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And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying:He shall not be thy heir: but he that shall come out of thy bowels, him shalt thou have for thy heir.

But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it?

And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one against the other: but the birds he divided not.

But I will judge the nation which they shall serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance.

But in the fourth generation they shall return hither: for as yet the iniquities of the Amorrhites are not at the full until this present time.

Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children: but having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar,

And he went in to her. But she perceiving that she was with child, despised her mistress.

Neither shall thy name be called any more Abram: but thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many nations.

God said also to Abraham: Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara.

But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sara shall bring forth to thee at this time in the next year.

But I will fetch a little water, and wash ye your feet, and rest ye under the tree.

He took also butter and milk, and the calf which he had boiled, and set before them: but he stood by them under the tree.

Sara denied, saying: I did not laugh: for she was afraid. But the Lord said: Nay; but thou didst laugh.

And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom: but Abraham as yet stood before the Lord.

And again he said to him: But if forty be found there, what wilt thou do? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of forty.

And said: I beseech you, my lords, turn in to the house of your servant, and lodge there: wash your feet, and in the morning you shall go on your way. And they said: No, but we will abide in the street.

But before they went to bed, the men of the city beset the house, both young and old, all the people together.

But they said: Get thee back thither. And again: Thou camest in, said they, as a stranger, was it to be a judge? therefore we will afflict thee more than them. And they pressed very violently upon Lot: and they were even at the point of breaking open the doors.

And they brought him forth, and set him without the city: and there they spoke to him, saying: Save thy life: look not back, neither stay thou in all the country about: but save thy self in the mountain, lest thou be also consumed.

And they made their father drink wine that night: and the elder went in, and lay with her father: but he perceived not, neither when his daughter lay down, nor when she rose up.