Araham entertaineth three angels. Chap. xviij. ly: twelve princes fhall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I eftablish with Ifaac, whom Sarah fhall bear unto thee at this fet time in the next year. 22 And he left of talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. 23 And Abraham took Ifhmael his fon, and all that were born in his houfe, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abrahams houfe; and circumcifed the flesh of their fore-skin, in the felf-fame 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 fore-skin. 25 And Ihmael his fon was thirteen years old when he was circumcifed in the flesh of his fore-skin. 26 In the felf-fame day was Abraham circumcifed, and Ifhmael his fon. 17 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the franger, were circumcifed with him. CHAP. XVIII. 1 Abraham entertaineth three angels. SaTabs laughter. 17 Sodoms deftruction reveal ed to Abraham. 23 His interceffion. And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he fat in the tentdoor in the heat of the day. 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men ftood by him: and when he faw them, he ran to meet them from the tent-door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And faid, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy fight, pafs not away, I pray thee, from thy fervant. 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest your felves under the tree. And I will fetch a morfel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that you fhall pafs on: for therefore are ye come to your fervant. And they said, So do as thou haft faid. 6 And Abraham haftned into the tent unto Sarah, and faid, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good,and gave it unto a voung man; and he hafted to drefs it. 8 And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dreffed, and fet it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. 99 And they faid unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? and he faid, Behold, in the tent. 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and lo, Sarab thy wife thall have a fon. And Sa rah heard is in the tent-door, which was behind him. II Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well ftricken in age: and it ceafed to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within her felf, faying, After I am waxed old, fhall I have pleasure, my lord being old alfo? 13 And the LORD faid unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, faying, Shall 1 of a furety bear a child, which am old? Ifaac is promised. 14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed will I return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarahi thall have a fon. 15 Then Sarah denied, faying, I laughed not: for he was afraid. "And he faid, Nay, but thou didst laugh. 16 And the inen rofe up from thence, 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 fhall furely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nati ons of the earth fhall be blefled in him? 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his houfhold after him, and they fhall keep the way of the LORD, to do juftice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath ipo ken of him. 20 And the LORD faid, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and becaufe 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 flood yet before the LORD. 23 And Abraham drew near, and faid, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou alfo destroy, and not fpare 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 fhould be as the wicked, that be far from thee: fhall not the the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And the LORD faid, IfI find in Sodom 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 tut duft and alhes. 28 Peradventure there fhall 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 fpake unto him yet again, and faid, Peradventure there fhall be forty found there. And he faid, I will not do it for forties fake. 30 And he faid unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there fhall 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 fpeak unto the Lord: Peradventure there thall be twenty found there. And he faid, I will not deftroy it for twenties fake. 32 And he faid, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten thall be found there. And he faid, I will not deftroy it for tens fake. 33 And the LORD went his way, as foon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. CHAP The deftration of Bodom. him and they brought him forth, and fet him without the city. 17 And it came to pafs, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he faid, El And there came two angels to Sodom at cape for thy life; look not behind thee, nei even; and Lot fat in the gate of So dom and Lot feeing them, rofe up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; 2 And he faid, Behold now my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your fervants houfe, and tarry all night, and wath your feet, and ye thall rife up early, and go on your ways. And they faid, Nay, but we will abide in the street all night. 3 And he preffed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entred into his house: and he made them a feaft, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. 4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sedom, compaffed the houfe 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 them, and fhut the door after him, 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 good in your eyes: only unto thete men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. 