<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> appeared to Abraham<n id="1" /> by the oaks<n id="2" /> of Mamre while<n id="3" /> he was sitting at the entrance<n id="4" /> to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

<p class="bodytext">On the third day Abraham caught sight of<n id="1" /> the place in the distance.

He<n id="1" /> went out to relax<n id="2" /> in the field in the early evening.<n id="3" /> Then he looked up<n id="4" /> and saw that<n id="5" /> there were camels approaching.

The <sc>Lordsc> appeared to Isaac and said, &#8220;Do not go down to Egypt;<n id="1" /> settle down in the land that I will point out to you.<n id="2" />

Then Esau realized<n id="1" /> that the Canaanite women<n id="2" /> were displeasing to<n id="3" /> his father Isaac.

<t /><p class="bodytext">When the <sc>Lordsc> saw that Leah was unloved,<n id="1" /> he enabled her to become pregnant<n id="2" /> while Rachel remained childless.

When Jacob saw the look on Laban&#8217;s face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him.

<p class="bodytext">There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man<n id="1" /> named Shua.<n id="2" /> Judah acquired her as a wife<n id="3" /> and had marital relations with her.<n id="4" />

His master observed that the <sc>Lordsc> was with him and that the <sc>Lordsc> made everything he was doing successful.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">When Jacob heard<n id="1" /> there was grain in Egypt, he<n id="2" /> said to his sons, &#8220;Why are you looking at each other?&#8221;<n id="3" />

He looked this way and that<n id="1" /> and saw that no one was there,<n id="2" /> and then he attacked<n id="3" /> the Egyptian and concealed the body<n id="4" /> in the sand.

<p class="bodytext">When<n id="1" /> Aaron saw this,<n id="2" /> he built an altar before it,<n id="3" /> and Aaron made a proclamation<n id="4" /> and said, &#8220;Tomorrow will be a feast<n id="5" /> to the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Moses saw that the people were running wild,<n id="1" /> for Aaron had let them get completely out of control, causing derision from their enemies.<n id="2" />

Then Moses said, &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> has commanded you to do<n id="1" /> so that the glory of the <sc>Lordsc> may appear<n id="2" /> to you.&#8221;

Balak son of Zippor saw all that the Israelites had done to the Amorites.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Balaam<n id="1" /> looked on Amalek and delivered this oracle:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Amalek was the first<n id="3" /> of the nations,p> <p class="poetry">but his end will be that he will perish.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then he looked on the Kenites and uttered this oracle:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Your dwelling place seems strong,p> <p class="poetry">and your nest<n id="1" /> is set on a rocky cliff.p>

The <sc>Lordsc> appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud that<n id="1" /> stood above the door of the tent.

The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s messenger appeared and said to him, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> is with you, courageous warrior!&#8221;