¹³ And Asa and the people who were with him went after them as far as Gerar; and so great was the destruction among the Ethiopians that they were not able to get their army together again, for they were broken before the Lord and before his army; and they took away a great amount of their goods.

¹⁹ Their country stretching from Zidon to Gaza, in the direction of Gerar; and to Lasha, in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim.

¹ Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

¹ And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar.

⁹ Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,

¹¹ Have you not sent us away from you, O God? and you go not out with our armies.

⁴ He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

⁹ If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!

¹⁴ And they overcame all the towns round Gerar, because the Lord sent fear on them; and they took away their goods from the towns, for there were stores of wealth in them.

²² And from day to day more supporters came to David, till he had a great army like the army of God.

²⁸ And may the sin of your servant have forgiveness: for the Lord will certainly make your family strong, because my lord is fighting in the Lord's war; and no evil will be seen in you all your days.

¹⁴ And he said, No; but I have come as captain of the armies of the Lord. Then Joshua, falling down with his face to the earth in worship, said, What has my lord to say to his servant?

¹ Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: these are the sons which they had after the great flow of waters