Hagar and Ishmael expelled. GENESIS, XXII. 8 And the child grew, and was! Da 200m Abimelech's covenant GENESIS, XXIII Abraham again blessed. young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and c laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife: and they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and Death of Sarah. 21 Huzr his firstborn, and Buz s his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pil he said, 2 Here am I, my son. And Heb.11.17. dash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the 3 lamb for a burnt offering? 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb d for a 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 e Isaac his son, and flaid him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. Jam.2.21. g Ex.3.4. 23 And Bethuel begat t 6 Rebekah these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. 1Cor. 10.13.1 4 i. e. the 11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: gand hem said, Here am 1. 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: h for now I know that thou fearest God, i seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. ver. 11. n Ps. 105.9. Is.45.23. Luke 1.73. Heb.6.13, 14. o Deut. 1.10. Jer.33.22. Jer.7.23. 5 lip. 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, p ch.12.3. and looked, and behold, behind q 1 Sam.2.30. him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: kand 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 4 Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. I 15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven m the second time, 16 And said, By myself have In sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only r Job 1.1. Rom.9.10. (CHAP. 23). a Jos. 14. 15. Ju.1.10. b ver. 19. ch. 13. 18. 2 Sam.5.3. c 1Chr.29.15. Ps.39.12. 105.12. Heb. 11.9. 1 Pet.2.11. d Ac.7.5. 1 a prince of God. e ch.13.2. 2 full 14.14. money. 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; p because thou hast obeyed qmy voice. 3 ears. 19 So Abraham returned unto his fch.34.20,24. young men; and they rose up, and CHAPTER XXIII. Sarah's age and death. 3 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; a the same is Hebron b in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 3 T And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4 I am a stranger c and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may d 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 a mighty prince e among us: in the 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 Í should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat 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 2 as much money as it is worth he shall 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 3 audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate f of his city, saying, 11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is GENESIS, XXIV. to get a wife for Isaac. B. C. 1857. | land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence 6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou, that thou bring not my son thither again. Abraham's servant sent therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. g 2Sa.24.24.thou camest? 12 And Abraham bowed down him-h ch.25.9. self 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 g 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, h 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 Canaan. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure i unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. CHAPTER XXIV. 1 Abraham sendeth his servant for a wife for Isaac: 48 He obtaineth Rebekah. AND Abraham was old, and 1 well stricken in age and the LORD had blessed a Abraham in all things. 49.30. 50.13. Ac.7.16. i Jer.32.10. (CHAP. 24.) 1 gone into a ver.35. Ps. 112.1-3. ch.39.5. d ch.47.29. 1Ch.29.24. e Deut.6.13. f ch.6.2,&c. Deut.7.3. 2Cor.6.14. g ch.11.25, &c. 22.20. 28.2. h Ezra 1.2. i ch.12.1,7. 34.4. 1 Jos.2.17 20. 2 or, and. n ch.11.31. o Ex.2.16. 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant bof his house, that ruled c over all that he had, Put, dI pray thee, thy hand under my p ver.27. thigh: 3 And I will make thee swear e by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thouq shalt not take fa wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: 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, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this 1Sam.9.11. ch.26.24. Mat.22.32. Pr.3.6. ver.43. s Ju.6.17,37. 2 Ki.20.9. t Is.65.24. Dan.9.21. 4 good of countenance. 7 The LORD God of heaven, h which took me i from my father's 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 k 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 departed; 2 for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, m unto the city of n Nahor. 11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time 3 that women go out to draw water. o 12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, pI pray thee, send me good speed 7 this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. 13 Behold, I stand here by the r well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: 14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby s shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master. 15 T And it came to pass, before he had done t speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. 16 And the damsel was 4 very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. 18 And she said, Drink, my lord: |