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Genesis 12-16
New American Standard Bible
Genesis 12-16
New American Standard Bible
Abram Journeys to Egypt
12 Now (A)the Lord said to Abram,
“Go from your country,
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show you;
2 And (B)I will make you into a great nation,
And (C)I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And you shall (D)be a blessing;
3 And (E)I will bless those who bless you,
And the one who [a]curses you I will [b]curse.
(F)And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
4 So Abram went away as the Lord had spoken to him; and (G)Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 Abram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot, and all their (H)possessions which they had accumulated, and (I)the [c]people which they had acquired in Haran, and they [d]set out for the land of Canaan; (J)so they came to the land of Canaan. 6 Abram passed through the land as far as the site of (K)Shechem, to the [e]oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time. 7 And the Lord (L)appeared to Abram and said, “(M)To your [f]descendants I will give this land.” So he built (N)an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him. 8 Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent with (O)Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and (P)called upon the name of the Lord. 9 Then Abram journeyed on, continuing toward (Q)the [g]Negev.
10 Now there was (R)a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a time, because the famine was (S)severe in the land. 11 It came about, when he [h]was approaching Egypt, that he said to his wife Sarai, “See now, I know that you are a [i](T)beautiful woman; 12 (U)and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Please say that you are (V)my sister so that it may go well for me because of you, and that [j](W)I may live on account of you.” 14 Now it came about, when Abram entered Egypt, that the Egyptians [k]saw that the woman was very beautiful. 15 Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and (X)the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. 16 Therefore (Y)he treated Abram well for her sake; and [l](Z)he gave him sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
17 But the Lord (AA)struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “(AB)What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for myself as a wife? Now then, [m]here is your wife, take her and go!” 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they [n]escorted him away, with his wife and all that belonged to him.
Abram and Lot
13 So Abram went up from Egypt to (AC)the [o]Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him.
2 Now Abram was (AD)very rich in livestock, silver, and gold. 3 And he went [p]on his journeys from the [q]Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, (AE)between Bethel and Ai, 4 to the place of the (AF)altar which he had made there previously; and there Abram called on the name of the Lord. 5 Now (AG)Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents. 6 And (AH)the land could not [r]support both of them [s]while living together, (AI)for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together. 7 (AJ)And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now (AK)the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.
8 (AL)So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are relatives! 9 Is the entire land not before you? Please separate from me; if you choose the left, then I will go to the right; or if you choose the right, then I will go to the left.” 10 Lot raised his eyes and saw all the [t]vicinity of the (AM)Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this was before the Lord (AN)destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like (AO)the garden of the Lord, (AP)like the land of Egypt [u]going toward (AQ)Zoar. 11 So Lot chose for himself all the [v]vicinity of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. So they separated from each other. 12 Abram [w]settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot [x]settled in (AR)the cities of the [y]vicinity of the Jordan, and moved his tents as far as Sodom. 13 Now (AS)the men of Sodom were [z]exceedingly wicked (AT)sinners against the Lord.
14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “(AU)Now raise your eyes and look from the place where you are, (AV)northward and southward, and eastward and westward; 15 (AW)for all the land which you see (AX)I will give to you and to your [aa]descendants forever. 16 I will make your [ab]descendants (AY)as plentiful as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can count the dust of the earth, then your [ac]descendants could also be counted. 17 Arise, (AZ)walk about in the land through its length and width; for (BA)I will give it to you.” 18 Then Abram moved his tent and came and lived by the [ad](BB)oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron; and there he built (BC)an altar to the Lord.
War of the Kings
14 And it came about in the days of Amraphel king of (BD)Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of (BE)Elam, and Tidal king of [ae]Goiim, 2 that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of (BF)Admah, and Shemeber king of (BG)Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, (BH)Zoar). 3 All these kings [af]came as allies to (BI)the Valley of Siddim (that is, (BJ)the Salt Sea). 4 For twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and [ag]defeated the (BK)Rephaim in (BL)Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in [ah](BM)Shaveh-kiriathaim, 6 and the (BN)Horites on their Mount Seir, as far as (BO)El-paran, which is by the wilderness. 7 Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, (BP)Kadesh), and [ai]conquered all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, who lived in (BQ)Hazazon-tamar. 8 And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) came out; and they lined up for battle against them in (BR)the Valley of Siddim, 9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of [aj]Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five. 10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and (BS)the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell [ak]into them. But those who survived fled to the (BT)hill country. 11 Then they took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food supply, and departed. 12 They also took Lot, (BU)Abram’s nephew, and his possessions and departed, (BV)for he was living in Sodom.
13 Then [al]a survivor came and told Abram the (BW)Hebrew. Now he was residing by the [am](BX)oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and they were [an](BY)allies with Abram. 14 When Abram heard that (BZ)his relative had been taken captive, he [ao]led out his trained men, (CA)born in his house, numbering 318, and went in pursuit as far as (CB)Dan. 15 Then (CC)he divided [ap]his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and [aq]defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is [ar]north of (CD)Damascus. 16 He (CE)brought back all the possessions, and also brought back (CF)his relative Lot with his possessions, and also the women, and the other people.
God’s Promise to Abram
17 Then after his return from the [as]defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, (CG)the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, (CH)the King’s Valley). 18 And (CI)Melchizedek the king of Salem brought out (CJ)bread and wine; now he was a (CK)priest of [at]God Most High. 19 And he blessed him and said,
“Blessed be Abram of [au]God Most High,
[av](CL)Possessor of heaven and earth;
20 And blessed be [aw]God Most High,
Who has handed over your enemies to you.”
And (CM)he gave him a tenth of everything. 21 Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give the [ax]people to me and take the possessions for yourself.” 22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have [ay]sworn to the Lord [az](CN)God Most High, [ba](CO)Possessor of heaven and earth, 23 that (CP)I will not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, so that you do not say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’ 24 [bb]I will take nothing except what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me, (CQ)Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their share.”
Abram Promised a Son
15 After these things (CR)the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying,
2 But Abram said, “Lord [bd]God, what will You give me, since I [be]am childless, and the [bf]heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Abram also said, “[bg]Since You have given me no [bh]son, [bi]one who has been (CV)born in my house is my heir.” 4 Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; (CW)but one who will come from your own [bj]body shall be your heir.” 5 And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens and (CX)count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “(CY)So shall your [bk]descendants be.” 6 (CZ)Then he believed in the Lord; and He [bl]credited it to him as righteousness. 7 And He said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out of (DA)Ur of the Chaldeans, to (DB)give you this land to [bm]possess it.” 8 But he said, “Lord [bn]God, (DC)how may I know that I will [bo]possess it?” 9 So He said to him, “[bp]Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10 Then he [bq]brought all these to Him and (DD)cut them [br]in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he (DE)did not cut the birds. 11 And birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
12 Now when the sun was going down, (DF)a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, [bs]terror and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then God said to Abram, “Know for certain that (DG)your [bt]descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, [bu]where (DH)they will be enslaved and oppressed for (DI)four hundred years. 14 But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out (DJ)with [bv]many possessions. 15 As for you, (DK)you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age. 16 Then in (DL)the fourth generation they will return here, for (DM)the wrongdoing of the Amorite is not yet complete.”
17 Now it came about, when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, a smoking oven and a flaming torch appeared which (DN)passed between these pieces. 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,
“(DO)To your [bw]descendants I have given this land,
From (DP)the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:
19 (DQ)the land of the Kenite, the Kenizzite, the Kadmonite, 20 the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.”
Sarai and Hagar
16 Now (DR)Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not borne him a child, but she had (DS)an Egyptian slave woman whose name was Hagar. 2 So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. (DT)Please have relations with my slave woman; perhaps I will [bx]obtain children through her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3 And so after Abram had lived (DU)ten years in the land of Canaan, Abram’s wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her slave woman, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife. 4 Then he had relations with Hagar, and she conceived; and when Hagar became aware that she had conceived, her mistress was insignificant in her sight. 5 So Sarai said to Abram, “(DV)May the wrong done to me be upon you! I put my slave woman into your [by]arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was insignificant in her [bz]sight. (DW)May the Lord judge between [ca]you and me.” 6 But Abram said to Sarai, “Look, your slave woman is in your [cb]power; do to her what is good in your [cc]sight.” So Sarai treated her harshly, and (DX)she fled from her presence.
7 Now (DY)the angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to (DZ)Shur. 8 He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s slave woman, (EA)from where have you come, and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.” 9 So the angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit [cd]to her authority.” 10 The (EB)angel of the Lord also said to her, “(EC)I will greatly multiply your [ce]descendants so that [cf]they will be too many to count.” 11 The angel of the Lord said to her further,
“Behold, you are pregnant,
And you will give birth to a son;
And you shall name him [cg]Ishmael,
Because (ED)the Lord has heard your affliction.
12 But he will be a (EE)wild donkey of a man;
His hand will be against everyone,
And everyone’s hand will be against him;
And he will live [ch](EF)in defiance of all his brothers.”
13 Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “[ci]You are [cj]a God who sees me”; for she said, “(EG)Have I even seen Him here and lived after [ck]He saw me?” 14 Therefore the well was called [cl]Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between (EH)Kadesh and Bered.
15 So Hagar bore a son to Abram; and Abram named his son, to whom Hagar gave birth, Ishmael. 16 Abram was (EI)eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to [cm]him.
Footnotes
- Genesis 12:3 Or reviles
- Genesis 12:3 Or bind under a curse
- Genesis 12:5 Lit souls
- Genesis 12:5 Lit went forth to go to
- Genesis 12:6 Or terebinth
- Genesis 12:7 Lit seed
- Genesis 12:9 I.e., South country
- Genesis 12:11 Lit came near to enter
- Genesis 12:11 Lit woman of beautiful appearance
- Genesis 12:13 Lit my soul
- Genesis 12:14 Lit saw the woman that she was
- Genesis 12:16 Lit there was to him
- Genesis 12:19 Or behold
- Genesis 12:20 Lit sent
- Genesis 13:1 I.e., South country
- Genesis 13:3 Lit by his stages
- Genesis 13:3 I.e., South country
- Genesis 13:6 Lit bear
- Genesis 13:6 Lit to live
- Genesis 13:10 Lit circle
- Genesis 13:10 Lit as you go
- Genesis 13:11 Lit circle
- Genesis 13:12 Lit dwelt
- Genesis 13:12 Lit dwelt
- Genesis 13:12 Lit circle
- Genesis 13:13 Lit wicked and sinners exceedingly
- Genesis 13:15 Lit seed
- Genesis 13:16 Lit seed
- Genesis 13:16 Lit seed
- Genesis 13:18 Or terebinths
- Genesis 14:1 Or nations
- Genesis 14:3 Lit joined together
- Genesis 14:5 Lit struck
- Genesis 14:5 Or the plain of Kiriathaim
- Genesis 14:7 Lit struck
- Genesis 14:9 Or nations
- Genesis 14:10 Lit there
- Genesis 14:13 Lit the
- Genesis 14:13 Or terebinths
- Genesis 14:13 Lit possessors of the covenant
- Genesis 14:14 Or mustered
- Genesis 14:15 Lit himself
- Genesis 14:15 Lit struck
- Genesis 14:15 Lit on the left
- Genesis 14:17 Lit striking
- Genesis 14:18 Heb El Elyon
- Genesis 14:19 Heb El Elyon
- Genesis 14:19 Or Creator
- Genesis 14:20 Heb El Elyon
- Genesis 14:21 Lit soul
- Genesis 14:22 Lit lifted up my hand
- Genesis 14:22 Heb El Elyon
- Genesis 14:22 Or Creator
- Genesis 14:24 Lit Not to me except
- Genesis 15:1 Or Your very great reward
- Genesis 15:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Genesis 15:2 Lit go
- Genesis 15:2 Lit son of acquisition
- Genesis 15:3 Lit Behold
- Genesis 15:3 Lit seed
- Genesis 15:3 Lit then behold, a son of my
- Genesis 15:4 Lit inward parts
- Genesis 15:5 Lit seed
- Genesis 15:6 Or imputed
- Genesis 15:7 Or inherit
- Genesis 15:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Genesis 15:8 Or inherit
- Genesis 15:9 Lit Take
- Genesis 15:10 Lit took
- Genesis 15:10 Lit in the midst
- Genesis 15:12 Or a terror of great darkness
- Genesis 15:13 Lit seed
- Genesis 15:13 Lit and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them
- Genesis 15:14 Lit great
- Genesis 15:18 Lit seed
- Genesis 16:2 Lit be built from her
- Genesis 16:5 Lit breast
- Genesis 16:5 Lit eyes
- Genesis 16:5 Lit me and you
- Genesis 16:6 Lit hand
- Genesis 16:6 Lit eyes
- Genesis 16:9 Lit under her hands
- Genesis 16:10 Lit seed
- Genesis 16:10 Lit they shall not be counted for multitude
- Genesis 16:11 I.e., God hears
- Genesis 16:12 Lit before the face of; or opposite
- Genesis 16:13 Or You, God, see me
- Genesis 16:13 Heb Elroi
- Genesis 16:13 Lit His seeing me
- Genesis 16:14 I.e., the well of the living one who sees me
- Genesis 16:16 Lit Abram
Genesis 12-16
New International Version
Genesis 12-16
New International Version
The Call of Abram
12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household(A) to the land(B) I will show you.(C)
2 “I will make you into a great nation,(D)
and I will bless you;(E)
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.[a](F)
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;(G)
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.(H)”[b]
4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot(I) went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old(J) when he set out from Harran.(K) 5 He took his wife Sarai,(L) his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated(M) and the people(N) they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan,(O) and they arrived there.
