Before CHRIST

CHRIST cir. 1926.

y Mat. 5, 28. chab. 39, 7.

Acts 7, 5,

gch. 12, 7.

a Esth. 2,9.

r . , Mat. 5,5.

Ps. 105,

& 2217.& 32, 12 Heb. 11, 12 Rev. 7, 9.

16.

a ch. 10, 10 b ch. 10,22

с

Dent 29, 23.
Josh. 12, 23.

d Josh. 3,
16.
Ps. 107,24
c ch.3, 26.

f , 15.

ch: 12,9.

Abram and Lot return from Egypt.

GENESIS.

The battle of the kings. 14 1 And it came to pass, that, when Abram wasz 15 For all the land which thou seest, to P thee will Before Gr. 1918." come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman I give it, and to thy seed "for ever. that she was very fair.

16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the 15 The 2 princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and earth : so that if a man can number the dust * of the limits 2. Prov. 23, commended her before Pharaoh ; and the woman earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. was taken into Pharaoh's a house.

17 Arise, walk through the land, in the length ofit, Ocul. 34, 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. Isa. 63, 18 he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-ser- 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and vants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels. dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and 1,15.

17 And the LORD "plagued Pharaoh and his house built there " an altar unto the LORD. 1 Chr. 21, with great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

CHAPTER XIV. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is 1 The battle of the kings....12 Lot is taken prisoner....18 Mel- t Heb. 11, this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not chisedek blesseth Abram.... 20 Abram giveth him tithe. tell me that she was thy wife?

AND it came to pass in the days of Amraphe uch. 12, 2 19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might king of , have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold {derlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; thy wife, take her, and go thy way,

2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of itov. 21, 1, him: and they e sent him away, and his wife, and all Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king ceh. 19, 29. that he had.

cf Bela, which is Zoar. CHAPTER XIII.

3 All these vere joined together in the vale of Sid-
1 Abrain and Lot return out of Egypt....14 God renewcth the dim, which is the salt sea.

promise to Abians....18 He renoveth to Hebron, and there 4. Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in
buildeth an aitar.

the thirteenth year they'rebelled.
ND Abram : went up out of Egypt, he, and his 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, (Ezek. 17,

wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, in- and the kings that were with him, and smote the ReProv. 10, to the south.

phaims in "Ashteroth-Karnaim, and the i Zuzims in 11. 2 And Abram was e very rich in cattle, in silver, Ham, and the * Emims in Shaveh-Kiriathaim, I Tim. 4, & and in gold.

6 And the 'Horites in their mount Seir, unto m El3 And he went on his journeys from the south, paran, which is by the wilderness. cren to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had 7 And they returned and came to En-mishpat, 20. 2,9 been at the beginning, between Beth-el, and Hai; which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the ki Deut. 2

4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had o madle" Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt in

there at the first: and there Abram called on the solazezon-tamar. ph. 4, 28. name of the Lord.

8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the
5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, ' had king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the Ch. 21, 21.
Hocks, and herds, and tents.

king of Zebojim, and the king of Bela, (the same is
5 And the land was not able to bear them, that they Zoar ;) and they joined battle with them in the vale o 2 clu. 20

mighe dwell together: for their substance was great, { of Siddim; hi cb. 21, 20. so that they could not dwell together.

9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Llam, and with Song 1, 11 7 And there was a "strile between the herdmen of Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.

the Canaanite and the Perizzite' dwelled then in the 10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slime-pits; * Prov. 19. land.

and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah f.ed, and fell
8 A1 Abram said unto Lot, Let there be nostrife, there ; and they that remained fled to the mountain. p Josh. 8,24
i pray thee, between me and thee, and between my 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Go-
herdinen and thy herdmen: for we be brethren. morrah, and all their ' victuals, and went their way.

9 Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thy- 12 And they took · Lot, Abram's brother's son, 51,689, 51. A. 120, 72" self, I pray thee, from me: 'If thou wilt take the left (who dwelt in Sodom,) and his goods, and departed. Sch. 13, 11.

