But he did not let anyone hurt them; he warned kings not to harm them.
But the Lord sent terrible diseases on the king and all the people in his house because of Abram’s wife Sarai.
But one night God spoke to Abimelech in a dream and said, “You will die. The woman you took is married.”
That night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and said, “Be careful! Do not say anything to Jacob, good or bad.”
I have the power to harm you, but last night the God of your father spoke to me and warned me not to say anything to you, good or bad.
But the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac, was with me. Otherwise, you would have sent me away with nothing. But he saw the trouble I had and the hard work I did, and last night he corrected you.”
They went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another.
This is what Moab and Ammon get for being proud, because they insulted and made fun of the people of the Lord All-Powerful.