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Then they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.

And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."

Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land.

Please say you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that I [fn] may live because of you."

He treated Abram well for her sake. He had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

Now the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together.

So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren.

Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other.

for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants [fn] forever.

Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you."

Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre [fn] the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram.

Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself."

And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.

Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.

But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."

Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, "I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude."

Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, "Have I also here seen Him who sees me?"

"As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.

And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.