earth be blessed/ 4So Abram went, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. 6And 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 into the land of Canaan they came. 6And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the terebinth of Moreh.
And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said: 'Unto thy seed will I give this land'; and he builded there an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. 8And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of 'Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east; and he builded there an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. 9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
10And there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land. uAnd it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife: 'Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon. 12And it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say. This is his wife; and they will kill me, but thee they will keep alive. 13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.' 14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 15And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 16And he dealt well with Abram for her sake; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men- servants, and maid-servants, and she- asses, and camels. 17And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. X8And Pharaoh called Abram, and said* 'What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? 19Why saidst thou: She is my sister? so that I took her to be my wife; now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy ^ way.' 20And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him; and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had. 1O And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South 2And Abram was very GENESIS rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the begin- ning, between Beth-el and Ai; 4unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first; and Abram called there on the name of the LORD. 5And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6And 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. 7And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land. 8And Abram said unto Lot: 'Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren. 9Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me; if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou take the right hand, then I will go to the left.' 10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD de- stroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.
nSo Lot chose him 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. 13Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sin- ners against the LORD exceedingly. 14And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him: 'Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and east- ward and westward; 15for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 1GAnd I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth; so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. 17Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it.' 18And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
1 A 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, 2that they made war with Bcra 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. 3A11 these came as allies unto the vale of Siddim — the same is the Salt Sea. 4Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5And 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-kiriathaim, 6and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness. 7And they turned back, and came to En-mishpat — the same is Kadesh — and smote all the country of the Amalekites,and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazpn-tamar. 8And 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 15 GENESIS them in the vale of Siddim; 9against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five. 10Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain. uAnd they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. ^And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. ^Ajid there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew — now he dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre the Ajnorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were con- federate with Abram. 14And 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 Dan. 15And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 17And 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 vale of Shaveh — the same is the King's Vale. 18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought ^forth bread and wine; and he was priest of God the Most High. 19And he blessed him, and said: 'Blessed be Abrain of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth; 20and blessed be God the Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand/ And he gave him a tenth of all. 21And the king of Sodom said unto Abram: 'Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.' ^And Abram said to the king of Sodom: 'I have lifted up my hand unto the LORD, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth, 23that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest 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 thena take their portion.'
K After these things the word of ^the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying: 'Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceeding great.' 2And Abram said: '0 Lord GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?' 3And Abram said: 'Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is to be mine heir.' *And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: 'This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.' 5And He brought him forth abroad, and said: ' Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them'; and He said unto him: 'So shall thy seed be.' 6And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness. 7And He said unto him: 'I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land bo inherit it.' 8And he said: '0 Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?' 9And He said unto him: 'Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and 16 GENESIS a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon/ 10And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other; but the birds divided he not. uAnd the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. 12And it came to pass, that, when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and, lo, a dread, even a great darkness, fell upon him. J3And He said unto Abram: 'Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; 14and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 16But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16 And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.' 17And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and there was thick darkness, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed be- tween these pieces. 18In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: 'Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates; 19the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmpnite, 20and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, 21and the Amorite, and the Canaanite. and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
7 16 Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2And Sarai said unto Abrarn: 'Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall be builded up through her.' And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 3And wife took Hagar the Sarai Abram's Egyptian, her » That is, God heareth. »> Heb. El rot.
handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. 4And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 5And Sarai said unto Abram: 'My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.' 6But Abram said unto Sarai: 'Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes.' And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face. 7And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilder- ness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. 8And he said: 'Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence earnest thou? and whither goest thou?7 And she said: 'I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.7 9And the angel of the LORD said unto her: ' Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.' 10And the^ angel of the LORD said unto her: 'I wjll greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude/ nAnd the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name alshmael, because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. "And he shall be a wild ass of a man: his hand shall be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the face of all his brethren.' wAnd she called the name of the LORD that spoke unto her, Thou art ba God of seeing; for she said: 'Have I even bere seen Him that seeth me?' "Where- fore the well was called cBeer-lahai-roi; « That is, The well of the Liwno One who seeth me. 17 GENESIS behold, it is between Kadesh and be circumcised among you, every male Bered. ^And Hagar bore Abram a throughout your generations, he that son; and Abram called the name of is born in the house, or bought with his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
money of any foreigner, that is not of 16And Abram was fourscore and six thy seed. 13He that is born in thy years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to house, and he that is bought with Abram.
thy money, must needs be circumcised; 1 f7 And when Abram was ninety and My covenant shall be in your * years old and nine, the LORD apflesh for an everlasting covenant.
peared to Abram, and said unto him* 14And the uncircumcised male who is 'I am God Almighty; walk before not circumcised in the flesh of his Me, and be thou whole-hearted. 2And foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from I will make My covenant between Me his people; he hath broken My coveand thee, and will multiply thee exnant/ ceedingly/ 3And Abram fell on his 15And God said^ unto Abraham: face; and God talked with him, say- 'As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not ing: 4'As for Me, behold, My covenant call her name Sarai, but bSarah shall is with thee, and thou shalt be Hhe her name be. 16And I will bless her, father of a multitude of nations and moreover I will give thee a son 6Neither shall thy name any more be of her; yea, I will bless her, and she called Abram, but thy name shall be shall be a mother df nations; kings of Abraham; for the father of a multitude peoples shall be of her/ 17Then of nations have I made thee. 6And I Abraham fell upon his face, and will make thee exceeding fruitful, and laughed, and said in his heart: 'Shall I will make nations of thee, and kings a child be born unto him that^ is a shall come out of thee. 7And I will hundred years old? and shall Efofth.
