18 Hagar fleeth from Sarai. GENESIS. The covenant renewed. 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar|tween me and thee, and will multiply her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had thee exceedingly. 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 the faw that the 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 the had conceived, I was despised in her eyes the LORD judge between me and thee. 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. 51 Neither fhall 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 hall come out of thee. 7 And I will eftablifht my covenant be 6 But Abram faid unto. Sarai, Be-tween me and thee and thy feed after thee hold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her in their generations for an everlafting as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to hardly with her, the fled from her face. thy feed after thee. 7 And the angel of the LORD found 8 And I will give unto thee, and to the her by a fountain of water in the wilder-feed after thee, the land wherein thou art nefs, by the fountain in the way to Shur. a ftranger, all the land of Canaan for an 8 And he faid, Hagar, Sarai's maid, everlasting poffeffion; and I will be their whence cameft thou? and, whither wilt God. thou go And the faid, I flee from the face of my miftrefs Sarai. 9 And the angel of the LORD faid unto her, Return to thy miftrefs, and fubmit thy felf under her hands. 9 And God faid unto Abraham, Thou halt keep my covenant therefore, thou and thy feed after thee in their genera tions. 10 This is my covenant, which ye 10 And the angel of the LORD faid un-fhall keep, between me and you and thy to her, I will multiply thy feed exceed-feed after thee: Every man-child among ingly, that it hall not be numbered for you thall be circumcifed. multitude. 11 And the angel of the LORD faid unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and fhalt bear a fon, and fhalt call his name Ishmael: because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. 11 And ye shall circumcife the fleth of your forefkin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And he that is eight days old fhail be circumcifed among you, every manchild in your generations, he that is born 12 And he will be a wild man; his in the houfe, or bought with money of hand will be against every man, and ev-any ftranger, which is not of thy feed. ery man's hand against him; and he shall 13. He that is born in thy houfe, and dwell in the prefence of all his brethren. he that is bought with thy money, mut 13 And the called the name of the needs be circumcifed and my covenant LORD that fpake unto her, Thou God fhall be in your flesh for an everlasting feeft me for the faid, Have I alfo here covenant. looked after him that feeth me? 14 And the uncircumcifed man-child, 14 Wherefore the well was called Beer-whofe Reth of his foreskin is not circumlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadeth cifed, that foul fhall be cut off from his and Bered. A people; he hath broken my covenant. 15 And Hagar bare Abram a fon : and Abram called his fon's name, which Hagar bare, Ihmael. 16 And Abram was fourfcore and fix years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. CHAP. XVII. 1 The covenant is renewed. 5 Abram's 15 And God faid unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah ball her name be. 16 And I will blefs her, and give thee a fon alfo of her :- yea, I will blefs her, and the hall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and faid in his heart, Shah a child be born unto him that isan hundred years old? and, Shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 18 And Abraham faid unto God, O that Ithmael might live before thee! 19 And God faid, Sarah thy wife thall 2 And I will make my covenant be-bear thee a fon indeed; and thou thart call his name Ifaac; and I will eftabith Defruction of Sodom revealed. Chap. xviii. Abraban's interceffion. 19 my covenant with him for an everlasting Sarah thy wife? and he said, Behold, in tovenant, and with his feed after him. the tent. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard 10 And he faid, I will certainly return thee: behold I have bletfed him, and will unto thee according to the time of life make him fruitful, and will multiply him and, lo, Sarah thy wife fhall have a fon. exceedingly; twelve princes fhall he be-And Sarah heard it in the tent dour, get, and I will make him a great nation. which was behind him. 21 But my covenant will I establish with Ifaac, which Sarah fhall bear unto thee at this fet time in the next year. And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. 23 And Abraham took Ihniael his fon, and all that were born in his house, and alf that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's houle; and circuncifed the fieth of their forekin in the felisame day, as God had Lid upto him. 24 AndAbraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcifed in the flesh of his torekin. 25 And Ihmael his fon was thirteen years old when he was circumcifed in the "Beth of his foretkin. 25 la the telfsame day was Abrahama circumcifed, and Iinmael his fon. 27 And all the men of his houfe, born. in the houfe and bought with money of the ftranger, were circumcifed with him. CHAP. XVIH. 1 Abraham entertainerh three angels. 9. Sarab's laughter. 17 Sodom's deftructian revealed to Abram. 23 His interceffion. AND the LORD appeared unto him in The plains of Mamre: and he fat in the tent door in the heat of the day. : 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well ftricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herfelt, faying, After I am waxed old fhail I have pleature, my lord being old allo? 13 And the LORD faid unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, faying, Shall of a furety bear a child, which am old P 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 hall have a fon. 15 Then Sarah denied, faying, I laughed not; for the was afraid. And he faid, Nay; but thou didst laugh. 