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And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Baethel, and there he pitched his tent in Baethel near the sea, and Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.

And it came to pass when Abram drew nigh to enter into Egypt, Abram said to Sara his wife, I know that thou art a fair woman.

It shall come to pass then that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall slay me, but they shall save thee alive.

Say, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of thee, and my soul shall live because of thee.

And it came to pass when Abram entered into Egypt—the Egyptians having seen his wife that she was very beautiful—

And God afflicted Pharao with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sara, Abram’s wife.

And Pharao gave charge to men concerning Abram, to join in sending him forward, and his wife, and all that he had.

And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the wilderness.

And he went to the place whence he came, into the wilderness as far as Baethel, as far as the place where his tent was before, between Baethel and Aggai,

And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zogora.

And Lot chose for himself all the country round Jordan, and Lot went from the east, and they were separated each from his brother. And Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan.

And Lot dwelt in a city of the neighbouring people, and pitched his tent in Sodom.

And Abram having removed his tent, came and dwelt by the oak of Mambre, which was in Chebrom, and he there built an altar to the Lord.

And they took also Lot the son of Abram’s brother, and his baggage, and departed, for he dwelt in Sodom.

And Abram having heard that Lot his nephew had been taken captive, numbered his own home-born servants three hundred and eighteen, and pursued after them to Dan.

And he came upon them by night, he and his servants, and he smote them and pursued them as far as Choba, which is on the left of Damascus.

And he recovered all the cavalry of Sodom, and he recovered Lot his nephew, and all his possessions, and the women and the people.

And he said to him, Take for me an heifer in her third year, and a she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a pigeon.

And the angel of the Lord said to her, Behold thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ismael, for the Lord hath hearkened to thy humiliation.

He shall be a wild man, his hands against all, and the hands of all against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.