B. C. and Amraphel king of Shinar, and the men which went with me, Aner, B. C. about 1913. Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings Eshcol, and Mamre ; let them take about 1 10 And the vale of Siddim was full of "slimepits ; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; God encourageth Abram. 2 Abram complaineth for a numerous seed. 6 Abram is justified by faith. 7 Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by a sign, 12 and a vision. 12 And they took Lot, Abram's a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I 4 brother's son, 'who dwelt in Sodom, am thy shield, and thy exceeding 13 | And there came one that had 2 And Abram said, Lord God, what escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew ; wilt thou give me, e seeing I go child- 8 ch. 13. 18. for 'he dwelt in the plain of Mamre less, and the steward of my house is a Ps. 16. 5 the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and this Eliezer of Damascus ? I ver. 24. brother of Aner: tand these were con- 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed : and, lo, 'one 14 And when Abram heard that "his born in my house is mine heir. || Or, led forth. brother was taken captive, he llarm- 4 And, behold, the word of the LORD Or, instructed his trained servants, wborn in came unto him, saying, This shall not his own house, three hundred and be thine heir ; but he that 6 shall come eighteen, and pursued them *unto forth out of thine own bowels shall 15 And he divided himself against 5 And he brought him forth abroad, them, he and his servants, by night, and said, Look now toward heaven, y Is. 41. 2, 3. and smote them, and pursued them and "tell the stars, if thou be able h Ps. 147. 4 unto Hobah, which is on the left to number them : and he said unto z ver. 11, 12 16 And he brought back ?all the 6 And he believed in the LORD; goods, and also brought again his and he counted it to him for right- brother Lot, and his goods, and the eousness. 7 And he said unto him, I am the 17 ? And the king of Sodom * went LORD that brought thee out of Ur Rom. 4. 3 out to meet him, bafter his return of the Chaldees, Pto give thee this from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer land to inherit it. and of the kings that were with him, 8 And he said, Lord God, whereby at the valley of Shaveh, which is the shall I know that I shall inherit it? 9 And he said unto him, Take me 18 And a Melchizedek king of Salem a heifer of three years old, and a brought forth bread and wine : and she goat of three years old, and a he was e the priest of 'the most high ram of three years old, and a turtle- 19 And he blessed him, and said, 10 And he took unto him all these, God, possessor of heaven and earth : laid each piece one against another : 20 And blessed be the most high but the birds divided he not. God, which hath delivered thine ene- 11 And when the fowls came down mies into thy hand. And he gave upon the carcasses, Abram drove them 21 And the king of Sodom said unto 12 And when the sun was going Abram, Give me the persons, and down,' a deep sleep fell upon Abram; ch. 2. 21. and, lo, a horror of great darkness Sodom, I 'have lifted up mine hand 13 And he said unto Abram, Know m the possessor of heaven and earth, stranger in a land that is not theirs, 23 That "I will not take from a and shall serve them; and " they shall I will not take any thing that is thine, 14 And also that nation, whom they ward shall they come out with great yEx. 12.341, men have eaten, and the portion of 15 And a thou shalt go a to thy fathers tcb. 21. 20. in peace; thou shalt be buried in a 9 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and 16 But in the fourth generation submit thyself under her hands. they shall come hither again: for the 10 And the angel of the Lord said 4 1 Kings 21. iniquity of the Amorites is not yet unto her, 'I will multiply thy seed rch. 17. 20. & exceedingly, that it shall not be num- 17 And it came to pass, that, when bered for multitude. burning lamp that 'passed between and shalt bear a son, 'and shalt cali Luke 1.13,31. his name | Ishmael ; because the LORD 1. That is, God 18 In the same day the Lord 5 made hath heard thy affliction. from the river of Egypt unto the and every man's hand against him: 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, of all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of the 20 And the Hittites, and the Periz- Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also naanites, and the Girgashites, and the me? 14 Wherefore the well was called Ill Beer-lahai-roi : behold, it is z be- ! That is, The 15 [ And Hagar bare Abram a son: her mistress, 7 is sent back by an angel. 