"In the beginning, God created the Heaven and the Earth." "And the Earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep." "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." "And God said, "Let there be light. "" "And there was light." "And God divided the light from the darkness." "And God called the light "day. "" "And the darkness He called "night. "" "And the evening and the morning were the first day." "And God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters." "And let it divide the waters from the waters. "" "And God called the firmament "heaven. "" "And the evening and the morning were the second day." "And God said:" ""Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place and let the dry land appear. "" "The gathering together of the waters called He "seas. "" "And He called the dry land "earth. "" "And God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass  the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit  whose seed is in itself upon the earth. "" "And the evening and the morning were the third day." "And God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years. "" "And God made two great lights:" "The greater light, to rule the day and the lesser light, to rule the night." "He made the stars also." "And God set them in the firmament of the heaven  to give light upon the Earth." "And the evening and the morning were the fourth day." "And God said, "Let the waters bring forth abundantly  the moving creature that hath life and fowl that fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. "" "And God created great whales and every living creature that moveth  which the waters brought forth abundantly after their kind." "God blessed them, saying:" ""Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters and the seas. "" "And the evening and the morning were the fifth day." "And God said, "Let the earth bring forth  the living creature after his kind." "And everything that creepeth upon the earth after his kind cattle and the beast of the earth after his kind. "" "And God saw that it was good." "And God said:" ""Let us make man in our own image after our likeness. "" "The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul." "And God brought unto Adam every beast of the field and every fowl of the air  to see what he would call them." "And the Lord said:" ""It is not good that the man should be alone. "" "And He caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam." "And he slept." "And God made a woman and brought her unto the man." "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh." "So God created man in His own image in the image of God created He him male and female created He them." "And God saw everything that He had made and behold, it was very good." "And the evening and the morning were the sixth day." "And on the seventh day God rested from all His work which He had made." "And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it." "Eastward, in Eden, God had planted a garden." "And He said, "Go into the garden I have made." "Tend it and keep it." "Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat." "But of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil  thou shalt not eat of it." "For in the day that thou eatest thereof  thou shalt surely die. "" "And God blessed them and said unto them:" ""Be fruitful and multiply. "" "Eve... ." "Eve... ." "Eve... ." "Hath God said..." "... yeshallnoteat ofeverytree in the garden?" "We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden..." "... butofthefruitofthistree God hath said:" ""Ye shall not eat of it..." "... neithershallye touchit,  lest ye die. "" "Ye shall not surely die." "For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof..." "... thenyoureyesshallbeopened..." "... andyeshallbeasgods..." "... knowinggoodandevil." "The serpent hath said that we shall not die..." "... thatoureyesshallbeopened and we shall be as gods." "Taste it." "There's no harm." "It is..." "... disobedience." "It will make us wise." "And the Lord God called unto Adam:" ""Where art thou?"" "I heard thy voice and I was afraid because I was naked, and I hid myself." "Who told thee that thou wast naked?" "Hast thou eaten of the tree  whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat?" "The woman thou gavest to be with me..." "... shegaveme of thetree, and I did eat." "What is it that thou hast done?" "The serpent beguiled me and I did eat." "Because thou hast done this  thou art cursed above all cattle and above every beast of the field." "Upon thy belly shalt thou go and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life." "I will put enmity between thee and the woman between thy seed and her seed." "It shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel." "Eve I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception." "In sorrow shalt thou bring forth children and thy desire shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over thee." "Adam, because thou hast harkened unto