Genesis:12-14

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* And Jehovah had said to Abram , Go out of thy land , and from thy kindred , and from thy father 's house , to the land that I will shew thee . * And I will make of thee a great nation , and bless thee , and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing . * And I will bless them that bless thee , and curse him that curseth thee ; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed . * And Abram departed as Jehovah had said 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 possessions that they had acquired , and the souls that they had obtained in Haran , and they went out to go into the land of Canaan ; and into the land of Canaan they came . * 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 Jehovah appeared to Abram , and said , Unto thy seed will I give this land . And there he built an altar to Jehovah who had appeared to him . * And he removed thence towards the mountain on the east of Bethel , and pitched his tent , [having ] Bethel toward the west , and Ai toward the east ; and there he built an altar to Jehovah , and called on the name of Jehovah . * And Abram moved onward , going on still toward the south . * And there was a famine in the land . And Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there , for the famine was grievous in the land . * And it came to pass when he was come near to enter into Egypt , that he said to Sarai his wife , Behold now , I know that thou art a woman fair to look upon . * And it will come to pass when the Egyptians see thee , that they will say , She is his wife ; and they will slay me , and save thee alive . * Say , I pray thee , thou art my sister , that it may be well with me on thy account , and my soul may live because of thee . * And it came to pass when Abram came into Egypt , that 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 treated Abram well on her account ; and he had sheep , and oxen , and he-asses , and bondmen , and bondwomen , and she-asses , and camels . * And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram 's wife . * And Pharaoh called Abram , and said , What is this thou hast done to me ? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife ? * Why didst thou say , She is my sister , so that I took her as my wife . And now , behold , there is thy wife : take [her ], and go away . * And Pharaoh commanded [his ] men concerning him , and they sent him away , 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 , towards the south . * And Abram was very rich in cattle , in silver , and in gold . * And he went on his journeys from the south as far as Bethel ; as far as the place where his tent had been at the beginning , between Bethel and Ai ; * to the place of the altar that he had made there at the first . And there Abram called on the name of Jehovah . * And Lot also who went with Abram had flocks , and herds , and tents . * And the land could not support them , that they might dwell together , for their property was great ; and they could not dwell together . * And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram 's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot 's cattle . And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land . * And Abram said to Lot , I pray thee let there be no contention between me and thee , and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen , for we are brethren . * Is not the whole land before thee ? Separate thyself , I pray thee , from me : if to the left , then I will take the right ; and if to the right , then I will take the left . * And Lot lifted up his eyes , and beheld all the plain of the Jordan that it was thoroughly watered , before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah ; as the garden of Jehovah , like the land of Egypt , as one goes to Zoar . * And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan ; and Lot went toward the east . And they separated the one from the other : * Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan ; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain , and pitched tents as far as Sodom . * And the people of Sodom were wicked , and great sinners before Jehovah . * And Jehovah said to Abram , after that Lot had separated himself from him , Lift up now thine eyes , and look from the place where thou art , northward and southward and eastward and westward ; * for all the land that thou seest will I give to thee , and to thy seed for ever . * And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth , so that if any one can number the dust of the earth , thy seed also will be numbered . * Arise , walk through the land according to the length of it and according to the breadth of it ; for I will give it to thee . * Then Abram moved [his ] tents , and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre , which are in Hebron . And he built there an altar to Jehovah . * And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel the king of Shinar , Arioch the king of El-lasar , Chedorlaomer the king of Elam , and Tidal the king of nations , * [that ] they made war with Bera the king of Sodom , and with Birsha the king of Gomorrah , Shinab the king of Admah , and Shemeber the king of Zeboim , and the king of Bela , which is Zoar . * All these were joined in the vale of Siddim , which is the salt sea . * Twelve years had they served Chedorlaomer ; and in the thirteenth year they rebelled . * And 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-Kirjathaim , * and the Horites on their mount Seir , to El-Paran , which is by the wilderness . * And they returned , and came to En-mishpat , which is Kadesh , and smote all the country of the Amalekites , and also the Amorites that dwelt at Hazazon-Tamar . * And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah , and the king of Admah , and the king of Zeboim , and the king of Bela , which is Zoar , went out , and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim , * with Chedorlaomer the king of Elam , and Tidal the king of nations , and Amraphel the king of Shinar , and Arioch the king of Ellasar -- four kings with the five . * And the vale of Siddim was full of pits of asphalt . And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled , and fell there : and they that remained fled to the mountain . * And they took all the property of Sodom and Gomorrah , and all their victuals , and departed . * And they took Lot and his property , Abram 's brother 's son , and departed . For he dwelt in Sodom . * And one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew . And he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite , the brother of Eshcol , and the brother of Aner . And these were Abram 's allies . * And Abram heard that his brother was taken captive ; and he led out his trained [servants ], born in his house , three hundred and eighteen , and pursued [them ] as far as Dan . * And he divided himself against them by night , he and his servants , and smote them , and pursued them as far as Hobah , which is to the left of Damascus . * And he brought back all the property , and brought again his brother Lot and his property , and the women also , and the people . * And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after he had returned from smiting Chedorlaomer , and the kings that were with him , into the valley of Shaveh , which is the king 's valley . * And Melchisedec king of Salem brought out bread and wine . And he was priest of the Most High �God . * And he blessed him , and said , Blessed be Abram of the Most High �God , possessor of heavens and earth . * And blessed be the Most High �God , who has delivered thine enemies into thy hand . And he gave him the tenth of all . * And the king of Sodom said to Abram , Give me the souls , and take the property for thyself . * And Abram said to the king of Sodom , I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah , the Most High �God , possessor of heavens and earth , * if from a thread even to a sandal-thong , yes , if of all that is thine , I take [anything ]...; that thou mayest not say , I have made Abram rich ; * save 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 . * After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision , saying , Fear not , Abram ; I am thy shield , thy exceeding great reward .

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