Gen 13:1-14:24
CHAPTER 13
1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that
he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3 And
he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel
and Hai;
4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of
the LORD.
5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6 And the land was not
able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
7 And
there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite
dwelled then in the land.
8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and
between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray
thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will
go to the left.
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every
where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest
unto Zoar.
11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the
one from the other.
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched
his tent toward Sodom.
13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
14 And
the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou
art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give
it, and to thy seed for ever.
16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the
dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in
the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of
Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
CHAPTER 14
1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch
king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom,
and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
3 All
these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer,
and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were
with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
6 And
the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat,
which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.
8 And
there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of
Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam,
and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
10 And
the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained
fled to the mountain.
11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their
way.
12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
13 And
there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol,
and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive,
he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
15 And
he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the
left hand of Damascus.
16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods,
and the women also, and the people.
17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter
of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
18 And Melchizedek
king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
19 And he blessed him, and
said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
20 And blessed be the most high God, which
hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram,
Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand
unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
23 That I will not take from a thread even to
a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
24 Save
only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them
take their portion.
Gen 15:1-21
CHAPTER 15
1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou
give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
3 And Abram said, Behold,
to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came
unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
5 And
he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he
said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
7 And
he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
8 And
he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three
years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
10 And
he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided
he not.
11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
12 And when the sun was
going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
13 And he said unto
Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall
afflict them four hundred years;
14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall
they come out with great substance.
15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old
age.
16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
17 And
it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between
those pieces.
18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land,
from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
20 And
the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites,
and the Jebusites.
Matt 6:1-34
CHAPTER 6
1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have
no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before
thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They
have their reward.
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 That
thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
5 And when thou
prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the
streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest,
enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth
in secret shall reward thee openly.
7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think
that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what
things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this
day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
14 For if ye forgive
men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither
will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance:
for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
17 But
thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto
thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
19 Lay not up for
yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through
nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The light of the body is the eye:
if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body
shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 No man
can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the
other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat,
or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Behold
the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.
Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And
why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And
yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so
clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O
ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal
shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye
have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things
shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things
of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
