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Canaan promised.

CHAP. XIV.

Lot taken

been at the beginning, between tent, and came and dwelt in the Beth-el and Hai; plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. CHAP. XIV.

4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and

tents.

6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite 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 be brethren.

9 Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me if thou wilt 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 bebeld 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.

The Battle of the Kings. AND it came to pass, in the days of Amraphel of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddím, which is the salt sea.

4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.

7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

8 And there went out the king of 11 Then Lot chose him all the Sodom, and the king of Gomorplain of Jordan; and Lot journey-rah, and the king of Admah, and ed east and they separated them- the king of Zeboiim, and the king selves the one from the other. of Bela, (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

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 sinners before the LORD, exceedingly.

9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.

14 And the LORD said unto 10 And the vale of Siddim was Abram, after that Lot was sepa-full of slime-pits; and the kings of rated from him, Lift up now thine Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and eyes, and look from the place fell there: and they that remained where thou art, northward, and fled to the mountain. southward, and eastward, and westward:

15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

18 Then Abram removed his

11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

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 Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he

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Melchizedek and Abram.

GENESIS, Canaan again pro

armed his trained servants, born, thou be able to number then in his own house, three hundred he said unto him, So shall th and eighteen, and pursued them be. unto Dan.

15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus..

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 1 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him (after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him,) at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.

18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor 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.

21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe-iatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

CHAP. XV.

God's Promise to Abram. FTER these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 4 And behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

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5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said Look now or ward heaven, and tell the stars,

6 And he believed in the 1 and he counted it to him for teousness.

7 And he said unto him, I LORD that brought thee out of the Chaldees, to give the land to inherit it.

8 And he said, Lord GOD, w by shall I know that I shall i it?

9 And he said unto him, me a heifer of three years old a she-goat of three years old, a ram of three years old, a turtle-dove, and a young pige

10 And he took unto him these, and divided them in midst, and laid each piece against another: but the bird vided he not.

11 And when the fowls c down upon the carcasses, Ab drove them away.

12 And when the sun was go down, a deep sleep fell u Abram; and lo, a horror of gr darkness fell upon him.

13 And he said unto Abra Know of a surety that thy s shall be a stranger in a land t is not theirs, and shall serve the and they shall afflict them fo hundred years;

14 And also that nation who they shall serve, will I judge: a afterward shall they come out wi great substance.

15 And thou shalt go to thy f thers in peace; thou shalt be burie in a good old age.

16 But in the fourth generatio they shall come hither again: fo the iniquity of the Amorites is no yet full.

17 And it came to pass, tha when the sun went down, and i was dark, behold a smoking fur nace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

18 In that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed 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 Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

CHAP. XVI
Sarai giveth Hagar to Abram.
Now Barai, Abram's wife, bare
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him no children: and she had

Hagar fleeth from Sarai.

CHAP. XVII. Circumcision instituted.

a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose son: and Abram called his son's name was Hagar.

2 And Sarai said 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 obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the

voice of Sarai.

3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled 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 said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. 16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmací to Abram.

CHAP. XVII.

The Covenant renewed.

AND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

5 Neither shall 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 shall come out of thee.

7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant; to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

9 1 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generations.

10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you, and thy seed after thee; Every man-child among you shall be circumcised.

11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man-child in your genera tions, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circum14 Wherefore the well was called cised: and my covenant shall be Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is be- in your flesh for an everlasting tween Kadesh and Bered.

15 And Hagar bare Abram al

covenant.

14 And the uncircumcised mau

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GENESIS,

Ishmael circumcised. Isaac pro child, whose flesh of his foreskin is, 2 And he lifted up his ey not circumcised, that soul shall be looked, and lo, three men sto cut off from his people; he hath him: and when he saw the broken my covenant. ran to meet them from the door, and bowed himself to the ground,

15 T And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abra

ham.

3 And said, My Lord, if have found favour in thy pass not away, I pray thee, thy servant:

4 Let a little water, I pray be fetched, and wash your and rest yourselves under tree

5 And I will fetch a mors bread, and comfort ye your he after that ye shall pass on therefore are ye come to your vant. And they said, So do thou hast said.

6 And Abraham hastened the tent unto Sarah, and s Make ready quickly three n sures of fine meal, knead it, make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And Abraham ran unto herd, and fetched a calf tender good, and gave it unto a you man; and he hasted to dress it.

8 And he took butter, and m and the calf which he had dress and set it before them; and stood by them under the tree, a they did eat.

9 T And they said unto hi Where is Sarah thy wife? And said, Behold, in the tent.

10 And he said, I will certain return unto thee according to t time of life; and lo, Sarah t wife shall have a son. And Sar heard it in the tent-door, whi was behind him.

23 T And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought 11 Now Abraham and Sara with his money, every male among were old and well stricken in ago the men of Abraham's house; and and it ceased to be with Sarah al circumcised the flesh of their fore-ter the manner of women. skin, in the self-same day, as God had said unto him.

24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In the self-same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his Bon;

27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him..

CHAP. XVIII. Abraham entertains three Angels. ND the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent-door in the it of the day;

12 Therefore Sarah laughe within herself, saying, After I an waxed old shall I have pleasure my lord being old also?

13 And the LORD said unto Abra ham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh.. saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

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 shali have a son.

15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, 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 said, Shall I

Abraham intercedes

CHAP. XIX.

for Sodom. hide from Abraham that thing shall be twenty found there. And which I do; he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

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

19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall 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.

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 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 1 And Abraham drew near, and said, 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?

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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 Abraham answered and said, 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 said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

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

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 said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.

33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. CHAP. XIX.

Lot entertains two Angels. AND there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot, seeing them, rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, 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 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 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 these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will 30 And he said unto him, Oh, let needs be a judge: Now will we not the LORD be angry, and I will deal worse with thee than with speak: Peradventure there shall them. And they pressed sore upon thirty be found there. And he the man, even Lot, and came near said, I will not do it, if I find thirty to break the door.

there. 10 But the men put forth their 31 And he said, Behold now, I hand, and pulled Lot into the have taken upon me to speak unto house to them, and shut to the the LORD: Peradventure there door.

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