But God didn’t allow anyone to treat them badly. To keep them safe, he gave a command to kings.

他不容什么人欺负他们，为他们的缘故责备君王，

他不容人欺负他们，为他们的缘故责备君王：

他不容人欺负他们，为他们的缘故责备君王：

耶和华不容人压迫他们，还为他们的缘故责备君王，

他不容任何人欺压他们，为了他们的缘故，他曾指责君王，说：

他不容任何人欺压他们，还为他们的缘故责备君王：

他不容甚麼人欺負他們，為他們的緣故責備君王，

他不容人欺負他們，為他們的緣故責備君王：

他不容人欺負他們，為他們的緣故責備君王：

耶和華不容人壓迫他們，還為他們的緣故責備君王，

他不容任何人欺壓他們，為了他們的緣故，他曾指責君王，說：

永恆主不容任何人欺壓他們；他為了他們的緣故曾指責過君王，

他不容任何人欺壓他們，還為他們的緣故責備君王：

上帝不容人虐遇之、因之譴責列王兮、

上帝不容人虐遇、苟為列王所侮、譴責必加兮、

主不容人欺虐之、因其緣故、懲治列王、

誡君民。莫之侮。

He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:

he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account,

Yet he did not let anyone oppress them. He warned kings on their behalf:

he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their behalf:

He allowed no one to oppress them, And He rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,

He permitted no one to do them wrong; Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes,

He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

He allowed no one to oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:

He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake,

He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

Then Jacob and everyone with him started out. The terror of God fell on the towns all around them. So no one chased them.

Then God came to Laban, the Aramean, in a dream at night. He said to him,“ Be careful. Do not say anything to Jacob, whether it is good or bad.”Jacob had set up his tent in the hill country of Gilead. That’s where Laban caught up with him. Laban and his relatives camped there too.Laban said to Jacob,“ What have you done? You have tricked me. You have taken my daughters away like prisoners of war.Why did you run away in secret and trick me? Why didn’t you tell me? Then I could have sent you away happily. We could have sung to the music of tambourines and harps.You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.I have the power to harm you. But last night the God of your father spoke to me. He said,‘ Be careful. Do not say anything to Jacob, whether it is good or bad.’

Say to Pharaoh,‘ The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you. He says,“ Let my people go. Then they will be able to worship me in the desert. But up to now you have not listened.”The Lord says,“ Here is how you will know that I am the Lord. I will strike the water of the Nile River with the walking stick that is in my hand. The river will turn into blood.

He had many flocks and herds and servants. Isaac had so much that the Philistines became jealous of him.So they stopped up all the wells the servants of his father Abraham had dug. They filled them with dirt.Then Abimelek said to Isaac,“ Move away from us. You have become too powerful for us.”So Isaac moved away from there. He camped in the Valley of Gerar, where he made his home.Isaac opened up the wells again. They had been dug in the time of his father Abraham. The Philistines had stopped them up after Abraham died. Isaac gave the wells the same names his father had given them.Isaac’s servants dug wells in the valley. There they discovered fresh water.But the people of Gerar who took care of their own herds argued with the people who took care of Isaac’s herds.“ The water is ours!” the people of Gerar said. So Isaac named the well Esek. That’s because they argued with him.Then Isaac’s servants dug another well. They argued about that one too. So he named it Sitnah.Isaac moved on from there and dug another well. But no one argued about that one. So he named it Rehoboth. He said,“ Now the Lord has given us room. Now we will be successful in the land.”From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.That night the Lord appeared to him. He said,“ I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid. I am with you. I will bless you. I will increase the number of your children because of my servant Abraham.”Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. There he set up his tent. And there his servants dug a well.During that time, Abimelek had come to him from Gerar. His personal adviser, Ahuzzath, had come with him. So had his army commander, Phicol.Isaac asked them,“ Why have you come to me? You were angry with me and sent me away.”They answered,“ We saw clearly that the Lord was with you. So we said,‘ There should be an agreement between us and you.’ We want to make a peace treaty with you.Give us your word that you won’t harm us. We didn’t harm you. We always treated you well. We sent you away peacefully. And now the Lord has blessed you.”Then Isaac had a feast prepared for them. They ate and drank.Early the next morning the men made a treaty with each other. Then Isaac sent the men of Gerar on their way. And they left peacefully.That day Isaac’s servants came to him. They told him about the well they had dug. They said,“ We’ve found water!”So he named it Shibah. To this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.

Abraham moved south into the Negev Desert. He lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar.There Abraham said about his wife Sarah,“ She’s my sister.” Then Abimelek, the king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.So God appeared to Abimelek in a dream one night. He said to him,“ You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken. She is already married.”But Abimelek hadn’t gone near her. So he said,“ Lord, will you destroy a nation that hasn’t done anything wrong?Didn’t Abraham say to me,‘ She’s my sister’? And didn’t she also say,‘ He’s my brother’? I had no idea I was doing anything wrong.”Then God spoke to him in the dream. He said,“ Yes, I know you had no idea you were doing anything wrong. So I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.Now return the man’s wife to him. He is a prophet. So he will pray for you, and you will live. But what if you do not return her? Then you can be sure that you and all your people will die.”

Abram arrived in Egypt. The Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they told Pharaoh how beautiful she was. So she was taken into his palace.Pharaoh treated Abram well because of her. So Abram gained more sheep and cattle and male and female donkeys. He also gained more male and female servants and some camels.But the Lord sent terrible sicknesses on Pharaoh and everyone in his palace. The Lord did it because of Abram’s wife Sarai.