and curse him that curseth thee: * and in thee Chap 18. shall all families of the earth be biessed. 18, and 22. 18. Acts 3, 3. 23. Gal, 3, * Chap. 13.15, 4. 4 So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken unto him, and Lot went with him: 8. And Abram was seventy and five yeers old, when he departed out of Haran. s And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot, his brothers son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the fouls that they had gotten in Haran, and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan: and into the land of Canaan they came. 6 And Abram passed thorow the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Morch. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And the LOR Dappeared unto Abram, and said, * Unto thy feed will I give this land: and there builded he an * Altar unto the Chap. 13. LORD, who appeared unto him. + Hebr. in 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an Altar unto the LORD, and called upon the Name of the LORD. 9 And Abram journeyed, † going on still going and toward the South. Journeying, 10 And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down into Egypt, to fojourn there: for the famine was grievous in the land. II And it came to passe when he was come neer to enter into Egypt, that he faid unto Sarai his wife, Behold, now I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon : 12 Therefore it shall come to passe, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall fay, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, that it may be well with me for thy fake; and my foul shall live, because of thee. 14 And it came to passe that when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman, that she was very fair. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh faw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaohs house. 16 And he intreated Abram well for her fake: and he had fheep, and oxen, and hee asses, and men fervants, and maid-fervants, and the affes and camels, 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh, and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai Abrams wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, & faid, What is this that thou hast done unto me? Why didit thou not tell me that she was thy wife? They return out of Egypt. 19 Why faidit thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her and go thy way. 20 And Pharaoh commanded bå men concerning him: and they fent him away, and his wife, and all that he had, CHAP. ΧΙΙΙ. I Abram and Let return out of Egypt. By disagreement they part asunder 13 Lt goeth to wicked Sodom. 14 God renuetis the promise to Abram. 16 Heremoveth to Hebron, and there buildeth an Altar. 2 And Abram was very rich in cattel, in filver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from the fouth, even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai: 4 Unto the place of the Altar, which he * Chap.22, had made there at the first: and there Abram 7. called on the Name of the LORD. 5 And Lot alfo which went with Abram, had frocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their fubstance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abrams cattell, and the herdinen of Lots cattell; and the Canaanite, and the Pherizzite dwelled then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen: for we † brethren. † Hebr. 9 Is not the whole land before thee, Sepa- men, bre rate thy self, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt three take the left hand, then I will go to the right: or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD. like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan: and Lot journeyed east, and they feparated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked,. and finners before the LORD exceedingly. 14. And the LORD faid unto Abram, af ter The The battel of four Kings. * Chap. 12. CHAP. XIV, XV. ter that Lot was separated from him, Lift up 15 For all the land which thou seest, * to 7. and 26. thee will I give it, and to thy feed for ever. Du 34.6. 4 H.br. plains ± Ot, the plain of Kirjathaim. 70: the plain of Paran. Lot taken, and rescued. morrah fied, and fell there: and they that remaine.l fled to the mountain. II And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victua's, and went their way. 12 And they took Lot, Abrams brothers fon, (who dwelt in Sodome) and his goods, 16 And I will make thy feed as the dust of 17 Arife, walk thorow the land, in the 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came, and dwelt in the † plain of Namre, which is in Hebron, and built there an Altar unto the LORD. CHAP. XIV. 13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshchol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. + Or, 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, het armed his trained led forth. fervants, born in his own house, three hundred & Or, and eighteen, and purfued them unto Dan. 15 And he divided himselve against them, he and his fervanst by night, and smote them, 1 The battell of four Kings against five. 12 Lot is taken and pursued them unto Hoba, which is on 22 The prisonner. 14 Abram rescueth him. 18 Melchizeder blesseth Abram. 20 Abramgiveth him tithe. rest of the spoil, his partners having had their portions, he reftoveth to the King of Sodome. 3 All these were joyned together in the valley of Siddım: which is the falt sea. 4 Twelve yeers they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth yeer they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth yeer came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and fmote the Rephaims, in Afhteroth-Carmaim, and the Zuzıms in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveth Kiriathaim: 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir,unto El Paran, which is by the wildernesse. 7 And they returned, and came to En Mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the countrey of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, (the same is Zoar) and they joyned battell with them in the vale of Siddim. 