Four kings against five.

phel, king of Shinar,

Aner, and Mamre; let

fatar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Bigha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Z.e. boiim,and the king of Bela which is Zoar.

3 All thefe were joyned together in the vale of Sidd m, which is the falt-fea.

4 Twelve years they ferved Chedorizomer,

and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

And in the fourteenth year came Chedor. laomer, and the sings that were with him, and Emote the Rephaims in Afhteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shavch 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-mifapat, which is Kadeh, and fmore all the cour Trey of the Amalekites,and alfo 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 fame is Zoar) and they Joyned battel with them in the vale of Siddim; 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellafar: four kings with five.

10 And the vale of Siddim was full of lime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah Aed, and fell there: and they that remained Sed to the mountain.

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

12 And they took Lot Abrams brothers fon who dwelt in Sodom) and his goods, and departed.

13 And there came one that had efcaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Ehcol; and brother of Aner: and thefe were Confederate with Abram.

14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained ferwants, born in his own houfe, three hundred and eighteen, and purfued them unto Dan.

15 And he divided himself again them, be and his fervants by night, and fmote them, and purfued them unto Hobah, which is on ghe left hand of Damafcus.

16 And he brought back all the goods, and alfo brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women alfo, and the people.

17 And the king of Sodom went out to aneer Him (after his return from the flaughter of Chedorlaomer and of the kings that were with him) at the valley of Shaveh, which is the kings 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 bleed him and faid, Bleffed be Abram of the most high God possessour of hea ven and earth:

20 And bleffed 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 faid unto Abram, Give me the perfons, and take the goods to thy Self.

22 And Abram faid to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the moft high God, the poffeffour of heaven and earth,

1 God encourageth Abram. 2 Abram compiaineth for want of an heir. 4 God promifetb him afon,and a multiplying of bisdeed. 6 Abram is iuflified by faith. 7 Canaan is promifed again, and confirmed by a fign, 12 and a vision.

After unto Abrant in a vision, fay ing Fear not, Abram: I am thy field and thy exceeding great reward.

these things the word of the LORD

2 And Abram faid, Lord GoD,what wilt thou give me, feeing I go childlefs, and the steward of my houfe is this Eliezer of Damafcus!

3 And Abram faid, Behold, to me thou hafe given no feed and lo, one born in my house Is mine heir.

4 And behold,the word of the LORD came unto him,faying, This fhall not be thine heir, but he that hall come forth out of thine own bowels fhall be thine heir

5 And he brought him forth abroad, and faid, Look now toward heaven, and tell the ftars, if rhou be able to number them: And he faid unto him, So fhall thy feed be.

6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

7 And he faid unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ilr of the Caldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

And he faid, Lord GOD, whereby fhall I know that I fhall inherit it?

9 And he faid unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old,and a the-goat,of three years old,and a ram of three years old,and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midft, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcafes, Abram drove them away.

12 And when the fun was going down, a deep fleep fell upon Abram; and le,an horrour of great darkness fell upon him.

13 And he faid unto Abram, Know of a furety that thy feed fhail be a ftranger in a land tat is not theirs, and fhall ferve them, and they shall affli& them four hundred years.

14 And alfo that nation whom they fhall ferve, will I judge and afterward that they come out with great fubftance.

15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

15 But in the fourth generation they hall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

17 And it came to pass, that when the fun went down and it was dark, behold a fmoking furnace, and a burning lamp that paffed between those pieces.

18 In that fame day the LORD made a covenint with Abram, faying, Unto thy feed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river the river Fuphrates:

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 Jebufites.

CHAP. XVI.

have made Abram rich:

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 obtain children by her and Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

3 And Sarai Abrams 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 the conceived: And when the faw that fhe 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 bad conceived, I was defpifed in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

6 Rut 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 cameit thou? and whither wilt thou go? And the faid, 1 flee from the face of my miftrefs Sarai. 9 And the angel of the LORD faid unto her, Return to thy miftrefs, and fubmit thy felf under her hands.

10 And the angel of the LORD faid unto her, I will multiply thy feed exceedingly, that it fhall not be numbred for multitude.

11 And the angel of the LORD faid unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and fhalt bear a fon, and fhilt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affiction.

12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every mans hand again t him: and he shall dwell in the prefence

of all his brethren.

13 And the called the name of the LORD that (pake 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 Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadefh and Bered.

