Lot entertaineth two angels. GENESIS. Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed. therefore came they under the shadow of thither: therefore the name of the city my roof. was called Zoar. 9 And they said, Stand back. And 23 The sun was risen upon the earth they said again, This one fellow came in when Lot entered into Zoar. to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: 24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom Now will we deal worse with thee than and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire with them. And they pressed sore upon from the LORD out of heaven; the man, even Lot, and came near to break 25 And he overthrew those cities, and the door. all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the 10 But the men put forth their hand, cities, and that which grew upon the and pulled Lot into the house to them, ground. and shut to the door. 26 But his wife looked back from be 11 And they smote the men that were hind him, and she became a pillar of salt. at the door of the house with blindness, 27 And Abraham gat up early in the both small and great: so that they wea-morning to the place where he stood beried themselves to find the door. fore the LORD: 12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast 28 And he looked toward Sodom and thou here any besides? son-in-law, and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatso- plain, and beheld, and lo, the smoke of the ever thou hast in the city, bring them out country went up as the smoke of a furnace. of this place : 29 And it came to pass, when God 13 For we will destroy this place, be-destroyed the cities of the plain, that God cause the cry of them is waxen great be- remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out fore the face of the Lord; and the LORD of the midst of the overthrow, when he overhath sent us to destroy it. threw the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and his sons-in-law, which married his daugh- dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this ters with him; for he feared to dwell in place; for the LORD will destroy this city: Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he, and but he seemed as one that mocked unto his two daughters. his sons-in-law. 31 And the first-born said unto the 15 And when the morning arose, younger, Our father is old, and there is then the angels hastened Lot, saying, not a man in the earth to come in unto us Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daugh-after the manner of all the earth : ters which are here, lest thou be consum- 32 Come, let us make our father drink ed in the iniquity of the city. wine, and we will lie with him, that we 16 And while he lingered, the men laid may preserve seed of our father. hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of 33 And they made their father drink his wife, and upon the hand of his two wine that night and the first-born went daughters; the Lord being merciful unto in, and lay with her father; and he perbim; and they brought him forth, and set ceived not when she lay down, nor when him without the city. she arose. 17 And it came to pass, when they had 34 And it came to pass on the morrow, brought them forth abroad, that he said, that the first-born said unto the younger, Escape for thy life: look not behind thee, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: neither stay thou in all the plain: escape let us make him drink wine this night to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. also; and go thou in, and lie with him, 18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, that we may preserve seed of our father. my Lord! 35 And they made their father drink 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found wine that night also: and the younger grace in thy sight, and thou hast magni- arose, and lay with him; and he perceivfied thy mercy, which thou hast shewed led not when she lay down, nor when she unto me in saving my life: and I cannot arose. escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die : 20 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 shall live. 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 same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 38 And the younger, she also bare a 21 And he said unto him, See, I have son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the that I will not overthrow this city, for the mon unto this day. accepted thee concerning this thing also, same is the father of the children of Am which thou hast spoken. 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come A CHAP. XX. ND Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwell ! Abraham demes has wife. CHAP. XXI, ed between Kadesh and Shur, and so-1 journed in Gerar. Isace barn-Hagar banished. 17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bare She is my sister: And Abimelech king of children. Gerar sent and took Sarah. 18 For the LORD had fast closed up all 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream the wombs of the house of Abimelech, be by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken: for she is a man's wife. cause of Sarah, Abraham's wife. ND the LORD visited Sarah as he had A said, and the LORD did unto Sarah ay 4 But Abimelech had not come near ber: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay al- he had spoken. 50 a righteous nation? 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abra 5 Said he not unto me, She is my sis-ham a son in his old age, at the set time ter? and she, even she herself said, He is of which God had spoken to him. my brother: in the integrity of my heart 3 And Abraham called the name of his and innocency of my hands have I done this. son that was born unto him, whom Sarah 6 And God said unto him in a dream, bare to him, Isaac. Yea, I know that thou didst this in the in- 4 And Abraham circumcised his son tegrity of thy heart; for I also withheld Isaac, being eight days old, as God had thee from sinning against me: therefore commanded him. suffered I thee not to touch her. 5 And Abraham was a hundred years 7 Now therefore restore the man his old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray 6 And Sarah said, God hath made me for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh restore her not, know thou that thou shalt with me. surely die, thou and all that are thine. 7 And she said, Who would have said 8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in unto Abraham, that Sarah should have the morning, and called all his servants, given children suck ? for I have borne lim and told all these things in their ears: and and a son in his old age. the men were sore afraid. 