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Gen 11:1 And all the earth had one language and one speech.
Gen 11:2 And it came to be, as they set out from the east, that they found a
plain in the land of Shin‛ar, and they dwelt there.
Gen 11:3 And they said to each other, “Come, let us make bricks and bake
them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for
mortar.
Gen 11:4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower
whose top is in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, lest we be
scattered over all the face of the earth.”
Gen 11:5 Then יהוה came down to see the city and the tower which the sons
of men had built.
Gen 11:6 And יהוה said, “Look, they are one people and they all have one
language, and this is what they begin to do! And now, they are not going to be
withheld from doing whatever they plan to do.
Gen 11:7 “Come, let Us go there and confuse their language, so that they do
not understand one another’s speech.”
Gen 11:8 And יהוה scattered them from there, over the face of all the earth,
and they left off building the city.
Gen 11:9 That is why its name was called Baḇel, because there יהוה
confused the language of all the earth, and from there יהוה scattered them over
the face of all the earth.
Gen 11:10 This is the genealogy of Shĕm: Shĕm was a hundred years old
and brought forth Arpaḵshaḏ, two years after the flood.
Gen 11:11 And after he brought forth Arpaḵshaḏ, Shĕm lived five hundred
years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
Gen 11:12 And Arpaḵshaḏ lived thirty-five years, and brought forth Shelaḥ.
Gen 11:13 And after he brought forth Shelaḥ, Arpaḵshaḏ lived four hundred
and three years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
Gen 11:14 And Shelaḥ lived thirty years, and brought forth Ĕḇer.
Gen 11:15 And after he brought forth Ĕḇer, Shelaḥ lived four hundred and
three years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
Gen 11:16 And Ĕḇer lived thirty-four years, and brought forth Peleḡ.
Gen 11:17 And after he brought forth Peleḡ, Ĕḇer lived four hundred and
thirty years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
Gen 11:18 And Peleḡ lived thirty years, and brought forth Re‛u.
Gen 11:19 And after he brought forth Re‛u, Peleḡ lived two hundred and
nine years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
Gen 11:20 And Re‛u lived thirty-two years, and brought forth Seruḡ.
Gen 11:21 And after he brought forth Seruḡ, Re‛u lived two hundred and
seven years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
Gen 11:22 And Seruḡ lived thirty years, and brought forth Naḥor.
Gen 11:23 And after he brought forth Naḥor, Seruḡ lived two hundred years,
and brought forth sons and daughters.
Gen 11:24 And Naḥor lived twenty-nine years, and brought forth Teraḥ.
Gen 11:25 And after he brought forth Teraḥ, Naḥor lived one hundred and
nineteen years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
Gen 11:26 And Teraḥ lived seventy years, and brought forth Aḇram, Naḥor,
and Haran.
Gen 11:27 And this is the genealogy of Teraḥ: Teraḥ brought forth Aḇram,
Naḥor, and Haran. And Haran brought forth Lot.
Gen 11:28 And Haran died before his father Teraḥ in the land of his birth, in
Ur of the Chaldeans.
Gen 11:29 And Aḇram and Naḥor took wives: the name of Aḇram’s wife
was Sarai, and the name of Naḥor’s wife, Milkah, the daughter of Haran the
father of Milkah and the father of Yiskah.
Gen 11:30 And Sarai was barren, she had no child.
Gen 11:31 And Teraḥ took his son Aḇram and his grandson Lot, son of
Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Aḇram’s wife, and they went
out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Kena‛an. And
they came to Ḥaran and dwelt there.
Gen 11:32 And the days of Teraḥ came to be two hundred and five years,
and Teraḥ died in Ḥaran.
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Gen 12:1 And יהוה said to Aḇram, “Go yourself out of your land, from your
relatives and from your father’s house, to a land which I show you.
Gen 12:2 “And I shall make you a great nation, and bless you and make your
name great, and you shall be a blessing!
Gen 12:3 “And I shall bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses
you. And in you all the clans of the earth shall be blessed.”
Gen 12:4 So Aḇram left, as יהוה had commanded him, and Lot went with
him. And Aḇram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Ḥaran.
Gen 12:5 And Aḇram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all
their possessions that they had gathered, and the beings whom they had
acquired in Ḥaran, and they set out for the land of Kena‛an. And they came to
the land of Kena‛an.
Gen 12:6 And Aḇram passed through the land to the place of Sheḵem, as far
as the terebinth tree of Moreh. At that time the Kena‛anites were in the land.
Gen 12:7 And יהוה appeared to Aḇram and said, “To your seed I give this
land.” And he built there an altar to יהוה, who had appeared to him.
Gen 12:8 And from there he moved to the mountain east of Bĕyth Ĕl, and he
pitched his tent, with Bĕyth Ĕl on the west and Ai on the east. And he built
there an altar to יהוה, and called on the Name of יהוה.