9 And they faid, Stand back. And they Said 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 houfe to them, and shut to the door. 11 And they fmote the men that were at the door of the house with blindnefs, both fmall and great: fo that they wearied them felves to find the door. 12 And the men faid unto Lot, Haft thou here any befides? fos in law, and thy fons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou haft 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 sent us to deftroy it. 14 And Lot went out, and pake unto his fans in law, which married his daughters, and faid, Up, get ye out of this place; for the LORD will deftroy this city: but he feemed as one that mocked unto his fons in law. 15 And when the morning arofe, then the angels haftned Lot, faying, Arife, take thy wife, and thy two daughters which are here; left thou be confined in the iniquity of the city. 16 And while he lingred, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of is two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto ther ftay 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 Bekold now, thy fervant hath found grace in thy fight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hait thewed unto me in faving my life and I cannot escape to the mountain, leit fome evil take me, and I die. zo Behold now, this city near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh let me efcape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my foul thall live. 21 And he faid unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing allo, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou haft fpoken. 22 Hafte 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 rifen upon the earth when Lot entred 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 thofe cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. 264 But his wife looked back from behind him, and he became a pillar of falt. 27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning, to the place where he stood before the LORD. 18 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and lo, the fmoak of the country went up as the fnoak of a furnace. 29 And it came to pafs, when God deAroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembred Abraham, and sent 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 daugh ters 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 faid unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not à man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth. 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preferve feed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and 1ay with her father; and he perceived not when the lay down, nor when the arofe. 34 And it came to pafs on the morrow, that the first-born faid unto the younger, Be hold, 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 alfo and the younger arofe, and lay Arabam denieth his wife. Chap. xx, xx. lay with him; and he perceived not when the lay down, nor when the arofe. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the firft-born bare a fon, and called his name Moab the fame is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 18 And the younger, the alfo bare a fon, and called his name Ben-ammi: the fame the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. CHAP. XX. 1 Arsham denieth his wife, and lofeth her. 14 Abimelech refioreth her. Plane is born. given thy brother a thousand pieces of filver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with al other: thus fhe was reproved. 17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his maid-fervants; and they bare children. 18 For the LORD had fait clofed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abrahams wife. CHAP. XXI. Haat is born. 9 Hagar and Ishmael are cast forth. 22 Abimelechs covenant with Abraham. Nd the LORD vifited Sarah as he had And Abrahon journeyed from thence to. A faid, and the LORD did unto Sarah as ward the fouth-country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and fojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham faid of Sarah his wife, She my fifter: And Abimelech king of Gerar fent and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and faid to him, Behold, thou art bar a dead man, for the woman, which thou haft taken for the is a mans wife. 4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and be faid, LORD, wilt thou flay alfo a righteous nation? Said he not unto me, She is my fifter? and the, even the her felf 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 integrity of thy neart; for I alfo withheld thee from finning against me: therefore fuffered I thee not to touch her. 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he fhall pray for thee, and thou shalt live and if thou reflore her not, know thou that thou shalt furely die, thou, and all that are thine. 8 Therefore Abimelech rofe early in the morning, and called all his fervants, and told all thefe things in their ears: and the men were fore afraid. 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and faid unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou haft brought on me and on my kingdom a great find thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. to And Abimelech faid unto Abraham, What faweft thou, that thou haft done this thing? 11 And Abraham faid, Becaufe I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will flay me for my wifes fake. 12 And yet indeed he is my fifter; he is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother: and the became my wife. 13 And it came to pafs, when God caufed me to wander from my fathers houfe, that I faid ento her, This is thy kindness which thou fhalt fhew unto me; At every place, whither we shall come, fay of me, He is my brother. 14 And Abimelech took fheep, and oxen, and men-fervants, and women-fervants, and gave them unto Abraham and restored him Sarah his wife. 15 And Abimelech faid, Behold, my land before thee: dwell where it pleafeth thee. 16 And unto Sarah he faid, Behold, I have he had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a fon in his old age, at the fet time of which God had ipoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his fon that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Ifaac. 