CHAP. XV 1 Abram is encouraged. 4 A Son is pro-1 mised. He is justified by faith. 7 Canaan is promised again. Fterthese things the word word of the LORD Cocame unto Abram in Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great regard.

Hagars flight.

CHAP. XVI. Sarai giveth Hagar to Abram, 6 whe flying from ber mistreß, 7 is sent back by an angel. 15 Ishmael is born.

children: and the had a hand-maid an Egyptian, whole name was Hagar.

2 And Saraitaid unto Abram, Behold

2 And Abram faid, Lord GOD, what now, the LORD hath restrained me from wilt thou give me, feeing I go childless, bearing: I pray thee go in unto my maid, it and the steward of my house is this Eliezer may be that I may obtain children by her: of Damafcus? & Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

3 And Abram said, Behold, to me And Sarai Abrams wife took Hagar her thou hạtt given no feed: and lo, one born In my houle is mine heir.

maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave 4 And behold, the word of the LORD her to her husband Abram to be his wife. came unto him, saying, This shall not be 4f And he went in unto Hagar, and thine heir, but he that ihall come forth out the conceived: And when the law that the of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. had conceived, her mittress was despised And he brought him forthabroad, and in her eyes.

faid, Look now toward heaven and tell the 5 And Saraisaid untoAbram, My wrong stars, if thou be able to number them. And be upon thee: I have given my inaid into he faid unto him, So shall thy feed be. 6 And he beleevedinthe LORD: and he counted it to him for righteousness. 7 And he faid unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hard

8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby fhall I know that I shall inherit it?

thy bofom: and when the faw that the had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. 6 But Abraham faid unto Sarai, Behold, thy maidisxin thy handz do to her as it ly with her, the fled front her face. 7 And the angel of the LORD found 9 And he said unto him, Take me an her by a fountain of water in the wilderheifer of three years old, and a she-goat of ness, by the fountain in the way to Shur: three years old, and a ram of thee years 8 And he faid, Hagar, Sarais maid, Old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon whence camest thou? and whither wilt το And he took unto him all thefe, and thou go? And the faid, I flee from the face divided them in the midit, and laid each of my mittrefs Saral: piece one against another, but the birds And theangel of the LORD faid undivided he not. to her, Return to thy miftrefs and tubmit

And when the fowls came down up- thy felfunder her hands. on the carcafes, Abram drove them away. to And the angel of the LORD said unto 12 And when the fun was going down, her, I will multiply thy feed exceedingly, a deep fleep fell upon Abram: and to, an that it shall not be numbred for multitude. horror of great darkness fell upon him. IT And the angel of the LORD faid unto

13 And he faid unto Abram, Know of a her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt furety that thy feed shall be a stranger in bear a fon, and shalt call his name Isamael, a land that is not theirs, and mall ferve because LORD hath heard thy affiction. them, and they shall afflict them four 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand hundred years: will be against every man,and every mans

14 And alfo that nation whom they shall handagainst him and he shall dwell in ferve will I judge: and afterward thall the prefence of all his brethren. they come out with great fubstance.

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

13 And the called the Name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God feeft me; for the faid, Have I allo here looked after hinthat feeth me? A

14 Wherefore the Well was called

16 But in the fourth generation they fhall come hither again, for the iniquity of Beer-la-hai-roj: behold, it is between Cathe Amorites is not yet full.

desh and Bered.,

17 And it came to pass that when the 15 And Hagar bare Abram a fon: and fun went down, and it was dark, behold a Abrani called his fons name which Hagar fmoking furnace, and a burning lamp that bare, Ifhmael.

paffed between those pieces.

18 In that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, faying, Untothy feed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river the river Euphrates:

19 The Kenite, and the Kenizite, and the Kadmonite, 20. And the Hittite, and the Perizzite,

and the Rephaims,

at And the Amorite, & the Canaanite, and the Girgafhite, and the Jebufce.

