GENESIS.

Abram à son
ber them: and he said unto
him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And he believed in the
LORD; and he counted it to
him for righteousness.

7 And he said unto him, I am
the LORD that brought thee
out of Ur of the Chaldees, to
give thee this land to inherit it.
8 And he said, Lord GOD,
whereby shall I know that I
shall inherit it?

9 And he said unto him, Take
me an heifer of three years old,
and a she goat of three years
old, and a ram of three years
old, and a turtledove, and a
young pigeon.

10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

God promiseth

20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath deliver ed thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

99 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of hea ven 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 men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

12 And when the sun was go-
ing down, a deep sleep fell up
on Abram; and, lo, an horror
of great darkness fell upon him.
13 And he said unto Abram,
Know of a surety that thy seed
shall be a stranger in a land
that is not their's, and shall
serve them; and they shall af-
flict them four hundred years;
will I judge:
shall serve,
14 And also that nation, whom
they
and afterward shall they come
15 And thou shalt go to thy
out with great substance.
fathers in peace; thou shalt be
buried in a good old age.
16 But in the fourth genera-
tion they shall come hither a
Amorites is not yet full.
gain: for the iniquity of the

CHAP. XV. 1 God encourageth Abram. 2 Abram complaineth for want of an heir. 4 God promiseth him a son, and a multiplying of his seed. 6 Abram is justified by faith. 7 Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by a sign, 12 and a vision.

FTER these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great 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.

17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking heir; but he that shall come furnace, and a burning lamp

4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine

forth out of thine own bowels
shall be thine heir.

pieces.
that passed between those

5 And he brought him forth 18 In the same day the LORD abroad, and said, Look now made a covenant with Abram, toward heaven, and tell the saying, Unto thy seed have I if thou be able to num- given this land, from the river

An angel sendeth her back.
maid, whence camest thou?
she said, I flee from the face of
and whither wilt thou go? And
my mistress Sarai.

said unto her, Return to thy
9 And the angel of the LORD
mistress, and submit thyself
under her hands.

10 And the angel of the LORD
thy seed exceedingly, that it
said unto her, I will multiply
shall not be numbered for mul-
titude.

said unto her, Behold, thou art
11 And the angel of the LORD
son, and shalt call his name
with child, and shalt bear a
hath heard thy affliction.

12 And he will be a wild man;
man, and every man's hand a-
his hand will be against every
gainst him; and he shall dwell
in the presence of all his bre-
thren.

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2 And Sarai said unto Abram,
Behold now, the LORD hath
restrained me from bearing:
pray thee, go in unto my 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,

of the LORD that spake unto
13 And she called the name
her, Thou God seest me: for
she said, Have I also here look-
ed after him that seeth me?

after Abram had dwelt ten
years in the land of Canaan, called Beer-lahai-roi; behold,
14 Wherefore the well was
and gave her to her husband it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Abram to be his wife.

4

And he went in unto Ha- a son: and Abram called his
15 And Hagar bare Abram
gar, and she conceived: and son's name, which Hagar bare,
when she saw that she had con-
ceived, her mistress was de-
spised in her eyes.

Ishmael.

16 And Abram was fourscore
5 And Sarai said unto Abram, bare Ishmael to Abram.
and six years old, when Hagar
My wrong be upon thee: I have
given my maid into thy bosom; 1 God reneweth the covenant. 5 A-

CHAP. XVII.

and when she saw that she had
conceived, I was despised in
her eyes: the LORD judge be-
tween me and thee.

bram his name is changed in token
of a greater blessing. 10 Circumci-
sion is instituted. 15 Sarai her
name is changed, and she blessed.
17 Isaac is promised. 23 Abraham
and Ishmael are circumcised.

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6 But Abram said unto Sarai,
Behold, thy maid is in thy

hand; do to her as it pleasethAND when Abram was

ninety years old and nine,

thee. And when Sarai dealt the LORD appeared to Abram,
hardly with her, she fled from and said unto him, I am the
71And the angel of the LORD me, and be thou perfect.
found her by a fountain of wa-
Almighty God; walk before

her face.

ter in the wilderness, by the nant between me and thee, and

2 And I will make my cove

fountain in the way to Shur.

a And he said, Hagar, Sarai's

will multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face:

21

Hager renneth away.

of Egypt unto the great river,
the river Euphrates:

19 The Kenites, and the Ke-
nizzites, and the Kadmonites,
20 And the Hittites, and the
Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21 And the Amorites, and the
Canaanites, and the Girgash-
ites, and the Jebusites.

CHAP. XVI.

GENESIS.

5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have II

made thee.

GENESIS.

Circumcision is instituted. and God talked with him, say ing,

4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

Sarai's name is changed.

that soul shall be cut off from
his people; he hath broken my
covenant.

15 And God said unto Abra-
ham, As for Sarai thy wife,
thou shalt not call her name Sa
5 Neither shall thy name any rai, but Sarah shall her name be.
more be called Abram, but thy 16 And I will bless her, and
name shall be Abraham; for a give thee a son also of her: yea,
father of many nations have II will bless her, and she shall
be a mother of nations; kings
made thee.
of people shall be of her.

