Rulers

“May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.””

“But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?””

“Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.”

“Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.”

“I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.”

“And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.”

“Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—”

“Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.”