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Genesis 13

    ²Now Abram was extremely rich in livestock and in silver and in gold.

    ³And he journeyed on from the South [country of Judah, the Negeb] as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

    ⁴Where he had built an altar at first; and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.^(A)

    ⁵But Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

    ⁶Now the land was not able to nourish and support them so they could dwell together, for their possessions were too great for them to live together.

    ⁷And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land [making fodder more difficult to obtain].

    ⁸So Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I beg of you, between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are relatives.

    ⁹Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself, I beg of you, from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you choose the right hand, then I will go to the left.

    ¹⁰And Lot looked and saw that everywhere the Jordan Valley was well watered. Before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [it was all] like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.

    ¹¹Then Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley and [he] traveled east. So they separated.

    ¹²Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the [Jordan] Valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom and dwelt there.

    ¹³But the men of Sodom were wicked and exceedingly great sinners against the Lord.

    ¹⁴The Lord said to Abram after Lot had left him, Lift up now your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;

    ¹⁵For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your posterity forever.^(B)

    ¹⁶And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the dust of the earth, then could your descendants also be counted.^(C)

    ¹⁷Arise, walk through the land, the length of it and the breadth of it, for I will give it to you.

    ¹⁸Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt among the oaks or terebinths of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and built there an altar to the Lord.

Genesis 14

    ²They made war on the kings Bera of Sodom, Birsha of Gomorrah, Shinab of Admah, Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, ^[a]that is, Zoar.

    ³The latter kings joined together [as allies] in the Valley of Siddim, which is [now] the [Dead] Sea of Salt.

    ⁴Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

    ⁵And in the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him attacked and subdued the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

    ⁶And the Horites in their Mount Seir as far as El-paran, which is on the border of the wilderness.

    ⁷Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat, which [now] is Kadesh, and subdued all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.

    ⁸Then the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela, that is, Zoar, went out and [together] they joined battle [with those kings] in the Valley of Siddim,

    ⁹With the kings Chedorlaomer of Elam, Tidal of Goiim, Amraphel of Shinar, and Arioch of Ellasar--four kings against five.

    ¹⁰Now the Valley of Siddim was full of slime or bitumen pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell (were overthrown) there and the remainder [of the kings] fled to the mountain.

    ¹¹[The victors] took all the wealth of Sodom and Gomorrah and all the supply of provisions and departed.

    ¹²And they also took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods away with them.

    ¹³Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew [one from the other side], who was living by the oaks or terebinths of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and of Aner--these were allies of Abram.

    ¹⁴When Abram heard that [his nephew] had been captured, he armed (led forth) the 318 trained servants born in his own house and pursued the enemy as far as Dan.

    ¹⁵He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and attacked and routed them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

    ¹⁶And he brought back all the goods and also brought back his kinsman Lot and his possessions, the women also and the people.

    ¹⁷After his [Abram's] return from the defeat and slaying of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh, that is, the King's Valley.

    ¹⁸Melchizedek king of Salem [later called Jerusalem] brought out bread and wine [for their nourishment]; he was the priest of God Most High,

    ¹⁹And he blessed him and said, Blessed (favored with blessings, made blissful, joyful) be Abram by God Most High, Possessor and Maker of heaven and earth,

    ²⁰And blessed, praised, and glorified be God Most High, Who has given your foes into your hand! And [Abram] gave him a tenth of all [he had taken].^(D)

    ²¹And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons and keep the goods for yourself.

    ²²But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand and sworn to the Lord, God Most High, the Possessor and Maker of heaven and earth,

    ²³That I would not take a thread or a shoelace or anything that is yours, lest you should say, I have made Abram rich.

    ²⁴[Take all] except only what my young men have eaten and the share of the men [allies] who went with me--Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

Genesis 15

    ²And Abram said, Lord God, what can You give me, since I am going on [from this world] childless and he who shall be the owner and heir of my house is this [steward] Eliezer of Damascus?

    ³And Abram continued, Look, You have given me no child; and [a servant] born in my house is my heir.

    ⁴And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, This man shall not be your heir, but he who shall come from your own body shall be your heir.

    ⁵And He brought him outside [his tent into the starlight] and said, Look now toward the heavens and count the stars--if you are able to number them. Then He said to him, So shall your descendants be.^(E)

    ⁶And he [Abram] believed in (trusted in, relied on, remained steadfast to) the Lord, and He counted it to him as righteousness (right standing with God).^(F)

    ⁷And He said to him, I am the [same] Lord, Who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees to give you this land as an inheritance.

    ⁸But he [Abram] said, Lord God, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it?

    ⁹And He said to him, Bring to Me a heifer three years old, a she-goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

    ¹⁰And he brought Him all these and cut them down the middle [into halves] and laid each half opposite the other; but the birds he did not divide.

