(Originally written April 27, 2007 in Book 16)
11:1 The whole earth had one language and few words
11:2 Men migrated east and settled in the land of Shinar
11:3 They made bricks and mortar
11:4 They built a city with a tower that's top reached the Heavens to make a name for themselves and so they would not be scattered across the whole earth
11:5 The Lord came down to see the city and the tower
11:6 The Lord said that this is the beginning of what man will do and nothing that they propose will be impossible for them
11:7 The Lord decided to confuse their language
11:8 The Lord scattered the men all over the world and they left their city
11:9 Its name is Ba'bel because the Lord confused their language
11:10 These are the descendants of Shem
11:11 Shem lived 502 years after the flood
-7,669 years from Adam to the death of Shem
11:12 Arpach'shad, son of Shem begat Shelah at 35 years old
11:13 Arpach'shad lived 403 years after the birth of Shelah
11:14 Shelah had Eber when he was 30 years old
11:15 Shelah lived 403 years after the birth of Eber
11:16 When Eber was 34 he had Peleg
11:17 Eber lived 430 years after the birth of Peleg
11:18 Peleg had Re'u when he was 30 years old
11:19 Peleg lived 209 years after the birth of Re'u
11:20 Re'u was 32 years old when he had Serug
11:21 Re'u lived 207 years after the birth of Serug
11:22 Serug was 30 years when he had Nahor
11:23 Serug lived for 200 years after the birth of Nahor
11:24 Nahor was 29 when he had Terah
11:25 Nahor lived 119 years after the birth of Terah
11:26 Terah was 70 years old when he had Abram, Nahor and Haran
11:27 These are the descendants of Terah: Jerah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Karan was the father of Lot.
11:28 Haran died before Jerah in Ur of the Chaldeans.
11:29 Abram and Nahor took wives. Abram's wife was Sarai, Nahor's wife was Milcah
11:30 Sarai was barren and had no child
11:31 Terah took Abram (his son), Lot (his grandson) and Sara (his daughter-in-law) from Ur to go to Canaan. But they settled in Haran.
11:32 Terah lived for 205 years and died in Haran
Abraham
12:1 The Lord told Abram to leave his country and his father's house and go to the land that He will show him
12:2 The Lord said He will make a great nation of Abram and make him a blessing
12:3 He promised to bless those who bless him and curse those who cursed him and told him that "by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves"
-1st Messianic Prophecy
12:4 Abram left as the Lord told him to. Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran
12:5 They took all their possessions and left Haran for Canaan
12:6 Abram passed through Canaan to Shechem
12:7 The Lord appeared to Abram and promised this land to Abram's descendants. Abram built an altar to the Lord
12:8 Abram left to the mountain east of Dothal and pitched his tent there. He built an altar to the Lord and called upon his name.
12:9 Abram journeyed on going toward Negev
12:10 There was a famine so Abram went down to Egypt
12:11 When he went to Egypt he told Sarai that she was a beautiful to behold
12:12 He said they will kill me if they know you are my wife
12:13 He said say you are my sister so my life can be spared on your account
12:14 When Abram entered Egypt the Egyptians saw Sarai was very beautiful
12:15 The princes of Pharaoh saw her and praised her to the Pharaoh
12:16 The Pharaoh death well with Abram for Sarai's sake
12:17 The LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai.
12:18 Pharaoh called Abram to him and asked what have you done to me
12:19 He asked why he told him that Sarai was his sister so he took her for his wife
12:20 Pharaoh sent Abram on his way with all his possessions and those he had got in Egypt
13:1 Abram and his family left Egypt and went to Negev
13:2 Abram was now very rich in cattle, silver and gold
13:3 Abram returned to the place he had pitched a tent near Bethel
13:4 Abram called upon the Lord
13:5 Lot also had flocks and herds and tents
13:6 The land could not support both Lot and Abram
13:7 There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot
13:8 Abram said to Lot, let there be no strife between us
13:9 He said take the left on the right, I will take the opposite
13:10 Lot saw that the Jordan Valley was good
13:11 Lot chose the Jordan Valley and journeyed east: Lot and Abram separated.
