And the LORD appeared to him in the plains of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.

² And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood by him. And when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground ³ and said, “My Lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, pass not away, I pray you, from your servant. ⁴ Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree; ⁵ and I...

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine (99), the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him,

“I am the Almighty God. Walk before Me, and you be perfect. ² And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”

³ And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying,

⁴ “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you will be a father of many nations. ⁵ Neither will your name be called Abram anymore, but your name will be Abraham; for a father...

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. ² And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing. I pray you, go in to my maid. It may be that I may obtain children by her.”

And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai. ³ And Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. ⁴ And he went in to...

After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying,

“Fear not, Abram. I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward.”

² And Abram said, “Lord God, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?” ³ And Abram said, “Behold, to me You have given no seed; and look, one born in my house is my heir.”

⁴ And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

“This will not be your heir; but he that will com...

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...

Now the Lord had said to Abram,

“Get yourselves out of your country,

and from your kindred,

and from your father's house,

to a land that I will show you.

² And I will make of you a great nation,

and I will bless you,

and make your name great;

and you will be a blessing.

³ And I will bless those that bless you,

and curse anyone that curses you;

and in you will all families of the earth be blessed.”

⁴ So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy and fi...