<p class="bodytext">But Lot said to them, &#8220;No, please, Lord!<n id="1" />

He prayed, &#8220;O <sc>Lordsc>, God of my master Abraham, guide me today.<n id="1" /> Be faithful<n id="2" /> to my master Abraham.

But<n id="1" /> Abram<n id="2" /> said, &#8220;O sovereign <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="3" /> by what<n id="4" /> can I know that I am to possess it?&#8221;p>

But I said to my master, &#8216;What if the woman does not want to go<n id="1" /> with me?&#8217;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">But they exclaimed,<n id="1" /> &#8220;No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!

They said, &#8220;My lord, we did indeed come down<n id="1" /> the first time<n id="2" /> to buy food.

saying &#8220;Praised be the <sc>Lordsc>, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love<n id="1" /> for my master! The <sc>Lordsc> has led me<n id="2" /> to the house<n id="3" /> of my master&#8217;s relatives!&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">He said, &#8220;My lord,<n id="1" /> if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Then Abraham asked, &#8220;Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord<n id="1" /> (although I am but dust and ashes),<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said, &#8220;Lord,<n id="1" /> would you really slaughter an innocent nation?<n id="2" />

&#8220;Drink, my lord,&#8221; she replied, and quickly lowering<n id="1" /> her jug to her hands, she gave him a drink.

&#8220;The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us<n id="1" /> as if we were<n id="2" /> spying on the land.

They answered him, &#8220;Why does my lord say such things?<n id="1" /> Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!<n id="2" />

My lord asked his servants, &#8216;Do you have a father or a brother?&#8217;

When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.p>

They replied, &#8220;You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor,<n id="1" /> and we will be Pharaoh&#8217;s slaves.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Then I bowed down and worshiped the <sc>Lordsc>. I praised the <sc>Lordsc>, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right path to find the granddaughter<n id="1" /> of my master&#8217;s brother for his son.

Let my lord go on ahead of his servant. I will travel more slowly, at the pace of the herds and the children,<n id="1" /> until I come to my lord at Seir.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Judah approached him and said, &#8220;My lord, please allow your servant to speak a word with you.<n id="1" /> Please do not get angry with your servant,<n id="2" /> for you are just like Pharaoh.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him, &#8220;We cannot hide from our<n id="1" /> lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land.