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13. And it came to pass, when caused me to wander from my fa house, that I said unto her, This kindness which thou shalt show unt at every place whither we shall com of me, He is my brother.

14. And Abimelech took sheep, and and men-servants, and women-ser

1 Abraham sojourneth at Gerar: 2 He denieth his wife and gave them unto Abraham, and re 1.

1. AND Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourn

ed in Gerar.

2. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of

Gerar sent and took Sarah.

3. But God came to Abimelech in a

dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's

wife.

4. But Abimelech had not come near

her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

5. Said he not unto me, She is my sister? And she, even she herself, said, He is my brother: In the integrity of my heart, and innocency of my hands, have I done this.

6. And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for 1 also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

7. Now, therefore, restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

8. Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

9. Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

10. And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

11. And Abraham said, Because I

him Sarah his wife.

15. And Abimelech said, Behold land is before thee: dwell where it

eth thee.

16. And unto Sarah he said, Beh have given thy brother a thousand of silver; behold, he is to thee a cov of the eyes, unto all that are with and with all other: thus she was repro

17. So Abraham prayed unto God God healed Abimelech, and his wife his maid-servants; and they bare chilo 18. For the LORD had fast closed u

the wombs of the house of Abimelech cause of Sarah, Abraham's wife. CHAP. XXI.

1 Isaac is born : 4 He is circumcised. 9 Hagar and I 1.

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are cast forth.

ND the LORD visited Sarah as he said, and the LORD did unto Sar he had spoken:

2. For Sarah conceived, and bare A ham a son in his old age, at the set tim which God had spoken to him.

3. And Abraham called the name son that was born unto him, whom S bare to him, Isaac.

4. And Abraham circumcised his Isaac, being eight days old, as God commanded him.

5. And Abraham was a hundred y old, when his son Isaac was born him.

6. And Sarah said, God hath made to laugh, so that all that hear will la with me.

7. And she said, Who would have unto Abraham, that Sarah should h given children suck? for I have borne ha son in his old age.

8. And the child grew, and was wear and Abraham made a great feast the s day that Isaac was weaned.

9. And Sarah saw the son of Ha the Egyptian, which she had borne u

thought. Surely the fear of God is not in this Abraham mocking.

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"And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water and she went, and filled

the bottle with water, and gave the lud drink." -GENESIS, XXI. 19.

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11. And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son.

12. And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight, because of the lad, and because of thy bond-woman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

13. And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

14. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, (putting it on her shoulder,) and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

15. And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

16. And she went, and sat her down over against him, a good way off, as it were a bow-shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

17. And God heard the voice of the lad: and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

18. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for 1 will make him a great nation.

19. And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

20. And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

21. And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

22. And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:

23. Now, therefore, swear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have Hone unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and o the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24. And Abraham said, I will swear.

to pass, after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said Behold here I am.

2. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

3. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

4. Then on the third day Abraham lift up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

5. And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide you here with the ass; and 1 and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

6. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and 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 he said,

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