Isaac is promised.

Before CHRIST 1898.

ch. 18. 12. & 21. 6.

ch. 18. 10. & 21. 2. Gal. 4. 28.

ch. 16. 10.

'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 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 will multich. 25.12,16. ply him exceedingly; exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

4 ch. 21. 18.

⚫ ch. 21. 2.

1898.

ch. 18. 19.

1898.

ch. 13. 18. & 14. 13.

b Hebr. 13. 2. ch. 19. 1. 1 Pet. 4. 9.

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21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, 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 selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

24 And 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 selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

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

CHAPTER XVIII.

1 Abraham entertaineth three angels. 9 Sarah is reproved for laughing at the strange promise. 17 The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham. 23 Abraham maketh intercession for the men thereof.

A of ND the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat 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 himself toward the ground,

3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

Abraham entertaineth three angels.

4 Let da 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 t' comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore tare ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

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 fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

Before CHRIST 1898.

d ch. 19. 2. & 43. 24.

Judg. 6. 18. & 13. 15. + Heb. stay. Judg. 19. 5. Ps. 104. 15. 8 ch. 19. 8. & 33. 10.

+ Heb. you have passed. +Heb. Hasten,

8 And he took butter, and milk, and ch. 19. 3. 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.

m

1 ch. 24. 67.

k ver. 14.

10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of 12 Kings 4.16. life; and, lo, 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.

ch. 17. 19, 21. & 21. 2. Rom. 9. 9.

ch. 17. 17. Rom. 4. 19. Hebr. 11.11, 12, 19.

• ch. 31. 35.

P ch. 17. 17.

Luke 1. 18. 1 Pet. 3. 6.

Jer. 32. 17. Zech. 8. 6. Matt. 3. 9. & 19. 26. Luke 1. 37. t ver. 10. ch. 17. 21. 2 Kings4.16.

"Rom. 15.24. 3 John 6.

17 And the LORD said, "Shall I hide Ps. 25. 14. from Abraham that thing which I do;

Amos 3. 7. John 15. 15.

18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be bless-ch. 12. 3. & ed in him?

22. 18.
Acts. 3. 25.
Gal. 3. 8.

y Deut. 4. 9, 10. & 6, 7. Josh. 24. 15. Ephes. 6. 4.

Abraham intercedeth for Sodom.

Before CHRIST 1898.

I ch. 4. 10. & 19. 13.

James 5. 4.

ch. 11. 5. Exod. 3. 8.

Jer. 5. 1.

h Job 8. 20. Isai. 3. 10, 11.

1 Job 8. 3. &

34. 17. Ps. 58. 11. & 94. 2. Rom. 3. 6. k Jer. 5. 1. Ezek. 22.30.

1 Luke 18. 1.

m ch. 3. 19. Job 4. 19.

Eccles. 12,7.

1 Cor. 15.47,

48.

2 Cor. 5. 1.

" Judg. 6. 39.

Jam. 5. 16.

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.

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22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. 23¶ And Abraham drew near, and said, 'Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also 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 slay 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?

26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

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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.

29 And he spake unto him yet 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

Lot entertaineth two angels.

3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

4 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:

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

9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow "came in to sojourn, 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,

* See Luke 24. 28.

17, 18.

Luke 9. 62. Phil. 3. 13, 14.

Acts 10. 14.

r Job 42. 8, 9. Ps. 145. 19.

+ Heb. thy face.

* See ch. 32. 25, 26.

15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which tare here; lest thou be consumed in the || iniquity of the city. 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: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

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17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, "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, so, my Lord:

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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 my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some 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 escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

21 And he said unto him, See, 'I have Exod. 32.10. accepted † thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

Deut. 9. 14.
Mark 6. 5.
ch. 13. 10.
& 14. 2.

That is,
Little.
ver. 20.

+ Heb. gone
forth.

i Deut. 29. 23.

Isai. 13. 19.

Jer. 20, 16.

& 50, 40,

50.

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 sun was trisen upon the Ezek. 16.49, 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;

Hos. 11. 8.

Amos 4. 11. Zeph. 2. 9.

Luke 17.29. 2 Pet. 2. 6. Jude 7.

Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed.

CHRIST 1898.

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

k

k ch. 14. 3. Ps. 107. 34.

26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of Luke 17. 32. salt.

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 she lay down, nor when she arose.

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

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

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

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

2,

& 38, 8, 9. Deut. 25. 5

Mark 12, 19.

1897.

⚫ Deut. 2. 9.

38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the Deut. 2. 19. same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

Abraham denieth his wife.

Before CHRIST cir. 1898.

a ch. 18. 1.

CHAPTER XX.

1 Abraham sojourneth at Gerar, 2 denieth his wife, and loseth her. 3 Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream. 9 He rebuketh Abraham, 14 restoreth Sarah, 16 and reproveth her. 17 He is healed by Abraham's prayer.

ND Abraham

Isaac is born.

Before CHRIST

caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy cir. 1898. kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

Y ch. 12. 13.

14 And Abimelech took sheep, and ch. 12. 16.

womenser

d ch. 12. 13.

& 26. 7.

ch. 12. 15.

f Ps. 105. 14. Job. 33. 15. h ver. 7.

+ Heb. married to an husband.

I ver. 18.

ch. 18. 23.

d

2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

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3 But 'God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, "Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is ta man's wife.

4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, 'wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: *in the integrity of my 2 Cor. 1. 12. heart and innocency of my hands have I

therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; "for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, "and all that are thine.

8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

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10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my ch. 12. 12. & wife's sake.

Ps. 36. 1. Prov. 16. 6.

26. 7.

u See ch. 11.

29.

* ch. 12. 1, 9, 11, &c. Hebr. 11. 8.

7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah_should have given children suck? for I have born ch. 18 11,12. him a son in his old age.

8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar "the Egyptian, "which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

m ch. 16. 1. ch. 16. 15. • Gal. 4. 29.

Hagar and Ishmael cast forth.

Before

CHRIST

10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, cir. 1892. Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not See ch. 25.6. be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

P Gal. 4. 30.

& 36, 6, 7.

ch. 17. 18.

11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto Rom. 9.7,8. thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Hebr. 11.18.

ver. 18. ch. 16. 10, & 17. 20.

John 8. 35.

"Exod. 3. 7.

ver. 13.

Numb. 22.

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 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 said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for 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.

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19 And God opened her eyes, and See 2 Kings she saw a well of water; and she went,

31.

6. 17, 18, 20.

Luke 24.16, and filled the bottle with water, and gave

31.

Abimelech's covenant with Abraham.

unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

24 And Abraham said, I will swear.

25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but today.

27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech ; and both of them 'made a covenant.

28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, "What mean these seven ewe 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.

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31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

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 after these

a

things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, † Behold, here I am.

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;

Isai. 40. 28. Rom. 16, 26. 1 Tim. 1. 17.

2 And he said, Take now thy son, b thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, Hebr. 11. 17. 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.

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.