thy wife and hast eaten of the tree cursed is the ground for thy sake in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life  thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee." "Thou shalt eat the herb of the field." "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread until thou returnest unto the ground." "For out of it was thou taken." "For dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return." "I have made a man from the Lord God." "Thy name shall be called Cain." "And the meaning of Cain is "possession. "" "Eve again bare a son and his name was Abel  which means "breath of life. "" "And the children of Eve grew to be men." "Cain was a tiller of the ground and Abel was a keeper of flocks." "At the time of the harvest, they builded altars and kindled fires upon them." "And Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock and the fat thereof." "And Cain also brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord." "And the Lord had respect unto Abel and his offering." "But unto Cain and his offering He had not respect." "Why art thou angry?" "If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted?" "Cain?" "Cain." "Where is Abel, thy brother?" "I know not!" "Where is Abel, thy brother?" "Am I my brother's keeper?" "What hast thou done?" "The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground." "Now art thou cursed from the Earth  which hath opened to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand." "When thou tillest the ground it shall not yield unto thee her strength." "A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the Earth." "For dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return." "My punishment is greater than I can bear!" "Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the Earth..." "... andfromthyfaceshallIbehid." "And I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the Earth..." "... andeveryonethatfindethme shall slay me!" "Whosoever slayeth Cain  vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." "I set a mark upon Cain lest any, finding him, shall slay him." "And Cain left the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the Land of Nod, east of Eden." "And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bare a son." "In the generations of time  when his seed began to people the Earth  there were born men apt in knowledge and craft." "As Jabal, the father of such as dwell in tents and of such as have cattle." "They made vessels out of the earth jars and pitchers by the skill of their hands." "And Jabal's brother's name was Jubal." "He was the father of all such as handle the harp and play music." "And Tubalcain, also an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron." "And they learnt the secrets of the ground  that it should deliver to them its fullness and strength." "But the knowledge of good and evil was in all the people of the Earth." "And God grieved in His heart that men followed the way of evil and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil, continually." "The Earth disclosed her blood and no more covered her slain." "The deed of Cain was multiplied a thousand times." "And God said, "I will destroy man, whom I have created both man and beast, for it repenteth me that I hath made them. "" "But the Lord gave Eve another son instead of Abel whom Cain slew." "And Adam called his name Seth." "And from Seth 's seed, through the generations  was Noah born." "And Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord." "There dwelt with Noah his sons:" "Shem Japheth and Ham." "And his wife, and his sons ' wives also." "And Noah was perfect in his generations." "He was a just man, and walked with God." "Noah." "Noah." "Noah!" "Hearken now to my voice and take heed." "Now shall I tell thee the matter of my grief and of what thou shalt do." "The end of all flesh is come before me for the Earth is filled with violence through them." "And behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the Earth  to destroy all flesh." "And everything that is in the Earth shall die." "Make thee an ark of gopher wood." "Rooms shalt thou make and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch." "And this is the fashion thou shalt make it of." "The length of the ark shall be 300 cubits  the breadth of it 50 cubits and the height of it 30 cubits." "With thee will I establish my covenant." "Thou shalt come into the ark." "Thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons ' wives with thee." "For thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation." "What is more stupid than this?" "A man building a ship on dry land!" "A devil is in him and hath made him mad..." "... andhissonswithhim!" "When shall the Earth see this again?" "He hath the sea in his head, and his house rides up on the waves." "Father, is it indeed God's voice thou hast heard?" "For look, there is no cloud in the sky." "Not so much as would cover a bird." "The Lord waiteth upon our work." "Then what need is there of