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24 and Mash. And 'Arpachshad' 1begat 'Shelah'; and 'Shelah' begat Eber. 25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was "Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Je27 rah; and Hadoram, and Uzal, and 28 Diklah; and Obal, and Abimael, 29 and Sheba; and Ophir, and Havilah,

and Jobab: all these were the sons 30 of Joktan. And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward' Sephar, the mountain of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

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These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and 'of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

111 And the whole earth was of one (2 language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them 'throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole 5 earth. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the 6) children of men builded. And the LORD said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be 'withholden from them, which they pur7 posel to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one 8 another's speech. So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and 9 they left off to build the city. Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there "confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

10 These are the generations of Shem.

Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after 11 the flood and Shem lived after he begat'Arpachshad' five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

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And Arpachshad lived five and 13 thirty years, and begat 'Shelah': and Arpachshad lived after he begat 'Shelah' four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and 15 begat Eber: and 'Shelah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 16 And Eber lived four and thirty 17 years, and begat Peleg: and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and 19 begat Reu: and Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

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And Reu lived two and thirty years, 21 and begat Serug: and Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

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And Serug lived thirty years, and 23 begat Nahor: and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty 25 years, and begat Terah: and Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

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And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 °And Haran died in the presence of

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his father Terah in the land of his na29 tivity, in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. And Sarai was barren; she had no 31 child. And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, 32 and dwelt there. And the days of

1 The Sept. reads, begat Cainan, and Cainan begat Shelah.

That is, Division.

3 In 1 Chr. i. 22, Ebal.
4 Or, hill country
5 Heb. lip.

• Heb. words.

7 Or, in the east

That is, bitumen.
Heb. balal, to confound.

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Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

Now the LORD said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto 'the' land that I will shew (2) thee and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a 3) blessing and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee 'will I curse: and in thee shall all 'the' families of the earth be blessed. 4 So Abram went', as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out 5 of Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. 6 °And Abram passed through the land unto the place of 'Shechem1, unto the oak' of Moreh. And the Canaanite 7 was then in the land. And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the 8 LORD, who appeared unto him. oAnd he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of 9 the LORD. And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. 10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was 11 sore in the land. And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon : 12 and it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee 13 alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art my

sister that it may be well with me for thy sake, and 'that' my soul 'may' 14 live because of thee. And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the

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15 woman that she was very fair. 'And' the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and 'praised her 'to! Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. *16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she-asses, and cam17 els. And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues be18 cause of Sarai Abram's wife. And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she 19 was thy wife? Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so that I took her to be my wife now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. 20 And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him and they brought him on the way1, and his wife, and all that he had.

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And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South. 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, 3 in silver, and in gold. And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, be4 tween Beth-el and Ai; unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram 5 called on the name of the LORD. And Lot also, which went with Abram, had 6 flocks, and herds, and tents. And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that 7 they could not dwell together. And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the 8 land. "And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for 9 we are brethren. Ís not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou 'take' the right hand, 10 then I will go to the left. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the

Plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, 'like' the garden of the LORD, like the land

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of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar. 11 So Lot chose him all the Plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one 12 from the other. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the Plain, and 'moved' 13 his tent as far as Sodom. Now! the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the LORD exceed14 ingly. And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art,

northward and southward and east15 ward and westward: °for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give 16 it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy 17) seed also be numbered. Arise, walk

through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I 18 give it. And' Abram 'moved' his tent, and came and dwelt by the "oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. 141

And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim!, 2 that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar). (3 All these joined together in the vale of Siddim ('the same is the Salt 4 Sea). Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth 5 year they rebelled. And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim' in Ashterothkarnaim, and the Zuzim' in Ham, and the Emim in 4Shaveh-kiriathaim, 6 and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilder1 ness.

And they returned, and came to En-mishpat ('the same is Kadesh), and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, 8 that dwelt in 'Hazazon-tamar. And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king

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of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar); and they set the battle in array against them in the vale of Sid(9 dim; against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of 'Goiim', and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against 10 the five. Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that re11 mained fled to the mountain. And

they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, 12 and went their way. And they took

Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and de13 parted. And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew: 'now' he dwelt 'by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram. (14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men', born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, 15) and pursued as far as1 Dan. And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damas16 cus. And he brought back all the

goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the (17 women also, and the people. And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh (18) ('the same is the King's 'Vale!). And

Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was (19) priest of God Most High. And he

blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor (20) of heaven and earth: and blessed be

God Most High, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he 21 gave him la tenth of all. And the

king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods (22) to thyself. And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, God Most High,

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23 possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take a thread 'nor 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 Ábram said, O Lord

GOD, 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 lan1 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, 'and' 12 Abram drove them away. And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, 'an 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, let there be nothing for me; only that &c.

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and the 'Canaanite!, and the 'Girgashite', and the 'Jebusite'. 161 Now Sarai Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had 'an' 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 3) Sarai. °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 'Ishmael, 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

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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 posses9 sion; and I will be their God. And God said unto Abraham, 'And as for

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theel, 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 male among you shall be cir11 cumcised. And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of 'a' 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 moreover 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, but 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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