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God calleth
Abram, and

blesseth him
with a promise
of Christ.

He departeth with Lot from Haran.

He iourneyeth through

Canaan,

which is promised him in a vision.

Hee is driven by a famine into Egypt.

Feare maketh him faine his wife to be his sister.

into the land of Canaan: and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. And the dayes of Terah, were two hundred and five yeres: and Terah died in Haran.

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the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy countrey, and from thy kinred, and from thy fathers house, unto a land that I will shew thee. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I wil blesse thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt bee a blessing. And I will blesse them that blesse thee, and curse him, that curseth thee: and in thee shal all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him, and Lot went with him: And Abram was seventie and five yeeres old when he departed out of Haran. And Abram tooke Sarai his wife, and Lot his brothers sonne, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the soules that they had gotten in Haran, and they went foorth to goe into the land of Canaan: and into the land of Canaan they came.

And Abram passed through the land, unto the place of Sichem, unto the plaine of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed wil I give this land: and there builded hee an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence unto a mountaine, on the East of Beth-el, and pitched his tent having Beth-el on the West, and Hai on the East: and there hee builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the Name of the LORD. And Abram iourneyed, going on still toward the South.

And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went downe into Egypt, to soiourne there: for the famine was grievous in the land. And it came to passe when he was come neere to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a faire woman to looke upon. Therefore it shall come to passe, 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. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, that it may be wel with me, for thy sake; and my soule shall live, because of thee. And it came to passe, that when Abram was come into Egypt, taken her from the Egyptians beheld the woman, that shee was very faire. him, by plagues is compelled to The Princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaohs house. And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheepe,

Pharaoh having

restore her.

and oxen, and hee asses, and men servants, and maid servants, and shee asses, and camels. And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai Abrams wife. And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? Why diddest thou not tell me, that she was thy wife? Why saidest thou, Shee is my sister? so I might have taken her to mee to wife: now therfore behold, thy wife, take her and goe thy way. And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

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ND Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that Abram and Lot he had, and Lot with him, into the South. And Abram returne out of Egypt. was very rich in cattell, in silver, and in gold. And hee went on his iourneyes from the South, even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had bene at the beginning, betweene Beth-el and Hai: unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first and there Abram called on the Name of the LORD.

And Lot also which went with Abram, had flocks and heards, and tents. And the land was not able to beare them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. And there was a strife betweene the heard- By disagreemen of Abrams cattell, and the heardmen of Lots cattell: And ment they part asunder. the Canaanite, and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, betweene mee and thee, and betweene my heardmen and thy heardmen for wee bee brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thy selfe, I pray thee, from mee: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will goe to the right: or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will goe to the left. And Lot Lot goeth to lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plaine of Iordane, that it wicked Sodom. was well watered every where before the Lord destroyed Sodome and Gomorah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou commest unto Zoar. Then Lot chose him all the plaine of Iordane: and Lot iourneyed East; and they separated themselves the one from the other. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plaine, and pitched his tent toward Sodome. But the men of Sodome were wicked, and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from God renueth him, Lift up now thine eyes, and looke from the place where thou the promise art, Northward, and Southward, and Eastward, and Westward.

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For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seede for ever. And I will make thy seede as the dust of the earth so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbred. Arise, walke through the land, in the length of it, and in the breadth of it: for I will give it unto He removeth to thee. Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the Hebron, and plaine of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

there buildeth

an Altar.

The battell of foure Kings against five.

Lot is taken prisoner.

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ND it came to passe in the dayes of Amraphel King of Shinar, Arioch King of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer King of Elam, and Tidal King of nations: that these made warre with Bera King of Sodome, and with Birsha King of Gomorrah, Shinab King of Admah, and Shemeber King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, which is Zoar. All these were ioyned together in the vale of Siddim; which is the salt Sea. Twelve yeeres they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth yeere they rebelled. And in the fourteenth yeere came Chedorlaomer, and the Kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims, in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim; and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-Paran, which is by the wildernesse. And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the countrey of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar. And there went out the King of Sodome, and the King of Gomorrah, and the King of Admah, and the King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, (the same is Zoar) and they ioyned battell with them, in the vale of Siddim, with Chedorlaomer the King of Elam, and with Tidal King of nations, and Amraphel King of Shinar, and Arioch King of Ellasar; foure Kings with five. And the vale of Siddim was full of slime-pits: and the Kings of Sodome and Gomorrah fled, and fell there: and they that remained, fled to the mountaine. And they tooke all the goods of Sodome and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. And they tooke Lot, Abrams brothers sonne, (who dwelt in Sodome) and his goods, and departed.

