Lot and Abram separate,

4 Unto the place of the altar, c which he had made there at the ich.20.15. first: and there Abram called d on k 1Pet.3.8-12. the name of the LORD.

/ ch.19.25.

1 Jno.2.15.

5And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and m ch.2.10.

tents.

6 And the land was not able e to

Is.51.3.

Joel 2.3.

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.

Pch. 18.20.

7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and Eze. 16.49. the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and 2 Pet.2.7,8. the Canaanite and the Perizzite q ch.12.7. dwelled fthen in the land. 2 plains.

r ch.36.27.

S And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife,g I pray thee, between me and thee, and between (CHAP. 14.) my herdmen and thy herdmen; for a ch.11.2. we be 1 brethren. h

i

9 is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, b 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. k

Is. 11.11.
Zec.5.11

Deut.29.23.

Hos. 11.8.

c ch.19.22. d Deut.3. 17. Jos.3. 16,

10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that e ch.15.20. it was well watered every where, f Jos. 12.4. efore the LORD destroyed 1 Sodom g De.2.10,20. and Gomorrah, even as the gardenm 1 or, the of the LORD, like the land of Egypt,

as thon comest unto Zoar. n

11 Then Lot chose him all the

plain of Kiria

thaim

plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed 2 or, plain

east: and they separated o them

selves the one from the other.

of Paran.

12 Abram dwelled in the land of h ch.21.21. Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the ci

Nu. 12.16.

es of the plain, and pitched his i2 Ch.20.2.

test toward Sodom.

13 But the men of Sodom wers wicked, and sinners p before the LORD exceedingly.

14 And the LORD said unto A-. bram, 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.

17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the 2 plain of Mamre, r which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

CHAPTER XIV.

1 The battle of the kings. 12 Lot taken. 14 Is rescued by Abram. 18 Melchisedek blesseth Abram, who giveth him tithes.

ND it came to pass in the days Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedoriaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, b and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is c Zoar.

3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, d which is the salt sea.

4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

5 And in the fourteenth year came

Chedorlaomer, and the kings that

were with him, and smote e the Rephaims fin Ashteroth Karnaim, and g the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

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 Adinah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim.

30.

I ch.13.12.
Nu. 16.26.

1 Tim.6.9. m ch.13.18. 3 or, led forth.

4 or, in-
structed.
n De.34.1.
o Is.41.2,3.
1 Sam.30.
8, 18.

91 Sam. 18.6.
2Sam. 18. 18.
s Heb.7.1.
t Ps. 110.4.
Heb.5.6.
7.3,11.

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. 13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; m for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Esncol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he Sarmed his 4trained servants, born w He.7.1-10. in his own house, three hundred souls. and eighteen, and pursued them nx Ex.6.8.

unto Dan.

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.

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 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 Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the t priest of the most high u God.

u Mie.6.6. v ver.22. Ps.24.1.

50.10.

y ver. 19. ch.21.33.

z Est.9.15, 16.

a 1Ti.5.18. (CHAP. 15.) a ch.46.2. Num.12.6.

Dan.10.1.

Ac.10.11,22. b Lu.1.13. c De.33.29. Ps.3.3. 84.11. 91.4.

119.114. Pr.30.5. d Ps.142.5.

La.3.24.

He.13.5. e ch.30.1.

Is.56.5.

19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high Ac.7.5. God, v possessor of heaven and f Pr.29.21. earth: g ch.17.16. De.1.10.

20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him w tithes of all.

21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the 5persons, and take the goods to thyself. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, 1 x 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

He.11.12. i Ro.4.18.

k Ro.4.3,6,&c

Ga.3.6. Ja.2.23. 7 ch.12.1. m Ju.6.17.

2Ki.20.8.

Luke 1.18. In Jer.34.18,

o Le.1.17.

19.

1Sa.26.12. Job 4.13.

thread even to a shoelatchet, and P ch.2.21. that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I q Ex.12.40. have made Abram rich:

Ex.6.6.

24 Save only that which the youngs Ex.12.36. men have eaten, and the portion of

His seed's servituac foretold. the men which went with me Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. a

4 A son

CHAPTER XV. 1 Abram is encouraged. promised: 6 he is justified by faith 7Canaan is agam promised.

FTER these things the word of the LORD came into Abram in

A a a vision, saying, bFear not, Abram: I am thy c shield, and thy exceeding d great reward.

2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, 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 ƒ 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.

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.

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

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

8 And he said, Lord GOD, m where by shall I know that I shall inherit it?

9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, anc, 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 one against another: but o the birds divided he not.

