The generations of Noah. Before CHAP. X, XI. CHAP. XI. The confusion of tongues. Before 5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided CAST in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their 1 One language in the world. 3 The building of Babel, CHRIST 2347. families, in their nations. b1 Chr. 6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, 1.8. cir,2218. * Gr. and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was * Babel, Babylon. and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 25d And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar, a mount of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. and the confusion of tongues. 10 The generations of Shem. 27 The generations of Terah, Abram's father. 31 Terah goeth from Ur to Haran, and dieth there. AND the whole earth was of one language, and Heb. of one + speech. lip. + Heb. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the words. east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. a man bour. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us + Heb, make brick, and † burn them thoroughly. And they said to had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. hisneigh 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and + Heb. a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us burn make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the them to a face of the whole earth. 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. 8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem bl Chr. was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood. 1. 17. 11 And Shem lived, after he begat Arphaxad, five 2346. hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and 2311.. begat Salah. 13 And Arphaxad lived, after he begat Salah, four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber. 15 And Salah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat d Peleg. 2281. 2247. c1 Chr. 1. 19. 3.35. Phalce. 17 And Eber lived, after he begat Peleg, four hun-d Called dred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. Luke 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu. 19 And Peleg lived, after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat 2185. Serug. e 2217.. e Luke 3. 35. Saruch. 21 And Reu lived, after he begat Serug, two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor. 2155. 23 And Serug lived, after he begat Nahor, two hun dred years, and begat sons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and 2126. begat Terah. f Luke 3.34. 25 And Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, an hun- Thara. dred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. God calleth Abram, and blesseth him : Before 26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat | Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to Before 6 Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 2056. 1996. g Joshua 24. 2. 1 Chron. 1.26. 1923. 9.7. 27 Now these are the generations of Terah : Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. look upon : CHRIST 1921. 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyp-tians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife; and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the | because of thee. name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, h Nch. his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them Judith from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and 3921. five years: and Terah died in Haran. CHAP. XII. 5.7. Acts 7.4. a Acts 7,3, 1 God calleth Abram, and blesseth him with a promise of 14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was cir. 1920, come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels. 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? 19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning NOW the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse b Chap: him that curseth thee: band in thee shall all families 18.18. & 22. 18. of the earth be blessed. Acts 3.25. 4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto Gal. 3.8. him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. 1921. 13. 15. 13.4. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. 6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Chap. Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded d Chap. he an daltar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east; and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the LORD. 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made Chap there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. 5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, 1917. I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be † brethren. Before even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, cir. 1917, as thou comest unto Zoar. CHRIST b Chap. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. 14 And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will 127.& I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 26.4. Deuter. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the 34.4. earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land, in the length of it, and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and + Heb. dwelt in the † plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, plains. and built there an altar unto the Lord. CHAP. XIV. cir. 1917. 1 The battle of four kings against five. prisoner; 14 Abram rescueth him. 12 Lot is taken 17 The king of Sodom meeteth Abram; Melchizedek blesseth him, to whom he giveth tithes: 21 the rest of the spoil, his partners having had their portion, he restoreth to the king of Sodom. AND it came to pass, in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. cir. 1913. 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Or, Ham, and the Emims in || Shaveh Kiriathaim, the plain of Kiria 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto || Elthaim, paran, which is by the wilderness. Or, the 7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, plain of which Paran, is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt in Ha zezon-tamar. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five. 10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. Abram blessed by Melchizedek. CHRIST 1913. 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Go- Before morrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, (who dwelt in Sodom,) and his goods, and departed. 13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he || armed his || trained servants, bornor, led forth. in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and || Or, inpursued them unto Dan. 15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him (after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him) at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. structed. a 2 Sam. b Hebr. 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth 18. 18. bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most 7.1. high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the + persons, and take the goods to thyself. o Hebr. 7.4. + Heb. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have souls. lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich : 24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion, 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said unto him, b Rom, So shall thy seed be. b 4. 184 James 2. 23. d Acts 7.6. † Heb. a lamp of fire. 1 8 And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? 9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. 11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. 12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. Hagar, being afflicted, fleeth from Sarai. CHRIS'T when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised Before that thine + Heb. her. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest afflicted thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. 9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 11 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name || Ishmael; because the Lord hath ||That is, 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety | heard thy affliction. 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and ta burning lamp that passed between those pieces. 18 In that same day the Lord made a covenant e Chap. with Abram, saying, "Unto thy seed have I given this 13.15.& land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the 26.4. river Euphrates : 7. Deuter. 34. 4. @ir. 1913. 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. CHAP. XVI. 1 Sarai, being barren, giveth Hagar to Abram. 4 Hagar, being afflicted for despising her mistress, runneth away: 7 an angel sendeth her back to submit herself, &c. NOW Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unHeb. to my maid; it may be that I may obtain children ed by her. by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. be build 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, 1911. 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 she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and a Godshall hear. 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against a Chap. every man, and every man's hand against him: and 25.18. he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? 14 Wherefore the well was called || Beer-lahai-roi; b Chap. behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. 15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. 16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will a great make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. multi7 And I will establish my covenant between me and b Rom. thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for 4. 17. an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land + wherein thou art a stranger, all the + Heb. of thy so land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and journ I will be their God. 9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generations. ings. Circumcision instituted. Isaac promised. Before CHRIST 1898. c Acts 7.8. d Acts 7.8. 4.11. CHAP. XVII, XVIII. 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 da token of the covenant betwixt me and you. Romans 12 And he that is eight days old shall be cir+ Heb. cumcised among you, every man-child in your genea son of rations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. eight days. 12. 3. Luke e Levit. 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. 2.21. John 7.22, Abraham entertaineth three angels. 1898. 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, Before three men stood by him: and, when he saw them, he CHRIST ran to meet them from the tent-door, and bowed himself toward the ground, a Heb. 13.2. 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 + com- stay. fort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore + are ye come to your servant. And they + Heb. said, So do as thou hast said. + Heb. you have passed. 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, † Make ready quickly three measures of fine Heb. 14 And the uncircumcised man-child, whose flesh | meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. 15 And God said 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 son also of + Heb. her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother she shall of nations; kings of people shall be of her. nations. Chap. 21.2. 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, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee 18.10. & 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 Chap. & will multiply him exceedingly: twelve princes shall he beget; and I will make him a great nation. 16.10. 1893. 1898, 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, ❘ time appointed I will return unto thee, according to which Sarah shall 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 Aud 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 all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. CHAP. XVIII. 1 Abraham entertaineth threeangels. 9 The promise of Isaac is renewed; Sarah's laughing reproved. 17 The destruction of Sodom revealed to Abraham; he intercedeth for it. AND the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent-door in the heat of the day; 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I 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 to bring them on the way. 17 And the LORD said, 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 blessed in him? d Chap. 12. 3. & 3. 25. 19 For I know him, that he will command his 22. 18. children and his household after him, and they shall Acts keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judg- Gal. 3. 8. ment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 20 And the LORD said, Because 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, I will know. 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet | before the LORD. |