Abraham denieth his wife. Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. Origin of Moab and Ammon. GENESIS. 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the sinoké of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 1 CHAP. XX. 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the over 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 reprov eth her. 17 He is healed by Abraham's prayer. throw, when he overthrew the AND Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. cities in the which Lot dwelt. 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. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said and there is not a man in the to him, Behold, thou art but a 31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, 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 preserve seed of our father. dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a 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: innocency of my hands have I in the integrity of my heart and done this. 6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: there fore suffered I thee not to touch her. 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. 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 thou shalt surely die, thou, and restore her not, know thou that all that are thine. 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. 8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and 9. Then Abimelech called Athe men were sore afraid. braham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? 37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 38 And the younger, she also hare a son, and called his name 96 Isaac is born. AND the LORD visited Sarah as he had and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. bare Abraham a son in his old 2 For Sarah conceived, and age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 19 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she becanie my wife. his son Isaac being eight days 4 And Abraham circumcised old, as God had commanded him. 5 And Abraham was an hunIsaac was born unto him. dred years old, when his son 13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me: at every place whither we have said unto Abraham, that 7 And she said, Who would shall come, say of me, He is Sarah should have given chil made me to laugh, so that all 6¶ And Sarah said, God hath that hear will laugh with me. Abimelech rebuketh him. that that have offended thee, thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. 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 wife's sake. CHAP. XXI. my brother. 14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. 16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of sil- Abraham, Cast out this bond. ver: behold, he is to thee a woman and her son: for the covering of the eyes, unto all son of this bondwoman shall that are with thee, and with not be heir with my son, even all other: thus she was re- with Isaac. proved. 11 And the thing was very 171 So Abraham prayed un- grievous in Abraham's sight to God: and God healed Abi- because of his son. melech, and his wife, and his 12 And God said unto A children. in thy sight because of the lad, maidservants; and they bare braham, Let it not be grievous 18 For the LORD had fast and because of thy bondwoclosed up all the wombs of the man; in all that Sarah hath house of Abimelech, because of said unto thee, hearken unto Sarah Abraham's wife. 1 Isaac is born. 4 He is circumcised. her voice; for in Isaac shall 13 And also of the son of the him a son in his old age. dren suck? for I have born weaned: and Abraham made 8 And the child grew, and was a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. 91 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which mocking. she had born unto Abrahani, 10 Wherefore she said unto 6 Sarah's joy. 9 Hagar and Ish- bondwoman will I make a na mael are cast forth. 15 Hagar in distress. 17 The angel comforteth tion, because he is thy seed. r. 22 Abimelech's covenant with 14 And Abraham rose up early Abraham at Beer-sheba in the morning, and took bread, 27 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. 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. 22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And Abraham said, I will with Abraham. 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 to day. 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. swear. 25 And Abraham reproved 29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? 30 And he said, For these scven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. 31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 33¶ And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. GENESIS. with Abraham. Abimelech because of a well of 28 And Abraham set seven 29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? 30 And he said, For these scven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. Abimelech's covenant and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. 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. I 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and 20 And God was with the lad; 21 And he dwelt in the wil- 22 And it came to pass at 23 Now therefore swear unto 31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief returned into the land of the captain of his host, and they Philistines. 33 And Abraham planted a ed there on the name of the grove in Beer-sheba, and call34 And Abraham sojourned LORD, the everlasting God. days. in the Philistines' land many CHAP. XXII. 3 He geeth proof of his faith and Abraham is tempted to offer Isaac obedience, 11 The angel stayeth him. 13 Isaac is erchanged with a ram. 14 The place is called Je hoeah-fireh. 15 Abraham is blessed again. 20 The generation of Na hor unto Rebekah. ND it came to pass after with my son, nor with my son's A these things that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, 2 And he said, Take now thy thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast soFood son, thine only son Isaac, whom journed. 71 the land of Moriah; and offer 24 And Abraham said, I will thou lovest, and get thee into 25 And Abraham reproved him there for a burnt offering swear. 28 The trial of CHAP. XXII. upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 31 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 roseup, 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. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. 6And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and knife; and they went both of them together. a 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? Abraham's faith. eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. 15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thy son, thine only son: thing, and hast not withheld thee, and in multiplying I will 17 That in blessing I will bless multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand and thy seed shall possess the which is upon the sea shore; gate of his enemies; the nations of the earth be bless18 And in thy seed shall all ed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. 8And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. his young men, and they rose 19 So Abraham returned unto up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at from me. 13 And Abraham lifted up his 29 Beer-sheba. these things, that it was told A 20 ¶ And it came to pass after braham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor; 21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the 10 And Abraham stretched father of Aram, forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11 And the angel of the LORD Bethuel. called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: kah: these eight Milcah did bear 23 And Bethuel begat Rebeto Nahor, Abraham's brother. 24 And his concubine, whose and he said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do name was Reumah, she bare thou any thing unto him: for also Tebah, and Gaham, and Dow I know that thou fearest Thahash, and Maachah. God, seeing thou hast not with held thy son, thine only son 1 The age and death of Sarah. The CHAP. XXIII. 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and purchase of Machpelah, 19 where Sarah was buried. B Sarah's death AND Sarah was an hun dred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, GENESIS. 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. 8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, 9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. and burial. 12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. 13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. 14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. 10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and E phron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, 11 Nay, my lord, hear me : the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead." 30 16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. 17¶ And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, 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 borders round about, were made sure 18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. 19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. CHAP. XXIV. 1 Abraham sweareth his servant. 10 The servant's journey: 12 His prayer: 14 His sign. 15 Rebekah meeteth him, 18 fulfilleth his sign, 22 receiveth jewels, 23 showeth her kindred, 25 and inviteth him home. 26 The servant blesseth God. 28 Laban entertaineth him. 31 The servant sheweth his message. 50 Laban and Bethuel approve it. 58 Rebekah consenteth to go. 62 Isaac meeteth her. |