The First Book of Moses: Called Genesis
10:1 Now these are the generations of the
sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and
Japheth: and unto them were sons born after
the flood.
10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog,
and Madai, and Javan, and
Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
10:3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and
Riphath, and Togarmah.
10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and
Tarshish, Kittim, and
Dodanim.
10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles
divided in their lands;
every one after his tongue, after their
families, in their nations.
10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim,
and Phut, and Canaan.
10:7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah,
and Sabtah, and Raamah,
and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah;
Sheba, and Dedan.
10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a
mighty one in the earth.
10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD:
wherefore it is said,
Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the
LORD.
10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was
Babel, and Erech, and
Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur,
and builded Nineveh, and the
city Rehoboth, and Calah, 10:12 And Resen
between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
10:13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim,
and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
10:14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of
whom came Philistim,) and
Caphtorim.
10:15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born,
and Heth, 10:16 And the
Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
10:17 And the Hivite,
and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 10:18 And
the Arvadite, and the
Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward
were the families of the
Canaanites spread abroad.
10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was
from Sidon, as thou comest
to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto
Sodom, and Gomorrah, and
Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their
families, after their
tongues, in their countries, and in their
nations.
10:21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the
children of Eber, the
brother of Japheth the elder, even to him
were children born.
10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur,
and Arphaxad, and Lud,
and Aram.
10:23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul,
and Gether, and Mash.
10:24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah
begat Eber.
10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the
name of one was Peleg; for
in his days was the earth divided; and his
brother's name was Joktan.
10:26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph,
and Hazarmaveth, and
Jerah,
10:27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and
Diklah, 10:28 And Obal, and
Abimael, and Sheba,
10:29 And Ophir, and
Havilah, and Jobab: all these
were the sons of Joktan.
10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as
thou goest unto Sephar a
mount of the east.
10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after
their families, after their
tongues, in their lands, after their
nations.
10:32 These are the families of the sons of
Noah, after their
generations, in their nations: and by these
were the nations divided
in the earth after the flood.
11:1 And the whole earth was of one
language, and of one speech.
11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed
from the east, that they
found a plain in the land of Shinar; and
they dwelt there.
11:3 And they said one to another, Go to,
let us make brick, and burn
them thoroughly. And they had brick for
stone, and slime had they for
morter.
11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a
city and a tower, whose
top may reach unto heaven; and let us make
us a name, lest we be
scattered abroad upon the face of the whole
earth.
11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city
and the tower, which the
children of men builded.
11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people
is one, and they have all
one language; and this they begin to do: and
now nothing will be
restrained from them, which they have
imagined to do.
11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there
confound their language, that
they may not understand one another's
speech.
11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from
thence upon the face of
all the earth: and they left off to build
the city.
11:9 Therefore is the name of it called
Babel; because the LORD did
there confound the language of all the
earth: and from thence did the
LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of
all the earth.
11:10 These are the generations of Shem:
Shem was an hundred years
old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the
flood: 11:11 And Shem
lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred
years, and begat sons and
daughters.
11:12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty
years, and begat Salah:
11:13
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four
hundred and three years,
and begat sons and daughters.
11:14 And Salah lived thirty years, and
begat Eber:
11:15 And Salah
lived after he begat Eber four hundred and
three years, and begat sons
and daughters.
11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years,
and begat Peleg:
11:17 And
Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred
and thirty years, and
begat sons and daughters.
11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and
begat Reu: 11:19 And Peleg
lived after he begat Reu two hundred and
nine years, and begat sons
and daughters.
11:20 And Reu lived two and thirty years,
and begat Serug: 11:21 And
Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred
and seven years, and begat
sons and daughters.
11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and
begat Nahor: 11:23 And Serug
lived after he begat Nahor two hundred
years, and begat sons and
daughters.
11:24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years,
and begat Terah: 11:25
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an
hundred and nineteen years,
and begat sons and daughters.
11:26 And Terah lived seventy years, and
begat Abram, Nahor, and
Haran.
11:27 Now these are the generations of Terah:
Terah begat Abram,
Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah
in the land of his
nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives:
the name of Abram's wife
was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife,
Milcah, the daughter of
Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father
of Iscah.
11:30 But Sarai was barren; she had no
child.
11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot
the son of Haran his son's
son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son
Abram's wife; and they
went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees,
to go into the land of
Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt
there.
