Lexicon :: Strong's H1697 - dāḇār

The whole earth had the same language and vocabulary.

But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife, Sarai.

After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision:

Do not be afraid, Abram.

I am your shield;

your reward will be very great.

Now the word of the LORD came to him: “This one will not be your heir; instead, one who comes from your own body[fn] will be your heir.”

“Is anything impossible for the LORD? At the appointed time I will come back to you, and in about a year she will have a son.”

“You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of the whole earth do what is just? ”

“Look, I’ve got two daughters who haven’t been intimate with a man. I’ll bring them out to you, and you can do whatever you want[fn] to them. However, don’t do anything to these men, because they have come under the protection of my roof.”

And he said to him, “All right,[fn] I’ll grant your request[fn] about this matter too and will not demolish the town you mentioned.

Early in the morning Abimelech got up, called all his servants together, and personally[fn] told them all these things, and the men were terrified.

Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What made you do this? ”

for the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household on account of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

This was very distressing to[fn] Abraham because of his son.

Abimelech replied, “I don’t know who did this thing. You didn’t report anything to me, so I hadn’t heard about it until today.”

After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham! ”

“Here I am,” he answered.

and said, “By myself I have sworn,” this is the LORD’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son,

Now after these things Abraham was told, “Milcah also has borne sons to your brother Nahor:

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

The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

As soon as he had seen the ring and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and when he had heard his sister Rebekah’s words ​— ​“The man said this to me! ” ​— ​he went to the man. He was standing there by the camels at the spring.

A meal was set before him, but he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I have to say.”

So Laban said, “Please speak.”

Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.[fn]

When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed to the ground before the LORD.

Then the servant told Isaac everything he had done.

When Esau heard his father’s words, he cried out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, my father! ”

When the words of her older son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she summoned her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Listen, your brother Esau is consoling himself by planning to kill you.

When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran to meet him, hugged him, and kissed him. Then he took him to his house, and Jacob told him all that had happened.

Laban asked, “What should I give you? ”

And Jacob said, “You don’t need to give me anything. If you do this one thing for me, I will continue to shepherd and keep your flock.

“Good,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

Now Jacob heard what Laban’s sons were saying: “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s and has built this wealth from what belonged to our father.”

He also told the second one, the third, and everyone who was walking behind the animals, “Say the same thing to Esau when you find him.

“We cannot do this thing,” they said to them. “Giving our sister to an uncircumcised man is a disgrace to us.

Their words seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

“Are you really going to reign over us? ” his brothers asked him. “Are you really going to rule us? ” So they hated him even more because of his dream and what he had said.

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

Then Israel said to him, “Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him from the Hebron Valley, and he went to Shechem.

After some time his master’s wife looked longingly at Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought to us came to make a fool of me,

When his master heard the story his wife told him ​— ​“These are the things your slave did to me” ​— ​he was furious

After this, the king of Egypt’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

“It is just as I told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.

“Since the dream was given twice to Pharaoh, it means that the matter has been determined by God, and he will carry it out soon.

The proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants,

“Send one from among you to get your brother. The rest of you will be imprisoned so that your words can be tested to see if they are true. If they are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies! ”

“Bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be confirmed; then you won’t die.” And they consented to this.

They answered, “The man kept asking about us and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother? ’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’? ”

But the men were afraid because they were taken to Joseph’s house. They said, “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time. They intend to overpower us, seize us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.”

“Put my cup, the silver one, at the top of the youngest one’s bag, along with the silver for his grain.” So he did as Joseph told him.