&#8220;No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell<n id="1" /> you both the field and the cave that is in it.<n id="2" /> In the presence of my people<n id="3" /> I sell it to you. Bury your dead.&#8221;p>

But Esau said, &#8220;I have plenty, my brother. Keep what belongs to you.&#8221;

And you must take<n id="1" /> for yourself every kind of food<n id="2" /> that is eaten,<n id="3" /> and gather it together.<n id="4" /> It will be food for you and for them.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Now the <sc>Lordsc> said<n id="1" /> to Abram,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Go out<n id="3" /> from your country, your relatives, and your father&#8217;s householdp> <p class="poetry">to the land that I will show you.<n id="4" />p>

Then the two visitors<n id="1" /> said to Lot, &#8220;Who else do you have here?<n id="2" /> Do you have<n id="3" /> any sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or other relatives in the city?<n id="4" /> Get them out of this<n id="5" /> place

<p class="poetry">May peoples serve youp> <p class="poetry">and nations bow down to you.p> <p class="poetry">You will be<n id="1" /> lord<n id="2" /> over your brothers,p> <p class="poetry">and the sons of your mother will bow down to you.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">May those who curse you be cursed,p> <p class="poetry">and those who bless you be blessed.&#8221;p>

Leave immediately<n id="1" /> for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother&#8217;s father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother&#8217;s brother.

May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham<n id="1" /> so that you may possess the land<n id="2" /> God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.&#8221;<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">It will produce thorns and thistles for you,p> <p class="poetry">but you will eat the grain<n id="1" /> of the field.p>

Get up and<n id="1" /> walk throughout<n id="2" /> the land,<n id="3" /> for I will give it to you.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to Cain, &#8220;Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast?

I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants<n id="1" /> forever.

<p class="bodytext">Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, &#8220;Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Be careful<n id="1" /> never to take my son back there!&#8221; Abraham told him.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Then Abimelech said to Isaac, &#8220;Leave us and go elsewhere,<n id="1" /> for you have become much more powerful<n id="2" /> than we are.&#8221;

<p class="poetry">May God give youp> <p class="poetry">the dew of the sky<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the richness<n id="2" /> of the earth,p> <p class="poetry">and plenty of grain and new wine.p>

Now then, my son, do what I say.<n id="1" /> Run away immediately<n id="2" /> to my brother Laban in Haran.

Laban replied, &#8220;I&#8217;d rather give her to you than to another man.<n id="1" /> Stay with me.&#8221;

If you send<n id="1" /> our brother with us, we&#8217;ll go down and buy food for you.

Any children that you father<n id="1" /> after them will be yours; they will be listed<n id="2" /> under the names of their brothers in their inheritance.<n id="3" />