11:32 And the days of Terah were two hundred
and five years: and Terah
died in Haran.
12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get
thee out of thy country,
and from thy kindred, and from thy father's
house, unto a land that I
will shew thee: 12:2 And I will make of thee
a great nation, and I
will bless thee, and make thy name great;
and thou shalt be a
blessing: 12:3 And I will bless them that
bless thee, and curse him
that curseth thee: and in thee shall all
families of the earth be
blessed.
12:4 So Abram departed, 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.
12:5 And 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.
12:6 And Abram passed through the land unto
the place of Sichem, unto
the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was
then in the land.
12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and
said, Unto thy seed will I
give this land: and there builded he an
altar unto the LORD, who
appeared unto him.
12:8 And he removed from thence unto a
mountain on the east of Bethel,
and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the
west, and Hai on the east:
and there he builded an altar unto the LORD,
and called upon the name
of the LORD.
12:9 And Abram journeyed, going on still
toward the south.
12:10 And there was a famine in the land:
and Abram went down into
Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was
grievous in the land.
12:11 And 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: 12:12 Therefore it
shall come to pass, when
the Egyptians shall see thee, that they
shall say, This is his wife:
and they will kill me, but they will save
thee alive.
12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister:
that it may be well with
me for thy sake; and my soul shall live
because of thee.
12:14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram
was come into Egypt, the
Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very
fair.
12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her,
and commended her before
Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into
Pharaoh's house.
12:16 And he entreated Abram well for her
sake: and he had sheep, and
oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and
maidservants, and she asses,
and camels.
12:17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his
house with great plagues
because of Sarai Abram's wife.
12:18 And 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? 12:19
Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I
might have taken her to me to
wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take
her, and go thy way.
12:20 And Pharaoh commanded his men
concerning him: and they sent him
away, and his wife, and all that he had.
13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and
his wife, and all that he
had, and Lot with him, into the south.
13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in
silver, and in gold.
13:3 And he went on his journeys from the
south even to Bethel, unto
the place where his tent had been at the
beginning, between Bethel and
Hai; 13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which
he had make there at the
first: and there Abram called on the name of
the LORD.
13:5 And Lot also, which went with Abram,
had flocks, and herds, and
tents.
13:6 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.
13:7 And there was a strife between the
herdmen of Abram's cattle and
the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the
Canaanite and the Perizzite
dwelled then in the land.
13:8 And 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 be
brethren.
13:9 Is 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 depart to the right hand, then I
will go to the left.
13:10 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 thou comest unto Zoar.
13:11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of
Jordan; and Lot journeyed
east: and they separated themselves the one
from the other.
13:12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan,
and Lot dwelled in the
cities of the plain, and pitched his tent
toward Sodom.
13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and
sinners before the LORD
exceedingly.
13:14 And 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 eastward, and
westward: 13:15 For all
the land which thou seest, to thee will I
give it, and to thy seed for
ever.
13:16 And 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.
13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the
length of it and in the
breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came
and dwelt in the plain of
Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there
an altar unto the LORD.
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; 14:2 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.
14:3 All these were joined together in the
vale of Siddim, which is
the salt sea.
14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer,
and in the thirteenth year
they rebelled.
14:5 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, 14:6 And the
Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan,
which is by the wilderness.
14:7 And they returned, and came to
Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and
smote all the country of the Amalekites, and
also the Amorites, that
dwelt in Hazezontamar.
14:8 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; 14:9 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.
14:10 And the vale of Siddim was full of
slimepits; and the kings of
Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and
they that remained fled
to the mountain.
14:11 And they took all the goods of Sodom
and Gomorrah, and all their
victuals, and went their way.
14:12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's
son, who dwelt in Sodom,
and his goods, and departed.
14:13 And there came one that had escaped,
and told Abram the Hebrew;
for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the
Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and
brother of Aner: and these were confederate
with Abram.
14:14 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 unto Dan.
14:15 And he divided himself against them,
he and his servants, by
night, and smote them, and pursued them unto
Hobah, which is on the
left hand of Damascus.
14:16 And he brought back all the goods, and
also brought again his
brother Lot, and his goods, and the women
also, and the people.
14:17 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's
dale.
14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought
forth bread and wine: and
he was the priest of the most high God.
14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed
be Abram of the most high
God, possessor of heaven and earth: 14:20
And blessed be the most high
God, which hath delivered thine enemies into
thy hand. And he gave him
tithes of all.
