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Abram departeth from Haran.

ch.11.31, Haran, ch.27.43. ch.47.9, Pilgrimage. ch.11.31, Canaan, ch.13.12.

Shechem (1), ch.33.18. ch.10.18, Canaanites. Divine Appearances,ch.17.1.

1 K.8.56, God's Promises. Promised Land, ch.13.15. ch.8.20, Altars (1), ch.13.18. ch.5.24, Piety.

ch.28.19, Beth-el.

R.V. and Ai on the east:
Ai, Jos.7.2.

ch.8.20, Altars (1).
Ps.5.3, Prayerfulness.

Famine (2), ch.26.1.
Egypt, ch.26.2.
Sojourners, ch.20.1.

Beauty (1), ch.24.16.

De.1.17, Fear of Man.

Deception, ch.20.2.

See Beauty (1), v.11.

ch.4.4, Sheep.

ch.13.2, Riches (4). Camels, ch.30.43. Le.26.21, Plagues.

p.p.v.3.

See Reproof (2), Ps.141.5.

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5 And A brăm took Sa'rai his and said, What is this that thou p.p.ch.20.9; 26.10.
wife, and Lot his brother's son, hast done unto me? why didst
and all their substance that thou not tell me that she was
they had gathered, and the thy wife?

souls that they had gotten in 19 Why saidst thou, She is my
Ha'ran; and they went forth to sister? so I might have taken
go into the land of Ca'năan; her to me to wife: now there-
and into the land of Ca'năan fore behold thy wife, take her, De.5.18, Chastity.
they came.
and go thy way.

6 ¶And A'brăm passed through 20 And Pha'raōh commanded
the land unto the place of Si'- his men concerning him and
chem, unto the plain of Mō'reh. they sent him away, and his
And the Ca'nǎan-ite was then wife, and all that he had.
in the land.

7 And the LORD appeared unto A'brăm, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

CHAPTER 13

Abram and Lot return from Egypt: B.C.1918 (?)
7 they part asunder. 10 Lot goes
to Sodom. 14 God's promise re-
newed to Abram. 18 He goeth to
Hebron, and there builds an altar.

And he removed from thence AB, he went his ut of

ND A ́brăm went up out of ch.11.27, Abraham(Abram),

unto a mountain on the east of and all that he had, and Lot ch.11.27, Lot, v.11.
Beth'-el, and pitched his tent, with him, into the south.

having Beth'-el on the west, 2 And A'brăm was very rich Riches (4), ch.26.14.
and Ha'i on the east: and there in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

he builded an altar unto the 3 And he went on his journeys

LORD, and called upon the name from the south even to Beth'-el, ch.28.19, Beth-el.
of the LORD.
unto the place where his tent

9 And à ́brăm journeyed, go- had been at the beginning, be-
ing on still toward the south.

tween Beth'-el and Ha'i;

|ch.12.8, Ai.

10 TAnd there was a famine 4 Unto the place of the altar, See Altars (1), ch.12.8.
in the land: and A'brăm went which he had made there at the
down into Egypt to sojourn first: and there A'brăm called ch.4.26, Prayer (1).
there; for the famine was griev- on the name of the LORD.
ous in the land.

5 And Lot also, which went

[v.12.

11 And it came to pass, when with A'brăm, had flocks, and ch.4.2, Shepherds, ch.29.9.
he was come near to enter into herds, and tents.

Egypt, that he said unto Sa'rai 6 And the land was not able to
his wife, Behold now, I know bear them, that they might
that thou art a fair woman to dwell together: for their sub-
look upon:
stance was great, so that they
12 Therefore it shall come to could not dwell together.

pass, when the E-gyptians shall 7 And there was a strife be- Strife (5), ch.26.20.
see thee, that they shall say, tween the herdmen of A'brăm's
This is his wife: and they will cattle and the herdmen of Lot's

kill me, but they will save thee cattle: and the Ca'năan-ite and ch.10.18, Canaanites.
alive.
the Pěr'iz-zite dwelled then in Perizzites, ch.15.20.
13 Say, I pray thee, thou art the land.

