by Septuagint
Chapter 14
[1] And it came to pass in the reign of Amarphal king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, that Chodollogomor king of Elam, and Thargal king of nations, [2] made war with Balla king of Sodom, and with Barsa king of Gomorrha, and with Sennaar, king of Adama, and with Symobor king of Seboim and the king of Balac, this is Segor. [3] All these met with one consent at the salt valley; this is now the sea of salt. [4] Twelve years they served Chodollogomor, and the thirteenth year they revolted. [5] And in the fourteenth year came Chodollogomor, and the kings with him, and cut to pieces the giants in Astaroth, and Carnain, and strong nations with them, and the Ommaeans in the city Save. [6] And the Chorrhaeans in the mountains of Seir, to the turpentine tree of Pharan, which is in the desert. [7] And having turned back they came to the well of judgment; this is Cades, and they cut in pieces all the princes of Amalec, and the Amorites dwelling in Asasonthamar. [8] And the king of Sodom went out, and the king of Gomorrha, and king of Adama, and king of Seboim, and king of Balac, this is Segor, and they set themselves in array against them for war in the salt valley, [9] against Chodollogomor king of Elam, and Thargal king of nations, and Amarphal king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, the four kings against the five. [10] Now the salt valley consists of slime-pits. And the king of Sodom fled and the king of Gomorrha, and they fell in there: and they that were left fled to the mountain country. [11] And they took all the cavalry of Sodom and Gomorrha, and all their provisions, and departed. [12] And they took also Lot the son of Abram’s brother, and his baggage, and departed, for he dwelt in Sodom.
[13] And one of them that had been rescued came and told Abram the Hebrew; and he dwelt by the oak of Mamre the Amorite the brother of Eschol, and the brother of Aunan, who were confederates with Abram. [14] And Abram having heard that Lot his nephew had been taken captive, numbered his own home-born servants three hundred and eighteen, and pursued after them to Dan. [15] And he came upon them by night, he and his servants, and he smote them and pursued them as far as Choba, which is on the left of Damascus. [16] And he recovered all the cavalry of Sodom, and he recovered Lot his nephew, and all his possessions, and the women and the people. [17] And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from the slaughter of Chodollogomor, and the kings with him, to the valley of Saby; this was the plain of the kings.
[18] And Melchisedec king of Salem brought forth loaves and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God. [19] And he blessed Abram, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, who made heaven and earth, [20] and blessed be the most high God who delivered thine enemies into thy power. And Abram gave him the tithe of all. [21] And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the men, and take the horses to thyself. [22] And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I will stretch out my hand to the Lord the most high God, who made the heaven and the earth, [23] that I will not take from all thy goods from a string to a shoe-latchet, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich. [24] Except what things the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Eschol, Aunan, Mambre, these shall take a portion.
Chapter 15
[1] And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield thee, thy reward shall be very great. [2] And Abram said, Master and Lord, what wilt thou give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus is mine heir. [3] And Abram said, I am grieved since thou hast given me no seed, but my home-born servant shall succeed me. [4] And immediately there was a voice of the Lord to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come out of thee shall be thine heir. [5] And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall thy seed be. [6] And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness. [7] And he said to him, I am God that brought thee out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give thee this land to inherit. [8] And he said, Master and Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it? [9] And he said to him, Take for me an heifer in her third year, and a she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a pigeon. [10] So he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and set them opposite to each other, but the birds he did not divide. [11] And birds came down upon the bodies, even upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them. [12] And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and lo! a great gloomy terror falls upon him. [13] And it was said to Abram, Thou shalt surely know that thy seed shall be a sojourner in a land not their won, and they shall enslave them, and afflict them, and humble them four hundred years. [14] And the nation whomsoever they shall serve I will judge; and after this, they shall come forth hither with much property. [15] But thou shalt depart to thy fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age. [16] And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now. [17] And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces. [18] In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates. [19] The Kenites, and the Kenezites, and the Kedmoneans, [20] and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Raphaim, [21] and the Amorites, and the Chananites, and the Evites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.
