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And these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's bondwoman, bore to Abraham.

Verse Conceptssarah

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money every male among the people of Abraham's house and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that same day, as God had said to him.

Verse ConceptsForeskinsAt The Same TimeGroups Of Slaves

but to the sons of Abraham's concubines, Abraham gave gifts. He sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country.

Verse ConceptsGroups Sent Away

Then Abraham's servant took ten camels from his master's herd of camels and left on his journey with all kinds of gifts from his master's inventory. Eventually, he traveled as far as Aram-naharaim, Nahor's home town.

Verse ConceptsDeparturesTen AnimalsGiving Good Things

for the Lord had securely closed the wombs of all [the women] in Abimelech’s household because of Sarah, Abrahams wife.

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenWombReasons For BarrennessSealing ThingsInfertilitysarah

Before he had finished speaking, Rebekah appeared. She was a daughter of Milcah's son Bethuel. (Milcah was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.) She approached the well, carrying a jug on her shoulder.

Verse ConceptsShouldersequipping, physicalWater ContainersWhile Still SpeakingCarrying Other Loads

They filled in with sand all of the wells that Isaac's father Abraham's servants had dug during his lifetime.

Verse ConceptsExcavationStopping WellsTimes Of People

so he went to Abraham's son Ishmael and married Ishmael's daughter Mahalath, who was the sister of Nebaioth.

Verse ConceptsPolygamyNamed Sisters

The sons born to Keturah, Abrahams concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Jokshan’s sons: Sheba and Dedan.

Verse ConceptsConcubines

And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

(And Bethuel begot Rebecca.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

Verse ConceptsEight People

And it came to pass, when Abraham's servant heard their words, that he bowed down to the earth before Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsPrayer, Practicalities Of

And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived: a hundred and seventy-five years.

Verse ConceptsAge, Lived Over 100Age, Span Of LifeAge At DeathDeath Of A FatherAge

[The] princes of [the] peoples are gathered together [with] the people of Abraham's God. For [the] shields of [the] earth belong to God. He is very exalted.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsClaimsEarth, Belonging To GodNoblesShieldsBlessings For Jew And GentileSurrender

Then Abraham breathed his last and he died at a good old age, an old man who was satisfied [with life]; and he was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death].

Verse ConceptsDeath, Means OfAfterlifeAgingDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfGathered To One's PeopleDeathAge

Then Abraham's servant ran to meet her and asked her, "Please, let me have a sip of water from your jug."

Verse ConceptsWater ContainersIndividuals RunningRequesting FoodMan Providing Water

Then Rebekah and her young servant women got up, mounted their camels, and followed Abraham's servant, who took Rebekah and went on his way.

Verse ConceptsCamelsRiding CamelsYoung Ladies

After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who continued to live near Beer-lahai-roi.

Verse ConceptsBlessed By God

Later on, a famine swept through the land. This famine was different from the previous famine that had occurred earlier, during Abraham's lifetime. So Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfAppearances Of God In OtTimes Of People

Isaac re-excavated some wells that his father had first dug during his lifetime, because the Philistines had filled them with sand after Abraham's death. Isaac renamed those wells with the same names that his father had called them.

Verse ConceptsStopping WellsPeople Naming ThingsTimes Of People

Abrahams possession in the presence of all the Hittites who came to the gate of his city.

Verse ConceptsBusiness At The GatewayIn Men's Presence

So the servant placed his hand under his master Abrahams thigh and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

Verse ConceptsServants, GoodThighsSwearing Oaths

"LORD God of our ancestors, you are the God who lives in heaven, are you not? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, don't you? In your own hands you grasp both strength and power, don't you? As a result, no one can oppose you, can they? You are our God, who expelled the former inhabitants of this land right in front of our people Israel, aren't you? Then you gave it to your friend Abraham's descendant forever, didn't you?

Verse ConceptsAbraham, The Friend Of GodNames And Titles For The ChristianDivine FriendshipFriendship And Trust

So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham's request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in.

Verse ConceptsMemoriesRememberingAbraham, Testing And VictoryAbraham, Calling And LifeDivine RemembranceDestruction Of CitiesGod Remembering His PeopleBringing People Out Of Other Places

So Abraham's servant went to the house and unloaded the camels. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was provided so that he and the men who were with him could wash their feet.

Verse ConceptsBathing, For CleansingGuestsMangersStrawWaterFeet WashingThings StrippedEntering HousesFeeding AnimalsMan Providing WaterClean FeetCare Of Feet

and asked Abraham's servant, "Who is that man walking in the field toward us?" "That is my master," the servant replied. So she took her veil and covered herself.

Verse ConceptsCoveringVeilsMeeting PeopleWho Is This?The Brides Wedding Dress

Isaac addressed his father Abraham: "My father!" "I'm here, my son," Abraham replied. Isaac asked, "The fire and the wood are here, but where's the lamb for the burnt offering?"