13:12 Abram lived among the cities of the valley and moved his tents near Sodom
13:13 The men of Sodom were great sinners against the Lord
13:14 The Lord spoke to Abram: Look at the place you are at, northward, southward, eastward and westward
13:15 All the land you see I will give to your descendants
13:16 I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth
13:17 Walk the breadth of the land and I will give it to you
13:18 Abram moved his tent and dwelt at Hebron and built on altar to the Lord
14:1 Am'raphal, king of Shiner, Ar'iah, king of Ella'sar, Chhod-or-lao'mer, king of Elam and Tidal, king of Goi'im
14:2 These kings made war with Bara, king of Sodom and Birsha, king of Gomorra, Shinah, king of Admah, Sheme'ber, king of Zeboi'im and the king of Bela
14:3 These kings joined forces in the valley of Siddim (the Salt Sea)
14:4 They rebelled against Chadorlaomer after serving him 12 years
14:5 Chedorlaomer subdued Reph'aim in Ash'teroth Kaprna'im, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emimin Sha'veh-Kiriatha'im
14:6 and the Hornets in Mount Se'ir
14:7 Ched-or-lao'mer turned back to Enmish'pat (Kadesh) and subdued the Amal'ekites and the Amorites of Haz'azon-ta'man
14:8 Then the kings of Sodom and Gommorah, Admah, Zeboi'im and Bela jointed the battle in the Valley of Siddim
14:9 They fought the kings of Elam, Goi'im, Shiner and Ella'sar
14:10 The Valley of Siddim was full of bitamar pits. The kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and some men fell into these pits
14:11 The enemy took al of the goods and provinces of Sodom and Gomorrah and left.
14:12 They also took Lot and his goods
14:13 One who escaped fled and told Abram the Hebrew, and Marvethe Amorite, Eschol and Aner (allies of Abram)
14:14 Abram led 318 trained men after them as far as Dan
14:15 He divided his forces at night and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus
14:16 He brought back all of the goods and Lot with his goods, and the women and the people
14:17 After returning from defeating Ched-or-lao'men and his allies the king of Sodom went out to meet Abram at the vally of Shaveh
14:18 Melchizedek, king of Salem brought bread and wine. Melchizedek was the pries of God Most High
14:19 Melchizedek blessed Abram
14:20 Melchizedek blessed God Most High. Abram gave Melchizedek a tithe
- This is the God of original monotheism, which is identical to YHWH
14:21 The king of Sodom told Abram to keep the goods, but give him the people
14:22 Abram said he swore to the LORD God Most High
-This verifies 14:20a
14:23 Abram swore he would not take anything that was the king of Sodom because the king of Sodom could claim he made Abram rich
14:24 He said let Aner, Eschol and Mamre take their share
15:1 The word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision
15:2 Abram asked what the Lord will give him because was still childless
15:3 He moaned that a slave born in his house would be his heir
15:4 The Lord promised that Abram's son, not the slave would be his heir
15:5 God promised that Abram's descendants will be as numerous as the stars.
15:6 Abram believed the Lord and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness
15:7 The Lord said I am the Lord who brought you from Ur to give their land to you
15:8 Abram asked how he would know that he possessed it
15:9 The Lord said bring me a heifer, a she-goat and a ram three years old, a turtledove and a young pigeon.
15:10 Abram brought them, cut them in two and laid each half over the other, but did not cut the birds
15:11 Abram drove the birds of prey a way from the dead animals
15:12 Abram fell asleep into a deep sleep and great darkness fell on him
15:13 The Lord spoke to Abram and told him that his descendants will be wanderers and slaves in a foreign land for 400 years
15:14 The Lord said he will bring judgment on the enlsavers and his descendants will leave very rich
15:15 He told him that Abram would die of old age in peace
15:16 He said that his descendants will come back here in the 4th generation because the sins of the Amorites are still incomplete
15:17 A smoking fire pot and torch passed by
15:18 The Lord made a covenant with Abram and gave Abram's descendants the land from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates river
15:19 He gave the land of the Ken'ites, the Ken'izzarites, the Kad'monites, the Hittites, the Per'izites, the Reph'aim
15:20 and the land of the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Gir'gashites and the Jeb'usites
16:1 Sarai had not bore Abram any children. She had an Egyptian maid named Hagar.
