The Beginning (Genesis) 18

 
 1I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) appeared unto him in the plains of Strength (Mamre): and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

 2As he looked up,three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself toward the ground,

 3He said, “My LORD (Adonay), if I have found favor in your sight, please stay a while with your servant.

 4 I'll get you some water to wash your feet. Just rest here under the tree.

 5Let me get you some food so you can fill your bellies, then you can go on your way. If I can't do this much for you, why would you have run across me here?” And they said, Sure, we'll stay!”

 6Father of a Multitude (Abraham) hurried to the tent of Noble Woman (Sarah), and said, “Quick, get three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make bread on the fire.”

 7Then Father of a Multitude (Abraham) ran to the herd, and fetched a young calf and gave it to a young man; and he hurried to dress it.

 8He took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had cooked, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate.

 9They said, “Where is Noble Woman (Sarah) your wife? He said, “There in the tent.”

 10And He said, I will certainly return to you according to the time of life. At that time Noble Woman (Sarah) your wife shall have a son. And Noble Woman (Sarah) heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

 11Now Father of a Multitude (Abraham) and Noble Woman (Sarah) were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Noble Woman (Sarah) after the manner of women.

 12So Noble Woman (Sarah) laughed within herself, saying, After I am old shall I have pleasure (eden), my lord being old also?

 13And I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) said unto Father of a Multitude (Abraham), Why did Noble Woman (Sarah) laugh, saying, “Sure, I'm old and I'm going to bear a child?”

 14Is any thing too hard for I AM (the LORD - Yehovah)? At the time appointed I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Noble Woman (Sarah) shall have a son.

 15Noble Woman (Sarah) denied it, saying, “I didn't laugh.” because she was afraid. But He said, “No, you did laugh.”

 16Then the men started toward Burning (Sodom): and Father of a Multitude (Abraham) went with them to bring them on the way.

 17And I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) said, “Shall I hide from Father of a Multitude (Abraham) the thing I am about to do?

 18Seeing that Father of a Multitude (Abraham) shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

 19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of I AM (the LORD - Yehovah), to do justice and judgment; that I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) may bring upon Father of a Multitude (Abraham) that which I have spoken of him.”

 20I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) said, “Because the cry of Burning (Sodom) and Tyrants (Gomorrah) is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

 21I am going down to observe the works of destruction that are the cause of this outcry and make Myself known.”

 22And the men turned their faces from there, and went toward Burning (Sodom): but Father of a Multitude (Abraham) stood yet before I AM (the LORD - Yehovah).

 23And Father of a Multitude (Abraham) drew near, and said, “Will You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

 24Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous?

 25Far be it from You to do do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, surely You wouldn't do that! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

 26And I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) said, “If I find in Burning (Sodom) fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.”

 27Then Father of a Multitude (Abraham) answered and said, “Look now, I have taken upon me to speak to the LORD (Adonay), even though I am but dust and ashes:

 28Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: will You destroy all the city for lack of five?” And He said, “If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.”

 29And he spoke to Him yet again, and said, “Peradventure there shall be forty found there.” And He said, “I will not do it for forty's sake.”

 30 Once again he said to Him, “Oh let not the LORD (Adonay) 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.”

 31And he said, “Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the LORD(Adonay): Peradventure there shall be twenty found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.”

 32And he said, “Oh let not the LORD (Adonay) 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.”

 33Then I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Father of a Multitude (Abraham): and Father of a Multitude (Abraham) returned unto his place.

The Beginning (Genesis) 17

 1When Exalted Father (Abram) was ninety-nine years old, I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) appeared to Exalted Father (Abram), and said to him, I am the Nuturing God (El Shaddi); walk before me, and be perfect.

 2I will make my covenant between you and Me, and will multiply you exceedingly.

 3And Exalted Father (Abram) fell on his face: and God (Elohiym) talked with him, saying,

 4As for Me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you will be a father of many nations.

 5Neither shall your name any more be called Exalted Father (Abram), but your name shall be Father of a Multitude (Abraham); for I am making you a father of many nations.

 6I will make you exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you.

 7I will establish my covenant between you and Me and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God (Elohiym) to you, and to your seed after you.

 8I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you now are a stranger, all the land of the Humbled Ones (Canaan), for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God (Elohiym).

 9Then God (Elohiym) said to Father of a Multitude (Abraham), Keep my covenant, you and your descendents.

 10This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between you and Me, and your seed after you; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

 11You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant between you and Me.

 12He that is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of your seed.

 13He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with your money, must be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

 14The uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.

 15And God (Elohiym) said to Father of a Multitude (Abraham), As for Princess (Sarai) your wife, you shall not call her name Princess (Sarai), but Noblewoman (Sarah) shall be her name.

 16And I will bless her, and give you a son also of her: yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations; kings of people will be of her.