my sister: that it may be well 8 And A'brăm said unto Lot, Ec.10.4, Peaceableness.
with me for thy sake; and my Let there be no strife, I pray Pr.3.30, Strife Forbidden.
soul shall live because of thee. thee, between me and thee, and 1 Co.1.10, Unity (2).
14 T¶And it came to pass, that, between my herdmen and thy

when A'brăm was come into herdmen; for we be brethren. Pr.10.12, Brotherly Love (1).
Egypt, the E-gyptians beheld 9 Is not the whole land before p.p.ch.20.15.
the woman that she was very thee? separate thyself, I pray

fair.
thee, from me: if thou wilt Unselfishness, ch.14.23.
15 The princes also of Pha- take the left hand, then I will
raōh saw her, and commended go to the right; or if thou de-
her before Pharaoh: and the part to the right hand, then I
woman was taken into Pha-will go to the left.

raoh's house.

10 And Lot lifted up his eyes,

[Jos.7.21.

16 And he entreated A'brăm and beheld all the plain of Jôr- ch.3.6, Earthly Vision,
well for her sake: and he had dan, that it was well watered
sheep, and oxen, and he asses, every where, before the LORD p.p.Ps.107.34.
and menservants, and maidserv-destroyed Sodom and Gō-mor'-
ants, and she asses, and camels. rah, even as the garden of the
17 And the LORD plagued LORD, like the land of Egypt,
Pha'raōh and his house with as thou comest unto Zō'ar.
great plagues because of Sa'rai 11 Then Lot chose him all the
A'bram's wife.
plain of Jôr'dan; and Lot jour-
18 And Pha'raōh called A'brăm, neyed east: and they separated

Zoar, ch.19.22.
ch.11.27, Lot, ch.14.12.
ch.3.6, Yielding to Tempta
[tion, ch.25.33.
Pr.1.29, Evil Choice.

The battle of the kings.

ch.4.9, Selfishness (2).

Lot taken prisoner. GENESIS, 14 themselves the one from the the Am'ôr-ites, that dwelt in ch.10.16, Amorites, ch.15.16. En-gedi, Jos.15.62. Haz'e-zon-ta'mar. other. ch.11.27, Abraham (Abram), 12 A ́brăm dwelled in the land 8 And there went out the king [ch.14.14. of Ca'năan, and Lot dwelled in of Sod'om, and the king of Gō- ch.13.13, Sodom (1). the cities of the plain, and mor'rah, and the king of Ad'pitched his tent toward Sõd'om. mah, and the king of Že-bōi'im, 13 But the men of Sŏd'om and the king of Be ́lå (the same were wicked and sinners before is Zo ́ar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of the LORD exceedingly.

ch.11.31, Canaan, ch.16.3.

Sodom (1), ch.18.20.
ch.6.5, Depravity.
R.V. sinners against the
Jud.2.11, In God's Sight.
Ex.19.3, Divine Fellowship.

ch.12.7, Promised Land,

14 TAnd the LORD said unto Sid'dim;
A'brăm, after that Lot was sep- 9 With Chěd-or-la'o-mer the

arated from him, Lift up now king of E'lăm, and with Ti'dal R.V. Tidal king of Goiim,
thine eyes, and look from the king of nations, and Am'ra-phěl
place where thou art northward, king of Shi'när, and A'ri-och
and southward, and eastward, king of El'la-sär; four kings
with five.
and westward:

15 For all the land which thou 10 And the vale of Sid'dim
[ch.15.7.
seest, to thee will I give it, and was full of slimepits; and the
kings of Sodom and Gō-mor'rah
1 K.8.56, God's Promises.
to thy seed for ever.
ch.1.29, Temporal Gifts.
Ps.25.13, Seed of the Right- 16 And I will make thy seed as fled, and fell there; and they
[eous. the dust of the earth: so that if that remained fled to the moun- p.p.ch.19.17.
ch.15.5, Posterity Promised. a man can number the dust of tain.

Ex.19.5, Divine Owner

Tents, ch.26.17.

[ship (1).

the earth, then shall thy seed 11 And they took all the goods ch.34.28, Spoil.
of Sodom and Gō-mor'rah, and
also be numbered.

17 Arise, walk through the all their victuals, and went their
land in the length of it and in way.

the breadth of it; for I will give 12 And they took Lot, Abram's ch.11.27, Lot, ch.19.1.
brother's son, who dwelt in Sōd'- Captives, Nu.31.9.
it unto thee.
18 Then A'brăm removed his om, and his goods, and departed.
tent, and came and dwelt in the 13 TAnd there came one that
R.V. by the oaks of Mamre, plain of Măm're, which is in had escaped, and told à ́brăm
Hebron, and built there an al- the Hebrew; for he dwelt in Hebrews, ch.40.15.
Hebron, ch.23.2.
the plain of Măm ́re the Am ́ôr-
ite, brother of Esh'col, and
brother of A'ner: and these
were confederate with A'brăm.

ch.8.20, Altars (1), ch.22.9. tar unto the LORD.

B.C.1913 (?)

ch.10.10, Shinar.

Elam, Is.21.2.

R.V. king of Goiim;
War (1), 2 S.22.35.

ch.13.10, Zoar.

Dead Sea, Nu.34.3.

See Revolts, 1 K.12.16.

2 S.5.18, Rephaim.

See Giants, De.2.11.

Mt. Seir, De.1.2.

ch.36.12, Amalek.

CHAPTER 14

The battle of four kings against five.
[ch.15.1.
12 Lot taken prisoner, 14 is rescued
by Abram. 18 Melchizedek blesseth 14 And when A'brăm heard ch.11.27, Abraham(Abram).
Abram: 20 Abram giveth him that his brother was taken cap-

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A days of Am'raphel king of three hundred and eighteen, Jos.14.12, Courage (2).

Jos.19.47, Dan (2).

Shi'när, A'ri-och king of Ella- and pursued them unto Dăn.
sär, Ched-or-la'o-mer king of 15 And he divided himself
Elam, and Ti'dal king of na- against them, he and his serv-
ants, by night, and smote them, Victories, Ex.14.30.
tions;
2 That these made war with and pursued them unto Hō'bah,
Be'ra king of Sod ́om, and with which is on the left hand of
Bir'sha king of Gō-mor-rah, Shi'- Dã-măs'cus.

2 S.8.6, Damascus.

năb king of Ad ́mah, and Shĕm- 16 And he brought back all the
e'ber king of Ze-bōi'im, and the goods, and also brought again Goods, ch.31.18.
his brother Lot, and his goods,
king of Be'la, which is Zō'ar.

3 All these were joined to- and the women also, and the
gether in the vale of Sid'dim, people.
which is the salt sea.

17 ¶And the king of Sod'om
4 Twelve years they served went out to meet him after his
Chěd-or-la'o-mer, and in the thir- return from the slaughter of
Ched-or-la'o-mer, and of the
teenth year they rebelled.
5 And in the fourteenth year kings that were with him, at
came Chěd-or-la'o-mer, and the the valley of Sha'veh, which is
kings that were with him, and the king's dale.

smote the Reph'a-imş in Ash ́tě- 18 And Měl-chiz ́e-děk king of Melchizedek, Ps.110.4.
roth Kär-na ́im, and the Zu'zims Salem brought forth bread and Bread, ch.18.5.
Priests, Ex.18.1.
in Hăm, and the E ́mims in Sha'- wine: and he was the priest of Wine (2), Ex.29.40.
veh Kir-i-a-tha'im,

the most high God.

6 And the Hō'rites in their 19 And he blessed him, and ch.27.27, Blessings (5).
mount Se'ir, unto El-pa'ran, said, Blessed be à ́brăm of the
which is by the wilderness.

[ship (1).

most high God, possessor of Ex.19.5, Divine Owner7 And they returned, and came heaven and earth: to En-mish'pat, which is Ka'- 20 And blessed be the most 1 Chr.29.11, Glorifying God. desh, and smote all the country high God, which hath delivered Ex.14.14, God of Battles. of the Am'a-lěk-ites, and also thine enemies into thy hand.

