Category Archives: Genesis

1 Now the earth was of one language and of the same speech. 2 And when they were advancing from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt in it. 3 And each one said to his neighbor, “Come, let us make bricks, and bake them with fire.” And […]

1 Then the Lord said to Abram: “Depart from your land, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, and come into the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed. 3 […]

1 Therefore, Abram ascended from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, toward the southern region. 2 But he was very wealthy by the possession of gold and silver. 3 And he returned by the way that he came, from the meridian into Bethel, all the way to […]

1 Now it happened in that time that Amraphel, king of Shinar, and Arioch, king of Pontus, and Chedorlaomer, king of the Elamites, and Tidal, king of the Nations, 2 went to war against Bera, king of Sodom, and against Birsha, king of Gomorrah, and against Shinab, king of Admah, and against Shemeber, king of […]

1 And so, these things having been transacted, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your protector, and your reward is exceedingly great.” 2 And Abram said: “Lord God, what will you give to me? I may go without children. And the son […]

1 Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had not conceived children. But, having an Egyptian handmaid named Hagar, 2 she said to her husband: “Behold, the Lord has closed me, lest I give birth. Enter to my handmaid, so that perhaps I may receive sons of her at least.” And when he agreed to her […]

1 In truth, after he began to be ninety-nine years of age, the Lord appeared to him. And he said to him: “I am the Almighty God. Walk in my sight and become complete. 2 And I will set my covenant between me and you. And I will multiply you very exceedingly.” 3 Abram fell […]

1 Then the Lord appeared to him, in the steep valley of Mamre, when he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the very heat of the day. 2 And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men, standing near him. When he had seen them, he ran […]

1 And the two Angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the gate of the city. And when he had seen them, he rose up and went to meet them. And he reverenced prone on the ground. 2 And he said: “I beg you, my lords, turn aside to the […]

1 Abraham advanced from there into the southern land, and he lived between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar. 2 And he said about his wife Sarah: “She is my sister.” Therefore, Abimelech, the king of Gerar, sent for her and took her. 3 Then God came to Abimelech through a dream in […]