Moab and Ammon merciful unto him: and they brought 31 And the first born salt up to the him forth and set him without the city younger, Our father cld, and there 17 And it came to pass, when they noga man in the ears to come ma had brought them forth abroad, that into us alter the manner of all the he said, Escape for thy Lfe; look not earth: behind thee, neither stay thou in all 32 Come, let us make our father the plain; escape to the mountain, drink wine, and we wil Le with him, lest hou be consumed. that we may preserve seed of our 18 And Lot said unto them, Oh! not father. 60, my Lord. 33 And they made their father drink 19 Behold now, thy servant hath wine that night; and the first born found grace in thy sight, and thou hast went in, and lay with her father; and magnited thy mercy, which thou hast he perceived not when she lay down showed unto me in saving my life; nor when she arose. and I cannot escape to the mountain, 34 And it came to pass on the mor lest some evil take me, and I die row, that the first boru said unto the 20 Beloki now, this city is near to flee younger, Beick, I lay yester unto, and it is a litle one: Oh! let with my father: let us make lum me escape thither, (is it not a little drink wine this ught also; and go one?) and my soul shall live. thou in, and be with him, that we 21 And he said unto him, See,I have may preserve seed of our fa'ler. accepted thee concerning this thing 35 And they made their father dunk also, that I will not overthrow this city wine that night also: and the younger for the which thou hast spoken. arose, and lay with him: and he per 22 Haste thee, escape thither: for Iceived not when she lay down, nor cannot do any thing till thou be cone when she arose. thither: therefore the name of the city ras called Zoar, 23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the se the father of the Moabites unto this 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone day. and fire from the LORD out of heaven: 38 And the younger, she also bare a 25 And he overthrew those cities, and son, and called his name Ben amai: all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the same is the father of the children the cities, and that which grew upon of Ammon unto this day. the ground. 25 But his wife looked back from CHAP. XX. behind him, and she became a pillar AND Abraham journeyed from of salt. 27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning, to the place where he stood before the LORD: 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 29 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. 30 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, be, and his two daughters. thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerur. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Alimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Be hold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. 4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou sly also a righteous nation? 5 Said he not unto me, She is my sis ter? and she, even she herself sand, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart, and innocency of my hands, have I done this. 6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: Isaac is born. CHAP. XXL therefore suffered I thee not to touch AND the LORD visited Sarah as he her. 7 Now therefore restore the man his Sarah as he had spoken. wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and Abraham a son in his old age, at the if thou restore her not, know thou that set time of which God had spoken to thou shalt surely die, thou, and all him. that are thine. 8 Therefore 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 Abra ham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. 10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6 T 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 born 11 And Abraham said, Because I him a son in his old age. thought, Surely the fear of God is not 8 And the child grew, and was weanin this place; and they will slay mejed: and Abraham made a great feast for my wife's sake. 12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. the same day that Isaac was weaned. 9 T And Sarah saw the son of lagar the Egyptian,which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abra 13 And it came to pass, when God ham, Cast out this bond-woman and caused me to wander from my father's her son: for the son of this bondhouse, that I said unto her, This is woman shall not be heir with my son, thy kindness which thou shalt show even with Isaac. unto me; at every place whither we 11 And the thing was very grievous shall come, say of me, He is my in Abraham's sight, because of his brother. son. 14 T And Abimelech took sheep, and 12 And God said unto Abraham, Let oxen, and men-servants, and women- it not be grievous in thy sight, because servants, and gave them unto Abra of the lad, and because of thy bondham, and restored him Sarah his wife. woman; in all that Sarah hath said 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, myjunto thee, hearken unto her voice: land is before thee: dwell where it for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. pleaseth thee. 13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. 16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. 17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bare children. 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar,(putting it on her shoulder,) and the child, and sent her away; and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. 15 And the water was spent in the 13 For the LORD had fast closed up bottle, and she cast the child under one the wombs of the house of Abime of the shrubs. because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.] 16 And she went, and sat her down Abimelech's covenant CHAP. XXII with Abraham over against him, a good way off, as it Beer sheht: because there they sware were a bow-shot; for she said, Letiboth of them. me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer shela; then Allimelech rose sage and Pax of the eof is of 17 And God heard the voice of the hot, and they retururd sito tie lud lad: and the angel of God called to of the Philistines. Hagar out of heaven, and said unto 33 And Archum plantel a groce ber, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear in Beer wichs, and cat there te not; for God hath heard the voice of name of the Loan, the eveskating the lid where he is. God. 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him 34 And Abraham sojourned in the in thy hand: for I will make him a Platines' lui many day great nation. 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 drink. CHAP. XXIL AND it came to, after these 20 And God was with the lad; and 2 And be sad, Take now thy son, he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. thine only son Isaac, whom Tya bar jest, and get thee to the lund of Morial; and offer him there for a furtoffering upon one of the mountas which I will tell thee of 22 ¶ And it came to pass at that time, 3 And Abraham rose up early in that Abimelech, and Phichol the chief the morning, and sad lied his ass, and captain of his host, spake unto Abra-took two of his young men with kan, hamn, saying, God is with thee in all and Isaac his son, and clave the wood that thou dost. for the burnt offering, aurd rose up, end went unto the place of which God had told him. Then on the third day Al raham hfted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with 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 5 And Abraham said unto his young wherein thou hast sojourned. inen, Abide ye here with the ass, and 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. I and the lad will go yonder and wor 25 And Abraham reproved Abine-ship, and come again to you lech because of a well of water, which 6 And Abrahan took the wood of Abimelech's servants had violently the burnt-offering, and laid it upon taken away. Isaac his son: and he took the fire in 26 And Abimelech said, I wot not his hand, and a knife: and they went who hath done this thing; neither both of them together. didst thou tell me, neither yet heard 17 And Isaac spake unto Abraham lus of it, but today. father, and said, My father: and he 27 And Abraham took sheep and said, Here um 1, my son. And he said, osen, and gave them unto Abimelech: and both of them made a covenant. 