1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward,they found a plain in Shinarand settled there. 3 They said to each other,…

1 TheLordhad said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “I will make you into a great…

1 So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him. 2 Abram had become very wealthy in livestock…

1 At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar,Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goyim, 2 these kings went to war against Bera…

1 After this, the word of theLordcame to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.” 2 But Abram said, “SovereignLord,…

1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, “TheLordhas kept me from having children….

1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, theLordappeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. 2 Then I will make my covenant…

1 TheLordappeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. 2 Abraham looked up…

1 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them…

1 Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar, 2 and there Abraham…