15 And Hagar bare Abram a fon and Abram called his fons name, which Hagar bare, Ifmael.

16 And Abram was fourfcore and fix years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram."

СНАР. XVII.

1 Godreneweth the covenant. 5 Abram his name is changed in token of a greater bleffing. 10 Circumcifion is inftituted. 15 Savai ber name is changed, and she bleed. 16 Isaac is promised. 23 Abraham and lshmael are circumcised.

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

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

s Neither fhall thy name any more be cal led Abram; but thy name fhall be Abraham, for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful,

Savai's name changed.

9 And God faid unte Abraham, Thou fhalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy feed after thee, in their generations.

10 This is my covenant, which ye thall keep between me, and you, and thy feed after thee; Every man-child among you fall be circumcifed.

11 And ye hall circumcife the flesh of your fore-fkin, and it fhall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

12 And he thit is eight days old fill be circumcifed among you, every man-child in your generations, he that is born in the houfe, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy feed.

13 He that is born in thy houfe,and he that is bought with thy money, muft needs be circumciled and my covenant thall be in your Aeth for an everlafting covenant.

fleth of his fore-fkin is not circumcifed, that 14 And the uncircumcifed man-child whofe foul fhall 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 fhall her name be.

15 And I will blefs her, and give thee a fon alfo of her: yea, I will blefs her,and the hall be a mother of nations; kings of people fhall

be of her.

17 Then Abram fell upon his face, and laughed, and faid in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and hall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear! IS And Abraham faid unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

19 And God faid, Sarah tlw wife fhall bear thee a fon indeed; and thou shalt call his name Ifaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlating covenant, and with his

feed after him.

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

21 But my covenant will I eftablifh with Ifaac, whom Sarah fhall bear unto thee at this fer time in the next year.

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

23 And Abraham took Ifhmael his fon, and all that were born in his houfe, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abrahams house; and circumcifed the Hefh of their fore-fkin, in the felf-fame day, as God had faid unto him.

24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcifed in the flesh of his fore-fkin.

25 And Ifhmiel his fon was thirteen years old when he was circumcifed in the flesh of his fore-skin.

25 In the felf-fame day was Abraham circumcifed, and Ishmael his fon.

27 And all the men of his house, born in the houfe, and bought with money of the Aranger, were circumcifed with him.

CHAP. XVIII.

1 Abram entertaineth three angels. 9 Sarah is rebroved for laughing at the Strange promife. 17 The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham. 23 Abraham maketh inte ceffion for the men thereof.

Nd the LORD appeared unto him in the

fhall 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 everlafting covenant; 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 thouart a firanger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlaftung pof. Sellion; and I will be their God.

door in the heat of the day..

2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men ftood by him: and when he faw them, he ran to meet them from the tent.door, and bowed himfeif toward the ground,

3 And faid, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy fight,pafs not away, I pray thee, A 64 Lew from thy fervant.

4 Let a little vater, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and reft your felves under

the tree.

And I will fetch a morfel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that, you fhal pals on for therefore are ye come to your fervant. And they faid, So do as thou laft faid.

6 And Abraham haftened into the tent unto Sarah, and (aid, Make ready quickly three mea fures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good,and gave it unto a young man; and he hafted to dreis it.

8 And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dreffed, and fet it before them; and he flood by them under the tree, and they

did eat.

9 And they faid unto him, Where is sarah ahy wife? And he faid, Behold, in the tent.

10 And he faid, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and lo,Sarah thy wife fhall have a fon. And Sarah heard it in the tent-door, which rous behind him.

11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age: and it ceafed to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

12 Therefore Sarah laughed within her felf, faying, After I am waxed old, shall I have pleaalfo!

ure, my lord being old laid unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, faying, Shall I of afurety bear a child, 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 fhall have a fon.

15 Then Sarah denied, faying, I laughed nor: for fhe was afraid. And he faid, Nay, but thou didft laugh.

16 And the men rofe up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with em 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 become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth fhall be bleffed in him?

19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his houthold after him, and they fhall keep the way of the LORD, to do ju ftice and judgment; that the LORD may bring apon Abraham that which he hath Spoken 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 Abraham food 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 deftroy, and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to lay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous fhould be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

25 And the LORD faid, If I find in Sodom ffry righteous within the city, then I willfpare all the place for their fakes.

27 And Abraham anfwered and faid, Behold now, I have taken upon me to fpeak unto the Lord which am but duft and afhes.

28 Teradventure there fhall lack five of the tv righteous: wilt thou deftroy all the city

for lack of five! And he faid, If I find there fourty and five, I will not destroy it.

