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

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:

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

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

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,

As they set out, a terror from God spread over the people in all the towns of that area, so no one attacked Jacob’s family.

But the previous night God had appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and told him,“ I’m warning you— leave Jacob alone!”Laban caught up with Jacob as he was camped in the hill country of Gilead, and he set up his camp not far from Jacob’s.“ What do you mean by deceiving me like this?” Laban demanded.“ How dare you drag my daughters away like prisoners of war?Why did you slip away secretly? Why did you deceive me? And why didn’t you say you wanted to leave? I would have given you a farewell feast, with singing and music, accompanied by tambourines and harps.Why didn’t you let me kiss my daughters and grandchildren and tell them good bye? You have acted very foolishly!I could destroy you, but the God of your father appeared to me last night and warned me,‘ Leave Jacob alone!’

Then announce to him,‘ The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you,“ Let my people go, so they can worship me in the wilderness.” Until now, you have refused to listen to him.So this is what the Lord says:“ I will show you that I am the Lord.” Look! I will strike the water of the Nile with this staff in my hand, and the river will turn to blood.

He acquired so many flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.So the Philistines filled up all of Isaac’s wells with dirt. These were the wells that had been dug by the servants of his father, Abraham.Finally, Abimelech ordered Isaac to leave the country.“ Go somewhere else,” he said,“ for you have become too powerful for us.”So Isaac moved away to the Gerar Valley, where he set up their tents and settled down.He reopened the wells his father had dug, which the Philistines had filled in after Abraham’s death. Isaac also restored the names Abraham had given them.Isaac’s servants also dug in the Gerar Valley and discovered a well of fresh water.But then the shepherds from Gerar came and claimed the spring.“ This is our water,” they said, and they argued over it with Isaac’s herdsmen. So Isaac named the well Esek( which means“ argument”).Isaac’s men then dug another well, but again there was a dispute over it. So Isaac named it Sitnah( which means“ hostility”).Abandoning that one, Isaac moved on and dug another well. This time there was no dispute over it, so Isaac named the place Rehoboth( which means“ open space”), for he said,“ At last the Lord has created enough space for us to prosper in this land.”From there Isaac moved to Beersheba,where the Lord appeared to him on the night of his arrival.“ I am the God of your father, Abraham,” he said.“ Do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you. I will multiply your descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will do this because of my promise to Abraham, my servant.”Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. He set up his camp at that place, and his servants dug another well.One day King Abimelech came from Gerar with his adviser, Ahuzzath, and also Phicol, his army commander.“ Why have you come here?” Isaac asked.“ You obviously hate me, since you kicked me off your land.”They replied,“ We can plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let’s make a covenant.Swear that you will not harm us, just as we have never troubled you. We have always treated you well, and we sent you away from us in peace. And now look how the Lord has blessed you!”So Isaac prepared a covenant feast to celebrate the treaty, and they ate and drank together.Early the next morning, they each took a solemn oath not to interfere with each other. Then Isaac sent them home again, and they left him in peace.That very day Isaac’s servants came and told him about a new well they had dug.“ We’ve found water!” they exclaimed.So Isaac named the well Shibah( which means“ oath”). And to this day the town that grew up there is called Beersheba( which means“ well of the oath”).

Abraham moved south to the Negev and lived for a while between Kadesh and Shur, and then he moved on to Gerar. While living there as a foreigner,Abraham introduced his wife, Sarah, by saying,“ She is my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar sent for Sarah and had her brought to him at his palace.But that night God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him,“ You are a dead man, for that woman you have taken is already married!”But Abimelech had not slept with her yet, so he said,“ Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?Didn’t Abraham tell me,‘ She is my sister’? And she herself said,‘ Yes, he is my brother.’ I acted in complete innocence! My hands are clean.”In the dream God responded,“ Yes, I know you are innocent. That’s why I kept you from sinning against me, and why I did not let you touch her.Now return the woman to her husband, and he will pray for you, for he is a prophet. Then you will live. But if you don’t return her to him, you can be sure that you and all your people will die.”

And sure enough, when Abram arrived in Egypt, everyone noticed Sarai’s beauty.When the palace officials saw her, they sang her praises to Pharaoh, their king, and Sarai was taken into his palace.Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of her— sheep, goats, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.But the Lord sent terrible plagues upon Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.