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But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it on both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father's nakedness.

So he said, "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers."

Now Cush fathered Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth.

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD."

And it came about, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

And they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let's make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth."

These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he fathered Arpachshad, two years after the flood;

Sarai was unable to conceive; she did not have a child.

And I will make you into a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing;

Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a time, because the famine was severe in the land.

It came about, when he was approaching Egypt, that he said to his wife Sarai, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman;

"Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her for myself as a wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her and go!"

Then a survivor came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now he was residing by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and they were allies with Abram.

And Melchizedek the king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High.

And blessed be God Most High, Who has handed over your enemies to you." And he gave him a tenth of everything.

that I will not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, so that you do not say, 'I have made Abram rich.'

After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great."

So He said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."

Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him.

Then God said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.