15 Ish- and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. COW Sarai, Abram's wife, a bare 16 And Abram was fourscore and Jusb. 1. 4. handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name mael to Abram. e Gal. 4. 24. was "Hagar. & ch. 30. 3. 2 d And Sarai said unto Abram, Be- ech. 21, 18. & hold now, the LORD • hath restrained God reneveth the covenant. 5 The name of Abram cumcision is instituted. 15 The name of Sarai is 23 Abraham and Ishmael are circumcised. ND when Abram was ninety years 1898. 1911. 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took old and nine, the LORD à appeared a ch. 12. 1: ! So ch. so. 3, Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after to Abram, and said unto him, I am || Or, upright, land of Canaan, and gave her to her and be thou Il perfect. husband Abram to be his wife. 2 And I will make my covenant be- c ch. 5. 2. 4 1 And he went in unto Hagar, and tween me and thee, and will multi- she conceived: and when she saw that ply thee exceedingly. she had conceived, her mistress was 3 And Abram 'fell on his face: and Deut. 18. 13. God talked with him, saying, 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My 4 As for me, behold, my covenant wrong be upon thee: I have given is with thee, and thou shalt be 6 a tude of na- Ich 31. 55. was despised in her eyes : * the LORD be called Abram, but "thy name shall ver. 17. be 11 Abraham; ' for a father of many !!! Prov. 15. 1. 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, m Be- nations have I made thee. hold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to 6 And I will make thee exceeding 5 Rom. 4. 11, her t as it pleaseth thee. And when fruitful, and I will make a nations of in thine eyes. Sarai + dealt hardly with her, "she fled thee, and 'kings shall come out of Rom. 4. 17. 7 And the angel of the Lord found Ý And I will mestablish my cove- her by a fountain of water in the wil nant between me and thee and thy Matt, 1.6,&c. derness, by the fountain in the way seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, "to be 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, a God unto thee and to othy seed p Ex. 15. 22 whence camest thou ? and whither after thee. wilt thou go? And she said, I flee 8 And PI will give unto thee, and Psh. 12. 7. & from the face of my mistress Sarai. to thy seed after thee, the land Ps. 105. 9, 11. 13. 15. Circumcision instituted. GENESIS. Three men visit Abraham. 9 ch. 23. 4. & 28. 4. r Ex. 6.7. Lev. 26. 12. 14. 2. & 26. 18. & 29. 13. s Acts 7. 8. and you. u Lev. 12. 3. 14. 13. w Ex. 4. 24. c ch. 19. 1. B. C. 1898. + 4 wherein thou art a stranger, all the his son, and all that were born in his B. C. 1898. land of Canaan, for an everlasting house, and all that were bought with te vjetrninery possession ; and 'I will be their God. his money, every male among the sojournings. 9 | And God said unto Abraham, men of Abraham's house; and cir- fore, thou, and thy seed after thee in in the selfsame day, as God had said Deut. 1. 57. & their generations. unto him. 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh years old, when he was circumcised circumcised, and Ishmael his son. Heb. a son 12 And the that is eight days old 27 And all the men of his house, ch. 18. 19. of eight days. "shall be circumcised among you, born in the house, and bought with CHAPTER XVIII. The Lord appeareth unto Abraham. 2 He entertain13 He that is born in thy house, cth three strangers. 9 Sarah is reproved for laughand he that is bought with thy ing at God's promise. 17 The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham ; 23 toho maketh interces- in the a plains of Mamre: and he ach, 13. 18. & him : Cand when he saw them, he ran 15 | And God said unto Abraham, to meet them from the tent door, and As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not bowed himself toward the ground, || That is, call her name Sarai, but | Sarah shall 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have her name be. found favour in thy sight, pass not I ch. 18. 10. 16 And I will bless her, "and give away, I pray thee, from thy servant: thee a son also of her: yea, I will 4 Let da little water, I pray you, beach. 19. 