Verse ConceptsFireLambsBurning SacrificesFirewoodBehold Me!Sheep And GoatsWhere Are Things?

That's when he prayed, "LORD God of my master Abraham, help me to succeed today. Please show your gracious love to my master Abraham.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersGrace, In OtAdventureSuccess Through GodguidanceHaving A Good Day

And I stooped, and bowed down before Jehovah; and I blessed Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, who has led me the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.

Verse ConceptsBowing Heads Before GodGod Has GuidedBlessed Be God!

My master's wife Sarah gave birth to my master's son in her old age, and Abraham has given him everything that belongs to him.

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersHope For Old People

and said, "Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham which ceaseth not to deal mercifully and truly with my master. For the LORD hath brought me the way to my master's brother's house."

Verse ConceptsJourneyKindnessGod Has GuidedBless The Lord!God Showed His Lovingkindness

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind was a ram caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt-offering instead of his son.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamHornsRamsSubstitutionNames Of GodHorns Of AnimalsVicarious Substitution

And Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

And Abraham hearkened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the money that he had named in the ears of the sons of Heth four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Making AgreementsMerchantsTradeWeighingIn Men's PresenceAgreeing With One Anotherhumor

the field that Abraham had purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

And may he give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, in order that thou mayest possess the land of thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraham!

Verse ConceptsBlessing Through God's PeopleGod Gave The Land

And she said, "Who would announce to Abraham [that] Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne a son [to Abraham] in his old age."

Verse ConceptsNursesOld Age, Attainment OfHope For Old PeopleImpossible For PeopleAgesarah

And Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. And Abraham rose up from his dead, and he spoke to the Hittites [and] said,

Verse ConceptsCorpses Of Other PeoplePeople Getting Up

Abraham also ran to the herd and brought a calf, tender and choice, and he gave it to the servant [to butcher], and he hurried to prepare it.

Verse ConceptsTendernessAnimals, Types OfCattleHasteHerdsIndividuals RunningSoftnessEating CattleHasty Action

"Long ago your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River, including Terah, father of both Abraham and Nahor, where they served other gods. Then I took your ancestor Abraham from the other side of the Euphrates River and led him through the entire land of Canaan. I multiplied his descendants, and gave him his son Isaac.

Verse ConceptsChildren, attitudes towardsChildren, A Gift From GodGod Multipling PeopleBeyond The Euphrates

Later, the LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks belonging to Mamre. As Abraham was sitting near the entrance to his tent during the hottest part of the day,

Verse ConceptsHeatNoonRevelation, In OtSittingTentsAbraham, Testing And VictoryOaksHot WeatherGod Appearing

Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. Abraham carried the fire and the knife. And so the two of them went on together.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamKnifesGoing TogetherBurning SacrificesFirewoodCarrying Other Loads

Thou art He, O Jehovah God, who didst fix on Abraham, and didst bring him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, and didst make his name Abraham,

Verse ConceptsPast, TheGod Renaming PeopleBringing People Out Of Other Places

And Abraham said, Because I said, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me for my wife's sake.

Verse ConceptsFailureNo Fear Of GodWhy People Did Things

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

Verse ConceptsServants, BadWellsDishonesty, Examples Of

So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the hand of the king and his officials, and according to the king’s command, saying, “Israelites, return to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped from the grasp of the kings of Assyria.

Verse ConceptsHeraldRevival, CorporateInfidelity To GodMissionary Examples

Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Disregard this people’s stubbornness, and their wickedness and sin.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersServanthood, In Life Of BelieversSelf Will

Abraham spoke to Him yet again and said, “Suppose [only] forty are found there.” And He said, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty [who are righteous].”

Verse ConceptsFortiesNumbers Of Righteous People

And he said, “Now behold, I have decided to speak to the Lord [again]. Suppose [only] twenty [righteous people] are found there?” And the Lord said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

Verse ConceptsTwentyNumbers Of Righteous PeopleSpeaking To God

she told Abraham, "Throw out this slave girl, along with her son, because this slave's son will never be a co-heir with my son Isaac!"

Verse ConceptsInheritance, MaterialFamilyQuarrelsOld Testament People As Typessarah

"Abraham told me, "The LORD, who is with me wherever I go, will send his angel with you to make your journey successful. So you are to choose a wife for my son from my family, from my father's household.

Verse ConceptsWalking With GodMarrying RelativesAngels Going At God's BiddingTaking A WifeSuccess Through God

And there was the LORD, standing above it and telling Jacob, "I am the LORD God of your grandfather Abraham. I'm Isaac's God, too. I'm giving you and your descendants the ground on which you're sleeping.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftI Am Godgrandfathers

It's the cave in the field near Mamre at Machpelah in the land of Canaan that Abraham bought to serve as a cemetery.

Verse ConceptsThe Cave Of Machpelah

It's where Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried, where Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried, and where I buried Leah.

Verse ConceptsCaves For BuryingThe Cave Of Machpelahsarah

Abraham fathered Isaac.
Isaac’s sons: Esau and Israel.