16:2 Sarai gave Abram Hagar so that she could have children through her
16:3 Sarai gave Hagar to Abram as a wife
16:4 Hagar conceived and Sarai looked at Hagar with contempt
16:5 Sarai became angry with Abram
16:6 Sarai treated Hagar harshly and Hagar fled from Sarai
16:7 The angel of the Lord found Hagar by a spring near Shur
16:8 The angel of the Lord asked Hagar where she was going
16:9 The angel of the Lord bid Hagar to return to Sarai
16:10 The angel of the Lord said to Hagar that the Lord will multiply her descendants
16:11 The child of Hagar was to be named Ishmael because the Lord had seen Hagar's affliction
16:12 Ishmael will be a wild man against all men
16:13 Hagar spoke to the angel and wailed, "Have I seen God and remained alive?"
16:14 The well was called Beer-la'hai-roi (the well of the one who sees and lives)
16:15 Hagar bore Abram a son and they named him Ishmael
16:16 Abram was 86 when Ishmael was born
17:1 The Lord commanded Abram to walk before him and be blameless when Abram was 99.
17:2 The Lord made a covenant with Abram
17:3 Abram fell on his face before God.
17:4 The Lord said my covenant is with you and you shall be the father of many nations
17:5 The Lord changed his name from Abram to Abraham
17:6 The Lord said I will make you exceedingly fruitful and things will come from you
17:7 God made a covenant with Abraham and his descendants to be their God forever
17:8 God will give the land of Canaan to Abraham and his descendants forever
17:9 God told Abraham that he and his descendants will keep this covenant
17:10 God commanded that every male must be circumcised
17:11 Circumcision is the sign of the covenant
17:12 The males must all be circumcised at 80 days old and all males in Abraham's house must be circumcised now
17:13 The covenant is everlasting
17:14 All who are not circumcised must be cut off from the people because he has broken God's covenant
17:15 God changes Sarai's name to Sarah
17:16 God promises to bless her and give her a son
17:17 Abraham fell on his face and laughed because Abraham and Sarah were old
17:18 Abraham pleaded that Ishmael would live in God's sight
17:19 God says no and says that Sarah will bear a son, called Issac. Issac will receive the covenant of the Lord.
17:20 God promises to make Ishmael a great nation
17:21 But, God will establish his covenant with Isaac.
17:22 God left Abraham
17:23 Abraham had all the males of his house circumcised
17:24 Abraham was 99 when he was circumcised
17:25 Ismael was 13 when he was circumcised
17:26 Everyone was circumcised the day the Lord commanded it
17:27 All of the house were circumcised
18:1 The Lord appeared to Abraham at the door of his tent
18:2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing in front of Him. He ran and bowed to them.
18:3 Abraham pleaded to the Lord not to pass by him
18:4 He pleaded for them to relax under the tree
18:5 Abraham offered them bread
18:6 Abraham ran to Sarah and told her to make cakes
18:7 He ran to the cattle and took a good and tender calf and gave it to the servant to prepare it.
18:8 He took curds, milk and the calf to the men under the tree
18:9 They asked him where Sarah was and Abraham replied in the tent
18:10 The Lord said Sarah will have a baby in the spring. Sarah was listening behind the tent door
18:11 Sarah laughed to herself at hearing this
18:13 The Lord asked Abraham why did Sarah laugh at this?
18:14 He asked is anything too hard for the Lord?
18:15 Sarah denied laughing, but the Lord said that she did
18:16 The men set off for Sodom and Abraham followed
18:17 The Lord asked if He should hide His plans from Abraham
18:18 Abraham is the chosen one who all descendants will come from
18:19 The Lord decided not to hide it from Abraham because he had chosen Abraham
18:20 The Lord said that because of the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah and the outcry against them is great
18:21 I wil go down and see what is happening for myself
18:22 The men went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood before the Lord
18:23 He asked the Lord if He would destroy the wicked and the righteous together
18:24 He asked if the Lord would spare it for 50 righteous men
18:25 He asked the Lord if He would do what is right
18:26 The Lord said he would spare all of Sodom for the sake of 50 righteous men
18:27 Then Abraham said that he is but dust and ashes
18:28 He asked if he would spare Sodom for 45 righteous men. God said he would.
18:29 Abraham asked them for the sake of 40 men would the Lord spare Sodom. God replied he would spare it.
18:30 Abraham asked then for the sake of 30 would God spare Sodom and God said he would.
18:31 Abraham asked then for the sake of 20 would God spare Sodom and God said that he would.
