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But the land was unable to support them as long as they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they could not stay together,

So Lot chose the entire plain of the Jordan for himself. Then Lot journeyed eastward, and they separated from each other.

for I will give you and your offspring forever all the land that you see.

Get up and walk around the land, through its length and width, for I will give it to you.”

They were subject to Chedorlaomer for twelve years, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and lined up for battle in the Siddim Valley

They also took Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, for he was living in Sodom, and they went on.

Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the possessions for yourself.”

I will take nothing except what the servants have eaten. But as for the share of the men who came with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre—they can take their share.”

Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know this for certain: Your offspring will be resident aliens for four hundred years in a land that does not belong to them and will be enslaved and oppressed.

In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”

Abram’s wife Sarai had not borne any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.

So Abram’s wife Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian slave, and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife for him. This happened after Abram had lived in the land of Canaan ten years.

Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for my suffering! I put my slave in your arms, and when she saw that she was pregnant, I became contemptible to her. May the Lord judge between me and you.”

The angel of the Lord said to her, “You have conceived and will have a son. You will name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard your cry of affliction.

So she named the Lord who spoke to her: “You are El-roi,” for she said, “In this place, have I actually seen the one who sees me?”

“As for me, here is my covenant with you: You will become the father of many nations.

Your name will no longer be Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I will make you the father of many nations.

God also said to Abraham, “As for you, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations are to keep my covenant.

God said to Abraham, “As for your wife Sarai, do not call her Sarai, for Sarah will be her name.