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.
Torah
Bereshit16
Genesis · Chapter 16
Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name
was Hagar.
And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) 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.
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.
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
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: 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) judge between me and thee.
But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid
is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
And the mal'akh of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
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.
And the mal'akh of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
And the mal'akh of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
And the mal'akh of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto her, Behold, thou
art
with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath heard thy affliction.
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.
And she called the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) that spake unto her, Thou Elohim seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold,
it is
between Kadesh and Bered.
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
And Abram
was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.