7 Now therefore restore the man his Sarah as he had spoken. wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and Abraham a son in his old age, at the if thou restore her not, know thou that set time of which God had spoken to thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their cars: and the men were sore afraid.

3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? 6 And Sarah said, God hath made thou hast done deeds unto me that me to laugh, so that all that hear will ought not to be done.

laugh with me.

10 And Abimelech said unto Abra-1 7 And she said, Who would have said ham, What sawest thou, that thou unto Abraham, that Sarah should have hast done this thing? given children suck? for I have bora

11 And Abraham said, Because I him a son in his old age. thought, Surely the fear of God is not 8 And the child grew, and was wean in this place; and they will slay meled: and Abraham made a great feast

for my wife's sake.

12 And yet indeed she is my sister; che is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

the same day that Isaac was weaned. 9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagan the Egyptian, which she had boru unto Abraham, mocking.

13 And it came to pass, when God e used me to wander from my father's her son: for the son of this bond

10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bond-woman and woman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither we shell come, say of me, He is mylin Abraham's sight, because of his brotber.

11 And the thing was very grievous

sou.

147 And Abimelech took sheep, and 12 And God said unto Abraham, Le: oxen, and men ervants, and women- it not be grievous in thy sight, because servants, and gave them unto Abra- of the lad, and because of thy bond ham, and restored him Sarah his wife. woman; in all that Sarah hath said 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my unto thee, hearken unto her voice: land is before thee: dwell where it for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. pleaseth thee.

16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bare children.

18 For the Lonn had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abime lech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

13 And also of the son of the bond woman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, (put ting it on her shoulder,) and the child, and sent her away; and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child underom of the shrubs.

16 And she went, and sat her dow

Abimelech's conenant

with Abraham. over against him, a good way off, as it | Beer-sheba; because there they sware were a bow-shot; for she said, Let both of them.

me not see the death of the child. And 32 Thus they made a covenant at she sat over against him, and lifted up Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up,

her voice, and wept.

17 And God heard the voice of the lad: and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the naine of the LORD, the everlasting God.

34 And Abraham sojourned in the
many days.
CHAP. XXIL

18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand: for I will make him a Philistines' land ma great nation.

Athine, Cmt Goddes

19 And God opened her eyes, and she ND it came to pass, after these saw a well of water: and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

ham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the hund of Moriah; and offer hiin there for a burntoffering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

22 And it came to pass at that time, 31 And Abraham rose up early in that Abimelech, and Phichol the chief the morning, and saddled his ass, and captain of his host, spake unto Abra- took two of his young inen with him, ham, saying, God is with thee in all and Isaac his sos, and clave the wood hat thou dorst. for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and 23 Now therefore swear unto ine here went unto the place of which God had by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely told him.

with me, nor with my son, nor with 4 Then on the third day Abraham my son's son: but according to the lifted up his eyes, and saw the place kindness that I have done unto thee, afar ofl. thou shalt do unto me, and to the land 5 Aud Abraham said unto his young wherein thou hast sojourned. men, Abide ye here with the ass, and 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. I and the lad will go yonder and wor25 And Abraham reproved Abime-ship, and come again to you lech because of a well of water, which 6 And Abraham took the wood of Abimelech's servants had violently the burnt-offering, and laid it upon taken away. Isaac bis son: and he took the fire in

26 And Abimelech said, I wot not his hand, and a knife: and they went who hath done this thing; neither both of them together. didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham Iss of it, but to-day. father, and said, My father: and be

27 And Abraham took sheep and said, Here am 1, my son. And he said, oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech: Behold the fire and the wood; but and both of them made a covenant. where is the lamb for a burnt-offering? 28 And Abraham fet seven ewe-lambs 8 And Abraham said, My son, God of the tlock by themselves. will provide himself a lainb for a 29 And Abimelech said unto Abra- burut-offering: so they went both of ham, What mean these seven ewe-them together. lambs, which thou hast set by them-9 And they came to the place which Belves? God had told him of: and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

30 And he said, For these seren ewelambs shalt thou take of my hand, that in order; and bound Isaac his son, they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

31 Wlicrefore he called that place 10 And Abraham stretched forth his

GENESIS.