establish My covenant between Me that is ninety years old, bear?' *°And and thee and thy seed^ after thee Abraham said unto God: 'Oh that throughout their generations for an Ishmael might live before Thee'* everlasting covenant, to be a God unto 19And God said: 'Nay, but Sarah thy :hee and to thy seed after thee. 8And wife shall bear thee a son; and thou [ will give unto thee, and to thy seed shalt call his name °Isaac; and I will after thee, the land of thy sojournings, establish My covenant with him for ill the land of Canaan, for an everan everlasting covenant for his seed asting possession; and I will be their after him. 20And as for Ishmael, I jrod/ 9And God said unto Abraham: have heard thee; behold, I have And as for thee, thou shalt keep My blessed him, and will make him fruit- 3ovenant, thou, and thy seed after jhee throughout their generations.
ful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I °This is My covenant, which ye shall will make him a great nation. 21But ceep, between Me and you and thy My covenant wiU I establish with eed after thee: every male among Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto rou shall be circumcised. uAnd ye thee at this set time in the next year/ hall be circumcised in the flesh of ^And He left off talking with him, and rour foreskin; and it shall be a token God went up from Abraham. ^And >f a covenant betwixt Me and you.
Abraham took Ishmael his son, and 2And he that is eight days old shall all that were born in his house, and a Heb. Ab hamon. b That is, Princess. « From the Heb. root meaning to laugh.
18 GENESIS all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abra- ham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. ^And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. 27And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
arm arm 1 Q And the LORD appeared unto him by the terebinths of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over against him; and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed down to the earth, 3and said- 'My lord, if now I haye found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy serv- ant. 4Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and recline yourselves under the tree. 5And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and stay ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on; forasmuch as ye are come to your servant. ' And they said: 'So do, as thou hast said.' 6And Abraham has- tened into the tent unto Sarah, and said: 'Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.' 7And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hastened to dress it. 8And he took curd, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. 9And they said unto him: 'Where is Sarah thy wife?' And he said: 'Behold, in the tent.' 10And He said: 'I will certainly return unto thee when the season com- eth round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son.' And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him. — llNow Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. — 12And Sarah laughed within herself, saying: 'After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?' "And the LORD said unto Abraham: 'Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying: Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old? 14Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the set tune I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son/ 15Then Sarah denied, saying: 'I laughed not'; for she was afraid. And He said: ' Nay; but thou didst laugh.'
16And the men rose up from thence, and looked out toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 17And the LORD said: 'Shall I hide from Abraham that which I am doing; 1$seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that the LORD may bring upon Abra- ham that which He hath spoken of him/ 20And the LORD said: 'Verily, the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and, verily, their sin is exceed- ing grievous. 21I will go down now, and see whether they have, done alto- gether according to the cry of it, which 19 GENESIS is come unto Me; and if not, I will know.' ^And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. ^And Abraham drew near, and said. 'Wilt Thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24Perad- venture there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt Thou indeed sweep away and not forgive the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? ^ ^hat be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from Thee; shall not the Judge of all the earth do justly?' 26And the LOBD said: 'If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will forgive all the place for their sake.' 27And Abraham answered and said: 'Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes. 28Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt Thou de- stroy all the city for lack of five?' And He said: 'I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.' 29And he spoke unto Him yet again, and said: 'Peradventure there shall be forty found there.' And He said: 'I will not do it for the forty's sake.' s°And he said: 'Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Peradventure there shall thirty be found there.' And He said: 'I will not do it, if I find thirty there.' 3lAnd he said: 'Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord. Peradventure there shall be twenty found there.' And He said: 'I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.' ^And he said: fOh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. Peradventure ten shall be found there.' And He said: 'I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.' the LOBD went His way, as soon as He had left off speaking to Abra- ham; and Abraham returned unto his place.
1 Q And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he fell down on his face to the earth; 2and he said: 'Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way.' And they said: 'Nay; but we will abide in the broad place all night.' 3And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake un- leavened bread, and they did eat. 4But before thfiy lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter. 6And they called unto Lot, and said unto him: 'Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.' 6And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him. 7And he said: 'I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly. 8Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes; only unto these men do nothing; forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.' 9And they said: 'Stand back.' And they said: 'This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs play the judge; now will we deal worse with thee, than with them.' And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door. °But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to 20 GENESIS them, and the door they shut. uAnd they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great; so that they wearied themselves to find the door. ^And the men said unto Lot: 'Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city; bring them out of the place; ^for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before the LORD; and the LOED hath sent us to destroy it/ 14And Lot went out, and spoke unto married his his sons-in-law, daughters, and who said: 'Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy the city.' But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that jested. 15And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot. saying: 'Arise, take thy wife, ana thy two daughters that are here; lest thou be swep " ' the city/ ; away in the iniquity of Jut he lingered; and the