And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”
For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”
But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
There are many who say, “Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”
I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them.
but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
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