14:21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram,
Give me the persons, and
take the goods to thyself.
14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I
have lift up mine hand
unto the LORD, the most high God, the
possessor of heaven and earth,
14:23 That I will not take from a thread
even to a shoelatchet, and
that I will not take any thing that is thine,
lest thou shouldest say,
I have made Abram rich: 14:24 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.
15:1 After these things the word of the LORD
came unto Abram in a
vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy
shield, and thy exceeding
great reward.
15:2 And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt
thou give me, seeing I go
childless, and the steward of my house is
this Eliezer of Damascus?
15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast
given no seed: and, lo,
one born in my house is mine heir.
15:4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came
unto him, saying, This
shall not be thine heir; but he that shall
come forth out of thine own
bowels shall be thine heir.
15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and
said, Look now toward
heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able
to number them: and he
said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he
counted it to him for
righteousness.
15:7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD
that brought thee out of Ur
of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to
inherit it.
15:8 And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I
know that I shall inherit
it? 15:9 And he said unto 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.
15:10 And he took unto him all these, and
divided them in the midst,
and laid each piece one against another: but
the birds divided he not.
15:11 And when the fowls came down upon the
carcases, Abram drove them
away.
15:12 And when the sun was going down, a
deep sleep fell upon Abram;
and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell
upon him.
15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a
surety that thy seed shall be
a stranger in a land that is not their's,
and shall serve them; and
they shall afflict them four hundred years;
15:14 And also that
nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge:
and afterward shall they
come out with great substance.
15:15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in
peace; thou shalt be buried
in a good old age.
15:16 But in the fourth generation they
shall come hither again: for
the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet
full.
15:17 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.
15:18 In the same 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: 15:19 The
Kenites, and the
Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 15:20 And
the Hittites, and the
Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 15:21 And the
Amorites, and the
Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites.
16:1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no
children: and she had an
handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now,
the LORD hath restrained
me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my
maid; it may be that I may
obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened
to the voice of Sarai.
16:3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her
maid the Egyptian, after
Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of
Canaan, and gave her to her
husband Abram to be his wife.
16:4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she
conceived: and when she saw
that she had conceived, her mistress was
despised in her eyes.
16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be
upon thee: I have given my
maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that
she had conceived, I was
despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between
me and thee.
16:6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy
maid is in thine hand; do
to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai
dealt hardly with her, she
fled from her face.
16:7 And the angel of the LORD found her by
a fountain of water in the
wilderness, by the fountain in the way to
Shur.
16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid,
whence camest thou? and whither
wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the
face of my mistress Sarai.
16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto
her, Return to thy mistress,
and submit thyself under her hands.
16:10 And the angel of the LORD said unto
her, I will multiply thy
seed exceedingly, that it shall not be
numbered for multitude.
16:11 And the angel of the LORD said unto
her, Behold, thou art with
child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call
his name Ishmael; because
the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
16:12 And he will be a wild man; his hand
will be against every man,
and every man's hand against him; and he
shall dwell in the presence
of all his brethren.
16:13 And she called the name of the LORD
that spake unto her, Thou
God seest me: for she said, Have I also here
looked after him that
seeth me? 16:14 Wherefore the well was
called Beerlahairoi; behold,
it is between Kadesh and Bered.
16:15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram
called his son's name,
which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16:16 And Abram was fourscore and six years
old, when Hagar bare
Ishmael to Abram.
17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and
nine, the LORD appeared
to Abram, and said unto him, I am the
Almighty God; walk before me,
and be thou perfect.
17:2 And I will make my covenant between me
and thee, and will
multiply thee exceedingly.
17:3 And Abram fell on his face: and God
talked with him, saying, 17:4
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee,
and thou shalt be a
father of many nations.
17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be
called Abram, but thy name
shall be Abraham; for a father of many
nations have I made thee.
17:6 And I will make thee exceeding
fruitful, and I will make nations
of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
17:7 And I will establish my covenant
between me and thee and thy seed
after thee in their generations for an
everlasting covenant, to be a
God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy
seed after thee, the land
wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of
Canaan, for an
everlasting possession; and I will be their
God.
17:9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt
keep my covenant therefore,
thou, and thy seed after thee in their
generations.
17:10 This is my covenant, which ye shall
keep, between me and you and
thy seed after thee; Every man child among
you shall be circumcised.