Gen 12:9 And Aḇram set out, continuing toward the South.
Gen 12:10 And a scarcity of food came to be in the land, and Aḇram went
down to Mitsrayim to dwell there, for the scarcity of food was severe in the
land.
Gen 12:11 And it came to be, when he was close to entering Mitsrayim, that
he said to Sarai his wife, “See, I know that you are a fair woman to look at.
Gen 12:12 “And it shall be, when the Mitsrites see you, that they shall say,
‘This is his wife.’ And they shall kill me, but let you live.
Gen 12:13 “Please say you are my sister, so that it shall be well with me for
your sake, and my life be spared because of you.”
Gen 12:14 And it came to be, when Aḇram came into Mitsrayim, that the
Mitsrites saw the woman, that she was very fair.
Gen 12:15 And Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her before Pharaoh,
and the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house.
Gen 12:16 And he treated Aḇram well for her sake, and he had sheep, and
cattle, and male donkeys, and male and female servants, and female donkeys,
and camels.
Gen 12:17 But יהוה plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues
because of Sarai, Aḇram’s wife.
Gen 12:18 And Pharaoh called Aḇram and said, “What is this you have done
to me? Why did you not inform me that she was your wife?
Gen 12:19 “Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’? And so I was going to take
her for my wife. Look, here is your wife, take her and go.”
Gen 12:20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him, and they sent
him away, with his wife and all that he had.
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Gen 13:1 And Aḇram went up from Mitsrayim into the South, he and his
wife and all that he had, and Lot with him.
Gen 13:2 And Aḇram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
Gen 13:3 And he went on his journey from the South as far as Bĕyth Ĕl, to
the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bĕyth Ĕl and Ai,
Gen 13:4 to the place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there
Aḇram called on the Name of יהוה.
Gen 13:5 Now Lot, who went with Aḇram, also had flocks and herds and
tents.
Gen 13:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell
together, for their possessions were great, so that they could not dwell
together.
Gen 13:7 And there was strife between the herdsmen of Aḇram’s livestock
and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. And at that time the Kena‛anites and the
Perizzites dwelt in the land.
Gen 13:8 Then Aḇram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you
and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.
Gen 13:9 “Is not all the land before you? Please separate from me. If you
take the left, then I go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I go to the
left.”
Gen 13:10 And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of the Yardĕn, that it
was well watered everywhere – before יהוה destroyed Seḏom and Amorah –
like the garden of יהוה, like the land of Mitsrayim as you go toward Tso‛ar.
Gen 13:11 So Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Yardĕn, and Lot
moved east. Thus they separated from each other,
Gen 13:12 Aḇram dwelling in the land of Kena‛an, and Lot dwelling in the
cities of the plain and pitched his tent as far as Seḏom.
Gen 13:13 But the men of Seḏom were evil and sinned before יהוה,
exceedingly so.
Gen 13:14 And after Lot had separated from him, יהוה said to Aḇram, “Now
lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and
southward and eastward and westward,
Gen 13:15 for all the land which you see I shall give to you and your seed
forever.
Gen 13:16 “And I shall 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 counted.
Gen 13:17 “Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I
give it to you.”
Gen 13:18 So Aḇram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth
trees of Mamrĕ, which are in Ḥeḇron, and built an altar there to יהוה.
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Gen 14:1 And it came to be in the days of Amraphel sovereign of Shin‛ar,
Aryoḵ sovereign of Ellasar, Keḏorla‛omer sovereign of Ĕylam, and Tiḏ‛al
sovereign of Goyim,
Gen 14:2 that they fought against Bera sovereign of Seḏom, Birsha sovereign
of Amorah, Shinaḇ sovereign of Aḏmah, Shem’ĕḇer sovereign of Tseḇoyim,
and the sovereign of Bela, that is Tso‛ar.
Gen 14:3 All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim, that is the Salt
Sea.
Gen 14:4 Twelve years they served Keḏorla‛omer, and in the thirteenth year
they rebelled.
Gen 14:5 And in the fourteenth year Keḏorla‛omer and the sovereigns that
were with him came and smote the Repha’im in Ashteroth Qarnayim, and the
Zuzim in Ḥam, and the Ĕmites in Shawĕh Qiryathayim,
Gen 14:6 and the Ḥorites in their mountain of Sĕ‛ir, as far as Ĕl Paran,
which is by the wilderness.
Gen 14:7 And they turned back and came to Ĕn Mishpat, that is Qaḏĕsh, and
smote all the country of the Amalĕqites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in
Ḥatsetson Tamar.
Gen 14:8 And the sovereign of Seḏom, and the sovereign of Amorah, and the
sovereign of Aḏmah, and the sovereign of Tseḇoyim, and the sovereign of
Bela, that is Tso‛ar, went out and joined together in battle in the Valley of
Siddim,
Gen 14:9 against Keḏorla‛omer sovereign of Ĕylam, and Tiḏ‛al sovereign of
Goyim, and Amraphel sovereign of Shin‛ar, and Aryoḵ sovereign of Ellasar –
four sovereigns against five.
Gen 14:10 And the Valley of Siddim had many tar pits. And the sovereigns
of Seḏom and Amorah fled and fell there, and the remainder fled to the
mountains.
Gen 14:11 And they took all the goods of Seḏom and Amorah, and all their
food, and went away.
Gen 14:12 And they took Lot, Aḇram’s brother’s son who dwelt in Seḏom,
and his goods, and left.
Gen 14:13 And one who had escaped came and informed Aḇram the
Heḇrew, for he dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamrĕ the Amorite, brother of
Eshkol and brother of Anĕr, and they had a covenant with Aḇram.
Gen 14:14 And when Aḇram heard that his brother was taken captive, he
armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his
own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
Gen 14:15 And he and his servants divided against them by night, and smote
them and pursued them as far as Ḥoḇah, which is on the left of Damascus.
Gen 14:16 So he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his
brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.
Gen 14:17 And after his return from the defeat of Keḏorla‛omer and the
sovereigns who were with him, the sovereign of Seḏom came out to meet him
at the Valley of Shawĕh, that is, the Sovereign’s Valley.
Gen 14:18 And Malkitseḏeq sovereign of Shalĕm brought out bread and
wine. Now he was the priest of the Most High Ĕl.
Gen 14:19 And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Aḇram of the Most
High Ĕl, Possessor of the heavens and earth.
Gen 14:20 “And blessed be the Most High Ĕl who has delivered your
enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tenth of all.
Gen 14:21 And the sovereign of Seḏom said to Aḇram, “Give me the
people, and take the goods for yourself.”
Gen 14:22 But Aḇram said to the sovereign of Seḏom, “I have lifted my
hand to יהוה, the Most High Ĕl, the Possessor of the heavens and earth,
Gen 14:23 not to take a thread or a sandal strap or whatever is yours, lest
you should say, ‘I have made Aḇram rich,’
Gen 14:24 except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the
men who went with me: Anĕr, Eshkol, and Mamrĕ. Let them take their
portion.”
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Gen 15:1 After these events the word of יהוה came to Aḇram in a vision,
saying, “Do not be afraid, Aḇram. I am your shield, your reward is
exceedingly great.”
Gen 15:2 And Aḇram said, “Master יהוה, what would You give me, seeing I
go childless, and the heir of my house is Eli‛ezer of Damascus?”
Gen 15:3 And Aḇram said, “See, You have given me no seed, and see, one
born in my house is my heir!”
Gen 15:4 And see, the word of יהוה came to him, saying, “This one is not
your heir, but he who comes from your own body is your heir.”
Gen 15:5 And He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward the
heavens, and count the stars if you are able to count them.” And He said to
him, “So are your seed.”
Gen 15:6 And he believed in יהוה, and He reckoned it to him for
righteousness.
Gen 15:7 And He said to him, “I am יהוה, who brought you out of Ur of the
Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”
Gen 15:8 And he said, “Master יהוה, whereby do I know that I possess it?”
Gen 15:9 And He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, and a
three-year-old female goat, and a three-year-old ram, and a turtledove, and a
young pigeon.”
Gen 15:10 And he took all these to Him and cut them in the middle, and
placed each half opposite the other, but he did not cut the birds.
Gen 15:11 And the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Aḇram
drove them away.
Gen 15:12 And it came to be, when the sun was going down, and a deep
sleep fell upon Aḇram, that see, a frightening great darkness fell upon him.
Gen 15:13 And He said to Aḇram, “Know for certain that your seed are to
be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them, and they shall
afflict them four hundred years.
Gen 15:14 “But the nation whom they serve I am going to judge, and
afterward let them come out with great possessions.
Gen 15:15 “Now as for you, you are to go to your fathers in peace, you are
to be buried at a good old age.
Gen 15:16 “Then, in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the
crookedness of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
Gen 15:17 And it came to be, when the sun went down and it was dark, that
see, a smoking oven and a burning torch passing between those pieces.
Gen 15:18 On the same day יהוה made a covenant with Aḇram, saying, “I
have given this land to your seed, from the river of Mitsrayim to the great
river, the River Euphrates,
Gen 15:19 with the Qĕynite, and the Qenizzite, and the Qaḏmonite,
Gen 15:20 and the Ḥittite, and the Perizzite, and the Repha’im,
Gen 15:21 and the Amorite, and the Kena‛anite, and the Girgashite, and the
Yeḇusite.”