THE BOOK OF
GENESIS
CHAPTERS 13-25
1 ¶ And Abram went up out 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 Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel 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 and the herdmen of Lot's cattle:
and the Canaanite and the Perizzite 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 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.
10 ¶ And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain
of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed
Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like
the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
11 Then Lot chose
him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated
themselves the one from the other.
12 Abram dwelled
in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched
his tent toward Sodom.
13
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD
exceedingly.
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 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 plain of Mamre, which
is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
1 ¶ And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of
Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer 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, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which
is Zoar.
3 All these were
joined together in the vale of Siddim, 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 the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the
Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
6 And the Horites
in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, 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 in Hazezontamar.
8
And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the
king of Admah, 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;
9 With
Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel
king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
10
And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and
Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
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; for he dwelt in the plain 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 armed his trained
servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them
unto Dan.
15 And he divided
himself against them, he and his servants, by night, 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 again his brother Lot, and 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 of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him,
at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
18 And
Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
19 And he blessed
him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and
earth:
20 And blessed be
the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he
gave him tithes of all.
21 ¶ And the king of Sodom said unto
Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
22 And Abram said
to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high
God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
23 That I will
not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made
Abram rich:
24 Save only that
which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me,
Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
1 ¶ After these things the word of the LORD came unto
Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy
shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
2 ¶ And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me,
seeing I go 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 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 own bowels shall be
thine heir.
5 And he brought
him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou
be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And he believed
in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
7 ¶ And he said unto him, I am the
LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to
inherit it.
8 And he said,
Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9 And he said
unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and 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 them in the midst, and laid
each piece one against another: but 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 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 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
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a
good old age.
16 But in the
fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the
Amorites 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 burning lamp that passed
between those pieces.
18
In the same 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 Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
20 And the
Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites.
1 ¶ Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she
had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
2 And Sarai said
unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing:
I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her.
And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
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.
4 ¶ And he went in unto Hagar, and
she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was
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, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge
between me and thee.
6
But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as
it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt 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.
8 And he said,
Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I 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
hands.
10 ¶ And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I 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 Ishmael; because the LORD hath
heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be
a wild 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 God seest
me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
14 Wherefore the
well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
15 ¶ 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.
1 ¶ And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the
LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the
Almighty God; 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 a father of many nations.
5 Neither shall
thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father
of many nations have 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 thee in their generations for an
everlasting covenant, 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 wherein thou art a stranger,
all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
9 And God said
unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after
thee in their generations.
10 This is my
covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee;
Every 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 in the house, or bought with money of any
stranger, which 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 man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, 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 Sarah shall her
name be.
16 And I will
bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she
shall be a mother of nations; kings of people 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 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!
19 And God said,
Sarah thy wife 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.
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, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this
set time in the next year.
22
And he left off talking with 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 their foreskin in the
selfsame day, as God had 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.
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.
1 ¶ And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of
Mamre: and he sat in 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: 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 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 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 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, 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 ¶ 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 shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
11 Now Abraham
and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah
after the manner of women.
12 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 any thing
too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according
to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
15 Then Sarah
denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, 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 And the LORD
said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
18 Seeing that
Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
19 For I know
him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they
shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may
bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
20 And the LORD
said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because
their sin is very grievous;
21 I will go down
now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which
is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
22 And the men
turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet
before the LORD.
23 ¶ And Abraham drew near, and
said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
24 Peradventure
there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare
the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
25 That be far
from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that
be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
26 And the LORD
said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all
the place for their sakes.
27 And Abraham
answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto
the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
28 Peradventure
there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city
for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not
destroy it.
29 And he spake
unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there.
And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
30
And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak:
Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it,
if I find thirty there.
31 And he said,
Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there
shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
32 And he said,
Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure
ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
33 And the LORD
went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and
Abraham returned unto his place.
1 ¶ And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot
sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he
bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
2
And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your
servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up
early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street
all night.