 17Then Father of a Multitude (Abraham) fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Noblewoman (Sarah), that is ninety years old, bear?

 18And Father of a Multitude (Abraham) said, Oh God (Elohiym)! May it be that God Will Hear (Ishmael) might live before you!

 19God (Elohiym) said, Noblewoman (Sarah) your wife will indeed bear a son; and you shall call his name Laughter (Isaac): and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

 20As for God Will Hear (Ishmael), I have heard you: 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.

 21But my covenant will I establish with Laughter (Isaac), which Noblewoman (Sarah) shall bear to you at this set time in the next year.

 22And he left off talking with him, and God (Elohiym) went up from Father of a Multitude (Abraham).

 23Then Father of a Multitude (Abraham) took God Will Hear (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 Father of a Multitude's (Abraham) house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God (Elohiym) had said to him.

 24Father of a Multitude (Abraham) was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

 25And God Will Hear (Ishmael) his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

 26In the selfsame day  Father of a Multitude (Abraham) was circumcised, and God Will Hear (Ishmael) his son.

 27And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

The Beginning (Genesis) 16

 1Now Princess (Sarai) Exalted Father's (Abram) wife bore him no children: and she had an handmaid, a Double Straighter (Egyptian), whose name was Flight (Hagar).

 2Princess (Sarai) said to Exalted Father (Abram), It looks like, I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) has restrained me from bearing. Please, go in to my maid; it may be that I am to obtain children by her. And Exalted Father (Abram) listened to the voice of Princess (Sarai) .

 3So, Princess (Sarai) Exalted Father's (Abram) wife took Flight (Hagar) her maid the Double Straighter (Egyptian), after Exalted Father (Abram) had lived ten years in the land of the Humbled Ones (Canaan), and gave her to her husband Exalted Father (Abram) to be his wife.

 4And he went in to Flight (Hagar), and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

 5And Princess (Sarai) said to Exalted Father (Abram), My wrong be on you: I have given my maid to be your concubine; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. May I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) judge between you and me.

 6But Exalted Father (Abram) said to Princess (Sarai) , Look, your maid is in your hands; do to her as you please. And when Princess (Sarai) dealt harshly with her, she fled from her face.

 7And the angel of I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by well on the way to Wall (Shur).

 8And he said, Flight (Hagar), Princess's (Sarai) maid, where did you come from? and where will you go? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Princess (Sarai) .

 9And the angel of I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.

 10And the angel of I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) said to her, I will multiply your seed exceedingly, they shall not be numbered for multitude.

 11And the angel of I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) said unto her, Behold, you are with child and will bear a son, and shall call his name God Will Hear (Ishmael); because I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) has heard your cry.

 12He will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he will dwell in the presence of his brethren.

 13And she called I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) who spoke to her, You are the God Who Sees Me: for she said, This is where I understood that He sees me.

 14Therefore the well was called The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me (Beerlahairoi); between Holy (Kadesh) and Hail (Bered).

 15And Flight (Hagar) bore Exalted Father (Abram) a son: and Exalted Father (Abram) called his son's name, which Hail (Bered) bore, God Will Hear (Ishmael).

 16And Exalted Father (Abram) was eighty-six years old, when Flight (Hagar) bare Ishmael to Exalted Father (Abram).

The Beginning (Genesis) 15

1After these things the word of I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) came to Exalted Father (Abram) in a vision, saying, Fear not, Exalted Father (Abram): I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward.

 2Exalted Father (Abram) said, Lord I AM (Yehovah), what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this God is Help (Eliezer) of Silent is the Sack Cloth Weaver (Damascus)?

 3Exalted Father (Abram) said, After all, you haven't even given me a child! My only heir is a servant.

 4And, behold, the word of I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) came to him, saying, This shall not be your heir; but he that shall come forth out of your own bowels shall be your heir.

 5He brought Exalted Father (Abram) outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you are able to number them! So shall your seed be.

 6And he believed in I AM (the LORD - Yehovah); and He counted it to him for righteousness.

 7And He said to him, I AM (Yehovah) the LORD, that brought you out of Flame of the Clod Breakers (Ur of the Chaldees), to give you this land to inherit it.

 8 Then he said, Lord I AM (Yehovah), How can I know that I will inherit it?

 9He said to him, Get Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old she goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

 10Exalted Father (Abram) took all these to Him, and divided them in the middle, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds he did not divide.

 11And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Exalted Father (Abram)drove them away.

 12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Exalted Father (Abram); and suddenly everything became horribly, horribly dark and terrifying.

 13 God said to Exalted Father (Abram), Know of a surety that your seed will be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they will be afflicted. They will be in that land four hundred years;

 14That nation, whom they will serve, I will judge: and afterward will they come out with great wealth.

