GENESIS, XXII. 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. X 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. b 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: d 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, See ch. 26. 15, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. 18, 20, 21, 22. fch. 26. 31. 5 ch. 33. 8. 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, ch. 31. 48, 52. that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. 31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them. 1 ch. 26. 33. 3 That is, The well of the about 3 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose with Abraham. 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. 3 с Deut. 33. 27. Isai. 40. 28. Rom. 16. 26. 1 Tim. 1. 17. 1872. Jos. Ant. a 1 Cor. 10. 13. Hebr. 11. 17. Jam. 1. 12. 1 Pet. 1. 7. 3 Heb. Behold me. b Hebr. 11. 17. с | 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land 2 Chron. 3. 1. 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. 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 • Hebr. 11. 17. his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. Jam. 2. 21. 1 Sam. 15. 22. Mic. 6. 7, 8. ch. 26. 5. Jam. 2. 22. 2 That is, The LORD will see, or, provide. h Ps. 105. 9. Luke 1. 73. Hebr. 6. 13, 14. ch. 15. 5. ch. 13. 16. * Heb. lip. I ch. 24. 60. m Mic. 1. 9. ch. 12.3. & 18. 18. & 26. 4. Acts 3. 25. Gal. 3. 8, 9, 16, 18. ver. 3, 10. ch. 26. 5. P ch. 21. 31. ch. 11. 29. e 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 Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. 15 ¶ And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, "By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, 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; m 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 Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. 20 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath Age and death of Sarah. 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. t u BEFORE CHRIST 1872. r Job 1. 1. • Job 32. 2. 23 And Bethuel begat " Rebekah: ch. 24. 15. these eight Milcah did bear to Na-Called, Rom hor, Abraham's brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. CHAPTER XXIII. 1 The age and death of Sarah. 3 The purchase of Machpelah, 19 where Sarah was buried. 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 Kirjath-arba; 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, с d 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 mighty prince among us: in the ch. 13. 2. & 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 3 much money as it is worth he shall Sarah is buried. BEFORE CHRIST 1860. GENESIS, XXIV. Abraham sweareth his servant. 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, ch. 34. 20, 24. even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, Heb. ears. Ruth 4. 4. See 2 Sam. 24. 21-24. Exod. 30. 13. Ezek. 45. 12. 1 Jer. 32. 9. k ch. 25. 9. & 49. 30, 31, 3 32. & 50. 13. Acts 7.16. 1 See Ruth 4. 7, 8, 9, 10. Jer. 32. 10, 11. 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 Ca naan. 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. 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, ch. 28. 2. 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. 1 ch. 12. 1. k The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's ch. 12. 1. 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 1 ch. 12. 7. & 13. 15. & 15. 18. & 17. 8. Exod. 32. 13. Deut. 1. 8. & 34. 4. Acts 7. 5. m Exod. 23. 20, 23. & 33. 2. Hebr. 1. 14. n Josh. 2. 17, 20. |