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went out to meet him in the valley of Shaveh (that
is, the King’s Valley).
18And Melchizedek, the king of Salem and a
priest of God Most High, brought Abram some
bread and wine. 19Melchizedek blessed Abram
with this blessing:
“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth.
20 And blessed be God Most High,
who has defeated your enemies for you.”
Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the
goods he had recovered.
21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give back
my people who were captured. But you may keep
for yourself all the goods you have recovered.”
22Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I solemnly swear to the Lord, God Most High, Creator
of heaven and earth, 23that I will not take so much
as a single thread or sandal thong from what belongs to you. Otherwise you might say, ‘I am the
one who made Abram rich.’ 24I will accept only
what my young warriors have already eaten, and I
request that you give a fair share of the goods to
my allies—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre.”
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year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
10So Abram presented all these to him and killed
them. Then he cut each animal down the middle
and laid the halves side by side; he did not, however, cut the birds in half. 11 Some vultures
swooped down to eat the carcasses, but Abram
chased them away.
12As the sun was going down, Abram fell into
a deep sleep, and a terrifying darkness came
down over him. 13 Then the Lord said to Abram,
“You can be sure that your descendants will be
strangers in a foreign land, where they will be
oppressed as slaves for 400 years. 14But I will
punish the nation that enslaves them, and in the
end they will come away with great wealth. 15(As
for you, you will die in peace and be buried at a
ripe old age.) 16After four generations your
descendants will return here to this land, for the
sins of the Amorites do not yet warrant their
destruction.”
17After the sun went down and darkness fell,
Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming
torch pass between the halves of the carcasses.
18So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that
day and said, “I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt
The LORD’s Covenant
Promise to Abram
Some time later, the Lord spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, “Do not be afraid, Abram,
for I will protect you, and your reward will be
great.”
2But Abram replied, “O Sovereign Lord, what
good are all your blessings when I don’t even
have a son? Since you’ve given me no children,
Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household,
will inherit all my wealth. 3 You have given me no
descendants of my own, so one of my servants
will be my heir.”
4Then the Lord said to him, “No, your servant
will not be your heir, for you will have a son of
your own who will be your heir.” 5 Then the Lord
took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up
into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s
how many descendants you will have!”
6And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord
counted him as righteous because of his faith.
7 Then the Lord told him, “I am the Lord who
brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give
you this land as your possession.”
8But Abram replied, “O Sovereign Lord, how
can I be sure that I will actually possess it?”
9 The Lord told him, “Bring me a three-yearold heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-
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CANAAN
FOOTLOOSE
Abraham’s trip from Ur to Canaan was
probably around 900 miles. If Abraham
walked the whole way, he took around 9.5
million steps to make the journey!
Next time you walk to school or
to a store, count how many
steps you take. How long
do you think it took
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