Generations of Shem. Before CHRIST about 2247. 1 ch. 10. 22. 2346. GENESIS. LORD did there confound the 10 These are the generations 2311. 3.36. 2281. 2247. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daugh ters. 16 n And Eber lived four and 1 Chr. 1. 19. thirty years, and begat Peleg: 17 And Eber lived after he be • Called, Luke 3. 35, Phalec. 2217. 2185. P Luke 3. 35, 2155. 2126. Tharu. them wives: the name of A- 1 31 And Terah w took Abram his CHAPTER XII. God calleth Abram, and blesseth him with s ch. 17. 15. & tch. 22. 20. Neh. 9.7. Acts 7. 4. Y ch. 10. 19. about 1923 1921. Neh. 9. 7. b ch. 17. 6. & OW the a LORD had said unto a ch. 15. 7. NOW Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 b And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 e And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: fand in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.fch. 18. 18. & 4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of 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 hin Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. 23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and Luke 3. 34, 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 6 And Abram i passed through years, and begat Abram, Nahor, the land unto the place of Siand Haran. chem, unto the plain of Moreh. 27 Now these are the gener-And the Canaanite was then in ations of Terah: Terah begat the land. Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. Abram sojourneth in Egypt. unto a mountain on the east of Egypt, he, and his wife, and CHRIST Beth-el, and pitched his tent, hav- ing Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and P call- journeying. ing on still toward the south. into Egypt to sojourn there; for he was come near to enter into 12 Therefore it shall come to my sister: that it may be well soul shall live because of thee. the woman that she was very fair. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her be- was taken into Pharaoh's house. sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidserv- ants, and she assés, and camels. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, h. 20. 9. & and said, What is this that thou 'rov. 21. 1. 19 Why saidst thou, She is my 20 And Pharaoh commanded they sent him away, and his wife, 1 Abram and Lot return out of Egypt. 7 By disagreement they part asunder. 10 Lot goeth to wicked Sodom. 14 God reneweth 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journey- ed east: and they separated them- selves the one from the other. Canaan, and Lot a dwelt in the 13 But the men of Sodom s were 14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot "was sepa- Num. 34.12. Deut. 34. 4. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the PS, 37, 22, 29. earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. 72 Chr. 20. 7. & 112. 2. 2 ch. 15. 5. & 22. 17. & 26. 4. & 28. 14. & 32. 12. Ex. 32. 13. Num. 23. 10. Deut. 1. 10. 1 Kings 4. 20. 1 Chr. 27. 23. Is. 48. 19. Jer. 33. 22. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. b 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came a and dwelt in the Rom. 4. 16, plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. 17, 18. a ch. 14. 13. † Heb. plains. b ch. 35. 27. & 37. 14. a ch. 10. 10. & 11. 2. b Is. 11. 11. Deut. 29.23. d ch. 19. 22. CHAPTER XIV. AND ND it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king a of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; Abram rescueth Lot. and they joined battle with them 9 With Chedorlaomer the king Before CHRIST about 1913. ch. 19. 17,30. 10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings ch. 11.3. of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. 11 And they took Pall the goods P ver. 16, 21. of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 12 And they took Lot, Abram's a brother's son, who dwelt in 9 ch. 12. 5. Sodom, and his goods, and de-ch. 13. 12. parted. 13 ¶ And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for she dwelt in the ch.13. 18. plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confed-t ver. 24. erate with Abram. 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shem-gainst them, he and his servants, Deut. 34. 1. eber king of Zeboiim, and the by night, and y smote them, and king of Bela, which is d Zoar. pursued them unto Hobah, which 3 All these were joined together is on the left hand of Damascus. Num. 34. 12. in the vale of Siddim, which is 16 And he brought back all ver. 11, 12. the salt sea. the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. Deut. 3. 17. Josh. 3. 16. Ps. 107. 34. f ch. 9. 26. about 1913. 8 ch. 15. 20. Deut. 3. 11. h Josh. 12. 4. & 13. 12. i Deut. 2. 20. k Deut. 2. 10, 11. Or, The plain of Kiriathaim. 1 Deut. 2. 12, 22. I Or, The 4 Twelve years they served 6 And the Horites in their 7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the AmoNum. 12. 16. rites, that dwelt min Hazezontamar. plain of Paran, ch. 21. 21. God encourageth Abram. Before CHRIST self. about 1913. 1 Ex. 6. 8. Dan. 12. 7. Rev. 10.5, 6 m ver. 19. ch. 21. 