Abraham approached and said, “Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked?

Sarah’s demand displeased Abraham greatly because Ishmael was his son. ¹ 

Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves.

The Lord’s angel called to Abraham a second time from heaven

The sons of Heth answered Abraham, ¹ 

Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, ¹  the sons of Heth.

Everything he owned Abraham left to his son Isaac.

Yes, ¹  he remembered the sacred promise ²  he made to Abraham his servant.

Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep ¹  the covenantal requirement ²  I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

Then Abraham asked, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord ¹  (although I am but dust and ashes), ² 

The Lord went on his way ¹  when he had finished speaking ²  to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home. ³ 

Abraham got up early in the morning and went ¹  to the place where he had stood before the Lord.

Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev ¹  region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident ²  in Gerar,

Then Abimelech asked ¹  Abraham, “What prompted you to do this thing?” ² 

Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.

Abraham named his son – whom Sarah bore to him – Isaac. ¹ 

When his son Isaac was eight days old, ¹  Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do. ² 

The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared ¹  a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. ² 

But Abraham lodged a complaint ¹  against Abimelech concerning a well ²  that Abimelech’s servants had seized. ³ 

Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty. ¹