had made there at the first: and the Abram called on the name of the Lord.

5. And Lot also, which went with Abran had flocks, and herds, and tents.

6. And the land was not able to bea them, that they might dwell together: fo their substance was great, so that the could not dwell together.

7. And there was a strife between th herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herd men of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanit and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land

8. And Abram said unto Lot, Let ther be no strife, 1 pray thee, between me an thee, and between my herdmen and th herdmen; for we be brethren.

9. Is not the whole land before thee? Sepa rate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if tho wilt take the left hand, then I will go to th right; or if thou depart to the right hand then I will go to the left.

10. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and be held all the plain of Jordan, that it was wel watered every where, before the Lord de stroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as th garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as thou comest unto Zoar.

11. Then Lot chose him all the plain or Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and the separated themselves the one from the other

12. Abram dwelled in the land of Ca naan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of th 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, Lit up now thine eyes, and look from the plac where thou art, northward, and southward and eastward, and westward:

15. For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

16. And I will make thy seed as the dus of the earth: so that if a man can numbe the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

17. Arise, walk through the land, in the length of it and in the breadth of it: for 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.

2. That these made war with Berah king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

3. All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

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 Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

6. And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness. 7. And they returned and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

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;) 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.

10. And the vale of Siddim was full of slime-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

11. And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

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

13. 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 brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

15. And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote

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meet him, (after his return from the sla ıghter of Chedorlaomer and of the kings that were with him,) at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.

18. And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was the priest of the most high God.

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 lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

23. That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, 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.

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1 God encourageth Abram, 4 promiseth him a son, and a multiplying of his seed. 6 Abram is justified by faith. 7 Canaan is promised, and confirmed by a vision. the

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FTER these things, the word of LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: 1 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 my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

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 towards 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 counted it to him for righteousness.

7. And he said unto him, I am the LORD

old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. 10. And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and 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. 12. And when the sun was going down, deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, 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 Jand that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

14. And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

15. And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

16. But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

17. And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a burning lamp that 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 Rephaims,

21. And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

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into thy bosom; and when she saw that s had conceived, I was despised in her eye the LORD judge between me and thee.

6. But Abram said unto Sarai, Beho thy maid is in thy hand: do to her as pleaseth thee. And when Sarai de hardly with her, she fled from her face.

7. And the angel of the LORD found h by a fountain of water in the wilderness, the fountain in the way to Shur.

8. And he said, Hagar, Sarai's ma whence camest thou? and whither w thou go? And she said, I flee from t face of my mistress Sarai.

9. And the angel of the LORD said un her, Return to thy mistress, and subn thyself under her hands.

10. And the angel of the LORD said un her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingl that it shall not be numbered for mu titude.

11. And the angel of the LORD Said un her, Behold, thou art with child, and sha bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmae because the Lord hath heard thy afflictio

12. And he will be a wild man; his han will be against every man, and every mar hand against him: and he shall dwell in th presence of all his brethren.

13. And she called the name of the LoF that spake unto her, Thou God seest m for she said, Have I also here looked aft him that seeth me?

14. Wherefore the well was called Bee lahai-roi: behold, it is between Kades and Bered.

15. And Hagar bare Abram a son; an Abram called his son's name, which Haga bare, Ishmael.

16. And Abram was fourscore and s years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael Abram.

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maid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 3. And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

4. And he went in unto Hagar, and she

16 Isaac is promised. 23 Abraham and Ishmael a circumcised. 1. ND when Abram was ninety year

A old and nine the Lo to Abram, and said unto him, I am the A mighty God: walk before me, and be tho perfect.

2. And I will make my covenant be tween me and thee; and will multiply the exceedingly.

3. And Abram fell on his face: and Goo talked with him, saying,

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