The bastel of the kings. Genefis. It Then Lot chofe him all the plain of Jorden, and Lot journeyed caft and they fepartted themfelves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitch ed bis tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodommere wicked, and finners before the LORD, exceediatly. 14 And the LORD fa'd unto Abram, after that Lot was fepa rited from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, north ward, and fouth-ward, and caftward,, and well-ward. 15 For all the land which thou feelt, to thee will I give it, and to thy feed for ever. 16 And I will make thy feed as the dust of the earth: fo that if a man can number the duft of the earth, then thali thy feed alfo be numbred. 17 Arife, walk through the 1and, in the length of it, and in the breadth of it: for I will give it unto thee. 18 Then Abram removed h tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre which is in He bren, and bullt there an alter unto the LORD. CHAP. X.V. A days of Amriphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellalar, Lot taken capti kinge that were with him, b fmote the Rephaims in Ah roth Karnalm, and the Zuzims Ham, and the Bmims in Shav Kiriathaim, 6 And the Horites In th mount Scir,unto El paran,wh is by the wilderaců. 7 And they returned, and ca to Ea-mithpit, which 7 Kade and fmore all the country the Amalekites, and allo Amorites, that dwelt in Ha zon-tamar. 8 And there went out the kin of Sodom, and the king of G morzab, and the king of A mah, and the king of Zebolli and the king of B:ls (the fan Zost) and they joyned batt with them in the vale of Si dim With Chedorisomer the kin of Elam, and with Tidal kieg nations, and Amraphel king Salnar, and Arioch King of Ell far: four kings with five. to And the vale of Siddin was full of flime pits, and th kings of Sodom and Gomor:al Bed, and fell there and thes that remained Bed to the moun tala II And they took all the, goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 12 And they took Lot Abrams brothers fon (who dwelt in parted. Sodom) and his goods, and de 13 And there came one that had efcap d, and told Abram the. Hebrew, for he dwelt in the 2 That shefe made war with plain of Mamre the Amorite,brcBera king of Sodom, and with ther of Efhcol, and brother of Bith king of Gomorrah, Sh! Aner: and thefe wire confede nab klag of Admab, and Shenie-rate with Abram. ber king of Zebolim, and the king of B-le whe's is Zoar. 14 And when Abram beard that his brother was taken ca All the fe were joyned toge p:ive, be atmed his trained fer. ther in the vale of Siddim,ent, born in his own houfe, which is the filt fes. three hundred and eighteen, and putlued them unto Din. 4 Twelve years they ferved Chedorlzomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelfed. And in the fourteenth year came Chicdortromer, and the 1 And he divided himfelf agaloft them, he and his ferwants by night, and more them, and purfued them unto Ho Chip xv. mias her. to Ar Lot take, which is on the left and lo, one born In my hous sthalm And the Brites In the he wilderach ds, and the women elfo, and but he that hall come forth a people. of thine own bowels hell t Selt,unto El paran, Wad the king of Sodem thine heir. and the king of A at they jayeed bo S Siraght forth bread and And he blefed him and 6 And be belleved in 7 And he laid unto him, I bin for righteouinefs. 9 And be fald unto him, T bese went out the and be was the price of LORD; and he counted it and the king of God. the king of Zebolla fd, Bleffed be Abram of the the LORD that brought E ag of Bila (the God, pottefour of bea out of Ur of the Chalder, in the vale of And bleed be the moft High God, which bath delivered whereby fhall I know th give thee this land to inherit hedorlar the wel into thy and, fhall inherit it? And be frid, Lord Gr d Amraphel And the king of Sodom fald me to beifer of three years d with Tidal kingd be give him riches of all. Ariach King of Give me the perfoar, and a the gost of three y d take the goods to thy felf. old, and a rem of three he vale of 521 Andfald to the king old, and a turtle-dove, a ime pits; and Sador, I have lift up mior soung pigeon. Com and Gomatunto the LORD, the moft I there and tigh God, the pollellut of bea these, and divided them in That I will not take from sgainst another: but the ey took even to a fhoe latchet, divided he not. midft, and laid each piece iduals, and went that is thine, left thou down upon the carcafer, & nich Gay, I have made Abram drove them away. 10 And be took unto bla And when the fowls 12 And when the fun w (who dwelt, Sore only that whi h the ing down, a deep