God calleth Abram. two hundred and five years: and CHAPTER XIL God calleth Abram, and blesseth him with a promise of Christ, 1. 4 He de- partetli with Lot from Haran. 6 He journeyeth through Canaan, 7 which is promised him in a vision. 10 He is driven by a famine into Egypt. 11 Fear maketh him feign his wife to be his sister. 14 Pharaoh, having taken B.C.1996. B.C.1921. seethee,that they shall say, This 13. See my sister: that it may be wel! soul shall live because of thee when Abram was come into sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, andinen-servants, and maid-ser- TOW the "LORD had said unto country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, un- to a land that I will shew thee: great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; dand thou shalt be a blessing: bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: fand in thee shall all familiesofthe earth be bless- was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they that they had gotten bin Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the 6And Abramipassed through iHe. 11.9. the land unto the place of Si- and said, "What isthis that thou sister? so I might have taken Ac. 3. 25. dPr 21.1. his men concerning him: and 1921. And the LORD appeared un-mch.17.1. seed will I give this land: and there builded he an "altar unto 8 And he removed from thence ch. 13. 4. 9. unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of Peli. 13. 4. Abram and Lot return out of Egypt, 1. AND Abram went up out of cattle, in silver, and in gold. 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the with Abram, had flocks, and 6 And the land was not able to dwell together: for their sub- 7 And there was a strife be- hch. 12. 6 cattle: band the Canaanite and lilCo. 67. Let there be no strife, I pray between my herdmen and thy fore thee? Separate thyself, I brethren: pray thee, from me: if thou See ch.11 will take the left hand, then 17,31. Ex. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, & 34. 10. and beheld all "the plain of Jor- dan, that it was well watered He.12.14. every where, before the LORD Ja. 3. 17. "destroyed Sodom and Gomor-mh. 19. rah, even as the garden of the 17. De.34. 11 Then Lot chose him all the "ch. 19. plain of Jordan; and Lot jour-24, 25. neyed east: and they separated. 2. 10. of Canaan, and Lot "dwelled in Paran 2Pe.2.7,8 Lot is taken prisoner, 4 Twelve years they served 7 And they returned, and came 8 And there went out the king teh. 6. 11. ch. 11. 3. full of "slime-pits; and the kings wch. 28 Abram, after that Lot "was as the dust of the earth: so that 12. De.34. & 17.8. & 21. tver. 24. brother of Aner: and these The battle of four kings against five, 1. Heb. 2 That these made war with "ch.10.10. Bera king of Sodom, and with & 11. 2. Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shi- bls.11.11.1 nab king of Admah, and She-De. 29. Melchizedek blesseth Abram. wine: and he was the priest of 19 And he blessed him, and she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove,and a young pigeon. these, and 'divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one 20 And blessed be the most Ru. 3. 10. "Le. 1. 17. against another: but the birds high God, which hath delivered 2 Sa. 2. 5. thine enemies into thy hand. Ever. 22. And he gave him tithes iof all. Mt. 11.25. of Sodom, kl have lifted up my high God, 'the possessor of hea- a thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not take anything that is thine,lest thou shouldest God encourageth Abram, 1. 2 Abram AFTER these things the word 2 And Abram said. Lord GOD, down upon the carcasses, Ab- 12 And when the sun was go- seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them four hundred years; ̧ 14 And also that nation whom they shall serve, will I judge: fathers in peace; thou shalt be again: for the iniquity dof the when the sun went down,and it 11. 2.16.18 In that same day the LORD † Heb. a made a covenant with Abram, lamp of saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river Sarai, being barren, giveth Hagar to NOW Sarai, Abram's wife, abare him no children: and abroad, and said, Look now to- 23. stars, if thou be able to num-Ps. 106. ber them: and he said unto 31. Abram's name is changed, 3 And Abram ffell on his face: and God talked with him,saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt Ro.4.11, be a father of many nations. 12, 16 Ga 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram; but bthy name shall be || Abraham; ifor a father of many nations have I made thee. 3. 29. 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 kch.31.53. † Heb. her eyes: the LORD judge be- 1Sa.24.12. tween me and thee. multitude of 1Pr. 15. 1. nations. 1Pe. 3. 7. m Job 2.6. Ps. 106.41 42. Je.38. Ne. 9. 7. That is, Father of a great But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her t as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai t dealt hardly with her, "she fled from 5. her face. † Heb. that thine multitude. iRo. 4.17. lver. 16. ch. 35. 11. Mat. 1.6, ceeding fruitful, and I will 6 And I will make thee exmake knations of thee; and 7 And I will establish my coIkings shall come out of thee. venant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their which is kch. 35.11 generations, for an everlasting good in covenant; "to be a God unto thee, and to "thy seed afterthee. 8 And PI will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land "wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for And God said unto AbraI will be their God. an everlasting possession; and ham, Thou shalt keep my coveseed after thee, in their genenant therefore, thou, and thy 7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to PShur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? Heb. 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 "submit thyself under her hands. &c. eyes. afflicted her. "Ex.2.15. ch.25 18. 22. PEx. 15. Tit. 2. 9. Peh. 12. 7 1Pe. 2. 18. & 13. 