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If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.
And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.
the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Now the people of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.
Let me bring a little bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass onsince you have come to your servant. So they said, Do as you have said.
Then the Lord said, How great is the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah and how very grave their sin!
Then God said to him in the dream, Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart; furthermore it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that ought not to be done.
The matter was very distressing to Abraham on account of his son.
He said, Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.
and by your offspring shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.
But he said to them, Do not delay me, since the Lord has made my journey successful; let me go that I may go to my master.
I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven, and will give to your offspring all these lands; and all the nations of the earth shall gain blessing for themselves through your offspring,
Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him, and bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of his father Isaac, his brother Esau came in from his hunting.
But he said, Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.
Esau said, Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright; and look, now he has taken away my blessing. Then he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me?
Esau said to his father, Have you only one blessing, father? Bless me, me also, father! And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.
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30 June 2021