fit= 13 And be fald unto Fintele things the words not theirs, and thal Know of a furety that the of the LORD came unto them, and they hall aff thal be a franger in a lap Hina vifion, faying, Fear four hundred years. tum: I am thy field, and threeding great reward. alad Abra faid, Lord GOD, and afterward (hall tb www thou give me, fscing our wib great fubfiance 1dles, and the fteward is And thou shalt g of boule this Ellezer of fathers to peace, thou tralned for Ho 14 And alfo that nation they fhall ferve, will And Abram fald, Behold, But in the fourt Geneht fael is b gin: for the iniquity of the A 7 And the angel of the Lo morite is not yet full. found her by a fountain of w in the wildernet, by the fo rain in the way to Shur. $ And be faid, Hagar, S 17 And it came to pafe, that when the fun went down, and it was dith, behold, a (moaking furnace, and a burning lamp that maid, whence camelt thou? 4 paffed between these pieces. 18-In that fame day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, faring, unto thy feed have I g ven this land, from the river of Bgypt, unto the great river, the river Buphrates: 49 The Kenites, and, the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonitis, 26 And the Hittires, and the Perizzires, and the Rephains, 31 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgathlics, and the Jebufices.. NOW CHAP, XVI. TO Sarai Abrams wife bare bim no children: and the had an bandmald an Egyptian, whofe name was H3. gar. 2 And Saral fald unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hari reftrained me from brar ing: I pray thee go in unto my maid, it may be that I may obsin children by her: and 6 bram beatkned to the voice of Sstal. And Saral Abrams wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years In the land of Cenis, and gave her to her husband Abram to be bis wife. And he went in unto M. gir, and the conceived and when the faw that the bad conceived, her mistress was defpiled in her eyes. Aad Straf fel unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid lazo thy bafom and when the faw that he had conceived, I was defpifed in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. whither wilt thou go? And 9 And the angel of the Lo TO And the angel of the Lo faid unto her, I will muliki thy feed exceedingly, that fill not be numbred for mul rude. 11 And the angel of the Lo faid unto her, Behold, thou a with child, and hilz ter s fo and fhale call his name Ith mac becaufe the LORD hath bea thy salon. And be will be a wi bis hand will be again every man, and every ma hand againft him and be the dwell in the prefence of all bl brethren. 13 And the called the nam of the LORD that fpike catt bet, Thou God fceft me: for the faid, Have I alfo here looked af ter him that feeth me 2 14 Wherefore the well was called B.er-labai-roi, behold, is between Kad th and Bered. 15 And Hagar bare Abram efon and Abram called bis fons, name, which Hagar bare, mac. 16 And Abrim was four core and fix years old, when Hagi bare Ishmael to Abiam. CHAP. XVII. ANd when Abráin was nine ty years old and nint, the LORD appearad to Abram, and: fald unto him, I am the Almigh y God, walk before me, and be thou perfc& 2 But Atam fald unto Sard, Ard I will make my cove Behold, thy mild is in thy ant between me and rice, end 1 head, do to her as it pleafeth will tipit thee exceedingly. tree. And when Saral dealt And Abram fell on his face si hardly with her, he fled from and God talked with him, say. her face. ing to Sha fountain of a fet me, beb:11, my eve- braham, As for Saral thy wife ngel of the Lore: Chip xvij. -, by the with thee and thou shalt thou fhalt not call her name S „Promfe Hagar, Su Neither ball thy came sny 16 And I will blefs ber, and father of many nations. al, but Sarah fhall her name br met thou? be called Abram, but thy give thee a fon alfo of her: yea Jugo? And the hill b: Abraham, for & fa- I will blefs her, and the thall b the face oyationsave I made a mother of nations, kings d of the LO will r thee 17 Then cturn to dtful, and I will make his face, and laughed, and (a rx by fell thee, and angs ball in his heart, Sball & child b of the LORD Ill mula for mul d, thou out of thee. And I will eftablith my co-dred years old? and thall Sirs born unto him that is an hun y, that feed after ther, in their 18 And Abraham fald unt ar between me and thee, that is ninety years old, bear? for vices, for an everlating God, O that Ifmael might liv of the LOR, and to thy feed after 19 And God fald, Sarah th ne Ihnend to thy feed after thee, the name Ifase: and I wid eftabl tadt will alve unto thee, deed; and thou