1
hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to 13 1 And there came one that had escaped, and Rev. 12, 4.
the right hand, then I will go to the left.

told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of
10 And Lot listed up his eyes, and beheld all the Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother 15.
plain of Jordan, that it was a well watered every of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Go-

14. And when Abram heard that his brother was u ch.11, 27. morrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land taken captive, he armed his trained servants," born in of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pur- & 17, 12. 11 Then Lot" chose him all the plain of Jordan ;sued them unto Dan. and Lot journeyed east: and they separated them- 15 And he * divided himself against them, he and 2 Ps.68, 12 selves the one from the other.

his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued za 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Dadwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tents mascus. toward Sodom.

16 And he brought back all the goods, and also 18. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, and sin- } brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the ners before the LORD exceedingly.

women also, and the people. 14 1 And the Lord said unto Abram, after that 17 1 And the king of Sodom went out to meet i Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, him, (after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaand look from the place where thou art, northward, omer, and of the kings that were with him,) at the and southward, and pastward, and westward : valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.

Lefore CHRIST cir. 1913.

a Mat. 23,

Before CHRIST cir, 1911.

1 Thes. 2,
16

e

Ps. 110, 1. ileb. 7, 1.

Heb. a

cleb. 7, 1

Gal. €, 10.

& 13, 15 Deut. 34, 4.

e Nuum. 6,

(Eph. 1, S, 6.

&ch. 9, 28.

i Dan. 12, 7.
Hev, 10, 5
6.

1911.

a

a ch. 25, 21

1 Kings 13, &.

God's promise to Abrum.
CHAPTER XV....XVI. .

Hagar fleeth from Sardi.
18 And Melchisedek, king of Salem, brought? 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hith-
forth bread and wine ; and he was the “priest of the eragain; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet lull.
mosi high Govt.

17 And it came to pass, thai, when the sun went
19 And be blessed him, and said, 'Blessed be down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and 2

Abram of the most high God, possessor of beaven a + burning lamp that passed between those pieces. 6
John 6, 35 and earth :

18 In that same day the LORD made a covenant 20 And 6 blessed be the most high God, which hath { with Abram, saying, "Unto thy seed have I given this lanpof fire. a fleh. 7, 8. a delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he' land, from the river of Egypit unto the great river, the 5 ch. 13 7. gave him tithes of all.

Źriver Euphrates:
21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kad-
me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

monites,
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the
b Ps. 41.

, 2. lift up my hand unto the Lord, the most high God, Rephaims,
44,3

Jist )
the possessor of heaven and earth,

21 And'the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the
23 That I will not take from a thread even to a Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
shoe-latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is

CHAPTER XVI.
k 2 Kings 5, thine, 'lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:1 Sarai being barren giveth Hagar to Abram....15 Ishmael is
24 Save only that which the young men have eaten,

Lorn.
and the portion of the men which went with me, No Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children:

,

a ! Esther 9, thein

and she had , an

b ch. 12 te. CHAPTER XV.

name was Hagar. 1 God encourageth Abram, 4 promiseth him a son, and a mul

2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the tiplying of his seed....6 Abram is justified by faith....

7 Ca- Lord hath o restrained me from bearing : I pray thee, naan is promised, and confirmed by a vision.

go in unto my maid; it may be that I may t'obtain AFTER these things the word of the Lord came children by her. And Abram“hearkened to the voice ostale ting

unto Abram of Sarai. Abram : I am thy shield, and thy exceeding 4 great 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, d ch 36 b Dan. 10, reward.

the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt & ten years in 2 And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband e ch. 12, a

me, 'seeing I go childless, and the steward of my Abram to be his wife. & Pmv. 11, house is this Eliezer of Damascus ?

4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: (Gal. 1, 2 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given and, when she saw that she had conceived, her mis

no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. tress was despised in her eyes. ( Eccl. 2,7. 4. And, behold, the word ofthe LORD came unto him, 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon 1., 23.

saying, This shall not be thine heir ; but he that shall thee: I have given my maid into thy boson ; and h Prov. 14, come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised 29.

5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look in her eyes: the Lord 'judge between me and thee.

now towards heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is 13. à Rom. 9, 7,

able to number them. And he said unto him, So shall}" in thy hand : do to her as it pleaseth thee. And kch. 24 ia thy seed be.

when Sarai 'dealt hardly with her, she mfled froin l'pet. I 6 And he i believed in the LORD; and he count-} her face.

k * Rom. 4,8 ed it to him for righteousness.

7 And the angel ofthe LORD " found hier by a foun- 19. .

7 And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought tain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the m Ecd. 10 Rom.4.3 thee out of m Ur of the Chaldecs, to give thee this land way to Shur. to inherit it.

& And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence Prov. 15mch. 12, 1.

8 And he said, Lord God," whereby shall I know camest thou ? and whither wilt thou go ? And she Judg. 6, that I shall inherit it?

said, P I flee from the face of my mistress Saraj. 9 And he said unto him, " Take me a heifer of three 9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return pisu. o Ps 50, s. years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram to thy mistress, and a submit thyself under her hands. Lev. 1, 2 of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young 10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will Titus 3 plok, 38,25. pigeon.

multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be r ch. 25, 19 10 And he took unto him all these, and P divided numbered for multitude.

them in the midst, and laid each piece one against an- 11 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Be9 Mat. 19,4 other; but the birds divided he not.

hold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and 11 And when the fowls came down upon the car-shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD Shath s F.x. 3,7 rch 3, 2. cases, Abram drove them away.

heard thy affliction. 12 And when the sun was going down,' a deep 12 And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be i Ps. 68, sleep fell upon Abram ; and, lo, a horror of great againstevery man, and every man's hand against him : darkness fell upon him. *

and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 4 cb. 17, 18.

13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety, that 13 And she called the name of the Lord that spake Piias 11, thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, unto her, * Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I Bisa . Gal. 3, 17 and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them also here - looked after him that seeth me?

.
u four hundred years ;

14 Wherefore the well was called || Beer-laha-roi:
14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
will * I judge ; and afterwards shall they come out

15 And Hagar bare Abram a son ; and Abram haram El. 12, S5, with great substance.

called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. 15 And thou shalt goto? thy fathers in peace; thou 16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old Job 5, 25. shalt be buried in a good old age.

when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abrain. С

17

Before

cir. 1898.

. 1898.

c Rom. 9,5

Luke 1, 55,

72

ach. 12, 1.

24.

d Rom. 3, 24. 1 Cor. 4, 7.

e

g ,

e .

heb. 12,

3

17.

h Mat. 1, 1.

Circumcision is instituted.

GENESIS.

Abraham entertaineth three angels. CHAPTER XVII.

21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, CHRIST

1 God reneweth the covenant...10 Circumcision is instituted. whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in CH. RESET

16 Isaac is promised....23 Abraham and Ishmael are cir- the next year.
cumcised.

22 And he left off talking with him, and God ..
ND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, }'went up from Abraham.
the LORD ' appeared to Abram, and said unto 23 I Ånd Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all Gal

. 3, 28. 6 Ps. 115, 3. him, I am the Almighty God: "walk Lefore me, and that were born in his house, and all that were bought a ch. 35, 18 c Ps. 116, 9. be thou perfect.

with his money, every male among the men of Abra- e Mat. 16, 2 And I will make my covenant" between me and ham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their forethee; and will multiply thee exceedingly.

skin in the self-same day, as God had said unto him. “Rom. 1, 11. 3 And Abram e fell on his face : and God talked

A And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, Ps. 119, Dan. 8, 18. with him, saying,

when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, Prov. 16,7 (Rom. 4,16. thou shalt be l'a father of many nations.

when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram;

26 In the self-same day was Abraham circumcised, Rom. 4, but thy name shall be called Abraham : for a 5 father and Ishmael his son ; Neh. 9, 7. of many nations have I made thee.

27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, -
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I and bought with money of the stranger, were circum- ich 18, 19
will make nations of thee, and" kings shall come out cised with him.
of thee.