15 But you will live in peace and die at a good old age.

 16In the fourth generation they will come back here: for the iniquity of the Sayers (Amorites) is not yet full.

 17And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

 18In the same day I AM (the LORD - Yehovah) made a covenant with Exalted Father (Abram), saying, To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Double Straights (Egypt) to the great river, the river Fruitfulness (Euphrates):

 19The land of the Smiths (Kenites), and the Hunters (Kenizzites), and the Easterners (Kadmonites),

 20And the Terrors (Hittites), and the Villager Dwellers (Perizzites), and the Giants (Rephaims),

 21And the Sayers (Amorites), and the Humbled Ones (Canaanites), and the Dwellers on Clayey Soil (Girgashites), and the Trodden Underfoot (Jebusites).

The Beginning (Genesis) 14

The Beginning (Genesis) 14

 1In the days of Sayer of Darkness (Amraphel) king of the Land of Two Rivers (Shinar), Lion-Like (Arioch) king of God is Chastener (Ellasar), Handful of Sheaves (Chedorlaomer) king of Eternity (Elam), and Great Son (Tidal) king of nations

 2made war with Son of Evil (Bera) king of Burning (Sodom), and with With Iniquity (Birsha) king of Tyrants (Gomorrah), Splendor of the Father (Shinab) king of Red Earth (Admah), and Lofty Flight (Shemeber) king of Gazelles (Zeboim), and the king of Bela, which is Insignificant (Zoar).

 3All these were joined together in the valley of The Field (Siddim), which is the salt sea.

 4Twelve years they served Handful of Sheaves (Chedorlaomer), and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

 5And in the fourteenth year Handful of Sheaves (Chedorlaomer), and the kings that were with him came and defeated the Giants (Rephaims) in The Queen of Heaven (Ashteroth) at the Two Peaks (Karnaim), and the Roving Creatures (Zuzims) in Hot (Ham), and the Terrors (Emins) in the Plain of the Two Cities (Shaveh Kiriathaim),

 6And the Cave Dwellers (Horites) in their mount Hairy (Seir), to the terebinth at the Place of the Caverns (Elparan), which is by the wilderness.

 7And they returned, and came to the Spring of Judgment (Enmishpat), which is Holy (Kadesh), and defeated all the country of the People of Lapping (Amalekites) and also the Sayers (Amorites), that dwelt in Dividing Date Palm (Hazezontamar).

 8 Then the king of Burning (Sodom), and the king of Tyrants (Gomorrah), and the king of Red Earth (Admah), and the king of Gazelles (Zeboiim), and the king of Destruction (Bela), also called Insignificant (Zoar) went out to battle against them in the valley of the Field (Siddim);

 9 Handful of Sheaves (Chedorlaomer) the king of Eternity (Elam), and with Great Son (Tidal) king of nations, and Sayer of Darkness (Amraphel) king of Land of Two Rivers (Shinar), and Lion-Like (Arioch) king of God is Chastener (Ellasar) allied against them, four kings against five.

 10The valley of the Field (Siddim) was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

 11They took all the goods of Burning (Sodom) and Tyrants (Gomorrah), and all their food supplies, and went their way.

 12They also took Covering (Lot), Exalted Father's (Abram) brother's son, who dwelt in Burning (Sodom), and his goods, and departed.

 13 One who had escaped came and told Exalted Father (Abram) the One From Beyond (Hebrew) who was living in the oak grove of Strength (Mamre). Strength (Mamre), the Sayer (the Amorite), and his brothers Cluster (Eshcol), and Boy (Aner) were allied with Exalted Father (Abram) .

 14And when Exalted Father (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 A Judge (Dan).

 15And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hiding Place (Hobah), which is on the left hand of Silent is the Sack Cloth Weaver (Damascus).

 16And he brought back all the goods, and his nephew Covering (Lot), and his goods, and the women, and the people.

 17And the king of Burning (Sodom) went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Handful of Sheaves (Chedorlaomer) , and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of the Plain (Shaveh), which is the king's dale.

 18And My King is Righteous (Melchizedek) king of Peace (Salem) brought forth bread and wine. He was the priest of the most high God.

 19And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Exalted Father (Abram) of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

 20And blessed be the most high God, which has delivered your enemies into your hand. And Exalted Father (Abram) gave him tithes of all the spoil.

 21Then the king of Burning (Sodom) said to Exalted Father (Abram), Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself.

 22But Exalted Father (Abram) said to the king of Burning (Sodom), I lift up my hand to I AM (the LORD - Yehovah), the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

 23That I will not take a thread, even to a shoe lace, and that I will not take any thing that is yours, lest you should say, I have made Exalted Father (Abram) rich:

 24I will only take that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me, Boy (Aner), Cluster (Eshcol), and Strength (Mamre).Give them their portion.