Abraham intercedeth for

Before thy wife shall have a son. CHRIST Sarah heard it in the tent

1898.

n ch. 17. 17. Rom. 4. 19. Heb. 11. 11, 12, 19. • ch. 31. 35.

P ch. 17. 17.

1 Pet. 3. 6.

And 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 Plaughed 4 Luke 1. 18. Within herself, saying, 4 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.

$ Jer. 32. 17. Zech. 8. 6. Matt. 3. 9. & 19.26. Luke 1. 37. t ch. 17. 21. ver. 10.

2 Kings 4. 16.

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 "Rom. 15. 24. them to bring them on the way.

3 Jolin 6.

22.18.

Acts 3.25.
Gal. 3. 8.

y Deut. 4. 9, 10. & 6. 7. Josh. 24. 15. Epl. 6. 4.

Z ch. 4. 10. & 19. 13. James 5. 4.

a ch. 11. 5. Ex. 3. 8.

b Deut. 8. 2. & 13. 3. Josh. 22. 22.

Luke 16. 15. 2 Cor. 11. 11.

c ch. 19. 1. d ver. 1.

* Heb. 10. 22.

2 Sam. 24. 17.

19 For I know him, y 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 z the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

21 aI 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 dstood yet before the LORD.

23 ¶ And Abraham drew near, fNum. 16. 22. and said, f 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

8 Jer. 5. 1.

the men of Sodom.

26 And the LORD said, k If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within Jer. 5. 1. the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

Ez. 22. 30.

m ch. 3. 19. Job 4. 19.

Ecc. 12. 7.

27 And Abraham answered and said, 'Behold now, I have taken 1Luke 18.1. upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am mbut 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.

1 Cor. 15. 47, 48.

2 Cor. 5. 1.

Sodomites are stricken with blindness.
Lot is sent for safety into the mountains.
18 He obtaineth leave to go into Zoar. 24
Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed. 26
Lot's wife is a pillar of salt. 30 Lot dwell-
eth in a care. 31 The incestuous original
of Moab and Ammon.

AND there a came two angel ch. 18. 22.
to Sodom at even; and Lot
sat in the gate of Sodom: and
Lot seeing them rose up to meet bch. 18.1, &c.
them; and he bowed himself
with his face toward the ground;
2 And he said, Behold now, my

Lot entertaineth two angels.

Before CHRIST 1898.

© Heb. 13. 2. d ch. 18. 4.

e See Luke 24. 28.

fch. 18.8.

5 Is. 3. 9.

lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and dwash 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.

e

3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; fand 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 h Judg. 19. 22. 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 k Judg. 19. 23. door after him,

ich. 4. I. Rom. 1. 24,

27.

Jude 7.

1 See Judg. 19.

24.

m See ch. 18.

5.

• Ex. 2. 14.

7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

1 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; m for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one 2 Pet.2.7,8. 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.

P See 2 Kings 6. 18. Acts 13. 11.

9ch. 7. 1. 2 Pet. 2.7, 9.

rch. 18. 20.

11 And they smote the men Pthat 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 1 Chr. 21. 15. the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

1898.

Matt. 1. 18.

"Num. 16.21, 45.

Ex. 9.21.

Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed. 14 And Lot went out, and spake Before unto his sons in law, which CHRIST 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, y Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which tare here; lest thou bet 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: aand they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

b

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: O, 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 tthee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

Luke 17. 28. & 24. 11.

22 Haste thee, escape thither; for fI cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called ch. 13. 10. Zoar.

& 14. 2.

tle, ver. 20.

Heb. gone forth.

23 T The sun was trisen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 24 Then the LORD rained up-Deut. 29. 23. on 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.

Is. 13. 19.
Jer. 20. 16.
& 50, 40,
Ez. 16.49,50.
Hos. 11. 8.
Amos 4. 11.
Zeph. 2. 9.
Luke 17, 29.
2 Pet. 2. 6.
Jude 7.

ich. 14. 3.
Ps. 107. 34.

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 beRev. 18. 9. held, and, lo, mthe smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

nch. 8. 1. & 18. 23.

over. 17, 19.

P ch. 16. 2, 4. & 38. 8, 9. Deut. 25. 5.

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 Pto come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie 4 Mark 12. 19. with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

1897.

r Deut. 2. 9.

$ Deut. 2. 19.

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 Ben-ammi: sthe same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

1

Abraham denieth his wife.

CHAPTER XX.
Abraham sojourneth at Gerar, 2 denieth

his wife, and loseth her. 3 Abimelech is
reproved for her in a dream. 9 He re-
buketh Abraham, 14 restoreth Sarah, 16
and reproveth her. 17 He is healed by
Abraham's prayer.

ND Abraham journeyed from

Before CHRIST about 1898.

acl. 18. 1.

country, and dwelt between b Ka-bch. 16. 7, 14. desh and Shur, and sojourned ch. 26. 6. in Gerar.

2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and deh. 12. 13. Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

3 But fGod came to Abimelech sin a dream by night, and said to him, h Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is ta man's wife.

& 26. 7.

ech. 12. 15.

Ps. 105. 14. Job 33. 15. hver. 7.

Heb. mar.

ried to a
husband.

4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous ich. 18. 23. nation?

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

ver. 18.

k2 Kin. 20. 3.

2 Cor. 1. 12. Or, simplic cerity.

ity, or, sin

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, Pand all that are ch. 2. 17. 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.

15.

1 John 5. 16.

P Num. 16. 32, 33.

9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that ch. 26. 10. thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ch. 34. 7. 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

Ex. 32. 21.

Josh. 7. 25.

ch. 42. 18. Ps. 36. 1. Prov. 16. 6.

Isaac is born.

Before CHRIST about 1898. tch. 12. 12. & 26. 7. " See ch. 11. 29.

ch. 12. 1,9, 11, &c. Heb. 11. 8.

y ch. 12. 13.

Z ch. 12. 16.

ch. 13. 9. † Heb, as is

good in

thine eyes. bver. 5. ch. 26. 11. d ch. 24. 65.

e Job 42. 9, 10.

fch. 12. 17.

a1 Sam. 2. 21.

beh. 17. 19. & 18, 10, 14.

tthey 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 ztook sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

15 And Abimelech said, Behold, amy 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 da 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.

CHAPTER XXI.

Hagar and Ishmael cast forth.

made me to laugh, so that all
that hear k will laugh with me.
7 And she said, Who would
have said unto Abraham, that
Sarah should have given children
suck? for I have borne 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.

Before CHRIST about 1897.

Luke 1. 58.

Ich. 18. 11,

12.

9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar mthe Egyptian, nwhich ch. 16. 1. she had borne unto Abraham, mocking.

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

n cli. 16. 15.

° Gal. 4. 29.

about 1892. PGal. 4. 30.

See ch. 25. 6. & 36. 6, 7.

11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight be- ch. 17. 18. cause 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 rin Isaac shall thy seed be Rom. 9.7.8. called.

13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make sa 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

Heb. 11. 18.

s ver. 18. ch. 16. 10. & 17. 20.

Gal. 4. 23,28 spoken.

© Arts 7. 8. Gal. 4. 22. Heb. 11. 11. d ch. 17. 21.

ech. 17. 19. f Acts 7. 8.

Bel. 17. 10, 12.

about 1897.

c

2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, dat 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, e Isaac.

4 And Abraham fcircumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

5 And Abraham was a hundch. 17.1, 17. red years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

i P1 126. 2.

1s. 54. 1. Gal. 4. 27.

6¶ And Sarah said, God hath

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 lifted up her voice, and wept.

17 And God heard the voice of "Ex, 3. 7. 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.