GENESIS, XII. Abram deceiveth Pharaoh. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; fand into the land of Canaan they came. Generations of Terah. years, and begat sons and daughters. 18 And Peleg lived thurty years, and begat Reu: 19 And Peleg lived after he begat Ren two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat & Serug: 21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daugh ters. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: 23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat 9 Terah: 25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. 26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, h Nahor, and Haran. 27 Now these are the generations b ch.17.6. of Terah: Terah begat Abram, 24.35. Nahor, and Haran; and Haran c ch.18.18. begat Lot. 28.4. 28 And Haran died before his d Num.24.9. father Terah, in the land of his nativity, in i Ur of the Chaldees. 10 T And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the fa mine was grievous in the land. f 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; kand the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter! of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; m sheh ch.10.18,19. hold now, I know that thou art a had no child. 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Be fair woman to look upon: i ch. 17.1. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, 18.1. and Lot the son of Haran his son's k ch. 13.15. son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Urn of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan: and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 17.S. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my o sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall ch.13.4.18.live because of thee. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and, Terah died in Haran. 14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh; pand the woman, was q taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 8 Luke 3.35. 9 Luke 3.34. Thara. h Jos.24.2. i ch. 15.7. 7 ch.22.20. 24.15. m ch. 16.1. 18.11. 21.1,2. Ps. 113.9. Lu. 1.36. n ch.12.1. (CHAP. 12.) Ac.7.3. e Ps. 72.17. Ac.3.25. Heb. 11.8. 26.25. m ch.28.19. 1 Ai. Jos.7.2. n ch.21.33. 2 in going CHAPTER XII. 1 God calleth Abram, and blesseth him with a promise of Christ: his departure from Haran. 7 Canaan is promised. NOW TOW the LORD had said unto a Abram. Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and, o from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great bnation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; c and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them d that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee and in thee shall all fa and journeying. ch.20.2. 26.7. p Mat.5.28. q Ps. 105.14. Pr.6.29. Heb. 13.4. r ch.20.10. 26.10. Ex. 32.21. 6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, g unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite h was then in the land. 7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: k and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, mand pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and 1 Hai on the east; and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called n upon the name of the LORD. 9 And Abram journeyed, 2 going on still toward the south. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? r why didst Lot and Abram separate. GENESIS, XIII, XIV. hou not tell me that she was thy B. C. 1918. nfe? 19 Why saidst thou, She is my siser? so I might have taken her to! ne to wife: now, therefore, behold hy wife, take her, and go thy way. 20 And Pharaoh commanded s his men concerning him: and they, sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. CHAPTER XIII 1 Abram and Lot return out of E.gypt. 7 By disagreement they part asunder. 14 God's promise renew-c ed to Abram. 3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had. been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai; s Pr. 21.1. 4 Unto the place of the altar, c which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called d on the name of the LORD. (CHAP. 13.) a ch. 12.9.&c. b ch.24.35. AND Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all d Ps.116.17. that he had, and Lot with him, in the south. a 145.18. 2 And Abram was very rich, b in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east and they separated o themselves the one from the other. 1 Sam.2.7. Job 1.10. Ps.112.3. Pr.3.9.10. 10.22. Mat.6.33. 1 ch.12.7.8. Ps. 42.1,2. 81.10. e ch.36.7. f ch.31.30. g Phi.2.14. Heb. 12.14. men, brethren. h ch.11.27. i ch.20.15. 5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and m ch.2. 10. tents. Is.51.3. Joel 2.3. 6 And the land was not able e to bear them, that they might dwell n ch.14.2. together: for their substance was o Pr.27.10. great, so that they could not dwell together. 1Pet.3.8-12. ch. 19.25. 1 Juo.2.15. 7 And there was a strife between 2 ch.18.20. the herdmen of Abram's cattle and Eze.16.49. 2 Pet.2.7,8. the herdmen of Lot's cattle and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled fthen in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife,g I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be 1 brethren. h q ch.12.7. 2 plains. r ch.35.27. 2 9 Is not the whole land before i thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me if 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. 19 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that ech.15.20. it was well watered every where, f Jos. 12.4. before the LORD destroyed / Sodom g De.2. 10,20. and Gomorrah, even as the garden mor, the of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. n c ch.19.22. d Deut.3.17. Jos.3.16. plain of Kiria thaim. or, plain of Paran. Abram removeth to Mamre. 13 But the men of Sodom wer wicked, and sinners p before the LORD exceedingly. h ch.21.21. Nu. 12.16. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his i 2 Ch.20.2. tent toward Sodom. 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 q 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. (CHAP. 14.) 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. Is. 11.11. Hos. 11.8. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Deut.29.23. Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote e the Rephaims fin Ashteroth Karnain, and g the Zuzinus in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, which is c Zoar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, d which is the salt sea. 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto 2El-paran, h 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 i in Hazezon-tamar. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zebolim, and the king of Bela, (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; B. C. 1918. GENESIS, XV.` His seed's servitude foretold. the of the LORD came unto Abram is a a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy e shield, and thy exceeding d great reward. Abram smiteth invaders. 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 slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled k to the mountain. k ch. 19. 17, 30. 15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and o smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 1 ch.13.12. 1 Tim.6.9. 3 or, led forth. 4 or, in- n De.34.1. 8, 18. 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 91 Sam. 18.6. 8 Heb.7.1. 12 And they took Lot, Abram's u Mic.6.6. Ps. 24.1. unto Dan. ch.21.33. a 1Ti.5.18. c De.33.29. 91.4. 16 And he brought back p all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 17 T And the king of Sodom q 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 r dale. 18 And s Melchizedek king of Sa-d lem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the t priest of the most high u God. 119.114. Ga.3.6. Ja.2.23. ch. 12.1. m Ju.6.17. 2K1.20.8. 2 And Abram said, Lord GOL. what wilt thou give me, seeing I go e 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, one born in my house f 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 gown bowels shall be thine heir. Luke 1.18. 19. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, h if thou be able to number them. And he said unto him, i So shall thy seed be. Pr. 30.5. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Is.56.5. 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he k Ro.4.3,6,&c 12 And when the sun was going gave him w tithes of all. down, a deep sleep p fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the 5persons, and take the goods to thyself. o Le.1.17. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the y possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That z I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and P ch.2.21. that I will not take any thing that Job 4.13. is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: 24 Save only that which the youngs Ex.12.36. men have eaten, and the portion of 18.26.12. Ex.12.40. r Ex.6.6. 9 9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took unto him all these, and divided n them in the midst, and laid each piece oue against another: but o the birds divided he not. 11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. 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 q them four hundred years; 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will Ir judge: and afterward shall they come out with great s substance. 15 And thou shalt go to thy fa thers in peace; thou shalt be bu |