Sarai giveth Hagar to Abram. CHAPTER XVI. Sarai, being barren, giveth Hagar to Abram, 4 Hagar, being aflicted for despising her mistress, runneth away. 7 An angel sendeth her back to submit herself, 11 and telleth her of her child. 15 Ishmael is born. GENESIS. Before CHRIST cir. 1913. NOW Sarai, Abram's wife, a bare a ch. 15. 2, 3. him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose b ch. 21. 9. name was Hagar. 2 d And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD e hath re-e strained me from bearing: I pray thee go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her: and Abram g hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram h had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. Before CHRIST 1910. 1898. a ch. 12. 1. c Gal. 4. 24. 1 So ch. 30. 1911. h ch. 12. 5. 23. 4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. i 2Sam. 6. 16. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My Prov. 30. 21, wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: k the LORD judge between me and thee. 61 But Abram said unto Sarai, 1 Prov. 15. m Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; 1 Pet. 3. 7. do to her as it pleaseth thee. And in Job 2. 6. when Sarai † dealt hardly with her, 12. Jer. 38. Ps. 106. 41, n she fled from her face. 7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, o by the fountain in the way to P Shur. k ch. 31. 53. Sam. 24.12. b ch. 28. 3. & 35. 11. Deut. 10. 17. ccl. 5. 22. & 48. 15. Kings 2. 4. & 8.25. 2 Kings 20.3. Or, up right, or, eincere. d ch. 6. 9. Deut. 18. 13. Job 1. 1. Matt. 5. 48. e ch. 12. 2. 13. 16. & 22. 17. f ver. 17. g Rom. 4.11, 12, 16. Gal. 3.29. it Heb.multitude of na ND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD a appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; c walk before me, and be thou Id perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and e will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 And Abrani f fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt beg a father of † many nations. i 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but h thy name shall be || Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make knations of thee; and I kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will m establish my cove1.tions. nant between me and thee, and thy h Neh. 9. 7. seed after thee, in their generations, That is, for an everlasting covenant; a to be Father of a a God unto thee, and to o thy seed great multi-after thee. tude. Heb. that which is good in thine 31. That is, 12 t And he will be a wild man; God shall his hand will be against every man, hear. and every man's hand against him; ch. 21. 20. u and he shall dwell in the pre-u ch. 25. 18. sence of all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, x ch. 31. 42. Have I also here looked after him y ch. 24. 62. x that seeth me? & 25. 11. 14 Wherefore the well was called That is, the Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is well of him Rom. 4. 17. kch. 35. 11. ver. 16. ch. 35. 11. m Gal. 3. 17. In ch. 26. 24. & 28. 13. Heb. 11. 16. Rom. 9. 8. p ch. 12. 7. & 13. 15. Ps. 105. 9,11. Heb. of thy sojourn ings. ch. 23. 4. & 28. 4. Lev. 26. 12. Deut. 4. 37. & 14. 2. & 26. 18. & 29. 13. s Acts 7. 8. It Acts 7. 8. Rom. 4. 11. + Heb. a son feightdays. u Lev. 12. 3. Luke 2. 21. John 7. 22. 8 And PI will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land tq wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. 9 1 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you, and thy seed after thee; Every man-child among you shall be circumcised. 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be t a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And the that is eight days old u shall be circumcised among you, every man-child in 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 everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised manchild, whose flesh of his foreskin is w Ex. 4. 24. not circumcised, that soul w shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. Isaac is promised. will bless her, and † she shall be ap 17 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, that is ninety years old, bear? 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! 19 And God said, a Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. 20 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, dand I will make him a great nation. Before CHRIST Before CHRIST CHAPTER XVIII. Abraham entertaineth three angels. hearts; after that ye shall pass on for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. 1898. Heb. she shall become nations. ch. 35. 11. I Pet. 3. 6. Gal. 4. 31. z ch. 18. 12. & 21. 6. a ch. 18. 10. & 21.2. Gal. 4. 28. b ch. 16. 10. 16. d ch. 21. 18. 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall e ch. 21. 2. bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. 22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. 23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin, in the self-same day, as God had said unto him. 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In the self-same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son: 27 And fall the men of his house, fch. 18. 19. born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. CHAPTER XVIII. 1 Abraham entertaineth three angels. 9 Sarah is reproved for laughing at the strange promise. 17 The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham. 23 Abraham maketh intercession for the men thereaf AND the LORD appeared unto 1898. him in the plains of Mamre: a ch. 13. 18. and he sat in the tent-door in the & 14. 13. heat of the day; 2b And he lifted up his eyes and b Heb. 13. 