God sent me<n id="1" /> ahead of you to preserve you<n id="2" /> on the earth and to save your lives<n id="3" /> by a great deliverance.

<p class="bodytext">When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep,<n id="1" /> and great terror overwhelmed him.<n id="2" />

because we are about to destroy<n id="1" /> it. The outcry against this place<n id="2" /> is so great before the <sc>Lordsc> that he<n id="3" /> has sent us to destroy it.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">When Esau heard<n id="1" /> his father&#8217;s words, he wailed loudly and bitterly.<n id="2" /> He said to his father, &#8220;Bless me too, my father!&#8221;

Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him, &#8220;What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom?<n id="1" /> You have done things to me that should not be done!&#8221;<n id="2" />

Isaac began to shake violently<n id="1" /> and asked, &#8220;Then who else hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it just before you arrived, and I blessed him.<n id="2" /> He will indeed be blessed!&#8221;p>

He saw<n id="1" /> in the field a well with<n id="2" /> three flocks of sheep lying beside it, because the flocks were watered from that well. Now<n id="3" /> a large stone covered the mouth of the well.