Sarah's death

Abraham offereth Isaac. hand, and took the knife to slay his were the years of the life of Sarah 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba 11 And the angel of the LORD call- the same is Hebron in the land of Ca ed unto him out of heaven, and said, naan: and Abraham came to mourn Abraham, Abraham. And he said, for Sarah, and to weep for her. Here am I.

311 And Abrahain stood up from be12 And he said, Lay not thy hand fore his dead, and spake unto the sons upon the lad, neither do thou any thing of Heth, saying,

unto him: for now I know that thou 4 1 am a stranger and a sojourner searest God, seeing thou hast not with-with you: give me a possession of a held thy son, thine only son, from me. burying-place with you, that I may 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, bury my dead out of my sight, and looked, and, behold, behind him 5 And the children of Heth answera ram caught in a thicket by his horns: ed Abraham, saying unto him, and Abraham went and took the ram, 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a and offered him up for aburnt-oflering mighty prince among us; in the choice in the stead of his son.

of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none

14 And Abraham called the name of of us shall withhold from thee his that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

16T And the angel of the Lord call ed unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord; for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son;

17 'That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies:

18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

thy dead.

7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

8 And he communed with them, say. ing, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he bath, which is in the end of his field: for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me, for a possession of a burying-place among you.

10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth. And Epliron the Hittite answered Abrahan, in the

19 So Abrahain returned unto his audience of the children of Heth, even young men; and they rose up, and of all that went in at the gate of his went together to Beer-sheba: and city, saying,

Abrabam dwelt at Beer-sheba.

11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field

20 i And it came to pass, after these give I thee, and the cave that is therethings, that it was told Abraham, say-in, I give it thee; in the presence of ing, Behold, Milcah, she hath also the sons of my people give I it thee: born children unto thy brother Nabor; bury thy dead.

21 Huz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nalior, Abraham's brother.

24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. СНАГ. ХΧΙΙΙ.

12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

13 And he spake unto Ephron, in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou will give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,

15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and

ND Sarah was a hundred and
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Leeven and twenty years old: these thee? bury therefore thy dead.

Journey of CHAP. XXIV. Abraham's servant. 16 And Abranam hearkened unto be clear from this my oath: only bring Ephron; and Abraham weighed to not my son thither again. Ephron the silver, which he had 9 And the servant put his hand under named in the audience of the sons of the thigh of Abraham his master, and Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, sware to him concerning that inatter. current money with the merchant. 10 And the seryant took ten camels, 17 And the field of Ephron, which of the camels of his master, and dewas in Machpelab, which was before parted; (for all the goods of his mas

Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure 18 Unto Abraham for a possession, in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

ter were in his hand;) and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

11 And he made his canels to kneel down without the city by a well of' water, at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw

water.

19 11 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field master Abraham, I pray thee, send

of Machpelah, before Mamre the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham, for a possession of a burying place, by the sons of Heth.

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CHAP XXIV.

ND Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh;

12 And he said, O LORD God of my me good speed this day, and show kindness ulto my master Abraham. 13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the mer of the city come out to draw water. 14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master. 151 And it came to pass, before he

3 And I will make thee swear by the had done speaking, that, belhold, Re LORD, the God of heaven, and the God bekah came out, who was born to of the earth, that thou shalt not take a Bethuel, son of Mileah, the wife of wife unto my son of the daughters of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with ber the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: pitener upon her shoulder.

4 But thou shalt go unto my coun- 16 And the damsel was very fair to try, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land : must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? 6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou, that thou bring not my son thither again.

7 The LORD God of heaven which took me from my father's house, and

look upon, a virgan; neither had any man known her: and she went dowi: to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hastened, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water

from the land of my kindred, and for thy camels also, until they have

which spake unto me, and that sware uuto me, saying, Unto thy seed will 1 give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thonce.

3 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt

done drinking.

20 And she hasted and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

21 And the man, wondering at her, held his peace, to wit whether the

GENESIS.

35 And the Lord hath blessed my put the ear-ring upon her face, and the master greatly, and he is become great: bracelets upon her hands. and he hath given him flocks, and 48 And I bowed down my head, and herds, and silver, and gold, and men- worshipped the LORD, and blessed the servants, and maid-servants, and cam- LORD God of iny master Abraham, els, and asses. | which had led me in the right way to