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The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
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Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.
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So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company:
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Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills.
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When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
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During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
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I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with me—to Aner, Eshkol and Mamre. Let them have their share.”
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Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
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Abraham Pleads for Sodom
When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way.
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The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the Lord.
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Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house.
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They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”
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Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
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But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door.
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Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the door.
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The two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
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When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the Lord was merciful to them.
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So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelek, and the two men made a treaty.
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So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.
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So the man went to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and fodder were brought for the camels, and water for him and his men to wash their feet.
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Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”
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So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
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When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”
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Then Abimelek said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the men might well have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
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Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.
