God's Covenant with Noah 10 And a with every living creature that s with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth: GENESIS, XI. a. c.8.1. 11 And I will establish my covenant Zeph.2.11. with you; neither shall all fesh be cut c Ps.72.10. off any more by the waters of a flood;: neither shall there any more be a d flood d 2Pet.3.7. to destroy the earth. 12 And God said, This is the token g of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I do set h my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the Dow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you, & every liv.ng creature of all flesh; & the waters shall no more becoine a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember k the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. e Mi.5.6. 1 K.8.23. 18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Jap-1 c.15.18.21. neth: and mHam is the father of 5 Canaan. Nu.34.2,12. 19 These are the three sons of Noah: n Jos. 12.7,8. & of them was the whole earth overspread. m c. 10.1,6. 20 And Noah began to be an husband- 5 Chenaan. man, and he planted a o vineyard: 21 And he drank of the wine, pand was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw q the nakedness of his father, rand told his two brethren without. n c.10.32. 1Chr.1.4. Luke21.34. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoul-p Prov.20.1. ders, and went backward, s and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and 'hey saw not their father's nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, Rev.3.18. and knew what his younger son had doner Ps.35.20. unto him: 40.15. 70.3. Ob.12.13. Arpachshad. s Ex.20.12. Gal.6.1. 1Pet.4.8. 8 Shelah. 25 And he said, t Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall 10 be his servant. 27 God shall enlarge 11 Japheth, v and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 28 And Noah lived after the flood three Jos.9.23,27. nundred and fifty years. 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. CHAP. X. NOW these are the generations of the sons of Noah; Shem, Hani, and Jawheth and unto them were sons born after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and arshish. Kittim, and Dodanim.12 t Deut.27.16. Ju.1.28,30. The Generations of Noah 5 By these were the isles b of the Gen tiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, cand Ha. vilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, aud Sab techa: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba and Dedan. 8 And Cush begat Nimrod; e he began to be a mighty one in the earth: 9 He was a mighty hunter ƒ before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was 1 Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land 2 went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and 3 the city Re hoboth, and Calah, 12 And Resen, between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim j (out of whom came Philistim,)and Caphtorim. 15 And Canaan begat 4 Sidon his first born, 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 Árvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: & afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; 6 as thou goest unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him werechildren born. 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur,and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arphaxad begat 8 Salah; and Salah begat Eber. 25 And unto Eber u were born two sons; the name of one was 9 Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jo bab: 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. to them. 32 These are the families of the sons of 11or, persuade Noah, after their generations, in their v Eph.2.13. nations and by these were the nations 12 or, as some divided in the earth after the flood. read it, CHAP. XI. 13 lip. Rodanim. AND the whole earth was of one 13 The confusion of Tongues. GENESIS, XI. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and 2 burn them; thoroughly. And they had brick for 1 stone, and slime had they for mortar. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower d whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make usa e name, lest we be scattered fabroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And the LORD came down g 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 one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have i imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound k 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. bour. 2 burn them The call of Abram. Sarai; a and the name of Nahor's wife Milcah, b the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; c she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and to a burn-Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and ing. Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Aa c.17.15. bram's wife; and they went forth with b c.22.20. them from Ur h of the Chaldees, to go into 24.15. the land of Canaan: and they came unto cc.16.1.18.11. Haran, and dwelt there. 21.12. Ps. 113.9. Lu. 1.36. d Deut.1.23. e Ps.49.11-13. Prov. 10.7. Dan.4.30. f ver.9. Ps.92.9. Lu.1.51. g c.18.21. 32 And the days of Terah were two lun dred & five years: & Terah died in Haran. CHAP. XII. Ps.55.9. 9 Therefore is the name of it called h c. 12.1. Babel; 3 because the LORD did there con-i Ps.2.1. found the language of all the earth: and k Acts 2.6. from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face q of all the earth. 10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat Bons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty rears, 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 begat 4 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 7 Serug: ICo.14.23. m c.17.6. sion. o Nu.24.9. p Ps.72.17. Ac.3.25. q Ac.17.26. t c.10.18,19. 17.8. 26.3. 28.13. Ps.105.9-11. Ro.9.8. Ga.3.16. 4.28. 21 And Reu lived after he begat Sex c. 13.4,18. rag two hundred and seven years, and 26.25. begat sons and daughters. 33.20. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and 4 Luke 3.35. begat Nahor: Phalec. 