16 And Abram was fourfcore & fix years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. CHAP. XVII.

The covenant is renewed. 5 Abrams name changed. 10 Circumcifion intituted. 16 Isaac promised. ANd when Abram was ninety years old A& nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, & faid unto him, I am the Almighty God walk before me, and be thou perfect.. a And I will make my covenant berween

ne

Circumcifion in Fituted. Chap. xviii. 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 covenantis with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations:

5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy nameshall be Abraham: for a father of many nations have I made thee.

6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitfull,and I will make nations of thee, and kings thall come out of thee.

7 And I willestablish my covenant between me, and thee, and thy feed after thee, in their generations, for an everlating covenants 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 thou art a stranger,all land of Canaan, foran everlafting poslession: and I will be their God.

9 AndGod faid unto Abraham, Thou thy feed after thee, in their generations. fhalt keep covenant therefore, thon, &

To This is my covenant, which ye shall keep between me, and you, and thy feed after thee: Every man-child among you shall be circumcifed.

And ye shall circumcife the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

12 And he that is eight dayes old shall be circumcifedamong you, every manchild in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any ftranger, which is not of thy feed.

Isaac promised.

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

23 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 houfes and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin, in the self-fanie day, as God had faid unto him.

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

25 And Ishmael his fon was thirteen years old when he was circumcifed in the Heth of his foreskin.

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

27 Andall the men of his house, born. in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcited with him.

CHAP. XVIII. Abrabam entertaineth threeangels, 9 Sarabslaughter. 17 Sodoms destrution revealed, 23 Abrabamsinterceßion.

Aplains of Mamre: and he fat in the Nd the LORD appeared unto him in the tent-door in the heat of the day.

2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, & lo,three men stood by him:and when he faw them, he ran to meet them from y tentdoor, & bowed himfeff toward § ground,

3 And faid, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy fight, pais not away I pray thee, from thy tervant:

4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and waslı your feet, and relt your felys under the tree.

5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts, after that you shal

13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, mult needs pass on; for therefore are ye come to your be circumcifed: and my covenant shall be fervant. And they said, Sodoas thou haft in your fleth for an everlasting covenant. said.

14. And the uncircumcifed man-child, 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent whose tlesh of his foreskin is not circum- unto Sarah, and faid, Make ready quickly cifed, that foul shall be cut off from his three measures of fine meal, knead it, and people: he hath broken my covenant. make cakes upon the hearth.

15 And God faid unto Abraham, As 1 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and

for Saraithy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah ball her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and give thee afon allo of her: yea, I will bless her, and the shall be a motber ther of nations: kings of people shall be of her.

fetchta calftender and good, and gave is unto a young man, & he hafted to dress it. 8 And he took burter and milk, and the calfwhich he had drefled, and fet it before them: and he stood by them under the tree: and they did eat.

rah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in tent.

17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, & And they faid untohim, Where is Salaughed, Scfaid in his heart, Shalla child be bora unto him y is an hundred years old?& Thall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that

Ismmaet might live before thee?

1o And God faid, Sarah thy wife shall cear thee a fon indeed, and thou shalt call his name Ifaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his feed after him.

zo Andas for Ishmael, I have heard thee, Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitfull, and will multiply him exceedingly twelve princes shalt he beget, and I will make hini a great nation.

21 But my covenant will I establish with Ifaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto sheçat this fet time in the next year.

το And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life: & lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a fon. And Sarah heard it in the tent-door, which was behind him.

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

12 Therefore Sarah laughed within her (elf, faying, After I am waxed old, shall I have pieature, my lord being old allo?

13 And the LORD laid unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, faying, Shall I ofa furety bear a child, which am old? 14. Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the time oppointed will I return unto A 7

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Sodoms deftruction Genefis. thee, according to the time of life: and Sarah thall have a fon.