4 And Abraham circumcifed his fon Ifaac, being eight days old, as God had command ed him. And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his fon Ifaac was born unto him. 64 And Sarah faid, God hath made me to laugh, fo that all that hear will laugh with me. 7 And the faid, who would have said unto Abrahm, that Sarah fhould have given children fuck? for I have born him a fon in his old age. 8 And the child grew, and was weaned : and Abrahanı made a great feaft the fame day that Ifaac was weaned. 99 And Sarah faw the fon of Hagar the Egyptian, which he had born unto Abraham, mocking. 10 Wherefore the faid unto Abraham, Caft. out this bond-woman, and her fon: for the fon of this bond-woman fhall not be heir with my fon, even with Ifaac. 11 And the thing was very grievous in A brahams fight, because of his fon. 12 And God faid unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy fight, because of the lad, and becaufe of thy bond-woman; in all that Sarah hath faid unto thee, hearken unto her voice: for in Ifaac fhall thy feed be called. 13 And alfo of the fon of the bond-woman will I make a nation, because he is thy feed. morning, and took bread, and a bottle of 14 And Abraham rofe up early in the water, and gave it unto Hagar (putting it on her fhoulder) and the child, and lent her away and the departed, and wandred in the wilderness of Beer-theba. and the caft the child under one of the fhrubs. 15 And the water was fpent in the bottle, 16 And he went, and fat her down over against him, a good way off, as it were a bow hot for the laid, Let me not fee the death of the child. And the fat 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 faid unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arife, lift up the lad, and hold him in Abraham tempted to offer fast, GENESIS. hine hand: for I will make him a great nation. 19 And God opened her eyes, and the faw a well of water: and the went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 20 And God was with the lad, and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pa is flayed by an angel. Abide you here with the afs; and I and the lad will go yonder and worthip, and come again to you. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Ifaac his fon; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife: and they went both of them together. 7 And Ifaac fpake unto Abraham his father, and faid, My father: and he faid, Here am I, the fire and the wood: but where is the offering? ran and his mother took him a wife out of my fon. And he faid, Behold for a burnt the land of Egypt. 22 4 And it came to pafs at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his hoft fpake unto Abraham, faying, God is with thee in all that thou doeft. 23 Now therefore fwear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falfly with me, nor with my fon, nor with my fons fon: but according to the kindnefs that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou haft fojourned. 24 And Abraham faid, I will fwear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech beCaule of a well of water, which Abimelechs fervants had violently taken away. 26 And Abimelech faid, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it but to day. 27 And Abraham took theep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech: and both of them made a covenant. 18 And Abraham fet feven ew-lambs of the flock by themfelves 19 And Abimelech faid unto Abraham, What mean thefe feven ew-lambs,which thou haft let by themselves? 30 And he laid, For thefe feven ew-lambs fhalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. 31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-theba: because there they fware both of them. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beerfheba: then Abimelech role up, and Phichol the chief captain of his holt, and they returned intothe land of the Philistines. 33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-theba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. 34 And Abraham fojourned in the Philiftines land many days. CHAP. XXII. 1 Abraham offering ifanc, 11 is flayed by an angel. 15 He is blefed again. 20 The generation of Nahor. 8 And Abraham faid, My fon, God wili provide himself a lamb for a burnt-offering: fo they went both of them together., 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of, and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order; and bound Ifaac his fon, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And Abraham ftretched forth his hand, and took the knife to flay his fon. 11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven,and faid, Abraham, Abrabam. And he laid, Here am I. 12 And he faid, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou feareff God, feeing thou haft not withheld thy lon, thine only Jon from me. 13 And Abraham lift up his eyes, and looked, and behold,behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering, in the ftead of his fon. 14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jirch: as it is faid to this day, in the mount of the LORD it fhall be feen. 15 ¶And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 15 And faid, By my felf have I fworn, faith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and haft not withheld thy fon thine only fon: 1 That in bleffing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy feed as the ftars of the heaven, and as the fand which upon the fea-fhoar; and thy feed fhall puffefs the gate of his enemies; 18 And in thy feed thall all the nations of the earth be blefied: because thou hast obeyed my voice. 