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23 1possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take a thread 'nor1 a shoelatchet 'nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made 24 Abram rich: 2save 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.

151 After 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 re* 2 ward. And Abram said, O Lord

4GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Dam3 mesek Eliezer? And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine 4 heir. And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This 'man' shall not be thine heir: but he that shall come forth out of thine own 5 bowels shall be thine heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now Itoward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to tell them: and he said unto him, So shall thy 6 seed be. And he believed in the

LORD; and he counted it to him for 7 righteousness. And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give 8 thee this land to inherit it. And he said, O Lord GOD, whereby shall I 9 know that I shall inherit it? And he said unto him, Take me l'an' heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. (10 And he took him all these, and divided

them in the midst, and laid each 'half over against 'the other but the birds 11 divided he not. And the 'birds of prey' came down upon the carcases, land' 12 Abram drove them away. And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, lan horror 13 of great darkness fell upon him.

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he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four 14 hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge:

1 Or, Imaker

2 Or, Ilet there be nothing for me; only that &c.

and afterward shall they come out with 15 great substance. But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be 16 buried in a good old age. And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the 17 Amorite is not yet full. And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that 18 passed between these pieces. In

that 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 19 river Euphrates: the Kenite', and

the 'Kenizzite', and the 'Kadmonite', 20 and the Hittite, and the 'Perizzite', 21 and the 'Rephaim1, and the 'Amorite', and the 'Canaanite', and the 'Girgashite', and the 'Jebusite'.

3) Sarai.

161 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had lan' handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was 2) Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I Ishall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of °And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar the Egyptian, her 'handmaid', after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband 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 5 despised in her eyes. And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid 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 that which is good in thine eyes!. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, 'and' 7 she fled from her face. 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 'handmaid', whence camest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress

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9 Sarai. 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 greatly! multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for mul11 titude. And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and 'thou shalt call his name 1Ishmael, because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. 12 And he shall be as a wild-ass among men'; his hand 'shall be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in 13 the presence of all his brethren. And

she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou art a God Ithat seeth': for she said, Have I leven here looked after him that 14 seeth me? Wherefore the well was called 'Beer-lahairoi; behold, it is 15) between Kadesh and Bered. ° And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called 'the name of his son', which 16 Hagar bare, Ishmael. And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. 17(1) And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am "God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou 2 perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will 3 multiply thee exceedingly. And Abram fell on his face and God 4 talked with him, saying, As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multi5 tude of nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of la multitude of nations have 6 I made thee. And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come 7 out of thee. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy 8 seed after thee. And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings', all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting posses9sion; and I will be their God. And God said unto Abraham, 'And as for

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thee', thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee 'through10 out their generations. This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; every Imale among you shall be cir11 cumcised. And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of la covenant 12 betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout! your generations, 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 circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an 14) everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

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And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but 'Sarah shall her 16 name be. And I will bless her, and Imoreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings 17 of 'peoples' shall be of her. Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, 18 that is ninety years old, bear? And

Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee! 19 And God said, 'Nay, but1 Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed 20 after him. 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 21 will make him a great nation. But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at 22 this set time in the next year. °And

he left off talking with him, and God 23 went up from Abraham. And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that

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were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as 24 God had said unto him. "And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh 25 of his foreskin. And Ishmael his

son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his 26 foreskin. In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael 27 his son. And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

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And the LORD appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 and he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood 'over against him and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and 3 bowed himself to the earth', and said, "My lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I 4 pray thee, from thy servant : let 'now'

a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under 5 the tree and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your 'heart'; after that 'ye shall pass on: 3forasmuch as yel are come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast (6 said. And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine 7 meal, knead it, and make cakes. And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant'; and he 8 hasted to dress it. And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, 9 and they did eat. And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. (10 And he said, I will certainly return

unto thee when the 'season cometh round'; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him. (11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the 12 manner of women. And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure,

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13 my lord being old also? And the LORD said unto Abraham, 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 Iset time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round', and Sarah shall 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 (17 the way. And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do; 18 seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be *19 blessed in him? For I have known' him, to the end' that he may command his children and his household after him, 'that they may keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgement; to the end that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which 20 he hath spoken of him. And the

LORD said, 'Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and 'because 21 their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and (22 if not, I will know. And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom but Abraham stood yet be23 fore the LORD. And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume 24 the righteous with the wicked? °Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty 25 righteous that are therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do 26 right? And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for 27 their 'sakel. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which 28) am but dust and ashes: °peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and Or, Verily

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29 five. 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 the forty's (30 sake. And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, 31 if I find thirty there. And he said,

Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake. 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 33 the ten's sake. And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

191) And 'the' two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot Isaw them, landi rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth'; 2 and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, 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 way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in 3 the street all night. And he urged' 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 young and old, all the people from every 5 quarter 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 6) know them. And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door 1 after him. And he said, I pray you, my 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: forasmuch as they are come! (9 under the shadow of my roof. And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to so

1 Or, for therefore

2 Or, were to marry

journ, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and 10 drew near to break the door. But the men put forth their hand, and 'brought' Lot into the house to them, 11 and shut to the door. And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied 12 themselves to find the door. And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and 'whomsoever! thou hast in the city; bring them out (13 of the place: °for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. 14) And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which 2married his daughters, and said, Up, get 'you' out of this place; for the LORD will destroy the city. But he seemed unto his sons in law as one that mocked. 15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters which are here; lest thou be consumed 16) in the iniquity of the city. But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him and they brought him forth, 17 and set him without the city. it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the *Plain; escape to the mountain, lest 18 thou be consumed. And Lot said *(19 unto them, Oh, not so, "my lord: °behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest "evil 20 overtake me, and I die : "behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul 21 shall live. And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast 22 spoken. Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be

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come thither. Therefore the name of 23 the city was called 'Zoar. The sun

was risen upon the earth when Lot 24 came unto Zoar. Then the LORD

rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD 25 out of heaven; and he overthrew those 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 she became a pillar of 27 salt. And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he 28 had stood before the LORD: and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land' went up as the smoke of a furnace.

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And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, 31 he and his two daughters. And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after 32 the manner of all the earth: come,

let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may pre33 serve seed of our father. "And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she 31 arose. And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve 35 seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay 36 down, nor when she arose. °Thus

were both the daughters of Lot with 37 child by their father. And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the 38 Moabites unto this day. And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same

is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

201 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and 'dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; 2 and he sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister and Abimelech king of 3 Gerar sent, and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream Jof the night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, 'because of the woman which thou hast taken; 4 for she is a man's wife. "Now! Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay 5 leven a righteous nation? Said he not himself unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my 6) hands have I done this. °And God said unto him in 'the' dream, Yea, I know that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, 'and' I also withheld thee from sinning against me therefore suffered I thee 7 not to touch her. "Now therefore restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are 8 thine. Ánd Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears and the men were sore afraid. 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I Isinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto 10 me that ought not to be done. And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this 11 thing? And Abraham said, Because

I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay (12) me for my wife's sake. And more

over she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she 13 became my wife and it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every

place whither we shall come, say of 11 me, He is my brother. And Abime

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