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B'reisheet 12:1-17:27
B’reisheet 12:1 And יהוה said to Avram, “Go yourself out of your land, from your relatives and from your father’s house, to a land which I show you.
B’reisheet 12:2 “And I shall make you a great nation, and bless you and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing!
B’reisheet 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.”
B’reisheet 12:4 So Avram left, as יהוה had commanded him, and Lot went with him. And Avram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Ḥaran.
B’reisheet 12:5 And Avram 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 Kenaʽan. And they came to the land of Kenaʽan.
B’reisheet 12:6 And Avram passed through the land to the place of Sheḵem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. At that time the Kenaʽanites were in the land.
B’reisheet 12:7 And יהוה appeared to Avram and said, “To your seed I give this land.” And he built there an altar to יהוה, who had appeared to him.
B’reisheet 12:8 And from there he moved to the mountain east of Bĕyth Ěl, and he pitched his tent, with Bĕyth Ěl on the west and Ai on the east. And he built there an altar to יהוה, and called on the Name of יהוה.
B’reisheet 12:9 And Avram set out, continuing toward the South.
B’reisheet 12:10 And a scarcity of food came to be in the land, and Avram went down to Mitsrayim to dwell there, for the scarcity of food was severe in the land.
B’reisheet 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.
B’reisheet 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.
B’reisheet 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.”
B’reisheet 12:14 And it came to be, when Avram came into Mitsrayim, that the Mitsrites saw the woman, that she was very fair.
B’reisheet 12:15 And Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her before Pharaoh, and the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house.
B’reisheet 12:16 And he treated Avram well for her sake, and he had sheep, and cattle, and male donkeys, and male and female servants, and female donkeys, and camels.
B’reisheet 12:17 But יהוה plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Avram’s wife.
B’reisheet 12:18 And Pharaoh called Avram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not inform me that she was your wife?
B’reisheet 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.”
B’reisheet 12:20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him, and they sent him away, with his wife and all that he had.
B’reisheet 13:1 And Avram went up from Mitsrayim into the South, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him.
B’reisheet 13:2 And Avram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
B’reisheet 13:3 And he went on his journey from the South as far as Bĕyth Ěl, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bĕyth Ěl and Ai,
B’reisheet 13:4 to the place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Avram called on the Name of יהוה.
B’reisheet 13:5 Now Lot, who went with Avram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
B’reisheet 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.
B’reisheet 13:7 And there was strife between the herdsmen of Avram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. And at that time the Kenaʽanites and the Perizzites dwelt in the land.
B’reisheet 13:8 Then Avram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.
B’reisheet 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.”
B’reisheet 13:10 And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of the Yardĕn, that it was well watered everywhere – before יהוה destroyed S’dom and ‘Amora – like the garden of יהוה, like the land of Mitsrayim as you go toward Tsoʽar.
B’reisheet 13:11 So Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Yardĕn, and Lot moved east. Thus they separated from each other,
B’reisheet 13:12 Avram dwelling in the land of Kenaʽan, and Lot dwelling in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent as far as S’dom.
B’reisheet 13:13 But the men of S’dom were evil and sinned before יהוה, exceedingly so.
B’reisheet 13:14 And after Lot had separated from him, יהוה said to Avram, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
B’reisheet 13:15 for all the land which you see I shall give to you and your seed forever.
B’reisheet 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.
B’reisheet 13:17 “Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”
B’reisheet 13:18 So Avram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamrĕ, which are in Ḥeḇron, and built an altar there to יהוה.
B’reisheet 14:1 And it came to be in the days of Amraphel sovereign of Shinʽar, Aryoḵ sovereign of Ellasar, Keḏorlaʽomer sovereign of Ěylam, and Tiḏʽal sovereign of Goyim,
B’reisheet 14:2 that they fought against Bera sovereign of S’dom, Birsha sovereign of ‘Amora, Shinaḇ sovereign of Aḏmah, Shem’ĕḇer sovereign of Tseḇoyim, and the sovereign of Bela, that is Tsoʽar.
B’reisheet 14:3 All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim, that is the Salt Sea.
B’reisheet 14:4 Twelve years they served Keḏorlaʽomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
B’reisheet 14:5 And in the fourteenth year Keḏorlaʽomer and the sovereigns that were with him came and smote the Repha’im in Ashteroth Qarnayim, and the Zuzim in Ḥam, and the Ěmites in Shawĕh Qiryathayim,
B’reisheet 14:6 and the Ḥorites in their mountain of Sĕʽir, as far as Ěl Paran, which is by the wilderness.