3 And he pressed
upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and
he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
4 ¶ But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the
men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people
from every quarter:
5 And they called
unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this
night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
6
And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
7 And said, I
pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I
have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out
unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do
nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
9
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in
to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee,
than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to
break the door.
10 But the men
put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
11 And they smote
the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and
great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
12 ¶ And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any
besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast
in the city, bring them out of this place:
13 For we will
destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of
the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
14 And Lot went
out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up,
get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
15 ¶ And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened
Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest
thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
16 And while he
lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD
being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the
city.
17 And it came to
pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy
life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the
mountain, lest thou be consumed.
18
And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
19 Behold now,
thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy,
which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the
mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20 Behold now,
this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
21 And he said
unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not
overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee,
escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore
the name of the city was called Zoar.
23
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24 ¶ Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah
brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
25 And he
overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the
cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 ¶ But his wife looked back from
behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 ¶ And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place
where he stood before the LORD:
28 And he looked
toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld,
and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
29 And it came to
pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham,
and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in
the which Lot dwelt.
30 ¶ And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the
mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to
dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 And the
firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in
the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
32 Come, let us
make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
33 And they made
their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her
father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34 And it came to
pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay
yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed
of our father.
35 And they made
their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with
him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus were both
the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the
firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
38 And the
younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the
father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
1 ¶ And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south
country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and
sojourned in Gerar.
2 And Abraham
said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and
took Sarah.
3 ¶ But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and
said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast
taken; for she is a man's wife.
4
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay
also 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.
6 And God said unto
him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity
of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore
suffered I thee not to touch her.
7 Now therefore
restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and
thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that 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
ears: and the men were sore afraid.
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? thou
hast done deeds 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.
13 And it came to
pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto
her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither
we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
14 ¶ And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants,
and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and
restored him Sarah his wife.
15 And Abimelech
said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it 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 maidservants; and
they bare children.
18 For the LORD
had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah
Abraham's wife.
1 ¶ And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the
LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
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.
4 And Abraham
circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5 And Abraham was
an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
6
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will
laugh with me.
7 And she said,
Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck?
for I have born him a son in his old age.
8 And the child
grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day
that Isaac was weaned.
9 ¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which
she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
10 Wherefore she
said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this
bondwoman 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 bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto
her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
13 And also of
the son of the bondwoman 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, putting it on her
shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in
the wilderness of Beersheba.
15 And the water
was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
16 And she went,
and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she
said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and
lift 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.
18 Arise, lift up
the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
19 And God opened
her eyes, and she 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.
22 ¶ And it came to pass at that
time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto
Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
23 Now therefore
swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my
son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto
thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
24 And Abraham
said, I will swear.
25 And Abraham
reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had
violently taken away.
26 And Abimelech
said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou 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.
28 And Abraham
set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 And Abimelech
said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou
hast set by themselves?
30 And he said,
For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a
witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
31 Wherefore he
called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
32
Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and
Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the
Philistines.
33 ¶ And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called
there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
34 And Abraham
sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
1 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that God did
tempt Abraham, 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
land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3 ¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled
his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave
the wood for the burnt 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, and come again to you.
6 And Abraham
took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he
took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7 And Isaac spake
unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but
where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
8 And Abraham
said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they
went both of them together.
9 And they came
to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar
there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid 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, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing
unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld
thy son, thine only son from me.
13 And Abraham
lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket
by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him
up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
14 And Abraham
called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: 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, 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.
19 So Abraham
returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba;
and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
20 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that it was
told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born
children unto thy brother Nahor;
21 Huz his
firstborn, 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.
1 ¶ And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years
old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
2
And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan:
and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3 ¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake
unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4 I am a stranger
and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5 And the
children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6 Hear us, my
lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury
thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but 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 Heth.
8 And he communed
with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my
sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
9 That he may
give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, 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 buryingplace amongst you.