And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned;

Verse ConceptsFeastingBanquets, Events CelebratedWeaningGrowing Upsarah

Early in the morning Abraham got up, took bread and a waterskin, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her and the boy away. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beer-sheba.

Verse ConceptsShouldersBottle, UsesDeserts, SpecificThe HomelessWater ContainersWanderersThose Who Rose EarlyCarrying Other LoadsExamples Of Love For Children

And Abraham called his son's name that was born unto him, which Sara bare him, Isaac:

Verse ConceptsPeople Naming Peoplesarah

Just as surely as I have done this, so surely will I never reject the descendants of Jacob. Nor will I ever refuse to choose one of my servant David's descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Indeed, I will restore them and show mercy to them."

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfServants Of The Lord

And Sarah's death took place in Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan: and Abraham went into his house, weeping and sorrowing for Sarah.

Verse ConceptsGriefLossSorrowWeepingMourning The Death Of OthersDeath

So Abraham secured Ephron's field in Machpelah, next to Mamre, including the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and all around its border,

Verse ConceptsCaves For Burying

Therefore, the Lord, who redeemed Abraham [from paganism] says this, concerning the house of Jacob (Israel):

“Jacob will not be ashamed, nor will his face turn pale [with disappointment because of his children’s degenerate behavior];

Verse ConceptsGod, As Redeemerredeemed

For you [are] our father, although Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, Yahweh [are] our father, Our Redeemer from [of] old [is] your name.

Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfGod, As RedeemerAdoption, nature ofFamily, Showing God's RelationshipPeople Of God, In OtPrayer, As A Relationship With GodRedemption, In OtSpiritual AdoptionNot Knowing People

But Yahweh had mercy on them and showed compassion to them and turned to them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was not willing to destroy them nor cast them from his presence up to now.

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, From GodGod Of The FathersGod Is GraciousDivine FavourDivine DelaysDriven From God's PresenceGod's Covenant With The Patriarchs

And his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which field Abraham had bought as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite before Mamre.

Verse ConceptsempiresCavesTombsCaves For BuryingThe Cave Of MachpelahCaves Used As Graves

the covenant He made with Abraham,
swore to Isaac,

And Joseph said to his brothers, "I [am about] to die, but God will certainly visit you and bring you up from this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."

Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis ofProperty, LandThe Promised LandGod VisitingNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenDeath Approaching

And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob,

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersGod Remembering His CovenantGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Keeps Covenant

And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face because he was afraid of looking at God.

Verse ConceptsGesturesAbraham, Family And DescendantsGod Of The FathersJacob, The PatriarchReverence, And ObedienceFear, Caused ByNot Seeing GodHiding From GodI Am GodThose Frightened Of Godfatherhood

And God said again to Moses, "So you must say to the {Israelites}, 'Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This [is] my name forever, and this [is] my remembrance from generation [to] generation.'

Verse ConceptsGenerationsI Am The LordGod Sending ProphetsOther References To God's Name

Go and gather the elders of Israel and say to them, 'Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, appeared to me, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, "I have carefully attended to you and what has been done to you in Egypt."

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersWatchfulness, DivineAssembling LeadersGod AppearingGod Paid Attention To ThemThe Elders GatheredThe Elderly

"so that they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, appeared to you, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob."

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersGod AppearingBelieving In GodOthers Believing In God

And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Shaddai, but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.

Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfLordship, Human And DivineGod AppearingHis Name Is The LordNames Involving GodGod's Things Concealed

And I will bring you to the land {that I swore} to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it to you [as] a possession. I [am] Yahweh."

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsHomeHand Of GodProperty, LandThe Promised LandI Am The Lordland

Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel—You swore to them by Your very self and declared, ‘I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and will give your offspring all this land that I have promised, and they will inherit it forever.’”

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersHeirsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityServants Of The LordGolden CalvesEternal PossessionGod Swearing Blessings

The Lord spoke to Moses: “Go, leave here, you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying: I will give it to your offspring.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamOaths, DivineBringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod Gave The LandOthers Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

The angel who redeemed me from all evil, may he bless the boys. And through them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac. And let them multiply into many in the midst of the earth.

Verse ConceptsPeople Naming PeopleAngels Looking After PeopleAngels Providing ProtectionMay God Bless!

And it came to pass at the time of the offering up of the oblation, that Elijah the prophet drew near, and said, Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things by thy word.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTMiracles Of ElijahKnowing That There Is A GodNamed Prophets Of The LordThe Lord [Yahweh] Is GodSacrificeGod's TimingGods Timing

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah; she brought you forth. For I called him {alone}, but I blessed him and made him numerous."

Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfBlessings, To AbrahamGod's Activity In IsraelCalling, Of IndividualsGod Multipling PeopleOnly One Personsarah

then I will remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham; and I will remember the land.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersJacob, The PatriarchAncestorsGod Remembering His CovenantGod Keeps Covenant