Hagar fleeth from Sarai.

GENESIS.

The Kenites, 19 The and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgathites, and the Jebufites. CHAP. XVI.

I Sarai giveth Hagar to Abram, 6 who flying from her mistress, 9 is fent back by an angel. 15 Ishmael is born.

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OW Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and the had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name quas Hagar.

2 And Sarai faid unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath reftrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

4 And he went in unto Hagar, and the conceived and when she faw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

5 And Sarai faid unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bofom; and when the faw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

6 But Abram faid unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, the fled from her face.

7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wildernefs, by the fountain in the way to Shur. 8 And he faid, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence cameft thou? and whither wilt thou go? And the faid, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

The covenant renewed.

II And the angel of the Lord faid unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a fon, and shalt call his name Iihmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the prefence of all his brethren.

13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God feeft me: for the faid, Have I alfo here looked after him that feeth me?

14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his fon's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

16 And Abram was fourfcore and fix years old, when Hagar bare Ifhmael to Abram.

CHAP. XVII.

I The covenant is renewed. 5 Abram's name changed. 10 Circumcifion is inftituted. 16 Ifaac is promised.

AND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and faid unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect,

2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, faying,

4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

5 Neither thall thy name any more be called Abram, but 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 nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy feed after thee in their generations for an everlafting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy feed after thee.

8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy feed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting poffeffion; and

I will be their God.

9 And the angel of the LORD faid unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

10 And the angel of the LORD faid unto her, I will multiply thy feed ex- 10 This is my covenant, which ye ceedingly, that it shall not be numbered | shall keep, between me and you and thy for multitnde.

9 And God faid unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy feed after thee in their generations.

Chap. xviii. Abraham entertaineth three angels.

Ifaac promised. feed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcifed.

II And ye shall circumcife the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcifed 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 feed.

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 uncircumcifed man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcifed, that foul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

15 And God faid unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

16 And I will bless her, and give thee a fon also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. CHAP. XVIII.

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I Abraham entertaineth three angels. 9 Sarah's laughter. 17 Sodom's destruction revealed to Abraham. 23 His interceffion. ND the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he fat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2. And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himfelf toward the ground,

3 And faid, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy fight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy fervant:

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 hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your fervant. And they faid, So do, as thou hast faid.

17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hun-three measures of fine meal, dred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

6 And Abraham haftened into the tent unto Sarah, and faid, Make ready quickly eal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

18 And Abraham faid unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee !

19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a fon indeed; and thou shalt call his name Ifaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his feed 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, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I establish with Ifaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this fet 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 fon, 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 selfsame day, as God had faid unto him.

24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcifed in the flesh of his foreskin.

25 And Ishmael his fon was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcifed, and Ishmael his fon.

7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hafted to dress it.

8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dreffed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

9 And they faid unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

To And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a fon. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herfelf, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old alfo ? 13 And the LORD faid unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, faying, Shall I of a furety bear child, which am old?

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14 1s 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 fon.

15 Then Sarah denied, faying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he faid, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

16 And the men rose up from thence, B and Abraham intercedeth for Sodom. GENESIS.

and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

17 And the LORD faid, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

18 Seeing that Abraham shall furely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be bleffed in him?

19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his houshold after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do juftice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath fpoken of him.

20 And the LORD faid, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their fin is very grievous;

21 I will go down now, and fee whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

Lot entertaineth two angels.

32 And he faid, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will fpeak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he faid, I will not destroy it for ten's fake.

33 And the LORD went his way, as foon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

CHAP. ΧΙΧ. I Lot entertaineth two angels. 24 Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed. 26 Lot's wife punished. 31 His inceft. AND there came two angels to So

dom at even; and Lot in the gate of Sodom: and Lot feeing them rofe up to meet them; and he bowed himfelf with his face toward the ground;

2 And he faid, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your fervant's houfe, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye fhall rife up early, and go on your ways. And they faid, Nay; but we will abide in the ftreet all night.

3 And he preffed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and en

23 And Abrabam drew near, and faid, Wilt thou alfo destroy the right-tered into his house; and he made them cous with the wicked?

24 Peradventure there be fifty rightcous within the city: wilt thou alfo destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to flay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did ear.

4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compaffed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

5 And they called unto Lot, and faid unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

6 And Lot went out at the door unto

26 And the LORD faid, If I find in So-them, and shut the door after him, dom

fifty righteous within the city, then I will fpare all the place for their fakes.

27 And Abraham anfwered and faid, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but duft and ashes:

28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou deftroy all the city for lack of five? and he faid, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

29 And he spake unto him yet again, and faid, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he faid, I will not do it for forty's fake.

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 faid, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

31 And he faid, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he faid, I will not destroy it for twenty's fake.

7 And faid, I pray you, brethren, do not fo wickedly.

8 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 men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

9 And they faid, Stand back. And they faid again, This one fellow came in to fojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worfe with thee, than with them. And they preffed fore 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.

II And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both fmall and great: fo that they wearied themselves to find the door.

12 And the men faid unto Lot, Haft thou The destruction of Sodom.

Chap. xx. thou here any besides? fon in law, and thy fons, and thy daughters, and whatfoever thou hast in the city, 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; and the LORD hath fent us to destroy it.

14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his fons in law, which married his daughters, and faid, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he feemed as one that mocked unto his fons in law.

Lot's incest.

28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the fmoke 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 fent 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, he and his two daughters.

15 And when the morning arose, then the angels haftened Lot, saying, Arife, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, 31 And the firstborn faid unto the which are here; left thou be confumed younger, Our father is old, and there is in the iniquity of the city. not a man in the earth to come in unto

16 And while he lingered, the menus after the manner of all the earth: laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him and they brought him forth, and fet him without the city.

32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preferve feed of our father.

17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he faid, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; efcape to the mountain, left thou be confumed. 18 And Lot faid unto them, Oh, not fo, my Lord:

19 Behold now, thy fervant hath found grace in thy fight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou haft shewed unto me in faving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, left fome 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 efcape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my foul shall live.

21 And he faid unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing alfo, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou haft spoken.

22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

23 The fun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and the became a pillar of falt. 27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:

33 And they made their father drink wine that night and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when the lay down, nor when she arofe.

34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn faid unto the younger, Behold, I lay yefternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night alfo; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preferve feed of our father.

35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he per ceived not when the lay down, nor when she arofe.

36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

37 And the firstborn bare a fon, and called his name Moab: the fame is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

38 And the younger, she alfo bare a fon, and called his name Ben-ammi: the fame is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

CHAP. XX.

I Abraham denieth his wife, and lofeth her. 14 Abimelech restoreth her.

AND Abrabam journeyed from thence,

toward the fouth country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and fojourned in Gerar.

2 And Abraham faid of Sarah his wife, She is my fifter: and Abimelech king of Gerar fent, and took Sarah.

3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou are 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 B2 her: Abimelech restoreth Abraham's wife. GENESIS.

her, and he said, LORD, wilt thou flay alfo a righteous nation?

5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself faid, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

6 And God faid unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare integrity of thy heart; for I also with- Abraham a son in his old age, at the fet held thee from finning against me: there-time of which God had fpoken to him. fore fuffered I thee not to touch her.