15 Ps. 105.9, 10 And the angel of the LORD said untoher, I will multiplythy rch 17. 20. 11. seed exceedingly, that it shall & 21. 18. not be numbered for multitude. & 25. 12. thy so11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt 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 men, and every man's hand against him; "and he shall dwell inthepresenceofallhisbrethren. 13 And she called the name of Ych. 24.52 the LORD that spake unto her, & 25. 11. Thou God seest me: for sheThat is, the well said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? 14 Wherefore the well wascalled Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. 15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, bishmael. 16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. CHAPTER XVIL God reneweth the covenant,1.5Abram mael are circumcised. ch. 31.42 Ac. 7. 8. Ac. 7. 8. 11. Ro. 4. Heb, a son of eight days. "Le. 12.3. Lu. 2. 21. Jo. 7. 22. Phi. 3. 5. WEx.4.24 That is, Princess ch. 18.10 Heb.she shall be changed, and she blessed. 17 Isaac & 8. 25. 2 is promised. 23 Abraham and Ish- Ki. 20. 3. come na AND when Abram was nine-up- tions. right, or, Ych.35.11. - ty years old and nine, the sincere. Ga. 4. 31. LORD appeared to Abram, and deh. 6. 9. 1 Pe. 3. 6. said unto him, bI am the Al- De. 18.13. ch.18.12. mighty God; walk before me, Job 1. 1. & 21. 6. and be thou ll dperfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. Mat. 5.48. ech. 12. 2. & 13. 16. & 22. 17. rations. 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 becircumcised among generations, he that is born in you, every man-child in your the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which 28 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 manchild, whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul "shall be cut off from his people: he hath broken my covenant. 15 T And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou but | Sarah shall her name be. shalt not call her name Sarai, give thee a son also of her: yea, 16 And I will bless her, and I will bless her, and t she shall of people shall be of her. be a mother of nations; kings 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! Abraham entertaineth 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 his seed after him. GENESIS. B.C.1910 | B.C.1898. ch.18.10. Heb. & 21. 2. Ga. 4. 28. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and bwill multiply him beh.16.10 exceedingly: twelve princes ch.25.12, shall he beget, dand I will make 16, him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I establish with 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 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-same 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; dch.21.18. ech. 21. 2. 1898. Hasten. three a 6 And Abraham hastened the tent unto Sarah, and sa Make ready quickly three sures of fine meal, knead it make cakes upon the hear 7 And Abraham ran unt herd, and fetched a calf te and good, and gave it un young man; and he haste dress it. 8 And he took butter, hch. 19.3 milk, and the calf which he dressed, and set it before th and he stood by them under tree, and they did eat. 9 And they said unto 1 Where is Sarah thy wife? he said, Behold, in the ten ich. 24.67. 10 And he said, Ikwill cert kver. 14.ly return unto thee laccord 12Ki.4.16. to the time of life; and lo, " meh. 17. rah thy wife shall have a 19, 21. & And Sarah heard it in the t 21. 2. Ro. door, which was behind hir 11 Now "Abraham and Sa Pch.17.17. were old and well stricker Ro. 419. age; and it ceased to be w He.11.11, Sarah "after the manner of 12, 19. 9. 9. 9Lu. 1.18. men. ch.31.35. 12 Therefore Sarah Plang Pch. 17.17 within herself, saying, "Aft am waxed old shall I have p sure, my lord being old als iPe.3.6. 13 And the LORD said u Abraham, Wherefore did Sa laugh, saying, Shall I of a sur bear a child, which am old 14 Is any thing too hard the LORD? At the time pointed I will return unto th according to the time of 1 and Sarah shall have a son. tch. 17.21. 15 Then Sarah denied, sayi ver. 10. 21 laughed not; for she v Ki. 4. 16. afraid. And he said, Nay; thou didst laugh. Je.32.17. Zec. 8. 6. Mat. 3. 9. & 19. 26. 27 And fall the men of his house, fch. 18.19. L. 1. 37. born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. CHAPTER XVIII. Abraham entertaineth three angels, 1. 9 Sarah is reproved for laughing at the strange promise. 17 The destruction of Sodoin is revealed to Abraham. 23 Abraham maketh intercession for the men thereof. 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 bAnd he lifted up his eyes and looked, 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, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4 Let da little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: 1898. 16 And the men rose up fr thence, and looked toward dom: and Abraham went w "Ro. 15. them "to bring them on the w 17 And the LORD said, "Sh I hide from Abraham that thi which I do; 24. 3Jo. 6. WPs. 25. 14. Am.3. ch.13.18. 7. Jo. 15. & 14. 13. 15. bHe.13.2. h. 12.3. Ac. 3. 25. ↑ Heb. ach. 11. 5. stay. f.Ju. 19.5. Ex. 3. 8. 5 And I will fetch a morsel of Ps. 104.15 be. 8. 2. bread, and f fcomfort ye your sch. 19. 8. & 13. 3. hearts; after that ye shall pass & 33. 10. Jos. 22.22 on: for therefore f are ye comet Heb. Lu. 16.15. to your servant. And they said, you have 2Co.11.11 So do, as thou hast said. passed. ch.19. 1. 18 Seeing that Abraham sh surely become a great and mi tynation, and all the nations the earth shall be blessed inhi 19 For I know him, that will command his children a his household after him, a they shall keep the way of t LORD, to do justice and ju ment: that the LORD may bri upon Abraham that which hath spoken of him. 20 And the LORD said, Becau the cry of Sodom and Gome rah is great, and because the sin is very grievous, 21 1 will go down now, a see whether they have done i together according to the c of it, which is come unto m and if not, bI will know. 22 And the men turned the faces from thence, and we |