15 Then Sarah denied, faying, I laughdoor for the was afraid. And he faid, Nay, but thou didst laugh. And the men rofe up from thence, andooked toward Sodom; and Abraham wen with them to bring them on the way. 17. the LORD faid, Shall I hide

from Abrorn that thing which I do;

18 Select Abraham shall furely become a great & mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth inal be blesled in him? 19 For 1 know him, that he will command his children and his houshold after him, and they thall keep the way of the LORD, to do juftice and judgement, that the LORD may bring upon 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 tin is very grievous

21 I willgodown now, and fee whether they have don altogether according to the cry of it, whichis 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 near, and said, Wilt thou alfo destroy the righteous with the wicked?

24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city, wilt thou alfo destroy, and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

25 That be far from thee to do after this

CHAP. XIX.

thratma

I Lot entertaineth two angels. 24 Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed. 26 Lots wife is punished. 31 Lousinceft.

Sodom

Aat devhere aangeste
at even and Lot fat in the gate of
Sodom, and Lot seeing them, rose up to
meet them, ar dhe bowed himself with bis
face toward the ground:

2 And he faid, Behold now, my Lords,
turn in, I pay you, in o your fervants
house, and tarry all night, and wash your
feet, and ye shall rife 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, & entred into his
houfe: 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 compaffed the house round, bo hold 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 Andfaid, I pray you, brethren, do not fo wickedly.

8 Behold now, I have two daughters whichhave not known man, let me, I pray. you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them, as is good in your eyes: onely unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

manner, to lay the righteous with the 9 And they faid, Stand back: And they

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 faid, 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 faid, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak

laid again, This onefellow came in to fojourn, and he will needs be a judge: Now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they prefled fore upon the man even Lot, and came near to break the door. TO But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and hut to the door.

unto the Lord, which am but duft & afhes. 11. And they smote the men that were at 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the door of the house with blindness, both

the fifty righteous; wilt thou destroyally city for lack of five? And he faid, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and faid, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he faid, I will not do it for forties fake.

30 And he faidunto bim, O let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Perad venture there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

31. And he faid, Behold now, I have taken upon me to fpeak unto the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found. there. And he laid, I will not deftroy it for twenties face..

small and great fo that they wearied themselvs to find the door.

12 And the men faid unto Lot, Halt thou here any betides? fon I in law, and thy fons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou haftins city, bring them out of this place.

13 For we will destroy this place; because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD, and the LORD hath tent us to destroy it.

14 And Lot went out and spakeunto his fons in law which married his daughters, and faid, Up, get ye out of this place; for Lord will deftroy this city: but he seemed as one that mocked unto his fons in law. 15. And when the morning arose, then the angels haltened Lot, laying, Arife, take thy wife, and thy two daughters hrers which

32 And he fail, O let not the Lord be angry, &. I will fpeak yet but this once: Per--are here; leaft thou be confimmed in the iniadventure ten shall be found there. And quity of the city. he faid, I will nedeftroy it for tens fake. 16 And while he ingred, the men laid 33 And the LORD went his way, aftoon hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of as he had left communing with Abraham: his wife, and upon the hand of his two nd Abrahain returned unto his place.

daughters;

Solom defproyea. Chap. xx. Llots inceft daughters; the LORD being merciful unto 35 And they made their father drink wine him: and they brought him forth, and fet that night allo, and the younger arose, and him without the city. laid with him: and he perceived not when 17 And it came to pass, when they had the laid down, nor when the arofe. brought them forth abroad, that he said, 36 Thus were both the daughters of Efcape for thy life, look not behind thee, Lot with child by their father. neither stay thou in all the plain; escape 37 And the firft-born bare a fon, and to the mountain, left thou be confumed. called his name Moab: the fame is the fa

18 And Lot faid unto them, Oh not fo,

my Lord:

ther of the Moabites, unto this day. 38 And the younger, she alto bare a fon, 19. Behold now, thy fervant hath found and called his name Ben-ammi: the fame grace in thy fight, and thou hast magnified is the father of the chikiren of Ammon thy mercy, which thou haft thewed unto me unto this day.

CHAP. XX.

in faving any life, & I cannotefcape to the mountain, lealt fome evil take me, & I die. 2 Abraham denieth his wife and losetb ber.

