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Hagar fleeth from Sarai.

GENESIS.

16 But in the fourth generation they fhall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

17 And it came to pafs, that, when the fun went down, and it was dark, behold a fmoking furnace, and a burning lamp that pafled between thofe pieces.

18 In the fame day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, faying, Unto thy feed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgalhites, and the Jebufites. CHAP. XVI.

1 Sarai giveth Hagar to Abram, 6 who fying from her mistress, 9 is fent back by an angel. 15 Ishmael is born.

The covenant renewed. II And the angel of the LORD faid unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and fhalt bear a fon, and fhalt call his name Jihmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he hall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

13 And the called the name of the LORD that fpake unto her, Thou God feeft me: for the faid, Have I alfo here looked after him that feeth me?

14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 And Hagar bare Abram a fon: and Abram called his fon's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

16 And Abram was fourfcore and fix years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to

NOW Sarai Abram's wife bare him no Abram.

children and fhe had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whofe name quas Hagar. 2 And Sarai faid unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath reftrained me from

CHAP. XVII.

I The covenant is renewed. 5 Abram's name changed. 10 Circumcifion is inftituted. 16 Ifaac is promifed.

ND when Abram was ninety years

bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my old and nine, the LORD appeared

maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to

the voice of Sarai.

3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had 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 fhe had conceived, her mistress was defpifed in her eyes.

to Abram, and faid unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect,

2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

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.

5 T 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.

5 And Sarai faid unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bofom; and when the faw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitand thee. ful, and I will make nations of thee, and 6 ¶ But Abram faid unto Sarai, Be-kings fhall come out of thee. hold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, fhe fled from her face.

And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wildernefs, by the fountain in the way to Shur. 8 And he faid, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence cameft thou? and whither wilt thou go o? And fhe faid, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

9 And the angel of the LORD faid unto her, Return to thy mistress, and fubmit thyfelf under her hands.

10 And the angel of the LORD faid unto her, I will multiply thy feed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

7 And I will eftablish my covenant between me and thee and thy feed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy feed after thee.

8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy feed after thee, the land wherein thou art a ftranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlafting poffeffion; and I will be their God.

9 And God faid unto Abraham, Thou fhalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy feed after thee in their generations.

10 T This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy

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.Chap. xviii. Abraham entertaineth three angels.

Ifaac promifed. feed after thee; Every man child among you fhall be circumcifed.

11 And ye fhall circumcise the flesh of your forefkin; and it fhall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

12 And he that is eight days old fhall be circumcised among you, every man

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Abraham entertaineth three angels. 9 Sarah's laughter. 17 Sodom's deftruction revealed to Abraham. 23 His interceffion.

ND the LORD appeared unto him

child in your generations, he that is born in the plains of Mamre : and he fat

in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy feed.

13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, muft needs be circumcifed: and my covenant fhall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

in the tent door 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, pray thee, from thy fervant:

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4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and reft yourfelves under the tree:

14 And the uncircumcised man child whofe flesh of his forefkin is not circumcifed, that foul fhall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. 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 fhall be a mother of nations; kings of people fhall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, 6 And Abraham haftened into the tent and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly a child be born unto him that is an hun-three measures of fine meal, knead it, dred years old? and fhall Sarah, that is and make cakes upon the hearth. ninety years old, bear?

18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee !

19 And God faid, Sarah thy wife fhall bear thee a fon indeed; and thou shalt call his name Ifaac: and I will eftablish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his feed after him.

20 And as for Ifhmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes fhall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I eftablish with Ifaac, which Sarah fhall bear unto thee at this fet 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 fon, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's houfe; and circumcifed the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame 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 foreskin.

25 And Ishmael his fon was thirteen years old, when he was circumcifed in the flesh of his foreskin.

26 In the felfsame day was Abraham circumcifed, and Ishmael his fon.

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5 And I will fetch a morfel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye fhall pafs on for therefore are ye come to your fervant. And they faid, So do, as thou haft faid.

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7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man ; and he hafted to dress it.

8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dreffed, and fet it before them; and he ftood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

9 And they faid unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he faid, Behold, in the tent.

To And he faid, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife fhall have a fon. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him..

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 herfelf, faying, After I am waxed old fhall I have pleafure, my lord being old also ?

13 And the LORD faid unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, faying, Shall of a furety bear a child, which am old?

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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 fhall have a fon,

15 Then Sarah denied, faying, I laughed not; for he was afraid. And he faid, Nay; but thou didft laugh.

16 And the men rofe up from thence, B and

Abraham intercedeth for Sodom.

GENESIS. Lot entertaineth tavo angels.

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 nations of the earth fhall be bleffed in him?

19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his houthold 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 spoken of him.

20 And the LORD faid, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because 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 not, I will know.

22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraliam food yet before the LORD.

23 ¶ And Abraham drew near, and faid, Wilt thou alfo deftroy the righteous with the wicked?