8 And the child grew, and was wean 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, ed: and Abraham made a great feast the and said unto him, What hast thou done same day that Isaac was weaned. unto us? and what have I offended thee, 9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the that thou hast brought on me and on my Egyptian, which she hadborneunto Abrakingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds ham, mocking. unto me that ought not to be done. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, 10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, Cast out this bond-woman, and her son: What sawest thou, that thou hast done this for the son of this bond-woman shall not thing? be heir with my son, even with Isaac. 11 And Abraham said, Because I 11 And the thing was very grievous in thought, Surely the fear of God is not in Abraham's sight, because of his son. this place; and they will slay me for my 12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight, because of wife's sake. my wife. be called. 12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she the lad, and because of thy bond-woman; is the daughter of my father, but not the in all that Sarahhath said unto thee, hearken daughter of my mother: and she became unto her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed 13 And it came to pass, when God 13 And also of the son of the bond-wocaused me to wander from my father's man will I make a nation, because he is house, that I said unto her, This is thy thy seed. kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; 14 And Abraham rose up early in the at every place whither we shall come, say morning, and took bread, and a bottle of of me, He is my brother. water, and gave it unto Hagar (putting it 14 And Abimelech took sheep, and on her shoulder) and the child, and sent oxen, and men-servants, and women-ser-her away: and she departed, and wanvants, and gave them unto Abraham, and dered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. restored him Sarah his wife. 15 And the water was spent in the bot15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my tle, and she cast the child under one of the land is before thee: dwell where it pleas- shrubs. eth thee. 16 And she went, and sat her down over 16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I against him, a good way off, as it were a have given thy brother thousand pieces bow-shot: for she said, Let me not see the of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering death of the child. And she sat over of the eyes unto all that are with thee, against him, and lifted up her voice, and and with all other: thus she was reproved. wept. a 1 Abraham covenants with Abimelech: GENESIS. Commanded to sacrifice Isaac. 17 And God heard the voice of the lad: said unto him, Abraham: And he said, and the angel of God called to Hagarout Behold, here I am. of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him him there for a burnt-offering upon one of in thy hand: for I will make him a great the mountains which I will tell thee of. nation. 3 And Abraham rose up early in the 19 And God opened her eyes, and she morning, and saddled his ass, and took saw a well of water: and she went, and two of his young men with him, and Isaac filled the bottle with water, and gave the his son, and clave the wood for the burntlad drink. 20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of 5 And Abraham said unto his young Paran: and his mother took him a wife men, Abide ye here with the ass, and I out of the land of Egypt. and the lad will go yonder and worship, 22 And it came to pass at that time, and come again to you. that Abimelech and Phichol the chief cap- 6 And Abraham took the wood of the tain of his host spake unto Abraham, say- burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his ing, God is with thee in all that thou son; and he took the fire in his hand and a doest: knife: and they went both of them to 23 Now therefore swear unto me here gether. by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his me, nor with my son, nor with my son's father, and said, My father: and he said, son: but according to the kindness that I Heream I, my son. And he said, Behold have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto the fire and the wood: but where is the me, and to the land wherein thou hast so-lamb for a burnt-offering? journed. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abime- 9 And they came to the place which lech's servants had violently taken away. 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt-offering: so they went both of them together. God had told him of; and Abraham built 26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who an altar there, and laid the wood in orhath 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 Abimelech: and both of them made a covenant. of der; and bound Isaac his son, and laid him 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, Abra28 And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs ham, Abraham. And he said, Here am I. e flock by themselves. 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand up29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, on the lad, neither do thou any thing unto What mean these seven ewe-lambs, which him for now I know that thou fearest thou hast set by themselves? God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy 50 And he said, For these seven ewe- son, thine only son, from me. lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and they may be a witness unto me that I have looked, and behold, behind him a ram digged this well. caught in a thicket by his horns : And 31 Wherefore he called that place Abraham went and took the ram, and ofBeer-sheba; because there they sware fered him up for a burnt-offering in the both of them. stead of his son. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer- 14 And Abraham called the name of sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phi- that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to chol the chief captain of his host, and they this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall returned into the land of the Philistines. be seen. 331 And Abraham planted a grove in 15 And the angel of the LORD called Beer-sheba, and called there on the name unto Abraham out of heaven the second of the LORD, the everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. A CHẤP. XXII. ND it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and time, 16 And said, By myself have I swon, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless thee CHAP. XXIII, XXIV. The death of Surah. Abrahan's charge. and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed give I thee, and the cave that is therein, as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand I give it thee; in the presence of the song which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. 