23 And Serug lived after he begat Nay c.28. 19. hor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat 8 Terah: 25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. 26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, b Nahor, and Haran. 27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. A.Jos.7.2. z c.21.33. 6 in going and journeying. Luke 3.35. Saruch. 8 Luke 3.34. Thara. a c.20.2. 26.7. b Jos.24.2. 1Ch.1.26. 28 And Haran died before his father c Mat.5.28. Terah, in the land of his nativity, in e Urd Ps. 105.14. of the Chaldees. Pr.6.29. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them He.13.4. wives: the name of Abram's wife was e c.15.7. NOW the LORD had said lunto Abram, Get thee out of thy 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 m nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; n and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them othat bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. p 4 So Abram departed, as the LORD 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 their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran: and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan;r and into the land of Canaan they came. 6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, sunto the plain of Morch. And the Canaanite t was then in the land. 7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: u and there builded he an xaltar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, y and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai 5 on the east; and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called z upon the name of the LORD. 9 And Abram journeyed, 6 going on still toward the south. 10 And there was a famine in the land. and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was griev ous in the land. 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my a sis ter: that it may be well with me for thy sake; & my soul shall live because of 'hee. 14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh; and the woman was d taken into Pha raoh's house. 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and mald servants, and she-asses, and camels. Lot's separation from Abram. GENESIS, XIV. 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and B. C. 1918. his house with great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? a why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? a c.20.10. 26.10. Ex.32.21. b c.11.2. Is.11.11. Zec.5.11. c Pr.21.1. 19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now, therefore, behold thy wife, take her, d De.29.23. and go thy way. 20 And Pharaoh commanded chis men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. AN CHAP. XIII. ND Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. g 2 And Abram was very rich, h in cattle, in silver, and in gold. Ho.11.8. e c.19.22. f De.3.17. Jos.3.16. g c.12.9,&c. h c.24.35. 1Sa.2.7. Job 1.10. Ps.112. 3. Pr.3.9, 10. 10.22. 3 And he went on his journeys from Mat.6.33. the south, even to Beth-el, unto the place i c.15.20. where his tent had been at the beginning, k Jos. 12.4. between Beth-el and Hai; | De.2.10,20. 4 Unto the place of the altar, n which 1 or, the he had made there at the first: and there plain of Abram called o on the name of the LORD. riathaim. 5 And Lot also, which went with 2 or, plain Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. of Paran. 6 And the land was not ablé q to bear m c.21.21. them, that they might dwell together: Nu.12.16. for their substance was great, so that they n c.12.7,8. could not dwell together. Ps.42.1,2. 84.10. Lot taken captive, and rescued. which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. CHAP. XIV. ΑΝ ND it came to pass in the days of 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, d and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is e Zoar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, f which is the salt sea. 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlao. mer,& in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote i the Rephaims k in Ash teroth-karnaim, and Ithe Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in 1 Shaveh-kiriathaim ; 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto 2 El-paran, m which is by the wil derness. 7 And they returned, and came to En. Ki-mishpat, which is Kadesh, & smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt pin Hazezon-tamar. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, & the king of Gomorrah,& the king of Ad mah, & the king of Zeboiim, & the king of Bela, (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim, 7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herd-o Ps. 116.17. men of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite 145.18. and the Perizzite dwelled r then in the p 2Ch.20.2. land. .9 c.36.7. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there r c.34.30. be no strife, sI pray thee, between mes Ph.2.14. and thee, and between my herdmen and He.12.14. thy herdmen; for we be 3 brethren. t 3 men brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before u thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: ift c.11.27. thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go v c.19.17,30. to the right; or if thou depart to the right u c.20.15. hand, then I will go to the left. x x 1 Pe.3.8-12. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld y c.13.12. all the plain of Jordan, that it was well Nu.16.26. watered every where, before the LORD 1 Tim.6.9. destroyed z Sodom and Gomorrah, even z c.19.25. as the garden bof the LORD, like the land 1Jno.2.15. of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. c a c.13.18. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of b c.2.10. Is. Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and 51.3. Joel2.3 they separated d themselves the one from c c.14.2. the other. 4 or, led forth. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Ca- 5 or, innaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the structed. plain, and pitched his tent toward So-d Pr.27.10. dom. e De.34.1. Ez.16.49. 