11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep p fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

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 g 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

Abram's vision.

ried in a good old age. t

16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: fort ch.25.8. the iniquity of the Amorites is not Job 5.26. yet u full. u Mat.23.32. 1Th.2.16. 1 a lamp of fire. (CHAP. 16.)

17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and la burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

a ch.21.9.

Gal.4.24.

ch.30.3,9. c ch.20.18. be builded by her.

18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, say-d ing, 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 Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20 And the Hittites, and the Penzzites, and the Rephaims, 21 And the Amorites, and the Ca-2 naanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

e 1 Sa, 1.6,8.

Pr.30.23. fch.31.53.

ISa.24.15.

2Ch.24.22. g 1 Pet.3.7.

that which is good in thine eyes. 3 aflicted her.

h ch.25.18.

i 1 Pet.2.18.

m

i. e. God shall hear. k ch.21.20. l ch.25.18.

2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD c hath re-m Pr.5.21. strained me from bearing: I pray si. e. the well thee, d go in unto my maid; it may be that I may lobtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

of him that liveth and seeth me.

(CHAP.17.)

a ch.18.14. Ex.6.3. Da.4.35. Eph.3.20. ch.48.15.

3 And Sarai, Abram's 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.b 4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was e despised in her 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 had conceived, Ic ch.9.9. was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge f between me and thee.

6 But Abram said unto Sarai, g Behold, thy maid is in thy hand do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai 3dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

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

8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, 1 flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress. and submit thyself under her

1 Ki.2.4. 2 Ki.20.3. or, upright or, sincere. ch.6.9.

De. 18.13.
Job 1.1.

Ps. 105.8,11. Gal.3,17,18. d ch.13.16.

22.17. 2 multitude

of nations. e Neh.9.7. 3 i. e. father of a great multitude. Rom.4.17. g ver. 16,20. ch.35.11. h ch.28.13. Lev.26.12. Heb.11.16. of thy sojournings. i ch.48.4.

De.32.8.

Ishmael's destiny.

10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, 1 will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall 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 4Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

12 And he will be a wild k man his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou m God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

14 Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 T And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

CHAPTER XVII.

1 The covenant is renewed. 5 Abram's name changed. 10 Circumcision instituted. 16 Isaac promised.

years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, a I am the Almighty God; b walk before me, and be thou 1perfect.

2 And I will make my c covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

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

4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt bed a father of 2many nations.

5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but e thy name shall be 3 Abraham; for fa father of many nations have I made thee.

6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make g nations of thee, and kings shall conie out of thee.

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

8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land 4wherein thou art a stranger, ali the land of Canaan, for an everlasting i possession; and I will be

sara's name changed. their God. k

9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

Ex.6.7. Jer.24.7. Eze.37.28. Rev.21.3.

10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every 1 Ac.7.8. man child among you shall be circumcised.

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 m in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

Rom.4.11.

sa son of eight days.

m Ex. 12.44.

n Ex.4.24. Jos.5.2,&c.

i. e. Prin

cess.

7 she shall become

nations.

13 He that is born in thy house, o ch.18.10. and he that is bought with thy mo- | ney, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised man child, whose flesh of his foreskin is P ch.18.12. not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off n from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

15 T And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

16 And I will bless her, o and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will

21.6.

q ch.25.13,

&c.

r ch.21.2.

Abraham circumcisca. his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male anong the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their fore skin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

24 And Abraham was ninety "cars 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.

26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised and Ishmael his son.

27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

CHAPTER XVIII.

1 Abraham entertaineth three angels. 17 Sodom's destruction revealed to Abraham: 23 his intercession.

ND the LORD appeared unto

A him in the a plains of Mamre

and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

2 And he lift up his eyes and look. ed, and, lo, three men b stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

3 And said, My Lord, if now have found favour in thy sight,

ther of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

a ch.13.18.

14.13.

17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, p and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto b ch.19.1. nim that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

c Heb. 13.2. 1 Pét.4.9.

d ch.43.24.

19 And God said, Saral thy wife 1 stay. shall 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.

2

ye have passed.

3 hasten.

20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, e Ju.5.25. and will multiply him exceedingly; 7 twelve princes shall he beget. and I will make him a great nation. f ver. 14. 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time ring ch.17.19, the next year.

2 Ki.4.16.

22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

21. Rom.9.9. Gal.4.23.

23 And Abraham tock Ismael

thy servant :

4 Let a little d water, I pray you be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts after that ye shall pass on: for therefore 2 are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, 3Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cake? upon the hearth.

7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender aud good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

8 And he took butter, e 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 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 theef according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah g thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah