He replied, &#8220;You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof<n id="1" /> that I dug this well.&#8221;<n id="2" />

Then prepare for me some tasty food, the kind I love, and bring it to me. Then<n id="1" /> I will eat it so that I may bless you<n id="2" /> before I die.&#8221;p>

He also prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Esau<n id="1" /> said to him, &#8220;My father, get up<n id="2" /> and eat some of your son&#8217;s wild game. Then you can bless me.&#8221;<n id="3" />

The <sc>Lordsc> will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation.<n id="1" /> The <sc>Lordsc> was pleased to make you his own people.

Then David said, &#8220;O <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel, your servant has clearly heard that Saul is planning<n id="1" /> to come to Keilah to destroy the city because of me.

David realized that the <sc>Lordsc> had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Then David asked, &#8220;Is anyone still left from the family<n id="2" /> of Saul, so that I may extend kindness to him for the sake of Jonathan?&#8221;p>

But Amnon became frustrated because he was so lovesick<n id="1" /> over his sister Tamar. For she was a virgin, and to Amnon it seemed out of the question to do anything to her.p>

David realized that the <sc>Lordsc> had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated<n id="1" /> his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.p>

O <sc>Lordsc>, for the sake of your servant and according to your will,<n id="1" /> you have done this great thing in order to reveal your greatness.<n id="2" />

The <sc>Lordsc> humiliated<n id="1" /> Judah because of King Ahaz of Israel,<n id="2" /> for he encouraged Judah to sin and was very<n id="3" /> unfaithful to the <sc>Lordsc>.

<t /><p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">make that four!<n id="2" /> &#8211; I will not revoke my decree of judgment.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They sold the innocent<n id="4" /> for silver,p> <p class="poetry">the needy for a pair of sandals.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">But to Adam<n id="1" /> he said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Because you obeyed<n id="2" /> your wifep> <p class="poetry">and ate from the tree about which I commanded you,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;You must not eat from it,&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">cursed is the ground<n id="3" /> thanks to you;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">in painful toil you will eat<n id="5" /> of it all the days of your life.p>

The <sc>Lordsc> appeared to him that night and said, &#8220;I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.&#8221;

Jacob said to his father, &#8220;I am Esau, your firstborn. I&#8217;ve done as you told me. Now sit up<n id="1" /> and eat some of my wild game so that you can bless me.&#8221;<n id="2" />

Tell him, &#8216;Your servants have taken care of cattle<n id="1" /> from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,&#8217; so that you may live in the land of Goshen,<n id="2" /> for everyone who takes care of sheep is disgusting<n id="3" /> to the Egyptians.&#8221;p>

For this time I will send all my plagues<n id="1" /> on your very self<n id="2" /> and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> said to Moses, &#8220;I am going to come<n id="1" /> to you in a dense cloud,<n id="2" /> so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you.&#8221;<n id="3" /> And Moses told the words of the people to the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

David was told,<n id="1" /> &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God.&#8221; So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David.

<p class="bodytext">David said to him, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid, because I will certainly extend kindness to you for the sake of Jonathan your father. You will be a regular guest at my table.&#8221;<n id="1" />