2Pet.2.7,8. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, f Is.41.2.3. & sinners g before the LORD exceedingly. g c.18.20. 14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place h 1Sa.30.8,18. where thou art, northward, and south-i 1Sa.18.6. ward, and eastward, and westward: k c.12.7. 15 For all the land which thou seest, to 12 Sa. 18.18. thee will I give it, & k to thy seed for ever. m He.7.1. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust n Ps. 110.4. of the earth: so that if a man can num. He.5.6. ber the dust of the earth, then shall thy 7.3,11. seed also be numbered. o Mi.6.6. p v.22. Ps. 17 Arise, walk through the land, in the length of it, and in the breadth of it: for I will give it unto thee. 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the 6 plain of Mamre, q 24.1. 50.10. 6 plains. q c.35.27. r He.7.1-10. 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five. 10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled v to the mountain. 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, (who dwelt y in Sodom,) and his goods, and departed. 13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; a for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he 4 armed his 5 trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them e unto Dan. 15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and ƒ smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16 And he brought back hall the goods, & also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also,and the people. 17 And the king of Sodom i went out to meet him, (after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him,) at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's I dale. 18 And m Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the n priest of the most o high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, P pos. sessor of heaven and earth; 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him r tithes of all. 21 And the king of Sodom said unto God's Covenant with Abram. GENESIS, XVII. Abram, Give me the 1 persons, and take B. C. 1913. the goods to thyself. 22 And Abramı said to the king of So-1 souls. dom, I a have lift up mine hand unto the a Ex.6.8 LORD, the most high God, the b possessor b v. 19. of heaven and earth, c.21.23. 23 That el will not take from a thread c Est.9.15,16. even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not CHAP. XV. ake any thing that is thine, lest thou d 1Ti.5.18. shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: e c.21.9. 24 Save only that which the young men ƒ Ga.4.24. cave eaten, and the portion of the men g c.20.18. which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and h c.30.3,9. Mamre; let them take their portion. d 2he builded by her. c.46.2. Nu.12.6. Da.10.1. Ac.10.11,22. k Lu.1.13. De.33.29. Ps.3.3. 84.11. 91.4. 119.114. Pr.30.5. AFTER these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a ivision, saying, k Fear not, Abram: I am thy Ishield, and thy exceeding m great reward. 2 And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go p 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 q 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 thiner own bowels, shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, tif thou be able to number them. And he said unto him, u So shall thy seed be. m Ps. 142.5. La.3.24. He.13.5. n 1Sa.1.6,8. Pr.30.23. o c.31.53. 1Sa.24.15. 2Ch.24.22. p c.30.1. Is.56.5. Ac.7.5. 6 And he believed in the LORD; and he q Pr.29.21. counted it to him for righteousness. r c.17.16. 7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD s 1Pe.3.7. that brought thee zout of Ur of the Chal-3 that which dees, to give thee this land to inherit it. is good in 8 And he said, Lord GOD, y whereby thine eyes. shall I know that I shall inherit it? 4 afflicted her. 9 And he said unto him, Take me ant De.1.10. heifer of three years old, and a she-goat He.11.12. of three years old, and a ram of three u Ro.4.18. years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young v Ro.4.3,6,&c pigeon. Ga.3.6. 10 And he took unto him all these, and Ja.2.23. divided b them in the midst, and laid x c.12.1. each piece one against another; but c the y Ju.6.17. birds divided he not. 2K.20.8. Lu.1.18. z c.25.18. a 1Pe.2.18. i.e. God Birth of Ishmael. of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaan. ites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. CHAP. XVI. NOW Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children and she had an handmaid an e Egyptian, whose name was f Hagar. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD g hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, h go in unto my maid; it may be that I may 2 obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. 4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was n de spised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said cnto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge o between me and thee. 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, & Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her 3 as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai 4 dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. 7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. z 8 And he said, Hagar, Sara's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. 9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and a submit thyself under her hands. 10 And the angel of the LORD said unto ber, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 11 And when the fowls came down upon 11 And the angel of the LORD said unto the carcases, Abram drove them away. her, Behold, thou art with child, and 12 And when the sun was going down, a shalt bear a son, and sha't call his name deep sleep d fell upon Abram; and, lo, an 5 Ishmael; 5 because the LORD hath heard horror of great darkness fell upon him. shall hear.thy affliction. 