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rofe up, and went together to Beer-fheba, and Abraham dwelt at Beer And it came to pafs after these things theba. that God did tempt Abraham,and faid nto him, Abraham. And he faid, Behold, here I am. 2 And he faid, Take now thy fon, thine only fon Ifaac, whom thou loveft, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. And Abraham role up early in the morning, and faddle his afs, and took two of his young men with him, and Ifaac his fon; and clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rofe up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lift up his eyes, and faw the place afar off. f And Abraham faid unto his young men, 20 And it came to pass after thefe things, that it was told Abraham, faying, Behold Milcah, the hath aifo born children unto thy brother Nahor; 21 Haz his firt-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 And Chefed, and Hazo, and Pildah, and Jidlaph and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abrahams brother. 24 And his concubine whofe name res Reumah, the bare alfo Teba, and Gabam, and Thanath, and Maachah. CHAP. XXIII. Sarahs age and death. 3 The purchase of Machpeiah, 19 where Sarah was buried." And Abraham fweareth his fervant. ANd Sarah was an hundred and feven and therein were made fure unto Abraham for twenty years old: shefe were the years of a poffeffion of a burying-place, by the fons of the life of Sarah. 1 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the fame Hebron in the land of Canaan and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 3 And Abraham ftood up from before his dead, and fpake unto the fons of Heth, Laying, 4 a ftranger and a fojourner with you: give me a poffeffion of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my fight. And the children of Heth anfwered Abraham, faying unto him, 6 Hear us, my lord; thou art a mighty prince amongst us; in the choice of our fepulchres bury thy dead: none of us fhall withhold from thee his fepulchre, but that thou mayeft bury thy dead. 7 And Abraham flood up,and bowed himfelf to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. 8 And he communed with them, faying, If it be your mind that I fhould bury my dead out of my fight, hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the fon of Zohar: 9 That he may give me the cave af Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he thall give it me, for a pofleflion of a bury ing-place among you: 10 And Ephron dwelt amongst the children of Het. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gates of his city, faying, 11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the prefence of the fons of my peopie give I it thee: bury thy dead. 12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. 13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, faying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. 14 And Ephron answered Abraham, faying unto him, Is My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred fhekels of filver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. 16 And Abraham hearkned unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed to Ephron the filver, which he had named in the audience of the fons of Heth, four hundred fhekels of filver, currant money with the merchant. 179 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 were in all the borders round about, were made fure 18 Unto Abraham for a poffeffion in the prefence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. 19 And after this Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre: the fame is Hebron in the land of Canaan. 20 And the field and the cave that is Heth. CHAP. XXIV. 1 Abraham fendeth his fervant to get a wife for bis fon Ifaac. 58He obtaineth Rebekah. 62 ¡faac meeteth her. Ad Abraham was old and well ftricken in age and the LORD had blefied Abraham in all things. 2And Abraham laid unto his eldeft fervant of his houfe, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh 3 And I will make thee fwear by the LORD, the God of heaven and theGod of the earth, that thou thalt not take a wife unto my fon of the daughters of the Canaanites amongst whom I dwell: 4 But thou halt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my fon Ifaac. 5 And the fervant faid unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to fol Jaw me unto this land: muft I needs bring thy fon again unto the land from whence thou cameft? 6 And Abrabam faid unto him,Beware thou, that thou bring not my fon thither again. 7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my fathers houfe, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that fware unto me, faying, Unto thy feed will I give this land; he thall fend his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife un o my fon from thence. 8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow, thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my fon thither again." 9 And the fervant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his mafter, and sware to him concerning that matter. 10 And the fervant took ten camels, of the camels of his matter, and departed (for all the goods of his mafter were in his hand :) and he arofe, and went to Mefopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. 11 And he made his camels to kneel downt without the city, by a well of water, at the time of the evening, even the time that wo men go out to draw water. 12 And he faid, O LORD God of my mafter Abraham,I praythee fend me good fpeed this day, and thew kindness unto my master Abraham. 13 Behold, I ftand here by the well 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 damfel to whom I thall fay, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and the thall fay, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink allo: let the fame be the that thou hatt appointed for thy fervant Ifaac; and thereby thall I know that thou haft fhewed kindnel's unto my matter. 15 And it came to pafs before he had done fpeaking, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel fon of Milcah the wife of Nahor Abrahams brother, with her pitcher upon her fhoulder. 16 And the damfel a very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her a |