Adah gave birth to Jabal, who ·became the first person to [^Lwas the father of those who] live in tents and raise ·cattle [livestock].

The water continued to ·go down [recede] so that by the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains could be seen.

When he drank ·wine made from his grapes [^Lthe wine], he became drunk and lay ·naked [uncovered] in his tent.

Then Shem and Japheth got a coat and, carrying it on both their shoulders, they walked backwards into the tent and covered [^Lthe nakedness of] their father. They turned their faces away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness [^Cthey acted appropriately according to ancient custom].

May God ·give more land to [make space for; ^Cthe verb sounds like his name] Japheth. May Japheth live in Shem’s tents, and may Canaan be their slave [10:2–4; 1 Chr. 1:5–7].”

Then he traveled from Shechem to the mountain east of Bethel [^Ca town in the central hill country south of Shechem] and set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai [^Ca town near Bethel] was to the east. There Abram built another altar to the Lord and ·worshiped him [^Lcalled on the name of the Lord].

He ·left [^Lwent by stages from] ·southern Canaan [^Lthe Negev] and went back to Bethel where ·he had camped before [^Lhis tent had been], between Bethel and Ai [12:8],

During this time Lot was traveling with Abram, and Lot also had flocks, herds, and tents.

Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot lived among the cities in the Jordan Valley [13:10], ·very near to [^Lhe moved his tent near] Sodom.

So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great ·trees [^Loaks; or terebinths] of Mamre [^Can area near Hebron, named after an Amorite leader; 14:13, 24] at the city of Hebron [^Cnineteen miles south of Jerusalem]. There he built an altar to the Lord.

And ·we praise [^Lblessed be] God Most High, who has ·helped you to defeat your enemies [^Ldelivered your enemies into your hand].” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a ·tenth [tithe] of everything he had brought back from the battle.

It was after he had lived ten years in Canaan that Sarai gave Hagar to her husband Abram as a ·wife [or concubine]. (Hagar was her slave girl from Egypt.)

The Three Visitors

Later, the Lord again appeared to Abraham near the ·great trees [^Loaks; or terebinths] of Mamre [^Can area near Hebron, named after Amorite leader; 14:13, 24]. Abraham was sitting at the entrance of his tent ·during the hottest part [^Lin the heat] of the day.

He ·looked up [^Lraised his eyes] and saw three men standing near him. When Abraham saw them, he ran from [^Lthe entrance of] his tent to meet them. He bowed facedown on the ground before them

Abraham hurried to the tent where Sarah was and said to her, “Hurry, ·prepare [^Ltake and knead] ·twenty quarts [^Lthree seahs] of fine flour, and make ·it into loaves of bread [^Lcakes].”

Then Abraham ran to his herd and took one of his ·best [^Ltender and good/choice] calves. He gave it to a servant, who hurried ·to kill it and to prepare it for food [^Lto prepare it].

The men asked Abraham, “Where is your wife Sarah?” “There, in the tent,” said Abraham.

Then ·the Lord [^Lhe] said, “I will certainly return to you ·about this time a year from now [or in due time; ^Labout the living time]. At that time your wife Sarah will have a son.” Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent which was behind him.

Then Abraham said, “Lord, please don’t be angry with me, but let me bother you this one last time. What if you find ten there?” He said, “If I find ten there, I will not destroy it.”

“·Sir [My Lord], [^LListen to me,] the land is worth ·ten pounds [^L400 shekels] of silver, ·but I won’t argue with you over the price [^Lwhat is that between you and me?]. Take the land, and bury your ·dead wife [^Ldead].”

Abraham ·agreed [listened] and paid Ephron in front of the Hittite witnesses. He weighed out the full price, ·ten pounds [^L400 shekels] of silver, and they counted the weight as the traders normally did.

The servant took ten of Abraham’s camels and left, carrying with him many ·different kinds of beautiful gifts [^Lgoods of his master]. He went to ·northwestern Mesopotamia [^LAram-Naharaim; ^Ca region near the Habor and Euphrates rivers, about a month’s journey away] to ·Nahor’s city [or the city of Nahor].

After the camels had finished drinking, he gave Rebekah a gold ·ring [^Lnose-ring; or earring] weighing ·one-fifth of an ounce [^Lone half shekel] and two gold arm bracelets weighing about ·four ounces [^Lten shekels] each.

Rebekah’s mother and her brother said, “Let ·Rebekah [^Lthe girl] stay with us at least ten days. After that she may go.”

Then Isaac brought Rebekah into the tent of Sarah, his mother, and she became his wife. Isaac loved her very much, and so he was comforted after his mother’s death.