haste?" "Shall we not do it little by little..." "... undercoverof night?" "He demandeth every hour of the day." "In our obedience must be no delay." "Will you question your father's understanding or doubt his ways?" "You should be ashamed." "Yet when shall they be rid of the work?" "All things wait for this." "The ground is unsown, and the house is unmended." "Give me one to make the roof good..." "... lestwhentheraincomesthehouse will not keep it out." "But, wife!" "Shem!" "More pitch!" "Ham!" "We have need of more pitch!" "Japheth!" "Take the bucket and fill it, and our work is done!" "Shem!" "Ham!" "Japheth!" "Noah." "Come thou and all thy house into the ark." "I will cause it to rain upon the Earth 40 days and 40 nights." "Every living substance I have made  will I destroy from off the face of the Earth." "And of every living thing of all flesh  two of every sort, male and female shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee." "Two..." "... ofeverysort." "Wife!" "Sons!" "Daughters!" "Fear not." "The Lord hath spoken and said:" ""Bring two of every kind to keep them alive. "" "They have followed me and trust us..." "... tomindthemand bringthem  to safety." "They're good beasts at heart." "They will do no harm to you, nor each other..." "... fortheyknowofthewaters that will fall upon the Earth." "And God hath chosen them above all others." "There are more yet to come." "Japheth, help them find their way." "Ham, Shem, load hay and grain." "Wife and daughters, put oil into the lamps." "And get thy house aboard the ark in order." "And God shut him in." "is it the wind that waileth?" "No, wife." "It is the chaff, which the wind driveth away." "The Lord hath taken hold of the ends of the Earth..." "... andshakethit ." "They cry to be fed." "We have work to do." "Shem..." "... carefortheanimalswith  hooves that cheweth the cud." "Ham shall tend the camels, hares, swine and giraffes." "Japheth, the tigers, the lions, the cats of all kinds." "What shall they eat?" "Milk from the cattle and the goats." "Milk?" "For beasts of prey?" "They're only great cats, wife." "Do you not hear them purr?" "Be not afraid." "He will do thee no harm, for harm is not in him." "Shem, the red hart has not eaten of his corn." "Fetch him leaves." "The waters prevailed, and all the high hills were covered." "And Noah only remained alive and they that were with him in the ark." "When will the rain cease?" "When shall we stand again upon the Earth?" "God has told us it shall rain 40 days and 40 nights." "But here we know neither the day nor the night." "We cannot measure the time by sleep." "We sleep when we will." "When we are rested, we wake." "The moon has no waxing or waning..." "... andthesunnorisingorsetting." "We are without knowledge of time." "Nay, but I know." "Since the time we came into the ark..." "... andthedoorsshut,andtheflood carried us upon its waters..." "... thedayshavebeen20." "And two." "Twenty and two." "How dost thou know what is hidden from us?" "By what rod dost thou measure the darkness?" "By the beasts, who carry the days within them." "Even as the sun and the moon divide the seasons into hours." "I know the time by the lowing of the cow ready to be milked..." "... andthecackleofthehenwhen the egg shall be gathered." "I have counted the days." "In 1 8 days, then, we'll know the world as before." "Not so." "When the rain stops, still the water will cover the earth." "Neither shall we know the world as before." "When the waters are dried up..." "... thenweshallknow." "We shall be alone on the Earth." "No other life." "Where will the ark have carried us?" "In what strange land shall we be renewed?" "The Lord has put the future into our hands." "All things will be new." "Raven!" "And Noah sent forth a raven  to see if the waters were abated from off the ground." "Go forth!" "And the raven went forth, and flew to and fro." "Even until the waters were dried up from off the Earth." "And the raven returned not again unto Noah anymore." "Also he sent forth a dove from him." "But the Earth was still seas as it had been in the beginning, before the dry land appeared." "She hath found no rest for the sole of her foot." "For the waters are on the face of the whole Earth." "Eat of the grain and renew thy strength." "For in seven days I shall send thee forth again." "And the dove came in to him in the evening and lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf, plucked off." "Let us make a rudder and a sail." "For now we know that the waters are abated from the Earth..." "... andwecanfindland ." "What sail shall discover the winds, and what rudder find our course?" "The breath of God shall divide the waves..." "... andhishandonly lead us into safety." "And the ark rested in the seventh month, of the 1 7th day of the month upon the mountains of Ararat." "And the Lord said in his heart:" ""I will not again curse the ground for man 's sake." "While the Earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." "The waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh." "I do set my bow in the cloud." "And it shall be for a token between me and the Earth." "It shall come to pass when I bring a cloud  the bow shall be seen in the cloud." "And I will remember my covenant which is between me and you." "And every living creature of all flesh. "" "And sons were born unto the sons of Noah after the flood." "And of them was the whole Earth overspread." "And the whole Earth was of one language and of one speech." "Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah." "The sons of Japheth:" "Gomer...." "The sons of Shem:" "Elam, Asshur...." "And the sons of Ham:" "Mizraim, Phut, Canaan and Cush." "And Cush begat Nimrod." "And Nimrod was a king." "And he set to build a tower that would soar like his pride." "A tower that would reach unto Heaven." "And his people sang a song as they built the tower:" ""Who can bend the bow of Nimrod?" "Or put strength into the arrow like unto his strength?" "Nothing is too mighty for him to do" "No power is greater than his" "He hath taken the Earth and made it his own" "He stores up the thunder and wears the lightning like a jewel" "The glory of Nimrod shines beyond the sun" "There is none greater than he in Earth or Heaven. "" "And the Lord came down to see the tower  which the children of men builded." "And He said, "Behold, the people is one and they have all one language." "And this they begin to do." "And now nothing will be restrained from them  which they have imagined to do. "" "My bow." ""Let us go down and confound their language  that they may not understand one another's speech. "" "Stand your ground." "Obey me!" "Make good what has been brought down." "Am I not Nimrod?" "And my voice is your commandment!" "What words are these?" "Babbling fool!" "Madness is in his mouth!" "You mock your king's tongue?" "Shall a monkey gibber against me?" "Therefore is the name of it called Babel." "There the Lord confounded their language and scattered them abroad upon the Earth." "The Lord waited 1 0 generations for a man called Abram to be born." "He was born in Ur of the Chaldees." "And when he had come of an age, the Lord said:" ""Get out of thy city and thy country from thy kindred and from thy father's house unto a land that I will show thee." "I will make of thee a great nation and I will bless thee and make thy name great. "" "So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him  with Lot, his brother's son and Sarai, his wife, whom he loved and all their substance that they gathered and the souls they had gotten and they journeyed like strangers on the Earth." "They journeyed not knowing whither they went." "And yet the land lay before them as the Lord had promised." "And the mornings and the evenings pointed the way." "Come!" "Come!" "The hills revealed it." "Lift up now thine eyes and look from the place where thou art northward and southward and eastward and westward for all the land which thou seest  to thee will I give it and to thy seed forever." "Shall we indeed inherit this country in peace?" "For the Canaanites go about the land." "The understanding of God..." "... isnotourunderstanding." "And what shall be brought about and how it is perfected..." "... isnotin ourpowertoknow." "Only in the promise of what shall come..." "... canweprosper." "And in that trust..." "... havewepitchedour tents." "Wife." "Abram." "My husband." "The sun has gone down." "We have labored until evening." "I bring my love beside you in the tent..." "... asdayanswerethday ." "Let my beloved come into his garden and eat his pleasant fruits." "Behold." "Thou art fair, my love." "Behold, thou art fair." "I have drawn away from my beauty as from a stranger..." "... fortheyearshavegone with  the going down of the sun." "Your beauty stands in a sanctuary." "The enemy falters in the street..." "... andsheatheshissword in the marketplace." "Time..." "... cannotpassthedoor." "The strong lock of the door is love..." "... andthekey..." "... isinmy hand." "As the apple tree among the trees of the wood..." "... soismy belovedamongthesons." "His left hand is under my head..." "... andhisrighthanddoth embraceme." "My right arm covers you..." "... asthenightcoverstheday." "But Sarai, his wife, was barren and she had no child." "Yet was the land before them as God had promised." "And they pitched their tents in the length and breadth of it from Bethel to Kadesh and Shur, even unto Egypt." "With Sarai came also her handmaid Hagar, the Egyptian." "They learned the wells and fertile places..." "Five score." "...and Abram prospered." "Six score." "Seven score." "And when they came again unto Bethel  there was division between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle." "Let there be no strife between thee and me." "And between thy herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are brethren." "Our substance is too great for us to dwell together." "The land is not able to bear us together." "is not the whole land before