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God encourageth Abram.`

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And he gave him tithes of all. these, and divided them in the
21 And the king of Sod'om midst, and laid each piece one
said unto à ́brăm, Give me the against another: but the birds
persons, and take the goods to divided he not.

thyself.
11 And when the fowls came
22 And A'brăm said to the down upon the carcases, Ã ́brăm
king of Sodom, I have lift up drove them away.

mine hand unto the LORD, the 12 And when the sun was go

most high God, the possessor of ing down, a deep sleep fell upon Sleep (5), ch.28.11.
heaven and earth,

à ́brăm; and, lo, an horror of

23 That I will not take from great darkness fell upon him.

a thread even to a shoelatchet, 13 And he said unto A'brăm,
and that I will not take any Know of a surety that thy seed Ps.25.13, Seed of the Right-
thing that is thine, lest thou shall be a stranger in a land
[eous.
shouldest say, I have made that is not their's, and shall
A ́brăm rich:
serve them; and they shall af- Ex.1.11, Bondage of Israel.
24 Save only that which the flict them four hundred years; De.8.5, Affliction (3).
young men have eaten, and the 14 And also that nation, whom

Leous.

portion of the men which went they shall serve, will I judge: Ex.6.6, God's Judgments.
with me, A'ner, Esh'col, and and afterward shall they come Ex.14.30, Deliverance (1).
Măm're; let them take their out with great substance.
portion.
15 And thou shalt go to thy Nu.23.10, Death of Right-
CHAPTER 15
fathers in peace; thou shalt be
God encourageth Abram : 4 promiseth buried in a good old age.
him a son and a numerous seed: 6 16 But in the fourth genera-
he is justified by faith. 7 Canaan
is again promised, and confirmed tion they shall come hither
by a sign and a vision.
again: for the iniquity of the ch.10.16, Amorites, ch.48.22.
Penalty Delayed, 1 K. 11.12.

ch.11.27, Abraham (Abram). AFTER these things the Am'ôr-ites is not yet full.

[ch.16.3.

Visions, ch.46.2.
ch.26.24, "Fear Not."

God a Shield, De.33.29.
Reward (3), Ps.19.11.

De.5.33, Longevity (1).
Old Age, Ps.71.9.

word of the LORD came 17 And it came to pass, that, unto Abrăm in a vision, saying, when the sun went down, and Fear not, A'brăm: I am thy it was dark, behold a smoking Jud.6.38, Signs Given. shield, and thy exceeding great furnace, and a burning lamp Le.9.24, Answers by Fire. reward. that passed between those

2 And A'brăm said, Lord GOD, pieces.

what wilt thou give me, seeing 18 In the same day the LORD

of my house is this E-li-e'zer of
Dă-măs'cus?

[ch.17.20.

ch.11.30, Childless, Jud.13.2. I go childless, and the steward made a covenant with A'brăm, ch.17.2, Covenant (2). saying, Unto thy seed have Iv.5, Posterity Promised, given this land, from the river ch.12.7, Promised Land, of Egypt unto the great river, the river Eū-phrā'tēs :

Adoption, ch.48.5.
Heirs, ch.21.10.

3 And A'brăm said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

19 The Ken'ītes, and the Ken'iz-zītes, and the Kăd'mon-ites,

[ch.17.8. ch.2.14, Euphrates, De.11.24.

4 And, behold, the word of the 20 And the Hittites, and the ch.13.7. Perizzites, Ex.3.17. LORD came unto him, saying, Pěr iz-zites, and the Reph'a-ims, 2 S.5.18, Rephaim. This shall not be thine heir; 21 And the Am'ôr-ites, and the but he that shall come forth out Ca'nǎan-ites, and the Gir'ga- ch.10.18, Canaanites. [Ps.25.13. of thine own bowels shall be shites, and the Jěb'u-sites.

1 K.8.56, God's Promises.

See Seed of the Righteous,

ch.1.16, Stars.

Posterity Promised, v.18.
Faith (5), ch.22.8.
Justification, Ac.13.39.

De.8.2, Divine Leader.
ch.11.28, Ur, Ne.9.7.
ch.1.29, Temporal Gifts.
ch.12.7,Promised Land,v.18.
Doubters, Jud.6.17.

Jud.6.38, Signs Given.
Heifers, Nu.19.2.

