Hagar Beeth from Sarai. GENESIS. covenant with Abram, faying, Unto thy feed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgafhites, and the Jebusites. CHAP. XVI. 1 Sarai giveth Hagar to Abram, 6 who, 2 And Sarai faid unto Abram, Behold now, 4¶ And he went in unto Hagar, and the conceived: and, when the faw that he had conceived, her mistress was defpifed in her eyes. 5 And Sarai faid unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bofom; and, when the faw that the had conceived, I was de pifed in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. 6 But Abram faid unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleafeth thee. And, when Sarai dealt hardly with her, the filed from her face. 7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. 8 And he faid, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence cameft thou and whither wilt thou go? And the faid, I flee from the face of my miftrefs Sarai. 9 And the angel of the LORD faid unto her, Return to thy mistress, and fubmit thyfelt under her hands, 10 And the angel of the LORD faid unto her, I will multiply thy feed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 11 And the angel of the LORD faid unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and fhalt bear a fon, and thalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be againft every man, and every man's hand against him: and he thall dwell in the prefence of all his brethren. 13 And the called the name of the LORD that fpake unto her, Thou God feeft me: for the faid, Have I alfo here looked after him that feeth me? 14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahai-roi: behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. 15 And Hagar bare Abram a fon and Abram called his fon's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. 16 And Abram was fourfcore and fix years old when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. CHAP. XVII. 1 The covenant is renewed. $ Abram's name Circumcifion is inflituted. changed. 10 Circumcifion is infiituted. 16 Ifaac is promifed. ND when Abram was ninety years old A and nine, the LORD appeare i to Abram, 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee; and will multiply thee ex. ceedingly. 3.And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, faying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. $ Neither hall thy name any more be called Abram; but thy name shall be Abraham: for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee; and kings thall come out of thee. 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy feed after thee, in their generations, for an everlaiting cove nant; to be a God unto thee, and to thy feed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy feed after thee, the land wherein thou art a ftranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting poffetfion; and I will be their God. 9And God faid unto Abraham, Thou fhalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy feed after thee, in their generations. to This is my covenant which ye thall keep between me and you, and thy feed af ter thee; Every man-child among you shall be circumcifed. II And ye shall circumcife the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the cove. nant betwixt me and you. 12 And he that is eight days old fhall be circumcifed among you, every man-child in your generations; he that is born in the houfe, or bought with money of any ftranger, which is not of thy feed. 13 He that is born in thy houfe, and he that is bought with thy money, muit needs be circumcifed: and my covenant thall be in your fleth for an everlafting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcifed man-child, whose fief of his foretkin is not circunicifed, that foul thall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. 15 And God faid unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah fall her name be. 16 And 1 will blefs her, and give thee a fon alfo of her: yea, I will blefs her, and the thall be a mother of nations; kings of people thall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and faid in his heart, Shail a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and fhall Sarah, that is ninety years cld, bear? 18 And Abraham faid unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! 19 And God faid, Sarah thy wife thall bear thee a fon indeed; and thou shalt call his name Ifaac: and I will eftablish my cove nant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his feed after him. 20 And as for 1hmael, I have heard thee: him Behold, I have bleffed him, and will make [< & Abraham intercedeth for it. Wherefore did Sarah laugh, faying, Shall I of a furety bear a child, which am old! Sodom's deftruction revealed. Chap. xvill. him fruitful, and will multiply him exceed. ingly: twelve praces shall he beget; and 1 will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I establish with Fac, whom Sarah fhall bear unto thee, at this fet time in the next year. 22 And he lett off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. 23 And Abraham took thmael his fon, and all that were born in his houfe, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's houfe, and circumcised the deth of their foreskin is the fen-iame day, as God had faid unto 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine when he was circumcifed in the Beth of his toreikin. 25 And Ishmael his fon was thirteen years old when he was circumcifed in the flesh of his toretkin. 26 In the felf-fame day was Abraham circumciled, and Ifhmael his fon. 17 And all the men of his houfe, born in the house, and bought with money of the ftranger, were circumcifed with him. CHAP. XVIII. 1 dbraban entertaineth three angels. 9 Saral's laughter. 17 sodom's deftruction revealed to abraham: 23 bis interceffion. AND the Lox appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he fat in the tent-dour in the heat of the day. z And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men food by him: and, when he faw them, he ran to meet them from the tent-door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And faid, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy 4ght, país not away, I pray thee, from thy fervant. 