12 1 Abram by God’s commandment goeth to Canaan. 3 Christ is promised. 7 Abram buildeth Altars for exercise and declaration of his faith among the infidels. 10 Because of the dearth he goeth into Egypt. 15 Pharaoh taketh his wife, and is punished.

¹ For the Lord had said unto Abram, ^(A)[a]Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house unto ^[b]the land that I will show thee.

² And I will make of thee a great nation, and will bless thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt be a ^[c]blessing.

³ I will also bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

⁴ So Abram departed, even as the Lord spake unto him, and Lot went with him, (and Abram was seventy and five years old, when he departed out of Haran)

⁵ Then Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they possessed, and the ^[d]souls that they had gotten in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan, and to the land of Canaan they came.

⁶ ¶ So Abram ^[e]passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, and unto the ^[f]plain of Moreh (and the ^[g]Canaanite was then in the land)

⁷ And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. And there built he ^[h]an altar unto the Lord, which appeared unto him.

⁸ Afterward removing ^[i]thence unto a mountain Eastward from Bethel, he pitched his tent having Bethel on the West side, and Ai on the East, and there he built an ^[j]altar unto the Lord, and called on the Name of the Lord.

^9 [k]Again Abram went forth going and journeying toward the South.

¹⁰ ¶ Then there came a ^[l]famine in the land: therefore Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there: for there was a great famine in the land.

¹¹ And when he drew near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

¹² Therefore it will come to pass that when the Egyptians see thee, they will say, She is his wife: so will they kill me, but they will keep thee alive.

¹³ Say, I pray thee, that thou art my ^[m]sister, that I may fare well for thy sake, and that my ^[n]life may be preserved by thee.

¹⁴ ¶ Now when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman: for she was very fair.

¹⁵ And the Princes of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her unto Pharaoh: so the woman was ^[o]taken into Pharaoh’s house:

¹⁶ Who entreated Abram well for her sake, and he had sheep, and beeves, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

¹⁷ But the Lord ^[p]plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

¹⁸ Then Pharaoh called Abram, and said, Why hast thou done this unto me? Wherefore diddest thou not tell me, that she was thy wife?

¹⁹ Why saidest thou, She is my sister, that I should take her to be my wife? Now therefore behold thy wife, take her and go thy way.

²⁰ And Pharaoh gave men ^[q]commandment concerning him: and they conveyed him forth and his wife, and all that he had.

13 1 Abram departeth out of Egypt. 4 He calleth upon the Name of the Lord. 11 Lot departeth from him. 13 The wickedness of the Sodomites. 14 The promise made to Abram is renewed. 18 Abram buildeth an altar to the Lord.

¹ Then ^[a]Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him toward the South.

² And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver and in gold.

³ And he went on his journey from the South toward ^[b]Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

⁴ Unto the place of the ^(A)altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the Name of the Lord.

⁵ ¶ And Lot also, who went with Abram, had sheep, and cattle and tents,

⁶ So that the land could not ^[c]bear them, that they might dwell together: for their ^(B)substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

⁷ Also there was debate between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle, and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle, (and the ^[d]Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelleth at that time in the land.)

⁸ Then said Abram unto Lot, Let there be no ^[e]strife, I pray thee, between thee and me, neither between mine herdsmen and thine herdsmen: for we be brethren.

⁹ Is not the whole land before thee? depart I pray thee from me: if thou wilt ^[f]take the left hand, then I will go to the right: or if thou go to the right hand, then I will take the left.

¹⁰ So when Lot lifted up his eyes, he saw that all the plain of Jordan was watered everywhere (for before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, it was as the ^[g]garden of the Lord like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.)

¹¹ Then Lot chose unto him all the plain of Jordan, and took his journey from the East: and they departed the ^[h]one from the other.

¹² Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot abode in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent even unto Sodom.

¹³ Now the men of Sodom were wicked and exceeding ^[i]sinners against the Lord.

¹⁴ ¶ Then the Lord said unto ^[j]Abram, (after that Lot was departed from him) Lift up thine eyes now, and look from the place where thou art, Northward, and Southward, and Eastward, and Westward:

¹⁵ For all ^(C)the land which thou seest, will I give unto thee, and to thy seed ^[k]forever,

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 be numbered.

¹⁷ Arise, walk through the land, in the length thereof, and breadth thereof: for I will give it unto thee.

¹⁸ Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelled in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.

14 12 In the overthrow of Sodom Lot is taken prisoner. 16 Abram delivereth him. 18 Melchizedek cometh to meet him. 23 Abram would not be enriched by the king of Sodom.

