to the place of the altar which he had made there formerly; and there Abram called upon the name of Yahweh.

Then Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this was before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar.

Now the men of Sodom were evil and sinners, exceedingly so, against Yahweh.

And Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;

Then Abram moved his tent and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to Yahweh.

Then Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to Yahweh God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

Yahweh Cuts a Covenant with Abram

After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great.”

And Abram said, “O Lord Yahweh, what will You give me, as I go on being childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

Then behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, “This one will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir.”

Then he believed in Yahweh; and He counted it to him as righteousness.

And He said to him, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it.”

And he said, “O Lord Yahweh, how may I know that I will possess it?”

On that day Yahweh cut a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your seed I have given this land, From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

So Sarai said to Abram, “Now behold, Yahweh has shut my womb from bearing children. Please go in to my servant-woman; perhaps I will obtain children through her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

And Sarai said to Abram, “May the violence done to me be upon you. I gave my servant-woman into your embrace, but she saw that she had conceived, so I became contemptible in her sight. May Yahweh judge between you and me.”

Now the angel of Yahweh found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

Then the angel of Yahweh said to her, “Return to your mistress and humble yourself under her hands.”

Moreover, the angel of Yahweh said to her, “I will greatly multiply your seed so that they will be too many to be counted.”

And the angel of Yahweh said to her further, “Behold, you are with child, And you will bear a son; And you shall call his name Ishmael, Because Yahweh has heard your affliction.

Then she called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees”; for she said, “Have I even remained alive here after seeing Him?”

Circumcision, the Sign of the Covenant

Now it happened that when Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; Walk before Me and be blameless,

Yahweh Appears to Abraham

Then Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day.

And Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I indeed bear a son, when I am so old?’

Is anything too difficult for Yahweh? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

Yahweh and Abraham Speak About Sodom

Then the men rose up from there and looked down toward Sodom; and Abraham was walking with them to send them off.