B’reisheet 14:7 And they turned back and came to Ěn Mishpat, that is Qaḏĕsh, and smote all the country of the Amalĕqites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Ḥatsetson Tamar.
B’reisheet 14:8 And the sovereign of S’dom, and the sovereign of ‘Amora, and the sovereign of Aḏmah, and the sovereign of Tseḇoyim, and the sovereign of Bela, that is Tsoʽar, went out and joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim,
B’reisheet 14:9 against Keḏorlaʽomer sovereign of Ěylam, and Tiḏʽal sovereign of Goyim, and Amraphel sovereign of Shinʽar, and Aryoḵ sovereign of Ellasar – four sovereigns against five.
B’reisheet 14:10 And the Valley of Siddim had many tar pits. And the sovereigns of S’dom and ‘Amora fled and fell there, and the remainder fled to the mountains.
B’reisheet 14:11 And they took all the goods of S’dom and ‘Amora, and all their food, and went away.
B’reisheet 14:12 And they took Lot, Avram’s brother’s son who dwelt in S’dom, and his goods, and left.
B’reisheet 14:13 And one who had escaped came and informed Avram 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 Avram.
B’reisheet 14:14 And when Avram 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.
B’reisheet 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.
B’reisheet 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.
B’reisheet 14:17 And after his return from the defeat of Keḏorlaʽomer and the sovereigns who were with him, the sovereign of S’dom came out to meet him at the Valley of Shawĕh, that is, the Sovereign’s Valley.
B’reisheet 14:18 And Malkei Tzedik sovereign of Shalĕm brought out bread and wine. Now he was the kohen of the Most High Ěl.
B’reisheet 14:19 And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Avram of the Most High Ěl, Possessor of the heavens and earth.
B’reisheet 14:20 “And blessed be the Most High Ěl who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tenth of all.
B’reisheet 14:21 And the sovereign of S’dom said to Avram, “Give me the people, and take the goods for yourself.”
B’reisheet 14:22 But Avram said to the sovereign of S’dom, “I have lifted my hand to יהוה, the Most High Ěl, the Possessor of the heavens and earth,
B’reisheet 14:23 not to take a thread or a sandal strap or whatever is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Avram rich,’
B’reisheet 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.”
B’reisheet 15:1 After these events the word of יהוה came to Avram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Avram. I am your shield, your reward is exceedingly great.”
B’reisheet 15:2 And Avram said, “Master יהוה, what would You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliʽezer of Damascus?”
B’reisheet 15:3 And Avram said, “See, You have given me no seed, and see, one born in my house is my heir!”
B’reisheet 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.”
B’reisheet 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.”
B’reisheet 15:6 And he believed in יהוה, and He reckoned it to him for righteousness.
B’reisheet 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.”
B’reisheet 15:8 And he said, “Master יהוה, whereby do I know that I possess it?”
B’reisheet 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.”
B’reisheet 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.
B’reisheet 15:11 And the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Avram drove them away.
B’reisheet 15:12 And it came to be, when the sun was going down, and a deep sleep fell upon Avram, that see, a frightening great darkness fell upon him.
B’reisheet 15:13 And He said to Avram, “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.
B’reisheet 15:14 “But the nation whom they serve I am going to judge, and afterward let them come out with great possessions.
B’reisheet 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.
B’reisheet 15:16 “Then, in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the crookedness of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
B’reisheet 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.
B’reisheet 15:18 On the same day יהוה made a covenant with Avram, saying, “I have given this land to your seed, from the river of Mitsrayim to the great river, the River Euphrates,
B’reisheet 15:19 with the Qĕynite, and the Qenizzite, and the Qaḏmonite,
B’reisheet 15:20 and the Ḥittite, and the Perizzite, and the Repha’im,
B’reisheet 15:21 and the Amorite, and the Kenaʽanite, and the Girgashite, and the Yeḇusite.”
B’reisheet 16:1 And Sarai, Avram’s wife, had borne him no child. And she had a Mitsrite female servant whose name was Haḡar.
B’reisheet 16:2 And Sarai said to Avram, “See, יהוה has kept me from bearing children. Please, go in to my female servant. It might be that I am built up by her.” And Avram listened to the voice of Sarai.
B’reisheet 16:3 And Sarai, Avram’s wife, took Haḡar her female servant, the Mitsrite, and gave her to her husband Avram to be his wife, after Avram had dwelt ten years in the land of Kenaʽan.
B’reisheet 16:4 And he went in to Haḡar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
B’reisheet 16:5 And Sarai said to Avram, “My wrong be upon you! I gave my female servant into your bosom. And when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Let יהוה judge between you and me.”