Goats, Le.4.24.

Rams, ch.22.13.
Turtledoves, Le.1.14.
Pigeons, Le.1.14.

ch.6.22, Obedience (2).

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Sarai, being barren, giveth Hagar to B.C.1911 (?)
Abram. 6 Hagar fleeth from her
mistress, 9 is sent back by an angel
to submit to her. 15 Ishmael is born.
OW Sā'rai A'brăm's wife

and he said unto him, So shall bare him no children: and ch.11.30, Childless.

thy seed be.

6 And he believed in the LORD; she had an handmaid, an E-gyp'-
and he counted it to him for tian, whose name was Ha'gar. Hagar, v.15.
righteousness.
2 And Sa'rai said unto A'brăm,

7 And he said unto him, I am Behold now, the LORD hath re-
the LORD that brought thee out strained me from bearing: I
of Ur of the Chal'dees, to give pray thee, go in unto my maid;
thee this land to inherit it. it may be that I may obtain
8 And he said, Lord GOD, children by her. And A'brăm
whereby shall I know that I hearkened to the voice of Sā ́rāi.
shall inherit it?

3 And Sarai A'brăm's wife ch.11.27, Abraham (Abram),
9 And he said unto him, Take took Ha'gar her maid the E-gyp'-
[ch.17.1.
me an heifer of three years old, tian, after à ́brăm had dwelt ten
and a she goat of three years years in the land of Ca'nǎan, ch.11.31, Canaan, ch.17.8.
old, and a ram of three years and gave her to her husband Concubinage, ch.22.24.
old, and a turtledove; and a A'brăm to be his wife.
ch.4.19, Polygamy, ch.26.34.
young pigeon.

4 And he went in unto Ha'gar,

10 And he took unto him all and she conceived: and when ch.21.2, Conception.

Hagar fleeth from her mistress.

1 S.17.28, Contempt.

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she saw that she had conceived, mighty God; walk before me, Walk before God, 1 K.2.4. her mistress was despised in her and be thou perfect. Perfection (2), De.18.13. 2 And I will make my cove-Covenant (2), Ex.6.4. ch.11.29, Sarah (Sarai), 5 And Sa'rai said unto à ́brăm, nant between me and thee, and Ps.25.13, Seed of the Right[ch.17.15. My wrong be upon thee: I have will multiply thee exceedingly. [eous.

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eyes.

given my maid into thy bosom; 3 And A brăm fell on his face: ch.32.10, Humility (3).
and when she saw that she had and God talked with him, say- Nu.20.6, Prayer (15).
conceived, I was despised in her ing,
Ex.19.3, Divine Fellowship.

eyes: the LORD judge between 4 As for me, behold, my cov-
me and thee.
enant is with thee, and thou
6 But A'brăm said unto Sa'rai, shalt be a father of many na-
Behold, thy maid is in thy tions.

hand; do to her as it pleaseth 5 Neither shall thy name any

thee. And when Sa'rai dealt more be called à ́brăm, but thy Names Changed, v.15.
hardly with her, she fled from name shall be à ́bră-hăm; for a
her face.
father of many nations have I

7 And the angel of the LORD made thee.

found her by a fountain of water 6 And I will make thee exceed

in the wilderness, by the foun- ing fruitful, and I will make ch.15.5, Posterity Promised.
tain in the way to Shûr.
nations of thee, and kings shall

8 And he said, Hā'gar, Sā ́rai's come out of thee.
maid, whence camest thou? 7 And I will establish my cov-
and whither wilt thou go? And enant between me and thee and
she said, I flee from the face of thy seed after thee in their gen-
my mistress Sā'rāi.

[nant.

[ch.50.24.

erations for an everlasting cov- ch.9.16, Everlasting Cove9 And the angel of the LORD enant, to be a God unto thee, said unto her, Return to thy and to thy seed after thee. De.14.2, Spir. Adoption. mistress, and submit thyself 8 And I will give unto thee, ch.12.7, Promised Land. under her hands. and to thy seed after thee, the 10 And the angel of the LORD land wherein thou art a stransaid unto her, I will multiply ger, all the land of Ca'năan, for thy seed exceedingly, that it an everlasting possession; and shall not be numbered for mul- I will be their God. titude. 9 ¶And God said unto A'bră11 And the angel of the LORD hăm, Thou shalt keep my cov- De.26.16, Obedience (1). said unto her, Behold, thou art enant therefore, thou, and thy See Covenant-keepers, with child, and shalt bear a son, seed after thee in their generand shalt call his name Ish'ma- ations.

