6:1 I looked on when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a thunderous voice, ¹  “Come!” ²  6:2 So ³  I looked, ⁴  and here came ⁵  a white horse! The ⁶  one who rode it ⁷  had a bow, and he was given a crown, ⁸  and as a conqueror ⁹  he rode out to conquer.

6:3 Then ¹⁰  when the Lamb ¹¹  opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!” 6:4 And another horse, fiery red, ¹²  came out, and the one who rode it ¹³  was granted permission ¹⁴  to take peace from the earth, so that people would butcher ¹⁵  one another, and he was given a huge sword.

6:5 Then ¹⁶  when the Lamb opened the third seal I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” So ¹⁷  I looked, ¹⁸  and here came ¹⁹  a black horse! The ²⁰  one who rode it ²¹  had a balance scale ²²  in his hand. 6:6 Then ²³  I heard something like a voice from among the four living creatures saying, “A quart ²⁴  of wheat will cost a day’s pay ²⁵  and three quarts of barley will cost a day’s pay. But ²⁶  do not damage the olive oil and the wine!”

6:7 Then ²⁷  when the Lamb opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come!” 6:8 So ²⁸  I looked ²⁹  and here came ³⁰  a pale green ³¹  horse! The ³²  name of the one who rode it ³³  was Death, and Hades followed right behind. ³⁴  They ³⁵  were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill its population with the sword, ³⁶  famine, and disease, ³⁷  and by the wild animals of the earth.

6:9 Now ³⁸  when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed ³⁹  because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given. 6:10 They ⁴⁰  cried out with a loud voice, ⁴¹  “How long, ⁴²  Sovereign Master, ⁴³  holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?” 6:11 Each ⁴⁴  of them was given a long white robe and they were told to rest for a little longer, until the full number was reached ⁴⁵  of both their fellow servants ⁴⁶  and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been.

6:12 Then ⁴⁷  I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge ⁴⁸  earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, ⁴⁹  and the full moon became blood red; ⁵⁰  6:13 and the stars in the sky ⁵¹  fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping ⁵²  its unripe figs ⁵³  when shaken by a fierce ⁵⁴  wind. 6:14 The sky ⁵⁵  was split apart ⁵⁶  like a scroll being rolled up, ⁵⁷  and every mountain and island was moved from its place. 6:15 Then ⁵⁸  the kings of the earth, the ⁵⁹  very important people, the generals, ⁶⁰  the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave ⁶¹  and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 6:16 They ⁶²  said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, ⁶³  6:17 because the great day of their ⁶⁴  wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?” ⁶⁵ 

12:1 Now the Lord said ¹  to Abram, ² 

“Go out ³  from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household

to the land that I will show you. ⁴ 

12:2 Then I will make you ⁵  into a great nation, and I will bless you, ⁶ 

and I will make your name great, ⁷ 

so that you will exemplify divine blessing. ⁸ 

12:3 I will bless those who bless you, ⁹ 

but the one who treats you lightly ¹⁰  I must curse,

and all the families of the earth will bless one another ¹¹  by your name.”

12:4 So Abram left, ¹²  just as the Lord had told him to do, ¹³  and Lot went with him. (Now ¹⁴  Abram was 75 years old ¹⁵  when he departed from Haran.) 12:5 And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew ¹⁶  Lot, and all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired ¹⁷  in Haran, and they left for ¹⁸  the land of Canaan. They entered the land of Canaan.

12:6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree ¹⁹  of Moreh ²⁰  at Shechem. ²¹  (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.) ²²  12:7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants ²³  I will give this land.” So Abram ²⁴  built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

12:8 Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel ²⁵  and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped the Lord. ²⁶  12:9 Abram continually journeyed by stages ²⁷  down to the Negev. ²⁸ 

12:10 There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt ²⁹  to stay for a while ³⁰  because the famine was severe. ³¹  12:11 As he approached ³²  Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, ³³  I know that you are a beautiful woman. ³⁴  12:12 When the Egyptians see you they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will keep you alive. ³⁵  12:13 So tell them ³⁶  you are my sister ³⁷  so that it may go well ³⁸  for me because of you and my life will be spared ³⁹  on account of you.”

12:14 When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. 12:15 When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. So Abram’s wife ⁴⁰  was taken ⁴¹  into the household of Pharaoh, ⁴²  12:16 and he did treat Abram well ⁴³  on account of her. Abram received ⁴⁴  sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

12:17 But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his household with severe diseases ⁴⁵  because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 12:18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, “What is this ⁴⁶  you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife? 12:19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her ⁴⁷  to be my wife? ⁴⁸  Here is your wife! ⁴⁹  Take her and go!” ⁵⁰  12:20 Pharaoh gave his men orders about Abram, ⁵¹  and so they expelled him, along with his wife and all his possessions.

13:1 So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. ⁵²  He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot. ⁵³  13:2 (Now Abram was very wealthy ⁵⁴  in livestock, silver, and gold.) ⁵⁵ 

13:3 And he journeyed from place to place ⁵⁶  from the Negev as far as Bethel. ⁵⁷  He returned ⁵⁸  to the place where he had pitched his tent ⁵⁹  at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai. 13:4 This was the place where he had first built the altar, ⁶⁰  and there Abram worshiped the Lord. ⁶¹ 

13:5 Now Lot, who was traveling ⁶²  with Abram, also had ⁶³  flocks, herds, and tents. 13:6 But the land could ⁶⁴  not support them while they were living side by side. ⁶⁵  Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live ⁶⁶  alongside one another. 13:7 So there were quarrels ⁶⁷  between Abram’s herdsmen and Lot’s herdsmen. ⁶⁸  (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.) ⁶⁹ 

13:8 Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives. ⁷⁰  13:9 Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself now from me. If you go ⁷¹  to the left, then I’ll go to the right, but if you go to the right, then I’ll go to the left.”

13:10 Lot looked up and saw ⁷²  the whole region ⁷³  of the Jordan. He noticed ⁷⁴  that all of it was well-watered (before the Lord obliterated ⁷⁵  Sodom and Gomorrah) ⁷⁶  like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, ⁷⁷  all the way to Zoar. 13:11 Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled ⁷⁸  toward the east.

So the relatives separated from each other. ⁷⁹  13:12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain ⁸⁰  and pitched his tents next to Sodom. 13:13 (Now ⁸¹  the people ⁸²  of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the Lord.) ⁸³ 

13:14 After Lot had departed, the Lord said to Abram, ⁸⁴  “Look ⁸⁵  from the place where you stand to the north, south, east, and west. 13:15 I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants ⁸⁶  forever. 13:16 And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted. ⁸⁷  13:17 Get up and ⁸⁸  walk throughout ⁸⁹  the land, ⁹⁰  for I will give it to you.”

13:18 So Abram moved his tents and went to live ⁹¹  by the oaks ⁹²  of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there.

16:1 Now Sarai, ¹  Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, ²  but she had an Egyptian servant ³  named Hagar. ⁴