Genesis 13:12-18 (Vespers, 1st Reading)
12 |
Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom. |
13 |
But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the Lord. |
14 |
And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are northward, southward, eastward, and westward; |
15 |
“for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever. |
16 |
“And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. |
17 |
“Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.” |
18 |
Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the Lord. |