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 foul shali live.

14 Abimelecbrestoretb Sarab. And Abraham journeyed from thence fouth-countrey, and dwelled between Cadesh and Shur, and fo

toward the

21 And he said unto him, See, I have journed in Gerar. accepted thee concerning this thing, that 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, I will not overthrow this city, for the She is my fifter: And Abimelech king of which thou haft spoken.

Gerar fent, and took Sarah.

22 Haft thee, escape thither, for I cannot 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream dany thing till thou be come thither: by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art therefore the name of the city was called but a dead man for the woman, which thou

Zoar.

haft taken: for the is a mans wife.

23 The fun was risen upon the earth 4 But Abimelech had not come near her: when Lot entred into Zoar.

24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, brimstone, and fire from the LORD out of heaven.

2.5 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the ci.

and he said, LORD, wilt thou flay alfoa righteous nation?

5. Said he not unto me, She is my fifter? and the, even the her felt faid: He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart, and innocency of my hands have I don this. Yea, I know that thou didst this in the inhind him, and the became a pillar of falt. tegrity of thy heart: for I alfo withheld 27 And Abraham gat up early in the thee from finning againft me, therefore morning, to the place where he stood be suffered I thee not to touch her. fore the LORD.

ties, & that which grew upon the ground. 6 And God faid unto him in a dream,

25 But his wife looked back from be

7. Now therefore reftore the man bis 28 And he looked toward Sodom and wife: for he is a prophet, and he shall pray Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou plain, and beheld, and lo, the smoke of the restore ber not, know thou that thou shalt countrey went up as y fimoke of a furnace. furely die, thou, and all that are thine. 29 And it came to pass, when God de- 8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the ftroyed the cities of the plain, that God morning, and called all his servants, and remembred Abraham, and fent Lot out of told all these things in theircars: and the the midst of the overthrow, when he over- men were fore afraid.

threw the cities, in the which Lotdwelt. 9 Then Abimetech called Abraham, and 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and faid unto him, What haft thou don unto dwelt in the mountain, and his two daugh-us? and what have I offended thee, that ters with him; for he feared to dwell in thou haft brought on me and on my kingZoar: andhe dwelt in a cave, he and his dom a great fin? thou hast don deeds un two daughters.

to me that ought not to be don. 31 And the first-born faid unto the 10 And Abimelech faid unto Abraham, younger, Our father is old, and there is What fawest thou, that thou hast don this not a man in the earth to come in unto us, thing? after the manner of all the earth.

11 And Abraham faid, Because I thought, 32 Come let us make our father drink Surely the fear of God is not in this place, wine, and we will lie with him, that we and they will flay me for my wives fake. may preferve feed of our father. 12 And yet indeed she is my lifter, the is 33 And they made their father drink wine daughter of my father, but not the daughthat night: and the first-born went in, and ter of my mother: & the became my wife. laid with her father: and he perceived not 13 And it came to pass, when God.caufwhen the laid down, nor when the arose, ed me to wander from my fathers houfe, 34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that I faid unto her, This is thy kindness that the first-born faid unto the younger, which thou shalt shew unto me: at every Behold, I laid yesternight with my father: place whither we shalt come, say of me, let us make him drink wine this night al- He is my brother. fo: and gothou in, and lie with him, that 14 And Abimelech took theep,and oxen, we may preserve feed of our father.

and men-fervants, and women servanes,

aud

Vasc is born. Genefis. Hagar comforted. and gave them unto Abraham, and restored 17 And God heard the voyce of the lad. him Sarah his wife. And the angel of God called to Hagar out 15 And Abimelech faid, Behold, my land is of heaven, and faid unto her, What aleth before thee, dwell where it pleaseth thee, thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard 16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, 1 the voyce of the lad where he is: have given thy brother a thousand pieces 18 Arife, lift up the lad, and hold him of filver: behold, he is to thee a covering in thine hand: for I will make him a great of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and nation.

