vw - Genesis:12-14

vw@Genesis:12:1 @ Now Jehovah said to Abram: Depart from your land, from your kindred and from your fathers house, to a land that I will show you.

vw@Genesis:12:2 @ I will make of you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing.

vw@Genesis:12:3 @ I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who despises you; and in you all families of the earth shall be blessed.

vw@Genesis:12:4 @ So Abram departed as Jehovah had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

vw@Genesis:12:5 @ And Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brothers son, and all their possessions that they had collected, and the souls they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go into the land of Canaan. So they came into the land of Canaan.

vw@Genesis:12:6 @ And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.

vw@Genesis:12:7 @ And Jehovah appeared to Abram and said, To your seed I will give this land. And there he built an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared to him.

vw@Genesis:12:8 @ And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel toward the sea and Ai on the east. There he built an altar unto Jehovah and called upon the name of Jehovah.

vw@Genesis:12:9 @ And Abram journeyed, proceeding to journey toward the south.

vw@Genesis:12:10 @ Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was heavy in the land.

vw@Genesis:12:11 @ And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.

vw@Genesis:12:12 @ And it will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, This is his wife; and they will kill me, but they will let you live.

vw@Genesis:12:13 @ Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and my soul shall live because of you.

vw@Genesis:12:14 @ And it came to pass when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful.

vw@Genesis:12:15 @ The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaohs house.

vw@Genesis:12:16 @ He dealt well with Abram because of her; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

vw@Genesis:12:17 @ And Jehovah struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of the matter of Sarai, Abrams wife.

vw@Genesis:12:18 @ And Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

vw@Genesis:12:19 @ Why did you say, She is my sister? And so I took her to be my wife. Now therefore, here is your wife; take her and depart.

vw@Genesis:12:20 @ And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they sent him away, with his wife and all that he had.

vw@Genesis:13:1 @ And Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.

vw@Genesis:13:2 @ And Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

vw@Genesis:13:3 @ And he went on his journey from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

vw@Genesis:13:4 @ to the place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Abram called upon the name of Jehovah.

vw@Genesis:13:5 @ Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents.

vw@Genesis:13:6 @ And the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together.

vw@Genesis:13:7 @ And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abrams livestock and the herdsmen of Lots livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.

vw@Genesis:13:8 @ And Abram said to Lot, Please let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we men are brothers.

vw@Genesis:13:9 @ Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.

vw@Genesis:13:10 @ And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the area around Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar.

vw@Genesis:13:11 @ Then Lot chose for himself all the area around Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated each from the other.

vw@Genesis:13:12 @ Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt around the cities, and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom.

vw@Genesis:13:13 @ But the men of Sodom were exceedingly evil and sinful before Jehovah.

vw@Genesis:13:14 @ And after Lot had separated from him, Jehovah said to Abram: Lift up your eyes now and look from the place where you are, northward, southward, eastward, and westward;

vw@Genesis:13:15 @ for all the land which you see I give to you and your seed in perpetuity.

vw@Genesis:13:16 @ And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could count the dust of the earth, then your seed also could be numbered.

vw@Genesis:13:17 @ Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.

vw@Genesis:13:18 @ Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the plain of Mamre in Hebron, and built an altar there unto Jehovah.

vw@Genesis:14:1 @ 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 nations,

vw@Genesis:14:2 @ that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (which is Zoar).

vw@Genesis:14:3 @ All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim (which is the Salt Sea).

vw@Genesis:14:4 @ Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

vw@Genesis:14:5 @ In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him came and struck the giants in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh Kirjathaim,

vw@Genesis:14:6 @ and the Horites in their mountains of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is by the wilderness.

vw@Genesis:14:7 @ Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat (which is Kadesh), and struck all the land of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazezon Tamar.

vw@Genesis:14:8 @ And the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (which is Zoar) went out and set in battle array in the Valley of Siddim

vw@Genesis:14:9 @ against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against five.

vw@Genesis:14:10 @ Now the Valley of Siddim was pitted with asphalt pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled; some fell there, and the remainder fled to the mountains.

vw@Genesis:14:11 @ And they took all the property of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.

vw@Genesis:14:12 @ They also took Lot, the son of Abrams brother, who dwelt in Sodom, and his possessions, and departed.

vw@Genesis:14:13 @ And one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt by the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram.

vw@Genesis:14:14 @ And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led out his trained three hundred and eighteen who were born in his own house, and went in pursuit as far as Daniel.

vw@Genesis:14:15 @ And they split up by night, he and his servants, and struck them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

vw@Genesis:14:16 @ And he brought back all the property, and also brought back his brother Lot and his possessions, as well as the women and the people.

vw@Genesis:14:17 @ And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (which is the Kings Valley), after his return from smiting Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him.

vw@Genesis:14:18 @ And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; and he was the priest of the Most High God.

vw@Genesis:14:19 @ And he blessed him and said: Blessed is Abram of the Most High God, Possessor of Heaven and earth;

vw@Genesis:14:20 @ and blessed is the Most High God, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him a tithe of all.

vw@Genesis:14:21 @ And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the souls, and take the property for yourself.

vw@Genesis:14:22 @ But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have raised my hand to Jehovah the Most High God, possessor of the heavens and earth,

vw@Genesis:14:23 @ that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, that you may not say, I have made Abram rich;

vw@Genesis:14:24 @ except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

vw@Genesis:15:1 @ After these things the Word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.