15 For all cthe land which thou seest, will I give a 2 Sam. 18:18 9 To wit, with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and

15 For all cthe land which thou seest, will I give a 2 Sam. 18:18 9 To wit, with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and

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14 ¶ Then the Lord said unto 1Abram, (after that Lot was departed from him) Lift up thine eyes now, and look from the place where thou art, Northward, and Southward, and Eastward, and Westward: 15 For all cthe land which thou seest, will I give unto thee, and to thy seed 1forever, 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land, in the length thereof, and breadth thereof: for I will give it unto thee. 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelled in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord. 14 12 In the overthrow of Sodom Lot is taken prisoner. 16 Abram delivereth him. 18 Melchizedek cometh to meet him. 23 Abram would not be enriched by the king of Sodom.

king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar: and they joined battle with them in the valley of Siddim, 9 To wit, with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar: four kings against five. 10 Now the 1valley of Siddim was full of slime pits, and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and 2fell there: and the residue fled to the mountain. 11 And they took all the substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their vittles and went their way. 12 They 1took Lot also Abram's brother's son and his substance (for he dwelt at Sodom) and departed. 13 ¶ Then came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew, which dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, which were 1confederate with Abram. 14 When Abram heard that his brother was taken, he 1brought forth of them that were born and brought up in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. 15 Then he and his servants divided themselves against them by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left side of 1Damascus, 16 And he recovered all the substance, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also and the people. 17 ¶ After that he returned from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and of the kings that were with him, came the King of Sodom forth to meet him in the valley of Shaveh, which is the aKing's dale. 18 And bMelchizedek King of Salem 1brought forth bread and wine: and he was a Priest of the most high God. 19 Therefore he 1blessed him, saying, Blessed art thou, Abram, of God most high, Possessor of heaven and earth, 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thine hand. cAnd Abram gave him tithes of all.

c Gen. 12:7 Gen. 15:7,11

Gen. 26:4 Deut. 34:4

chapter 14

a 2 Sam. 18:18

b Heb. 7:1

c Heb. 7:8

1 And in the days of Amraphel king of 1Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of the 2nations: 2 These men made war with Bera 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 1joined together in the valley of 2Siddim, which is the 3salt Sea. 4 Twelve years were they subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the 1Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in 2Shaveh Kiriathaim, 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto the plain of El Paran, which is by the wilderness. 7 And they returned and came to En Mishpat, which is Kadesh, and 1smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelled in Hazezon Tamar. 8 Then went out the king of Sodom, and the

13:14 1 The Lord comforted him, lest he should have taken thought for the departure of his nephew. 13:15 1 Meaning, a long time, and till the coming of Christ as Exod. 12:14 and 21:6; Deut. 15:17, and spiritually this is referred to the true children of Abram, born according to the promise, and not according to the flesh, which are heirs of the true land of Canaan. 14:1 1 That is, of Babylon: by kings here, meaning, them that were governors of cities. 2 Of a people gathered of divers countries. 14:3 1 Ambition is the chief cause of wars among princes. 2 Or, of the labored fields. 3 Called also the dead sea, or the lake Asphaltite, near unto Sodom and Gomorrah. 14:5 1 Or, giants.

2 Or, plain. 14:7 1 Or, destroyed. 14:10 1 And afterward was overwhelmed with water, and so was called the salt sea. 2 Or, were discomfited. 14:12 1 The godly are plagued many times with the wicked: there­ fore their company is dangerous. 14:13 1 God moved them to join with Abram, and preserveth him from their idolatry and superstitions. 14:14 1 Or, armed. 14:15 1 Hebrew, Dammesck. 14:18 1 For Abram and his soldiers' refection, and not to offer sacrifice. 14:19 1 In that Melchizedek fed Abram, he declared himself to repre­ sent a king, and in that he blessed him, the high Priest.

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21 Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the 1persons, and take the goods to thyself. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, 1I have lifted up mine hand unto the Lord the most high God possessor of heaven and earth, 23 1That I will not take of all that is thine, so much as a thread or shoe latchet, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich, 24 1Save only that, which the young men have eaten, and the parts of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre: let them take their parts. 15 1 The Lord is Abram's defense and reward. 6 He is justified by faith. 13 The servitude and deliverance out of Egypt is declared. 18 The land of Canaan is promised the fourth time.

10 So he took all these unto him, and 1divided them in the midst, and laid every piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. 11 Then fowls fell on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. 12 And when the sun went down, there fell an heavy sleep unto Abram: and lo, 1a very fearful darkness fell upon him. 13 Then he said to Abram, fKnow for a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, g,1four hundred years, and shall serve them: and they entreat them evil. 14 Notwithstanding, the nation whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 15 But thou shalt go unto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good age. 16 And in the 1fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the 2wickedness of the Amorites is not yet full. 17 Also when the sun went down, there was a darkness: and behold, a smoking furnace, and a firebrand, which went between those pieces. 18 hIn that same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land: ifrom the river of Egypt unto the great river 1Euphrates. 19 Then Kenites, and the Kenezzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 21 The Amorites also, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. 16 3 Sarai being barren giveth Hagar to Abram. 4 Which conceiveth and despiseth her dame: 6 And being ill handled, fleeth. 7 The Angel comforteth her. 11, 12 The name and manners of her son. 13 She calleth upon the Lord, whom she findeth true.

