Canaan is premised. souls that tliey had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. 6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite ivas then in the land. < 7 ^J And the Lord appeared u*to Abram, and said, Unto thy scdd will I give this land: 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, and pitched his tent, /tailing 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. 9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. 10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine <wai grievous in the land. Ii And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I knowthat thou art a fair woman to look upon: Ii Therefore it (hall come to pass, when the Egyptians sliall fee thee, that they lhall fay, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will lave thee alive. 15 Say, I pray thee, thouarf my sister: that it may be well with me for thy fake; and my foul lhall live because of thee. 1+ And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman, that ihe ivas very fair. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had Iheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menfervants, and maidservants, and Ihe asses, and camels. 17 And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his houle with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou halt done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that ihe was thy wife? 19 Why faidst thou. She is my sister? fo I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. 10 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. GENESIS Abram and Lot disagree. CHAP. XIII. 1 Abram and Lot return out os Egypt. 7 By disagreement they part asunder. 14. Old's promise renewed to Abram. AND Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. z And Abram nvas very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 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; 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, lnd the herd men of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and thePcrizzite dwelled then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou ivilt 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 the plain of Jordan, that it ivas well watered every where, before the Lor D destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lor D, like the land ofEgypt, asthou comestunto Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. 11 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched /»'.(tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom ivere wicked and sinners before the Lord ex. ccedingly. 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 cumber the dull of the earth, then (li.-ill thy seed also be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land, in the length of it and in the breadth ot" it: for I will give it unto thee. 18 Then Abrarn removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain ot' Mamie, which i-r in Hebron, and built there an alur unto the Lord. CHAP. XIV. 1 Tie battle as the Hags, it Lot taken, 1 + is refine J bj Abrant. 18 MeUhiz.eJek blejseth Abram, 20 "jcho giveth htm tithes. AND it crane to pal's in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ella far, Chedorlaomer king of EUin, and Tidal king ot nations; 1 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birlha king of Gomoirah.Shinahkingof Adinah,and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, anil the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale us Siddim, which is the (alt sea. 4 Twrlve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that iverc with Vwn, ami smote the Rephaims in Aslitetoth Kamarm, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Eminis in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unfoEt-par an, which (\r by the wilderness. ? And they returned and came to Enmiftpat, which uKadeili,andfmote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorite>, that dwelt in Hnzezon-tamar. t And there went out the king ot' Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Adinah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king ot" Bela (the fame »• Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in die vale of Siddim; 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elan, and withTidalkingof nations ,and Amnrhrl king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kinq;s with five. 10 And the vale ot" Siddim ocas full of traiepiu; ant! the kings of Sodom and Gomcrrah fled, and fell there; and they fiat remained fled to the mountain. :i And thty took all the goods ot Sodem and Gomorrah, and alltheir victual;, and went their way. its And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodbm, and his good*, and departed. 13 And triere came one that had escaped, -md told Abram the Hebrew; for he e>ckin the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brotherc-f E/hcol, and brother of Antrs and these ivcre confederate with Abram. 14'fl And when Abnim heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. 1 sAndhedividedhimscIfagainstthem, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, anil ptiiiued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand os Damascus. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought Jgain his brother Lot, ami his goods, and the women also, and the people. 17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter ot Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that iverc with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. 18 «J And Mclchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread aud wine: and he leas the priest of the most high God. 19 And he blell'ed him, and laid, Blessed be Abram of the molt high God, possessor os heaven ami earth: 10 ^[ And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine- enemies into thy hand. And lie gave him tithes of all. zi And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thylelf. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have list up mine hand unto the Lo a r>, the molt high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a Ihoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou (hnuldest say, I have made Abram rich: 2+ Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Klhcol, aud Mamre; let them take their portion. C H A P. XV. 1 Abram is encourage J. 4 A sou ispromised'. ft He is justified by faith. 7 Canaan is promise.I again. AFTER these things the word of the Lor D came unto Abraminavidon, saying, Fearnot, Abram : I .-rnthy shield, and thy exceeding greut reward. 2 And Abram laid, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, feeing I go childless, and the steward of my houle is this Eiiezer of Demascus? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: aud, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 4 flAnd, behold, the word of the Lord camt unto him, saying. This slia.ll not be thine heir; but Ue that shall come forth outofthineowu bowels shall be thine heir. S And c And hebrought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the (tars, if thou be able to number them: and hesaid unto him, Somali thysced be. 6 f And he believed in the Lord; and lie counted" it to him for righteousness. 7 q And he said unto him, I am the I Orb that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said, Lord God, whereby fhiiH I know that I shall inherit it? n And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat r>f three years old, and a ram ot three years old, and a turtle dov«, and a young pigeon. io And he took unto him all these, aud divided them in the midst, and laid eich piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. i T And when thefowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. i z And when the fun was going down, R deep Sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an honor of great darkness fell upon him. 15 And he said unto Abram, Know os a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land t/wt is not theirs, and lhall serve them; and they (hall afflict them sour hundred years; ,4 And allb that nation, whom they shall serve, will I iudge: and afterward fti ill they come out with great substance. 15 And thou (halt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. . 16 But in the fourth generation they (hall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. 17 And it came to pals, that when the fim went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that palled between those pieces. 18 la the fame 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 Komzzites, and the Kadmonites, 10 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, z 1 And the Amorites, and the CanaanitesandtheGirgafhites,andtheJebusites. CHAP. XVI. j Sarai ginietk Hagar to Abram, 6 nvho flying from her mistress, 9 is sent back by an angel. '5 Ishmacl is born. _ XT ow Sarai Abram'swite bare him no .LN children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name ivtu Hagar. 2 And Sarai saM unto Abrarn, Belli now, the Lor D hath restrained me fr< bearing: I pray thee go in unto i maid; it may be that I may obt; children by her. And Abrara hearken to the voice of Sarai. 3 .And Sarai Abram's w ife took Hag her maid the Egyptian, after Abram b dwelt ten years in the kind of Canaa and gave her to her husband Abram be his wife. 4 And he went in unto Hagar, ar (heconceived: and when (he saw that si had conceived, her mistress was despise in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, M wrong be upon thee: I have given ni maid into thy bosom; and when she sa1 that (he had conceived, I was despised i her eyes: the Lord judge between in and thee. 6 «J But Abram said unto Sarai, Ee hold, thy maid is in thy hand; do' to he as it pleafeth thee. And when Sara dealt hardly with her, she fled frou her face. 7 And the angel of the Lo R D found hei by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. _ 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence earnest thou? and whither will thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. 9 fj And the angel of the Lor D said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 10 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it lhall not be numbered for multitude. 11 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmacl; because the Lord Jiath heard thy affliction. 11 And he will be a wild man; his hand will it*againstevcry man, and every man's hand against him: and he (hall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of the LorD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for 'he said, Have I also here looked after hr - that seeth me? 14. Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadalh and Bered. 15 «y Ancf Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. 16 And Abram was fourscere and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmacl to Abram. ■CHAP. The ctvnaxt renewed. CHAP. XVII. I The cFrevant is renewed. 5 Abram" s next changed. 10 Ciratmcijin is in/fimiid. 16 Isaac is promised. AND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared :o Abram, and said unto hhn, s am the AJmighty God; walk before me, and bt thou perfect. * Aral I will make my covenant betwwn me and thee, and will multiply thn exceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, faying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. j ^ Neither (hall thy name any more be called Abram: but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations hive I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee; and kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after tbee, in their generations, for an everlairing covenant; to be a God unto thee, aad to thy feed after thee. i And I will give unto thee, and to tbr feed after thee, the land wherein tbim art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and 1 will be their God. 9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou fiialt keep my covenant therefore, thou, arid thy seed aster thee, in their generations. 