6 Abram traveled through the land(P) as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh(Q) at Shechem.(R) At that time the Canaanites(S) were in the land. 7 The Lord appeared to Abram(T) and said, “To your offspring[c] I will give this land.(U)”(V) So he built an altar there to the Lord,(W) who had appeared to him.
8 From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel(X) and pitched his tent,(Y) with Bethel on the west and Ai(Z) on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.(AA)
9 Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.(AB)
Abram in Egypt(AC)
10 Now there was a famine in the land,(AD) and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.(AE) 11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai,(AF) “I know what a beautiful woman(AG) you are. 12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister,(AH) so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.”
14 When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.(AI) 15 And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace. 16 He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.(AJ)
17 But the Lord inflicted(AK) serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household(AL) because of Abram’s wife Sarai. 18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?”(AM) he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?(AN) 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’(AO) so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!” 20 Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.
Abram and Lot Separate
13 So Abram went up from Egypt(AP) to the Negev,(AQ) with his wife and everything he had, and Lot(AR) went with him. 2 Abram had become very wealthy(AS) in livestock(AT) and in silver and gold.
3 From the Negev(AU) he went from place to place until he came to Bethel,(AV) to the place between Bethel and Ai(AW) where his tent had been earlier 4 and where he had first built an altar.(AX) There Abram called on the name of the Lord.(AY)
5 Now Lot,(AZ) who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. 6 But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.(BA) 7 And quarreling(BB) arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s. The Canaanites(BC) and Perizzites(BD) were also living in the land(BE) at that time.
8 So Abram said to Lot,(BF) “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me,(BG) or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives.(BH) 9 Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.”(BI)
10 Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain(BJ) of the Jordan toward Zoar(BK) was well watered, like the garden of the Lord,(BL) like the land of Egypt.(BM) (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom(BN) and Gomorrah.)(BO) 11 So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company: 12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan,(BP) while Lot(BQ) lived among the cities of the plain(BR) and pitched his tents near Sodom.(BS) 13 Now the people of Sodom(BT) were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.(BU)
14 The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west.(BV) 15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring[d] forever.(BW) 16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.(BX) 17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land,(BY) for I am giving it to you.”(BZ)
18 So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre(CA) at Hebron,(CB) where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.(CC)
Abram Rescues Lot
14 At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar,[e](CD) Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer(CE) king of Elam(CF) and Tidal king of Goyim, 2 these kings went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim,(CG) and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).(CH) 3 All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim(CI) (that is, the Dead Sea Valley(CJ)). 4 For twelve years they had been subject to Kedorlaomer,(CK) but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5 In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer(CL) and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites(CM) in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites(CN) in Shaveh Kiriathaim 6 and the Horites(CO) in the hill country of Seir,(CP) as far as El Paran(CQ) near the desert. 7 Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh),(CR) and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites,(CS) as well as the Amorites(CT) who were living in Hazezon Tamar.(CU)
8 Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah,(CV) the king of Admah, the king of Zeboyim(CW) and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar)(CX) marched out and drew up their battle lines in the Valley of Siddim(CY) 9 against Kedorlaomer(CZ) king of Elam,(DA) Tidal king of Goyim, Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five. 10 Now the Valley of Siddim(DB) was full of tar(DC) pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah(DD) fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills.(DE) 11 The four kings seized all the goods(DF) of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away. 12 They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot(DG) and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.
13 A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew.(DH) Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre(DI) the Amorite, a brother[f] of Eshkol(DJ) and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram. 14 When Abram heard that his relative(DK) had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained(DL) men born in his household(DM) and went in pursuit as far as Dan.(DN) 15 During the night Abram divided his men(DO) to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.(DP) 16 He recovered(DQ) all the goods(DR) and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people.