10 And Ephron
dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in
the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of
his city, saying,
11
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is
therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it
thee: bury thy dead.
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 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
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.
19 And after
this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field 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 buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
1 ¶ And 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:
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 unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among
whom I dwell:
4 But thou shalt
go unto my country, 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 from the land of my kindred,
and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I
give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife
unto my son from thence.
8
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be
clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
9 And the servant
put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning
that matter.
10 ¶ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his
master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were
in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
11 And he made
his camels 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.
12 And he said, O
LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed
this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
13 Behold, I
stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men 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 shewed
kindness unto my master.
15 And it came to
pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born
to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her
pitcher upon her shoulder.
16
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man
known her: and she went down 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 hasted, 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 for thy camels also,
until they have 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 LORD had
made his journey prosperous or not.
22 And it came to
pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of
half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of
gold;
23
And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room
in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
24 And she said
unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto
Nahor.
25 She said
moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
26 And the man
bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
27 And he said,
Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my
master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the
house of my master's brethren.
28
And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.
29 ¶ And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban:
and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
30 And it came to
pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when
he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood
by the camels at the well.
31 And he said,
Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have
prepared the house, and room for the camels.
32 And the man
came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and
the men's feet that were with him.
33 And there was
set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine
errand. And he said, Speak on.
34 And he said, I
am Abraham's servant.
35
And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and
he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and
maidservants, and camels, and asses.
36 And Sarah my
master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he
given all that he hath.
37
And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my
son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
38 But thou shalt
go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
39 And I said
unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
40
And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel
with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my
kindred, and of my father's house:
41 Then shalt
thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they
give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
42
And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master
Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
43 Behold, I
stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin
cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little
water of thy pitcher to drink;
44
And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels:
let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.
45 And before I
had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on
her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto
her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
46
And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and
said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made
the camels drink also.
47 And I asked
her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel,
Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring
upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
48 And I bowed
down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master
Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's
daughter unto his son.
49 And now if ye
will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
50 Then Laban and
Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak
unto thee bad or good.
51 Behold,
Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's
wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
52
And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he
worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
53 And the
servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and
gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious
things.
54 ¶ And they did eat and drink, he
and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the
morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
55 And her
brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the
least ten; after that she shall go.
56 And he said
unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way;
send me away that I may go to my master.
57 And they said,
We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
58 And they
called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I
will go.
59 And they sent
away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
60 And they
blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of
thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate
them.
61 And Rebekah
arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed
the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
62 ¶ And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi;
for he dwelt in the south country.
63 And Isaac went
out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and
saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
64
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off
the camel.
65 For she had
said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us?
And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and
covered herself.
66
And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
67 And Isaac brought
her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife;
and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
1 ¶ Then again Abraham took a wife,
and her name was Keturah.
2 And she bare
him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 And Jokshan
begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and
Leummim.
4
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and
Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
5 And Abraham
gave all that he had unto Isaac.
6 But unto the
sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them
away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
7 And these are
the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore
and fifteen years.
8 Then Abraham
gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years;
and was gathered to his people.
9
And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in
the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
10 The field
which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and
Sarah his wife.
11 ¶ And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that
God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well
Lahairoi.
12 Now these are
the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's
handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
13 And these are
the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their
generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14 And Mishma,
and Dumah, and Massa,
15 Hadar, and
Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
16 These are the
sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their
castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
17
And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty
and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his
people.
18 And they dwelt
from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and
he died in the presence of all his brethren.
19 ¶ And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's
son: Abraham begat Isaac:
20
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter
of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac
intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was
intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the
children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said
unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be
separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other
people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
24 And when her
days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first
came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
26 And after that
came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was
called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
27
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field;
and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
28 And Isaac
loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 ¶ And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field,
and he was faint:
30
And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red
pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
31 And Jacob
said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
32 And Esau said,
Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to
me?
33
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold
his birthright unto Jacob.
34 Then Jacob
gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up,
and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.