B’reisheet 16:6 And Avram said to Sarai, “See, your female servant is in your hand, do to her what is good in your eyes.” And Sarai treated her harshly, and she fled from her presence.
B’reisheet 16:7 And the Messenger of יהוה found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur,
B’reisheet 16:8 and He said, “Haḡar, Sarai’s female servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of Sarai, my mistress.”
B’reisheet 16:9 And the Messenger of יהוה said to her, “Return to your mistress, and humble yourself under her hand.”
B’reisheet 16:10 And the Messenger of יהוה said to her, “I am going to increase your seed greatly, too numerous to be counted.”
B’reisheet 16:11 And the Messenger of יהוה said to her, “See, you are conceiving and bearing a son, and shall call his name Yishmaʽĕl, because יהוה has heard your affliction.
B’reisheet 16:12 “And he is to be a wild man, his hand against every one and every one’s hand against him, and dwell over against all his brothers.”
B’reisheet 16:13 And she called the Name of יהוה who spoke to her, “You are the Ěl who sees,” for she said, “Even here have I seen after Him who sees me?”
B’reisheet 16:14 That is why the well was called Be’ĕr Laḥai Ro’i, see, it is between Qaḏĕsh and Bereḏ.
B’reisheet 16:15 And Haḡar bore Avram a son, and Avram called the name of his son, whom Haḡar bore, Yishmaʽĕl.
B’reisheet 16:16 And Avram was eighty-six years old when Haḡar bore Yishmaʽĕl to Avram.
B’reisheet 17:1 And it came to be when Avram was ninety-nine years old, that יהוה appeared to Avram and said to him, “I am Ěl Shaddai – walk before Me and be perfect1. Footnote: 1Messiah gives the same command in Mt. 5:48.
B’reisheet 17:2 “And I give My covenant between Me and you, and shall greatly increase you.”
B’reisheet 17:3 And Avram fell on his face, and Elohim spoke with him, saying,
B’reisheet 17:4 “As for Me, look, My covenant is with you, and you shall become a father of many nations.
B’reisheet 17:5 “And no longer is your name called Avram, but your name shall be Avraham, because I shall make you a father of many nations.
B’reisheet 17:6 “And I shall make you bear fruit exceedingly, and make nations of you, and sovereigns shall come from you.
B’reisheet 17:7 “And I shall establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be Elohim to you and your seed after you.
B’reisheet 17:8 “And I shall give to you and your seed after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Kenaʽan, as an everlasting possession. And I shall be their Elohim.”
B’reisheet 17:9 And Elohim said to Avraham, “As for you, guard My covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
B’reisheet 17:10 “This is My covenant which you guard between Me and you, and your seed after you: Every male child among you is to be circumcised.
B’reisheet 17:11 “And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall become a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
B’reisheet 17:12 “And a son of eight days is circumcised by you, every male child in your generations, he who is born in your house or bought with silver from any foreigner who is not of your seed.
B’reisheet 17:13 “He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your silver, has to be circumcised. So shall My covenant be in your flesh, for an everlasting covenant.
B’reisheet 17:14 “And an uncircumcised male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, his life shall be cut off from his people – he has broken My covenant.”
B’reisheet 17:15 And Elohim said to Avraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her name Sarai, for Sarah is her name.
B’reisheet 17:16 “And I shall bless her and also give you a son by her. And I shall bless her, and she shall become nations – sovereigns of peoples are to be from her.”
B’reisheet 17:17 And Avraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Is a child born to a man who is a hundred years old? Or is Sarah, who is ninety years old, to bear a child?”
B’reisheet 17:18 And Avraham said to Elohim, “Oh, let Yishmaʽĕl live before You!”
B’reisheet 17:19 And Elohim said, “No, Sarah your wife is truly bearing a son to you, and you shall call his name Yitz’chak. And I shall establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
B’reisheet 17:20 “And as for Yishmaʽĕl, I have heard you. See, I shall bless him, and shall make him bear fruit, and greatly increase him. He is to bring forth twelve princes, and I shall make him a great nation.
B’reisheet 17:21 “But My covenant I establish with Yitz’chak, whom Sarah is to bear to you at this set time next year.”
B’reisheet 17:22 And when He had ended speaking with him, Elohim went up from Avraham.
B’reisheet 17:23 And Avraham took Yishmaʽĕl his son, and all those born in his house and all those bought with his silver, every male among the men of Avraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that same day, as Elohim told him.
B’reisheet 17:24 And Avraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
B’reisheet 17:25 And Yishmaʽĕl his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
B’reisheet 17:26 Avraham and his son Yishmaʽĕl were circumcised that same day.
B’reisheet 17:27 And all the men of his house, born in the house or bought with silver from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.