¹ And in the days of Amraphel king of ^[a]Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of the ^[b]nations:

² These men 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 ^[c]joined together in the valley of ^[d]Siddim, which is the ^[e]salt Sea.

⁴ Twelve years were they subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

⁵ And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the ^[f]Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in ^[g]Shaveh Kiriathaim,

⁶ And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto the plain of El Paran, which is by the wilderness.

⁷ And they returned and came to En Mishpat, which is Kadesh, and ^[h]smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelled in Hazezon Tamar.

⁸ Then 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, which is Zoar: and they joined battle with them in the valley of Siddim,

⁹ To wit, with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar: four kings against five.

¹⁰ Now the ^[i]valley of Siddim was full of slime pits, and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and ^[j]fell there: and the residue fled to the mountain.

¹¹ And they took all the substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their vittles and went their way.

¹² They ^[k]took Lot also Abram’s brother’s son and his substance (for he dwelt at Sodom) and departed.

¹³ ¶ Then came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew, which dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, which were ^[l]confederate with Abram.

¹⁴ When Abram heard that his brother was taken, he ^[m]brought forth of them that were born and brought up in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

¹⁵ Then he and his servants divided themselves against them by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left side of ^[n]Damascus,

¹⁶ And he recovered all the substance, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also and the people.

¹⁷ ¶ After that he returned from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and of the kings that were with him, came the King of Sodom forth to meet him in the valley of Shaveh, which is the ^(A)King’s dale.

¹⁸ And ^(B)Melchizedek King of Salem ^[o]brought forth bread and wine: and he was a Priest of the most high God.

¹⁹ Therefore he ^[p]blessed him, saying, Blessed art thou, Abram, of God most high, Possessor of heaven and earth,

²⁰ And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thine hand. ^(C)And Abram gave him tithes of all.

²¹ Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the ^[q]persons, and take the goods to thyself.

²² And Abram said to the king of Sodom, ^[r]I have lifted up mine hand unto the Lord the most high God possessor of heaven and earth,

^23 [s]That I will not take of all that is thine, so much as a thread or shoe latchet, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich,

^24 [t]Save only that, which the young men have eaten, and the parts of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre: let them take their parts.

7 1 We may not give judgment of our neighbors, 6 Nor cast that which is holy unto dogs. 13 The broad and strait way. 15 False prophets. 18 The tree and fruit. 24 The house built on a rock, 26 and on the sand.

¹ Judge ^[a]not, that ye be not judged.

² For with what ^(A)judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and with what ^(B)measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you again.

³ And why seest thou the mote, that is in thy brother’s eye, and perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

^4 (C)Or how sayest thou to thy brother, Suffer me to cast out the mote out of thine eye, and behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

⁵ Hypocrite, first cast out that beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

⁶ ¶ ^[b]Give ye not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your ^[c]pearls before swine, lest they tread them under their feet, and turning again, all to rent you.

⁷ ¶ ^(D)[d]Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and ye shall find: knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

⁸ For whosoever asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

⁹ For what man is there among you, which if his son ask him bread, would give him a stone?

¹⁰ Or if he ask fish, will he give him a serpent?

¹¹ If ye then, which are evil, can give to your children good gifts, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?

^12 (E)[e]Therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do to you: even so do ye to them: for this is the ^[f]Law and the Prophets.

¹³ ¶ ^(F)[g]Enter in at the strait gate: for it is the wide gate, and broad way that leadeth to destruction: and many there be which go in thereat.

¹⁴ Because ^[h]the gate is strait, and the way narrow that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

¹⁵ ¶ ^[i]Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

¹⁶ Ye shall know them by their fruits. ^(G)Do men gather grapes of thorns? or figs of thistles?

¹⁷ So every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

¹⁸ A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

^19 (H)Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

²⁰ Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

²¹ ¶ ^[j]Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, ^(I)but he that doeth my Father’s will which is in heaven.

^22 (J)Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not by thy ^[k]Name prophesied, and by thy name cast out devils? and by thy name done many ^[l]great works?

²³ And then will I profess to them, ^(K)[m]I never knew you, ^(L)depart from me ^[n]ye that work iniquity.

^24 [o]Whosoever then heareth of me these words, ^(M)and doeth the same, I will liken him to a wise man, which hath builded his house on a rock:

²⁵ And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not: for it was grounded on a rock,

²⁶ But whosoever heareth these my words, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which hath builded his house upon the sand:

²⁷ And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell, and the fall thereof was great.

²⁸ ¶ ^(N)And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these words, the people were astonished at his doctrine.

²⁹ For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the Scribes.