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16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. 17 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 thine hand; for I will make him a 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. 20 And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wil m ch. 16. 12. derness, 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.

1 Num. 22. 31.

2 Kin. 6. 17, 18, 20. Cp. Luke 24. 16, 31.

n ch. 20. 2. Cp. ch. 26. 1, 26. o Cp. ch.

26. 28.

q Cp. ch. 26. 15, 18, 20-22.

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22 And it came to pass at that time, that" Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23 now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with 2 my son, nor with my son's son: rch. 20. 14. but Paccording 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 swear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. 26 And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day, 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimer ch. 26. 31. lech; and they two "made a cove nant. 28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? 30 And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. 31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them. 32 So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the

ch. 26. 33.

captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, "the Everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

tch. 4.26

& 12. 8. Isai. 40.28

Cp. Ps.

90. 2.

1 Cor. 10. Heb. 11.17.

13.

James 1. 12. 13.

1 Pet. 1.

6, 7.

19.1.

1 And it came to pass after 22 these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I. 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into w the land of Moriah; and offer him w2 Chr. 3.1. there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 3 And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw 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 we will worship, and come again to you. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid Cp. John it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? 8 And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son: so they went both of them together. 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him Heb. 11. on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. 12 And he said, a Lay a Cp. Mic. not thine hand upon the lad, nei 6.7,8 ther do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld

8

1 Or, became, as he grew up, an archer 2 Or, my offspring, nor with my posterity 3 Heb. see for himself.

Cp. John

1.23, 36

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geh. 18. 23. Cp. Chr.

21. 17.

A ch. 39. 9.
Ps. 51. 4.

Job 42. 8.

16. 32, 33.

James 5. 16.

spect of all thou art righted. 17 And
Abraham prayed unto God: and Cp.
God healed Abimelech, and his
wife, and his maidservants; and
they bare children. 18 For the LORD
had fast closed up all the wombs of Cp. ch.
the house of Abimelech, because of
Sarah Abraham's wife.

12. 17.

I And the LORD "visited v1 Sam. 2.

21.

wch. 17. 19

Heb. 11.

& 18. 10, 14.

Cp. Gal. 4.

21 Sarah as he had said, and the
LORD did unto Sarah " as he
had spoken. 2 And Sarah con-
ceived, and bare Abraham a son in
his old age, at the set time of which
God had spoken to him. 3 And Abra- ch. 17. 21.
ham called the name of his son that
was born unto him, whom Sarah
bare to him, * Isaac. 4 And Abra- 2 ch. 17. 19.
ham "circumcised his son Isaac a Acts 7. 8.
when he was eight days old, as bch. 17. 10,
God had commanded him. 5 And
Abraham was an hundred years
old, when his son Isaac was born
unto him. 6 And Sarah said, God
hath made me to laugh; every one
that heareth will laugh with me.
7 And she said, Who would have said
unto Abraham, that Sarah should
give children suck? for I have ech. 18. 11,
borne him a son in his old age.

12.

ech. 17. 1,

17.
Rom. 4. 19.

Cp. Isai.

54.1
& Gal. 4.
27.

12.

thou art but a dead man, because of the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. 4 Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation? 5 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 hands have I done this. 6 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 not to touch her. 7 Now therefore restore 1 Sam. 7.5. 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 sureCp. Num. ly die, thou, and all that are thine. 8 And 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 sinned against 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? 11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely mocking. 10 Wherefore she said *the fear of God is not in this place; unto Abraham, Cast out this bondch. 12. 12 and they will slay me for my wife's woman and her son: for the son of sake. 12 And moreover she is in- this bondwoman shall not be heir deed my sister, the daughter of my with my son, even with Isaac. father, but not the daughter of my II And the thing was very grievous mother; and she became my wife: in Abraham's sight on account of 13 and it came to pass, when "God his son. 12 And God said unto Abracaused me to wander from my fa- ham, Let it not be grievous in thy ther's house, that I said unto her, sight because of the lad, and because This is thy kindness which thou of thy bond woman; in all that Sarah shalt shew unto me; at every place saith unto thee, hearken unto her whither we shall come, say of me, voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed Cited He is my brother. 14 And Abime- be called. 13 And also of the son of lech P took sheep and oxen, and men- the bondwoman will I make ja naservants and womenservants, and tion, because he is thy seed. 14 And ch. 16. 10 gave them unto Abraham, and re- Abraham rose up early in the mornstored him Sarah his wife. 15 And ing, and took bread and a 5 bottle of Abimelech said, Behold, my land water, and gave it unto Hagar, putis before thee: dwell where it pleas- ting it on her shoulder, and the child, eth thee. 16 And unto Sarah he said, and sent her away: and she departCp. ver. 5. Behold, I have given "thy brother a ed, and wandered in the wilderness thousand pieces of silver: behold, of Beer-sheba. 15 And the water & ver. 31. 1it is for thee a covering of the eyes in the bottle was spent, and she cast to all that are with thee; and 2 in re- the child under one of the shrubs. 1 Or, he 2 Or, before all men 3 Or, prepared laughter for me 4 Or, playing 5 Or, skin

* Prov.

16. 6.

& 26.7. a Cp. ch. 11. 24

# ch. 12. 1.

ch. 12. 13.

th. 12. 16.

ch. 1%. 9 & 34. 10.

ep.ch. 24. 65.

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16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. 17 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 thine hand; for I will make him a 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. 20 And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wil m ch. 16. 12. derness, 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.

