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Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.
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Then Abimelek said to Isaac, “Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.”
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I have the power to harm you; but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’
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They should collect all the food of these good years that are coming and store up the grain under the authority of Pharaoh, to be kept in the cities for food.
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“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the first sign of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
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Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt.
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The Lord said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
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But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
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Your right hand, Lord, was majestic in power. Your right hand, Lord, shattered the enemy.
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terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of your arm they will be as still as a stone— until your people pass by, Lord, until the people you bought pass by.
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But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
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I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the power of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them. They will share the burden of the people with you so that you will not have to carry it alone.
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Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took some of the power of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but did not do so again.
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But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.
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Moses said to the Lord, “Then the Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.
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Again they answered: “You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful army.
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Now come and put a curse on these people, because they are too powerful for me. Perhaps then I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.”
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Give him some of your authority so the whole Israelite community will obey him.
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So I took the leading men of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them to have authority over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials.
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But it was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
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You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.”
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I prayed to the Lord and said, “Sovereign Lord, do not destroy your people, your own inheritance that you redeemed by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
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But they are your people, your inheritance that you brought out by your great power and your outstretched arm.”
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Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous.
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Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand.
