him.

The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child when I am old?’

So the Lord replied, “If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy the whole city because five are lacking?” He replied, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”

“Very well,” he replied, “I will grant this request too and will not overthrow the town you mentioned.

Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.

But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else’s wife.”

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

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

He replied, “You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.”

So he said to his servants, “You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go up there. We will worship and then return to you.”

and said, “‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ decrees the Lord, ‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had, “Put your hand under my thigh

He prayed, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, guide me today. Be faithful to my master Abraham.

“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

He answered, ‘The Lord, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you. He will make your journey a success and you will find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father’s family.

and asked Abraham’s servant, “Who is that man walking in the field toward us?” “That is my master,” the servant replied. So she took her veil and covered herself.

and the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”