15¶ And Canaan begat † Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afich. 13. 12, 14, terward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 15, 17, & 15. Josh 12.7,8. ↑ Heb. Azzah * 1 Chr. 1. 17, &c. ↑ Heb. Arpackshad + Heb. Shelah 1 ch. 11. 12. 2247. | That is, Di vision. 1 Chr. 1. 19. a ver. 1. • ch. 9. 19. about 2247. ↑ Heb. lip. ward, as ch 6. 2 with 1 Chr. 13, 6. 19 And the border of the Canaan- 22 The children of Shem; Elam, 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, 25 And unto Eber were born two 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar, a mount of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. CHAPTER XI. One language in the world. 3 The building of Ba- AND the whole earth was of one +language, and of one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. The confusion of tongues. B. C. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and tburn about 2247. them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. a 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all done language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Heb. a man said to his neighbour. + Heb. burn them to a burning. a Deut. 1. 28. b ch. 18. 21. c ch. 9. 19. Acts 17. 26. d ver. 1. Ps. 2. 1. fch. 1. 26. Acts 2.4, 5, 6. gch, 42, 23, Ps. 2. 4. Deut. 28. 49. Luke 1. 51. ich. 10. 25, 32. That is, Con fusion. k 1 Cor. 14. 25. 1 Chr. 1. 17. 10 ¶ These are the generations of 1 ch. 10. 22. Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah : 13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 16 "And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begato Peleg : 17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: 19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Scrug: 21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. 2346. 2311. m See Luke S. 36. 2281. 2247. n 1 Chr. 1. 19. • Luke S. 35, Phalec. 2217. 2185. P Luke 3. 35, Saruch. The generations of Terah. B. C. 2155. 2126. 9 Luke 3. 34, Thara. 2056. r Josh, 24. 2. 1 Chr. 1. 26, 1996. s ch. 17. 15. & 20. 12. t ch. 22. 20. u ch. 16. 1, 2. & 18. 11, 12. w ch. 12. 1. I Neh. 9.7. Acts 7. 4. y ch. 10. 19. about 1923. 1921. a ch. 15. 7. Neh. 9. 7. Isai. 41. 2. Acts 7. 3. Heb. 11. 8. b ch. 17. 6. & 18. 18. Deut. 26. 5. 1 Kings 3. 8. c ch. 24. 35. d ch. 28. 4. Gal. 3. 14. e ch. 27. 29. F.x. 23. 22. Num. 24. 9. I ch. 18. 18. & 22. 18. & 26. Arts 3. 25. Gil. 3. 8. GENESIS. country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: fand in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. 4 So Abram departed, as the LORD 7217 had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all Abram goeth into Egy their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten hin Haran ; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan ; and into the land of Canaan they came. k 6 ¶ And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. B. C. 19 g ch. 14. 14 b ch. 11. 3] i Heb. 11. k Deut. 11. Judg. 7. 1 1 ch. 10. 18, & 13. 7. m ch. 17. 1. a ch. 13. 15 17. 8. Ps. 105. 9, 7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, "Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, ch. 13. 4. who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and Pcalled upon the name of the LORD. 9 And Abram journeyed, †agoing on still toward the south. 10 T And there was 'a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. Abram and Lot separate. B. C. about 1920. d Prov. 21 1. ab 1918. a ch. 12. 9. bcb. 24. 35. Pe. 112. 3. Prov, 10, 22. e ch. 12, 8, 9. d ch. 12. 7, 8 e Ps. 116, 17 f ch. 36. 7. ch. 28. 20. A ch. 12. 6. i 1 Cor. 6. 7. † Heb. men brethren. bee chu11.27. 1. Ex. 2 13. Ps. 131. 1. ch. 20. 15. & 34. 10. 1 Km. 12. 18. Heb. 12. 14. James 3. 17. ch. 19. 17. Deut. 34. 3. P's. 107. 34. d GENESIS. 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. CHAPTER XIII. Abram and Lot return out of Egypt. 7 Because of the disagreement between their herdmen, they part asunder. 10 Lot goeth to wicked Sodom. 14 God reneeth the promise to Abram. 18 He removeth to Hebron, and there buildeth an altar. AND Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; 6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we bet brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. m 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, ch. 19. 