And when He saw the crowds, He  ¹went up to the mountain. And after He sat down, His  ²disciples came to Him.

And opening His mouth, He taught them, saying,

 ¹Blessed are the  ²poor in  ³spirit, for theirs is the  ⁴kingdom of the heavens.

Blessed are those who  ¹mourn, for they shall be  ²comforted.

Blessed are the  ¹meek, for they shall  ²inherit the earth.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for  ¹righteousness, for they shall be  ²satisfied.

Blessed are the  ¹merciful, for they shall be  ²shown mercy.

Blessed are the  ¹pure in heart, for they shall  ²see God.

Blessed are the  ¹peacemakers, for they shall be called the  ²sons of God.

Blessed are those who are  ¹persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for  ²theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.

Blessed are you when they  ¹reproach and persecute you, and while speaking lies, say every evil thing against you  ²because of Me.

Rejoice and exult, for your  ¹reward is great in the heavens; for so they persecuted the  ²prophets who were before you.

 ¹You are the  ²salt of the earth. But if the salt has become  ³tasteless, with what shall it be salted? It is no longer good for anything except to be  ⁴cast out and  ⁵trampled underfoot by men.

You are the  ¹light of the world. It is impossible for a  ²city situated upon a mountain to be hidden.

Nor do men light a lamp and place it under the  ¹bushel, but on the  ²lampstand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your  ¹good works and  ²glorify your  ³Father who is in the heavens.

These are the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old when he begot Arpachshad, two years after the flood.

And Shem lived after he had begotten Arpachshad five hundred years, and he begot more sons and daughters.

And Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and begot Shelah.

And Arpachshad lived after he had begotten Shelah four hundred three years, and he begot more sons and daughters.

And Shelah lived thirty years and begot Eber.

And Shelah lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred three years, and he begot more sons and daughters.

And Eber lived thirty-four years and begot Peleg.

And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred thirty years, and he begot more sons and daughters.

And Peleg lived thirty years and begot Reu.

And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred nine years, and he begot more sons and daughters.

And Reu lived thirty-two years and begot Serug.

And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred seven years, and he begot more sons and daughters.

And Serug lived thirty years and begot Nahor.

And Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and he begot more sons and daughters.

And Nahor lived twenty-nine years and begot Terah.

And Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah one hundred nineteen years, and he begot more sons and daughters.

And Terah lived seventy years and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran begot Lot.

And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in  ¹Ur of the  ²Chaldeans.

And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: The name of Abram's wife was  ¹Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.

And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

And  ¹Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan, but when they came to  ²Haran they settled there.

And the days of Terah were two hundred five years, and Terah died in Haran.

 ¹Now Jehovah  ²said to Abram,
Go from your land
And from your relatives
And from your  ³father's house
To the land that I will show you;

 ¹And I will make of you a  ²great nation,
And I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.

And I will bless those who bless you,
And him who  ¹curses you I will curse;
And in you  ²all the families of the earth will be  ³blessed.

So Abram went as Jehovah had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he went out of Haran.

And Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son and all their possessions that they had gathered and the souls that they had acquired in Haran, and they  ¹went out to go to the land of Canaan. And they  ²came to the land of  ³Canaan.

And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.

And Jehovah  ¹appeared to Abram and said, To your  ²seed I will give this  ²land.

And there he built an  ³altar to Jehovah who had appeared to him.

And he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of  ¹Bethel and pitched his  ²tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to Jehovah and  ³called upon the name of Jehovah.

And Abram journeyed onward, journeying toward the  ¹Negev.

And there was a  ¹famine in the land; and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.

And when he was about to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, I know indeed that you are a beautiful woman to look at;

And when the Egyptians see you, they will say, This is his wife, and they will kill me; but they will keep you alive.

Now say you are my sister, that it may be well with me on account of you and  ¹I may live because of you.

And it came about that when Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

And Pharaoh's officials saw her and praised her before Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

And he treated Abram well on account of her, and there were given to him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male servants and female servants and female donkeys and camels.

And Jehovah struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

Why did you say, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? Now then here is your wife; take her and go.

And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him, and they sent him away  ¹with his wife and all that he had.

And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negev.

And Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold.

And he continued on his journey from the Negev as far as  ¹Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

To the place of the altar, which he had made there formerly; and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.

And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

And the land could not support them that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together.

And there was  ¹strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. And at that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelt in the land.

And Abram said to Lot, Let there please be no strife between me and you and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.

Is not the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.

And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw the entire plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere — this was before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah — like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.

So Lot chose for himself the entire plain of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed east; and they separated themselves from each other.

Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

Now the men of Sodom were very wicked and sinful toward Jehovah.

And  ¹Jehovah 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;

For all the land that you see I will give to you and to your seed forever.

And I will make your seed as the  ¹dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed can also be numbered.

Rise up; walk through the land according to its length and its breadth, for I will give it to you.

And Abram moved his  ¹tent and came and dwelt by the oaks of  ²Mamre, which are in  ³Hebron, and there he built an altar to Jehovah.