Bible Verses About Answers To Prayer

As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation;

lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath found grace in thine eyes, and thou dost make great thy kindness which thou hast done with me by saving my life, and I am unable to escape to the mountain, lest the evil cleave to me, and I have died;

lo, I pray thee, this city is near to flee thither, and it is little; let me escape, I pray thee, thither, (is it not little?) and my soul doth live.'

And he saith unto him, `Lo, I have accepted thy face also for this thing, without overthrowing the city for which thou hast spoken;

And it cometh to pass, before he hath finished speaking, that lo, Rebekah (who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, brother of Abraham) is coming out, and her pitcher on her shoulder,

and the young person is of very good appearance, a virgin, and a man hath not known her; and she goeth down to the fountain, and filleth her pitcher, and cometh up.

And the servant runneth to meet her, and saith, `Let me swallow, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher;'

and she saith, `Drink, my lord;' and she hasteth, and letteth down her pitcher upon her hand, and giveth him drink.

And she finisheth giving him drink, and saith, `Also for thy camels I draw till they have finished drinking;'

and she hasteth, and emptieth her pitcher into the drinking-trough, and runneth again unto the well to draw, and draweth for all his camels.

And the man, wondering at her, remaineth silent, to know whether Jehovah hath made his way prosperous or not.

And it cometh to pass when the camels have finished drinking, that the man taketh a golden ring (whose weight is a bekah), and two bracelets for her hands (whose weight is ten bekahs of gold),

and saith, `Whose daughter art thou? declare to me, I pray thee, is the house of thy father a place for us to lodge in?'

And she saith unto him, `I am daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, whom she hath borne to Nahor.'

She saith also unto him, `Both straw and provender are abundant with us, also a place to lodge in.'

And the man boweth, and doth obeisance to Jehovah,

and saith, `Blessed is Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, who hath not left off His kindness and His truth with my lord; --I being in the way, Jehovah hath led me to the house of my lord's brethren.'

And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn;

and he seeth that he is not able for him, and he cometh against the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh is disjointed in his wrestling with him;

and he saith, `Send me away, for the dawn hath ascended:' and he saith, `I send thee not away, except thou hast blessed me.'

And he saith unto him, `What is thy name?' and he saith, `Jacob.'

And he saith, `Thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast been a prince with God and with men, and dost prevail.'

And Jacob asketh, and saith, `Declare, I pray thee, thy name;' and he saith, `Why is this, thou askest for My name?' and He blesseth him there.

And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for `I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;'

And it cometh to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dieth, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goeth up unto God, because of the service;