18:32 Then Abraham asked what about for the sake of 10 and God said he would spare it.
18:33 The Lord went his way and Abraham returned to his place.
19:1 The two Angels came to Sodom in the evening and Lot at the gates rose to meet them and bowed before them
19:2 Lot begged them to spend the night at his house and they refused.
19:3 Lot urged them so strongly they agreed and went to his house for a feast
19:4 The men of Sodom, both young and old surrounded Lot's house
19:5 They called to Lot to bring out the men that there staying with them so that they could "know" them
19:6 Lot went out to the crowd
19:7 He bogged them not to act so wickedly
19:8 He offered his two virgin daughters in replace of his guests
19:9 They rushed Lot and drew close to break down the door.
19:10 The guests saved Lot and shut the door
19:11 The angels struck all of the men with blindness
19:12 The angels asked Lot if he had anyone else to bring out of Sodom
19:13 They told him they were about to destroy this place because the Lord sent them to do it.
19:14 Lot told his sons-in-law to be ready to leave because the Lord was giving to destroy this place, but they thought he was kidding
19:15 The angels told Lot to take his wife and two daughters to leave so they would escape the punishment of the whole city
19:16 Lot hesitated and the angels took them by the hands and led them out of the city
19:17 They told them to flee for their lives and not to look back lest they be consumed
19:18 Lot said oh no my lords
19:19 I cannot go into the hills for I will die
19:20 He begged to be able to flee to another city
19:21 Lot went to the city
19:22 They told Lot to hurry to the city called Zo'ar
19:23 The sun had risen when Lot made it to Zohar
19:24 The Lord rained fire and brimstone down upon Sodom and Gomorrah
19:25 The Lord overthrew the whole city and valley and everything that grew on the ground
19:26 Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt
19:27 Abraham rose early in the morning and stood before the Lord
19:28 He looked down at Sodom and Gomorrah and saw the smoke
19:29 God destroyed the cities of the Valley but remembered Abraham and spared Lot
19:30 Lot left Zohar and dwelled in a cave with his two daughters
19:31 The older daughter said to the younger that there is no man to bear us children
19:32 She said let's get Lot drunk and have sex with him so they can have offspring
19:33 So they made Lot drink and the oldest daughter laid with him
19:34 The older daughter said let us make him drink so that you can lay with him tonight
19:35 The younger daughter had sex with him and Lot did not know
19:36 Both Lot's daughters were with child by him
19:37 The eldest daughter gave birth to Moab who is the father of the Moabites
19:38 The youngest daughter gave birth to Ben-ammi, the father of the Ammonites
20:1 Abraham journeyed to Negev and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur
20:2 Abraham told them that Sarah was his sister and Abimelech, king of Gerar, took her as his wife
20:3 The Lord appeared to Abimelech and said you are a dead man for taking Sarah as your wife
20:4 Abimelech asked if the Lord would slay an innocent man because he had not slept with her
20:5 Abimelech pleaded with the Lord because Abraham had said she was his sister.
20:6 The Lord replied that He had not let Abimelech touch Sarah
20:7 The Lord said to return Sarah to Abraham and you will live, otherwise you will die
20:8 Abimelech told his servants this and they are all very afraid
20:9 Abimelech told Abraham that you have done things to me that ought not be done to man
20:10 Abimelech asked why Abraham would do such a thing.
20:11 Abraham replied he did this so he would not be killed
20:12 He also revealed that Sarah is the daughter of his father, but not the daughter of his mother, so he took her as his wife
20:13 He told him that he did it because the Lord told him to do it
20:14 Abimelech gave Abraham sheep and oxen, slaves and restored Sarah to him
20:15 Abimelech offered Abraham wherever he wished to say
20:16 Abimelech said to Sarah that he has now righted his wrong against her
20:17 Then Abraham prayed to God and God healed Abimelech and his house
20:18 The Lord had closed all of the wombs of Abimelech's house because of Sarah
21:1 The Lord visited Sarah and fulfilled his promise
21:2 Sarah bore a son to Abraham as God had promised
21:3 Abraham called his son Isaac
21:4 Abraham circumcised Isaac as God commanded him
21:5 Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born
21:6 Sarah said God has made laughter for me
21:7 Sarah said I have bore a son to Abraham in my old age
21:8 Abraham made a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned
21:9 Sarah saw Ishmael playing with Isaac
21:10 Sarah demanded that Abraham cast out Hagar and her son
21:11 Abraham was very displeased
21:12 The Lord said to Abraham to do as Sarah asked
21:13 He promised Abraham that He would make a nation of Ishmael
21:14 Abraham gave Hagar bread and water and cast them out. Hagar wandered into the wilderness of Beer-Sheba
21:15 Hagar put the child under the bushes
21:16 She left the child so as not to watch him die. Ishmael cried out and wept for her
21:17 The Lord heard Ishmael and sent an Angel to comfort Hagar
21:18 The angel commanded Hagar to carry the child because he would be the father of a great nation
21:19 God opened her eyes and she saw a well and gave her son a drink
21:20 God was with Ishmael and he grew up strong and became good with the bow
21:21 Ishmael lived in the wilderness of Paran and Hagar took a wife for him from Egypt
21:22 Abimelech and Phicol (the commander of the army) came to Abraham and said God is with you in all you do
21:23 Abimelech asked Abraham to deal with him squarely
21:24 Abraham swore he would
21:25 Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well which had been seized by Abimelech's servants
21:26 Abimelech said he had no knowledge of this
21:27 Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech said he had no knowledge of this
21:28 Abimelech asked what was the meaning of the 7 ewes Abraham had set apart
21:29-30 Abraham replied that these 7 ewes were a sign that Abimelech would know that Abraham had dug this well
21:31 The place was called Beer-Sheba because both men had made a covenant
21:32 Abimelech and Phicol returned to the Land of the Philistines
21:33 Abraham planted a tree in Ber-Sheba and called on the name of the Lord
21:34 Abraham sojourned may days in the land of the Philistines
22:1 God then tested Abraham
22:2 God told Abraham to take Isaac, his only son whom he loved, to Moriah and offer him as a burnt sacrifice
22:3 Abraham took Isaac and two men and left for the place God had told him to go
22:4 Abraham saw the place on the third day
22:5 Abraham left the two men and took Isaac
22:6 Abraham took the word of the offering and laid it on Isaac and took the fire and knife in his hands and traveled to the mountain
22:7 Isaac asked Abraham where the offering was
22:8 Abraham replied that God will provide the offering
22:9 Abraham built an altar and laid Isaac on it and bound him
22:10 Abraham took the knife to kill his son
22:11 Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham and he stopped
22:12 The angel commanded Abraham not to harm the boy because the Lord knew that Abraham withheld nothing from him
22:13 A ram was stuck in the bush and Abraham killed and offered the ram to God
22:14 Abraham called the place the Lord will provide
22:15 The Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time
22:16 The Lord declared that because Abraham had not withheld his son
22:17 That he will bless Abraham and fulfill the covenant
22:18 Because Abraham obeyed the voice of God all nations will bless themselves through him
22:19 Abraham and Isaac and the two men returned to Beer-Sheba
22:20 Abraham learned that his brother Nahor had children: Uz, Buz and Kemu'el, father of Aram
22:22 Kemu'el also had Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethu'el
22:23 Bethel became the father of Rebekah
22:24 Nahor's concubine Reumah had Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Ma'acah
23:1 Sarah lived 127 years
23:2 Sarah died at Kir'iath-ar' by Hebron in Canaan. Abraham mourned her
23:3 Abraham spoke to the Hittites
23:4 He asked for a place to bury Sarah
23:5 The Hittites answered
23:6 They offered Abraham the best places to bury Sarah
23:7 Abraham bowed to the
23:8 He asked for Ephron, son of Zohar
23:9 He asked Ephron for the cave Mach-pe'lah and he would pay full price
23:10 Ephron was sitting among the Hittites
23:11 Ephron offered the cave and tiled to Abraham for free
23:12 Abraham bowed down before the people of the Lord
23:13 Abraham insisted that he pay
23:14 Ephron answered Abraham
23:15 He said it is worth 400 shekels of silver and asked what is that between us. He insisted that Abraham bury his dead.
23:16 Abraham measured out 400 shekels of silver among the Hittites and paid Ephron
23:17 The field and the cave were given to Abraham
23:18 It was done in front of the Hittites
23:19 Abraham buried Sarah in the cave
23:20 The Hittites sold the land and the cave to Abraham
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