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rent yourselves under the tree; 5 And I will fetch a morfel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that you shall pafs on: for therefore are ye come to your fervant. And they faid, So do as thou hatt faid. 6. And Abraham kaftened into the tent unto Sarah, and faid, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And Abrahani ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hated to drefs it. 8 And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dreifed, and fet it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. 9And they faid unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife! And he said, Behold, in the tent. 10 Aad he faid, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife thall have a fon. And Sarah heard it in the tent-door, which was behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and wen ftricken in age: and it ceased to be with Sarah atter the manner of women. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, faying, After I am waxed old fhall I have pleasure, my lord being old alfo? 13 And the LORD faid unto Abraham, 14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD! At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah fhall have a fon. 15 Then Sarah denied, faying, I laughed not; for the was atraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. 16 And the men rofe up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them, to bring them on the way. 17 And the LORD faid, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; 18 Seeing that Abraham fhall furely be come a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth thall be blefied in him? 1y For I know him, that he will command his children and his houfe hold after him, and they thall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath fpoken of him. 20 And the LORD faid, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their fin is very grievous; 21 I will go down now, and fee whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abra ham flood yet before the LORD. 23¶And Abraham drew near, and faid, Wilt thou alfo destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou alfo destroy and not fpare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? 2 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to lay the righteous with the wick. ed; and that the righteous thould be as the wicked, that be far from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And the LORD faid, If 1 find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will fpare all the place for their fakes. 27 And Abraham anfwered and faid, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but duft andashes : 28 Peradventure there thall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he faid, If I find there forty and five, I will not de ftroy it. 29 And he fpake unto him yet again, and faid, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he faid, I will not do it for forty's fake. 30 And 1.:faid unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak; Perad. venture there shall thirty be found there. And he faid, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31 And he faid, Behold now, I have taken upon me to fpeak unto the LORD: Per. adventure there fhall be twenty found there, And he faid, I will not deftroy it for twen. ty's fake. 32 And he faid, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will fpeak yet but this one Peradventure ten thall be found there. he said, I will not destroy it for ten's fa The Sodomites ftruck blind. GENESIS. 33 And the LORD went his way, as foon as he had lett communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. CHAP. XIX. Lot entertaineth two angels. 24 Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed. 26 Lot's wife punished. AND there cane two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot fat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot feeing them, rofe up to meet them; and he bowed hinifelt with his face toward the ground; 2 And he faid, Behold now, my lords, turn fo, I pray you, into your fervant's houfe, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye thall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they faid, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. 3 And he prefed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his houfe: and he made them a feat, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. 4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter. 5 And they called unto Lot, and faid unto him, Where are the men which cane in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and thut the door aiter him, 7 And faid, I pray you, brethren, do not fo wickedly. 8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto thefe men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my root. 9 And they faid, Stand back. And they faid aram, This one fellow came in to fo journ, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worfe with thee than with them. And they prefed fore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. 10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the houfe to them, and thut to the door. II And they fmote the men that were at the door of the houfe with blindnefs, both fmall and great: fo that they wearied them felves to find the door. 12 And the men faid unto Lot, Haft thou here any befides? fon-in-law, and thy fons, and thy daughters, and whatfoever thou hatt in the city, bring them out of this place: 13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath fent us to deftroy it. 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his fons-in-law, which married his daughters, and faid, Up, get ye suc of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he feemed as one that mocked unto his fons-inlaw. And when the morning arofe, then the angels haftened Lot, faying, Arile, take thy wie, and thy two daughters which are here; left thou be confumed in the iniquity of the city. 15 And while he lingered, the men laid old upon his hand, and upon the hand of wife, and upon the hand of his two Thters; the LORD being merciful unto The deftruction of Sodom. him: and they brought him forth, and fet him without the city. 17 And it came to pais, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Efcape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither ftay thou in all the plain: escape to the mountain, left thou be consumed. 