Quotes about Trust
But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
— Genesis 26:7
Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
— Genesis 26:9
“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
— Genesis 26:10
“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you
— Genesis 26:28
Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
— Genesis 27:4
She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
— Genesis 27:16
Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.
— Genesis 27:17
But Isaac asked his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?” “Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.
— Genesis 27:20
Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he replied, “I am.”
— Genesis 27:24
Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”
— Genesis 27:26
Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
— Genesis 28:15
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
— Genesis 28:20