16 And the men rofe up from thence, and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 17 q And the LORD faid, fhall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do: 18 Seeing that Abrahamn fhall furely be. come a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth thall be blessed in him? 19 For I kapw him, that he will command his children and his household 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 spoken of him. And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men ftood by him and when he faw bem, he ran to meet them 20 And the LORD faid, Because the cry from the tent door, and bowed himfelf of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and toward the ground, because their fin is very grievous; 3 And faid, My lord, if now I have found favour in thy light, pafs not away, I pray thee, from thy fervant: 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and reft yourfelves under the tree: 5 And I will fetch a morfel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye fhall pals on for therefore are ye come to your fervant. And they faid, So do, as thou haft faid. 21 I will go down now, and fee whether they have done alto ether 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 food yet before the LORD. 231 And Abraham drew near, and faid, Wilt thou alio datroy the nighteous with the wicked? 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous 6 And Abraham haltened into the tent within the city: Wilt thou alfo uchroy unto Sarah, and faid. Make ready quick-and not fpare the place for the nig ly three measures of fine meal, knead it, righteous that are therein ? and make cakes upon the hearth. 25 1 hat be far from thee to do after 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, this manner, to lay the righteous with and fetched a calf tender and good, and the wicked: and that the righteous mom. gave it unto a young man; and he hafted be as the wicked, that be far from thee. to dress it. shall not the judge of all the earth do 8 And he took butter and milk, and right? the calf which he had dreifed, and fet ir 26 And the LORD faid, IfI find in Sod before them; and he ftood by them un-om fifty righteous within the city, then der the tree, and they did eat. I will ipare all the place for their lasts. 27 And Abrahain antwered and lan Behold 9%And they faid unto him, Where is 20 Lot entertaineıb two angels. GENESIS. Lot directed to flee. Behold now, I have taken upon me to do ye to them as is good in your eyes; fpeak unto the LORD, which am but duft only unto thefe men do nothing; for and ashes: therefore came they under the fhadow of my roof. 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 spake unto him yet again, and faid, Peradventure there fhall be forty found there. And he faid, I will not do it for forty's fake. 9And 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, 30 And he faid unto him, Oh let not the and pulled Lot into the houfe to them, LORD be angry, and I will fpeak: Perad-and hut to the door. venture there thall thirty be found there. And he faid, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to fpeak unto the LORD: Peradventure there fhall be twenty found there. And he faid, I will not deftroy it for twenty's fake.' 32 And he faid, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will fpeak yet but this once Peradventure ten fhall be found there. And he faid, I will not deftroy 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. XIX. × Lot entertaineth iwo angels : 24 Sodom and Gomorrab deftroyed. 26 Lot's wife pun bed. S1 His inceft. 11 And they mote the men that were at the door of the houfe with blindness, both fmall and great: fo that they wearied themselves to find the door. 12 And the men faid unto Lot, Haft thou here any befides? fon-in-law, and thy fons, and thy daughters, and whatfoever thou haft in the city, bring them out of this place. 13 For we will deftroy this place, becaufe 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 fpake unto his fons-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 haftened Lot, faying, Arife, AND there came two angels to Sodom take thy wife, and thy two daughters, at even; and Lot fat in the gate of Sod-which are here; left thou be confumed om and Lot feeing them, rofe up to in the iniquity of the city. meet them; and he bowed himfelf with 16 And while he lingered, the men 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 thall rife up early, and go on your ways. And they faid, Nay; but wel will abide in the street all night. laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being mer ciful unto 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, 3 And he preffed upon them greatly; Efcape for thy life; look not behind thee, and they turned in unto him, and en-neither ftay thou in all the plain; efcape tered into his houfe; and he made them to the mountain, left thou be confumed. a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, 18 And Lot faid unto them, Oh, not and they did eat. fo, my lord: 4 But before they lay down, the men 19 Behold now, thy fervant hath found of the city, even the men of Sodom, com-grace in thy fight, and thou haft magnipaffed the houfe round, both old and fed thy mercy, which thou haft thewed young, all the people from every quarter: unto me in faving my life; and I cannot 5 And they called unto Lot, and faid efcape to the mountain,left fome evil take unto him, Where are the men which me, and I die : 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 shut 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, pray you, bring them out unto you, and 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Ch, let me efcape thither, Is it not a little one) and my foul thali 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 fpoken. 22 Hafte thee, efcape thither; for i Cannot Let's incet. CHAP. XX ま cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city 1 Abraham denieth his wife, and lofeth ber. 14 Abimelech restoreth her. was called Zoar. 23 The fun was rifen_upon the earth AND Abraham journeyed from thence toward the fouth country, and dwelled when Lot entered into Zoar. 241 Then the LORDrained upon Sod-between Kadeth and Shur, ånd fojournan and upon_Gomorrah brimstone and ed in Gerar. fre 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 3 ButGod came to Abimelechin a dreain by night, and faid to him, Behold thou ground. 26 But his wife looked back from be-art but a dead man, for the woman which hind him, and the became a pillar of falt. thou haft taken for the is a man's wife. 4 But Abimelech had not come near 27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he flood be- her and he faid, LORD, Wilt thou flay fore the LORD: alfo a righteous nation ? z And Abraham faid of Sarah his wife, She is my fifter; and Abimelech king of Gerar fent and took Sarali. 28 And he looked toward Sodom and 5 Said he not unto me, She is my filer? Gomorrah. and toward all the land of the land fhe, even the herself faid, He is my plain, and beheld, and, lo, the fmoke of brother: in the integrity of my heart, and the country went up as the finoke of a innocency of my hands, have I done this. furnace. 