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? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

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, and go thy way.

20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

CHAPTER XIII.

Abram and Lot return out of Egypt. 7 Because of the disagree

ment between their herdmen, they part asunder. 10 Lot goeth to wicked Sodom. 14 God reneweth the promise to Abram. 18 He removeth to Hebron, and there buildeth an altar. [B. c. 1918.]

God reneweth his promise

9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: 1if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all m the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD "destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto P Zoar.

and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, " into the south.

2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

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4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: hand the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.

14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot "was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

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 plain of Mamre, b which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

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b ch. 35. 27. & 37, 14.

CHAP. XIV.-a ch. 10. 10. & 11. 2.

2. 13. Ps. 133. 1. Acts 7. 26. James 3. 17. m ch. 19. 17. Deut. 34. 3. Ps. 107. 34. o ch. 2. 10. Is. 51. 3. p ch. 14. 2, 8. & 19. 22. q ch. 19. 29.

Heb. 12. 14. 19. 24, 25.

Elam, and 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is d Zoar.

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3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto 2 El-paran, which is by the wilderness. 7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

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8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, the same is Zoar; and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

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 slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

11 And they took P all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

b Is. 11. 11. Josh, 3, 16. Ps.

c Deut. 29. 23. d eh. 19. 22. e Num. 34. 12. Deut. 3. 17, 107. 34. f ch. 9. 26. g ch. 15. 20. Deut. 3. 11. h Josh. 12. 4. & 13. 12. 1 Or, The plain of Kiriathaim. Or, The plain of Paran, ch. 21. 21. Num. 12. 16 & 13. 3. i Deut. 2. 20. k Deut. 2. 10, 11. 1 Deut. n ch. 11. 3. o ch. 19, 17, 30, p. ver. 16, 21. s ch. 13. 18. t ver. 24. u eh. 13. 8. Or, led wich. 15. 3. & 17. 12, 27. Eee. 2. 7.

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Abram rescueth Lot.

dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

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14 And when Abram heard that "his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, w born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

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17 And the king of Sodoma 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 dale.

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18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

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19 And he blessed him, and said, & Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

20 And i blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the 'persons, and take the goods to thyself.

22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

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23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

Judg. 18. 29. y Is. 41. 2. 3. z ver. 117 12. a Judg. 11. 34. 1 Sam. 18. 6. b Heb. 7. 1. c 2 Sam. 18. 18. d Heb. 7. 1. e Ps. 110. 4. Heb. 5. 6. f Mic, 6, 6. Acts 16. 17. g Ruth 3. 10. 2 Sam. 2. 5. hover. 22. Matt. 11. 25. i ch. 24. 27. k Heb. 7. 4. Heb. souls. 1 Ex. 6. 8. Dan. 12. 7. Rev. 10. 5, 6. m ver. 19. ch. 21. 33. n So Esth. 9. 15, 16. O ver. 13.

God encourageth Abram. 2 Abram complaineth for want of an heir. 4 God promiseth him a son, and a numerous seed. 6 Abram is justified by faith. 7 Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by a sign, 12 and a vision. [B. c. 1913. ]

AFTER these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

2 And Abram said, Lord Gon, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go 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, fone born in my house 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 thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the i stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

6 And he believed in the LORD; and he m counted it to him for righteousness.

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

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

9 And he said unto him, Take me a a heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away. 12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

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13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

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14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

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

16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I 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 Perizzites, and the Rephaim,

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

NOW Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 dAnd 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 Abram & hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had

Deut. 6. 22.

Ps. 105. 23. Acts 7. 6. w Ex. 1. 11. Ps. 105. 25. x Ex. 6. 6. y Ex. 12. 36. Ps. 105. 37. z Job 5. 26. a Acts 13. 36. b ch. 25. 8. c Ex. 12. 40. d 1 Kings 21. 26. e Dan. 8. 23. Matt. 23. 32. 1 Thess. 2. 16. Heb, a lamp of fire. f Jer. 34. 18, 19. g cb. 24. 7. h ch. 12. 7. & 13. 15. & 26. 4. Ex. 23. 31. Num. 34. 3. Deut. 1. 7. & 11. 24. & 34. 4. Josh. 1. 4. 1 Kings 4. 21. 2 Chr. 9. 26. Neh. 9. 8. Ps. 105. 11. Is. 27.12. CHAP. XVI.-a ch. 16, 2, 3, b ch. 21. 9. c Gal. 4. 24.

e ch. 20. 18. & 30. 2. 1 Sam. 1. 5, 6. 30. 3, 9. h ch. 12. 5.

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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 man child in your generations, 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 covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul w shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and 7 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 Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

18 And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!

19 And God said, a 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 his seed after him.

20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, d and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I establish with

s Acts 7.8. t Acts 7. 8. Rom. 4. 11. 12. 3. Luke 2. 21. John 7. 22. Phil. 3. 5. Princess. x ch. 18. 10.

Gal. 4. 31. 1 Pot. 3. 6. b ch. 16. 10.

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Heb. a son of eight days. u Lev. w Ex. 4. 24. * That is, Heb. she shall become nations. y ch. 35, 11. a ch. 18. 10. & 21. 2. Gal. d ch. 21. 18. e ch. 21. 2.

z ch. 18. 12. & 21. 6.

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Three men visit Abraham.

Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

23 T 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 selfsame 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 selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

27 And fall the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

CHAPTER XVIII.

The Lord appeareth unto Abraham. 2 He entertaineth three strangers. 9 Sarah is reproved for laughing at God's promise. 17 The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham; 23 who maketh intercession for the men thereof. [B. c. 1898.]

AND the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, b and, lo, 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,

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