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When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
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When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh.
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When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.
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When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.
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When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.
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From Shem to Abram
This is the account of Shem’s family line. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
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And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
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these kings went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
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All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea Valley).
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In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim
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against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goyim, Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.
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Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills.
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The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away.
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After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
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I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
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I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”
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And God said to him, “I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.
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The Rulers of Edom
These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned:
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These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
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The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
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Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
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The silver obtained from those of the community who were counted in the census was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—
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The 100 talents of silver were used to cast the bases for the sanctuary and for the curtain—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent for each base.
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They used the 1,775 shekels to make the hooks for the posts, to overlay the tops of the posts, and to make their bands.
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All the men assigned to the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, number 186,400. They will set out first.
