Abraham intercedeth Before therefore & are ye come to your serv- | 22 And the men turned their faces | Before CHRIST ant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. 1893. + Heh. you have pass.d. + J'eb Husten, hch. 19. 3. i ch. 24. 67. k ver 11 12 Kings 4. 16. mch 17 19. 21. & 21. 2. Rom. 9.9 nch. 17. 17 Pom. 4. 19 12. 19. o ch. 31. 35. pch. 17. 17. 9 Luke 1. 18. r1 Pet. 2. 3. a Jer. 32. 17. Zsch. 8. 6. Matt. 3. 9. & 19. 26. Luke 1. 37. t ch. 17. 21. ver, 10. 2 Kings 4. 16. 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 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, I kwill certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, m Sarah thy wife shall have a son. 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. 1898. from thence, and went toward Sod- CHRIST om: but Abraham dstood yet before the LORD. 23 And Abraham "drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 248 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? cch. 10. 1. d ver. 1. e Heb. 10, 22. f Num. 16 22. 2 SAIN, 24.17, g Jer. 5. 1. 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked; and that the right-h Job 8 20. eous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Is. 3. 10, 11. Job 8. 3. & 34. 17. Ps. 58. 11 & 91. 2. Roin. 3. 6. 26 And the LORD said, kIf I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place k Jer. 5. 1. for their sakes. Ez. 22. 30. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me 1 Luke 18. 1. to speak unto the Lord, which am mbut 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. 12 Therefore Sarah P laughed within | 29 And he spake unto him yet 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, 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: u Rom. 15.24. and Abraham went with them to 3 John 6. w Ps. 25. 146. Amos 3 7. John 15. 15. 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 x ch. 12. 3. & shall be blessed in him? 22. 18. y Dout. 4. 9. Josh. 24. 15. zch, 4. 10. 19. 13. James 5. 4. nch, 11. 5. Ex. 3.5. Deut. 8. 2. & 13. 3. Josh. 22. 22. Luko 16. 15. 20. 1. 11. 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 "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. 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. 32 And he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, 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. 4 The vi 1 Lot entertaineth two angels. cious 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 pillar of salt. 30 Lot dwelleth in a cave. 31 The incestuous original of Moab and Ammon. a came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and b Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; AND there mch. 3.10. Job 1 1.1. Eco 12.7. 1 Cor. 15. 17, 45. 2 Cor. 5. 1. n Judg. 6. 39. o James 5. 16. ach. 18. 22. bch. 18. 1, &c. o Heb. 13. 2. 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and dwash your feet, and ye shall dch. 18. 4. rise up early, and go on your ways. Lot is sent out of Sodom. Before GENESIS. And they said, Nay; but we will CHRIST abide in the street all night. 1898. eSeeLuke 24. 28. fch. 18. 8. g 13. 3. 9. 3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned d in unto him, and entered into his house; fand he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. 4 IT 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: Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed. and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, b Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, d 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 5 And they called unto Lot, and h Judg. 19.22. h bring them out unto us, that we i ch. 4. 1. Rom. 1.24, 27. Juda 7. imay know them. 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after k Judg. 19.23. him, 1 Sce Judg. 19. 24. ra Ses ch, 18. 5. n 2 Pet. 2.7.8. ο Ex. 2. 11. p See 2 Kings 6. 18. Acts 13. 11. q ch. 7. 1. 2Fet. 2. 7, 9. rch. 18, 20, 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 men do nothing; m for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, 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 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? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever 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; 81 Chr. 21. 15. and the LORD hath sent us to de | Or, punish ment. z Luke 18. 13. Rom. 9. 15, 16, 16 And while he lingered, the men 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: 23 T The sun was trisen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brim-That is, stone 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 ithat which grew upon the ground, 26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became ka pillar of salt. 271 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where The stood before the LORD: 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, m the smoke 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 sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 30 T 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. Abraham denieth his wife. 1898. Before about 1898. on me and on my kingdom a great CHRIST r Before I drink wine that night: and the first- | fended thee, that thou hast brought 1897. r Dout, 2, 9. Deut. 2. 19, about 1898. nch. 18. 1. cch. 26, 6. 35 And they made their father 36 Thus were both the daughters of 37 And the firstborn bare a son, and 38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: * the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. CHAPTER XX. 1 Abraham sojourneth at Gerar, 2 denieth A ND Abraham journeyed from athence toward the south counch. 16.7.14. try, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, d She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 1 ch. 12. 1:3. & 26. 7. ech. 13. 15. fPs. 105. 14. g Job 33. 15. h ver. 7. † Heb. married to a husband. i ch. 18. 23. ver. 18. k 2 Kings 20. 3. 2 Cor. 1. 12. city, or, sincerity. 3 But f God came to Abimelech sin 4 But Abimelech had not come Or, simpli- 6 And God said unto him in a 1 ch. 31. 7. & 35. 5. Ex. 34, 24. 1 Sam. 25. 20, 34. mch. 39. 9. Lev. 6. 2. Pa. 51. 4. n1 Sam. 7. 5. 2 Kings 5.11. Job 42. 8. James 5. 14. 1.5. 1 John 5. 16. och. 2. 17. p Num. 16. 32, 33, 7 Now therefore restore the man his 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, 10 And Abimelech said unto Abra- 12 And yet indeed "she is my sis- q ch. 26. 10. Ex. 32. 21. Josh. 7. 25. rch. 34. 7. sch, 42, 18. Ps. 36. 1. Prov. 16. 6. t ch. 12. 12. & 26. 7. u See ch. 11. 29. x ch. 12. 1, 9, 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, say of me, y ch. 12. 13. He is my brother. 14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, amy land is before thee : dwell † where it pleaseth thee. 16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, 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 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. 3 And Abraham called the name 1 ch. 17. 21. of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 4 And Abraham fcircumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, sas God had commanded him. 5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6 And Sarah said, i God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear k will laugh with me. 7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? Hagar and Ishmael cast forth. Before I for I have borne him a son in his ❘ me, and to the land wherein thou CHRIST old age. about 1897. I eh. 15. 11,12. m ch, 16, 1. uch. 16, 15, o Gal, 4. 29. about 1802. Gal. 4. 30. Seu ch. 25. 6. & 36. 6, 7. q ch, 17. 18, 8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. 911 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar m the Egyptian, which she had borne unto Abraham, "mocking. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondWoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight 4 because of his u Ex. 3.7. wver. 13. x Num. 22.31. See 2 Kings 6. 17, 18, 20, Luke 24. 16, 31. y clı. 28. 15. & 39. 2, 3, 21. ach. 16. 12. a ch. 24. 4. 20.26. 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 shoulder, and the child, and tsent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. 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 bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, 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; før 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 was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, 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 bch. 20. 2. &. time, that b Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: cch. 26, 28. enant. 28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe gch, 33. 8. lambs which thou hast set by themselves? 30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt 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-sheba; because there they sware both of them. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 33 1 And Abraham planted a || grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. CHAPTER XXII. 1 Abraham is tempted to offer Isaac. 3 He giveth proof of his faith and obedience. 11 The angel stayeth him. 13 Isaac is exchanged with a ram. 14 The place is called Jehovah-jireh. 15 Abraham is blessed again. 20 The generation of Nahor unto Rebekah. AND it came to pass things, that a God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abra- al Cor. 10. 13. ham: and he said, f Behold, here I am. Heb. 11. 17. 1 Pot 1.7. † Heb. Behold me. b Heb. 11. 17. 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee Cinto the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a e2 Chr. 3.1. burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt 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. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, † Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the || lamb for a burnt offering ? The death of Sarah. CHRIST 1872. $ Job 32, 2. t ch. 24. 15. brother, and Kemuel the father of Before CHAPTER XXIII. 8 And Abraham said, My son, God 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 e Heb. 11. 17. Isaac his son, and laid him on the James 2. 21. fl Sam. 15. 22. Mic. 6. 7, 8. gch. 26. 5. James 2 22. That is, The LORD will sur, or, provide. h Ps. 105. 9. Luke 1. 73. Heb. 6. 13, 14. i ch. 15. 5. Jer. 33 22. kch. 13. 14. + Heb. lip. 1 ch. 24, 60. m Mic. 1. 9. nch. 12. 3. & 18. 18. & 20 4. Acts 3. 25. Gal. 3, 8, 9, 16, 18. o ver. 3, 10. ch. 26, 5. pch. 21. 31. q ch. 11. 29. rJob 1. 1. 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 12 And he said, f Lay not thine 13 And Abraham lifted up his 14 And Abraham called the name of that place || Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. 15 And the Angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, h By myself have I sworn, 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 chase of Machpelah, 19 where Sarah was ND Sarah was a hundred and u Called, Rom. 9. 10, Rebecca. 1860. Judg 1. 10. beh, 13, 18. ver. 19. 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-ar- a Josh. 14. 15. ba; the same is b Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 37 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: dgive me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. cch. 17. 8. 1 Chr. 29. 15. Ps. 105. 12. Heb. 11. 9, 13. dActs 7.5. prince of God. 5 And the children of Heth an- 7 And Abraham stood up, and ech. 13. 2. & 14. 14. No 24. 35. 9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for | as much + Heb. full money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. thee, and in multiplying I will mul-10 And Ephron dwelt among the tiply thy seed ias the stars of the 18 And in thy seed shall all the 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to P Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. 20 T 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 firstborn, and Buz his children of Heth: and Ephron the 11 & Nay, my lord, hear me: the 12 And Abraham bowed down him- 13 And he spake unto Ephron in money. + Heb. ears. feh. 34. 20, 24. Ruth 4. 4. & See 2 Sam. 21.21-24. |