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Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
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When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
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The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
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And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
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To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
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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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And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace.
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He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
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Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”
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Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
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And quarreling arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.
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So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives.
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In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”
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so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
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So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
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He slept with Hagar, and she conceived. When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
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“Your slave is in your hands,” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her.
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Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.”
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The angel of the Lord also said to her: “You are now pregnant and you will give birth to a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard of your misery.
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She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”
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God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.
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I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”
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Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
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So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
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“Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
