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mtegrity of thy heart; for I also with-[ aeld thee from sinning against me:

Isaac is vOTIL.

CHAP. XXI.

therefore suffered I thee not to touch AND the LORD visited Sarah as he

her.

said, and the LORD aid unto

7 Now therefore restore the man lis Sarah as he had spoken.
wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall
pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and
if thou restore her not, know thou that
thou shalt surely die, thou, and all
that are thine.

8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their cars: and the men were sore afraid.

2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to hiin.

3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God 9 T Then Abimelech called Abra-had commanded him. ham, and said unto him, What hast 5 And Abraham was a hundred years thou done unto us? and what have I old, when his son Isaac was born unto offended thee, that thou hast brought him. on me and on my kingdom a great sin?! 6 T And Sarah said, God hath made thou hast donc deeds unto me that me to laugh, so that all that hear will ought not to be done. laugh with me.

10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

11 And Abrahain said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

12 And yet indeed she is my sister; che is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.

8 And the child grew, and was wean ed; and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. 9 T And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

10 Wherefore she said unto Abra13 And it came to pass, when God ham, Cast out this bond-woman and e used me to wander from my father's her son: for the son of this bond house, that I said unto her, This is woman shall not be heir with my son, thy kindness which thou shalt show even with Isaac. unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my

11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his

sou.

brother. 14 7 And Abimelech took sheep, and 12 And God said unto Abraham, Le: oxen, and men ervants, and women-it not be grievous in thy sight, because servants, and gave them unto Abra- of the lad, and because of thy bondham, and restored him Sarah his wife. woman; in all that Sarah hath said 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my unto thee, hearken unto her voice: land is before thee: dwell where it for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. pleaseth thee. 13 And also of the son of the bond woman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

14 And Abraham rose up carly in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar,(putting it on her shoulder,) and the child, 17 ¶ So Abraham prayed unto God: and sent her away; and she departea, and God healed Abimelech, and his and wandered in the wilderness of wife, and his maid-servants; and they | Beer-sheba. bare children.

18 For the Lond had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abime lech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under on of the sbrubs.

16 And she went, and eat her down

Abimelech's conenant

CHAP. XXII.

with Abraham. over against him, a good way off, as it Beer-sheba; because there they sware were a bow-shot; for she said, Let both of them. me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and listed up her voice, and wept.

32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land

17 And God heard the voice of the lad: and the angel of God called to for the Philistines. Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand: for I will make him a great nation.

19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water: and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

20 And God was with the lad; and Le grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his inother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

33 ¶ And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the naine of the LORD, the everlasting God.

34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

CHAP. XXIL

AND it came to pass, after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Bebold, here I am.

2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burntoffering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of

22 ¶ And it came to pass at that time, 3 T And Abraham rose up early in that Abimelech, and Phichol the chief the morning, and saddled his ass, and captain of his host, spake unto Abra-took two of his young men with him, hain, saying, God is with thee in all and Isaac bis sos, and clave the wood that thou dorst. for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land] 5 Aud Abraham said unto his young wherein thou hast sojourned. men, Abide ye here with the ass, and 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 1 and the lad will go yonder and wor25 And Abraham reproved Abime-ship, and come again to you lech because of a well of water, which 6 And Abrabam took the wood of Abimelech's servants had violently the burnt-offering, and laid it upon taken away. Isaac his son: and he took the fire in 26 And Abimelech said, I wot not his hand, and a knife: and they went who hath done this thing; neither both of them together. didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.

7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham Iss father, and said, My father: and be 27 And Abraham took sheep and said, Here am I, my son. And he said, oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech:|Behold the fire and the wood; but and both of them made a covenant. where is the lamb for a burnt-offering? 28 And Abraham fet seven ewe-lambs 8 And Abraham said, My son, God of the flock by themselves. will provide himself a lamb for a 29 And Abimelech said unto Abra-burut-offering: so they went both of ham, What mean these seven ewe-them together. lambs, which thou hast set by them- 9 And they came to the place which selves? God had told him of: and Abraham 30 And he said, For these seven ewe built an altar there, and laid the wood lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that jin order; and bound Isaac his son, they may be a witness unto me, that I and laid him on the altar upon the have digged this well. wood.

31 Wherefore he called that place

10 And Abraham stretched forth his

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11 ¶ And the angel of the LORD call ed unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here am I.

2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba j the same is Hebron in the land of Ca naan: aud Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 3 ¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

12 And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner fearest God, seeing thou hast not with- with you give me a possession of a held thy son, thine only son, from me. burying-place with you, that I may 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, bury my dead out of my sight, 5 And the children of Heth answerand looked, and, behold, behind him

n ram caught in a thicket by his horns: Jed Abraham, saying unto him, and Abraham went and took the ram, 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a and offered him up for a burnt-offering mighty prince among us ; in the choice in the stead of his son. of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none

14 And Abraham called the name of of us shall withhold from thee his that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury to this day, In the mount of the Loauthy dead.

it shall be seen.

