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Abram's faith.

CHAP. XVI.

Hagar's flight. 2 And Abram said, Lord God, what hold, a smoking furnace, and a burnwilt thou give me, seeing I go child-ing lamp that passed between those less, and the steward of my house is pieces. this Eleazer of Damascus ?

3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 4 T 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 thine own Dowels shall be thine heir.

18 In that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have 1 given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20 And the Hittites, and the Penz zites, and the Rephaims,

21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites,and the Girgashites, and the

5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to Jebusites. number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

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6 And he believed in the LORD:NOW Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had a bandand he counted it to him for right-maid, an Egyptian, whose name was

cousness.

7 And he said unto him, I am the Lono that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

8 And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

Hagar.

2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold, now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abran hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

9 And he said unto him, Take me a 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife took Ha heifer of three years old, and a she-gar her maid, the Egyptian, after goat of three years old, and a ram of Abram had dwelt ten years in the land three years old, and a turtle dove, and of Canaan, and gave her to her busu young pigeon. band Abram to be his wife.

10 And he took unto him all these, 1 And he went in unto Hagar, and and divided them in the midst, and she conceived; and when she saw that laid each piece one against another; she had conceived, ber mistress was but the birds divided he not. despised in her eyes.

11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram Jrove them

away.

12 T And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram and, lo, a horror of great darkucss fell upon him.

5 And Sarai said unto 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 between me and thee.

6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, 13. Aud he said unto Abram, Know thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as of a surety that thy seed shall be alit pleaseth thee. And when Sarai stranger in a land that is not theirs, dealt hardly with her, she fled from and shall serve them: and they shall her face. afflict them four hundred years; 7 T And the angel of the Load found 14 And also that nation, whom they her by a fountain of water in the wiishall serve, will I judge; and after-derness, by the fountain in the way to ward shall they come out with great Shur. substance.

15 Aud thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. 16 But in the fourth generation they 9 And the angel of the LORD said shall come hither again: for the ini-unto her, Return to thy mistress, and quity of the Amorites is not yet full. snbmit thyself under her hands. 17 And it came to pass, that, when the 10 And the angel of the LORD said sun went down, and it was dark, be- unto her, I will multiply thy seed ex

Circumcision

GENESIS.

is institracd. ceedingly, that it shall not be number-fore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in ed for multitude. their generations.

II And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.

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

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

14 Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi: behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep between me and you, and thy seed after thee; Every man-child among you shall be circumcised. 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every manchild in your generation; he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised and my cove

15 T And Hagar bare Abram a sonnant shall be in your flesh for an ever
and Abram called his son's name, lasting covenant.
which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

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14 And the uncircumcised man-child, whose flesh of his foreskin is not cir cumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my

covenant.

15 ¶ And God said unto Abraham, As ND when Abram was ninety years for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call

A old and nine, the Lone appeared her fame Saw, but Sarala stall her
to Abrain, and said unto him, I am|name be.
the Almighty God: walk before me,
and be thou perfect.

2 And I will make my 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 a father of many nations.

51 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham: for a father of many nations have I made thee.

6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee, 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

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

16 Aud I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless bør, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old ? and shall Sarab, that is ninety years old, bear?

18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with bis seed after hum.

20 And as for Ishmael I have heard thee: Behold, 1 have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly: twelve princes shall he beget; and I will make him a great nation.

21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next

year.

9 T And God said unto Abraham, 22 And he left off talking with him, Thou shalt keep my covenant there-¦and God went up from Abraham.

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Abraham and

CHAP. XVIII.

the three angels. 23 ¶ And Abrahamn took Ishmael his; have a son. And Sarah heard it in the son,and all that were born in his house, tent-door, which was behind him. and all that were bought with his 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old money, every male among the men of and well stricken in age; and it ceasAbraham's house, and circumcised the ed to be with Sarah after the manner fleah of their foreskin in the self-same of women.

day, as God had said unto him.

12 Therefore Sarah laughed within 24 And Abraham was ninety years herself, saying, After I am waxed old old and nine when he was circum-shall I have pleasure, my lord being cised in the flesh of bis foreskin. fold also?

25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen | 13 And the LORD said unto Abra years old when he was circumcised in ham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, say the flesh of his foreskin. ing, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

26 In the self-same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son; 27 And all the men of his bouse, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

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CHAP. XVIII.

14 Is any thing too nard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will retur unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, 1 laughed not; for she was afraid. And

AND the LORD appeared unto him he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

in the plains of Mainre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the

16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: And Abra ham went with them, to bring them

from Abraham that thing which I do; 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him ?

day; 2 And he lifted up his eyes, and look-on the way ed, aud, lo, three men stood by him : 17 TT And the LORD said, Shall I hide 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, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 19 For I know him, that he will 1 Let a little water, I pray you, be command his children, and bis house fetched, and wash your feet, and rest(hold after him; and they shall keep yourselves under the tree; the way of the Lono, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he batč spoken of him.

