Genesis:13-17

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* 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 Hai ; * To the place of the altar , which he had make there at the first : and there Abram called on the name of the LORD . * And Lot also , which 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 ' cattle and the herdsmen of Lot ' cattle : and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land . * And Abram said to Lot , Let there be no strife , I pray you , between me and you , and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen ; for we be brothers . * Is not the whole land before you ? separate yourself , I pray you , from me : if you will take the left hand , then I will go to the right ; or if you depart to the right hand , then I will go to the left . * And Lot lifted up his eyes , and beheld all the plain of Jordan , that it was well watered every where , before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah , even as the garden of the LORD , like the land of Egypt , as you come to Zoar . * Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan ; and Lot journeyed east : and they separated themselves the one from the other . * Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan , and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain , and pitched his tent toward Sodom . * But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly . * And the LORD said to Abram , after that Lot was separated from him , Lift up now your eyes , and look from the place where you are northward , and southward , and eastward , and westward : * For all the land which you see , to you will I give it , and to your seed for ever . * And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth , then shall your seed also be numbered . * Arise , walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it ; for I will give it to you . * Then Abram removed his tent , and came and dwelled in the plain of Mamre , which is in Hebron , and built there an altar to the 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 nations ; * That these 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 , which is Zoar . * All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim , which is the salt sea . * Twelve years 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 Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim , and the Zuzims in Ham , and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim , * And the Horites in their mount Seir , to Elparan , which is by the wilderness . * And they returned , and came to Enmishpat , which is Kadesh , and smote all the country of the Amalekites , and also the Amorites , that dwelled in Hazezontamar . * 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 joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim ; * With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam , and with Tidal king of nations , and Amraphel king of Shinar , and Arioch king of Ellasar ; four kings with five . * And the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits ; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled , and 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 . * And they took Lot , Abram ' brother ' son , who dwelled in Sodom , and his goods , and departed . * And there came one that had escaped , and told Abram the Hebrew ; for he dwelled in the plain of Mamre the Amorite , brother of Eshcol , and brother of Aner : and these were confederate with Abram . * And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive , he armed his trained servants , born in his own house , three hundred and eighteen , and pursued them to Daniel . * And he divided himself against them , he and his servants , by night , 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 again his brother Lot , and his goods , and the women also , and the people . * And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer , and of the kings that were with him , at the valley of Shaveh , which is the king ' dale . * And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine : and he was the priest of the most high God . * And he blessed him , and said , Blessed be Abram of the most high God , possessor of heaven and earth : * And blessed be the most high God , which has delivered your enemies into your hand . And he gave him tithes of all . * And the king of Sodom said to Abram , Give me the persons , and take the goods to yourself . * And Abram said to the king of Sodom , I have lift up my hand to the LORD , the most high God , the possessor of heaven and earth , * That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet , and that I will not take any thing that is yours , lest you should say , I have made Abram rich : * Save 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 . * After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision , saying , Fear not , Abram : I am your shield , and your exceeding great reward . * And Abram said , LORD God , what will you give me , seeing I go childless , and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus ? * And Abram said , Behold , to me you have given no seed : and , see , one born in my house is my heir . * And , behold , the word of the LORD came to him , saying , This shall not be your heir ; but he that shall come forth out of your own bowels shall be your heir . * And he brought him forth abroad , and said , Look now toward heaven , and tell the stars , if you be able to number them : and he said to him , So shall your seed be . * And he believed in the LORD ; and he counted it to him for righteousness . * And he said to him , I am the LORD that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees , to give you this land to inherit it . * And he said , LORD God , whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it ? * And he said to him , Take me an heifer of three years old , and a she goat of three years old , and a ram of three years old , and a turtledove , and a young pigeon . * And he took to him all these , and divided them in the middle , and laid each piece one against another : but the birds divided he not . * And when the fowls came down on the carcasses , Abram drove them away . * And when the sun was going down , a deep sleep fell on Abram ; and , see , an horror of great darkness fell on him . * And he said to Abram , Know of a surety that your seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their ', and shall serve them ; and they shall afflict them four hundred years ; * And also that nation , whom they shall serve , will I judge : and afterward shall they come out with great substance . * And you shall go to your fathers in peace ; you shall be buried in a good old age . * But in the fourth generation they shall come here again : for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full . * And it came to pass , that , when the sun went down , and it was dark , behold a smoking furnace , and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces . * In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram , saying , To your seed have I given this land , from the river of Egypt to the great river , the river Euphrates : * The Kenites , and the Kenizzites , and the Kadmonites , * And the Hittites , and the Perizzites , and the Rephaims , * And the Amorites , and the Canaanites , and the Girgashites , and the Jebusites . * Now Sarai Abram ' wife bore him no children : and she had an handmaid , an Egyptian , whose name was Hagar . * And Sarai said to Abram , Behold now , the LORD has restrained me from bearing : I pray you , go in to my maid ; it may be that I may obtain children by her . And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai . * And Sarai Abram ' wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian , after Abram had dwelled ten years in the land of Canaan , and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife . * And he went in to Hagar , and she conceived : and when she saw that she had conceived , her mistress was despised in her eyes . * And Sarai said to Abram , My wrong be on you : I have given my maid into your bosom ; and when she saw that she had conceived , I was despised in her eyes : the LORD judge between me and you . * But Abram said to Sarai , Behold , your maid is in your hand ; do to her as it pleases you . And when Sarai dealt hardly with her , she fled from her face . * And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness , by the fountain in the way to Shur . * And he said , Hagar , Sarai ' maid , from where came you ? and where will you go ? And she said , I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai . * And the angel of the LORD said to her , Return to your mistress , and submit yourself under her hands . * And the angel of the LORD said to her , I will multiply your seed exceedingly , that it shall not be numbered for multitude . * And the angel of the LORD said to her , Behold , you are with child and shall bear a son , and shall call his name Ishmael ; because the LORD has heard your affliction . * And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man , and every man ' hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brothers . * And she called the name of the LORD that spoke to her , You God see me : for she said , Have I also here looked after him that sees me ? * Why the well was called Beerlahairoi ; behold , it is between Kadesh and Bered . * And Hagar bore Abram a son : and Abram called his son ' name , which Hagar bore , Ishmael . * And Abram was fourscore and six years old , when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram . * And when Abram was ninety years old and nine , the LORD appeared to Abram , and said to him , I am the Almighty God ; walk before me , and be you perfect . * And I will make my covenant between me and you , and will multiply you exceedingly . * And Abram fell on his face : and God talked with him , saying , * As for me , behold , my covenant is with you , and you shall be a father of many nations . * Neither shall your name any more be called Abram , but your name shall be Abraham ; for a father of many nations have I made you . * And I will make you exceeding fruitful , and I will make nations of you , and kings shall come out of you . * And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant , to be a God to you , and to your seed after you . * And I will give to you , and to your seed after you , the land wherein you are a stranger , all the land of Canaan , for an everlasting possession ; and I will be their God . * And God said to Abraham , You shall keep my covenant therefore , you , and your seed after you in their generations . * This is my covenant , which you shall keep , between me and you and your seed after you ; Every man child among you shall be circumcised . * And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be a token of the covenant between me and you . * And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you , every man child in your generations , he that is born in the house , or bought with money of any stranger , which is not of your seed . * He that is born in your house , and he that is bought with your money , must needs be circumcised : and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant . * And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised , that soul shall be cut off from his people ; he has broken my covenant . * And God said to Abraham , As for Sarai your wife , you shall not call her name Sarai , but Sarah shall her name be . * And I will bless her , and give you a son also of her : yes , I will bless her , and she shall be a mother of nations ; kings of people shall be of her . * Then Abraham fell on his face , and laughed , and said in his heart , Shall a child be born to him that is an hundred years old ? and shall Sarah , that is ninety years old , bear ? * And Abraham said to God , O that Ishmael might live before you ! * And God said , Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed ; and you shall call his name Isaac : and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant , and with his seed after him . * And as for Ishmael , I have heard you : Behold , I have blessed him , and will make him fruitful , and will multiply him exceedingly ; twelve princes shall he beget , and I will make him a great nation . * But my covenant will I establish with Isaac , which Sarah shall bear to you at this set time in the next year . * And he left off talking with him , and God went up from Abraham . * And Abraham took Ishmael his son , and all that were born in his house , and all that were bought with his money , every male among the men of Abraham ' house ; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day , as God had said to him . * And Abraham was ninety years old and nine , when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin . * And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old , when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin . * In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised , and Ishmael his son . * And all the men of his house , born in the house , and bought with money of the stranger , were circumcised with him . * And the LORD appeared to him in the plains of Mamre : and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day ;

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