f5 And Abraham was a hundred over against him, and lifted up years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

61 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age.

8 And the child grew, and was weaned and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac

was weaned.

her voice, and wept.
f17 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 thy hand: for I will
make him a great nation.
m 19 And God opened her eyes,
and she saw a well of water and
she went, and filled the bottle
with water, and gave the lad

f91 And Sarah saw the son of
Hagar the Egyptian, which she drink.
had borne unto Abraham, mock-
ing.

20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the

10 Wherefore she said unto wilderness, and became an archer. Abraham, Cast out this bond-wo-g 21 And he dwelt in the wilderman, and her son: for the son of ness of Paran and his mother this bond-woman shall not be heir took him a wife out of the land of with my son, even with Isaac. Egypt.

11 And the thing was very f 22 And it came to pass at that grievous in Abraham's sight, be-time, that Abimelech and Phichol cause of his son. the chief captain of his host spake

12 And God said unto Abra-unto Abraham, saying, God is ham, Let it not be grievous in thy with thee in all that thou doest: sight, because of the lad, and be- 23 Now therefore swear unto cause of thy bond-woman; in all me here by God, that thou wilt that Sarah hath said unto thee, not deal falsely with me, nor with

hearken unto her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

13 And also of the son of the bond-woman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness 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

g 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, swear. and a bottle of water, and gave it p 25 And Abraham reproved Aunto Hagar (putting it on her bimelech because of a well of washoulder) and the child, and sent ter, which Abimelech's servants her away: and she departed, and had violently taken away. wandered in the wilderness of 26 And Abimelech said, I wot Beer-sheba. not who hath done this thing: f 15 And the water was spent in neither didst thou tell me, neither the bottle, and she cast the child yet heard I of it, but to-day. under one of the shrubs.

16 And she went, and sat her down over against him, a good way off, as it were a bow-shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat

f27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech and both of them made a covenant.

28 And Abraham set seven ewelambs of the flock by themselves.

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

of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand and a knife: and they went both of them together.

30 And he said, For these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my s 7 And Isaac spake unto Abrahand, that they may be a witness ham his father, and said, My faunto me that I have digged this ther and he said, Here am I, my well. son. And he said, Behold the fire g 31 Wherefore he called that and the wood: but where is the place Beer-sheba; because there lamb for a burnt-offering?

they sware both of them.

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

9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and

g 32 Thus they made a covenant
at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech
rose up, and Phichol the chief cap-
tain of his host, and they return-
ed into the land of the Philistines.
133 And Abraham planted a Abraham built an altar there, and
grove in Beer-sheba, and called laid the wood in order; and bound
there on the name of the LORD,
the everlasting God.

34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. CHAP. XΧΙΙ.

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Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

s 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

ND it came to pass after m 11 And the angel of the LORD these things, that God did called unto him out of heaven, and tempt Abraham, and said unto said, Abraham, Abraham. And him, Abraham: And he said, Be- he said, Here am I.

hold, here I am.

12 And he said, Lay not thine g 2 And he said, Take now thy hand upon the lad, neither do son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou any thing unto him: for now thou lovest, and get thee into the I know that thou fearest God, seeland of Moriah; and offer him ing thou hast not withheld thy son, there for a burnt-offering upon thine only son, from me. one of the mountains which I will f13 And Abraham lifted up his tell thee of.

eyes, and looked, and behold, bed 31 And Abraham rose up hind him a ram caught in a thickearly in the morning, and saddled et by his horns: And Abraham his ass, and took two of his young went and took the ram, and offermen with him, and Isaac his son, ed him up for a burnt-offering in and clave the wood for the burnt- the stead of his son.

offering, and rose up, and went un-t 14 And Abraham called the to the place of which God had told

him.

name of that place Jehovah-jireh : as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

f4 Then on the third day Abra-
ham lifted up his eyes, and sawt 15 And the angel of the LORD

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.

6 And Abraham took the wood

called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

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

f17 That in blessing I will bless choice of our sepulchres bury thy thee, and in multiplying I will dead: none of us shall withhold multiply thy seed as the stars of from thee his sepulchre, but that the heaven, and as the sand which thou mayest bury thy dead.

is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

d 7 And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. 6 18 And in thy seed shall all the 8 And he communed with them, nations of the earth be blessed; saying, If it be your mind that I because thou hast obeyed my voice. I should bury my dead out of my g 19 So Abraham returned unto sight, hear me, and entreat for me his young men, and they rose up, to Ephron the son of Zohar, and went together to Beer-sheba; 9 That he may give me the cave and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. of Machpelah, which he hath,

f20 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, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

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

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which is in the end of his field;
for as much money as it is worth
he shall give it me, for a 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 that went in at
the gate of his city, saying,
u 11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the
field give I thee, and the cave that
is therein, I give it thee; in the
presence of the sons of my people
give I it thee: bury thy dead.

12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

ND Sarah was a hundred f 13 And he spake unto Ephron in and seven and twenty the audience of the people of the years old: these were the years of land, saying, But if thou wilt give the life of Sarah. it, I pray thee, hear me I will give thee money for the field: take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

g 2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

f31 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

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 a mighty prince among us: in the

14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,

15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

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.

and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. 17 And the servant ran to meet 30 And it came to pass, when her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, he saw the ear-ring, and bracelets drink a little water of thy pitcher. upon his sister's hands, and when 18 And she said, Drink, my he heard the words of Rebekah

ord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man, and behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD, wherefore standest thou without? for I have

19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. f20 And she hasted, and emptied prepared the house, and room for her pitcher into the trough, and the camels.

ran again unto the well to draw f 32 And the man came into the water, and drew for all his camels. house: and he ungirded his camels,

21 And the man, wondering at and gave straw and provender her, held his peace, to wit whether for the camels, and water to wash the LORD had made his journey his feet, and the men's feet that

prosperous, or not. f22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ear-ring, of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,

23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?

were with him.

33 And there was set meat before him to eat but he said, I will not eat until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.

35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become great and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver,

24 And she said unto him, I am and gold, and men-servants, and the daughter of Bethuel the son of maid-servants, and camels, and Milcah, which she bare unto Na-asses. hor.

25 She said, moreover, unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. 26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.

c 27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

36 And Sarah, my master's wife, bare a son to my master when she was old and unto him hath he given all that he hath. f 37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell :

38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

23 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's houser 40 And he said unto me, The these things. LORD, before whom I walk, will f 291 And Rebekah had a bro- send his angel with thee, and prosther, and his name was Laban: per thy way; and thou shalt take

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