Then she went and sat down by herself across from him at quite a distance, about a bowshot<n id="1" /> away; for she thought,<n id="2" /> &#8220;I refuse to watch the child die.&#8221;<n id="3" /> So she sat across from him and wept uncontrollably.<n id="4" />p>

They replied, &#8220;We could plainly see<n id="1" /> that the <sc>Lordsc> is with you. So we decided there should be<n id="2" /> a pact between us<n id="3" /> &#8211; between us<n id="4" /> and you. Allow us to make<n id="5" /> a treaty with you

<p class="poetry">Then I will make you<n id="1" /> into a great nation, and I will bless you,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and I will make your name great,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">so that you will exemplify divine blessing.<n id="4" />p>

You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder<n id="1" /> of the covenant between me and you.

Let a little water be brought so that<n id="1" /> you may all<n id="2" /> wash your feet and rest under the tree.

<p class="bodytext">When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave<n id="1" /> her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

Leah&#8217;s eyes were tender,<n id="1" /> but Rachel had a lovely figure and beautiful appearance.)<n id="2" />

God called the expanse &#8220;sky.&#8221;<n id="1" /> There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.p>

Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game,<n id="1" /> but Rebekah loved<n id="2" /> Jacob.p>

&#8220;As for me,<n id="1" /> this<n id="2" /> is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

<p class="bodytext">So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, &#8220;You must not marry a Canaanite woman!<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">So Rachel<n id="1" /> gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had marital relations with<n id="2" /> her.

When you try to cultivate<n id="1" /> thep> <p class="bodytext">ground it will no longer yield<n id="2" /> its best<n id="3" /> for you. You will be a homeless wanderer<n id="4" /> on the earth.&#8221;

As he approached<n id="1" /> Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, &#8220;Look,<n id="2" /> I know that you are a beautiful woman.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">God said, &#8220;No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac.<n id="1" /> I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual<n id="2" /> covenant for his descendants after him.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you.<n id="1" /> I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants.<n id="2" /> He will become the father of twelve princes;<n id="3" /> I will make him into a great nation.

<p class="bodytext">Then Judah said to Onan, &#8220;Have sexual relations with<n id="1" /> your brother&#8217;s wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise<n id="2" /> up a descendant for your brother.&#8221;<n id="3" />

So Pharaoh asked his officials, &#8220;Can we find a man like Joseph,<n id="1" /> one in whom the Spirit of God is present?&#8221;<n id="2" />

So Joseph died at the age of 110.<n id="1" /> After they embalmed him, his body<n id="2" /> was placed in a coffin in Egypt.p>

After all, Abraham<n id="1" /> will surely become<n id="2" /> a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another<n id="3" /> using his name.