Ex.3.7, Divine Compassion. thy affliction.

See Divine Vision, ch.6.5. ch.32.30, Seeing God. ch.21.30, Wells.

v.1, Hagar, ch.21.14.

ch.4.25, Children Named.

B.C. 1898.

ch.11.27, Abraham (Abram), [ch.18.10.

ch.12.7, Divine Appear

el; because the LORD hath heard 10 This is my covenant, which
ye shall keep, between me and
12 And he will be a wild man; you and thy seed after thee;
his hand will be against every Every man child among you
man, and every man's hand shall be circumcised.
against him; and he shall dwell 11 And ye shall circumcise the
in the presence of all his breth- flesh of your foreskin; and it

ren.

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shall be a token of the cove- ch.9.12, Divine Tokens, 13 And she called the name of nant betwixt me and you. [Ex.12.13. the LORD that spake unto her, 12 And he that is eight days Thou God seest me: for she old shall be circumcised among said, Have I also here looked you, every man child in your after him that seeth me? generations, he that is born in 14 Wherefore the well was the house, or bought with called Be'er-la-hai'-roi; behold, money of any stranger, which it is between Ka'desh and Be'- is not of thy seed.

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15 TAnd Ha'gar bare A'brăm house, and he that is bought
a son: and A brăm called his with thy money, must needs be

son's name, which Ha'gar bare, circumcised: and my covenant ch.9.16, Everlasting Cove-
Ish'ma-el.

16 And A'brăm was fourscore

shall be in your flesh for an
everlasting covenant.

[nant, Le.24.8.

and six years old, when Ha'gar 14 And the uncircumcised man v.10, Circumcision, Jos.5.3. bare Ish'ma-el to à ́brăm.

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The covenant is renewed. 5 Abram's people; he hath broken my Le.26.15, Covenant

name changed. 9 Circumcision in-
stituted. 16 Isaac with a numerous covenant.
issue is promised.

15 ¶And God said unto à ́bră

[breakers.

AND when Abram was ninety hăm, As for Sa rãi thy wife, thou v.5, Names Changed

years old and nine, the shalt not call her name Sa'rāi,

[ch.32.28.

[ances, ch.18.1. LORD appeared to A'brăm, and but Sa'rah shall her name be. ch.11.29, Sarah, ch.18.12 See Omnipotence, Jb.42.2. said unto him, I am the Al- 16 And I will bless her, and ch.1.28, Blessings (4).

Isaac is promised.

ch.16.11, Births Foretold.

Pr.14.13, Laughter.
Unbelief (1), Nu.11.21.

ch.15.8, Doubters.

Parental Prayers, 2 S.12.16. ch.16.11. Ishmael, ch.21.10. See Paternal Love, ch.31.28.

p.p.ch.18.10.

Isaac, ch.21.3.

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give thee a son also of her: yea, tent door, and bowed himself
I will bless her, and she shall be toward the ground,

a mother of nations; kings of 3 And said, My Lord, if now I
people shall be of her.
have found favour in thy sight,

17 Then A bră-hăm fell upon pass not away, I pray thee, from
his face, and laughed, and said thy servant:

ch.37.7, Obeisance.

in his heart, Shall a child be 4 Let a little water, I pray you, Hospitality (2), ch. 19.2.
born unto him that is an hun- be fetched, and wash your feet, Cleanliness (2), ch.43.24.
dred years old? and shall Sa'rah, and rest yourselves under the Feet-washing, ch.19.2.
that is ninety years old, bear? tree:

18 And A ́bră-hăm said unto 5 And I will fetch a morsel of
God, O that Ish'ma-el might bread, and comfort ye your ch.14.18, Bread, 1 S.16.20.
live before thee!
hearts; after that ye shall pass

