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12 For the LORD had said to Abram, “Get out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.
2 “And I will make a great nation from you, and will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing.
3 “I will also bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and in you shall all families of the Earth be blessed.”
4 So, Abram departed, just as the LORD instructed him; and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
5 Then, Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother’s son, and all their substance that they possessed, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. And they came to the land of Canaan.
6 So, Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, and to the plain of Moreh (and the Canaanite was in the land then).
7 And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, “To your seed will I give this land.” And there he built an altar to the LORD Who had appeared to him.
8 Afterward, leaving there for the mountain east of Bethel, he pitched his tent (having Bethel on the West side and Ai on the east). And there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the Name of the LORD.
9 Again, Abram went forth, going and journeying toward the south.
10 Then there came a famine in the land. Therefore, Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there; for there was a great famine in the land.
11 And when he drew near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “Behold, now, I know that you are a fair woman to look upon.
12 “Therefore, it will happen that when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘She is his wife.’ So, they will kill me, but they will keep you alive.
13 “Say, I implore you, that you are my sister; so that I may fare well because of you, and that my life may be preserved by you.”
14 Now, when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians looked at the woman (for she was very fair).
15 And the Princes of Pharaoh saw her and told Pharaoh about her. So, the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
16 Who treated Abram well for her sake; and he had sheep and oxen and male donkeys, and menservants and maidservants and female donkeys and camels.
17 But the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
18 Then Pharaoh called Abram, and said, “Why have you done this 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 would take her to be my wife? Now, therefore, here is your wife. Take her and go your way.”
20 And Pharaoh gave men a commandment concerning him; and they sent him forth and his wife and all that he had.
13 Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, toward the south.
2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver and in gold.
3 And he went on his journey from the south toward Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
4 to the place of the altar which he had made there at the beginning. And there, Abram called on the Name of the LORD.
5 And Lot, also, who went with Abram, had sheep and cattle and tents,
6 And the land could not bear them, so that they might dwell together. For their substance was great; and they could not dwell together.
7 Also, there was debate between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle. And the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelled in the land at that time.
8 Then Abram said to Lot, “I urge you, let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen. For we are brothers.
9 “Is not the whole land before you? I encourage you to depart from me. If you will take the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or, if you go to the right hand, then I will take the left.”
10 So, when Lot lifted up his eyes, he saw that all the plain of Jordan was watered, everywhere (for before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, it was as the Garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar).
11 Then Lot chose all the plain of Jordan and took his journey from the east; and they departed from each other.
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan; and Lot stayed in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom.
13 Now, the men of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners against the LORD.
14 Then the LORD said to Abram (after Lot had departed from him), “Lift up your eyes now, and look from the place where you are—northward and southward and eastward and westward—
15 “for all the land which you see I will give to you and your seed, forever.
16 “And I will make your seed as the dust of the Earth (so that if a man could number the dust of the Earth, so shall your seed be numbered).
17 “Arise! Walk through the land, in the length thereof and breadth thereof. For I will give it to you.”
18 Then Abram removed his tent and came and dwelled in the plain of Mamre (which is in Hebron) and built an altar to the LORD there.
14 And it happened that in the days of Amraphel (King of Shinar), Arioch (King of Ellasar), Chedorlaomer (King of Elam), and Tidal (King of the Nations),
2 they made war with Bera (King of Sodom) and with Birsha (King of Gomorrah), Shinab (King of Admah), and Shemeber (King of Zeboiim), and the King of Bela (which is Zoar).
3 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (which is the Salt Sea).
4 They were subject to Chedorlaomer for twelve years; but in the thirteenth year, they rebelled.
5 And in the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer came (and the kings who were with him) and struck the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
6 and the Horites on their Mount Seir, to the plain of El Paran (which is by the wilderness).
7 And they returned and came to En Mishpat (which is Kadesh) and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelled in Hazezon Tamar.
8 Then, the King of Sodom went out, and the King of Gomorrah, and the King of Admah, and the King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela (which is Zoar); and they joined battle with them in the valley of Siddim
9 —that is, with Chedorlaomer (King of Elam), and Tidal (King of Nations), and Amraphel (King of Shinar), and Arioch (King of Ellasar) — four kings against five.
10 Now, the valley of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the Kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there. And the residue fled to the mountain.
11 And they took all the substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their supplies, and went their way.
12 They also took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, and his substance (for he dwelt at Sodom) and departed.
13 Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who dwelt on the plain of Mamre the Amorite (brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, who were allies of Abram).
14 When Abram heard that his brother was taken, he brought forth three hundred and eighteen of those who were born and brought up in his own house and pursued them to Dan.
15 Then he and his servants divided themselves against them at night, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah (which is on the left side of Damascus).
16 And he recovered all the substance, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, and also the women and the people.
17 After he returned from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings who were with him, the King of Sodom came forth to meet him in the valley of Shaveh (which is the King’s dale).
18 And Melchizedek, King of Salem, brought forth bread and wine; and he was a Priest of the Most High God.
19 Therefore, he blessed him, saying, “Abram, you are blessed of God Most High, Possessor of Heaven and Earth.
20 “And blessed be the Most High God, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And Abram gave him tithes of all.
21 Then, the King of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the souls, and take the goods for yourself.”
22 “And Abram said to the King of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to the LORD, the Most High God, Possessor of Heaven and Earth,
23 “so that I will not take all that is yours, from thread to shoe latchet (lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’),
24 “except that which the young men have eaten and the portions of the men which went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their parts.”
15 After these things, the Word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram. I am your Buckler, your exceedingly great Reward.”
2 And Abram said, “O LORD God, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 Also, Abram said, “Behold, You have given me no seed. Therefore, lo, a servant of my house shall be my heir.”
4 Then behold, the Word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This man shall not be your heir. But one who shall come from your own loins, he shall be your heir.”
5 Moreover, He brought him forth and said, “Look up to Heaven now and tell the stars if you are able to number them.” And he said to him, “So shall your seed be.”
6 And Abram believed the LORD; and He counted that to him for righteousness.
7 Again, He said to him, “I am the LORD; Who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land, to inherit it.”
8 And he said, “O LORD God, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?”
9 Then He said to him, “Bring me a heifer of three years old, and a female goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, also a turtle dove and a pigeon.”
10 So he brought all these to Him, and cut them down the middle, and laid every piece opposite each other. But He did not divide the birds.
11 Then birds of prey fell on the carcasses; and Abram drove them away.
12 And when the Sun went down, Abram fell into a heavy sleep. And lo, a very fearful darkness fell upon him.
13 Then He said to Abram, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs and shall serve them. And they shall afflict them.
14 “Notwithstanding, I will judge the nation whom they shall serve. And afterward, they shall come out with great possessions.
15 “But you shall go to your fathers in peace and shall be buried at an old age.
16 “And in the fourth generation they shall come here again, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
17 Also, when the Sun went down, there was a darkness. And behold, a smoking furnace and a firebrand, which went between those pieces.
18 On that same day, the LORD made a Covenant with Abram, saying, “To your seed I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates—
19 “the Kenites and the Kenezzites and the Kadmonites
20 “and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Rephaims,
21 “also the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Girgashites and the Jebusites.”
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