a Heb. balal, to confound.

son, and Lot the son of Haran, his the name of the LORD. And Abram son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in- journeyed, going on still toward the law, his son Abram's wife; and they South. went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.

לך לך

12 Now the LORD said unto

10 And there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land. "And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife: 'Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon. 12And it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say: This is his wife; and they will kill me, but thee they will keep alive. 13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.' 14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 15And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the

Abram: 'Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing. And I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse; and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.' So Abram went, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him; and Abram woman was taken into Pharaoh's was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. "And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the terebinth of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said: 'Unto thy seed will I give this land'; and he builded there an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, hav-13 And Abram went up out of ing Beth-el on the west, and Ai on Egypt, he, and his wife, and all the east; and he builded there an that he had, and Lot with him, into altar unto the LORD, and called upon the South. 2And Abram was very

house. 16And he dealt well with
Abram for her sake; and he had sheep,
and oxen, and he-asses, and men-
servants, and maid-servants, and she-
asses, and camels. 17 And the LORD
plagued Pharaoh and his house with
great plagues because of Sarai Abram's
wife. 18And Pharaoh called Abram,
and said: 'What is this that thou hast
done unto me? why didst thou not
tell me that she was thy wife? 19Why
saidst thou: She is my sister?
that I took her to be my wife; now
therefore behold thy wife, take her,
and go thy way.' 20And Pharaoh
gave men charge concerning him;
and they brought him on the way, and
his wife, and all that he had.

SO

rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. look from the place where thou art, And he went on his journeys from the northward and southward and eastSouth even to Beth-el, unto the place ward and westward; 15for all the land where his tent had been at the begin- which thou seest, to thee will I give ning, between Beth-el and Ai; unto it, and to thy seed for ever. 16And I the place of the altar, which he had will make thy seed as the dust of the made there at the first; and Abram earth; so that if a man can number called there on the name of the the dust of the earth, then shall thy LORD. And Lot also, who went with seed also be numbered. 17Arise, walk Abram, had flocks, and herds, and through the land in the length of it tents. And the land was not able and in the breadth of it; for unto thee to bear them, that they might dwell will I give it.' 18And Abram moved together; for their substance was his tent, and came and dwelt by the great, so that they could not dwell terebinths of Mamre, which are in together. And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's

cattle and the herdmen of Lot's

Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

14 And it came to pass in the

days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, that 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-the same is Zoar. All these came as allies unto the vale of Siddim-the same is the Salt Sea. Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth

cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land. And Abram said unto Lot: 'Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren. 'Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me; if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou take the right hand, then I will go to the left. 10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of year they rebelled. And in the the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar. 11So Lot chose him all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east; and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the LORD exceedingly. 14And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him: 'Lift up now thine eyes, and

fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashterothkarnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness. "And they turned back, and came to En-mishpat-the same is Kadeshand smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar. And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela-the same is Zoar; and they set the battle in array against

ea

and take the goods to thyself. 22And
Abram said to the king of Sodom:
'I have lifted up my hand unto the bi
LORD, God Most High, Maker of
heaven and earth, 23that I will not
take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor
aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest
say: I have made Abram rich;
24save only that which the young men
have eaten, and the portion of the
men which went with me, Aner,
Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take
their portion.'

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them in the vale of Siddim; against all. 21And the king of Sodom said Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and unto Abram: 'Give me the persons, Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five. 10Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain. And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. 13And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew now he dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram. 14And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. 15And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh-the same is the King's Vale. 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was priest of God the Most High. 19 And he blessed him, and said: 'Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth; 20and blessed be God the Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.' And he gave him a tenth of

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying: 'Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceeding great.' And Abram said: 'O Lord GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?' And Abram said: 'Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is to be mine heir.' And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: "This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.' And He brought him forth abroad, and said: 'Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them'; and He said unto him: 'So shall thy seed be.' "And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness. 'And He said unto him: 'I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.' And he said: 'O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?' And He said unto him: 'Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and

a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.'
10And he took him all these, and
divided them in the midst, and laid
each half over against the other; but the
birds divided he not. "And the birds
of prey came down upon the carcasses,
and Abram drove them away. 12And
it came to pass, that, when the sun
was going down, a deep sleep fell upon
Abram, and, lo, a dread, even a great
darkness, fell upon him. 13And He
said unto Abram: 'Know of a surety
that thy seed shall be a stranger in a
land that is not theirs, and shall serve
them; and they shall afflict them four
hundred years; 14and also that nation,
whom they shall serve, will I judge;
and afterward shall they come out
with great substance. 15But thou
shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou
shalt be buried in a good old age.
16 And in the fourth generation they
shall come back hither; for the iniquity
of the Amorite is not yet full.' 17And
it came to pass, that, when the sun
went down, and there was thick
darkness, behold a smoking furnace,
and a flaming torch that passed be-
tween these pieces. 18In that day the
LORD made a covenant with Abram,
saying: 'Unto thy seed have I given
this land, from the river of Egypt unto
the great river, the river Euphrates;
19the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and
the Kadmonite, 20and the Hittite, and
the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, 21and
the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and
the Girgashite, and the Jebusite."
16 Now Sarai Abram's wife bore

him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2And Sarai said unto Abram: 'Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall be builded up through her.' And Abram hearkened to the

a That is, God heareth. b Heb. El roi.

voice of Sarai. And Sarai Abram's
wife took Hagar the Egyptian, her
handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten
years in the land of Canaan, and gave
her to Abram her husband to be his
wife. And he went in unto Hagar,
and she conceived; and when she saw
that she had conceived, her mistress
was despised in her eyes. "And Sarai
said unto Abram: 'My wrong be
upon thee: I gave my handmaid into
thy bosom; and when she saw that
she had conceived, I was despised in
her eyes: the LORD judge between me
and thee.' "But Abram said unto
Sarai: 'Behold, thy maid is in thy
hand; do to her that which is good in
thine eyes.' And Sarai dealt harshly
with her, and she fled from her face.
7And the angel of the LORD found her
by a fountain of water in the wilder-
ness, by the fountain in the way to
Shur. And he said: 'Hagar, Sarai's
handmaid, whence camest thou? and
whither goest thou?' And she said:
'I flee from the face of my mistress
Sarai.' And the angel of the LORD said
unto her: 'Return to thy mistress, and
submit thyself under her hands.'
10And the angel of the LORD said unto
her: 'I will greatly multiply thy seed,
that it shall not be numbered for
multitude.' "And the angel of the
LORD said unto her: 'Behold, thou
art with child, and shalt bear a son;
and thou shalt call his name Ishmael,
because the LORD hath heard thy
affliction. 12And he shall be a wild ass

of a man: his hand shall be against
every man, and every man's hand
against him; and he shall dwell in
the face of all his brethren.' 13And
she called the name of the LORD that
spoke unto her, Thou art a God of
seeing; for she said: 'Have I even
here seen Him that seeth me?' 14Where-
fore the well was called "Beer-lahai-roi;

That is, The well of the Living,One who seeth me.