thee?" "Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me." "If thou will go left, I will go to the right..." "... orifthougoright, I will go to the left." "There below us is the plain of Jordan." "And that way I will go." "Toward the cities of the plain." "The men of the cities are wicked, and sinners before the Lord." "From here the walls of Sodom and Gomorrah are white." "But within the walls..." "... isthedarknessofmen." "Many tribes and their kings try to claim their domination..." "... andthecitywallsarerefuge and strength." "God is my refuge and strength." "The plain is well-watered everywhere..." "... fertilewithfruitsoftheearth ..." "... evenastheGardenoftheLord." "That is the way I shall take." "And my way is another." "Lift up now thine eyes and look from the place where thou art northward and southward and eastward and westward." "For all the land which thou seest  to thee will I give it and to thy seed forever." "Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless?" "Behold, to me thou hast given no seed." "I will make thy seed as the dust of the Earth so that if one can number the dust of the Earth  then shall thy seed also be numbered." "But Sarai, my wife, is barren and she has no child." "I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees  to give thee this land to inherit it." "Lord God..." "... wherebyshallIknow that I shall inherit it?" "Take me a heifer of three years old and a she-goat of three years old and a ram of three years old and a turtledove and a young pigeon." "Divide them in the midst and lay each piece one against another." "But the birds, they shall not be divided." "Now have I made my covenant between me and thee and out of thine own bowels thou shalt have an heir." "And Isaac shall his name be called." "Yet know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs." "Its rulers shall afflict them pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them." "They shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth." "They shall be tried, like metal in a furnace as also I shall try thee." "I will make a man more precious than fine gold even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir." "Go." "Go." "Abram." "Behold now." "The Lord hath restrained me from bearing." "I pray thee..." "... goinuntomymaid ..." "... accordingtothatlaw whichsays :" ""When a wife is barren..." "... hermaidservantmaybearforher."" "It may be that I may obtain children by her." "I give thee my handmaiden..." "... HagartheEgyptian..." "... tobethywife." "is it so..." "... thatthepromiseofmany nations shall be fulfilled?" "Even so... ." "And Abram went in to Hagar and she conceived and when it came near the time that she should bear a child  Sarai, her mistress, was despised in her eyes." "Are you not tired?" "Let us stay our hands..." "... andeatanddrink, now that the sun is gone." "Fruits of thy kind." "Figs that are dry, and dates and raisins." "But for me..." "... thefruitsthatripen." "Go away from me!" "Why weepest thou?" "I am ashamed." "For what cause?" "Did I not say to thee:" ""Go in to my maid that I may obtain children by her"?" "Even so?" "Now I am despised by her that she carries the child in her body." "I am but the grass that is bruised where she walks." "I look through her eyes and see myself as one who no longer lives." "The fulfillment of the earth passes to strangers." "And I am left as I was never born." "But the child is thine..." "... bythymaidservant..." "... andbytheloveIbearthee." "From the south, even unto the plain of Jordan came four warring kings:" "The kings of Shinar, of Ellasar of Elam, and Tidal, king of nations." "These made war with the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Zoar." "Four kings with five." "They joined battle in the vale of Siddim." "The vale of Siddim was full of slime pits and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and fell there and the victors took captives and goods and went their way." "And Lot?" "And Lot, my brother's son, Lot?" "He is taken captive." "Shall the land that is promised to us have no peace?" "And my blood be taken into slavery?" "Eliezer." "My lord?" "Summon Mamre, the Amorite..." "... andAnerandEshcol,hisbrothers who are confederates." "And you, my trained servants..." "... borninmineown house..." "... gatheratthetents." "Three hundred eighteen we be." "How shall we prevail against so many?" "They have gotten the victory, and left off watching." "I will divide us against them by night..." "... andsmitethem." "Blessed be the most high God..." "... whichhathdeliveredmineenemies into my hands." "Thou art my shield and my exceeding great reward." "I am the Almighty God." "Walk before me and be thou perfect." "Thy name shall no more be Abram but thy name shall be Abraham." "For kings shall come out of thee and I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee, and their generations, to be their God." "As for Sarai, thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai but Sarah shall her