Quotes About Trust

Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”

Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,

You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”

Then Shechem said to Dinahís father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.

Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.

Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,

They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your sonís robe or not.”

“I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”

And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.

When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,

Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.

From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptianís household on account of him. The LORDís blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.

So Potiphar left all that he owned in Josephís care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

and after some time his masterís wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

But he refused. “Look,” he said to his masterís wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.

One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.

When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,

When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

So Potipharís wife kept Josephís cloak beside her until his master came home.

When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.

the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.