19 And God said, Sa'rah thy on: for therefore are ye come
wife shall bear thee a son in- to your servant. And they said,
deed; and thou shalt call his So do, as thou hast said.

name I'şaac: and I will establish 6 And à ́bră-hăm hastened in- See Haste, 1 S.21.8.
my covenant with him for an to the tent unto Sa'rah, and

ch.9.16, Everlasting Cove- everlasting covenant, and with said, Make ready quickly three

[nant.

his seed after him.

measures of fine meal, knead it,

Ex.15.25, Prayers Answered. 20 And as for Ish'ma-el, I have and make cakes upon the hearth. Bread (2), 1 K.19.6.
ch.1.28, Blessings (4), heard thee: Behold, I have 7 And à ́bră-hăm ran unto the Herds, ch.47.18.
[ch.32.29. blessed him, and will make him herd, and fetcht a calf tender Calves, 1 S.28.24.
fruitful, and will multiply him and good, and gave it unto a
ch.15.5, Posterity Promised, exceedingly; twelve princes young man; and he hasted to
[ch.22.17. shall he beget, and I will make dress it.

p.p.ch.16.10.

v.2, Covenant (2).

him a great nation.
8 And he took butter, and Butter, De.32.14.
21 But my covenant will I es- milk, and the calf which he had Milk, De.32.14.
tablish with I'şaac, which Sa'-dressed, and set it before them; Food (3), Le.11.3.
rah shall bear unto thee at this and he stood by them under the
set time in the next year.
22 And he left off talking with 9 And they said unto him,
[Ex.19.3. him, and God went up from Where is Sa'rah thy wife? And
he said, Behold, in the tent.

See Divine Fellowship.

v.10, Circumcision. ch.6.22, Obedience (2).

p.p.ch.18.19.

B.C.1898.

ch.12.7, Divine Appear-
[ances, ch.26.2.

ch.32.1, Angels Appear.

tree, and they did eat.

p.p.ch.24.67.

Abra-hăm.
23 ¶And à ́bră-hăm took Ish'- 10 And he said, I will certainly
ma-el his son, and all that were return unto thee according to ch.11.27, Abraham, ch.20.1.
born in his house, and all that the time of life; and, lo, Sa'rah ch.16.11, Births Foretold,
were bought with his money, thy wife shall have a son. And
every male among the men of Sa'rah heard it in the tent door,
A'bra-ham's house; and circum- which was behind him.

cised the flesh of their foreskin 11 Now à ́bră-hăm and Sa'rah ch.15.15, Old Age.
in the selfsame day, as God had were old and well stricken in
said unto him.

age; and it ceased to be with

24 And A brǎ-hăm was ninety Sa'rah after the manner of wo-
years old and nine, when he men.

[Jud.13.3.

was circumcised in the flesh of 12 Therefore Sa'rah laughed ch.11.29, Sarah, ch.20.2.
his foreskin.
within herself, saying, After I Pr.14.13, Laughter.

25 And Ish'ma-el his son was am waxed old shall I have pleas- ch.15.8, Doubters.
thirteen years old, when he was ure, my lord being old also?
circumcised in the flesh of his 13 And the LORD said unto

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27 And all the men of his 14 Is any thing too hard for Jb.42.2, Omnipotence.
house, born in the house, and the LORD? At the time ap-
bought with money of the stran-pointed I will return unto thee,
ger, were circumcised with him. according to the time of life,

CHAPTER 18

Abraham entertaineth three angels.
9 Sarah reproved. 17 Destruction
of Sodom revealed to Abraham: 23
he intercedes for it.

ND the LORD appeared unto

re: 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

and Sa'rah shall have a son.

15 Then Sa'rah denied, say

ing, I laughed not; for she was ch.3.4, Lying.
afraid. And he said, Nay; but Pr.15.11, Hearts Read.
thou didst laugh.

16 TAnd the men rose up from

om: and à ́bră-hăm went with
them to bring them on the way.
17 And the LORD said, Shall I Da. 2.22, Revelations.
hide from à ́bră-hăm that thing p.p.Ps.25.14.
which I do;

18 Seeing that à ́bră-hăm shall

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