name be." "And I will bless her and give thee a son, also of her." "And she shall be a mother of nations." "Thy child." "By my maidservant, and by the love I bear thee." "The smell of my son is like a field which the Lord has blessed." "This is my covenant, which ye shall keep between me and you and thy seed after thee." "Every man-child among you shall be circumcised as a token of the covenant betwixt me and you." "Thou hast 24 score and 7 in thy flock." "By each pebble I know you as good servants." "You are blessed among us and are indeed our blessing." "My lord." "Behold." "Thy son, Ishmael, hath seven years." "Give him thy blessing, I pray..." "... thathemaylivebeforeGodas the  first of thy flesh, and thy only son." "Yet have I told thee how it stands between me and Ishmael." "For God hath said He will bless Sarah and give me a son also..." "... ofher." "Wilt thou indeed believe what cannot come to pass?" "The years have gone by and the promise is not fulfilled." "With Sarah, thy wife..." "... thetimeof childbearingisover ." "Give Ishmael, therefore, thy blessing." "Thou can hope for no other." "Shall the Lord speak and Abraham not believe?" "What is faith if it say, "This thing cannot be"?" "And as for Ishmael..." "... Godhassaid"Behold..." "... Ihaveblessedhim and will make him fruitful." "But my covenant will I establish with Isaac..." "... whichSarahshallbearunto thee ."" "And so I wait upon his will..." "... evenbeyondthetime." "And Abraham waited upon the will of God." "And God was silent, as one who searches the strength of a man." "Three years passed and two more added and Sarah and Abraham grew old." "My Lord..." "... ifnowIhavefoundfavor  in thy sight..." "... passnotawayfromthyservant." "We go down towards the city..." "... towardSodom..." "... whereLot,thybrother'sson,  sits in the gate of the city." "Rest yourselves, I pray thee..." "... underthetree." "And comfort ye your hearts." "Where is Sarah, thy wife?" "Behold, in the tent." "I will certainly return unto thee, and lo..." "... Sarah,thywife,shallhave ason ." "After I am waxed old..." "... shallI havepleasure..." "... myLordbeingold also?" "Wherefore did Sarah laugh?" "is anything too hard for the Lord?" "I laughed not!" "Nay..." "... butthoudidstlaugh." "At the time appointed I will return unto thee..." "... andSarahshallhaveason ." "We are going..." "... towardsthecitiesoftheplain ." "I will bring you on your way." "Shall I hide from Abraham..." "... thatthingwhichIdo ?" "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great..." "... andbecausetheirsin  is very grievous..." "... Iwillgo downnow ..." "... andseewhether they have done altogether..." "... accordingtothecry ofit, which has come unto me..." "... andifnot,Iwill know ." "Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?" "There may be 50 righteous..." "... withinthecity." "Wiltthou not spare the place for them?" "Shall not the judge of all the Earth..." "... doright?" "If I find 50 righteous within the city..." "... Iwillspareall the place for their sakes." "What if there be 45 such men?" "Or 30?" "Or even as few as 20?" "I will not destroy it..." "... for20'ssake." "Let not the Lord be angry and I will speak yet but this once:" "Peradventure, 1 0 shall be found there." "I will not destroy it for 1 0's sake." "It chanced that when the sun was down, Lot sat in the gates of the city." "And he lift up his eyes and looked and beheld two strangers coming into the city." "What strangers are these?" "Where are they from?" "Two angels of God." "So fair they are." "So fair." "Where are they?" "What have you done with them?" "Yes, bring them out unto us!" "Bring them, that we may know them!" "I pray, brethren, do not so wickedly." "For these strangers here with us are of God." "Better you destroy all I possess..." "... thananyharmshouldbedonethem." "Behold, I have two daughters which have not known man." "Let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you..." "... anddoye to them as is good in your eyes..." "... onlyuntothesemen donothing." "This one fellow came in to sojourn..." "... andhewillneedsbeajudge?" "Now will we deal worse with thee than with them!" "I cannot see!" "Whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place..." "... fortheLordhathsent us to destroy it." "Take thy wife and thy two daughters which are here..." "... lestthoube consumed in the iniquity of the city." "Escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed." "Look not behind thee." "The name of our son shall be called Isaac." "Thy son..." "... andmine." "God hath made me laugh." "All that hear will laugh with me." "Who would have said unto Abraham..." "... thatSarahwouldhave given children suck?" "For I have borne him a son in his old age." "In him..." "... arethestarsoftheheavens..." "... andthesandsoftheseashore." "And the child grew and Abraham made a great feast the same day Isaac was weaned." "Cast out this bondwoman and her son." "Who has put this into thy heart?" "Did you not see how