Torah
Bereshit13
Genesis · Chapter 13
And Abram went up out of Mitsrayim, 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, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
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 herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
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.
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.
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Yarden, that it
was well watered every where, before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah,
even as the garden of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), like the land of Mitsrayim, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Yarden; 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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) exceedingly.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) 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:
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
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.
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
Then Abram removed
his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which
is in Chevron, and built there an altar unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Torah
Bereshit14
Genesis · Chapter 14
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 Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which
is
by the wilderness.
And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which
is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.
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 slimepits; 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’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
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.
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.
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.
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’s dale.
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he
was the kohen of the most high Elohim.
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed
be Abram of the most high Elohim, possessor of shamayim and earth:
And blessed be the most high Elohim, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
And 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 lift up mine hand unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), the most high Elohim, the possessor of shamayim and earth,
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:
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.
Torah
Bereshit15
Genesis · Chapter 15
After these things the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I
am thy shield,
and thy exceeding great reward.
And Abram said, master 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
And, behold, the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
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.
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward shamayim, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
And he believed in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); and he counted it to him for righteousness.
And he said unto him, I
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
And he said, master 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
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.
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.
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
And 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;
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither 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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) made a b'rit with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Mitsrayim unto 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.