Chapter 16
[1] And Sara the wife of Abram bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian maid, whose name was Agar. [2] And Sara said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get children for myself through her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sara. [3] So Sara the wife of Abram having taken Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Chanaan, gave her to Abram her husband as a wife to him. [4] And he went in to Agar, and she conceived, and saw that she was with child, and her mistress was dishonoured before her. [5] And Sara said to Abram, I am injured by thee; I gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and when I saw that she was with child, I was dishonoured before her. The Lord judge between me and thee. [6] And Abram said to Sara, Behold thy handmaid is in thy hands, use her as it may seem good to thee. And Sara afflicted her, and she fled from her face.
[7] And an angel of the Lord found her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Sur. [8] And the angel of the Lord said to her, Agar, Sara’s maid, whence comest thou, and wither goest thou? and she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sara. [9] And the angel of the Lord said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. [10] And the angel of the Lord said to her, I will surely multiply thy seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude. [11] And the angel of the Lord said to her, Behold thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ismael, for the Lord hath hearkened to thy humiliation. [12] He shall be a wild man, his hands against all, and the hands of all against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. [13] And she called the name of the Lord God who spoke to her, Thou art God who seest me; for she said, For I have openly seen him that appeared to me. [14] Therefore she called the well, The well of him whom I have openly seen; behold it is between Cades and Barad. [15] And Agar bore a son to Abram; and Abram called the name of his son which Agar bore to him, Ismael. [16] And Abram was eighty-six years old, when Agar bore Ismael to Abram.
Chapter 17
[1] And Abram was ninety-nine years old, and the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am thy God, be well-pleasing before me, and be blameless. [2] And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly. [3] And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying, [4] And I, behold! my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations. [5] And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraam, for I have made thee a father of many nations. [6] And I will inc
rease thee very exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. [7] And I will establish my covenant between thee and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God, and the God of thy seed after thee. [8] And I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou sojournest, even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God. [9] And God said to Abraam, Thou also shalt fully keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee for their generations. [10] And this is the covenant which thou shalt fully keep between me and you, and between thy seed after thee for their generations; every male of you shall be circumcised. [11] And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and you. [12] And the child of eight days old shall be circumcised by you, every male throughout your generations, and the servant born in the house and he that is bought with money, of every son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed. [13] He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with money shall be surely circumcised, and my covenant shall be on your flesh for an everlasting covenant. [14] And the uncircumcised male, who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from its family, for he has broken my covenant. [15] And God said to Abraam, Sara thy wife — her name shall not be called Sara, Sarrha shall be her name. [16] And I will bless her, and give thee a son of her, and I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations shall be of him. [17] And Abraam fell upon his face, and laughed; and spoke in his heart, saying, Shall there be a child to one who is a hundred years old, and shall Sarrha who is ninety years old, bear? [18] And Abraam said to God, Let this Ismael live before thee. [19] And God said to Abraam, Yea, behold, Sarrha thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to him and to his seed after him. [20] And concerning Ismael, behold, I have heard thee, and, behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. [21] But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarrha shall bear to thee at this time, in the next year. [22] And he left off speaking with him, and God went up from Abraam.
[23] And Abraam took Ismael his son, and all his home-born servants, and all those bought with money, and every male of the men in the house of Abraam, and he circumcised their foreskins in the time of that day, according as God spoke to him. [24] And Abraam was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. [25] And Ismael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. [26] And at the period of that day, Abraam was circumcised, and Ismael his son, [27] and all the men of his house, both those born in the house, and those bought with money of foreign nations.
Chapter 18
[1] And God appeared to him by the oak of Mambre, as he sat by the door of his tent at noon. [2] And he lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! three men stood before him; and having seen them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and did obeisance to the ground. [3] And he said, Lord, if indeed I have found grace in thy sight, pass not by thy servant. [4] Let water now be brought, and let them wash your feet, and do ye refresh yourselves under the tree. [5] And I will bring bread, and ye shall eat, and after this ye shall depart on your journey, on account of which refreshment ye have turned aside to your servant. And he said, So do, as thou hast said. [6] And Abraam hasted to the tent to Sarrha, and said to her, Hasten, and knead three measures of fine flour, and make cakes. [7] And Abraam ran to the kine, and took a young calf, tender and good, and gave it to his servant, and he hasted to dress it. [8] And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed; and he set them before them, and they did eat, and he stood by them under the tree.
