Genesis 12

12:1Now Jehovah said unto 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:
12:2and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing; 12:3and 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. 12:4So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot
went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. 12:5And 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. 12:6And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the
land. 12:7And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto
him. 12:8And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and
there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah. 12:9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. 

12:10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land. 12:11And 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: 12:12and 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 they will save thee alive. 12:13Say, 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. 12:14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was
come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 12:15And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the
woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 12:16And 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. 12:17And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 12:18And
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? 12:19why saidst thou, She is my
sister, so that I took her to be my wife? now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. 12:20And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and
they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had. 


Genesis 13

13:1And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South. 13:2And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver,
and in gold. 13:3And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and
Ai, 13:4unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah. 13:5And Lot also, who went with
Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 13:6And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that
they could not dwell together. 13:7And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and
the Perizzite dwelt then in the land. 13:8And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and
thy herdsmen; for we are brethren. 13:9Is 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. 13:10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well
watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar. 13:11So
Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. 13:12Abram dwelt in the land of
Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13:13Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah
exceedingly. 

13:14And Jehovah said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and
southward and eastward and westward: 13:15for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 13:16And I will make thy seed as
the dust of the earth: So that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered. 13:17Arise, walk through the land in the length
of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it. 13:18And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron,
and built there an altar unto Jehovah. 


Genesis 14

14:1And 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, 14:2that 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). 14:3All these joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea). 14:4Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth
year they rebelled. 14:5And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and
the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, 14:6and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness. 14:7And they
returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
14:8And 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 them in the vale of Siddim; 14:9against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel
king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five. 14:10Now 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. 14:11And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their
victuals, and went their way. 14:12And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. 

14:13And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew: now he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother
of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram. 14:14And 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. 14:15And 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. 14:16And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his
goods, and the women also, and the people. 

14:17And 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). 14:18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High. 14:19And he
blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth: 14:20and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine
enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all. 14:21And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
14:22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, 14:23that I will not take a
thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: 14:24save only that which the young men have eaten, and
the portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion. 


Genesis 15

15:1After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 15:2And
Abram said, O Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? 15:3And
Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 15:4And, behold, the word of Jehovah 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. 15:5And he brought him forth abroad, and
said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 15:6And he believed in
Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness. 15:7And he said unto him, I am Jehovah that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this
land to inherit it. 15:8And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? 15:9And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old,
and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. 15:10And 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. 15:11And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove
them away. 

15:12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. 15:13And he said unto Abram,
Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; 15:14and
also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 15:15But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace;
thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 15:16And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full. 15:17And it
came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces. 15:18In that
day Jehovah 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:
15:19the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, 15:20and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, 15:21and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and
the Girgashite, and the Jebusite. 


Genesis 16

16:1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 16:2And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold
now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to
the voice of Sarai. 16:3And 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. 16:4And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was
despised in her eyes. 16:5And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into they bosom; and when she saw that she had
conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and thee. 16:6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that
which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face. 

16:7And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. 16:8And he said, Hagar, Sarai's
handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai. 16:9And the angel of Jehovah said
unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 16:10And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall
not be numbered for multitude. 16:11And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name
Ishmael, because Jehovah hath heard thy affliction. 16:12And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man's
hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren. 16:13And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God that seeth: for
she said, Have I even here looked after him that seeth me? 16:14Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. 

16:15And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael. 16:16And Abram was fourscore and six years old,
when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. 


Genesis 17

17:1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou
perfect. 17:2And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 17:3And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him,
saying, 17:4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations. 17:5Neither shall thy name any more be called
Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee. 17:6And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make
nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their