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Abraham denies his wife.

CHAP. XXI Isaac born-Hagar banished ed between Kadesh and Shur, and so-1 17 So Abraham prayed unto God: journed in Gerar. and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bare She is my sister: And Abimelech king of children. Gerar sent and took Sarah. 18 For the LORD had fast closed up all

3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream the wombs of the house of Abimelech, beby night, and said to him, Behold, thou cause of Sarah, Abraham's wife. art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken: for she is a man's wife.

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CHAP. XΧΙ.

ND the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as

4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay al- he had spoken. so a righteous nation?

5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

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

6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the in4 And Abraham circumcised his son tegrity of thy heart; for I also withheld Isaac, being eight days old, as God had thee from sinning against me: therefore commanded him.

suffered I thee not to touch her.

5 And Abraham was a hundred years 7 Now therefore restore the man his old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray 6 And Sarah said, God hath made me for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh restore her not, know thou that thou shalt with me.

surely die, thou and all that are thine.

7 And she said, Who would have said

8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in unto Abraham, that Sarah should have the morning, and called all his servants, given children suck? for I have borne him and told all these things in their ears: and a son in his old age.

the men were sore afraid.

8 And the child grew, and was wean

9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, ed: and Abraham made a great feast the and said unto him, What hast thou done same day that Isaac was weaned. unto us? and what have I offended thee, 9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the that thou hast brought on me and on my Egyptian, which she hadborne unto Abrakingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds ham, mocking.

unto me that ought not to be done.

10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

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

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

11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son.

12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight, because of the lad, and because of thy bond-woman; inall that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

13 And it came to pass, when God 13 And also of the son of the bond-wocaused me to wander from my father's man will I make a nation, because he is house, that I said unto her, This is thy thy seed. kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; 14 And Abraham rose up early in the at every place whither we shall come, say morning, and took bread, and a bottle of of me, He is my brother. water, and gave it unto Hagar (putting it

14 And Abimelech took sheep, and on her shoulder) and the child, and sent oxen, and men-servants, and women-ser-her away and she departed, and wanvants, and gave them unto Abraham, and dered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. restored him Sarah his wife.

15 And the water was spent in the bot

15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my tle, and she cast the child under one of the land is before thee: dwell where it pleas- shrubs. eth thee.

16 And she went, and sat her down over

16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I against him, a good way off, as it were a have given thy brother a thousand pieces bow-shot: for she said, Let me not see the of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering death of the child. And she sat over of the eyes unto all that are with thee, against him, and lifted up her voice, and and with all other: thus she was reproved. wept.

Abraham covenants with Abimelech: GENESIS. Commanded to sacrifice Isaac

17 And God heard the voice of the lad: said unto him, Abraham: And he said, and the angel of God called to Hagar out Behold, here I am.

of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get heard the voice of the lad where he is. thee into the land of Moriah; and offer 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him him there for a burnt-offering upon one of in thy hand: for I will make him a great the mountains which I will tell thee of. nation.

3 And Abraham rose up early in the 19 And God opened her eyes, and she morning, and saddled his ass, and took saw a well of water: and she went, and two of his young men with him, and Isaac filled the bottle with water, and gave the his son, and clave the wood for the burnt 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.

offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder and worship,

22 And it came to pass at that time, and come again to you. that Abimelech and Phichol the chief cap- 6 And Abraham took the wood of the tain of his host spake unto Abraham, say- burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his ing, God is with thee in all that thou son; and he took the fire in his hand and a doest: knife and they went both of them to

23 Now therefore swear unto me here gether.

by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his me, nor with my son, nor with my son's father, and said, My father: and he said, son: but according to the kindness that I Heream 1, my son. And he said, Behold have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto the fire and the wood: but where is the me, and to the land wherein thou hast so-lamb for a burnt-offering?

journed.

24 And Abraham said, I will swear.

8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt-offer

25 And Abraham reproved Abimeleching: so they went both of them together because of a well of water, which Abime- 9 And they came to the place which lech's servants had violently taken away. God had told him of; and Abraham built 26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who an altar there, and laid the wood in orhath done this thing: neither didst thou der; and bound Isaac his son, and laid tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to

day.

27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech: and both of them made a covenant.

him on the altar upon the wood.

10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abra28 And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs ham, Abraham. And he said, Here am I. of the flock by themselves. 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand up29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, on the lad, neither do thou any thing unto What mean these seven ewe-lambs, which him for now I know that thou fearest thou hast set by themselves? God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy

30 And he said, For these seven ewe- son, thine only son, from me. lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and they may be a witness unto me that I have looked, and behold, behind him a ram digged this well. caught in a thicket by his horns: And

31 Wherefore he called that place Abraham went and took the ram, and ofBeer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

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fered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son.

14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

15 And the angel of the LORD called 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,

Men. 22nd chap & 12 v. Sermon to childrens Der 29 1833.

CHAP. XXIII, XXIV.

The death of Sarah. and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed give I thee, and the cave that as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand I give it thee; in the presence of the son which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. shall possess the gate of his enemies; 12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

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

19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up, and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also borne children unto thy brother Nahor;

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 Nahor, Abraham's brother.

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

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ND Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt 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 thee? bury therefore thy dead.

16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

17 And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before 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

2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the 18 Unto Abraham for a possession in same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: the presence of the children of Heth, beAnd Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

fore all that went in at the gate of his city. 19 And after this, Abraham buried Sa3 And Abraham stood up from before rah his wife in the cave of the field of his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, Machpelalı, before Mamre: the same is saying,

Hebron in the land of Canaan.

4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with 20 And the field, and the cave that is you: give me a possession of a burying- therein were made sure unto Abraham for place with you, that I may bury my dead a possession of a burying-place, by the out of my sight.

5 And the children of Heth answered

Abraham, saying unto him,

sons of Heth.

CHAP. XXIV. was old and well stricken in age: and the LORD had

AND Abraham

6 Hear us, my lord; thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our blessed Abrahaın in all things. sepulchres bury thy dead: none of us shall 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest serwithhold from thee his sepulchre, but that vant of his house, that ruled over all that

thou mayest bury thy dead.

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

Heth.

he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife

8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my unto my son of the daughters of the Cadead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat naanites among whom I dwell:

for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

4 But thou shalt go unto my country,

9 That he may give me the cave of and to my kindred, and take a wife unto Machpelah, which he hath, which is in my son Isaac.

the end of his field; for as much money 5 And the servant said unto him, Peras it is worth he shall give it me, for a adventure the woman will not be willing possession of a burying-place among you. to follow me unto this land: must I needs 10 And Ephron dwelt among the chil-bring thy son again unto the land from dren of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite whence thou camest? answered Abraham in the audience of the 6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware children of Heth, even of all that went in thou, that thou bring not my son thither at the gate of his city, saying, again.

11 Nay, my lord, hear me the field

7 The LORD God of heaven, which

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