17 After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer(DS) and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom(DT) came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).(DU)
18 Then Melchizedek(DV) king of Salem(DW) brought out bread(DX) and wine.(DY) He was priest of God Most High,(DZ) 19 and he blessed Abram,(EA) saying,
“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,(EB)
Creator of heaven and earth.(EC)
20 And praise be to God Most High,(ED)
who delivered your enemies into your hand.”
Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.(EE)
21 The king of Sodom(EF) said to Abram, “Give me the people and keep the goods(EG) for yourself.”
22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom,(EH) “With raised hand(EI) I have sworn an oath to the Lord, God Most High,(EJ) Creator of heaven and earth,(EK) 23 that I will accept nothing belonging to you,(EL) not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, ‘I made Abram rich.’ 24 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.(EM) Let them have their share.”
The Lord’s Covenant With Abram
15 After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram(EN) in a vision:(EO)
2 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,(ES) what can you give me since I remain childless(ET) and the one who will inherit[i] my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?(EU)” 3 And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant(EV) in my household(EW) will be my heir.”
4 Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.(EX)” 5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(EY)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[j] be.”(EZ)
6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.(FA)
7 He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out(FB) of Ur of the Chaldeans(FC) to give you this land to take possession of it.”(FD)
8 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,(FE) how can I know(FF) that I will gain possession of it?”(FG)
9 So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer,(FH) a goat and a ram, each three years old,(FI) along with a dove and a young pigeon.(FJ)”
10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other;(FK) the birds, however, he did not cut in half.(FL) 11 Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses,(FM) but Abram drove them away.
12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep,(FN) and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. 13 Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years(FO) your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved(FP) and mistreated there. 14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out(FQ) with great possessions.(FR) 15 You, however, will go to your ancestors(FS) in peace and be buried at a good old age.(FT) 16 In the fourth generation(FU) your descendants will come back here,(FV) for the sin of the Amorites(FW) has not yet reached its full measure.”
17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch(FX) appeared and passed between the pieces.(FY) 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram(FZ) and said, “To your descendants I give this land,(GA) from the Wadi[k] of Egypt(GB) to the great river, the Euphrates(GC)— 19 the land of the Kenites,(GD) Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites,(GE) Perizzites,(GF) Rephaites,(GG) 21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”(GH)
Hagar and Ishmael
16 Now Sarai,(GI) Abram’s wife, had borne him no children.(GJ) But she had an Egyptian slave(GK) named Hagar;(GL) 2 so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children.(GM) Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”(GN)
Abram agreed to what Sarai said. 3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan(GO) ten years,(GP) Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. 4 He slept with Hagar,(GQ) and she conceived.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.(GR) 5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.”(GS)
6 “Your slave is in your hands,(GT)” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated(GU) Hagar; so she fled from her.
7 The angel of the Lord(GV) found Hagar near a spring(GW) in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.(GX) 8 And he said, “Hagar,(GY) slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”(GZ)
“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.
9 Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” 10 The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”(HA)
11 The angel of the Lord(HB) also said to her:
“You are now pregnant
and you will give birth to a son.(HC)
You shall name him(HD) Ishmael,[l](HE)
for the Lord has heard of your misery.(HF)
12 He will be a wild donkey(HG) of a man;
his hand will be against everyone
and everyone’s hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
toward[m] all his brothers.(HH)”
13 She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,(HI)” for she said, “I have now seen[n] the One who sees me.”(HJ) 14 That is why the well(HK) was called Beer Lahai Roi[o];(HL) it is still there, between Kadesh(HM) and Bered.
15 So Hagar(HN) bore Abram a son,(HO) and Abram gave the name Ishmael(HP) to the son she had borne. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old(HQ) when Hagar bore him Ishmael.
Footnotes
- Genesis 12:2 Or be seen as blessed
- Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)
- Genesis 12:7 Or seed
- Genesis 13:15 Or seed; also in verse 16
- Genesis 14:1 That is, Babylonia; also in verse 9
- Genesis 14:13 Or a relative; or an ally
- Genesis 15:1 Or sovereign
- Genesis 15:1 Or shield; / your reward will be very great
- Genesis 15:2 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- Genesis 15:5 Or seed
- Genesis 15:18 Or river
- Genesis 16:11 Ishmael means God hears.
- Genesis 16:12 Or live to the east / of
- Genesis 16:13 Or seen the back of
- Genesis 16:14 Beer Lahai Roi means well of the Living One who sees me.
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