2. looked, and lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, e ch. 19. 1. he ran to meet them from the tent-1 Pet. 4. 9. door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your a ch. 19. 2. 1898. gch. 19. 8. & 33. 10. + Heb. you + Heb. Hasten. have passed. 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. 8 And h 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, and they did eat. 9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. 10 And he said, Ik will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and lo, m Sarah thy And Sarah wife shall have a son. heard it in the tent-door, which was behind him. 11 Now a Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah o af ter the manner of women. 12 Therefore Sarah Plaughed within herself, saying, q After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, r1 Pet. 3. 6. my lord being old also? Jer. 3. 17. Zech. 8. 6. Matt. 3. 9. & 19. 26. Luke 1. 37. tch. 17. 21. ver. 10. 13 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 time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, 1 2 Kings 4.16. 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 uto 24. 3 John 6. bring them on the way. u Rom. 15. w Ps. 25. 14. Amos 3. 7. John 15. 15. & 43. 24. 17 And the LORD said, w Shall I hide from Abraham that thing Which I do: 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be x blessed in him? 19 For I know him, " that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 20 And the LORD said, Because z the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, bI will know. 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went to 15 GENESIS. Before CHRIST 1828. ver. 1. e Heb. 10.92. Num. 16. 22. 2 Sam. 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked; and that the righth eous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Job 8. 20. Is. 3. 10, 11. Job 8. 3. & 31. 17. P. 58. 11. & 94.2. 26 And the LORD said, * If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all thek Jer. 5. 1. place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am in but dust and ashes: 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. 29 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 forty's sake. 30 And he said unto him, 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, if I find thirty there. 31 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 twenty's sake. Rom. 3. 6. Ezek. 29. 30. Luke 18. 1. m ch. 3. 19. Job 4. 19. Cor. 15. 47, Eccles. 12.7. 48. 2 Cor. 5. 1. 32 And he said, "Oh, let not then Judg. 6.39. Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten Before Lot is sent out of Sodom. If and he made them a feast, and did CHRIST bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. 1898. f ch. 18. 8. g Is. 3. 9. h Judg. 19. 22. i eh. 4. I. Rom. 1. 24, 27. Jude 7. k Judg. 19. 23. 1 See Judges 19. 24. 4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: 5g And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? h bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6 And k Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. 81 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 m See ch. 18. men do nothing; m for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. 5. n 2 Pet. 2. 7, 8. o Ex. 2. 14. See Kings 6. 19. Acts 13. 11. shall be found there. And he said,o Jam. 5. 16.9 ch. 7. 1. I will not destroy it for ten's sake. 33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. CHAPTER XIX. 1 Lot entertaineth two angels. 4 The vicious Sodomites are stricken with blindness. 12 Lot is sent for safety into the mountains. 18. He obtaineth leave to go into Zoar. 24 Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed. 26 Lot's wife is a piliar of salt. 30 Lot dwelleth in a cace. 31 The incestuous original of Moab and Am mon. AND there a came two angels to a ch. 18, 22. Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot, bch. 18. 1, seeing them, rose up to meet them; &c. and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into e Heb. 13. 2. your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and yed ch. 18. 4. shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, e Nay; but e See Luke we will abide in the street all night.24. 18. 3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; 2 Pet. 2. 7, 9. jr ch. 18. 20. 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, o 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 came near to break the door. 10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. 11 And they smote the men P that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. 12 ¶ And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? sonin-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, 9 bring them out of this place: 13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; s1 Chr. 21.and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. CHAPTER XX. Before Before Abraham denieth his wife yesternight with my father: let us Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed. neither stay thou in all the plain:1 escape to the mountain, lest thou CHRIST CHRIST make him drink wine this night be consumed. 18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, e not so, my Lord! 19 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 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. 1898. e Acts 10.14. 21 And he said unto him, See, fIf Job 42.8, 9. have accepted thee concerning Ps. 145, 19. this thing also, that I will not over+ Heb. thy throw this city, for the which thou hast spoken. 