CHAPTER ΧΙΧ.

16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

17 I And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abra2 Chr. 30, ham that thing which I do;

Amos 3, 7.

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18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a John 15,15 great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the deh. 12 earth shall be blessed in him?

Ps. 25, 14.

Acts. 3, 25
Gal. 3, &

19 For I know him, that he will command his 1,6, children and his household after him, and they shall Tim. 2,19. keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

f Deut. 6, 7.

8 ch.4, 10.

bcn. 11, 5.

22.

20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which Ex. 39,6. is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

22 And the men turned their faces from thence, Jer. 6,1. and went toward Sodom: but Abraham * stood yet before the LORD.

Heb. 10, 4,8.

in Ezek. 20,

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23 1 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt James 4, 8. thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

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25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked; and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

27 And Abrahamswered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust ad ashes:

28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty sa. 6, 5. righteous; wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

7 Heb. 4,16

29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Eph. 6, 18. Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

1 Ps 9, 12. & 10, 17.

(Luke 18,1. & 11, 8.

30 And he said unto him, 'Oh, let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

32 And he said, Oh, let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure James 5, ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not Jer. 4, 11. destroy it for ten's sake.

3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they e Aus 12,5 turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and 1 ke 11,8 he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened g ch. 18, 6 bread, and they did eat. 41 But before they lay wn, the men of the city, ↳ Prov. 6, even the men of Sodom, c passed the house round Rom. 8, 15 both old and young, all the cople from every quarter: ¡Ex. 16, 2 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came 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 shut the door after him,

7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wick

10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Je:. 3, 9. Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with † blindness, both small and great: Heb. so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

12 1 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast 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 sent us to destroy it.

14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-inlaw, which " married his daughters, and said, Up, uMat. 1, 18 get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy x. 12,31 this city but he seemed as one that mocked unto y May. 24 his sons-in-law.

15 1 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters which are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

17 And it came to pass, when they had brought 33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life: del 1 left communing with Abraham: and Abraham re-look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain: e1 King turned unto his place.

escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. f Luke 18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my lord! Phil. 3, 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy Mat. 2 sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou 16. hast shewed unto me in saving my life and I can- hActs 1 not escape to the mountain, lest some 'evil take me, ch 10, 1. there came two angels to Sodom at even; and I die: and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot, 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and King? seeing them, rose up to meet them; and he bowed it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither! (as it himself with his face toward ground; not a little eye?) and my soul shall live.

ch. 18, 22.

and Ammon

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Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed:

GENESIS.

Abimelech reproved by God.

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21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted || dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken: for Before thee concerning this thing also, that I will not over-she is a man's wife. throw this city, for the which thou hast spoken. 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do 1 Mark 6,5. any thing till thou be come thither: therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

19.

Ps. 145,

Isa. 65, 8.

23 1 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

24 Then the LORD rained upon "Sodom and Hosea 11,8. upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

2 Pet. 2, 6. Jude v. 7. Jer. 20, 16.

25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, 0 ch. 14, 3. and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

Deut. 19,13.

p ver. 17.

Luke 17, 31, 32.

q 2 6am. 18, 12.

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22.

26 1 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

27 1 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to ch. 18, 21, 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 Rev. 18,9. lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he 26.. is a prophet, and he "shall pray for thee, and thou 1 Ps. 51, 4. shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou cap. 59,9. that thou shalt surely die, "thou and all that are thine. thee not, 8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, mrs. 74,15 and called all his servants, and told all these things n Jer. 14, in their ears and the men were sore afraid.

29 1 And it came to pass, when God destroyed ca. 18, 22. the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abra'ham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, 10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.est thou, that thou hast done this thing? 30 1 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt "in 11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely James 1, 3, the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for the 'fear of God is not in this place; and they will he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, slay me for my wife's sake. he, and his two daughters.

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q Job 1, 5. r Rev. 2, 14. s Rom. 2,11. ch. 38, 24. Lev. 20, 10.

2 Sam. 12, 10, 11.

5,

1 Prov. 16,6 ch. 42, 18.

Rom. 8, 11

u ch. 11, 29

13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to
wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, 1 Heb. 11,
This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me;
at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He
is my brother.

14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and men-
servants, and women-servants, and gave them unto
Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before

34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the
first-born said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yester-thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
night with my father: let us make him drink wine
this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that
we may preserve seed of our father.

35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; bverse and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when 1 Sam. 15, she arose.

9 ¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had borne unto Abraham, 'mocking.tain 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out Gal 4,24. this bond-woman, and her son: for the son of this bondGal. 5, 18 Woman shall not be "heir with my son, even with Isaac. 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son.

Prov. 20,11.

& 4, 24, 30

1 Pet. 1, 7

John 8, 35

o ch.17, 18.

8.

1 John 2, 19. 12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight, because of the lad, and because

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34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines'
land many days.
CHAPTER XXII.

of thy bond-woman; in all that Sarah hath said un-1 Abraham is tempted to offer Isaac....3 He giveth proof of his faith Rom 9,7 to thee, hearken unto her voice: for P in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

13 And also of the son of the bond-woman will

qch 17, 20. I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

14 And Abraham rose 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, r Gal. 4, 28. and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. 15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

Mat. 15, 82.