5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts ; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, 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.

20 And the Lond said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, 1 will know.

22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

23 T And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked ?

8 And he took butter 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 T And they said unto him, Where 24 Peradventure there be fifty rightis Sarah thy wife? And he said, Be-eous within the city: wilt thou also Gold, in the tent. destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein ? 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with

10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time þf life; and lo. Sarah thy wife shall

Lot entertaineth

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ttoo angels. the wicked; and that the righteous! 4 ¶ But, before they lay down, the should be as the wicked, that be far men of the city, even the men of from thee: Shall not the Jurige of all Sodom, compassed the house round, the earth do right? both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

26 And the LORD said, If1 find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then i will spare all the place for their sakes.

27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken "pon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the filly righteous: wilt thou de stroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

30 And he said unto him, Oh, let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

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5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us,that we may know them. 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof,

9 And they said, Stand buck. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now we will deal worse with thee than with them. And they press. ed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. 10 But the men put forth their band, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

31 And be said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lond: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, will not destroy it for twenty's sake. 11 And they smote the men that were 32 And he said, Oh, let not the Loup at the door of the bouge with blindbe angry, and I will speak yet but this [ness, both small and great; so that once: Peradventure ten shall be found they wearied themselves to find the there. And he said, I will not destroy door.

it for ten's sake. 12 TT And the men said unto Lot, IIast 33 And the LORD went his way, as thou here any besides ? son-in-law, soon as he had left communing with and thy sons, and thy daughters, and Abraham: and Abrabam returned un-whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring to his place. them out of this place:

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13 For we will destroy this place. A Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the before the face of the Lono; and the ND there came two angels to because the cry of them is waxen great gate of Sodom: and Lot, seeing them, Lond hath sent us to destroy it. rose up to meet them; and he bowed 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto himself with bis face toward the his sons-in-law, which married bis ground: daughters, and said, Up, get you out 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, of this place; for the LORD will de turn in, I pray you, into your servant's atroy this city: but he seemed as one house, and tarry all night, and wash that mocked unto his sons-in-law. your feet, and ye shall rise up early, 15 T And when the morning arose, and go on your ways. And they said, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Nay; but we will abide in the street Arise, take thy wife, and thy two all night.

3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast,and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

daughters, which are bere; lest thon be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16 And, while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand [of bis two daughters; the Loup being

Destructum of Sodom.

CHAP. XX.

Moab and A:nion. merciful unto him: and they brought 31 And the first-born said unto the nim forth,and set him without the city. younger, Our father is old, and there 17 And it came to pass, when they is not a man m the earth to come in had brought them forth abroad, that unto us after the manner of all the he said, Escape for thy life; look not earth:

behind thee, neither stay thou in all 32 Come, let us make our father the plain; escape to the mountain, drink wine, and we will lie with him, lest thou be consumed. that we may preserve seed of our

18 And Lotsaid unto them, Oh! not father. 80, my Lord,

19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy eight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; aud I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die.

33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-bore went in, and lay with her father; and be perceived not when she lay down nor when she arose.

34 Aud it came to pass on the mor row, that the first-born said unto the 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee younger, Behold, I lay yesternight unto, and it is a little one: Oh! let with my father: let us make him me escape thither, (is it not a little drink wine this night also ; and go one?) and my soul shall live. thou in, and lie with bim, that we

21 And he said unto him, See, I have may preserve seed of our father accepted thee concerning this thing 35 And they made their father drink. also, that I will not overthrow this city wine that night also: and the younger for the which thou hast spoken. arose, and lay with him; and he per 22 Haste thee, escape thither: for Iceived not when she lay down, nor cannot do any thing till thou be comelwhen she arose.

thither: therefore the name of the city, 36 Thus were both the daughters of was called Zoar. Lot with child by their father.

23 The sun was risen upon the earth 37 And the first-born bare a son, ena when Lot entered into Zoar. called his name Moab; the same is

24 T Then the Lond rained upon the father of the Moabites unto this Sodom and upon Gomorralı brinistone day.

and fire from the LORD out of heaven: 38 And the younger, she also bare a 25 And he overthrew those cities, and son, and called his name Ben-ammi: all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the same is the father of the children the cities, and that which grew upon of Ammon unto this day,

the ground.

26 T But his wife looked back from

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behind him, and she became a pillar AND Abraham journeyed from

thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and

of salt.
27 And Abraham gat up early in Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
the morning, to the place where he
stood before the LORD:

28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

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 overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

30 ¶ And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two caughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, ae, 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 to him, Behold, thou art but a 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, Lono, 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: in the integrity of my heart, and innocency of my hands, have I done this.

6 And God said unto bim in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the

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