And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew, for hee dwelt in the plaine of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were con

Abram rescueth federate with Abram. And when Abram heard that his brother him. was taken captive, he armed his trained servants borne in his owne house, three hundred and eighteene, and pursued them unto

Dan. And hee divided himselfe against them, he and his servants CHAPTER by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hoba, which XIIII is on the left hand of Damascus: and hee brought backe all the goods, and also brought againe his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

And the king of Sodome went out to meete him, (after his returne from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the Kings that were with him) at the valley of Saveh, which is the Kings

dale. And Melchizedek King of Salem brought foorth bread and Melchi-zedek wine: and he was the Priest of the most high God. And hee blesseth Abram. blessed him, and saide; Blessed bee Abram of the most high God, possessour of heaven and earth, and blessed bee the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand:

and hee gave him tithes of all. And the King of Sodome said Abram giveth unto Abram, give me the persons, and take the goods to thy him tithe. selfe. And Abram said to the King of Sodome, I have lift up my The rest of the hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessour of spoile, his heaven and earth, that I wil not take from a threed even to a had their partners having shoe latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest portions, he thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: save onely that restoreth to the King of Sodom. which the yong men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with mee, Aner, Eschol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

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want of an

and a multiplying of his

FTER these things, the word of the LORD came unto Abram God encourin a vision, saying; Feare not, Abram: I am thy shield, ageth Abram. and thy exceeding great reward. And Abram said, Lord Abram comGOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I goe childlesse? and the plaineth for steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus. And Abram said; heire. Behold, to mee thou hast given no seed: and loe, one borne in my house is mine heire. And behold, the word of the LORD came God promiseth unto him, saying; This shall not be thine heire: but he that shall him a sonne, come foorth out of thy owne bowels, shalbe thine heire. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Looke now towards heaven, seed. and tell the starres, if thou be able to number them. And hee said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he beleeved in the Abram is LORD; and hee counted it to him for righteousnesse. And he justified by said unto him; I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Canaan is Caldees, to give thee this land, to inherit it. And he said, Lord promised GOD, whereby shal I know that I shall inherit it? And he said againe, and confirmed by unto him, Take me an heifer of three yeeres old, and a shee goat a signe, of three yeeres old, and a ramme of three yeeres old, and a turtle

faith.

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and a vision.

Sarai, being
barren, giveth
Hagar to
Abram.

Hagar being afflicted for despising her mistresse,

runneth away.

divided them in the midst, and layd each peece one against
another: but the birds divided he not. And when the fowles
came downe upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. And
when the Sunne was going downe, a deepe sleepe fell upon Abram :
and loe, an horrour of great darkenesse fell upon him. And
he said unto Abram, Know of a surety, that thy seed shalbe a
stranger, in a land that is not theirs, and shal serve them, and
they shall afflict them foure hundred yeeres.
And also that
nation whom they shall serve, wil I iudge: and afterward shall
they come out with great substance. And thou shalt goe to thy
fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. But in
the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the
iniquitie of the Amorites is not yet full. And it came to passe
that when the Sunne went downe, and it was darke, behold, a
smoking furnace, and a burning lampe that passed betweene
those pieces. 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:
the Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites: and the
Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, and the Amorites,
and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Iebusites.

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OW Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaide, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee go in unto my maid: it may bee that I may obtaine children by her: and Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. And Sarai Abrams wife, tooke Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten yeeres in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram, to be his wife.

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: And when shee saw that shee had conceived, her mistresse was despised in her eyes. And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosome, and when shee saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD iudge betweene me and thee. But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; doe to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, shee fled from her face.

And the Angel of the LORD found her by a fountaine of water, in the wildernesse, by the fountaine, in the way to Shur: and he