Descendants of Shem. Terah's Family. Abram with Lot goes to Canaan. Abram sojourns in Egypt. Deceives Pharaoh lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. Josh. 24. 2 ver. 31; ch. 12. 4 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: 17 and Eber lived after he begat Peleg ch. 16. 1 four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: 19 and Peleg lived after he begat Reu 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 daughters. 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 "Terah: 25 and Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. 26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died e d before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 And Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. Now Jehovah said unto 12 Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee: 2 and I will make of thee a great nation, and 'I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and "be A ch. 16. 7; 18. 18 I ch. 22. 17 m Zech. 8. 13 " ch. 27. 29 P ch. 11. 27, 31 : thou a blessing: 3 and "I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 4 So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of k ch. 17. 4, 5; Haran. 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. 6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the 1oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And Jehovah *appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this 15. 18; Gal. land: and there builded he "an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah. 9 And Abram journeyed, going on ch. 13. 1,3; still toward the South. 4 ch. 13. 6 ! ch. 17. 1; ch. 13. 15; 3. 16 "ch. 13. 18; * Josh. 8. 9, 12 ch. 4. 20; 20. 1; 24. 62 a ch. 26. 7; b ch. 20. 11 10 And there was a famine in the land and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land. 11 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 and it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. ch. 20. 2, 5, 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee. 14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 15 And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 And he dealt well with Abram for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, 12 d Jer. 38. 17, ch. 20. 2 f ch. 20. 14 1 Or, terebinth 2 Heb. Negeb, the southern tract of Judah. Abram returns to Canaan. Separates from Lot. Four Kings war with Five in the Vale of Siddim ch. 12. 9 ch. 12. 5 1 ch. 36. 7 ver. 2; ch. 12. 5, 16 and men-servants, and maid-ser- a Ps. 105. 14 And Abram went up out 13 of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South. 2 And Abram was 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 Ai, 4 unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah. 5 And Lot also, who 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 herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt 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 herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we are brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before 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 take the right hand, then I will go to the left. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the "Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, "like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar. 11 So Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot 1 Or, Circle 34. 3 19. 24, 25 Dt. 3. 27; ch. 16. 10; 10 17-24 * ch. 8. 20; a ch. 10. 10; ¿ Dan. 8. 2 e ch. 10. 19 a Dt. 29. 23 ch. 13. 10 f ver. 8, 10 9 Dt. 3. 17; journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly. 14 And Jehovah 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 the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it. 18 And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah. с ย b And it came to pass in 14 the days of Amraphel king of a Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, 2 that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of d Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar). 3 All these joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same 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 Dt. 3. 11, 13 with him, and smote the " Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, 6 and the 'Horites in their mount Seir, Dt. 2. 12, 22 unto El-" paran, which is by the wilderness. 7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same Kadesh), and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and i Dt. 1. 4; k Num. 32. 37 ch. 36. 20; m ch. 21. 21; 12 " Num. 13. 26 2 Chr. 20. 2 a The Four Kings capture Lot. Abram delivers Lot. Melchizedek blesses Abram. Jehovah's Promise to Abram the king of Gomorrah, and the ted and his goods, and de h b ver. 17, 21, 22 ch. 11. 27 ch. 13. 18 A ver. 12 16 ch. 15. 2 " ver. 12, 14 O ver. 10 10 " ver. 22 * ver. 19 2 K. 5. 16 ver. 13 ver. 4; 1 S. 15. 10 b ch. 21. 17; 26. 24 eDt. 33. 29 d Num. 18. 20 ch. 14. 14 / Gal. 4. 28 13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew: now he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram. 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. 15 And 'he divided himself against them by ch. 22. 17; night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back "his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 26. 4; Dt. 5 sons, and take the goods to thyself. word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 2 And Abram said, O Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus ? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 4 And, behold, the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, "So shall thy seed be. Rom. 4. 186 And he believed in Jehovah;) and he reckoned it to him for righteousness. 7 And he said unto him, I am Jehovah that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to 'give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? 9 And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other: but the birds divided he not. 11 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. Ex. 32. 13; i Rom. 4. 3; k ch. 11. 31 ch. 13. 15, 17 m Lk. 1. 18 n ver. 17 17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh (the same is the King's Vale). 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was 'priest of ‘God Most High. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, 5" possessor of heaven and earth: 20 and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth ch. 2. 21; of all. 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the per Sarai and Hagar. Expulsion of Hagar. Birth of Ishmael. Covenant of Circumcision he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that "thy seed shall be sojourners 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 But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16 And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full. 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces. 18 In that day Jehovah 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 Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, 20 and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, 21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite. Now 'Sarai, Abram's wife, a Acts 7. 6, 17 b Dt. 5. 15 ch. 25. 8; 19 found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai. 9 And the angel of Jer. 34. 18, Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 10 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, "I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 11 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because i Ex. 23. 31; 1. 7, 8 * Ex. 3. 17; น ch. 30. 3, 4, 9, 10 Jer. 51. 35 9 ch. 31. 53 $ ch. 21. 17, t ch. 20. 1 ch. 3. 9; 1 Jehovah hath heard thy affliction. 12 And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his K. 19. 9, 13 brethren. 13 And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, a Thou art a God that seeth: for she said, Have I even here looked after him that seeth me? 14 Wherefore the well was called 6 Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. ch. 17, 20 * Ex. 3. 7, 9 * ch. 25. 18 a ch. 32. 30 16 bare him no children: and ch. 14.7 ver. 3; ch. 18. 1 e ch. 28. 3; / ch. 6. 9: i ver. 17; she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, k ch. 35. 11; Neh. 9. 7 m Rom. 4. 17 And when Abram was 17 ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 2 And I will make my 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 be the father of a multitude of nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be 9 Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make 35. 11 bver. 13, 19; Ps. 105. 9, Lev. 11. 45; Covenant of Circumcision. Birth of Isaac promised. Abraham's Household circumcised. Three Angels visit Abraham aver. 16; ch.ing covenant for his seed after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I establish with 'Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. 26. 12, 45 d Gal. 3. 16 e ch. 12. 7; 13. 15, 17 / Ex. 19. 5 nations of thee, and "kings shall Acts 7. 8 Ex. 12. 48; 36. 31 " ver. 3 ° ver. 16; 9 ch. 16. 10 18. 10, 14 t ch. 18. 33; 35. 13 22 And he left off talking with m ver. 6; ch. him, and God went up from Abraham. 23 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 ver. 19 ch. their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and "Rom. 4. 11 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, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him. u ch. 14. 14 * ch. 16. 16 9 And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed P ch. 26. 2-5 after thee throughout their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 And "ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And he that is 'eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner that is not of thy seed. 13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. 15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but 1 Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee 'a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham "fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 18 And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee! 19 And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name 2 Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlast y ch. 12. 7; a ch. 13. 18; ch. 32. 24; Josh. 5. 13; Judg. 13. 6-11 ch. 19. 2; 24. 32; 43. 24 18 An And Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, ver. 16, 22; lo, three "men stood over against him and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth, 3 and said, 'My lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4 let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: 5 and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on: 5 forasmuch as ye are come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast 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. 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hasted to dress it. 8 And he took butter, 3 Or, terebinths 4 Or, O Lord 5 Or, for therefore Judg. 6. 18, |