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Genesis 13

 ¹And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, towards the south.

 ²And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

 ³And he went on his journeys from the south as far as Bethel; as far as the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai;

 ⁴to the place of the altar that he had made there at the first. And there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.

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

 ⁶And the land could not support them, that they might dwell together, for their property was great; and they could not dwell 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.

 ⁸And Abram said to Lot, I pray thee let there be no contention between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren.

 ⁹Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if to the left, then I will take the right; and if to the right, then I will take the left.

 ¹⁰And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to Zoar.

 ¹¹And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot went toward the east. And they separated the one from the other:

 ¹²Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched tents as far as Sodom.

 ¹³And the people of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners before Jehovah.

 ¹⁴And Jehovah said to Abram, after that Lot had separated himself from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward;

 ¹⁵for all the land that thou seest will I give to thee, and to thy seed for ever.

 ¹⁶And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if any one can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also will be numbered.

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

 ¹⁸Then Abram moved [his] tents, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron. And he built there an altar to Jehovah.

Genesis 14

 ¹And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel the king of Shinar, Arioch the king of El-lasar, Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and Tidal the king of nations,

 ²[that] they made war with Bera the king of Sodom, and with Birsha the king of Gomorrah, Shinab the king of Admah, and Shemeber the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

 ³All these were joined in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

 ⁴Twelve years had they served Chedorlaomer; and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

 ⁵And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-Kirjathaim,

 ⁶and the Horites on their mount Seir, to El-Paran, which is by the wilderness.

 ⁷And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt at Hazazon-Tamar.

 ⁸And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar, went out, and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim,

 ⁹with Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and Tidal the king of nations, and Amraphel the king of Shinar, and Arioch the king of Ellasar -- four kings with the five.

 ¹⁰And the vale of Siddim was full of pits of asphalt. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there: and they that remained fled to the mountain.

 ¹¹And they took all the property of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and departed.

 ¹²And they took Lot and his property, Abram's brother's son, and departed. For he dwelt in Sodom.

 ¹³And one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew. And he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol, and the brother of Aner. And these were Abram's allies.

 ¹⁴And Abram heard that his brother was taken captive; and he led out his trained [servants], born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued [them] as far as Dan.

 ¹⁵And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is to the left of Damascus.

 ¹⁶And he brought back all the property, and brought again his brother Lot and his property, and the women also, and the people.

 ¹⁷And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after he had returned from smiting Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, into the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's valley.

 ¹⁸And Melchisedec king of Salem brought out bread and wine. And he was priest of the Most High ùGod.

 ¹⁹And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High ùGod, possessor of heavens and earth.

 ²⁰And blessed be the Most High ùGod, who has delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him the tenth of all.

 ²¹And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the souls, and take the property for thyself.

 ²²And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the Most High ùGod, possessor of heavens and earth,

 ²³if from a thread even to a sandal-thong, yes, if of all that is thine, I take [anything] ...; that thou mayest not say, I have made Abram rich;

 ²⁴save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take their portion.

Genesis 15

 ¹After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, thy exceeding great reward.

 ²And Abram said, Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me? seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.

 ³And Abram said, Lo, to me thou hast given no seed, and behold, a son of my house will be mine heir.

 ⁴And behold, the word of Jehovah [came] to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir, but he that will come forth out of thy body shall be thine heir.

 ⁵And he led him out, and said, Look now toward the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be!

 ⁶And he believed Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him [as] righteousness.

 ⁷And he said to him, I am Jehovah who brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give thee this land to possess it.

 ⁸And he said, Lord Jehovah, how shall I know that I shall possess it?

 ⁹And he said to him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.

 ¹⁰And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the half of each opposite its fellow; but the birds he did not divide.

 ¹¹And the birds of prey came down on the carcases; and Abram scared them away.

 ¹²And as the sun was just going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a horror, a great darkness, fell upon him.

 ¹³And he said to Abram, Know assuredly that thy seed will be a sojourner in a land [that is] not theirs, and they shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years.

 ¹⁴But also that nation which they shall serve I will judge; and afterwards they shall come out with great property.

 ¹⁵And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

 ¹⁶And [in the] fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

 ¹⁷And it came to pass when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold, there was a smoking furnace, and a flame of fire which passed between those pieces.

 ¹⁸On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates;

 ¹⁹the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

 ²⁰and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,

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

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Matthew 5

 ¹But seeing the crowds, he went up into the mountain, and having sat down, his disciples came to him;

 ²and, having opened his mouth, he taught them, saying,

 ³Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens.

 ⁴Blessed they that mourn, for *they* shall be comforted.

 ⁵Blessed the meek, for *they* shall inherit the earth.

 ⁶Blessed they who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for *they* shall be filled.

 ⁷Blessed the merciful, for *they* shall find mercy.

 ⁸Blessed the pure in heart, for *they* shall see God.

 ⁹Blessed the peace-makers, for *they* shall be called sons of God.

 ¹⁰Blessed they who are persecuted on account of righteousness, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens.

 ¹¹Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you, and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake.

 ¹²Rejoice and exult, for your reward is great in the heavens; for thus have they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

 ¹³*Ye* are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no longer fit for anything but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot by men.

 ¹⁴*Ye* are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid.

 ¹⁵Nor do [men] light a lamp and put it under the bushel, but upon the lamp-stand, and it shines for all who are in the house.

 ¹⁶Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

 ¹⁷Think not that I am come to make void the law or the prophets; I am not come to make void, but to fulfil.

 ¹⁸For verily I say unto you, Until the heaven and the earth pass away, one iota or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all come to pass.

 ¹⁹Whosoever then shall do away with one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of the heavens; but whosoever shall practise and teach [them], *he* shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.

 ²⁰For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpass [that] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

 ²¹Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not kill; but whosoever shall kill shall be subject to the judgment.

 ²²But *I* say unto you, that every one that is lightly angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; but whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be subject to [be called before] the sanhedrim; but whosoever shall say, Fool, shall be subject to the penalty of the hell of fire.

 ²³If therefore thou shouldest offer thy gift at the altar, and there shouldest remember that thy brother has something against thee,

 ²⁴leave there thy gift before the altar, and first go, be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

 ²⁵Make friends with thine adverse party quickly, whilst thou art in the way with him; lest some time the adverse party deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

 ²⁶Verily I say to thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence till thou hast paid the last farthing.