He told the man, "Because you have listened to what your wife said, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, "You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground because of you. You'll eat from it through pain-filled labor for the rest of your life.

King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine, since he was serving as the priest of God Most High.

Melchizedek blessed Abram and said, "Abram is blessed by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your control." Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

But Abram answered the king of Sodom, "I have made an oath to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

The angel of the LORD told her, "You must go back to your mistress and submit to her authority."

Now, you can go if you must go, because you certainly are longing to go to your father's house. But why did you steal my gods?"

As he was watching them, Jacob said, "This must be God's camp," so he named that place Mahanaim.

Now Shechem was the most important person in his father's household. So Hamor and his son Shechem entered the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city.