¹⁴ When Abram heard that his relative^(A) had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained^(B) men born in his household^(C) and went in pursuit as far as Dan.^(D)

³ And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant^(A) in my household^(B) will be my heir.”

²³ On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household^(A) or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.^(B)

⁷ I bought male and female slaves and had other slaves^(A) who were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me.