with all other thus the was reproved. 19 And God opened her eyes, and the faw 17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and a well of water, and the went, and filled the God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. his maid-fervants, and they bare children. 20 And God was with the lad; and he 18 For the LORD had faft closed up all grew, and dwelt in the wildernels, and the wombs of the houte of Abimelech, be- became an archer..

caule of Saralı Abrahanıs wife. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of CHAP. ΧΧΙ. Paran; and his mother took him a wife Isaacis born. 9 Hagar and Ishmael are out of the land of Egypt.. cast fortb. 21 Abimelecks covenant with 22 And it came to pass at that time Abrabam. that Abimelech, and Phichol the chief ca

Alaid, the and LORD the LORD visited did Sarab unto as Sarah he hadptain as ing, God of his holt fpake unte Abraham, fay

is with thee in all that thou doeft

he had spoken. 23 Now therefore swear unto me here 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abra- by God, that thou wilt not deal falfly with hama fon in his old age, at the fet time, me, nor with my fon, nor with my fons of which Godhad spoken to him. fon: but according to kindnessý I have

3 And Abraham called the name of his don unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, & fon that was born-unto him, whom Sarah to the land wherein thou hatt fojourned. bare to him, Ifaac.

4 And Abraham circumcifed his fon Haac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

24 And Abraham faid, I will fwear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech, because of a Well of water, which Abimelechs fervants had violently taken away.

And Abraham was an hundred years, 26 And Abimelech faid, I wot nor whe old, when histon Ifaac was born unto him, hath don this thing: neither didit, thou 6 And Saralı faid, God hath made me to tell me, neither yet heard Iof it but to day. laugh so that all y hear will laugh with me 27 And Abraham took theep and oxen, 7 And the faid, Who would have faid and gave them unto Abimelech: and both unto Abraham, that Sarah should have of them made a covenant.

given children fuck ? for I have born bim a fon in his old age.

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

And Sarah faw the fon of Hagar the Egyptian, which the had born unto Abraham, mocking.

το Wherefore the said unto Abraham, Caft out this bond-woman, and her fon: for the fon of this bond-woman shall not be keir with my fon, even with Ifaac.

IT And the thing was very grievous in Abrahams fight, because of histon.

28 And Abraham set seven ew-lambs of the flock by themselvs.

29 And Abimelech faid unto Abraham, What mean these sevenew-lambs, which thou haft fet by themlelvs?

30 And he said, For these seven ewlambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this Well.

31 Wherefore he called y place Beer-theba: because there they fware both of them. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beertheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his holt, & they 12 And God faid unto Abraham, Let it returned into the land of the Phililtins. not be grievous in thy fight, because of 33 And Abrabam planteda grove in the lad, and because of thy bond-woman. Beer-sheba, and called there on the Name In allthat Sarah hath faid unto thee, hear- of the Lord, the everlasting God. ken unto her voice: for in Ifaac shall thy feed be called.

34 And Abraham fojourned in the Philiftins land, many days.

13 And alfo of fon of the bond-woman CHÁP XΧΙΙ. will I make a nation, because he is thy feed Abrabamoffering Isaac, is stayed by an 14 And Abraham rufe up early in the angel. 15 He is bleffed again. 20 Tise morning, and took bread, and a bottle of generations of Nabor. water, and gave it ton her moulder) and the child, and that God did tempt Abraham, and fai. unto Hagar (putting A ANd it came to pass after these things, fent her away ; and the departed, and wan- unto him, Abraham. And he faid, Behold, dred in the wilderness of Beer-theba.

bere I am.

15 And the water was spent in the bottle, 2 And he faid, Take now thy fon, thine & the cafty child under one of the shrubs. onelyson Haac, whom thou loveft:and gee 16 And the went and fat her down over thee into the land of Moriah: & offer him against him, a good way off, as it were a there for a burnt-offering upon one of the baw-hot: for the faid. Let me not fee the mountains, which I will tell thee of.. death of the child, And the fat over a- 7 And Abraham rose up early in the Maast bims and hit up her voyce, and wept.

mothing,