24, 25. before the LORD "destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto P Zoar. Ic ch. 2. 10. Ia. 51. 3. p ch. 14. 2, 8. 19. 22. about 1917. 4 c. 19. 29. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent to2 Pet. 27, 8. ward Sodom. | # et, 14, 12. & 19. 1. * eh. 13. 20, | Ez. 15. 49. 13 But the men of Sodom were 2 PEL 27, 8. Wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. t ch. 6. 11. The battle of the kings. B. C. 14 T And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot "was separated from about 1917. him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art "northward, and southward, and eastward, ch. 12. 7. & and westward : u ver. 11. w ch. 28. 14. 15. 18. & 17. 8. & 24.7. & 26.1. Num. 31. 12. Deut. 34. 4. Acts 7. 5. y 2 Chr. 20. 7. Ps. 37. 22, 29. & 112. 2. z ch. 15.5. & 22. 17. & 26. 4. & 28.14. & 32.12. 1 Kings 4. 20. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of Is. 48. 19. it; for I will give it unto thee. 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. CHAPTER XIV. The battle of four kings against five. 12 Lot is taken primer. 14 Abram rescueth him. 18 Melchizedek blesseth Abram. 20 Abram giveth him tithes. 22 The rest of the spoil, his partners having had their portions, he restoreth to the king of Sodom. AND it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; b Jer. 33. 22. Heb. plains. a ch. 14. 13. b ch. 35, 27. & 37. 14. ia ch. 10. 10. & 11. 2. b Is. 11. 11. 7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Ama-i lekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, the same is Zoar; and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim ; 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, ch. 21. 21. Num. 12. 16. & 13. 3. Deut. 2. 20. Deut. 2. 10, 11. Deut. 2. 12, 22. m 2 Chr. 20. 2. p ver. 16, 21. q ch. 12. 5. r ch. 13. 12. ch. 13. 18. t ver. 24. u ch. 13. 8. 11 And they took Pall the goods of God encourageth Abr the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. CHAPTER XV. God encourageth Abram, 2 Abram complaineth for want of an heir. 4 God promiseth him a son, and a numerous seed. 6 Abram is justified by faith. 7 Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by a sign, 12 and a vision. Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their AFTER these things the word of victuals, and went their way. १ 12 And they took Lot, Abram's a brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. 14 And when Abram heard that "his Or, led forth. brother was taken captive, he armOr, instructed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. ed. w ch. 15. 3. & 17. 12, 27. Ecc. 2. 7. x Deut. 34. 1. Judg. 18. 29. y Is. 41. 2, 3. z ver. 11, 12. a Judg. 11. 34. 1 Sam. 18. 6. b Heb. 7. 1. e 2 Sam. 18. 18. d Heb. 7. 1. e Ps. 110. 4. Heb. 5. 6. f Mic. 6. 6. Acts 16. 17. g Ruth 3. 10. 2 Sam. 2. 5. h ver. 22. Matt. 11. 25. i ch. 24. 27. k Heb. 7. 4. ↑ Heb. souls. 1 Ex. 6. 8. Dan. 12. 7. m ver. 19. n So Esth. 9. 15, 16. 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, m the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: 24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the LORD came unto Abram ain a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding dgreat reward. 2 And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus ? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, 'one born in my house is mine heir. 4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. B. C about 1 O ver. 13. a Dan. 10. Acts 10.10 b ch. 26. 24 Dan. 10. 1 Luke 1.13, e Ps. 3. 3. & 12. & 84. 1 & 91. 4. & 1 114. d Ps. 16. 5. 58. 11. Prov. 11. 1 e Acts 7. 5. f ch. 14. 14. g 2 Sam. 7. 1 & 16. 11. 2 Chr. 32. 21 9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed 11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, ch. 17, 19. 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him: 20 And the Hittites, and the Periz- LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me for she said, Have I also handmaid, ' an Egyptian, whose name mael to Abram. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Be- 2 And I will make my covenant be- 3 And Abram fell on his face and 4 As for me, behold, my covenant 5 Neither shall thy name any more 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make *nations of thee, and 'kings shall come out of 7 And I will establish my cove- nant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed |