³ And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.

¹⁴ And Abram, hearing that his brother's son had been made a prisoner, took a band of his trained men, three hundred and eighteen of them, sons of his house, and went after them as far as Dan.

²¹ If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.

² And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

¹⁶ And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.

¹² Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

²³ A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.

⁷ I got men-servants and women-servants, and they gave birth to sons and daughters in my house. I had great wealth of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.

¹ You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

³⁵ So do not give up your hope which will be greatly rewarded.

³⁶ For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.