shalt call t wife iball bear thee a fon i when thou art a firan my covenant with him for , all the land of Canaan, for everlafting covenant, and wi veling poff ffion, and род ent to be a God unto before thee! tera be & w dbe I his feed after him. Chad God fild unto A. heard thee: behold, I be Dahim, Thou shalt keep my co. bleffed bim, and will make h 20 And as for 1hasel, 1 ha Fint therefore, thou, and thy fruitful, and will multiply b fed thee, in their geners exceedingly: twelve prin 10 This is my covenant, which him a great nation, fhall be beget, and I will m 2 =: for at hall keep between me, and , and thy feed after chee, eftablifh with Ifiac, when nyum chilld among you ha ah fhall bear unto thee at But my coraint w When of your forein, and, and God went up from And je fall elreamcle 2 And he left off talking det tie in the next year. fra be a token of the cove branem. Bard Abram Ved bi bar pal betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days mael his fon, and all that 23 And Abraham toc all be circumcifed among bom in his houfe, and all you, every man coild in your were bought with bis m -Htions, he that is born in every male among the n the bone, or bought with mo Abrebams house, and c of ranger, which is not cild the fleth of their for In the felf fame day, as of, the mand nich and KOT and bude, and be that is bought 24 And Abraham was Jaffee covenant. fat off from his people: Bath braken my covenant. 16 In the felf fame And God faid unto A musel bis Con Abraham circumcifed Angels entertained. Sarah reprod 17 Andali the men of his houfe, 13 Therefore Sirah Lug born in the houfe, and buget within ber felf, faying, At with money of the firanger, am waxed old, thall I bave p were circumelfed with him." fure, my lord being old allo? 13 And the LORD faid u Abraham, Wherefore did reh laugh, faying, Shall I o furety bear a child, which ald? CHAP. XVIII. Nd the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mimte: and he fat in the tent door in the heat of the day. And be lift up ble eyes and Iscked, and lo, there men Accd by him: and when he faw them, be ran to inget them from the Tent door, and bowed himself to. ward the ground, And laid, M; Lord, I now I have found favour in thy fight, P is not away, I pray ther, from thy fervant. 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be ferched, and wash your fert, and reft your felves under the tree. 8 5 And I will fetch a morfel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts, after that you thall pals on: for therefore are ye come to your fervant. And they fald, So do as thou haft fald. 6 And Abraham haftned into the tent unto Sarab, end faid, M.ke ready quickly three meafures of fine meal, kate, and mske eskes upon the hearth.. 7 And Abrabem ran unto the berd, and fatehta calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man, and be hafted to drefsit. 8 And he took butter and milk, and the elf which be bad dreffel, so fet it before them, and be food by them under the tree, and they did eat. 9 And they feld unto him, Waere is Sarah thy wife? and he faid, Behold, in the rents ro And he faid, I will certain ly return unto thee according to the time of life, and lo, Sarah Thy wife thall have a fon. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which wa behind him. 1 Now Abrahem and Sirah were old, and well ftricken in age: and it ceafed to be with Sarah after the manner of wo 14 Is any thing too hard the LORD? At the time pointed will I return unto th according to the time of life,a Sarch hill have a fon. 15 Then Sarab denied, farit, laughed not: for the wa fraid. And he faid, Nay, thou didst laugh." E 16 And the men rofe 1 from therce, and looked ward Sodom: and Abraha went with them to bring the on the way." 17 And the LORD faid, St hide from Abraham that thi which I do, 18 Seeing that Abraham fhi furely become a great and migh ty Larion, and ail the nation of the earth fhall be bleffed i bim 19 For 1 kaqw him, that b will command his children an his hothold after him, and the thall krep the way of the LORD to do juftice and judgment, that the LORD may bring upon Abri him taat which he hath (p: ke of bim. 30 And the I ORD fald, Be csufe the cry of Sodom and G morrah is great,and because their a is vert grievous, 2t I will go dowa now, and fee whether they bave done s regether 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 to werd Sodom: but Abraha food yet before the LORD. 23 And Abraham drew near and id, Wilt thou allo defirov the righteous with the wicked? 24 Peradventure there be fifty ghteous within the city: wilt thou allo defircy, and not spare |