Thematic Bible: To abraham


Thematic Bible



And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo! three men, standing over against him, - so he looked and ran to meet them from the opening of the tent, and bowed himself to the earth;

Then called out unto him the messenger of Yahweh out of the heavens, and said. Abraham, Abraham! And he said Behold me! Then he said, Do not put forth thy hand unto the young man, neither do to him - anything at all, - for, now, know I that one who reverest God, thou art, when thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from me. And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo! a ram, behind, caught in a thicket by his horns, and Abraham went, and took the ram, and caused him to ascend as an ascending-sacrifice instead of his son. read more.
So Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh, - as to which it is still said to-day, In the mountain of Yahweh, will provision be made. Then called out the messenger of Yahweh unto Abraham, - a second time out of the heavens; and said, By myself, have I sworn is the oracle of Yahweh, - Because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, That I will, richly bless, thee, and, abundantly multiply, thy seed, as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the lip of the sea, - that thy seed may take possession of the gate of his foes: So shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves in thy seed, - Because thou didst hearken unto my voice.




And Abram said My Lord Yahweh, what canst thou give me, when, I, am going on childless, - and the heir of my house, is Eliezer, of Damascus, And Abram said - Lo, to me, hast thou not given seed, - And lo! a son of my household, is mine heir! And lo! the word of Yahweh came unto him, saying, This one, shall not be thine heir: But one who cometh forth of thy body - hell shall be thine heir. read more.
And he brought him forth abroad and said - Look steadfastly. I pray thee towards the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number, them, And he said to him, Thus, shall be thy seed.

Now, Yahweh, visited Sarah, as he had said, - And Yahweh did for Sarah as he had spoken. So, Sarah, conceived and bare, to Abraham, a son, for his old age, at the set time, of which God had spoken with him.


These, are the genealogies of Shem, Shem was a hundred years old when he begat Arpachshad, two years after the flood and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad, five hundred years, - and begat sons and daughters. And, Arpachshad, lived thirty-five years, - and begat Shelah; read more.
and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah, four hundred and three years, - and begat sons and daughters. And, Shelah, lived thirty years, - and begat Eber; and Shelah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years, - and begat sons and daughters. And Eber lived thirty-four years, - and begat Peleg; and Eber lived after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty years, - and begat sons and daughters. And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: and Peleg lived after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years, - and begat sons and daughters. And Reu lived thirty-two years - and begat Serug; and Reu lived after he begat Serug, two hundred and seven years, - and begat sons and daughters. And Serug lived thirty years, - and begat Nahor; and Serug lived after he begat Nahor, two hundred years, - and begat sons and daughters. And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, - and begat Terah; and Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, a hundred and nineteen years, - and begat sons and daughters. And Terah lived seventy years, - and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. These, then are the generations of Terah, Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran, - and, Haran, begat Lot; and Haran died, in the presence of Terah his father, - in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nahor took to themselves wives; the name of Abrams wife, was Sarai; and, the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, daughter of Haran father of Milcah, and father of Iscah. And, Sara, remained barren, - she had no child, And Terah took Abram his son and Lot son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, - and came forth with them out of Ur of the Chaldees, that they might go their way towards the land of Canaan, and they came in as far as Haran and dwelt there. And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, - and Terah died in Haran.

Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The sons of Japheth, Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech and Tiras. And, the sons of Gomer, Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah. read more.
And, the sons of Javan, Elishah, and Tarshish, - Kittim, and Rodanim. The sons of Ham, Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. And, the sons of Cush, Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And, the sons of Raamah, Sheba, and Dedan. And, Cush, begat Nimrod, - he, began to be a mighty one in the earth. And, Mizraim, begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, and Pathrusim, and Casluhim - whence went forth the Philistines, and Caphtorim. And, Canaan, begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth; and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite; and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. The sons of Shem, Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, - and Uz, and Hul, and Gethur, and Meshech. And, Arpachshad, begat Shelah, - and, Shelah, begat Eber. And, unto Eber, were born two sons, - the name of the one, was Peleg, for, in his days, was the earth divided, and, the name of his brother, was Joktan. And, Joktan, begat Almodad, and Sheleph, - and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah; and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah; and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba; and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these, were the sons of Joktan. Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah; Eber, Peleg, Reu; Serug, Nahor, Terah; Abram - the same, is Abraham.

of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, - of Terah, of Nahor: of Serug, of Reu, of Peleg, - of Eber, of Shelah: of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Shem, - of Noah, of Lamech: read more.
of Methuselah, of Enoch, of Jared, - of Mahalaleel, of Cainan: of Enos, of Seth, - of Adam; of God.


the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite;

And when he saw the Kenite, he took up hi parable, and said, - Enduring thy dwelling-place, Set thou then in the crag, thy nest; Yet shall it be for destruction, O Kain, - How long shall Assyria hold thee captive? And he took up his parable, and said, - Alas who shall survive its fulfillment by GOD;


And thy name shall no more be called Abram, - but thy name shall become Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations, have I appointed thee;