17:11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of
your foreskin; and it shall
be a token of the covenant betwixt me and
you.
17:12 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 thy seed.
17:13 He that is born in thy house, and he
that is bought with thy
money, must needs be circumcised: and my
covenant shall be in your
flesh for an everlasting covenant.
17:14 And the uncircumcised man child whose
flesh of his foreskin is
not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off
from his people; he hath
broken my covenant.
17:15 And God said unto Abraham, As for
Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not
call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her
name be.
17:16 And I will bless her, and give thee a
son also of her: yea, I
will bless her, and she shall be a mother of
nations; kings of people
shall be of her.
17:17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and
laughed, and said in his
heart, Shall a child be born unto him that
is an hundred years old?
and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old,
bear? 17:18 And Abraham
said unto God, O that Ishmael might live
before thee! 17:19 And God
said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son
indeed; and thou shalt call
his name Isaac: and I will establish my
covenant with him for an
everlasting covenant, and with his seed
after him.
17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee:
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.
17:21 But my covenant will I establish with
Isaac, which Sarah shall
bear unto thee at this set time in the next
year.
17:22 And he left off talking with him, and
God went up from Abraham.
17:23 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's house; and circumcised the
flesh of their foreskin in
the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
17:24 And Abraham was ninety years old and
nine, when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
17:25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years
old, when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
17:26 In the selfsame day was Abraham
circumcised, and Ishmael his
son.
17:27 And all the men of his house, born in
the house, and bought with
money of the stranger, were circumcised with
him.
18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the
plains of Mamre: and he sat
in the tent door in the heat of the day;
18:2 And he lift up his eyes
and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him:
and when he saw them, he
ran to meet them from the tent door, and
bowed himself toward the
ground, 18:3 And said, My LORD, if now I
have found favour in thy
sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy
servant: 18:4 Let a little
water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your
feet, and rest yourselves
under the tree: 18:5 And I will fetch a
morsel of bread, and comfort
ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on:
for therefore are ye come
to your servant. And they said, So do, as
thou hast said.
18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto
Sarah, and said, Make
ready quickly three measures of fine meal,
knead it, and make cakes
upon the hearth.
18:7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and
fetcht a calf tender and good,
and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted
to dress it.
18:8 And he took butter, 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.
18:9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah
thy wife? And he said,
Behold, in the tent.
18:10 And he said, I will certainly return
unto thee according to the
time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall
have a son. And Sarah
heard it in the tent door, which was behind
him.
18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and
well stricken in age; and it
ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of
women.
18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within
herself, saying, After I am waxed
old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old
also? 18:13 And the LORD
said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah
laugh, saying, Shall I of a
surety bear a child, which am old? 18:14 Is
any thing too hard for
the LORD? At the time appointed I will
return unto thee, according to
the time of life, and Sarah shall have a
son.
18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed
not; for she was afraid.
And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
18:16 And the men rose up from thence, and
looked toward Sodom: and
Abraham went with them to bring them on the
way.
18:17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from
Abraham that thing which I
do; 18:18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely
become a great and mighty
nation, and all the nations of the earth
shall be blessed in him?
18:19 For I know him, that he will command
his children and his
household after him, and they shall keep the
way of the LORD, to do
justice and judgment; that the LORD may
bring upon Abraham that which
he hath spoken of him.
18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of
Sodom and Gomorrah is
great, and because their sin is very
grievous; 18:21 I will go down
now, and see whether they have done
altogether according to the cry of
it, which is come unto me; and if not, I
will know.
18:22 And the men turned their faces from
thence, and went toward
Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the
LORD.
18:23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt
thou also destroy the
righteous with the wicked? 18:24
Peradventure there be fifty
righteous within the city: wilt thou also
destroy and not spare the
place for the fifty righteous that are
therein? 18:25 That be far
from thee to do after this manner, to slay
the righteous with the
wicked: and that the righteous should be as
the wicked, that be far
from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the
earth do right? 18:26 And
the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty
righteous within the city,
then I will spare all the place for their
sakes.
18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold
now, I have taken upon me
to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust
and ashes: 18:28
Peradventure there shall lack five of the
fifty righteous: wilt thou
destroy all the city for lack of five? And
he said, If I find there
forty and five, I will not destroy it.
18:29 And he spake unto him yet again, and
said, Peradventure there
shall be forty found there. And he said, I
will not do it for forty's
sake.