12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. 13 And he spake spa unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, say19 So Abraham returned unto his young ing, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, men, and they rose up, and went togeth- hear me: I will give thee money for the field: take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. er to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. 20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also borne children unto thy brother Nahor; 21 Huz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. CHAP. XXIII. AND Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. 14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 15 My lord, hearken unto me: the landed is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. 16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. were 17 And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that in all the borders round about, were made sure 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the 18 Unto Abraham for a possession in same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: the presence of the children of Heth, beAnd Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. fore all that went in at the gate of his city. 19 And after this, Abraham buried Sa3 And Abraham stood up from before rah his wife in the cave of the field of his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, Machpelah, before Mamre: the same is saying, Hebron in the land of Canaan. 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with 20 And the field, and the cave that is 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, a mighty therein were made sure unto Abraham for CHAP. XXIV. ND Abraham was old and well 6 Hear us, my lord; thou art thou mayest bury thy dead. 7 And Abraham stood up and bowed bimself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under 8 And he communed with them, saying, dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, 3 And I will make thee swear by the 9 That he may give me the cave of and to my kindred, and take a wife unte Machpelah, which he hath, which is in my son Isaac. the end of his field; for as much money 5 And the servant said unto him, Per- at the gate of his city, saying, again. 11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field 7 The Lord God of heaven, which 19 1 The servant meets Rebekah: GENESIS. Tells his errand. took me from my father's house, and from golden ear-rmg, of half a shekel weight, the land of my kindred, and which spake and two bracelets for her hands of ten sheunto me, and that sware unto me, saying, kels weight of gold, Unto thy seed will I give this land: he 23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? shall send his angel before thee, and thou tell me, I pray thee: is there room in they shalt take a wife unto my son from father's house for us to lodge in? thence. 8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this mine oath; only bring not my son thither again. 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter. 10 And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed; (for all the goods of his master were in bis hand ;) and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. 11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water, at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water: 12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. 24 And she said unto him, I am 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 down his head, and worshipped the LORD. 27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren. 28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things. 29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. 30 And it came to pass, when he saw the ear-ring, and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of 13 Behold, I stand here by the well of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake water; and the daughters of the men of the man unto me; that he came unto the the city come out to draw water: man, and behold, he stood by the camels 14 And let it come to pass, that the at the well. damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy 31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and of the LORD, wherefore standest thou she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy without? for I have prepared the house, camels drink also: let the same be she that and room for the camels. thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; 32 And the man came into the house: and thereby shall I know that thou hast and he ungirded his camels, and gave shewed kindness unto my master. straw and provender for the camels, and 15 And it came to pass, before he water to wash his feet, and the men's feet bad done speaking, that behold, Rebekah that were with him. came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of 33 And there was set meat before him Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's bro- to eat: but he said, I will not eat until I ther, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. have told mine errand. And he said, 16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a.virgin; neither had any man known her and she went down to the well, and Elled 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. 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 men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses. 18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and 36 And Sarah, my master's wife, bare a 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 water 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 water, and drew for all bis camels. 21 And the man, wondering at her, held his peace, to wit whether the LORD Dad made his journey prosperous, or not. 22 And it came to pass, as the camels Dad done drinking, that the man took al son to my master when she was old: and 37 And my master made me swear, 38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. 39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. 40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou 1 ! |