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t ver. 24.

u ch. 13. 8.

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God encourageth Abram.

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the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take about 1913. their portion.

CHAPTER XV.

God encourageth Abram. 2 Abram complaineth for want of an heir. 4 God promiseth him a son, and a numerous seed. 6 Abram is justified by faith. 7 Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by a sign, 12 and a vision.

Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their AFTER these things the word of

victuals, and went their way.

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12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

13 T And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: 'and these were confederate with Abram.

14 And when Abram heard that "his Or, led forth. brother was taken captive, he armOr, instructed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

ed.

w ch. 15. 3. & 17. 12, 27. Ecc. 2. 7. x Deut. 34. 1. Judg. 18. 29.

y Is. 41. 2, 3.

z ver. 11, 12.

a Judg. 11. 34. 1 Sam. 18. 6. b Heb. 7. 1.

c 2 Sam. 18.

18.

d Heb. 7. 1.

e Pg. 110. 4. Heb. 5. 6. f Mic. 6. 6. Acts 16. 17. g Ruth 3. 10. 2 Sam. 2. 5. h ver. 22. Matt. 11. 25. i ch. 24. 27.

k Heb. 7. 4.

† Heb. souls.

1 Ex. 6. 8. Dan. 12. 7.

15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the e king's dale.

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19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up mine hand Rev. 10.5, 6. unto the LORD, the most high God, m the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

m ver. 19. ch. 21. 33. n So Esth. 9. 15, 16.

24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of

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o ver. 13.

a Dan. 10. 1. Acts 10.10,11. b ch. 26. 24. Dan. 10. 12 Luke 1.13, 30.

c Pa. 3. 3. & 5. 12. & 84. 11. & 91. 4. & 119. 114.

d Ps. 16. 5. &
58. 11.
Prov. 11. 18.
e Acts 7. 5.

3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, 'one f ch. 14. 14. 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 2 Sam. 7. 12 forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

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Ps. 147. 4.
Jer. 33. 22.

k ch. 22. 17. Ex. 32. 13. Deut. 1. 10. & 10. 22.

1 Chr. 27. 23.
Rom. 4. 18.
Heb. 11. 12.
See ch.13.16.

7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur 1 Rom. 4. 5, 9, of the Chaldees, Pto give thee this land to inherit it.

8 And he said, Lord God, 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, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

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Gal. 3. 6. James 2. 23. m Ps. 106. 31. n ch. 12. 1. o ch. 11. 28, 31. p Ps.105.42,44. Rom. 4. 13. q See ch. 24. 13, 14. Judg.6.17,37. 1Sam.14.9,10. 2 Kings 20. 8. Luke 1. 18.

10 And he took unto him all these, and 'divided them in the midst, and Jer. 34. 18,19. laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

s Lev. 1. 17.

12 And when the sun was going down, 'a deep sleep fell upon Abram; t ch. 2. 21. and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

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13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety "that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

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Job 4. 13.

u Ex. 12. 40. Ps. 105, 23. Acts 7. 6.

w Ex. 1. 11. Ps. 105, 25.

x Ex. 6. 6. Deut. 6. 22.

14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with greaty Ex. 12.36. substance.

15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers

Ps. 105, $7. z Job 5. 26.

a Acts 13. 36.

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Canaan is promised.

in peace; thou shalt be buried in a

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18 In the same day the LORD made
a covenant with Abram, saying, Un-
to thy seed have I given this land,
from the river of Egypt unto the

11.34.&34.4. great river, the river Euphrates:

19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites,

and the Kadmonites,

20 And the Hittites, and the Periz-

zites, and the Rephaim,

21 And the Amorites, and the Ca-
naanites, and the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites.

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16 And Abram was fourscore and
six years old, when Hagar bare Ish-
mael to Abram.

CHAPTER XVII.

God reneweth the covenant. 5 The name of Abram
is changed in token of a greater blessing. 10 Cir-
cumcision is instituted. 15 The name of Sarai is
changed, and she blessed. 16 Isaac is promised.
23 Abraham and Ishmael are circumeised.

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8 And I will give unto thee, and Pch. 12. 7. &

to thy seed after thee, the land

Circumcision instituted.

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sojournings.

GENESIS.

+9 wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting job, possession; and I will be their God. 9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in Deut. 4. 37. & their generations.

q ch. 23. 4. & 28. 4.

r Ex. 6.7.

Lev. 26. 12.

14. 2. & 26.

18. & 29. 13.

s Acts 7. 8.

t Acts 7. 8. Rom. 4. 11.

+ Heb. a son

u Lev. 12. 3. Luke 2. 21. John 7. 22. Phil. 3. 5.

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12 And the that is eight days old of eight days. shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

w Ex. 4. 24.

That is, Princess.

I ch. 18. 10.

† Heb. she shall become nations. y ch. 35. 11. Gal. 4. 31. 1 Pet. 3. 6.

21.6.

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 shall 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 of nations; kings of people shall be

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17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, z ch. 18. 12. & 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?