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shimar and Arioch king of Ellalar; four kings with five. 12 And the vale of Siddim was full of flimepits: and the kings of Sodom and Go the left hand of Damafcus.. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 17 And the king of Sodom, went out to meet him, (after his return from the flaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him) at the valley of Saveh, which is the * kings dale. instructed. *2 Sam 18,18. 18 And * Melchizedek king of Salem * Hebr. brought forth bread and wine: and he was 7,1 the priest of the most high God. 19. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, poffeffour of heaven and earth, 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand: and he gave him * tithes of all. *Habr 21 And the king of Sodom faid unto A- 7.4. bram, Give me the perfons, and take the Hebr. Souls. goods to thy felf. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up my hand unto the LORD the most high God, the possesseur of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a threedeven to a shoe latcher, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, left thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: 24 Save onely that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me. Anar, Eshchol, and Mamre, let them take their portion. Fter these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear B2 noty : 2 And Abram said, Lord Go D, what wilt thou give me, feeing I go childlesse? and the steward of my house s this Eliezer of Damaf cus. 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou haft given no feed: and lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 4 And behold, the word of the LORD came ur.to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir, but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels, shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and faid, Look now toward heaven, and tell the starres, if thou be able to number them. And * Rom, 4. he said unto him, * So shall thy feed be. 18. 6 And he beleved in the LORD, and *Rom.4.3. he counted it to him for righteousnesse. Gal. 2, 6. Lam.2, 13. * Ats.7.6. 7 And he faid unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Caldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? 9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three yeers old, and a she-goat of three yeers old; and a ram of three yeers old, and a turtle dove, and a young pigeon. To And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another, but the birds divided he not. II And when the fowls came down upon the carcafes, Abram drove them away. 12 And when the fun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abranı: and lo, an horrour of great darknesse fell upon him. 13 And he faid unto Abram, Know of a furety, * that thy feed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them, and they shall afflict them four hundred yeers. 14 And also that nation whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterwards shall they come out with great substance. 15 And thou shalt go to they fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. 17 And it came to paffe, that when the Sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a fmoakiamy free.ing furnace, and a † burning lamp that passed between those pieces. † Hebr. a 18 In that same day the LORD made a *Chap.12, Covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy and 13. feed have I given this land, from the river 15. and 26, of Egypt unto the great river, the river EuDeur. 34.4. phrates: 4. Hagar fleeth from Sarai. 19 The Kenites, and the Kenezites, and the Kadmonites: 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims: 21 Andthe Amorites, and the Canaanites, I Sarai being barren, & giveth Hagar to Abram. 4 Hagar N Ow Sarai Abrams wife bare him no Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai faid unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid: it may be that I may t obtain children by her : and A-builded by bram hearkned to the voyce of Sarai. 3 And Sarai Abrams wife took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten yeers in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram, to be his wife. 4 And he went in unto Hagar, and the conceived: And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistresse was despised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee : I have given my maid into thy bosome, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was dispised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. † Hebr. b ber. that which 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her ta as it it pleaseth + Hebr. thee. And when Sarai † dealt hardly with her, is good in she fled from her face. thy eyes. 7 And the Angel of the LORD found Heb. her by a fountain of water in the wildernesse, afflicted by the fountain in the way to Shur: 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarais maid, Whence camest thou? and whiter wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistresse Sarai. 9 And the Angel of the LORD faid unto her, Return to thy mistresse, and submit thy selfunder her hands. 10 And the Angel of the LORD faid unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbred for multitude. ber. II And the Angel of the LORD faid unto her, Behold, thou art with childe, and shalt bear a fon, and shalt call his name † Ishmael: + That is, because the L ORD hath heard thy affliction. God shalt 12 And he will be a wilde man: his hand will be against every man, and every mans hand against him: * and he shall dwell in the * Chap 25, presence of all his brethren. 