CHRIST 2347. about 2218. ⚫ Jer. 16. 16. Mic. 7. 2. fch. 6. 11. * Mic. 5. 6. + Gr. Babylon. 1 Or, he went 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he 9 He was a mighty hunter fbe- 11 Out of that land went forth 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, 14 And Pathrusim, and Casluh1 Chr. 1. 12. him, (hout of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. ↑ Heb. Tzidon. i ch. 13. 12, 14, 15, 17. & 15. The confusion of tongues. and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Scphar, a mount of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. Before CHRIST 2247. • ch. 9. 19. 32 These are the families of ver. 1. 1 One language in the world. 3 The build- 15 ¶ And Canaan begat + Sidon A his firstborn, and Heth, ND the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 16 And the Jebusite, and the 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as Josh. 12. 7,8. thou goest unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha," 18-21. Num. 34.2 12. ↑ Heb. Azzah. k 1 Chr. 1. 17. &c. ↑ Heb. Ar pachshad. ↑ Heb. Shelah 1 ch. 11. 12. 2247. I That is, 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 21 ¶ Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and † Arphaxad, and Lud, and Áram. 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. Sa 24 And Arphaxad begat 1 Chr. 1. 12. two sons: the name of one was 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. ↑ Heb. lip. ↑ Heb. words. about 2247. Or, east woard, as ch. 13, 11. 2 Sam. 6. 2. with 1 Chr. 13. 6. Heb. a man said to his neighbour. Heb. burn them to a burning. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, a whose top may reach unto heav- Deut. 1. 28. en; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 b And the LORD came down to bch. 18. 21. see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have ch. 9. 19. all done language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to Ps. 2. 1. do. Generations of Shem. Before CHRIST about 2247. 1 ch. 10. 22. 2546. CHRIST 1996. LORD did there confound the them wives: the name of A- Before 10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived five and See Luke thirty years, mand begat Salah: 13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 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 And Eber lived four and 1 Chr. 1. 19. thirty years, and begat Peleg: 17 And Eber lived after he be •Called. Luke 2. 35. Phaice. 2217. 2185. gat Peleg four hundred and thir: 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, 19 And Peleg lived after he begat Rcu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daugh ters. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty Lake 3 35, years, and begat PSerug: Seruch. 21.35. 21.26. Thara. 21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daugh ters. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, Acts 7.3. and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a beh. 17. 6. & great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; dand thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him thatch. curseth thee: fand in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. 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 in 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 3.3. 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. 7 m And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy ch. 13. 15. & seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence Ps. 105. 9, 11. ch. 13.4 Before unto a mountain on the east of Abram went Abram and Lot part. Before CHRIST Beth-cl, and pitched his tent, hav: A Egypt, he, and his wife, and CHRIST 1921. P ch. 13. 4 ↑ Heb. in going and ing Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and P called upon the name of the LORD. 9 And Abram journeyed, tagoJourneying. ing on still toward the south. 10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. 9 ch. 13. 3. rch. 26. 1. Ps. 105. 13. t ch. 43. 1. ■ver. 14. ch. 26. 7. ch. 20. 11. & 26, 7. ch. 20. 5, 13. See cli. 26. 7. about 1920. 7 ch. 39. 7. Matt. 5. 28. ch. 20. 2. a ch. 20. 14. b ch. 90, 18. 1 Chr. 16.91. Pa. 106. 14. Heb. 13. 4. 26.10. 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art "a fair woman to look upon: 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. 14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians y beheld the woman that she was very fair. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 And he a entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. 17 And the LORD bplagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, ch. 20. 9. & and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? 19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. CHAPTER XIII. 21ats 1 Abram and Lot return out of Egypt. 7 By disagreement they part asunder. 10 Lot goeth to wicked Sodom. 14 God reneweth the promise to Abram. 18 He removeth to Hebron, and there buildeth an altar. 6 And the land was not able fch. 36. 7. to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife be- ch. 26. 20. tween the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: hand the Canaanite and b ch. 12. 6. the Perizzite dwelt then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray 1 Cor. 6. 7. thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be † brethren. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jor-ch. 19. 17. dan, that it was well watered ev- Pa. 107. 34. ery where, before the LORD de-ch. 19. 24, stroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto P Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot a dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. 14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot "was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place & 112. 2. ch. 15. &.& 22. 17. & 26. 4. & 28. 14. & 32. 12. Ex. 32. 12. Num. 23. 10. Deut. 1. 10. 1 Kings 4. 20. 1 Chr. 27. 23. Is. 48. 19. Jer. 33, 22. Rom. 4. 16, 17. 18. Heb. 11. 12 ch. 14. 13. ↑ Heb. plains. b ch. 35. 27. & 87. 14. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the † plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. CHAPTER XIV. 1 The battle of four kings against five. 12 Lot is taken prisoner. 14 Abram rescueth him. 18 Melchizedek blesseth Abram. 20 Abram giveth him tithe. 22 The rest of the spoil, his partners having had their portions, he restoreth to the king of Sodom. ND it came to pass in the A days of rappels king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shi Abram rescueth Lot. and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five. Before CHRIST about 1913. 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, 31. of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. ch. 19. 17,30. 12 And they took Lot, Abram's 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 he 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. 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, wborn in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. 15 And he divided himself a ch. 13. 8. Or led forth. | Or, instructed. ch. 15. 3. & 17. 12, 27. Ecc. 2. 7. Deut. 29. 23. nab king of Admah, and Shem-gainst them, he and his servants, Deut. 34. 1. 4 ch. 12. 22 eber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is d Zoar. 3 All these were joined together Num 34 12 in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. Deut. 3 17. Josh. 3. 16, Ps. 107. 34. fch. 9.26. about 1913. ch. 15, 20. Deut. 3 11. Josh. 12. 4. & 12 12. í Deat. 2. 20. k Deut. 2. 10. 11. 1 Or, The 1 Deut. 2. 12, e 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim hin Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in IShaveh Kiriathaim, 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness. 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. 18. rites, that dwelt min Hazezontamar. & 13. 3. 2 Chr. 23. 2. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, (the same is Zoar;) God encourageth Abram. Before CHRIST self. about 1913. 1 Ex. 6. 8. Dan. 19. 7. GENESIS. r Canaan is promised. sons, and take the goods to thy- | and a ram of three years old, and 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up mine Rev. 10.5,6. hand unto the LORD, the most high God, mthe possessor of heaven and earth, m ver. 19. ch. 21. 33. " So Esth. 9. 15, 16. ⚫ ver. 13. 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. 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoclatchet, 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. CHAPTER XV. 1 God encourageth Abram. 2 Abram complaineth for want of an heir. 4 God promiseth him a son, and a multiplying of his seed. 6 Abram is justified by faith 7 Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by a sign, 12 and a vision. these things the word 11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away. 12 And when the sun was going down, a 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 2. 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; Ps. 105. 25 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: Ex. 6. 6. and afterward y shall they come out with great substance. 15 And thou shalt go to thy Job 5. 26. Deut. 6. 22. J Ex. 12. 36. Ps. 105. 37. AFTER the Lennies me unto fathers in peace, thou shalt bets: 2 36. Abram a in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of d Ps. 16. 5. & my house is this Eliezer of Damascus ? 68. 11. Prov. 11. 18. • Acts 7. 5. fch. 14. 14. 2 Sam. 7. 12 2 Chr. 32. 21. & 16. 11. h Pa. 147. 4. 1 Chr, 27. 23. 1 Rom. 4. 3,9, 22. Gal. 3. 6. James 2. 23. 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one 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 toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them and he said unto him, *So shall thy seed be. 6 And he believed in the LORD; and he mcounted it to him for m Ps. 106. 31. righteousness. 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 Heb. a passed 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: 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. CHAPTER XVI. 1 Sarai, being barren, giveth Hagar to Abram. 4 Hagar, being afflicted for despising her mistress, runneth away. 7 An angel sendeth her back to submit herself, 11 and telleth her of her child. 15 Ishmael is born. 19. ch. 24. 7. c. 19. 7. & 13. 15. & 26. 4. Ex. 23, 31. Num. 4. 3. Deut. 1.7. & 11.24. & 34. 4. Jush. 1. 4. 1 Kings 4. 21. 2 Chr. 9. 26, Neh. 9. 8. Ps. 105. 11. Is. 27. 12. of Ur of the Chalders, Pte gout Nabar Shimi, no children: "and thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said, Lord GOD, a whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? 9 And he said unto him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, |