29 And he spake unto him yet again, and faid, Peradventure there shall be fourty found there. And he faid, I will not do it for fourties fake.

30 And he faid unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will fpeak: Peradventure there fhall 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 speak unto the Lord: l'eradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not deftroy it for twenties fake.

32 And he faid, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten fhall be found there. And he faid, I will not destroy it for tens fake.

33 And the LORD went his way, affoon as he had left communing with Abraham; and Abraham returned unto his place.

CHAP. XIX.

1 Lot entertaineth two angels. 4 The vicious Sodomites are stricken with blindness. 12 Lot is fent for Safety into the mountain. 18 He obtainetb leave to go into Zoar. 24 Sodom and Gomorrah are deftroyed. 26 Lots wire is a pillar of salt. 30Lot dwelleth in a cave. 31 The incestuous original of Moab and Am

mon.

Aven; and Lot fat in the gals of Sodom at e Lot feeing them,rofe up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

Nd there came to

2 And he faid, Behold now my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your fervants houfe, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rife up early, and go on your ways. And they faid, Nay, but we will abide in the street an night.

3 And he preffed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entred into his houfe: and he made them a feat, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did cat.

4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compaffed the houfe 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 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 fhut the door after 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 s good in your eyes: only unto thefe men do no thing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

9 And they faid, Stand back. And they faid again, This one fellow came in to fojourn, and he will needs be a judge: Now will we deal worfe with thee, then with them. And they preffed 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 house to them, and shut ro the door.

11 And they fmote the men that were at the door of the houfe with blindnefs, both fmall and great: fo that they wearied themfcives 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 whatsoever thou haft in the city, bring them out of this place.

13 For we will deftroy this place: becaufe the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD, and the LORD hath fent us to destroy it.

14 And Lot went out, and fpake unto his fons in law, which married his daughters, and

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 I cannot escape to the mountain, left fome 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 efcape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my fout fhall live.

21 And he faid unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing alfo, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou haft spoken.

22 Hafte 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 rifen upon the earth when Lot entred into Zoar.

24 Then the LORD rained 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 cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

26 But his wife 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 flood before the

LORD.

which Lot dwelt.

feed of our father.

Nd Abraham journeyed from thence toward the fouth-countrey, and dwelled between Kadeth and Shur,and fojourned in Gerar 2 And Abraham faid of Sarah his wife, She is my fifter: And Abimelech king of Gerar

fent, and took Sarah.

3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and faid to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou haft taken: for the is a mans wife.

4 But Abimelech had hot come near her: and he faid,LORD, wilt thou lay also a righteous nation?

Said he not unto me, She is my fikter? and fhe,even the her felf faid, He is my brother: in hands have I done this. the integrity of my heart,and innocency of my

6 And God faid unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from fin ning againit me: therefore fuffered I thee not to touch her.

7 Now therefore reftore the man bis wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou reftore bernot, know thou that thou shalt farety die, thou and all that are thine.

8 Therefore Abimelech rofe early in the morning,and called all his fervants, and told all thefe things in their ears and the men were fore afraid.

9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and faid unto him, What halt thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou haft brought on me and on my kingdom a great fin? thou haft done deeds unto me that ought not to be

done.

faweft thou, that thou haft done this thing? 10 And Abimelech faid unto Abraham, What

II And Abraham faid, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will flay me for my wives fake.

the daughter of my father, but not the daughter 12 And yet indeed he is my fifter; the is of my mother and he became my wife.

13 And it came to pafs,when God caufed me to wander from my fathers houfe, that I faid unto her, This is thy kindnefs which thou shalt fhew unto me; At every place whither we shall come, fay of me, He is my brother.

14 And Abimelech took fheep, and oxen,and men-fervants, and women-fervants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

15 And Abimelech faid, Behold,my land is before thee: dwell where it pleafeth thee.

16 And unto Sarah he faid,Behold, I have gi ven thy brother a thousand pieces of filver: Be hold,he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee,and with all other: thus fhe was reproved.

17 So Abraham prayed unto God and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid fervants; and they bare children.

18 For the LORD had faft clofed up all the wombs of the houfe of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abrahams wife.

CHAP. XXI.

1 Ifaac is born: 4 be is errcurcifed. 6 Sarabs joy.9 Hagar ana Ismael are caft forth. 15 Haar