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- Genesis 18:23
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Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
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- Genesis 18:26
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So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”
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- Genesis 18:27
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Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
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- Genesis 18:28
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suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”
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- Genesis 18:29
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Once again Abraham spoke to the LORD, “Suppose forty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the forty, I will not do it.”
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- Genesis 18:30
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Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”
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- Genesis 18:31
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And Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”
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- Genesis 18:32
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Finally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”
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- Genesis 19:2
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and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
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- Genesis 19:5
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They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
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- Genesis 19:7
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“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!
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- Genesis 19:9
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“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.
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- Genesis 19:12
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Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
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- Genesis 19:14
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So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
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- Genesis 19:15
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At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
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- Genesis 19:17
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As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
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- Genesis 19:18
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But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!
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- Genesis 19:21
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“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
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- Genesis 19:31
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One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
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- Genesis 19:34
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The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”
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- Genesis 20:2
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Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
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- Genesis 20:3
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One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
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- Genesis 20:4
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Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
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- Genesis 20:5
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Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
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- Genesis 20:6
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Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
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- Genesis 20:9
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Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
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- Genesis 20:10
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Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?”
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- Genesis 20:11
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Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’
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- Genesis 20:13
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So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
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- Genesis 20:15
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And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”
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- Genesis 20:16
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And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”
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- Genesis 21:1
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Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
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- Genesis 21:6
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Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
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- Genesis 21:7
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She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
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- Genesis 21:10
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and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”
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- Genesis 21:12
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But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
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- Genesis 21:16
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Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.
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- Genesis 21:17
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Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
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- Genesis 21:22
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At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
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- Genesis 21:24
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And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”
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- Genesis 21:26
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Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”
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- Genesis 21:29
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and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
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- Genesis 21:30
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He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
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- Genesis 22:1
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Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
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- Genesis 22:2
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“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
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- Genesis 22:3
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So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
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- Genesis 22:5
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“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”
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- Genesis 22:7
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Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
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- Genesis 22:8
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Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.
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- Genesis 22:9
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When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.
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