Bible Language Cross References for the verse Genesis 12:0 in WEB
- 1 It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,
- 2 that they 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 (the same is Zoar).
- 3 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).
- 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled.
- 5 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
- 6 and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
- 7 They returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.
- 8 There 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 (the same is Zoar); and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim;
- 9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.
- 10 Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the mountain.
- 11 They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.
- 12 They took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
- 13 One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram.
- 14 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
- 15 He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
- 16 He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
- 17 The king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (the same is the King's Valley).
- 18 Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.
- 19 He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:
- 20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Abram gave him a tenth of all.
- 21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the goods to yourself."
- 22 Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
- 23 that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'
- 24 Except only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre: let them take their portion."
- 1 Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
- 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
- 3 and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don't go away from your servant.
- 4 Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
- 5 I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."
- 6 Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly make ready three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes."
- 7 Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.
- 8 He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
- 9 They said to him, "Where is Sarah, your wife? He said, "See, in the tent."
- 10 He said, "I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
- 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. It had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
- 12 Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"
- 13 Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?'
- 14 Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."
- 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't laugh," for she was afraid." He said, "No, but you did laugh."
- 16 The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
- 17 Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
- 18 seeing that Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
- 19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."
- 20 Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
- 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me. If not, I will know."
- 22 The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.
- 23 Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
- 24 What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are therein?
- 25 Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"
- 26 Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."
- 27 Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
- 28 What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."
- 29 He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."
- 30 He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."
- 31 He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."
- 32 He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."
- 33 Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.