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither: therefore h the name of the city was called || Zoar. 23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. face. g See ch. 32. h ch. 13. 10. That is, 1898. 1897. also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the first-born bare a son, s Deut. 2. 9. and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-am t Deut. 2. 19. mi: the same is the father of a the children of Ammon unto this day. CHAPTER XX. 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brim-fitte, ver.20.b ch. 16. 7, stone and fire from the LORD out ↑ Heb. gone 14. of heaven; forth. í Deut. 29. 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and k that which grew upon the ground. 26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became Ja pillar of salt. c ch. 26. 6. thence toward the south country, and dwelled between b Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah 23. s. 13, 19.4 ch. 12. 13. his wife, She is my sister: and Jer. 20. 16. Abimelech king of Gerar sent and & 50, 40. e took Sarah. Ezek. 16. 49, 50. Hos. 2. 9. Luke 17. 29. 2 Pet. 27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where. 6. Jude 7. m 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. k ch. 14. 3. m ch. 18. 22. n Rev. 18. 9. 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered A-och. 8. 1. braham, and sent Lot out of the & 18. 23. midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 30 And Lot went up out of & 26. 7. e ch. 12. 15. f Ps. 105. 14. h 3 But God came to Abimelech ver. 7. Job 33. 15.5 in a dream by night, and said to him, à Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken: for she is † a man's wife. ↑ Heb. mar- i ch. 18. 23. Ex. 34. 24. 1 Sam. 25. 6, 34. Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, p ver. 17, 19. mch. 39. 9. and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he, and his two daughters. 31 And the first-born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth ato come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: 4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? 5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: kin 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: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her 1 Sam. 7.5. not, oknow thou that thou shalt King 5.11. surely die, thou Pand all that are thine. Jub 42. 8. 5. 16. lo ch. 2. 17. 1 ch. 26. 10. 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 Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, 9 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 the fear of God CHRIST CHRIST is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. cir. 1898. sch. 42. 18. 36. 1. Prov. 16. 6. ch. 12. 12. & 96. 7. 29. 12 And yet indeed u she is my sis-Ps. ter; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother: and she became my wife. 13 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, y say of me, He is my brother. 14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and women servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, See ch. 11. xch. 12. 1, 9, 11, &c. Heb. 11.8. cir. 1892. Hagar and Ishmael cast forth. man, 11 And the thing was very griev. q ch. 17. 18. ous in Abraham's sight, because of his son. Rom.9.7.8. Heb. 11. 18. s ver. 18. y ch. 12. 13. a my land is before thee: dwell a ch. 13. 9. † where it pleaseth thee. + Heb. as is eyes. ch. 26. 11. 16 And unto Sarah he said, Be-goodin thine hold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee da covering of the eyes unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. 17 1 So Abraham prayed unto e Job 42. 9, God: and God healed Abimelech, 10. and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bare children. 18 For the LORD had fast closed f ch. 12. 17. up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. & 17. 20. 12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight, because of the lad, and bocause of thy bond-woman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee. hearken unto her voice: for rin Isaac shall thy seed be called. 13 And also of the son of the bond-woman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. 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 t John 8. 35. shoulder) and the child, and tsent her away; and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. g ch. 17. 10, b ch. 20. 2. Gal. 4. 27. 1 Sam. 24. 21. thou shalt 7 And she said, Who would havek Luke 1. 58. Heb. if said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? I for I have borne him a son in his 1 ch. 18. 11, old age. 8 And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. 12. m ch. 16. 1. lic unto me. 9 And Sarah saw the son ofch. 16. 15. e See ch. 26. Hagar in the Egyptian, which she o Gal, 4. 22. 15, 18, 20, had borne unto Abraham, mock- car. 1832. 21, 22. Gal. 4. 30. 36. 6, 7. e ch.25.6. ing. To Wherefore she said unto A-& braham, PCast out this bond-wo-l 15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 16 And she went, and sat her down over against him, a good way off, as it were a bow-shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against kim, and lifted 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 y was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wil derness, z and became an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother a took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. 22 And it came to pass at that time, that bAbimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23 Now therefore dswear 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 wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. 26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yot heard I of it, but to-day. |