CHAP. XXIII. Nd Sarah was an hun dred and feven andrwen. 13 And he spake unto E isty years old, these were the phron in the audience of years of the life of Sarah. the people of the land, fay 2 And Sarah died in Kiring, Bur if thou wilt give it, jatharba; the fame is He I pray thee hear me I will sbron in the land ofCanaan: give thee money for the & Abraham came to mourn field; take it of me, and I for Sarah, and to weep for will bury my dead there. ber.

3 And Abraham ftood ap frombefore hisdead,and spake unto thefons ofHeth, ying, 14 Lama Aranger and a or journer with you: give me a poffeflion of a burying, fplice with you, that I may y my dead out of my fight.

And the children fof Heth, anfwered Abraham, faying unto him, ill 6 Hear us, my lord; thou art mightyprince am nga us; in a choice of cur fe Pieres bury thy dead:

to me,and that fware unto me, faying, Unto thy feed will I give this land, he thal fend his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my fon from thence..

17. And the field of E phron,which was in Mach pelah, 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 S And if the woman will borders round about, were made fure.

18 Unto Abraham for a poffeffion in theprefence of the children ofHeth,before all that went in at the gate of his city.

19 And after this Abraham burledSarah his wife in the cave ofthe field of Mach pelah, before Mamre: the fame is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

not be willing to follow. thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my fon thi ther again..

9 And the fervant put his hand under the thigh of A braham his mafter, & fware to him concerning that matter.

10 And the fervant took ten camels, of the camels of his mafter, and departed (for all the goods of his mafter were in hishand)and he arofe,and went to Mefo potamia, unto the city of Naher.

20 And the field and the cave that is therein, were made fure unto Abraham, for a poffeffion of a burying place, by the fons of Heth. CHAP. XXIV. A well fricken in age and city, by a well of water, at NdAbraham was old,and ANdAbraham

the Lord had bleffed Abra. ham in all things.

2 And Abraham faid unto his eldelt fervant of his honfe,, 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 the God of The earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto myfon of the daughters of theca naanites amongst whom I dwell:

4 But thou shalt go unto my countrev, and to my kindred,andrake a wife un to my fon Ifaac.

And the fervant faid un ro him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me, unto this lard muft needs bringthy fon again, unto the land from hence rirou cameft?

6 And Abraham faid unto him,Beware thouthar thou bring net myfon thither a gain.

7 The Lord GOD of hca ch, which took me from my fathers houfe,and from-the land of my kin dr.d, and which pake a

11 And he made his camels! to kneel down without the.

the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

12 And he faid, O Lord! GOD of my mafter Abra ham, I pray thee fend me good fpeed this day, and thew kindness unto my ma fter Abraham.

13 Behold, Iftand here by the well of water, and the daughters ofthe men of the citycome out to draw water,

14And let it come to pass, that the dam el to whom I fhall, fay, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink: and the fhail fay, Drink, and I will give. thy camels drink alfo: let the fame be the that thonhaft, appointed for thy fervant Idac; and thereby fhall I know thar thon haft thew ed kindness unto my mafter 15. And it came to pafs T before he had done fpeak ing, thar behold; Rebekah came out, wito was born to Bethuel ion of Milcah the wife of Nahor Abrahams brother, with her pitcher. upon her shoulder.

16 And the daniffel was very fair to look upon, virgin,neither had anvan

known

n

known her: and the went down to the well,and älled her pitcher, and came up. 17 And the fervant ran to meet her, and faid, Let me, (I pray thee) drink a little water of thy pitcher.

18 And the faid, Drink my lord and the hafted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him,

drink.

19 And when the had done
giving him drink,the faid,I
will draw water for thy ca
mels alfo, until they have
done drinking.

20 And the hafted, and
emptied her pitcher into
the trough, and ran again
unto thewell to drawmarer,
and drew for all his camels.
21 And the man wondring
at her, held his peace, to
wit, whether the Lord had
made his journey profpe

rous, or not.

22 And it came to pafs, as the camels had done drink, ing, that the man took a golden earring, of half a d thekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands, of ten hekels weight of gold; 23 And faid, Whofe daugh ter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: Is there room thy fathers houfe for us to todge in?

24 And the faid unto him, I am the daughter of Bethu. el the fon ofMilcah,which the bare unto Nahor.

25 She faid moreover unto him, We have both fraw and provender enough,and room to lodge in.

26 And the man bowed down his head, and wor hipped the Lord.

27 And he faid, Bleffed be the Lord God ofmy mafter Abraham, who hath not left deftiture my mafter of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the houfe of my mafters brethren.

unto the man, unto the well,

30 And It came to pass, when he faw the ear ring, & braceletsupon his fifters. hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his fiftér, faying, Thus fpake the man unro me; that he came unto the man,and be hold,he ftood by the camels

at the well.

31 And he faid, Come in thou bleffed of the LORD, wherefore flandeft thou without? for I have prepa red the houfe, and room for the camels.

32 And the man came into the houfe; and he un girded his camels,and gave Itraw andprovender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the mens feet. that were with him,

33 And there was fet meat before him, to cat: but he faid, I will not eat until I have told mine errand,And hefald, Speak on.

34 And he faid, I am Abra hams fervant.,

35 And the Lord hath bleffed my mafter greatly, and he is become great:and he hath given him flocks and herd and filver, and gold,and men fervants,and maid fervants, and camels, and affes.

36 And Sarah my maffers h my mafters wife bare a fon to my ma fter when the was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

37 And my mafter made me fwear, faying, Thou thalt not take a wife to my fon of the daughters of the Canaanites in whofe land I dwell

38 But thou shalt go unto my fathers houfe, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my fon.

39 And I faid unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me 28 And the damfel ran, 40 And he faid unto me, & told them of her mothers.The Lord, before whom I houfe there things.