10 f This is my covenant, which ye fcall keep between me and you, and thy seed after thee; every man child among you shall be circumcised. Ji And ve shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token rf the covenant betwixt me and you. 1; And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man ciaid myourgenerations; he that is born ~- tie house, or bought with money of 2.7 ftrmger, which » not of thy seed. /r He that is born in thy house, and bt {im is bought with thy money, must ntnij be circumcised: and my covenant fta3 be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14- And the uncircumcisedjnan child whose flesh of his forelkin is not circumcised, that foul shall be cut off from hij people; he hath broken my covenant. 15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her rii.xe Sarai, but Sarah /hail her name be. Chap, xviii. Isaac is promised. 16 «J And I will bless her, and give" thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and (he shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and laid 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? iS And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife lhall 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. 10 And as for Iflimael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful,and will multiplyhim exceedingly: twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 11 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 lest off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. . 13 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 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. »6 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Iflimael his son. 17 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger were circumcised with him. CHAP. XVIII. 1 Abraham enltrtainelh three angels. 9 Sa. rah'slaughter. 17 Sodom''sdejiruilion revealed to Abraham. 23 His hiterccjsion. AND the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he fat iif the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: an4 when he hvr thrm, 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 a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and res£ yourselves under the treet B 5 And Abraham entertaineth thrtt angels. GENESIS tie interctdeth for Sodom, 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye mall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou baft said. 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. 8 And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. 9 ^f And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife (hall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah inert old, andweti stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the mannerof women. i ^Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 13 And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? 14 Is anything too hard for the Lo R O .' At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah (hall have a son. 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laugh ed not} for (he was afraid. And he laid, Nay; but thou didst laugh. 16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 17 fl And the Lo R D said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; ii Seeing that Abraham dial! surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth (hall be blessed in him? 19 For I know him, that he will command his children, and his houfhold after him, and they (hall keep the way:of the Lo R D , to do justice and judgement; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. so And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin it very grievous; *i I will go down now, and see wbe to the cry of it, which b come un: me; and if not, I will know. ss And the men turned their face from thence, and went toward Sodom but Abraham stood yet before the Lo R. o 13 fl And Abraham drew near, a i, said, Wilt thou also destroy the righ teous with the wicked? 14. Peradventure there be fifty righ teous within the city: wilt thou also de flroy and not (pare the place for th fifty righteous that are therein? 25 That be far from thee to do afte this manner, to (lay the righteous wit the wicked: and that the righteous (houl be as the wicked, that be far from thee Shall not the Judge of all the earth d right? 16 And the Lor D said, If I find in So dom fifty righteous within the city, the; I will spare all the place for their lakes 27 And Abraham answered and said Behold now, I have taken upon me t< speak unto the Lo R D , which am but d us and allies: 2$ Peradventure there (hall lack flvi of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack o/'sive? And he said If I find there forty and five, I will uo destroy it. 29 And he spake unto him yet again and said,' Peradventure therestiall b< forty found there. And he said, I wil not do it for forty's fake. 30 And he said unto him, Oh let no the Lord be angry, and I will speak Peradventure there (hall thirty be fount there. And he said, I will not do it, i I find thirty there. 31 And lie said, Behold now, I havi taken upon me to speak unto the Lo R D Peradventure there (hall be twenty fount there. And he said, I will not deslroj it for twenty's fake. 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lo R t be angry, and I will speak yet but thii once: Peradventure ten (hall be fount there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's (ake. 33 And the Lo* D went bis way, ai soon as he had left communing wit! Abraham: and Abraham returned unt< his place. CHAP. XIX. 1 Lot entertaineth tivo angels. 24 Sodon and Gomorrah destroyed. 26 Lot's <wifi fvnijhed. 31 His incest. AND there came two angels to Sodon at even; and Lot fat in the gate ol Sodom: and Lot feeing them, rose up tc meet them; and he bowed himself witi tb»r they have dene altogether according I his face toward the ground; , And |