29 And it came to pafs, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and fent Lot out of the midft 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. 31 And the firit-born faid unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: Come let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preferve feed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when the lay down, nor when the arofe. 6 And God faid unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didit this in the integrity of thy heart; 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 thall pray for thee, and thou shalt live and if thou reftore her not, know thou that thou halt 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 haft thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou haft brought on me and on my kingdom a great fin; thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. 10 Abimelech faid unto Abraham, What faweft thou, that thou haft done this thing? 11 And Abraham faid, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will flay me for my wife's fake. 34 And it came to pafs on the morrow, that the first-born faid unto the younger, Behold, Ilay yefternight with my father: let its make him drink wine this night allo; and go thou in and lie with him, 12 And yet indeed be is my fifter; the that we may preferve feed of our father. is the daughter of my father, but not the 35 And they made their father drink daughter of my mother; and the became wine that night alfo and the younger my wife. arofe, and lay with him: and he perceiv.. 13 And it came to pafs, when God ed not when the lay down, nor when the caufed me to wander from my father's arofe. So Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the firit.born bare a fon, and called his mame Moab the fame is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 38 And the younger, the alfo barea lon, and called his name Benanimi: the Lame is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. 1 houfe, that I faid unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt thew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, fay of me, He is my brother. 141 And Abimelech took fheep and oxen, and men-fervants. and women-fer. vants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. 15 And Abimelech faid, Behold, my land is before thee, dwell where it pleafeth thee Ifaac is born. GENESIS. Abimelech's covenant. 16 And unto Sarah he faid, Behold, Itle, and the caft the child under one of have given thy brother a thousand pieces the shrubs. of filver behold he is to thee a covering : 16 And he went, and fat her down of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, over against him a good way off, as it and with all other; thus fhe was reprov-were a bow-fhot: for he faid, Let me ed. not fee the death of the child. And the fat over against him,and lift up her voice and wept. 17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-fervants; and they bare, ebildren. 18 For the LORD had faft clofed up all the wombs of the houfe of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. CHAP. XXI. 2 Ifaac is born. 9 Hagar and mael 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. great nation. 18 Arife, lift up the lad, and hold him are caft forth. 22 Abimelecb's cove-in thine hand; for I will make him a nant with Abraham. AND the LORD vifited Sarah as he had faid, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. 19 And God opened her eyes, and the faw a well of water; and he went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the 21 For Sarah conceived, and bare A-lad drink. braham a fon in his old age, at the fet time of which God had spoken to him. 20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wildernefs, and became an archer. 3 And Abraham called the name of his fon that was born unto him, whom Sarah 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of bare to him, Ifaac. Paran; and his mother took him a wife 4And Abraham circumcifed his fon I-out of the land of Egypt. faac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his fon Ifaac was born unto him. 6 And Sarah faid, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. 7 And the faid, Who would have faid unto Abraham, that Sarah fhould have given children fuck ? for I have borne bim a fon in his old age. 8 And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great fealt the fame day that Ifaac was weaned. 91 And Sarah faw the fon of Hagar the Egyptian, which the had borne Abraham, mocking. unto 221 And it came to pafs at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the chief captain of his hoft fpake unto Abraham, faying, God is with thee in all that thou doeft. 25 Now therefore swear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falfely with me, nor my fon, nor with my fon's fon: but according to the kindnets that I have done unto thee thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou haft sojourned. 24 And Abraham faid I will fwear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech becaufe of a well of water, which Abimelech's fervants had violently taken away. 26 And Abimelech faid, I wot not wha 10 Wherefore the faid unto Abraham, hath done this thing. neither didit Caft out this bond-woman and her fonthou tell me; neither yet heard of it, but for the fon of this bond-woman thall not be heir with my fon, even with Ifaac. 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's fight, because of his fon. 12 And God faid unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy fight because of the lad,and because of thy bond-woman; in all that Sarah hath faid unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Ifaac thall thy feed be called. today. 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech ; and both of them made a covenant. 23 And Abraham fet feven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And Abimelech faid unto Abraham, What mean thefe feven ewe-lambs which thou haft fet by themfelves? 30 And he faid, For thefe feven eweiSAnd also of the fon ofthe bond-wom-lambs halt thou take of my hand, that an will I make a nation, becaufe he is they may be a witnefs unto me, that I thy feed. have digged this well. 31 Wherefore he called that place Beertheba; because there they fware both of them. 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting in on her shoulder, and the child, and fent 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beerher away: and the departed, and wander- theba: then Abimelech rofe up and Phied in the wilderness of Beersheba. col the chief capain of his hoft, and they 15 And the water was spent in the bot-returned into the land of the Philiftines. |