13 And she called the Name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for fhe 18. God reneweth the covenant, CHAP. XVII, XVIII. *Chap. 24.62. she said, Have I also here looked after him 14 Wherefore the well was called,*‡ Beer14162 is, lahai-roy: behold, it is between Cadesh and the well of Bered bin that li veth 15 And Hagar bare Abram a fon: and and Abram called his fons name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. feeth mer 22. Ifaac is promised. circumcised: and my Covenant shall be in 14 And the uncircumcised man-childe, 15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name 16 And Abram was fourscore and fix yeers | Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. CHAP. I God reneweth the covenant. 5 Abram his name is changed A Nd when Abram was ninety yeer old and * Chap. 5. * walk before me, and be thou & perfect. fincere. 3 And Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my Covenant is with ↑ Hebr. thee, and thou shalt be a father of † many multitude nations. of nations. s Neither shall thy Name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abra*Rom. 4, ham; * for a father of many nations have I made thee. 12 And he that is † eight dayes old, * shall on of eight be circumcifed among you, every man-childe in your generations, he that is born in thine house, or bought with money of any ftran"Juke 2,21. ger, which is not of thy feed. sayer Levik. 3. 10bn7,22. 16 And I will blesse her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will blesse her, and † she + Hebr. she shall be a mother of nations: kings of people come shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and faid in his heart, Shall a childe be born unto him that is an hundred yeers old? And shall Sarah that is ninety yeers old, bear? 18 And Abraham faid unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee ! shall be. tions. 21,2, 19 And God faid, Sarah thy wife shall * Chap. bear thee a fon indeed, and thou shalt call his 18, 10. and name Ifaac:and I will establish my Covenant with him, for an everlasting Covenant, and with his feed after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitfull, and will multiply him exceedingly: * Twelve Princes shall he beget, and * Chap 25 I will make him a great nation. 21 But my Covenant will I establish with Ifaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee, at this set time, in the next yeer. 22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. 23 3 And Abraham took Ishmael his fon, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abrahams house, and cir. cumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the felf fame day, as God had faid unto him. 24 And Abraham was ninety yeers old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen yeers old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 2.6 In the self fame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his fon. 27 And all the men of his house, born in 1 Abraham entertaineth three Angels. 9 Sarah is reproved 12. LORD appeared unto him in * Heb. 13, 13 He that is born in thine house, and he the plains of Mamre: and he fate in the 2. Sara reproved. : GENESIS. 5 And I will fetch a morfell of bread; and + Heb.ftay. † comfort ye your hearts; after that you shall + Heb. you paffe on: for therefore are † you come to your bave passed. fervant. And they faid, So do, as thou hast faid. ↑ Heb. heften. 6 And Abraham haftened into the tent unto Sarah, and faid, †Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the earth. 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf, tender and good, and gave it unto a young man: and he hasted to dresse it. 8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree : and they did eat. 9 And they faid unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. 10 And he faid, I will certainly return unto * Chap.17, thee according to the time of life; & lo, * Sa19. and 21. rah they wife Thal have a fon. AndSarah heard 2. 6. it in the tent door which was behinde him. II Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age: and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within her felf, faying, After I am waxed old, shall I Pet. 3. have ple fure, my lord being old also ? 13 And the LORD faid unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a furety bear a childe which am old ? 14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed will I return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah | shall have a fon. 15 Then Sarah denied, saving, I laughed not: for she was afraid. And he faid, Nay, but thou didst laugh. 16 And the men rose 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 shall furely become a great and mighty nation, and all the *Chap 12, nations of the earth shall be blesled in him? 19 For I know him, that he will command Aas 3. 25. his children, and his houthold after him, and Gal. 3. 8. they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do 3. and 22, 18. Sodoms destruction revealed. justice and judgement, that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and be. cause 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 Abraham stood yet before the LORD. 23 And Abraham drew neer, and faid, Wilt 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 ? 25 That be farre 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 farre from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And the LORD faid, If I finde in Sodome fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their fakes. 27 And Abraham answered and faid, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes : 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he faid, If I finde there fourty and five, I will not destroy it. 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and faid, Peradventure there shal be fourty found there: And he said, I will not do it for fourties fake. 30 And he faid unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found theve: And he faid I will not do it, if I finde thirty there. 31 And he faid, Behold, now I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there: And he faid, I will not destroy it for twenties fake. 32 And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he faid I will not destroy it for tens fake. 33 And the LORD went his way, as foon as he had left communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned unto his place. CHAP. |