Lexicon :: Strong's H4994 - nā'

When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife, Sarai, “Look, I know what a beautiful woman you are.

“Please say you’re my sister so it will go well for me because of you, and my life will be spared on your account.”

So Abram said to Lot, “Please, let’s not have quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.

After Lot had separated from him, the LORD said to Abram, “Look from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west,

He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “Your offspring will be that numerous.”

Sarai said to Abram, “Since the LORD has prevented me from bearing children, go to my slave; perhaps through her I can build a family.” And Abram agreed to what Sarai said.

and said, “My lord, if I have found favor with you, please do not go on past your servant.

“I will go down to see if what they have done justifies the cry that has come up to me. If not, I will find out.”

Then Abraham answered, “Since I have ventured to speak to my lord ​— ​even though I am dust and ashes ​— ​

Then he said, “Let my lord not be angry, and I will speak further. Suppose thirty are found there? ”

He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

and said, “My lords, turn aside to your servant’s house, wash your feet, and spend the night. Then you can get up early and go on your way.”

“No,” they said. “We would rather spend the night in the square.”

He said, “Don’t do this evil, my brothers.

But Lot said to them, “No, my lords[fn] ​— ​please.

“Take your son,” he said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”

Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his household who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,

“LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “make this happen for me today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

“Let the girl to whom I say, ‘Please lower your water jug so that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels also’ ​— ​let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”

Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jug.”

“Whose daughter are you? ” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night? ”

“Today when I came to the spring, I prayed: LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only you will make my journey successful!

“Before I had finished praying silently, there was Rebekah coming with her jug on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please let me have a drink.’

He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stuff, because I’m exhausted.” That is why he was also named Edom.[fn]

They replied, “We have clearly seen how the LORD has been with you. We think there should be an oath between two parties ​— ​between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you:

He said, “Look, I am old and do not know the day of my death.

“Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, and I will make them into a delicious meal for your father ​— ​the kind he loves.

Jacob replied to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game so that you may bless me.”

Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau or not? ”

Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come closer and kiss me, my son.”

Reuben went out during the wheat harvest and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother Leah, Rachel asked, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor with you, stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”

“And he said, ‘Look up and see: all the males that are mating with the flocks are streaked, spotted, and speckled, for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.

“Please rescue me from my brother Esau, for I am afraid of him; otherwise, he may come and attack me, the mothers, and their children.

Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.”

But he answered, “Why do you ask my name? ” And he blessed him there.

But Jacob said, “No, please! If I have found favor with you, take this gift from me. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing God’s face, since you have accepted me.

“Let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a pace suited to the livestock and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

Hamor said to Jacob’s sons, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your[fn] daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

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.

“I’m looking for my brothers,” Joseph said. “Can you tell me where they are pasturing their flocks? ”