2. & bless her, and she shall be a mother fetched, and wash your feet, and rest mharlenbecome of nations ; kings of people shall be yourselves under the tree: Judg. 6. 18. of her. 5 And I will fetch a morsel of 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, bread, and t'comfort ye your hearts ; Heb. stay. z ch. 18. 12. & 1 and laughed, and said in his heart, after that ye shall pass on : & for thereShall a child be born unto him that fore fare ye come to your servant. have passed is a hundred years old ? and shall Sa- And they said, So do, as thou hast Judg. 19. 5. rah, that is ninety years old, bear? said. 18 And Abraham said unto God, Oh 6 And Abraham hastened into the 19 And God said, a Sarah thy wife ready quickly three measures of fine sh. 19. 8. & Gal. 4. 28. shall bear thee a son indeed; and meal, knead it, and make cakes upon and gave it unto a young man; and and will make him fruitful, and will and the calf which he had dressed, o ch. 25. 12, 16. multiply him exceedingly; twelve and set it before them; and he stood princes shall he beget, dand I will by them under the tree, and they did eat. unto thee at this set time in the next hold, 'in the tent. 10 And he said, I k will certainly k ver. 14. Princess. | Heb, she 43. 24. & 13. 15. ch, 35, 11. Gal. 4. 31. 1 Pet. 3. 6. 21. 6. | Heb. you Ps. 104. 15. He maketh intercession GENESIS. for the men of Sodom. ach. 17. 17. Rom 4 19. 12, 19. i Job 8. 3. & p ch. 17. 17. 1 Luke 18. 1. m ch. 3. 19. • Jer. 32 17. Zech. 2. 6. Matt S. 9. & 19. 36. Luke 1. 37. tch. 17. 21. ver. 10. son. 3 John 6. Amos 37. do; o James 5. 16. B. C. 1898. it in the tent door, which was behind | be far from thee. Shall not the Judge B. C. 1898. him. of all the earth do right? ceased to be with Sarah after the then I will spare all the place for their sakes. herself, saying, After I am waxed old 'Behold now, I have taken upon me +1 Pet. 3.6 shall I have pleasure, my 'lord being to speak unto the Lord, which am old also ? mbut dust and ashes : he said, If I find there forty and five, not do it for forty's sake. 2 Kings 4.16. 15 Then Sarah ed, saying, I 30 And he said unto him, Oh let not found there. And he said, I will not thence, and looked toward Sodom: 31 And he said, Behold now, I have a Roma. 15. 24. and Abraham went with them u to taken upon me to speak unto the bring them on the way. Lord : Peradventure there shall be - Ps. 25. 14. 17 And the LORD said, "Shall I hide twenty found there. And he said, I from Abraliam that thing which I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. 32 And he said, .Oh let not the Judg. 6. 39. not destroy it for ten's sake. the way of the Lord, to do justice unto his place. Eph. 6. 4. and judgment; that the Lord may CHAPTER XIX. Lot entertaincth two angels. 4 The Sodomites are 20 And the LORD said, Because flce for safety to the mountain. 18 He is permitted z ch. 4. 10 & 2 the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is to go into Zoar. 24 Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed. 26 Lot's wife becometh a pillar of salt. James 5. 4. great, and because their sin is very 30 Lol dwelleth in a care. 31 The origin of Moab and see Ex. 3. 8. whether they have done altogether Sodom at even; and Lot sat in according to the cry of it, which is the gate of Sodom: and "Lot seeing 5 ch. 18. 1, &c. • Deat &. 2. & come unto me; and if not, "I will them rose up to meet them; and he know. bowed himself with his face toward Luke 16. 15. 22 And the men turned their faces the ground; 2 Cor. 11. 11. from thence, and went toward Sod 2 And he said, Behold now, my om: but Abraham stood yet before lords, o turn in, I pray you, into your c Heb. 13. 2. the LORD. servant's house, and tarry all night, . Heb. 10.22 23 And Abraham drew near, and and wash your feet, and ye shall a ch. 18. 4. (Num. 16. 22. said, 'Wilt thou also destroy the right- rise up early, and go on your ways. 2 Sam. 24. 17. eous with the wicked ? And they said, Nay; but we will 5 Jer. 5. 1. 24 5 Peradventure there be fifty abide in the street all night. righteous within the city: wilt thou 3 And he pressed upon them greatly; them a feast, and did bake unleavened this manner, to slay the righteous 4 I But before they lay down, the Job 2. 20 with the wicked; and that the right- men of the city, even the men of Le. 3. 10, 11. eous should be as the wicked, that Sodom, compassed the house round, Ich 12. 3. & ... Deut 4. 9, 10 & 7. Joen 24. 15. stricken with blindness. 12 Lot is commanded to 19. 13. and Ammon. a ch. 11.5. A "a ch. 18. 