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a b Je.34.18,19. surety that thy seed shall be a stranger c Le. 117. in a land that is not theirs, and shall d c.2.21. serve them; and they shall afflict e them 1Sa.26.12. four hundred years: Job 4.13. 14 And also that nation, whom they shall e Ex.12.40. serve, will I f judge; and afterward shall f Ex.6.6. they come out with great g substance. g Ex.12.36. 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in h c.21.20. peace; thou shalt be buried in a good i c.25.18. cld age. I 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet m full. 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and 7 a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. 18 In that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river k Pr.5.21. c.25.8. Job 5.26. 6 i. e. the well of him that liveth and seeth me. m Ma.23.32. 1Th.2.16. 12 And he will be a wild hman; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him: and he shall dwell i in the presence of all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou k God seest me: for she said, Have I also he e looked after him that seeth me? 14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahai-roi: 6 behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. 15 And Hagar bare Abram a son; and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. 16 And Abram was fourscore and six a lamp of AND when Abram was ninety years old 11 Circumcision is institute. GENESIS, XVIII. 2 And I will make my d covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be ea father of many 2 nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram; but f thy name shall be Abraham; 3 for g a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make h nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will establish my covenant be tween me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, i 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 4 wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting m possession; and n I will be their God. 9 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 q of the covenant betwixt me and you. a c.18.14. Ex.6.3. c c.48.15. 2 K.20.3. 1 or, upright, or, sincere. c.6.9. De.18. 2 multitude 4 of thy so- De.32.8. In Ex.6.7. 12 And 6 he that is eight days old shall Je.24.7. be circumcised among you, every manEz.37.23. child in your generations; he that is born Re.21.3. in the house, or bought with money of o He.13.2. any stranger, which is not of thy seed. 1 Pet.4.9. 13 He that is born in thy house, and p c.43.24. ne that is bought with thy money, must q Ac.7.8. needs be circumcised and my covenant Ro.4.11. shall be in your flesh for an everlasting 5 stay. covenant. 6 a son of 14 And the uncircumcised man-child, whose flesh of his foreskin is not circum-7 cised, that soul shall be cut off's from his people; he hath broken my covenant. 15 And God said unto Abraham, As for r Ex.12.44. Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call hers Ex.4.24. name Sarai, but 9 Sarah shall her name be. Jos.5.2,&c. 16 And I will bless her, v and give thee i.e. Princess a son also of her; yea, I will bless her, t Ju.5.25. and 10 she shall be a mother of nations; 10 she shall beKings of people shall be of her. come nations 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, v c.18.10. and y laughed, and said in his heart, u ver.14. Shall a child be born unto him that is an 2 K.4.16. nundred years old? and shall Sarah, that x c.17.19,21. is ninety years old, bear? Ro.9.9. 18 And Abraham said unto God, O Ga.4.23. that Ishmael might live before thee! yc.18.12.21.6. 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall z Ro.4.19. bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt He.11.11,12. call his name Isaac: and I will establish a c.31.35. my covenant with him for an everlasting b c.21.6. covenant, and with his seed after him. Ps. 126.2. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; c Lu.1.18. Behold, I have blessed him, and willd 1 Pet.3.6. make him fruitful, and will multiply him e Nu.11.23. exceedingly: f twelve princes shall he Je.32.17. beget; and I will make him a great Mat.19.26. fc.25.13,&. pation. 21 But my covenant will I establishg 2 K.4.16. Abraham's interview with Ang with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear w thee at this set time in the next year. 22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. 23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the self-sa ne day, as God had said unto him. 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In the self-same day was Abraham circumcised and Ishmael 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. AND the LORD appeared unto him in the k plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent-door in the heat of the day: 2 And he lift up his eyes and fooked, and, lo, I 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, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, o pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4 Let a little p water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and 5 comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are you come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou has' said. 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, 8 Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. 8 And he took butter, t and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. 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 u according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah a thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the text-door, which was behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were z old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah a after the manner of women. 12 Therefore Sarah b laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed cold shall I have pleasure, my d lord being old also? 13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? 14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed will I return unto thee, according to the time of life, g and Sarah shal have a son. 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed |