The birth of Ishmael. good in dren by her. And Abrams heark- | name, which Hagar bare, Ish- Before 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be and she conceived: and when she 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, hand; do to her tas it pleaseth hardly with her, "she fled from found her by a fountain of water said, I flee from the face of my said unto her, Return to thy mis- tress, and submit thyself under ch. 17. 20. & said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. said unto her, Behold, thou art the LORD that spake unto her, 14 Wherefore the well was call- 15 ¶ And Hagar bare Abram a Or, upright, 3 And Abram ffell on his face: 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but hthy a father of many nations have I 6 And I will make thee exceed- ing fruitful, and I will make *na- tions of thec, and kings shall 7 And I will mestablish my cov-i thy seed after thee in their gen- erations, for an everlasting cov- and to thy seed after thee, the land t4 wherein thou art a stran- ger, all the land of Canaan, for Heb. of thy sojournings. 28. 4. Abram a in a vision, saying, Fear what wilt thou give me, seeing 5. 12. & 84 me thou hast given no seed: and, 4 And, behold, the word of the abroad, and said, Look now to- Ps. 106. 31. righteousness. and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. these, and divided them in the midst, and laid cach piece one against another: but the birds Know of a surety "that thy seed Ex. 12. 40. shall be a stranger in a laud that is not theirs, and shall serve when the sun went down, and it 19 The Kenites, and the Keniz- 1 Sarai, being barren, giveth Hagar to Abram. 4 Hagar, being afflicted for de- spising her mistress, runneth away. 7 An angel sendeth her back to submit herself, 1s. 27. 12. a bare him no children: and Gal.4.24 2 d And Sarai said unto Abram, 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took 16 And Abram was fourscore 4 And he went in unto Hagar, mistress was despised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, conceived, I was despised in her hand; do to her tas it pleaseth 1 God reneweth the covenant. 5 Abram his 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 Abra- ham and Ishmael are circumcised. 1910. 1898. 35. 11. appeared to Abram, and said 2 And I will make my covenant and God talked with him, saying, nant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of † many nations. 7¶ And the angel of the LORD 5 Neither shall thy name any found her by a fountain of water more be called Abram, but hthy in the wilderness, by the fount-name shall be Abraham; for 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's said, I flee from the face of my said unto her, Return to thy mis- tress, and submit thyself under said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. said unto her, Behold, thou art his hand will be against every the LORD that spake unto her, 14 Wherefore the well was call- 6 And I will make thee exceed- ing fruitful, and I will make na- 7 And I will mestablish my cov-i 8 And PI will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land +9 wherein thou art a stran- or, sincere. Isaac is promised. Before CHRIST 1898. Ex. 4. 24. That is, Princess. cl. 18. 10. ↑ Heb. she shall become nations. Y ch. 35. 11. Gal. 4. 31. 1 Pet. 3. 6. ch. 18. 12. & 21. 6. ch. 18. 10. & 21. 2. Gal. 4. 28. bch. 16. 10. ⚫ ch. 25. 12, 16. d ch. 21. 18. cl. 21. 2. 1898. the house, or bought with money years old and nine, when he was Before 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 wshall 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 y 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 a 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 ever lasting covenant, and with his seed after him. 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. 1898. 4 Let da little water, I pray you, ch. 19. 2 & 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 fare ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have 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 Judg. 6. 18. & 13. 15. Ps. 104. 15. 5 ch. 19. 8. & 33. 10. ↑ Heb. you have passed. 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 Luke 1. 18. 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? 1 Pet. 3. 6. 22.18. Acts 3.95. ! Deut 4.9. 10. & 6. 7. Jush. 24, 15. Epl. 6.4. * ch.4 19. & 19. 13. James 5. 4. ch. 11. 5. Ex. 2. &. b Deut. 8. 2. 2123 Josh. 22. 22. Luke 16. 15. 2 Cor. 11. 11 ch. 19. 1. d ver. 1. •Heb. 10. 22. ? Sam. 94. 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 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 dstood yet before the LORD. 23 And Abraham drew near, Num. 16.2 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 (Jer. 5. 1. the men of Sodom. the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? Before CHRIST 1898. 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 Job 8. 3. & the earth do right? h Job 8, 20. Is. 3. 10, 11. 34. 17. Ps. 58. 11. & 94. 2. Rom. 3. 6. 26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within & Jer. 5. 1. 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 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. Ez. 22. 30. 1 Luke 18. 1. ch. 3. 19. Job 4. 19. Ecc. 12. 7. 1 Cor. 15. 47, 48. 2 Cor. 5. 1. 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 Judg. 6. 39. Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. And James 5. 16. 33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham re turned unto his place. CHAPTER XIX. 1 Lot entertaineth two angels. 4 The vicious 12 Sodomites are stricken with blindness. AND there a came two angelsch. 18. 82. |