29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban; and Laban ran out

walk, will fend his, angel
with thee, and profper thy
way; and thou shalt take a
wife for my fon of my kini

dred,

ared, and of my fathers houfe.

41Then fhalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thon comeft to mykindred; and ifthey give not thee enr,thou shalt be clear from my oath.

50Then Laban & Bethuel anfwered and faid, The thing proceederh from the Lord:we cannot fpeak unto thee bad or good."

51 Behold, Rebekah is be. fore thee, take ber, and go, and let her be thy mafters fons wife, as the Lord hath fpoken.

42 And I came this day unro the well, and faid, ó Lord God of my mafter A2 And It came to pafs, that braham, if now thou do when Abrahams fervant profper myway which I go: heard their words, he wor 43. Behold, I ftand by the shipped the Lord, bowing well of water; and it thall himself to the earth. come to pafs,that when the 53 And the fervant brought virgin cometh forth to forth jewels of filver, and draw water,and I fayto her, jewels of gold,andraiment, Give me,Ipray thee,a little and gave them to Rebekah: water of thy pitcher to He gave alfo to herbrother drink: and to her mother precious things.

44And the fay to me, Both drink thou, and I will alfo draw for thy camels. let the fame be the woman whom the LORD hath ap pointed out for my mafters Ion.

45 And before I had done fpeaking in mine heart,Be hold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; & fhe went down unto the well,anddrew was ter: and I fald unto her,Let

drink, I pray thee. 6And the made nafte,and et down her pitcher from herboulder,andfald,Drink, and I will give thy camels drink alfofo 1 drank, and fre made the camels drink alfo.

47 And I asked her, and fald, Whofe daughter art thou? And the faid, The daughter of Bethuel, Na hors fon,, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the ear ring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and bleffed the Lord God of mymafter Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my ma fers brothers daughter un. to his fon.

49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my mafter, tell me: and if not, rell me; that I may turn to the right band,ar to the left

54 Ard they did cat and drink,he,and the men that were with him, and tarried all night: and they rofe up in themorning,and hefald, Send me away unto my mafter.

45 And her brother and her mother faid, Let the damfel abide with us a few days, at the leaft ten: after that the fhall go.

6 And he faid unto them, Hinder me not, feing the Lord hath profpered my. way: fend me away, that I may go to my mafter.

7 And they faid,We will calithe damfél,and enquire at her mouth.

$8 And they called Re bekah, and faid unto her, Wilt thon go with this man? And the faid, I WHI go.

To And they fent away Rebekah their fifter, and her nurfe, and Abrahams fervant, and his men;

60 And they bleffed Re bekah, and faid unro her, Thou artour fifter, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy feed poffefs the gate of thofe which hate them."

61 And Rebekah arofe, and her damfels, and the rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the fervant took Rebekah,and went his way.

62 And

62 And Ifaac came from the way of the well Lahai. roi; for he dwelt in the fouth country.

63 And Ifaac went out to meditace in the field at the even tide and he lift up his eyes, and faw, and behold the camels were coming.

64 And Rebekah lift up her eyes, and when the faw Ifaac, the lighted off the camel.

65 For the had faid unto the fervant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? and the fervant had faid, It is my mafter: therefore he took a vall and covered her felf. 66 And the fervant told Ifaac all things that he had

done.

67 And Ifaac brought her Into his motherSarahstent, and took Rebekah, and the became his wife; and he loved her and Ifaac was comforted after h smothers death.

CHAP. XXV.

Then again Abraham took
a wife, and her name
was Keturah.

2 And the bare him Zim.
ran,and Jokhan,& Medan,
and Midian, and Ifhbak,
and Shuah.

3 And Jokhan begar Shes ba, and Dedan. And the fons of Dedan were Ahu. rim, and Letufhim, and Leummim..

4 And the fons of Midlan;
Ephah,and Epher, and Ha-
noch, and Abidah, and El-
daah. All these were the
children of Kerurah.

5 And Abraham gave
all that he had untolfaac.
6 But unto the fons of the
concubines which Abraham
had, Abraham gave gifts,
and fent them away from
Ifaag his fon (while he yet
lived) eaft-ward, unto the
eaft counrrey.

7 And there are the days
of the years of Abrahams
life whichhe lived,an hun.
dred threefcore and fifteen
years.

8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a

good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. 9 And his fons, Ifaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the fon of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre ;

10 The field which Abra ham purchafed of the fons of Heth: there was Abra ham buried, and Sarah his wife.

And it came to pafs after thedeath ofAbraham, thar God bleffed his fon Ifaac: and laac dwelt by the well Lahai.roi.

12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael A brahams fen, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarahs hand maid, bare unto Abraham.. 13 And thefe are the names of the fons of Ishmael, by their names, according to theirgeneracions: The firft. born of Ifhmael, Nebajoth, and Kedar,and Adbeel, and Mibfam,

14 And Mithma, and Du mah, and Mafa,

15 Hadar, and Tema, Je tur, Naphith, & Kedemah,

16 Thefe are the fons of Ishmael,and thefe are the names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

17 And thefeare the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred andthirty & even years: and he gave up the Ghof, and died, and was gathered unto his people.

8 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt,as thou goeft towards Allyria: and he died in the prefence of all his brethren

19 And thefe are the ge nerariors ofliaacAbrahams fon: Abraham begar Ifaac..

20 And Ifaac was fourty years oldwhen he took Re bekahro wife,the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the fifter to Laban the Syrian.

21 And Ifaac intreated the Lord for his wife, becaufe B3

the