CHAPTER XVIII.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me i Abraham entertaineth three angels....17 The destruction of
and thee, and 'thy seed after thee, in their generations,

Sodom is revealed to Abraham.
for an everlasting

covenant
, to be ' a God unto thee, A NP Mamrer and he sat in the tent-door in the

the
and to thy seed after thee.

8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after heat of the day: thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land 2 And he lift up his eyes, and looked, and, lo, three b Heb. 13, of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to

meet them from the tent-door, and bowed himself is. 9 I And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep toward the ground,

my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found ® favour ech. 22, 5. • Ex. 12,11. in their generations.

in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy ser10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, be- vant: • Gal. 3, 23. tween me and you, and thy seed after thee; Every 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and sch. 19, 2 oman-child among you shall be P circumcised.

f wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree : 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your fore- 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comskin ; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt fort ye your hearts; after that you shall pass on: for 1 Isa. 40, 1 me and you.

therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, i ch. 19, 6 12 And he that is t eight days old shall be circum- So do as thou hast said. cised among you, every man-child in your genera- 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, tions ; he that is born in the house, or bought with and said, Make ready quickly k three measures of fine k Ma. 12 money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a 9 Rom. 2, bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised : {calf" tender and good, and gave it unto a young m Mal. I,

and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an ever-man; and he hasted to dress it.
lasting covenant.

8 And he took butter and milk, and the calf which
14 And the uncircumcised man-child, whose flesh he had dressed, and set it before them; and he "stood

of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be' by them under the tree, and they did: eat.
Cor. 11, cut off from his people ; he hath broken my covenant. 9 1 And they said unto hin, Where is Sarah thy

15 1 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai wife ? And he said, Behold, in the. P tent.
thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sa- 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee
rah shall her name be.

according to the time of life ; and, lo, Sarah thy wife s. 16 And I will 'bless her, and give thee a son also shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent-door, w Pet

. 3,6. of her ; yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother which was behind him. Gal. , 26. of " nations; kings of people shall be of her.

11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and 'well Luke 1, 7, 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and "laughed, stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after 13*8, 56. and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him the manner of women. that is a hundred years old ? and shall Sarah, that is

,

12 Therefore Sarah * laughed within herself, say16259, ninety years old, bear?

ing, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure," my chepo9, 21. 18 And Abraham said unto God, Oh, that Ishma-lord being old also ? el might live y before thee!

13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, * Wherefore 19 And God said, ' Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a

a son indeed ; and thou shalt call his name a Isaac; and child which am old ? RGa!. 4,23. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlast- 14 Is any thing y too hard for the LORD ? At the $7. ing covenant, and with his seed after him.

time appointed? I will return unto thee according to z Micah 7,
20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and 15 Then Sarah a denied, saying, I laughed not , 18.
will multiply him exceedingly: "twelve princes shall for she was afraid. And he said, Nay ; but thou a ch. 4, 4
he beget; and I will make him a great nation.

a
} didst laugh.

& Mat. 6, 11.

Before

1893.

c ch. 18, 4.

Before CHRIST

1898.

d

d Luke 24

b

23, 29.

b Rom. 15, 24.

e Acts 12,6

I Luke 11,&

c 2 Chr. 20,
7.
Amos 3, 7.

g ch. 18, C.

Ps. 25, 14.

h

d ch. 12, S. Acts S, 25.

i Ex. 10. 2

k

2 Tim. .

Abraham intercedeth for Sorlom.

CHAPTER XIX.

The Sodomites stricken hlind. 16 1 And the men rose up from thence, and look-? 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I che fors

,

CHRIST ed toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all to bring them on the way.

night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, , 17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham and go on your ways. And they said, “ Nay; but we that thing which I do;

will abide in the street all night. 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a 3 And he e pressed upon them greatly; and they Jahn 15, 15. great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the turned in unto him, and entered into his house : and earth shall be blessed in him?

he made them a feast, and did bake 6 unleavened 19 Fore I know him, that he will command his bread, and they did eat. Gal. 3, & children and his household after him, and they shall 4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, h Prov. 6, P$ 1,8, keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judg- even the men of Sodom, compasses the house round, kom. s, ia

ment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that both old and young, all the people from every quarter: { Deul 6, 7. which he hath spoken of him.

