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  1. 9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
  2. 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
  3. 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
  4. 10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
  5. 10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
  6. 10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
  7. 11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
  8. 11:10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
  9. 11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
  10. 11:30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
  11. 12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
  12. 12:6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
  13. 12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
  14. 12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
  15. 12:14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
  16. 12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
  17. 12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
  18. 13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
  19. 13:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
  20. 13:7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
  21. 13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
  22. 13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
  23. 14:10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
  24. 14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
  25. 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
  26. 15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
  27. 15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
  28. 16:1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
  29. 16:4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
  30. 16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
  31. 16:14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
  32. 16:16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
  33. 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
  34. 17:24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
  35. 17:25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
  36. 17:26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
  37. 18:10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
  38. 18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
  39. 19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
  40. 19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
  41. 20:16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
  42. 21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
  43. 21:5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
  44. 21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
  45. 21:11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
  46. 21:15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
  47. 21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
  48. 22:20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
  49. 22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
  50. 23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

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