➡ kings against five.

Chap. xiv, xv.

CHAP. XIV.

battel of the kings. 12 Lot taken, 14
-ned by Abram. 18 Melchizedek bleffeth
am 20 Who giveth him tithes.
d it came to pals in the days of Am-
raphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of
r, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and
king of nations;

hat these made war with Bera king of
n, and with Birha king of Gomorrah,
b king of Admah, and Shemeber king of
im,and the king of Bela which is Zoar.
All there were joyned together in the
of Siddim, which is the falt fea.
welve years they ferved Chedorlaomer,
the thirteenth year they rebelled.
d in the fourteenth year came Che-
Omer, and the kings that were with him,
note the Rephaims in Afhteroth Kar-
and the Zuzims in Ham, and the
5 in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
nd the Horites in their mount Seir, un-
which is

nd they returned, and came to En-
t, which is Kadeh, and fmote all the
of the Amalekites, and alfo the Amo-
hat dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.
nd there went out the king of Sodom,
eking of Gomorrah, and the king of
,and the king of Zeboiim, and the king
(the fame is Zoar) and they joyned
with them in the vale of Siddim;
ith Chedorlaomer the king of Elam,
th Tidal king of nations, and Amra
ng of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ella,
Our kings with five.
And the vale of Siddim was full of
its; and the kings of Sodom and Go-
fled, and fell there and they that
med fled to the mountains of Sodo
nd they took all the goods of Sodom
omorrah, and all their victuals, and
heir way.

nd they took Lot Abrams brothers
who dwelt in Sedom) and his goods,
parted.
nd there came one that had efcaped,
a Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt
plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother
col, and brother of Aner: and thefe
nfederate with Abram.
nd when Abram heard that his brother
ken captive, be armed his trained fer-
born in his own houfe, three hundred
ghteen, and purfued them unto Dan,
And he divided himself against them,
his fervants by night,and Imote them,
rued them unto Hobah, which is on
Ft hand of Damafcus.
And he brought back all the goods, and
rought again his brother Lot, and his
and the women alfo, and the people.
And the king of Sodom went out to
im (after his return from the flaugh-
Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that
with him at the valley of Shaveh,
is the kings dale.
And Melchifedek king of Salem brought
bread and wine: and he was the priest
e moft high God.
And he bleffed him, and faid, Bleffed
ram of the most high God, poffeffour of
en and earth

Abram refcueth LoR.

20 And bleffed 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 faid unto Abram, Give me the perfons, and take the goods to thy felf.

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22 And Abram faid to the king of Sodom, have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the poffeffour of heaven and earth,

23 That I will not take from a thread even to a fhoe-latchet, and that I will not take any thing that thine, left thou fhouldst fay, 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, Efhcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. CHAP. XV.

Abram is encouraged. 4 A fon is promised. 6 He is juftified by faith. 7 Canaan P miled again.

After thefe things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vifion, laying, Fear not Abram: I am thy fhield, and thy exceeding great reward.

z And Abram faid, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, feeing I go childlels, and the fteward of my houfe this. Eliezer of Damafcus?

3 And Abram faid, haft given no feed houfe is mine heir

4 And behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, faying, This thall not be thine heir, but he that fhall come forth out of thine own bowels thall be thine heir.

And he brought him forth abroad, and faid, Look now toward heaven, and tell the ftars, if thou be able to number them: And he faid unto him, So fhall thy feed be.

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

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

8 And he faid, Lord GOD, whereby fhall know that I fhall inherit it?

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9 And he faid unto him, Take me an heifer three years old, and a fhe-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.

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10 And he took unto him all thefe, and divided them in the midit, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds dis vided he not.

1 And when the fowls came down upon the carcafes, Abram drove them away.

12 And when the fun was going down, a deep fleep fell upon Abram; and lo, an hor rour of great darknels fell upon him.

13 And he faid unto Abram, Know of a furety that thy feed fhall be a franger in a land that is not theirs, and fhall ferve them, and they hall afflict them four hundred years.

14 And alfo that nation whom they fhall ferte, will I judge: and afterward thail they come out with great fubftance.

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

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

17 And

Behold, to me thou and lo, one born in my

20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

2r And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgafhites and the Jebufites. CHAP. XVI.

3 And Sarai Abrams 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.

49 And he went in unto Hagar,and the con ceived and when the faw that the had con ceived, her miftrefs was defpifed in her eyes;

5 And Sarai faid unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bofom, and when the faw that the had conceived, I was defpifed in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

6 But Abram faid unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleafeth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her; fhe fled from her face.

74 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

8 And he faid, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence cameft thou? and whither wilt thou ga? And the faid, I fee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

9 And the angel of the LORD faid unto her, Return to thy miftrefs, and fubmit thy felf under her hands.

Frael promifed. CHAP. XVII.

1 The covenant is renewed. 5 Abrams name changed. 10 Circumcifion inftitused. 16 Ifaac promifed.

3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, faying,

I Saral giveth Hagar to Abram, 6 who flying from her mistress, 9 Is fent back by an an gol. 15 Thmael is born.

4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee,and thoulhalt be a father ofmanynations. s Neither fhall thy name any more be called Abram; but thy name fhall be Abraham, for a father of many nations have I made thee. I make

Ow Sarai Abrams wife bare

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Ndren: and he had an handmaid an E- and I will make nations of thee; and kings

gyptian, whofe name was Hagar.

fhall come out of thee.

2 And Sarai faid unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath reftrained me from bearing: I pray thee go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her: and A. bram hearkned to the voice of Sarai.

10 And the angel of the LORD faid unto her, I will multiply thy feed exceedingly, that it fhall not be numbred for multitude.

11 And the angel of the LORD faid unto ber, Behold, thou art with child; and fhalt bear a fon, and falt call his name Ifhmael; becaufe the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

12. And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every mans hand against him and he fhall dwell in the prefence of all his brethren.