5 And * they called unto Lot, and said unto him, & 23, 2. 20 And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom Where are the men which came in to thee this night ? k Isa. 3, 9. and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very bring them out unto us, that we may 'know them. grievous ;

6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and ch. 4, 1. 21 I will go down now, and see whether they shut the door after him,

have done altogether according to the cry of it, which 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wick- %. 1 El. 53, 5 is come unto me ; and if not, I will know.

edly.
22 And the men turned their faces from thence, 8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have

and went toward Sodom : but Abraham * stood yet not known man ; let me, I pray you, bring them out m Rom 3,8 1 Heb. 19, before the LORD.

unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes : 23 And Abraham' drew near, and said, Wilt thou only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came » Judg. 9, also destroy the righteous with the wicked ? they under the shadow of my roof.

24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the 9 And they said, ' Stand back. And they said • Isa. 65,4 city : wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place again, This one fellow came into sojourn, and he H. for the fifty righteous that are therein ?

will a needs be a judge: now will we' deal worse 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, with thee than with them. And they pressed sore upon

to slay the righteous with the wicked; and that the the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. 35. a Johns, righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from 10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled - Mal ?, &

thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

26 And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty right- 11 And they smote the men that were at the door Ezek. 2,00. eous within the city, then I will spare allo the place of the house with † blindness, both small and great ; for their sakes.

so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, 12 1 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here 18.

I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which any besides ? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy och 3, 19. am P but dust and ashes:

daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty } s bring them out of this place: Luke's righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? 13 For we will destroy this place, because the folhime

sch. 71 And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Heb 4,16. destroy it.

Lord; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
29 And he spake unto him 9 yet again, and said, 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-

Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, Mat 1,1 Pa 3, 12 said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

get ye out of this place; for the Lord will destroy
30 And he said unto him, 0 let not the Lord be this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto

, '
angry, and I will speak : Peradventure there shall his sons-in-law.
thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it if 15 And when the morning arose, then the angels
I find thirty there.

hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy & 11, 8.

31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon two daughters, which are here ; lest thou be consu-
me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall med ? in the iniquity of the city.
be twenty found there. And he said. I will not de- 16 And while he a lingered, the men laid hold

b
stroy it for twenty's sake.

upon his hand, and upon the hand of bis wife, and
32 And he said, O let not the LORD be angry, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being Zech. 2,

I will speak yet but this once : Peradventure ten shall - merciful unto him; and they brought him forth, and
James 5, be found there. And he said, " I will not destroy it for set him without the city.
Jer. 11. ten's sake.

17 And it came to pass, when they had brought 33 And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had them forth abroad, that he said, Escape ® for thy life; Ben left communing with Abraham: and Abraham re- 'look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; turned unto his place.

escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. CHAPTER XIX.

18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my lord : Luke 1 Lot entertaineth two angels....4 The vicious Sodomites are

19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy Phi stricken with blindness....24 Sodom and Gomorrah are de- sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou stroyed....26 Lot's wife is made a pillar of salt....31 Thehast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I can- ..

incestuous origin of Moab and Ammon. 06.12,22

not escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, be 11, 1. AND there came two angels to

. Sodom at even; and, die
and Lot in the of : and Lot 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and
seeing them, rose up to meet them : and he bowed it is a little one : Oh, let me escape thither, (is it
himself with his face toward the ground;

not a little one ?) and my soul shall live.