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1 Tim. 1, 19

God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him,
Abraham and he said, Behold, here I am.

AND it came to pass after these things, that As

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Job 3, 25. 26.

b James 1 12.

c James 1

17.

2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son 1 Cor. 10, Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land 13. of ' Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering is. 31 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, e Rom. 8, upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. Heb. 11 and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men $2 with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

5 And Abraham said unto his young men, 'Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

f2 Chr. S.

g ch. 21, 14

Heb. 11. 19

Ps. 119, 60

h1 Sam. 16, 12. 1 Heb. 12 Mat. 2, 16. k IIeb. 11,

16 And she went and sat her down over against him, a good way off, as it were a bow-shot: for she Prov. 21, said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the lad: and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thying, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took on the fire in his hand and a knife: and they went both Luke 24.2 hand: for I will make him a great nation. of them together.

8 And Abraham said, My son," God will provide n2 Chr. 25, himself a lamb for a burnt-offering: so they went both of them together.

9 And they came to the place which God had
laid the wood in order; and bound Isaac his son,
told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and
and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God,
that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my
son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kind-took the knife to slay his son.
ness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto
me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
24 And Abraham said, "I will swear.

10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and

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25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had Heb. 6, violently taken away.

c ch. 20,14.

0.
am. 12, 18.

26 And Abimelech said,' I wot not who hath done ch 14,13. this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet ck 26,19 heard Io it, but to-day.

dg.1 15

fch. 18, 7.

27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave ings them unto Abimelech: and both of them made a

5,

1 covenant.

28 And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.

29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe-lambs, which thou hast set by them

T

1.

ch. 8, 20. Mark 15,

q Heb. 11,

17.

11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him rver. 12, 16 out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And sch. 21, 17 he said, Here am I.

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Heb. 11
P. 2, 11.

u Ps. 1, 6.

12 And he said, 'Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. and behold, behind him a ram caught in a thicket 30, by his horns: And Abraham went and took the ram, is and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son.

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a Mat. 27,

14 And Abraham called the name of that place 29. Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the The Lord mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

151 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abra ham out of heaven the second time.

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will see, of

provide. Ex 17, 15 Deut. 52

36.

Sarah's age and death.

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Heb. 6,13.

ch. 12, 2.

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16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the || LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and him, hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

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15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multi-four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt Rom. 4, 13, plying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the hea-me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. ch 15, 18. Ven, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; De, and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up, and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

6. 2, 8, 2

1 Cor. 15,

57.

Gal. 3, 28 Rom. 1,3.

201 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also borne children unto thy brother Nahor; 21 Huz his first-born, and 'Buz his brother, Job 52, 2. and Kemuel the father of Aram,

h Job 1,1.

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16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

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17 1 And the field of Ephron, which was in rreh 48, 53 Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made † sure

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18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the pre- Heb. sence of the children of Heth, before all that went stood up 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Phildash., and Jid-in at the gate of his city. laph, and Bethuel. 19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife t 23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Mil-in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre: cah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

AND Sarah was a hundred and seven and twen-
ty years old: these were the years of the life of
Sarah.

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20 And the field and the cave that is therein were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a bu- & 50, 5, 13 rying-place, by the sons of Heth.

CHAPTER XXIV.

1 Abraham sweareth his servant; 12 his prayer; 14 his sign....15 Rebekah meeteth him, 18 and fulfilleth his sign....34 The servant sheweth his message....50 Laban and Bethuel approve it....58 Rebekah consentet go.

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2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is AND Abraham was old and † well striken in age: 1 Hebe

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Hebron in the land of Canaan: And Abraham came ch. 50, 9, 4 to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 31 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of 'Heth, saying,

• John 11,

. ch. 10, 13.

gi Chr. 29,

5.

h Acts 7, 5. Vicel. 12,1.

1 Heb. a

prince of God,

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4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

6 Hear us, my lord; thou art ta mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of us shall withhold from thee his sepul1 John 3, 1, chre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

P's. 47, 4.

ch. 21, 22.

2.

7 And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to 12 Sam. 16, the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. 3 And he communed with them, saying, If it be Heb. † your mind that I should bury my dead out of my eat. 21,14 sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

your soul,

Ps. 27, 12.

m ch. 46, 10

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9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me, for ncl. 13, 5 na possession of a burying-place among you.

10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all Mat. 9, that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

ch. 24, 10. Lake 2, 3,

11 Nay, my lord, bear me: the field give I thee and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the P Luse 19 presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: Ruth 41, bury thy dead. 12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

14.

4, 9.

13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the Tip.4

q2 Sam. 24,

22.

8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this mine oath; m Jo-h. 2. only bring not my son thither again.

9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

101 And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed; (for all the goods of his master were in his hand;) and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

CHAPTER XXIV.

151 And it came to pass, before he had done speak-given all that he hath. Juges & ing, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born 21 to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abra 14518-ham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. Prov $1, 16 And the damsel † was very fair to look upon, at 31 Virgin; neither had any man "known her: and she 28, went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and

43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it 21 And the man, wondering at her, held his shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth 213 peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his jour-to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, ney prosperous, or he

52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's 32 And the man came into the house: and he un-servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, 4s 26 girded his camels, and gave straw and provender for|| bowing himself to the earth.