Genesis:12-14

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* Now LORD said to Abram , Get thee out of thy country , and from thy kindred , and from thy father 's house , to 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 those who bless thee , and he who curses thee I will curse . And in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed . * So Abram went as LORD had spoken to him , and Lot went with him . And Abram was seventy-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 they came into the land o * And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem , to the oak of Moreh . And the Canaanite was then in the land . * And LORD appeared to Abram , and said , I will give this land to thy seed . And there he built an altar to LORD , who appeared to him . * And he moved from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel , and pitched his tent , having Bethel on the west , and Ai on the east . And there he built an altar to LORD , and called upon the name of LORD . * And Abram journeyed , going on still toward the South . * And there was a famine in the land . And Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there , for the famine was severe in the land . * And it came to pass , when he came near to enter into Egypt , that he said to Sarai his wife , Behold now , I know that thou are a fair woman to look upon . * And it shall come to pass , when the Egyptians shall see thee , that they shall say , This is his wife . And they will kill me , but they will save thee alive . * Say , I pray thee , thou are my sister , that it may be well with me for thy sake , and that my soul may live because of thee . * And it came to pass , that , when Abram came into Egypt , the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair . * And the princes of Pharaoh saw her , and praised her to Pharaoh . And the woman was taken into Pharaoh 's house . * And he dealt well with Abram for her sake . And he had sheep , and oxen , and he-donkeys , and men-servants , and maid-servants , and she-donkeys , and camels . * And LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai , Abram 's wife . * And Pharaoh called Abram , and said , What is this that thou have done to me ? Why did thou not tell me that she was thy wife ? * Why did thou say , She is my sister , so that I took her to be my wife ? Now therefore behold thy wife . Take her , and go thy way . * And Pharaoh gave men command concerning him . And they brought him on the way , and his wife , and all that he had . * And Abram went up out of Egypt , he , and his wife , and all that he had , and Lot with him , into the South . * And Abram was very rich in cattle , in silver , and in gold . * And he went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel , to the place where his tent had been at the beginning , between Bethel and Ai , * to the place of the altar , which he had made there at the first . And Abram called on the name of LORD there . * And Lot also , who went with Abram , had flocks , and herds , and tents . * And 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 . * And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram 's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot 's cattle . And the Canaanite and the Perizzite then dwelt in the land . * And Abram said to Lot , Let there be no strife , I pray thee , between me and thee , and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen , for we are brothers . * Is not the whole land before thee ? Separate thyself , I pray thee , from me . If the left hand , then I will go to the right . Or if the right hand , then I will go to the left . * And Lot lifted up his eyes , and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan , that it was well watered everywhere (before LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah ) like the garden of LORD , like the land of Egypt , as thou go to Zoar . * So Lot chose for himself all the Plain of the Jordan . And Lot journeyed east , and they separated themselves the one from the other . * Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan . And Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain , and moved his tent as far as Sodom . * Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against LORD . * And LORD said to Abram , after Lot was separated from him , Lift up now thine eyes , and look from the place where thou are , northward and southward and eastward and westward . * For all the land which thou see , to thee I will give it , and to thy seed forever . * And 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 . * Arise , walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it , for to thee I will give it . * And Abram moved his tent , and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre , which are in Hebron , and built an altar there to LORD . * 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 joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea ). * They served Chedorlaomer twelve years , and in the thirteenth year they rebelled . * And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came , 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 , * and the Horites on their mount Seir , to Elparan , which is by the wilderness . * And they returned , and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh ), and smote all the country of the Amalekites , and also the Amorites , who 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 them in the valley of Siddim , * against Chedorlaomer king of Elam , and Tidal king of Goiim , and Amraphel king of Shinar , and Arioch king of Ellasar ; four kings against the five . * Now the valley of Siddim was full of slime pits . And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled , and they fell there . And those who remained fled to the mountain . * And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah , and all their food , and went their way . * And they took Lot , Abram 's brother 's son , who dwelt in Sodom , and his goods , and departed . * And some man came who 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 allies with Abram . * And 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 Daniel . * And he divided himself against them by night , he and his servants , and smote them , and pursued them to Hobah , which is on the left hand of Damascus . * And he brought back all the goods , and also brought back his brother Lot , and his goods , and also the women , and the people . * 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 valley of Shaveh (the same is the King 's Valley ). * And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine . And he was priest of God Most High . * And he blessed him , and said , Blessed be Abram of God Most High , possessor of heaven and earth . * And blessed be God Most High , who has delivered thine enemies into thy hand . And [Abram ] gave him a tenth of all . * And the king of Sodom said to Abram , Give me the men , and take the goods to thyself . * And Abram said to the king of Sodom , I have lifted up my hand to LORD , God Most High , possessor of heaven and earth , * that I will not take a thread nor a shoe latchet nor anything that is thine , lest thou should say , I have made Abram rich , * except only that which the young men have eaten , and the portion of the men who went with me , Aner , Eshcol , and Mamre . Let them take their portion . * After these things the word of LORD came to Abram in a vision , saying , Fear not , Abram . I am thy shield , thy exceedingly great reward .

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