    ¹¹And when the birds of prey swooped down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

    ¹²When the sun was setting, a deep sleep overcame Abram, and a horror (a terror, a shuddering fear) of great darkness assailed and oppressed him.

    ¹³And [God] said to Abram, Know positively that your descendants will be strangers dwelling as temporary residents in a land that is not theirs [Egypt], and they will be slaves there and will be afflicted and oppressed for 400 years. [Fulfilled in Exod. 12:40.]

    ¹⁴But I will bring judgment on that nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.^(G)

    ¹⁵And you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old (hoary) age.

    ¹⁶And in the ^[c]fourth generation they [your descendants] shall come back here [to Canaan] again, for the iniquity of the ^[d]Amorites is not yet full and complete.^(H)

    ¹⁷When the sun had gone down and a [thick] darkness had come on, behold, a smoking oven and a flaming torch passed between those pieces.

    ¹⁸On the same day the Lord made a covenant (promise, pledge) with Abram, saying, To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates--the land of

    ¹⁹The Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

    ²⁰The Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

    ²¹The Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

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Matthew 5

    ²Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:

    ³Blessed (happy, ^[a]to be envied, and ^[b]spiritually prosperous--^[c]with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the poor in spirit (the humble, who rate themselves insignificant), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!

    ⁴Blessed and enviably happy [with a ^[d]happiness produced by the experience of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His matchless grace] are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted!^(A)

    ⁵Blessed (happy, blithesome, joyous, ^[e]spiritually prosperous--^[f]with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the meek (the mild, patient, long-suffering), for they shall inherit the earth!^(B)

    ⁶Blessed and fortunate and happy and ^[g]spiritually prosperous (in that state in which the born-again child of God ^[h]enjoys His favor and salvation) are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), for they shall be ^[i]completely satisfied!^(C)

    ⁷Blessed (happy, ^[j]to be envied, and ^[k]spiritually prosperous--^[l]with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy!

    ⁸Blessed (happy, ^[m]enviably fortunate, and ^[n]spiritually prosperous--possessing the ^[o]happiness produced by the experience of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His grace, regardless of their outward conditions) are the pure in heart, for they shall see God!^(D)

    ⁹Blessed (enjoying ^[p]enviable happiness, ^[q]spiritually prosperous--^[r]with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the makers and ^[s]maintainers of peace, for they shall be called the sons of God!

    ¹⁰Blessed and happy and ^[t]enviably fortunate and ^[u]spiritually prosperous ^[v](in the state in which the born-again child of God enjoys and finds satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of his outward conditions) are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake (for being and doing right), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!

    ¹¹Blessed (happy, ^[w]to be envied, and ^[x]spiritually prosperous--^[y]with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of your outward conditions) are you when people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things against you falsely on My account.

    ¹²Be glad and supremely joyful, for your reward in heaven is great (strong and intense), for in this same way people persecuted the prophets who were before you. [II Chron. 36:16.]

    ¹³You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste (its strength, its quality), how can its saltness be restored? It is not good for anything any longer but to be thrown out and trodden underfoot by men.

    ¹⁴You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

    ¹⁵Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a peck measure, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.

    ¹⁶Let your light so shine before men that they may see your ^[z]moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and ^[aa]recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.

    ¹⁷Do not think that I have come to do away with or ^[ab]undo the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to do away with or undo but to complete and fulfill them.

    ¹⁸For truly I tell you, until the sky and earth pass away and perish, not one smallest letter nor one little hook [identifying certain Hebrew letters] will pass from the Law until all things [it foreshadows] are accomplished.

    ¹⁹Whoever then breaks or does away with or relaxes one of the least [important] of these commandments and teaches men so shall be called least [important] in the kingdom of heaven, but he who practices them and teaches others to do so shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

    ²⁰For I tell you, unless your righteousness (your uprightness and your right standing with God) is more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

    ²¹You have heard that it was said to the men of old, You shall not kill, and whoever kills shall be ^[ac]liable to and unable to escape the punishment imposed by the court.^(E)

    ²²But I say to you that everyone who continues to be ^[ad]angry with his brother or harbors malice (enmity of heart) against him shall be ^[ae]liable to and unable to escape the punishment imposed by the court; and whoever speaks contemptuously and insultingly to his brother shall be ^[af]liable to and unable to escape the punishment imposed by the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, You ^[ag]cursed fool! [You empty-headed idiot!] shall be ^[ah]liable to and unable to escape the hell (Gehenna) of fire.

    ²³So if when you are offering your gift at the altar you there remember that your brother has any [grievance] against you,

    ²⁴Leave your gift at the altar and go. First make peace with your brother, and then come back and present your gift.

    ²⁵Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are on the way traveling with him, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison.

    ²⁶Truly I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last fraction of a penny.