22 13. 3. e ch. 19. 1. d ver. 1. @ See Luke 24. 28. & Is. 3. 9. c ver. 26. 17. 18. Luke 9. 62. d Acts 10. 14. ich. 4. 1. 24. e Job 42. 8. 9. Ps. 145. 19. o Ex. 2. 14. 2526 Ex. 32. 10. Deut. 9. 14. Mark 6.5. 8 ch. 13. 10. & 14. 2 || That is, door. h Deut. 29. 23. Lot sent out of Sodom. GENESIS. Destruction of Sodom. B. C. 1898. both old and young, all the people they had brought them forth abroad, B. C. 1898. from every quarter : that he said, Escape for thy life; bi Kings 19.3. 5 5And they called unto Lot, and look not behind thee, neither stay said unto him, Where are the men thou in all the plain; escape to the Mall. 24. 16, which came in to thee this night? mountain, lest thou be consumed. Judg. 19. 22. bring them out unto us, that we 18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, Phil. 3. 13, 14. may know them. not so, my lord : 6 And *Lot went out at the door 19 Behold now, thy servant hath k Judg. 19.23. unto them, and shut the door after found grace in thy sight, and thou him, hast magnified thy mercy, which 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, thou hast shewed unto me in saving do not so wickedly. my life; and I cannot escape to the 1 See Judg. 19. 8 'Behold now, I have two daugh- mountain, lest some evil take me, ters which have not known man; let and I die : your eyes : only unto these men do let me escape thither, (is it not a m See ch. 18.5. nothing ; m for therefore came they little one ?) and my soul shall live. under the shadow of my roof. 21 And he said unto him, See, I 9 And they said, Stand back. And have accepted thee concerning this Heb. thy face. they said again, This one fellow thing also, that I will not overthrow 2 Pet. 2. 7, 8. came in to sojourn, oand he will this city, for the which thou hast Şee ch. 32. needs be a judge: now will we deal spoken. Little, ver.20. 10 But the men put forth their hand, 23 | The sun was t risen upon the Heb. gone and pulled Lot into the house to them, earth when Lot entered into Zoar. forth. and shut to the door. 24 Then the LORD rained upon p See 2 Kings 11 And they smote the men P that Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimwere at the door of the house with stone and fire from the LORD out of Ez. 16. 49, 50. blindness, both small and great: so heaven; that they wearied themselves to find 25 And he overthrew those cities, the door. Zeph. 29. and all the plain, and all the inhabit12 | And the men said unto Lot, ants of the cities, and that which Hast thou here any besides ? son in grew upon the ground. law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, 26 But his wife looked back from and whatsoever thou hast in the city, behind him, and she became ka pillar * Luke 17. 32. I bring them out of this place : of salt. 2 Pet. 2. 7, 9. 13 For we will destroy this place, 27 | And Abraham gat up early in because the 'cry of them is waxen the morning to the place where he 1 ch. 18. 22 great before the face of the Lord; stood before the Lord : • 1 Chr. 21. 15. and the LORD hath sent us to de- 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the 14 And Lot went out, and spake land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, unto his sons in law, 'which married the smoke of the country went up u Num. 16. 21, his daughters, and said, “Up, get you as the smoke of a furnace. out of this place; for the Lord will 29 And it came to pass, when God Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, 15 [ And when the morning arose, when he overthrew the cities in the Num. 16. 24, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, which Lot dwelt. y Arise, take thy wife, and thy two 30 [ And Lot went up out of Zoar, daughters, which t are here ; lest thou and °dwelt in the mountain, and his o ver. 17, 19. found. be consumed in the liniquity of the two daughters with him ; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a the hand of his wife, and upon the younger, Our father is old, and there i Luke 18. 13. hand of his two daughters; ? the is not a man in the earth P to come in p ch. 16. 2, 4. Rom.9.15,16. a Ps. 34. 22 Lord being merciful unto him : *and unto us after the manner of all the Deut. 25. 5. they brought him forth, and set him earth : without the city. 32 Come, let us make our father 17 | And it came to pass, when | drink wine, and we will lie with 6. 18. Hos. 11. 8. Luke 17. 29. 2 Pet. 2. C. Jude 7. i ch. 14. 3. Ps. 107. 34. 9 ch. 7. 1. r ch. 18. 20. stroy it. t Matt 1. 18. m Rev. 13. 9. |
