When Abramheardthat his relativehad been takencaptive,he ledout his trainedmen,bornin his house,threehundredand eighteen,and wentin pursuitas faras Dan.
Therefore he treatedAbramwellfor her sake;and gavehim sheepand oxenand donkeysand maleand femaleservantsand femaledonkeysand camels.
AbramtookSaraihis wifeand Lothis nephew,and alltheir possessionswhichthey had accumulated,and the personswhichthey had acquiredin Haran,and they setout for the landof Canaan;thus they cameto the landof Canaan.
So Abramsaidto Lot,"Pleaselet there be nostrifebetweenyou and me, nor betweenmy herdsmenand your herdsmen,for we are brothers.
They also tookLot,Abram'snephew,and his possessionsand departed,for he was livingin Sodom.
He broughtbackallthe goods,and alsobroughtbackhis relativeLotwith his possessions,and alsothe women,and the people.
And Abramsaid,"SinceYou have givennooffspringto me, onebornin my houseis my heir."
"And everymaleamong you who is eightdaysoldshall be circumcisedthroughout your generations,a [servant] whois bornin the houseor whois boughtwith moneyfrom anyforeigner,whois not of your descendants.
Then AbrahamtookIshmaelhis son,and all[the servants] whowere bornin his houseand allwhowere boughtwith his money,everymaleamong the menof Abraham'shousehold,and circumcisedthe fleshof their foreskinin the verysameday,as Godhad saidto him.
Allthe menof his household,whowere bornin the houseor boughtwith moneyfrom a foreigner,were circumcisedwith him.
"For I have chosenhim, sothat he may commandhis childrenand his householdafterhim to keepthe wayof the LORDby doingrighteousnessand justice,sothat the LORDmay bringupon AbrahamwhatHe has spokenabouthim."
"Hearus, my lord,you are a mightyprinceamongus; buryyour deadin the choicestof our graves;noneof us will refuseyou his gravefor buryingyour dead."
So Ben-hadadlistenedto KingAsaand sentthe commandersof his armiesagainstthe citiesof Israel,and conqueredIjon,Dan,Abel-beth-maacahand allChinneroth,besidesallthe landof Naphtali.
"Kingsof armiesflee,they flee,And she whoremainsat homewill dividethe spoil!"
A friendlovesat alltimes,And a brotheris bornfor adversity.
I boughtmaleand femaleslavesand I hadhomebornslaves.AlsoI possessed flocksand herdslargerthanallwhoprecededme in Jerusalem.
So they tookallthe menand wentto fightwith Ishmaelthe sonof Nethaniahand they foundhim by the greatpoolthat is in Gibeon.
Now Moseswentup from the plainsof Moabto MountNebo,to the topof Pisgah,whichis oppositeJericho.And the LORDshowedhim allthe land,Gileadas faras Dan,
Children,it is the lasthour;and justas you heardthat antichristis coming,evennowmanyantichristshave appeared;from thiswe knowthat it is the lasthour.
They calledthe nameof the cityDan,after the nameof Dantheir fatherwhowas bornin Israel;however,the nameof the cityformerlywas Laish.
Then allthe sonsof Israelfrom Danto Beersheba,including the landof Gilead,cameout, and the congregationassembledas onemanto the LORDat Mizpah.
But nothingof theirswas missing,whethersmallorgreat,sonsor daughters,spoiloranythingthat they had takenfor themselves;Davidbrought[it] allback.