[9] And he said to him, Where is Sarrha thy wife? And he answered and said, Behold! in the tent. [10] And he said, I will return and come to thee according to this period seasonably, and Sarrha thy wife shall have a son; and Sarrha heard at the door of the tent, being behind him. [11] And Abraam and Sarrha were old, advanced in days, and the custom of women ceased with Sarrha. [12] And Sarrha laughed in herself, saying, The thing has not as yet happened to me, even until now, and my lord is old. [13] And the Lord said to Abraam, Why is it that Sarrha has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am grown old. [14] Shall anything be impossible with the Lord? At this time I will return to thee seasonably, and Sarrha shall have a son. [15] But Sarrha denied, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid. And he said to her, Nay, but thou didst laugh.
[16] And the men having risen up from thence looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha. And Abraam went with them, attending them on their journey. [17] And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraam my servant what things I intend to do? [18] But Abraam shall become a great and populous nation, and in him shall all the nations of the earth be blest. [19] For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraam all things whatsoever he has spoken to him. [20] And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha has been increased towards me, and their sins are very great. [21] I will therefore go down and see, if they completely correspond with the cry which comes to me, and if not, that I may know. [22] And the men having departed thence, came to Sodom; and Abraam was still standing before the Lord. [23] And Abraam drew nigh and said, Wouldest thou destroy the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked? [24] Should there be fifty righteous in the city, wilt thou destroy them? wilt thou not spare the whole place for the sake of the fifty righteous, if they be in it? [25] By no means shalt thou do as this thing is so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the wicked: by no means. Thou that judgest the whole earth, shalt thou not do right? [26] And the Lord said, If there should be in Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole city, and the whole place for their sakes. [27] And Abraam answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am earth and ashes. [28] But if the fifty righteous should be diminished to forty-five, wilt thou destroy the whole city because of the five wanting? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there forty-five. [29] And he continued to speak to him still, and said, But if there should be found there forty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the forty’s sake. [30] And he said, Will there be anything against me, Lord, if I shall speak? but if there be found there thirty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the thirty’s sake. [31] And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty. [32] And he said, Will there be anything against me, Lord, if I speak yet once? but if there should be found there ten? And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake. [33] And the Lord departed, when he left off speaking to Abraam, and Abraam returned to his place.
Chapter 19
[1] And the two angels came to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat by the gate of Sodom, and Lot having seen them, rose up to meet them, and he worshipped with his face to the ground, and said, [2] Lo! my lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and rest from your journey, and wash your feet, and having risen early in the morning ye shall depart on your journey. And they said, Nay, but we will lodge in the street. [3] And he constrained them, and they turned aside to him, and they entered into his house, and he made a feast for them, and baked unleavened cakes for them, and they did eat. [4] But before they went to sleep, the men of the city, the Sodomites, compassed the house, both young and old, all the people together. [5] And they called out Lot, and said to him, Where are the men that went in to thee this night? bring them out to us that we may be with them. [6] And Lot went out to them to the porch, and he shut the door after him, [7] and said to them, By no means, brethren, do not act villanously. [8] But I have two daug
hters, who have not known a man. I will bring them out to you, and do ye use them as it may please you, only do not injury to these men, to avoid which they came under the shelter of my roof. [9] And they said to him, Stand back there, thou camest in to sojourn, was it also to judge? Now then we would harm thee more than them. And they pressed hard on the man, even Lot, and they drew nigh to break the door. [10] And the men stretched forth their hands and drew Lot in to them into the house, and shut the door of the house. [11] And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, and they were wearied with seeking the door. [12] And the men said to Lot, Hast thou here sons-in-law, or sons or daughters, or if thou hast any other friend in the city, bring them out of this place. [13] For we are going to destroy this place; for their cry has been raised up before the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it. [14] And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law who had married his daughters, and said, Rise up, and depart out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city; but he seemed to be speaking absurdly before his sons-in-law. [15] But when it was morning, the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise and take thy wife, and thy two daughters whom thou hast, and go forth; lest thou also be destroyed with the iniquities of the city. [16] And they were troubled, and the angels laid hold on his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, in that the Lord spared him.