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Genesis 13

    ²And he was very rich in possession of gold and silver.

    ³And he returned by the way that he came, from the south to Bethel, to the place where before he had pitched his tent between Bethel and Hai:

    ⁴In the place of the altar which he had made before; and there he called upon the name of the Lord.

    ⁵But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and herds of beasts, and tents.

    ⁶Neither was the land able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, and they could not dwell together.

    ⁷Whereupon also there arose a strife between the herdsmen of Abram and of Lot. And at that time the Chanaanite and the Pherezite dwelled in that country.

    ⁸Abram therefore said to Lot: Let there be no quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for we are brethren.

    ⁹Behold the whole land is before thee: depart from me I pray thee: if thou wilt go to the left hand, I will take the right: if thou choose the right hand, I will pass to the left.

    ¹⁰And Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the country about the Jordan, which was watered throughout, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, as the paradise of the Lord, and like Egypt as one comes to Segor.

    ¹¹And Lot chose to himself the country about the Jordan, and he departed from the east: and they were separated one brother from the other.

    ¹²Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan; and Lot abode in the towns that were about the Jordan, and dwelt in Sodom.

    ¹³And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord, beyond measure.

    ¹⁴And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him: Lift up thy eyes, and look from the place wherein thou now art, to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west.

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

    ¹⁶And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also.

    ¹⁷Arise and walk through the land in the length, and in the breadth thereof: for I will give it to thee.

    ¹⁸So Abram removing his tent came and dwelt by the vale of Mambre, which is in Hebron: and he built there an altar to the Lord.

Genesis 14

    ²Made war against Bara king of Sodom, and against Bersa king of Gomorrha, and against Sennaab king of Adama, and against Semeber king of Seboim, and against the king of Bala, which is Segor.

    ³All these came together into the woodland vale, which now is the salt sea.

    ⁴For they had served Chodorlahomor twelve years, and in the thirteenth year they revolted from him.

    ⁵And in the fourteenth year came Chodorlahomor, and the kings that were with him: and they smote the Raphaim in Astarothcarnaim, and the Zuzim with them, and the Emim in Save of Cariathaim.

    ⁶And the Chorreans in the mountains of Seir, even to the plains of Pharan, which is in the wilderness.

    ⁷And they returned, and came to the fountain of Misphat, the same is Cades: and they smote all the country of the Amalecites, and the Amorrhean that dwelt in Asasonthamar.

    ⁸And the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrha, and the king of Adama, and the king of Seboim, and the king of Bala, which is Segor, went out: and they set themselves against them in battle array in the woodland vale:

    ⁹To wit, against Chodorlahomor king of the Elamites, and Thadal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Pontus: four kings against five.

    ¹⁰Now the woodland vale had many pits of slime. And the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrha turned their backs and were overthrown there: and they that remained fled to the mountain.

    ¹¹And they took all the substance of the Sodomites, and Gomorrhites, and all their victuals, and went their way:

    ¹²And Lot also, the son of Abram's brother, who dwelt in Sodom, and his substance.

    ¹³And behold one that had escaped told Abram the Hebrew, who dwelt in the vale of Mambre the Amorrhite, the brother of Escol, and the brother of Aner: for these had made league with Abram.

    ¹⁴Which when Abram had heard, to wit, that his brother Lot was taken, he numbered of the servants born in his house, three hundred and eighteen well appointed: and pursued them to Dan.

    ¹⁵And dividing his company, he rushed upon them in the night: and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hoba, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

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

    ¹⁷And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from the slaughter of Chodorlahomor, and of the kings that were with him in the vale of Save, which is the king's vale.

    ¹⁸But Melchisedech the king of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine, for he was the priest of the most high God,

    ¹⁹Blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abram by the most high God, who created heaven and earth.

    ²⁰And blessed be the most high God, by whose protection the enemies are in thy hands. And he gace him the tithes of all.

    ²¹And the king of Sodom said to Abram: Give me the persons, and the rest take to thyself.

    ²²And he answered him: I lift up my hand to the Lord God the most high, the possessor of heaven and earth,

    ²³That from the very woof thread unto the shoe latchet, I will not take of any things that are thine, lest thou say I have enriched Abram:

    ²⁴Except such things as the young men have eaten, and the shares of the men that came with me, Aner, Escol, and Mambre: these shall take their shares.

Genesis 15

    ²And Abram said: Lord God, what wilt thou give me? I shall go without children: and the son of the steward of my house is this Damascus Eliezer.

    ³And Abram added: But to me thou hast not given seed: and lo my servant, born in my house, shall be my heir.

    ⁴And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying: He shall not be thy heir: but he that shall come out of thy bowels, him shalt thou have for thy heir.

    ⁵And he thought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars, if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.

    ⁶Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.

    ⁷And he said to him: I am the Lord who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to gibe thee this land, and that thou mightest possess it.

    ⁸But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it?

    ⁹And the Lord answered, and said: Take me a cow of three years old, and a she goat of three years, and a ram of three years, a turtle also, and a pigeon.

    ¹⁰And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one against the other; but the birds he divided not.

    ¹¹And the fowls came down upon carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

    ¹²And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.

    ¹³And it was said unto him: Know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own, and they shall bring them under bondage, and afflict them four hundred years.

    ¹⁴But I will judge the nation which they shall serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance.

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

    ¹⁶But in the fourth generation they shall return hither: for as yet the iniquities of the Amorrhites are not at the full until this present time.

    ¹⁷And when the sun was set, there arose a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.

    ¹⁸That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will I give this land, from the river of Egypt even to the great river Euphrates.

    ¹⁹The Cineans and Cenezites, the Cedmonites,

    ²⁰And the Hethites, and the Pherezites, the Raphaim also,

    ²¹And the Amorrhites, and the Chanaanits, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.

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Matthew 5

    ²And opening his mouth, he taught them, saying:

    ³Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    ⁴Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.

    ⁵Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

    ⁶Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.

    ⁷Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

    ⁸Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God.

    ⁹Blesses are the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God.

    ¹⁰Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    ¹¹Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake:

    ¹²Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.

    ¹³You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men.

    ¹⁴You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid.

    ¹⁵Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house.

    ¹⁶So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

    ¹⁷Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

    ¹⁸For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled.

    ¹⁹He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

    ²⁰For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

    ²¹You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not kill. And whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment.

    ²²But I say to you, that whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council. And whosoever shall say, Thou Fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

    ²³If therefore thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there thou remember that thy brother hath any thing against thee;

    ²⁴Leave there thy offering before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to thy brother: and then coming thou shalt offer thy gift.

    ²⁵Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him: lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

    ²⁶Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing.