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GENESIS CHAPTER 11
- Genesis 11:1 And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,
- 11:2 and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;
- 11:3 and they say each one to his neighbour, 'Give help, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.
- 11:4 And they say, 'Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'
- 11:5 And YHWH cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;
- 11:6 and YHWH saith, 'Lo, the people [is] one, and one pronunciation [is] to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.
- 11:7 Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'
- 11:8 And YHWH doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;
- 11:9 therefore hath [one] called its name Babel, for there hath YHWH mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath YHWH scattered them over the face of all the earth.
- Genesis 11:10 These [are] births of Shem: Shem [is] a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge.
- 11:11 And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
- 11:12 And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah.
- 11:13 And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
- 11:14 And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber.
- 11:15 And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
- 11:16 And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg.
- 11:17 And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
- 11:18 And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu.
- 11:19 And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:20 And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug.
- 11:21 And Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
- 11:22 And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor.
- 11:23 And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
- 11:24 And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah.
- 11:25 And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
- 11:26 And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- 11:27 And these [are] births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;
- 11:28 and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
- 11:29 And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife [is] Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife [is] Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.
- Genesis 11:30 And Sarai is barren -- she hath no child.
- 11:31 And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there.
- 11:32 And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.
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GENESIS CHAPTER 12
- Genesis 12:1 And YHWH saith unto Abram, 'Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.
- 12:2 And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
- 12:3 And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'
- 12:4 And Abram goeth on, as YHWH hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with him, and Abram [is] a son of five and seventy years in his going out from Charan.
- 12:5 And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained in Charan; and they go out to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come in to the land of Canaan.
- 12:6 And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite [is] then in the land.
- 12:7 And YHWH appeareth unto Abram, and saith, 'To thy seed I give this land;' and he buildeth there an altar to YHWH, who hath appeared unto him.
- 12:8 And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretcheth out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he buildeth there an altar to YHWH, and preacheth in the name of YHWH.
- 12:9 And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south.
- Genesis 12:10 And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine [is] grievous in the land;
- 12:11 and it cometh to pass as he hath drawn near to enter Egypt, that he saith unto Sarai his wife, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have known that thou [art] a woman of beautiful appearance;
- 12:12 and it hath come to pass that the Egyptians see thee, and they have said, 'This [is] his wife,' and they have slain me, and thee they keep alive:
- 12:13 say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.'
- 12:14 And it cometh to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that the Egyptians see the woman that she [is] exceeding fair;
- 12:15 and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken [to] Pharaoh's house;
- 12:16 and to Abram he hath done good because of her, and he hath sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and handmaids, and she-asses, and camels.
- 12:17 And YHWH plagueth Pharaoh and his house -- great plagues -- for the matter of Sarai, Abram's wife.
- 12:18 And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, 'What [is] this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she [is] thy wife?
- 12:19 Why hast thou said, She [is] my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.'
- Genesis 12:20 And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him, and they send him away, and his wife, an all that he hath.
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GENESIS CHAPTER 13
- Genesis 13:1 And Abram goeth up from Egypt (he and his wife, and all that he hath, and Lot with him) towards the south;
- 13:2 and Abram [is] exceedingly wealthy in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
- 13:3 And he goeth on his journeyings from the south, even unto Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the commencement, between Bethel and Hai --
- 13:4 unto the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there doth Abram preach in the name of YHWH.
- 13:5 And also to Lot, who is going with Abram, there hath been sheep and oxen and tents;
- 13:6 and the land hath not suffered them to dwell together, for their substance hath been much, and they have not been able to dwell together;
- 13:7 and there is a strife between those feeding Abram's cattle and those feeding Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite [are] then dwelling in the land.
- 13:8 And Abram saith unto Lot, 'Let there not, I pray thee, be strife between me and thee, and between my shepherds and thy shepherds, for we [are] men -- brethren.
- 13:9 Is not all the land before thee? be parted, I pray thee, from me; if to the left, then I to the right; and if to the right, then I to the left.'
- Genesis 13:10 And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it [is] all a watered country (before YHWH's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as YHWH's garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar,
- 13:11 and Lot chooseth for himself the whole circuit of the Jordan; and Lot journeyeth from the east, and they are parted -- a man from his companion;
- 13:12 Abram hath dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot hath dwelt in the cities of the circuit, and tenteth unto Sodom;
- 13:13 and the men of Sodom [are] evil, and sinners before YHWH exceedingly.
- 13:14 And YHWH said unto Abram, after Lot's being parted from him, 'Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look from the place where thou [art], northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;
- 13:15 for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed -- to the age.
- 13:16 And I have set thy seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even thy seed is numbered;
- 13:17 rise, go up and down through the land, to its length, and to its breadth, for to thee I give it.'
- 13:18 And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which [are] in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to YHWH.
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GENESIS CHAPTER 14
- Genesis 14:1 And it cometh to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim,
- 14:2 they have made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which [is] Zoar.
- 14:3 All these have been joined together unto the valley of Siddim, which [is] the Salt Sea;
- 14:4 twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and the thirteenth year they rebelled.
- 14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings who [are] with him, and they smite the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
- 14:6 and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-Paran, which [is] by the wilderness;
- 14:7 and they turn back and come in unto En-Mishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smite the whole field of the Amalekite, and also the Amorite who is dwelling in Hazezon-Tamar.
- 14:8 And the king of Sodom goeth out, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which [is] Zoar; and they set the battle in array with them in the valley of Siddim,
- 14:9 with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with the five.
- Genesis 14:10 And the valley of Siddim [is] full of bitumen-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah flee, and fall there, and those left have fled to the mountain.
- 14:11 And they take the whole substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the whole of their food, and go away;
- 14:12 and they take Lot, Abram's brother's son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom), and his substance, and go away.
- 14:13 And one who is escaping cometh and declareth to Abram the Hebrew, and he is dwelling among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, and they [are] Abram's allies.
- 14:14 And Abram heareth that his brother hath been taken captive, and he draweth out his trained domestics, three hundred and eighteen, and pursueth unto Dan.
- 14:15 And he divideth himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smiteth them, and pursueth them unto Hobah, which [is] at the left of Damascus;
- 14:16 and he bringeth back the whole of the substance, and also Lot his brother and his substance hath he brought back, and also the women and the people.
- 14:17 And the king of Sodom goeth out to meet him (after his turning back from the smiting of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings who [are] with him), unto the valley of Shaveh, which [is] the king's valley.
- 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem hath brought out bread and wine, and he [is] priest of God Most High;
- 14:19 and he blesseth him, and saith, 'Blessed [is] Abram to God Most High, possessing heaven and earth;
- Genesis 14:20 and blessed [is] God Most High, who hath delivered thine adversaries into thy hand;' and he giveth to him a tenth of all.
- 14:21 And the king of Sodom saith unto Abram, 'Give to me the persons, and the substance take to thyself,'
- 14:22 and Abram saith unto the king of Sodom, 'I have lifted up my hand unto YHWH, God Most High, possessing heaven and earth --
- 14:23 from a thread even unto a shoe-latchet I take not of anything which thou hast, that thou say not, I -- I have made Abram rich;
- 14:24 save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who have gone with me -- Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre -- they take their portion.'
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