he went among us mocking?" "I have a great fear there will come such division in our people." "Like Cain and Abel again. I beg you, cast out this bondwoman and her son!" "The son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son..." "... evenwithIsaac." "What sayest thou?" "He is my seed." "I will not cast out the lad, nor thy bondwoman." "But God said unto Abraham:" ""Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad and because of thy bondwoman." "In all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. "" "And Abraham sent her away, and she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba." "Lord!" "Let me not see the death of the child!" "And an angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven and he said unto her:" "What aileth thee, Hagar?" "Fear not..." "... forGodhathheardthevoice  of the lad where he is." "And God was with the lad and he grew and became a great nation." "Here are the generations of my fathers named..." "... towhomGodgavelife ." "It has fallen to me that the past shall not be forgotten..." "... andafterme ..." "... myson..." "... alsoshallrememberit." "By what descent are ye come?" "These are the generations of which I am made..." "... ofNoah,whobyfaith prepared an ark..." "... tothesavingofthis house." "Noah begat Shem..." "... andShem,Arphaxad..." "... andafterhimwas Salah, who begat Eber..." "... andhissonwas Peleg..." "... thefatherof Reu, who begat Serug..." "... thefatherof Nahor..." "... andNahorbegatTerah..." "... whosesonwasAbraham, my father." "Here are the names written." "And here shalt thy name be also..." "... Isaac,sonof Abraham..." "... whenthoutakestmyplace." "Put thy hand upon it." "Abraham...." "Abraham!" "Here I am." "The night is filled with thy voice." "Here am I." "What dost thou demand of me?" "Thy son." "Thy only son." "What sayest thou?" "Take now thy son  thy only son, Isaac, whom thou lovest and go into the mountains, where I shall show thee and offer him there for a burnt offering." "Wouldst thou I do even as the Canaanites..." "... wholaytheirfirst-born on fires before idols?" "Art thou truly the Lord, my God?" "Thou knowest." "No!" "Thou wilt not..." "... askthisthingofme!" "Isaac..." "... takeleaveof thymother." "Mother, I am going on a journey." "A journey?" "We are going on a journey of three days." "l am going with my father." "What dost thou tell me?" "A journey unto the land of Moriah!" "Unto Moriah?" "Why unto Moriah?" "God hath commanded that we go there to sacrifice unto him." "Six days must I wait for thee?" "Mother, it is a little time." "I have waited for thee until I was old." "The days are precious to me." "Isaac, Isaac... ." "What should I fear..." "... ifthougoestwiththyfather?" "Father..." "... thiswasacity?" "The city of Sodom." "Lot sat here in this gate." "And here..." "... camethetwoangelstohim." "He overthrew these cities and all the plain..." "... andalltheinhabitants of the cities..." "... andthatwhichgrew upon the face of the ground." "All the inhabitants?" "And lo, the smoke of the country went up..." "... asthesmokeofa furnace." "The Lord, our God, must be obeyed." "All the inhabitants of the cities?" "The children also?" "Were the children also wicked?" "Father?" "Shall not the judge of all the Earth..." "... doright?" "Call the nobles to the kingdom!" "None are here." "All the princes are nothing!" "Father!" "All the princes are nothing!" "The thorns have come up in the palace." "From generation to generation it will lie..." "... waste." "Ye shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion." "Has it not been told from the beginning, God is He that sitteth..." "... uponthecircleoftheEarth ..." "... thatstretchethoutthe heaven as a curtain..." "... andspreadeththemout asa tent  wherein to dwell..." "... thatbringeththeprinces to nothing?" "Ye shall blow upon them..." "... andtheyshallwither!" "And the whirlwind..." "... shalltakethemaway..." "... asstubble." "My son..." "... theLordGod..." "... appeareduntome ..." "... andsaiduntome,  "l am the Almighty God." "Walk before me..." "... andbethou..." "... perfect." "Behold, my covenant is with thee..." "... andI willmakethee..." "... exceedingly..." "... fruitful."" "Come, let us leave these ruins..." "... andgofromhere into the mountains." "In all things..." "... wemustobeyHim ." "Then on the third day Abraham lift up his eyes and saw the place, afar off." "The wood." "The fire." "The knife." "But where is the ram for the sacrifice?" "Father!" "My son!" "There is nothing He may not ask of thee?" "Nothing." "Abraham!" "Abraham!" "Here am I." "Lay not thy hand upon the lad for now I know that thou fearest God seeing that thou hadst not withheld thy son  thy only son, from me." "There is the ram for the sacrifice." "Behold, I have tried thee like metal in a furnace." "I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction." "Now will I multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is by the seashore, innumerable." "Subtitles by sdl Media Group"