33. n So Esth. 9. 15, 16. over. 13. a Dan. 10. 1. Acts 10. 10, 11. b ch. 26. 24, Dan. 10. 12. Luke 1. 13, 30. © Ps. 3. 3. & 5. 12. & 84. 11. & 91. 4. & 119. 114. GENESIS. r Canaan is promised. sons, and take the goods to thy- | 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. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, mthe 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. 2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, eseeing I go childless, and the steward of d Ps. 16. 5. & my house is this Eliezer of Damascus ? 58. 11. Prov. 11. 18. • Acts 7. 5. f ch. 14. 14. 52 Sam. 7. 12. 2 Clar. 32. 21. & 16. 11. h Ps. 147. 4. i Jer. 33. 22. keh. 22. 17. Ex, 32. 13. Deut. 1. 10. & 10. 22. 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, fone 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 to1 Chr. 27. 23. Ward heaven, and htell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. Rom. 4. 18. I Rom. 4. 3,9, 22. Gal. 3. 6. James 2. 23. 6 And he believed in the LORD; and he mcounted it to him for m Ps. 106. 31. righteousness. n ch. 12. 1. ch. 11. 28, 31. PPs. 105. 42, 44. Rom. 4. 13. 9 See ch. 24. 1 Sam. 14. 9, 2 Kin. 20. 8. And he said unto him, I am " 11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away. 12 And when the sun was going down, ta deep sleep fell upon teh. 2. 21. Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. Job 4. 13. Ps. 105, 23. Acts 7. 6. 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed "Ex. 12. 40. shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict Ex. 1. 11. them four hundred years; 14 And also that nation, whom Ps. 105. 25. Deut. 6. 22. y Ex. 12. 36. Ps. 105. 37. they shall serve, will I judge: Ex. 6. 6. and afterward y shall they come out with great substance. 15 And thou shalt go ato thy fathers in peace; bthou shalt be buried in a good old age. Job 5. 26. bcl. 25. 8. C Ex. 12. 40. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites eisd 1 Kings 21. not yet full. 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and ta burning lamp that fpassed between those pieces. 18 In that 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: the LORD that brought the out Nabr Shin, no children; and bel. 21. 9. The birth of Ishmael. Before dren by her. And Abram heark- | name, which Hagar bare, bIsh- Before CHRIST ened to the voice of Sarai. mael. about 1913. 8 ch. 3. 17. 1911. h ch. 12, 5. Prov. 30. 21, 23. 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 i2 Sam. 6. 16. mistress was idespised 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. k ch. 31. 53. 1 Sam. 24. 12. 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, m Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her tas it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai tdealt 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 PShur. 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, sand shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. 12 t 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 breth ren. 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 callThe well ofed y Beer-lahai-roi: behold, it is him that liveth and z between Kadesh and Bered. seeth me. Num. 13.26. a Gal. 4. 22. 15 ¶ And a Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's 16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. 1 God reneweth the covenant. 5 Abram his CHAPTER XVII. name is changed in token of a greater blessing. 10 Circumcision is instituted. 15 Sarai her name is changed, and she blessed. 17 Isaac is promised. 23 Abraham and Ishmael are circumcised. A ND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD a appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thould perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and e will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 And Abram ffell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be sa father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but hthy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. Deut. 18. 13. Job 1. 1. Matt. 5. 48. ch. 12. 2. & 13. 16. & 22. 17. ver. 17. Rom. 4. 11, 12, 16. Gal. 3. 29. † Heb. multitude of nations. I That is, 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make kna-h tions of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will mestablish my cov-i enant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to othy seed after thee. 8 And PI will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land † a wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. Neh. 9. 7. Father of a great multi- Rom. 4. 17. 1 ver. 16. m Gal. 3. 17. Rom. 9.8. 13. 15. + Heb. of thy sojournings. 28. 4. Abra-ch. 23. 4. & cov-Ex. 6. 7. 9 And God said unto ham, Thou shalt keep my enant 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 ta token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And the that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in Lev. 26. 12. Deut. 4. 37. & 14. 2. & 26. 18. & 29. 13. Acts 7. 8. t Acts 7. 8. Rom. 4. 11. † Heb. a son of eight days Luke 2. 21. Phil. 3. 5. |