1 Num. 22. 31.

2 Kin. 6. 17, 18, 20. Cp. Luke 24. 16, 31.

n ch. 20, 2. 1,26. o Cp. ch. 26. 28.

? Cp. ch. 26. 15, 18, 20-22.

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22 And it came to pass at that time, that" Abimelech and Phicol the capCh. 26. tain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23 now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with 2 my son, nor with my son's son: rch. 20. 14. but Paccording 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 swear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. 26 And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day, 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimer ch. 26. 31. lech; and they two "made a covenant. 28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? 30 And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this ch. 26. 33. Well. 31 Wherefore she called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them. 32 So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the

captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the tch. 4.26 LORD, "the Everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

22

& 12. 8. u Isai. 40.28 Cp. Ps.

90. 2.

13.

Heb. 11. 17. James 1. 12. 13.

6, 7.

19.1.

1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did 1 Cor. 10. prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I. 2 And he said, Take now thy 1Pet. 1. son, thine only son, whom thou lov est, even Isaac, and get thee into w the land of Moriah; and offer him w2 Chr. 3.1. there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 3 And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw 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 we will worship, and come again to you. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid Cp. John it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? 8 And Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son: so they went both of them together. 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him Heb. 11. on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham and he said, Here am I. 12 And he said, a Lay a Cp. Mic. not thine hand upon the lad, nei- 6.7, 8. ther do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld

b

1 Or, became, as he grew up, an archer 2 Or, my offspring, nor with my posterity 3 Heb. see for himself.

Cp. John 1Pet. 1.

1.23, 36

19

& Rev. 5.

12.

James 2.

17. 21.

Cp. ch.

26. 5.

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God of my master Abraham, who 1 hath not forsaken his mercy and his truth toward my master: as for me, the LORD hath led me in the way to the house of my master's brethren. 28 And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house according to these words. 29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name ch.23.20 was "Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain. 30 And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the fountain. 31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. 32 And the man came into the house, and he th. 24. ungirded the camels; and he gave Judg. 19. straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the men's feet that 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 and gold, and menservants and maidservants, and camels and asses. 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. 37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for 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 for my son. 39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. 40 And L he said unto me, The LORD, be

J See ch. 144

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and said, O LORD, the God of my e ver. 12, 27. master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: 43 behold, I stand by the fountain of ver. 13. water; and let it come to pass, that the maiden which cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink; 44 and she ver. 14, 18. shall say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed for my master's son. 45 And before I had done "speaking in mine heart, be- h1 Sam. 1. hold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the fountain, and drew and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. 46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. 47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: 'and I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands. 48 And I bowed my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD,

m

Cp. Ezek. 16. 11, 12.

jver. 26, 52.

Cp. ch.

22. 23.

Ich. 47. 29.

Josh. 2. 14.

2 Sam. 13.

22.

the God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son. 49 And now if ye will 'deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. 50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee ch.31. 24. bad or good. 51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, "as the LORD hath spoken. 52 And See ver. it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto the LORD. 53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, "Send me over. 56, 59. away unto my master. 55 And her

13-15

& 42-46.

this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, Cp. Ruth were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the children of Heth.

4. 7-10 & Jer. 32. 10-14.

x ver. 35. ch. 13. 2.

*Cp.ch. 15. 2.

2 ver. 9. ch. 47. 29.

35

& 27. 46.

e ch. 12. 1.

1 And Abraham was old,

good speed this day, and shew kind-
ness unto my master Abraham.
13 Behold, 'I stand by the fountain 1 ver. 43.
of water; and the daughters of the
men of the city come out to draw
water: 14 and let it come to pass,
that the damsel to whom I shall say,
Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee,
that I may drink; and she shall say,

24 and well stricken in age: and Drink, and I will give thy camels

2

the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh 3 and I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, a ch. 26. 34, that "thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Deut. 7. 8. Canaanites, among whom I dwell Cp. 2 Cor. 6. 14. 4' but thou shalt go unto my counb Cp. ch. try, and to my kindred, and take a 28. 2. wife for 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, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. 7 The LORD, the God of heaven, that took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativity, and that spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give e Ex. 23. 20, this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence. 8 And if the woman be not willing to folSee Josh. low thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only thou shalt not bring my son thither again. 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter. 10 And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed; 1having all goodly things of his master's in his hand and he arose, and went to 27 Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. 11 And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that 'women go out to draw water. 12 And he said, jver. 27, 42, O LORD, the God of my master kch. 27. 20. Abraham, send me, I pray thee,

d See ch. 12. 7.

23

& 33. 2. Cp. Heb. 1. 14.

2. 17-20.

g ver. 2.

h Deut.

23. 4. Judg. 3. 8.

il Sam. 9. 11. John 4. 7.

48.

15.8.

& 22. 23.

drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know m See ch. that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master. 15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of "Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abra- n ch. 11. 29 ham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. 16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, och. 26. 7. a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up. 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher. 18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. 20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels. 21 And the man looked stedfastly on her; holding his peace, to know whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. 22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden 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? 24 And she said unto him, I am ver. 15. the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. 25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. 26 And the man bowed his head, q ver. 48, 52. and worshipped the LORD. 27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD, the

1 Or, for all the goods of his master were in his hand rivers, 3 Heb. a beka.

r

2 Heb. Aram-naharaim, that is, Aram of the two See Ex. 38. 26.

ch. 22. 23.

Ex. 4. 31. r ver. 12, 42,

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