18 And Lot faid unto them, Oh! not fo, my Lord. 19 Behold now, thy fervant hath found grace in thy fight, and thou haft magnified thy mercy, which thou haft fhewed unto me in faving my life: and 1 cannot escape to the mountain, let some evil take me, and I die. 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh! let me ef cape thither, is it not a little one?) and ny foul fhall live. 21 And he faid unto him, See, I have ac cepted thee concerning this thing alfo, that I will not overthrow this city for the which thou haft fpoken. 22 Halte thee, efcape thither; for I cannot 'do any thing till thou be come thither: therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. 23 The fun was riten upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 24 Then the LORD ained upon Sodom, and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven. 25 And he overthrew thofe cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cìties, and that which grew upon the ground. 2 But his wite looked back from behind him, and the became a pillar of falt. 27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD. 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the fmoke of a turnace. 29 And it came to pafs, when God de. ftroyed the cities of the plain, that Gd re membered Abraham, and fent Lot out of the midit of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the firit-bora faid unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth. 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preferve feed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when the lay down, nor when the arofe. 34 Andit came to pafs on the morrow, that the firft-born faid unto the younger, Behold, Ilay yefternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night alio; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preferve feed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night alfo: and the younger arole, and lay with him; and he perceived not when the lay down, nor when the arofe. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 1 raham demieth bis wife. Ifaac is born. Chap. xx, xxl. 37 And the first-bora bare a fon, and called 17 So Abraham prayed unto God; and his name Moab: the fame is the father of the God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his Moghts onto this day. maid-servants; and they bare children. 33 And the younger, the alfo bare a fon, and called his name Ben-ammi; the fame is the father of the children of Ammon unto thas day. С НА Р. Хх. ▼ Araban denieth eis wife, and lofeth her : thence to 18 For the LORD had aft cloted up all the alfaac is born. 9 Hagar and Imael are can ND the LORD visited Sarah as he had ADA the fouth contry, and dwelled Alaid, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he between Kakih and Shur, and fojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham faid of Sarah his wife, she #my ther; and Abimelech king of Gerar fent it took sarah. 3 Bat God canie to Abimelech in a dream by night, and fad to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou East Laken: for the is a man's wife. 4 Bui Abimeleen had not come near her: and be fard, LORD, wilt thou day also a righ tcous nacion ! Said he not unto me, She is my fifter? and the, even the herfeli faid, He is my bro ther: in the integrity of my heart, and inBocenty of my hands, have I done this. 6 And God fud unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I alfo withheld thee from fining against me: therefore fuffered I thee not to louch her. 7 Now therefore, rettore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he fall pray for thee, and thou thalt live: and if thou restore ber not, know theu that thou shalt furely die, thou, and all that are thine. 8 Therefore Abimelech rofe early in the morning, and called all his fervants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were fore afraid. y Then Abimelech called Abraham, and faid unto him, What hast thou done unto us! and what have i offended thee, that thou hast brought on me, and on my kingdom, a great fin thou hail done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. 10 And Abimelech faid unto Abraham, What fawest thou, that thou hatt done this thing! 11 And Abrahim faid, Because I thought, Surely the fest of God is not in this place; and they will thay me for my wife's fake. 12 And yet indeed be is my fitter; the fs the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother: and the became my wife. 13 And it came to país, when God caufed me to wander from my father's houfe, that I faid unto her, This is thy kindness which then halt thew unto me; At every place whither we thall come, fay of me, He is my brother. 14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and men-fervants, and women-fervants, and gave them unto Abraham, and reftored him Sarah his wife. 15 And Abimelech faid, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. 16 And unto Sarah he faid, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of ilver; Behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes unto all that are with thee, and with all. order: thus the was reproved. had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a fon in his old age, at the fet time of which God had poken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his. fun that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Ifase. 4 And Abraham circumcifed his fon Ifaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 And Abraham was an hundred years old when his fon Ifaac was torn unto him. 6¶And Sarah faid, God hath made me to laugh, fo that all that hear will laugh with me. 7 And the faid, Who would have faid unto Abraham, that Sarah fhould have given children fuck? for I have born bim a fon in his old age. 8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great reaft the fame day that Ifaac was weaned. 9¶ And Sarah faw the fon of Hagar the Egyptian, which he had born unto Abraham, mocking. 10 Wherefore the said unto Abraham, Caft II And the thing was very grievous in 12And God faid unto Abraham, I et it not be grievous in thy fight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath faid unto thee hearken unto her voice: for in Ifaac hall thy feed be called. 