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18 And Abraham said unto God, Oh 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 everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will ech. 25. 12, 16. multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

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his son, and all that were born in his B. C. 1898. 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 years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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. 27 And all the men of his house, ch. 18. 19. born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

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in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lifted up his eyes and Heb. 13. 2. looked, and, lo, three men stood by him and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

d ch. 19. 2. & 43. 24.

e Judg. 6. 18. & 13. 15.

5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; † Heb. stay. after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did

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GENESIS.

for the men of Sodom.

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him.
of all the earth do right?

a ch. 17. 17. Rom. 4. 19.

11 Now "Abraham and Sarah were Heb. 11. 11, old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

12, 19.

• ch. 31. 35.

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15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: Rom. 15. 24. and Abraham went with them "to bring them on the way.

3 John 6.
Ps. 25. 14.
Amos 3. 7.
John 15. 15.

I ch. 12. 3. &
22.18.

Acts 3. 25.
Gal. 3. 8.

y Dent. 4. 9,
10. & 6.7.
Josh. 24, 15.
Eph. 6. 4.

z ch. 4. 10. & 19. 13.

James 5. 4.

a ch. 11. 5. Ex. 3. 8.

b Deut. 8. 2. &
13. 3.
Josh. 22. 22.
Luke 16. 15.

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17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

19 For I know him, 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,

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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.

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.

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i Job 8. 3. &
54. 17.
Ps. 58. 11. &
94. 2.
Rom. 3. 6.
k Jer. 5. 1.
Ez. 22. 30.

1 Luke 18. 1.

m ch. 3. 19.
Job 4. 19.
Ecc. 12. 7.
1 Cor. 15. 47,
48.

2 Cor. 5. 1.

n Judg. 6. 39.

32 And he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I willo James 5. 16. not destroy it for ten's sake.

33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham and Abraham returned unto his place.

CHAPTER XIX.

Lot entertaineth two angels. 4 The Sodomites are
stricken with blindness. 12 Lot is commanded to
Ace for safety to the mountain. 18 He is permitted
to go into Zoar. 24 Sodom and Gomorrah are
destroyed. 26 Lot's wife becometh a pillar of salt.
30 Lot dwelleth in a cave. 31 The origin of Moab
and Ammon.

2 will go down now, and see Sodom at even; and Lot sat in
ND there came two angels to a ch. 18. 22.
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 2 Cor. 11. 11. from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

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the gate of Sodom and Lot seeing b ch. 18. 1, &c.
them rose up to meet them; and he
bowed himself with his face toward
the ground;

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d ch. 18. 4.

2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your Heb. 13. 2. servant's house, and tarry all night, 23 ¶ And Abraham drew near, and and wash your feet, and ye shall Num. 16. 22. said, 'Wilt thou also destroy the right-rise up early, and go on your ways. eous with the wicked? And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

• Heb. 10. 22.

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GENESIS.

both old and young, all the people from every quarter: 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? à Judg. 19. 22. bring them out unto us, that we I may know them.

i ch. 4. 1. Rom. 1. 24,27. Jude 7.

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6 And Lot went out at the door * Judg. 19. 23. unto them, and shut the door after him,

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n 2 Pet. 2. 7, 8. o Ex. 2. 14.

p See 2 Kings 6. 18. Acts 13. 11.

q ch. 7. 1. 2 Pet. 2. 7, 9. r ch. 18. 20.

9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow "came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

13 For we will destroy this place, because the 'cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; 1 Chr. 21. 15. and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

t Matt. 1. 18.

45.

14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married u Num. 16. 21, his daughters, and said, "Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

x Ex. 9. 21. Luke 17. 28. & 24. 11.

26.

Rev. 18. 4.

15 And when the morning arose, y Num. 16. 24, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

+ Heb. are found.

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ment.

16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the Luke 18. 13. hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: "and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

Rom.9. 15, 16. a Ps. 34. 22.

Destruction of Sodom.

they had brought them forth abroad,
that he said, Escape for thy life;
look not behind thee, neither stay
thou in all the plain; escape to the
mountain, lest thou be consumed.
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh,
not so, my lord:

19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. 21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

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b1 Kings 19.3. c ver. 26. Matt. 24. 16, 17, 18. Luke 9. 62. Phil. 3. 13, 14.

d Acts 10. 14.

e Job 42. 8, 9. Ps. 145. 19.

Heb. thy face.

See ch. 32.

25, 26.
Ex. 32. 10.
Deut. 9. 14.
Mark 6. 5.

22 Haste thee, escape thither; for 'I cannot do any thing till thou beg ch. 13. 10. & come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

23 ¶ The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

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And Lot went up out of Zoar, dwelt in the mountain, and his over. 17, 19. two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth P to come in p ch. 16. 2, 4. unto us after the manner of all the earth:

32 Come, let us make our father 17 And it came to pass, when drink wine, and we will lie with

& 38. 8, 9.

Deut. 25. 5.

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