7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed 16 ¶ And the angel of the LORD call-himself to the people of the land, even ed unto Abraham out of heaven the] to the children of Heth. second time, 8 And he communed with them, say16 And said, By myself have I sworn, ing, If it be your mind that I should saith the LORD; for because thou hast | bury my dead out of my sight, hear done this thing, and hast not withheld me, and entreat for me to Ephron the thy son, thine only son; son of Zohar,

17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of

his enemies:

18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he bath, which is in the end of his field: for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me, for a possession of a burying-place among you.

10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth. Aud Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, in the 19 So Abrahain returned unto his audience of the children of Heth, even young `men; and they rose up, and of all that went in at the gate of his went together to Beer-sheba: and city, saying, Abrabam dwelt at Beer-sheba.

11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the Geld

20 fi And it came to pass, after these give I thee, and the cave that is therethings, that it was told Abraham, say-in, I give it thee; in the presence of ing, Behold, Milcah, she hath also the sons of my people give I it thee: born children unto thy brother Nabor; bury thy dead.

21 Huz his first-born, and Buz his; 12 And Abraham bowed down himbrother, and Kemuel the father of self before the people of the land.

Aram,

13 And he spake unto Ephron, in the

22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pil-audience of the people of the land, dash, and Jidlapli, and Bethuel. saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nalior, Abraham's brother.

24 And his concubine, whose name ruas Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachau. CHAP. XXIII.

14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,

15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of ND Sarah was a hundred and silver; what is that betwixt me and

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CHAP. XXIV.

Abraham's servant. 16 And Abranam hearkened unto be clear from this my oath: only bring Ephron; and Abraham weighed to not my son thither again. Ephron the silver, which he had 9 And the servant put his hand under named in the audience of the sons of the thigh of Abraham his master, and Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, aware to him concerning that matter. current money wịth the merchant. 10 T And the servant took ten camels, 17 And the field of Ephron, which of the camels of his master, and dewas in Machpelah, which was before parted; (for all the goods of his mas Mamre, the field, and the cave which ter were in his hand;) and he arose, was therein, and all the trees that and went to Mesopotamia, unto the were in the field, that were in all the city of Nahor. borders round about, were made sure 18 Unto Abraham for a possession, in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. 19 TT And after this, Abraham buried 12 And he said, O Lond God of my Sarah his wife in the cave of the fieldmaster Abraliam, I pray thee, send of Machpelah, before Mamre the me good speed this day, and show same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. kindness unto my master Abraham. 20 And the field, and the care that is 13 Behold, I stand here by the well of therein, were made sure uato Abra-water; and the daughters of the mer ham, for a possession of a buryingplace, by the sons of Heth.

CHAP XXIV.

ND Abraham was old, and well

11 And he made his canels to kneel down without the city by a well of' water, at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw

waler.

of the city come out to draw water. 14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thec, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I

A stricken in age, and the Loup will give thy camels drink also let

had blessed Abraham in all things.

2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh;

the same be she that thou hast ap pointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master. 15 ¶ And it came to pass, before he 3 And 1 will make thee swear by the had done speaking, that, behold, ReLORD, the God of heaven, and the God bekah came out, who was born to of the earth, that thou shalt not take a Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of wife unto my son of the daughters of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with ber the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:pitener upon her shoulder.

4 But thou shalt go unto my coun- 16 And the damsel was very fair to try, and to my kindred, and take a look upon, a virgin; neither had any wife unto my son Isaac. man known her; and she went down: to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest ? 6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou, that thou bring not my son thither again.

17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thec, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hastened, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 7 The LORD God of heaven which 19 And when she had done giving took me from my father's house, and him drink, she said, I will draw toater from the land of my kindred, and for thy camels also, until they have which spake unto me, and that sware done drinking. uto me, saying, Unto thy seed will 1 give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thonce.

8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt

20 And she hasted and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

21 And the man, wondering at her, held his peace, to wit whether the

Abraham's servant

GENESIS.

LORD had made his journey prosper-¡ ous, or not.

22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ear-ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of teu shekels weight of gold,

23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?

24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

25 She said, moreover, unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

entertained by Luhen.

36 Aud Sarah, my master's wife, bare a son to my master when she was old; and unto him hath he given all that he bath.

37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaan ites, in whose land I dwell:

38 But thou shall go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. 40 And he said unto me, The Lono, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way and thou shalt take a wife for my sou of my kindred, and of my father's

26 And the man bowed down his house. bead, and worshipped the LORD.

27 And be said, Blessed be the Lono God of my master Abraham, who hath uot left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: 1 being in the| way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

93 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things. 291 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

30 And it came to pass, when he saw the ear-ring, and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.

33 And there was set meat before him to eat but be said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And be said, Speak on.

34 T And he said, I am Abraham's

servant.

35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and berds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maid-servants, aud camels, and asses.

41 Then shalt thou be clear from this mine oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not the one, thou shalt be clear from my oath. 42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go;

43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me,i pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink ;

44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thự camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.

45 And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water and I said unto her, Let ine drink, I pray thee.

16 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink; and I will give thy canels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? and she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nabor's son, whom Milcalı bare unto him: and i put the car-ring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lon D, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to

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