18:30 And he said unto him, 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.
18:31 And 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 twenty's sake.
18:32 And he said, Oh 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 ten's sake.
18:33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as
he had left communing with
Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his
place.
19:1 And there came two angels to Sodom at
even; and Lot sat in the
gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up
to meet them; and he bowed
himself with his face toward the ground;
19:2 And he said, Behold now,
my lords, turn in, 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 ways. And they said, Nay; but we will
abide in the street all
night.
19:3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and
they turned in unto him,
and entered into his house; and he made them
a feast, and did bake
unleavened bread, and they did eat.
19:4 But before they lay down, the men of
the city, even the men of
Sodom, compassed the house round, both old
and young, all the people
from every quarter: 19:5 And they called
unto Lot, and said unto him,
Where are the men which came in to thee this
night? bring them out
unto us, that we may know them.
19:6 And Lot went out at the door unto them,
and shut the door after
him, 19:7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do
not so wickedly.
19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters which
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; for therefore came they
under the shadow of my roof.
19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they
said again, This one fellow
came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a
judge: now will we deal
worse with thee, than with them. And they
pressed sore upon the man,
even Lot, and came near to break the door.
19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and
pulled Lot into the house
to them, and shut to the door.
19:11 And 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.
19:12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou
here any besides? son in
law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and
whatsoever thou hast in the
city, bring them out of this place: 19:13
For we will destroy this
place, because the cry of them is waxen
great before the face of the
LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy
it.
19:14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his
sons in law, which married
his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of
this place; for the LORD
will destroy this city. But he seemed as one
that mocked unto his sons
in law.
19:15 And when the morning arose, then the
angels hastened Lot,
saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two
daughters, which are here;
lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the
city.
19:16 And while he lingered, the men laid
hold upon his hand, and upon
the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of
his two daughters; the LORD
being merciful unto him: and they brought
him forth, and set him
without the city.
19:17 And it came to pass, when they had
brought them forth abroad,
that he said, Escape for thy life; look not
behind thee, neither stay
thou in all the plain; escape to the
mountain, lest thou be consumed.
19:18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my
LORD: 19:19 Behold now,
thy servant hath found grace in thy sight,
and thou hast magnified thy
mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in
saving my life; and I cannot
escape to the mountain, lest some evil take
me, and I die: 19:20
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto,
and it is a little one:
Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a
little one?) and my soul shall
live.
19:21 And he said unto him, See, I have
accepted thee concerning this
thing also, that I will not overthrow this
city, for the which thou
hast spoken.
19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I
cannot do anything till thou
be come thither. Therefore the name of the
city was called Zoar.
19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when
Lot entered into Zoar.
19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and
upon Gomorrah brimstone and
fire from the LORD out of heaven;
19:25 And
he overthrew those cities,
and all the plain, and all the inhabitants
of the cities, and that
which grew upon the ground.
19:26 But his wife looked back from behind
him, and she became a
pillar of salt.
19:27 And Abraham gat up early in the
morning to the place where he
stood before the LORD: 19:28 And he looked
toward Sodom and Gomorrah,
and toward all the land of the plain, and
beheld, and, lo, the smoke
of the country went up as the smoke of a
furnace.
19:29 And it came to pass, when God
destroyed the cities of the plain,
that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot
out of the midst of the
overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in
the which Lot dwelt.
19:30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt
in the mountain, and his
two daughters with him; for he feared to
dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt
in a cave, he and his two daughters.
19:31 And the firstborn said unto the
younger, Our father is old, and
there is not a man in the earth to come in
unto us after the manner of
all the earth: 19:32 Come, let us make our
father drink wine, and we
will lie with him, that we may preserve seed
of our father.
19:33 And they made their father drink wine
that night: and the
firstborn went in, and lay with her father;
and he perceived not when
she lay down, nor when she arose.
19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow,
that the firstborn said unto
the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with
my father: let us make him
drink wine this night also; and go thou in,
and lie with him, that we
may preserve seed of our father.
19:35 And they made their father drink wine
that night also: and the
younger arose, and lay with him; and he
perceived not when she lay
down, nor when she arose.
19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot
with child by their father.
19:37 And the first born bare a son, and
called his name Moab: the
same is the father of the Moabites unto this
day.
19:38 And the younger, she also bare a son,
and called his name
Benammi: the same is the father of the
children of Ammon unto this
day.
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