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Abimelech reproved by God. 21 And he said unto him, See, I have * accepted dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken ; for Before thee concerning this thing also, that I will not over- she is a man's wife. throw this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for 'I cannot do i said, LORD, wilt thou slay also & a righteous nation ? 6,5. any thing till thou be come thither : therefore the 5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister ? and she, iar 5, é. name of the city was called Zoar.

even she herself, said, He is my brother: - In the in

h 1 Kings 23 The sun was “risen upon the earth when Lottegrity of my heart, and innocency of my hands, have 9, 4. entered into Zoar.

I done this. 24 Then the Lord rained upon "Sodom, and up- 6 And God said unto him in a dream, 'Yea, 1 2,90

on Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the Lord out know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; Jonah 3, 10 v, 1. of heaven:

for I also withheld thee from simning agairist me: * Prov. 21, 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, therefore t suffered I thee not to touch her. 19, i. and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which 7 Now, therefore, restore the man his wife ; for he chap. 51, 7 17. grew upon the ground.

is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou 1 ps. 51, 4. 26 But his wife looked back from behind him, shalt live : and if thou o restore her not, know thou chap 39, 3. Am. and she becarie 9 a pillar of salt.

that thou shait surely die, P thou, and all that are thine. Hel. gave 27 1 And Abrahan gat up early in the morning to 8 Therefore Abiinelech rose early in the morning, Psal. 81, 12. 18, 21, the place where he stood before the LORD :

and called all his servants, and told all these things m Ps.74,15 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, in their ears : and the men were sore afraid. and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto il lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have 6. of a furnace.

I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and . Lev. 6, 4 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the on my kingdom a great sin ? thou hast donc deeds cities of the plain, that God ' remembered Abraham, unto me that ought not to be done. and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when 10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What saw- ch. 12, 15. he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. est thou, that thou hast done this thing? 30 1 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt ' in 11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely

r Rev.2,14. the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for the fear of God is not in this place; and they will he feared to dwell in Zoar : and he dwelt in a cave, slay me for my wise's sake. he and his two daughters.

12 And yet indeed she is " my sister ; she is the 2 Sam. 12, 31 And the first-born said unto the younger, Our daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my facher is old, and there is not a man in the earth" to mother; and she became my wise. come in unto us after the manner of all the earth : 13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to Rom. S, 11.

32 ? Come, let us make our father drink wine, and { wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, u ch. 11, 22 25,5

. We will lie with him, what we may preserve seed of This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; x Heb. 11, 11, s. our father.

at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He &. 33 And they made their father & drink wine that is my brother. 9, 21. 11, night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her 14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and men

father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor servants, and women-servants, and gave them unto when she arose.

Abraham,and restored him Sarah his wife. 34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before first-borp said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yester-thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. night with my father : let us make him drink wine 16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that thy brother a thousand pieces of silver ; behold, he versen

Prov. 27, s. we may preserve seed of our father.

isto thee a covering of the eyes unto all that are with 35 And they made their father drink wine that thee, and with all other : thus she was reproved. night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him ; 17 So Abraham prayed unto God : and God heal-alanes is, and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when ed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants ; 19, she arose.

and they bare children. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child 18 For the Lord bad " fast closed up all the wombs b 1 Sam. 6, Of by their father.

of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abra37 And the first-born bare a son, and called his ham's wife. 5. name || Moab: the same is the father of the < Moab

CHAPTER XXI. ites unto this day.

1 Isaac is born....4 He is circumcised.... 9 Hagar and Ishmael 38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and cal

are cast forth. isir || led his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of A Note kollid unto Saran as he had spoken: wch

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ND LORD * visited 6. the children of Ammon unto this day.

. 17; 1? CHAPTER XX.

2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son Tirus 1, 2 1 Abraham sojgurneth at Gerar..2 He denieth his wife, and in his old age, at the set time of which God had loseth her.

spoken to him. ND Abraham

3 And Abraham called the name of son that d ch. 18, 10 desh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wite, . She is eight days old, as God had commanded him. my sister : and Abimelech king of Gerar sent and 5 And Abraham was a hundred years old when e took Sarah.

his son Isaac was born unto him. 3 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by 6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but • a {that all that hear will laugh with me.

A Nic salma comery, and dworm between "Ka-born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him. Isaac