13 And the called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God feeft me: for the faid, Have I alfo here looked after him that feeth me? 14Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahairoi; behold, it is between Kadeth and Bered. 15 9 And Hagar bare Abram a fon and Abram called his fons name, which Hagar bare, Ifhmael.

16'q And Abram was fourfcore and fix years eld when Hagar bare Imael to Abram..

Abram

and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and faid unto him, I am 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 ex ceedingly.

7And I will eftablish my covenant between me and thee, and thy feed after thee, in their generations for an everlasting covenant; to be a God unto thee, and to thy feed after thee.

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

99 And God faid unto Abram, Thou fhalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy feed after thee in their generations.

10 This is my covenant, which ye fhall keep between me, and you, and thy feed after thee; Every man-child among you fhall be circumcifed.

11 And ye fhall circumcife the fleth of your fore-skin, and it fhall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

12 And he that is eight days old fall be circumcifed among you, every man-child in your generations, he that is born in the houfe, or bought with money of any ftran ger, which is not of thy feed.

13. He that is born in the house, and he that is bought with thy money, muft needs be circumcifed: and my covenant fhall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

14 And the uncircumcifed man-child whofe flesh of his fore-skin is not circumcifed, that foul fhall be cut off from his people: he hath broken my covenant.

154 And God faid unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah fall her name bo..

16 And I will blefs her, and give thee a fon alfo of her: yea, I will blefs her, and the fhall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and faid 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 Abrahamt faid unto God, Ó that Ifhmael might live before thee!

19 And God faid, Sarah thy wife fhall bear thee a fon indeed and thou fhalt call his name Ifaac: and I will eftablith my covenant with him for an everlafting covenant, and with his feed after him.

20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have bleffed him, and will make bim fruitful, and will multiply him exceeding

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GENESIS.
The deftruition of Sodom.
him and they brought him forth, and set
him without the city.

17 And it came to pafs, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he faid, Efcape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither ftay thou in all the plain: efcape to the mountain, lelt thou be confumed.

18 And Lot faid unto them, Oh not fo, my Lord.

Lee entertainesh two angels.

CHAP. XIX.
I Lot entertaineth two angels. 24 Sodom and
Gomorrah deftroyed. 26 Lots wife a pillar of
31 His inceft.

Nd there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot fat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot feeing them, rofe up to meet them; and he bowed himlelf with his face toward the ground;

2 And he laid, Behold now my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your fervants houfe, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye fhall rife up early, and go on your ways. And they laid, Nay, but we will abide in the freet all night.

3 And he preffed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entred into his houte: and he made them a feaft, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compaffed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter.

21 And he faid unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing alfo, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou haft spoken.

5 And they called unto Lot, and faid unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

22 Hate thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither: therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

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6 And Lot went, out at the door unto them, and fhut the door after him,

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The fun was rifên upon the earth when Lot entred into Zoar.

And faid, I pray you, brethren, do not fo wickedly.

24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven.

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 good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the fhadow of my roof.

25 And he overthrew thofe cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

26 4 But his wife looked back from behind 'hint, and fhe became a pillar of falt.

9 And they faid, Stand back. And they faid again, This one fellow came in to fojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worfe with thee, than with them. And. they preffed fore upon the aran, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

27 And Abraham gat up early in 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 fmoak of the country went up as the fmoak of a furnace.

10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and thut to the door.

II And they fmote the men that were at the door of the houfe with blindnels, both fmall and great fo that they wearied themfelves to find the door.

29 And it came to pals, when God detroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembred Abraham, and fent Lot out of the midit 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 daugh

12 4 And the men faid unto Lot, Halt thou here any befides? fon in law, and thy fons,ters with him; for he feared to dwell in and thy daughters, and whatfoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place.

Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

13 For we will deftroy this place: becaufe the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD, and the LORD hath fent us to destroy it.

314 And the firft-born faid unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth.

14 And Lot went out, and fpake unto his fons in law, which married his daughters, and laid, Up, get ye out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city but he teemed as one that mocked unto his fons in law.

15 And when the morning arofe, then the angels haftned Lot, faying, Arife, take thy wife, and thy two daughters which are here; left thou be confumed in the iniquity of the city.

16 And while he lingred, the men laid hold upon his hand and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful poto

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19 Behold now, thy fervant hath found grace in thy fight, and thou haft magnified thy mercy, which thou haft thewed unto me in faving my life and I cannot efcape to the mountain, left fome evil take me, and I die.

20 Behold now, this city near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh let me escape thither, ( it not a little one?) and my foul fhall live.

32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preferve feed of our father.

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

34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firft-born faid unto the younger, Be hold, I lay yefternight with my father let us make him drink wine this night allo; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preferve feed of our father.

39 And they made their father drink wine that night alfo and the younger arofe, and lay

ham denieth his wife.

Chap. xx, xxj. h him; and he perceived not when down, the arofe. hus were both the daughters of Lot ild by their father, Martens

nd the first-born bare a fon, and callmame Moab: the fame the father of abites unto this day.

nd the younger, the alfo bare a fon, led his name Ben-ammi: the fame her of the children of Ammon unto -y.

CHAP. XX,

ham denieth his wife, and lofeth her. bimelech reftoreth her. Abraham journeyed from thence toard the fouth-country, and dwelled n Kadesh and Shur, and fojourned in

d Abraham faid of Sarah his wife, She
fter: And Abimelech king of Gerar
d took Sarah.

- God came to Abimelech in a dream
t, and faid to him, Behold, thou art
ead man, for the woman which thou
en: for the a mans wife.
- Abimelech had not come near her:
faid, LORD, wilt thou flay alfo a
us nation?