24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou alfo 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 flay the righteous with the wicked and that the righteous fhould be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

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1 Lot entertaineth tavo angels. 24 Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed. 26 Lot's wife punifhed. 31 His inceft.

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ND there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot fat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot fecing 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 fervant's houfe, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye fhall rife up early, and go on your ways. And they faid, Nay; but we will abide in the ftreet all night.

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

4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compaffed the house 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

26 And the LORD faid, If I find in So-them, and shut the door after him, dom 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 fpeak unto the LORD, which am but duft | and afhes:

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 deftroy 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.

30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will fpeak: 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 speak unto the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it - for twenty's fake.

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 is good in your eyes: only unto thefe men do nothing; for therefore came they under the fhadow of my roof.

9 And 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.

IO But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and fhut to the door.

JI And they fmote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both fmall and great: fo that they wearied themselves to find the door.

12 And the men faid unto Lot, Haft thou

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The deftruction of Sodom..

Chap. xx.

Lot's inceft.

thou here any befides? fon in law, and{ 28 And he looked toward Sodom and
thy fons, and thy daughters, and what- Gomorrah, and toward all the land of
foever thou haft in the city, bring them the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke
out of this place:
of the country went up as the smoke of

13 For we will destroy this place, be-a furnace.
caufe the cry of them is waxen great be-
fore the face of the LORD; and the LORD
hath fent us to deftroy it.

29 And it came to pass, when God
deftroyed the cities of the plain, that
God remembered Abraham, and fent Lot
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto out of the midst of the overthrow, when
his fons in law, which married his daugh-he overthrew the cities in the which Lot'
ters, and faid, Up, get you out of this dwelt.
place; for the LORD will destroy 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, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; left thou be confumed 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 fet him without the city.

17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he faid, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay 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 Behold now, thy fervant hath found grace in thy fight, and thou haft magnified thy mercy, which thou haft fhewed unto me in faving my life; and I cannot efcape to the mountain, left fome 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 efcape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my foul fhall 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 spoken.

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 entered into Zoar.

24 T 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.

26 ¶ But his wife looked back from behind him, and the became a pillar of falt. 27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:

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 T And the firftborn 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:

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 firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when the lay down, nor when fhe arofe.

34 And it came to pafs on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, 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 with him; and he perceived not when he lay down, nor when fhe arose.

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

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

38 And the younger, fhe alfo bare a fon, and called his name Ben-ammi: the fame is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

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CHAP. XX.

I Abraham denieth his wife, and lofeth her. 14 Abimelech restoreth her. ND Abraham journeyed from thence, toward the fouth country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and fojourned in Gerar.

2 And Abraham faid of Sarah his wife, She is my fifter: and Abimelech king of Gerar fent, and took Sarah.

3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou are but a dead man, for the woman which thou haft taken; for fhe is a man's wife.

4 But Abimelech had not come near

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Abimelech reforeth Abraham's wife. GENESIS.

her, and he said, LORD, wilt thou flay also a righteous nation?

s Said he not unto me, She is my fifter? and fhe, even the herself 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 heart; for I alfo withheld thee from sinning 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 reftore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

8 Therefore Abimelech rofe early in the morning, and called all his fervants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were fore afraid.

9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said 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 haft done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

10 And Abimelech faid unto Abraham, What faweft thou, that thou hast done this thing?

II 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.

12 And yet indeed he is my fifter; fhe is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

13 And it came to pass, when God caufed me to wander from my father's houfe, that I faid unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt fhew unto me; at every place whither we fhall come, fay of me, He is my brother.

14 And Abimelech took fheep, and oxen, and menfervants, and womenfervants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

Ifaac is born.

CHAP. XXI.

2 Ifaac is born. 9 Hagar and Ishmael are
caft forth. 22 Abimelech's covenant

with Abraham.

AND the LORD vifited Sarah as he
had faid, and the LORD did unto
Sarah as he had spoken.

2 For Sarah conceived, and bare
Abraham a fon in his old age, at the fet
time of which God had spoken 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 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, fo 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 born him a fon in his old age.

8 And the child, grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feaft the Same day that Ifaac was weaned.

9 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 bondwoman and her fon :
for the fon of this bondwoman fhall not
be heir with my fon, even with Ifaac.

II 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 becaufe of thy bondwoman;
in all that Sarah hath faid unto thee,
hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac fhall
thy feed be called.

13 And also of the fon of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy feed.

14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle 15 And Abimelech faid, Behold, my of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting land is before thee: dwell where it pleaf-it on her shoulder, and the child, and fent her away and fhe departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-fheba.

eth thee.

16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thoufand pieces of filver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all 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 faft closed up all the wombs of the houfe of Abimelech, becaufe of Sarah Abraham's wife.

15 And the water was fpent in the bottle, and the caft the child under one of the fhrubs.

16 And he went, and fat her down over againft him a good way off, as it were a bowfhot: for fhe faid, 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

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