son's son, and Sarai his daughter- f9 And Abram journeyed, going in-law, his son Abram's wife; and on still toward the south. they went forth with them from g 10 And there was a famine Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the in the land: and Abram went land of Canaan; and they came down into Egypt to sojourn there; unto Haran, and dwelt there. for the famine was grievous in the land. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. f11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: 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. u 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. families of the earth be blessed. g 14 And it came to pass, that c 4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him, and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. g 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; and into the land of Canaan they came. g 6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. d 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. 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: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. f 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels. 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and 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? u 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. A CHAP. XIII. ND Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. f2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. g3 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; d 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. f5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. g 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. c 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD, exceedingly. 6 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. 6 16 And I will make the dust of the earth man can number the thy seed as so that if a dust of the 6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell earth, then shall thy seed also be together: for their substance was numbered. great, so that they could not dwell 6 17 Arise, walk through the land together. in the length of it and in the p7 And there was a strife between breadth of it; for I will give it unthe herdmen of Abram's cattle and to thee. the herdmen of Lot's cattle and g 18 Then Abram removed his the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hec 8 And Abram said unto Lot, bron, and built there an altar unto Let there be no strife, I pray thee, the LORD. between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; g for we be brethren. A CHAP. XIV. ND it came to pass, in the davs of Amraphel king of 9 Is not the whole land before Shinar. Arioch king of Ellasar, thee? Separate thyself, I pray Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and thee, from me: if thou wilt take Tidal king of nations; 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. g 2 That these made war with g 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, that it was well watered every g3 All these were joined together where, before the LORD destroy- in the vale of Siddim, which is the ed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as salt sea. the garden of the LORD, like the f4 Twelve years they served land of Egypt, as thou comest un- Chedorlaomer and in the thirteenth to Zoar. น 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed cast: and they separated themselves the one from the other. year they rebelled. and the Zuzims in Ham, and the brother Lot, and his goods, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, women also, and the people. 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness. g7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Shaveh, which is the king's dale. Amalekites, and also the Amorites, g 18 And Melchizedek king of that dwelt in Hazezontamar. Salem brought forth bread and f8 And there went out the king wine: and he was the priest of of Sodom, and the king of Gomor- the most high God. rah, and the king of Admah, and 6 19 And he blessed him, and said, the king of Zeboiim, and the king Blessed be Abram of the most high of Bela, (the same is Zoar;) and God, possessor of heaven and they joined battle with them in the earth: vale of Siddim; 20 And blessed be the most high 9 With Chedorlaomer the king God, which hath delivered thine of Elam, and with Tidal king of enemies into thy hand. And he nations, and Amraphel king of gave him tithes of all. Shinar, and Aroch king of Ellasar; 6 21 And the king of Sodom said four kings with five. unto Abram, Give me the persons, 10 And the vale of Siddim was and take the goods to thyself. full of slime-pits; and the kings c 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and of Sodom, I have lifted up my fell there and they that remain- hand unto the LORD, the most ed fled to the mountain. high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, g 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods and departed. f 13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eschol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest though shouldst 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, Eschol, and Mam re; let them take their portion. CHAP. XV. AFTER othese things the g 14 And when Abram heard that word of the LORD came his brother was taken captive, he unto Abram in a vision, saying, armed his trained servants, born Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, in his own house, three hundred and thy exceeding great reward. and eighteen, and pursued them f 2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, unto Dan. what wilt thou give me, seeing I g 15 And he divided himself go childless, and the steward of against them, he and his servants my house is this Eliezer of Daby night, and smote them, and pur- mascus? sued them unto Hobah, which is 3 And Abram said, Behold, to on the left hand of Damascus. f 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his me thou hast given no seed: and lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 1*4 And behold, the word of the they shall come hither again: for LORD came unto him, saying, the iniquity of the Amorites is not This shall not be thine heir; but yet full. he that shall come forth out of m 17 And it came to pass, that thine own bowels shall be thine when the sun went down, and it heir. was dark, behold a smoking fur 5 And he brought him forth nace, and a burning lamp that passabroad, and said, Look now toward ed between those pieces. heaven, and tell the stars, if thoug 18 In that same day the LORD be able to number them and he made a covenant with Abraham, said unto him, So shall thy seed saying, Unto thy seed have I given be. c6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for right cousness. g7 And he said 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 said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? 9 And he said unto him, Take me 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. f 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. 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 Rephaims, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. N CHAP. XVI. OW Sarai, Abraham's wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmad, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 And 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. 11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram u 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took drove them away. Hagar her maid the Egyptian, afv 12 And when the sun was go-ter Abram had dwelt ten years in ing down, a deep sleep fell upon the land of Canaan, and gave her Abram; and lo, a horror of great to her husband Abram to be his darkness fell upon him. wife. 13 And he said unto Abram, f41 And he went in unto Ha 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; 14 And also that nation whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 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 gar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in ber eyes. 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 bad conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. f 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And between me and thee, and will when Sarai dealt hardly with her, multiply thee exceedingly. she fled from her face. c 3 And Abram fell on his face m71 And the angel of the LORD and God talked with him, sayfound her by a fountain of water ing, in the wilderness, by the fountain 4 As for me, behold, my covein the way to Shur. nant is with thee, and thou shalt 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's be a father of many nations. maid, whence camest thou? and in 5 Neither shall thy name any whither wilt thou go? And she more be called Abram; but thy said, I flee from the face of my name shall be Abraham; for a mistress Sarai. father of many nations have I made thee. 9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee; and kings shall come out of thee. 67 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and r10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.) thy seed after thee, in their gene11 And the angel of the LORD rations, for an everlasting covesaid unto her, Behold, thou art nant; to be a God unto thee, and with child, and shalt bear a son, to thy seed after thee. and shalt call his name Ishmael; g 8 And I will give unto thee, and because the LORD hath heard thy to thy seed after thee, the land affliction. wherein thou art a stranger, all *12 And he will be a wild man; the land of Canaan, for an everhis hand will be against every lasting possession; and I will be man, and every man's hand against their God. him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 1 13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? g 14 Wherefore the well was f 151 And Hagar bare Abram a ND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. d 91 And God said unto Abra- 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 circumcis b 2 And I will make my covenantled: and my covenant shall be in |