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Cain had intercourse with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. He became the founder of a city and gave the city the name of his son Enoch. (Genesis 4, 17)
'Come,' they said, 'let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top reaching heaven. Let us make a name for ourselves, so that we do not get scattered all over the world.' (Genesis 11, 4)
Now Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower that the people had built. (Genesis 11, 5)
Yahweh scattered them thence all over the world, and they stopped building the city. (Genesis 11, 8)
Suppose there are fifty upright people in the city. Will you really destroy it? Will you not spare the place for the sake of the fifty upright in it? (Genesis 18, 24)
Yahweh replied, 'If I find fifty upright people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place because of them.' (Genesis 18, 26)
Suppose the fifty upright were five short? Would you destroy the whole city because of five?' 'No,' he replied, 'I shall not destroy it if I find forty-five there.' (Genesis 18, 28)
The men said to Lot, 'Have you anyone else here? Your sons, your daughters and all your people in the city, take them away, (Genesis 19, 12)
So Lot went off and spoke to his future sons-in-law who were to marry his daughters. 'On your feet!' he said, 'Leave this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city.' But his sons-in-law thought he was joking. (Genesis 19, 14)
When dawn broke the angels urged Lot on, 'To your feet! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.' (Genesis 19, 15)
And as he hesitated, the men seized his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters -- Yahweh being merciful to him -- and led him out and left him outside the city. (Genesis 19, 16)
I will shower blessings on you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven and the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will gain possession of the gates of their enemies. (Genesis 22, 17)