17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, 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 in-
deed; and thou shalt call his
name Isaac: and I will esta
blish my covenant with him
for an everlasting covenant,
and with his seed after him.
20 And as for Ishmael, I have
blessed him, and will make
heard thee: Behold, I have
him fruitful, and will multi-
ply him exceedingly; twelve
princes shall he beget, and I
21 But my covenant will I es-
will make him a great nation.
tablish 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

6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

7 And I will establish my covenant 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 after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

91 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among Abraham. you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised,

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23 And Abraham took Ish-
mael his son, and all that were
born in his house, and all that
every male among the men of
were bought with his money,
Abraham's house; and cir
cumcised the flesh of their fore
skin in the selfsame day, as
God had said unto him.
years old and nine, when he
24 And Abraham was ninety
was circumcised in the flesh of
his foreskin.

25 And Ishmael his son was

Three angels

CHAP. XVIII.
thirteen years old, when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his
foreskin.

26 In the selfsame day was A-
braham circumcised, and Ish-

mael his son.

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

come to Abraham 9¶ And they said unto him Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of 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 wo

Braham entertaineth three angels.
9 Sarah is reproved for laughing at
the strange promise. 17 The de-
struction of Sodom is revealed to
Abraham. 25 Abraham maketh in-
terosion for the men thereof.

A unto
ND the LORD appeared
Mamre: and he sat in the tent
door in the heat of the day;

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,

And said, My Lord, if now
have found favour in thy
sight, pass not away, I pray
thee, from thy servant:
4 Let a little water, I pray
you, be fetched, and wash your
feet, and rest yourselves under

the tree:

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men.

12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have plea

13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

the LORD? At the time ap-
14 Is any thing too hard for
according to the time of life,
pointed I will return unto thee,
and Sarah shall have a son.
15 Then Sarah denied, say-
afraid. And he said, Nay; but
ing, I laughed not; for she was
thou didst laugh.

16 And the men rose up ward Sodom: and Abraham from thence, and looked towent with them to bring them on the way.

And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass en: for therefore are ye come toyour servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and surely become a great and 18 Seeing that Abraham shall said. Make ready quickly three mighty nation, and all the nameasures of fine meal, knead tions of the earth shall be blessit, and make cakes upon the

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hide from Abraham that thing 17 And the LORD said, Shall which I do;

hearth.

ed in him? 7 And Abraham ran unto the will command his children and 19 For I know him, that he herd, and fetcht a calf tender his houshold after him, and and good, and gave it unto a they shall keep the way of the young man; and he hasted to LORD, to do justice and judgAnd he took butter, and upon Abraham that which he ment; that the LORD may bring milk, and the calf which he hath spoken of him. had dressed, and set it before

dress it.

20 And the LORD said. Be

them; and he stood by them cause the cry of Sodom and under the tree, and they did Gomorrah is great, and because

their sin is very grievous;

GENESIS.

GENESIS.

intercession for Sodem.
the Lord be angry, and I will
speak yet but this once: Per-
adventure 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 soon as he had left
communing with Abraham:
and Abraham returned unto
his place.

Abraham maketh

21 I will go down now, and
see whether they have done al-
together 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
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?

CHAP. XIX.

1

Lot entertaineth two angels. 4 The

vicious Sodomites are stricken with blindness. 12 Lot is sent for safety into the mountains. 18 He obtain eth leave to go into Zoar. 24 Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed. 26 Lot's wife is a pillar of salt. 30 Lot dwelleth in a cave. 51 The incestuous original of Moab and Ammon.

AND there came two angels

to Sodom at even;
Lot sat in the gate of Sodom:
and Lot seeing them rose up to
meet them; and he bowed him-
self with his face toward the
ground;

2 And he said, Behold now,
my lords, turn in, I pray you,
into your servant's house, and
tarry all night, and wash your
feet, and ye shall rise up ear
ly, and go on your ways. And
they said, Nay; but we will
3 And he pressed upon them
abide in the street all night.
greatly; and they turned in
house; and he made them a
unto him, and entered into his
feast, and did bake unleavened
bread, and they did eat.
4¶ But before they lay down,
men of Sodom, compassed the
the men of the city, even the
house round, both old and
young, all the people from
every quarter:

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 to us, that we may know them. unto the Lord; Peradventure 6 And Lot went out at the there shall be twenty found door unto them, and shut the there. And he said, I will not door after him. destroy it for twenty's sake. 39 And he said, Oh let not

5 And they called unto Lot, the men which came in to thee and said unto him, Where are this night? bring them out un

7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

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26 And the LORD said, If 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:

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.

door.

and my soul shall live.

19 And the men said unto

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Lot, Hast thou here any be- have accepted thee concern-
21 And he said unto him, See,
sides? son in law, and thy ing this thing also, that I will
sns, and thy daughters, and not overthrow this city, for the
whatsoever thou hast in the ci- which thou hast spoken..
ty, bring them out of this place:
Is For we will destroy this
place, because the cry of them

for I cannot do any thing till 22 Haste thee, escape thither; thou be come thither. Therewaxen great before the face fore the name of the city was

of the LORD; and the LORD called Zoar.
hath sent us to destroy it.

14 And Lot went out, and the earth when Lot entered in-
23 The sun was risen upon
spake unto his sons in law, to Zoar.
which married his daughters,

24 Then the LORD rained

this place; for the LORD will rah brimstore and fire from
said, Up, get you out of upon Sodom and upon Gomor-
destroy this city. But he seem- the LORD out of heaven;
ed as one that mocked unto his
sons in law.

15 And when the morning the inhabitants of the cities, arose, then the angels hastened and that which grew upon the Lot, saying, Arise, take thy ground. wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be from behind him, and she be26 But his wife looked back Consumed in the iniquity of the came a pillar of salt.

city.

27 And Abraham gat up

16 And while he lingered, the early in the morning to the men laid hold upon his hand, place where he stood before the and upon the hand of his wife, LORD:

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