28 And Abraliam set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves. Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering? 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt-offering: so they went both of them together. 29 And Abimelech said unto Abra ham, What mean these seven ewe lambs, which thou hast set by them-9 And they came to the place which εrives? God had told him of: and Abraham 30 And he said, For these seven ewe-built an altar there, and laid the wood lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that in order; and bound Isaac his son, they may be a witness unto me, that 1 and laid him on the altar upon the have digged this well. wood. 10 And Abraham stretched fa 31 Wherefore he called that place 21 Abraham affereth Isaac. son. GENESIS. Sarah's death. hand, and took the knife to slay his were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; 11 T And the angel of the Loup call the same is Hebron in the land of Ca ed unto him out of heaven, and said, nam; and Abraham came to mourn Abraham, Abraham. And he said, for Sarah, and to weep for her. Here am I. 3 And Abraham stood up from be 12 And he said, Lay not thy hand fore his dead, and spake unto the sons upon the lad, neither do thou any thing of Heth, saying, unto him: for now I know that thou 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner fearest God, seeing thou hast not with- with you give me a possession of a held thy son, thine only son, from me. burying-place with you, that I inay 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, bury my dead out of my sight. and looked, and, behold, behind him 5 And the children of Heth answer a ram caught in a thicket by his horns:jed Abraham, saying unto him, and Abraham went and took the ram, 6 Hear us, my lord. thou art a and offered him up for a burnt-offering mighty prince among us; in the choice in the stead of his son. of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none 14 And Abrahamn called the name of of us shall withhold from thee his that place Jehovah jireh; as it is said sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury to this day, In the mount of the LORD thy dead." it shall be seen. 15 T And the angel of the LORD call ed unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And stid, By myself have I sworn, saith the LonD; for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son; 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seel as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies: 18 And in thy seed shall ali the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. 7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. 8 And he communed with them, sayung, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zolar, 9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelan, which he hath, 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 19 So Abraham returned unto his audience of the children of Heth, even young men; and they rose up, and of all that went in at the gate of his went together to Beer-sheba: and city, saying, Abraham dwelt at Beer sheba. 11 Nay, iny lord, hear me: the field 20 And it came to pass, after these give I thee, and the cave that is therethings, that it was told Abraham, say-in, I give it thee; in the presence of ing, Behold, Mileah, she hath also the sons of my people give I it thee: born children unto thy brother Nahor; bury thy dead. 21 Huz his first-born, and Buz his 12 And Abraham bowed down himbrother, and Kemuel the father of self before the people of the land. 13 And he spake unto Ephron, in the Aram, 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pil-audience of the people of the land, dash, and Jidlaph, and Bethel, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray 23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these thee, hear me: I will give thee money eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abra- for the field; take it of me, and I will bam's brother. bury my dead there. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebath, and Gabam, and Thahash, and Maachah. CHAP. XXIII. ND Sarah was a hundred and 14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 15 My lord, hearke unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and A seven and twenty years old: these thee? bury therefore thy dead. Journey of CHAP. XXIV. Braham's treat. 15 And Abraham hearkened unto, be clear from this my oath: only bring Ephron; and Abraham weighed to not my son thither again. Ephron the silver, which he had 9 And the servant pat his hand under rained in the audience of the sons of the thigh of Abraham his master, and Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, sware to him concerning that matter. Current money with the merchant. 10 And the servant took tearamels, 17 And the field of Ephron, which of the cunels of his master, mud de was in Machpelah, which was before parted; (for all the goods of lus mas Mamre, the field, and the cave which ter toere in las had ; and he arose, toas therein, and all the trees that and went to Mesopotamia, unto t were in the field, that were in all the city of Nahor. borders round about, were made sure) 11 And de male his camels to kneel 18 Unto Abraham for a possession, in down without the city by a well of the presence of the children of Het, water, at the time of the evening, even before all that went in at the gate of the time that women go out to draw kity. 19 And after this, Abraham buried! Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Macapelah, before Manre: the Bame is Hebron in the land of Canaan 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham, for a possession of a burying place, by the sons of Heth. CHAP. XXIV. ND Abraham was old, and well water. 12 And he said, O Long God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and show uudness unto my master Abrahan. 13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the mea of the city come out to draw water: 14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let do wa thy patcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drunk, and 1 AND a LORD will give thy camels denk also let had blessed Abraham in all things. the same be she that thou hast ap pointed for thy servant leve, and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness auto my master. 15 And it came to pass, before he 3 And I will make thee swear by the had done speaking, that, behold, ReLORD, the God of heaven, and the God bekah came out, who was born to of the earth, that thou shalt not take a Bethuel, son of Mileah, the wife of wife unto my son of the daughters of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: pitcher upon her shoulder. 4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. 5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? 6 And Abraham said unto him, Be ware thou, that thou bring not my son thither again. 16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin; neither had any man kaown her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. 18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hastened, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 7 The LORD God of heaven which 19 And when she had done giving tok me from my father's house, and him drink, she said, I will draw water from the land of my kindred, and for thy camels also, until they have which spake unto me, and that sware done drinking, unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I 20 And she hasted and emptied her give this land; he shall send his angel pitcher into the trough, and ran again before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto the well to draw water, and drew unto my son from thence. 8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt for all his camels. 21 And the man, wondering at her, held his peace, to wit whether he |