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And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew--now he dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram.
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14:14
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
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14:15
And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
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14:16
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
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And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh--the same is the King's Vale.
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14:18
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was priest of God the Most High.
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14:19
And he blessed him, and said: 'Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth;
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and blessed be God the Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.' And he gave him a tenth of all.
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14:21
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram: 'Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.'
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14:22
And Abram said to the king of Sodom: 'I have lifted up my hand unto the Lord, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth,
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that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say: I have made Abram rich;
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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.'
-- End of Genesis - Chapter 014 --
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Genesis - Chapter 015
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15:1
After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying: 'Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceeding great.'
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And Abram said: 'O L-rd GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?'
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And Abram said: 'Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is to be mine heir.'
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And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying: 'This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.'
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And He brought him forth abroad, and said: 'Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them'; and He said unto him: 'So shall thy seed be.'
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And he believed in the Lord; and He counted it to him for righteousness.
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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.'
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15:8
And he said: 'O L-rd GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?'
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15:9
And He said unto him: 'Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.'
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And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other; but the birds divided he not.
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And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
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15:12
And it came to pass, that, when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a dread, even a great darkness, fell upon him.
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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;
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and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
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15:15
But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
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15:16
And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.'
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And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and there was thick darkness, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.
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15:18
In that 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;
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the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
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and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
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and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'
-- End of Genesis - Chapter 015 --
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Genesis - Chapter 016
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Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
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And Sarai said unto Abram: 'Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall be builded up through her.' And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
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And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
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And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
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And Sarai said unto Abram: 'My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee.'