13 And alfo of the fon of the bondwoman will i make a nation, because he is thy feed. 14 And Abraham rofe up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, (putting it on her shoulder,) and the child, and fent her away: and the departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-theba. 15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and the cart the child under one of the thrubs. 16 And he went, and fat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow. thot: for the laid, et me not fee the death of the child. And the fat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the lad: and the angel or God called to Hagar cut of heaven, and faid unto her, what aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hach heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arife, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand: for I will make him a great nation. 1) And God opened her eyes, and the faw a well of water; and the went and bottle with water, and gave the lad 20 And God was with the lad Abraham offereth Ifaac. GENESIS. grew, and dwelt in the wildernefs, and be came an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. 22 And it came to pafs at that time, that Abimelech, and Phichol the chiet cap. tain of his hoft, fpake unto Abraham, faying, God is with thee in all that thou doeft. 23 Now therefore, fwear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falfely with me, nor with my fon, nor with my fon's fon: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou haft fojourned. 24 And Abraham faid, I will fwear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech becaufe of a well of water, which Abimelech's fervants had violently taken away. 26 And Abimelech faid, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didft thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it but to-day. 27 And Abraham took theep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech and both of them made a covenant. 28 And Abraham fet feven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And Abimelech faid unto Abraham, What mean thefe feven ewe-lambs which thou hast fet by themselves? 30 And he faid, For thefe feven ewe-lambs fhalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witnefs unto me that I have digged this well. 31 Wherefore he called that place Beerfheba; because there they fware both of them. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beerfheba: then Abimelech rofe up, and Phichol the chief captain of his hoff, and they returned into the land of the Philiftines. 33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beerfheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlafting God. 34 And Abraham Tojourned in the Philiftines land many days. CHAP. XXII. 1 Abraham, offering Ifaac, 11 is flayed by an. angel; 15 he is blefed again. 20 The generation of Nabor unto Rebekah. AND it came to pass after these things. that God did tempt Abraham, and faid unto him, Abraham. And he faid, Behold, bere I am. 2 And he faid, Take now thy fon, thine only fon Ifaac, whom thou loveft, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burat-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 3 And Abraham rofe up early in the morning, and faddled his afs, and took two of his young men with him, and Ifaac his fon; and clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rofe up, and went unto the place of him. Sarah's age and death. ther, and faid, My father. And he said, Here 8 And Abraham faid, My fon, God will 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order; and bound Ifaac his fon, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 15 And Abraham ftretched forth his hand, and took the knife to lay his fon. 11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and faid, Abraham, Abraham! And he faid, Here am 1. 12 And he faid, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing umhim: for now I know that thou feareft God, feeing thou haft not withheld thy fon, thine only fon, from me. 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burut-offering in the ftead of his fon. 14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is faid to this day, In the mount of the LORD it fhall be feen. 15¶ And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the fecond time, 6 And faid, By myself have I fworn, faith the LORD; for becaufe thou haft done this thing, and haft not withheld thy fon, thine only fon; 17 That in bleffing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy feed as the ftars of the heaven, and as the fand which is upon the fea-fhore; and thy feed shall poffefs the gate of his enemies: 18 And in thy feed thall all the nations of the earth be bleffed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men: and they rofe up, and went together to Beer-theba: and Abrahain dwelt at Beer-fheba. 20 And it came to pafs, after thefe things, that it was told Abraham, faying, Behold, Milcah, the hath alfo born children unto thy brother Nahor; 21 Huz his firft-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 And Chefed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. 24 And his concubine, whofe name was Reumah, the bare alfo Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahafh, and Maachah. CHAP. XXIII. 1 Sarah's age and death. 3 The purchase of Machpelab, 19 where Sarah was buried. ND Sarah an hundred and feven and which God had told a day Abraham lifted Awenty years old; there were the years up his eyes, and faw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham faid unto his young men, Abide you here with the afs; and I and the lad will go yonder and worthip, and come again to you. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Ifaac his fon; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. And Ifaac pake unto Abraham his fa of the life of Saral.. 2 And Sarah died at Kirjath-arba; the fame is Hebron, in the laad of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and fpake unto the fons of Heth, faying, 4 I am a ftranger and a fojourner with you: give me a poffefion of a burying-place 5 And with you, that I may bury my dead out of my fight. |