chapter 15

a Num. 12:6

b Ps. 16:6

c Rom. 4:18

d Rom. 4:3

Gal. 3:6 James 2:23

e Gen. 11:28

f Acts 7:6

g Exod. 12:40

h Gen. 12:7

Gen. 13:15

Gen. 26:4 Deut. 4:5

i 1 Kings 4:21

2 Chron. 9:26

1 After these things, the 1word of the Lord came unto Abram in a avision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am thy buckler, and thine exceeding bgreat reward. 2 And Abram said, 1O Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of mine house is this Eliezer of Damascus? 3 Again Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: wherefore lo, a servant of mine house shall be mine heir. 4 Then behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir, but one that shall come out of thine own bowels, he shall be thine heir. 5 Moreover he brought him forth and said, cLook up now unto heaven, and tell the stars if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 6 And Abram dbelieved the Lord, and he counted that to him for righteousness. 7 Again he said unto him, I am the Lord, that brought thee out of eUr, of the Chaldeans, to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said, O Lord God, 1Whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? 9 Then he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, a turtle dove also and a pigeon.

1 Now 1Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children, and she had a maid an Egyptian, Hagar by name. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath 1restrained me from childbearing, I pray

14:21 1 Hebrew, souls. 14:22 1 Or, I have sworn. 14:23 1 Hebrew, If I take from thee a thread, etc. Read 1 Sam. 14:45. 14:24 1 He would not that his liberality should be hurtful to others. 15:1 1 Or, the Lord spake to Abram. 15:2 1 His fear was not only lest he should not have children, but lest the promise of the blessed seed should not be accomplished in him. 15:8 1 This is a particular motion of God's Spirit, which is not law­ ful for all to follow, in asking signs: but was permitted to some by a peculiar motion, as to Gideon and Hezekiah. 15:10 1 This was the old custom in making covenants, Jer. 34:18, to the which God added these conditions, that Abram's posterity should be as torn in pieces, but after they should be coupled together: also

that it should be assaulted, but yet delivered. 15:12 1 Hebrew, a fear of great darkness. 15:13 1 Counting from the birth of Isaac to their departure out of Egypt: Which declareth that God will suffer his to be afflicted in this world. 15:16 1 Or, after four hundred years. 2 Though God suffer the wicked for a time, yet his vengeance fall­ eth upon them, when the measure of their wickedness is full. 15:18 1 Hebrew, Perath. 16:1 1 It seemeth that she had respect to God's promise, which could not be accomplished without issue. 16:2 1 She faileth in binding God's power to the common order of nature, as though God could not give her children in her old age.

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thee go in unto my maid: 2it may be that I shall 3receive a child by her. And Abram obeyed the voice of Sarai. 3 Then Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelled ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram for his wife. 4 ¶ And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her dame was 1despised in her eyes. 5 Then Sarai said to Abram, 1Thou doest me wrong, I have given my maid into thy bosom, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and I am despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee. 6 Then Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine 1hand: do with her as it pleaseth thee. Then Sarai dealt roughly with her: wherefore she fled from her. 7 ¶ But the 1Angel of the Lord found her beside a fountain in the way of Shur, 8 And he said, Hagar Sarai's maid, whence comest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from my dame Sarai. 9 Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, 1Return to thy dame, and humble thyself under her hands. 10 Again the Angel of the Lord said unto her, I will so greatly increase thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 11 Also the Angel of the Lord said unto her, See, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael: for the Lord hath heard thy tribulation. 12 And he shall be a 1wild man: his hand shall be against every man, and every man's hand against him, aand 2he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 13 Then she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God lookest on me: for she said, 1Have I not also here looked after him that seeth me? 14 bWherefore the Well was called, 1Beer Lahai Roi: lo, it is between Kadesh and Bered. 15 ¶ And Hagar bare Abram a son, and Abram

called his son's name which Hagar bare, Ishmael. 16 And Abram was four score and six years old when Hagar bare him Ishmael. 17 5 Abram's name is changed to confirm him in the promise. 8 The land of Canaan is the fifth time promised. 12 Circumcision instituted. 15 Sarai is named Sarah. 18 Abraham prayeth for Ishmael. 19 Isaac is promised. 23 Abraham and his house are circumcised.

chapter 16

a Gen. 25:18

b Gen. 24:62

chapter 17

a Gen. 5:22

b Rom. 4:17

c Gen. 13:16

d Acts 7:8

e Rom. 4:11

1 When Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God 1all sufficient, awalk before me, and be thou 2upright, 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying, 4 Behold, I make my covenant with thee, and thou shalt be a 1father of many nations, 5 Neither shall thy name anymore be called Abram, but thy name shall be 1Abraham: bfor a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 Also I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and will make nations of thee, yea, Kings shall proceed of thee. 7 Moreover, I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an ceverlasting covenant, to be God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give thee and thy seed after thee the land, wherein thou art a stranger, even all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God. 9 ¶ Again God said unto Abraham, Thou also shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. 10 1This is my covenant which ye shall keep between me and you, and thy seed after thee, dLet every man-child among you be circumcised: 11 That is, ye shall circumcise the 1foreskin of your flesh, and it shall be a esign of the covenant between me and you. 12 And every man-child of eight days old among

16:2 2 Or, peradventure. 3 Hebrew, be built by her. 16:4 1 This punishment declareth what they gain that attempt any­ thing against the word of God. 16:5 1 Hebrew, mine injury is upon thee. 16:6 1 Or, power. 16:7 1 Which was Christ, as appeareth verse 13 and Gen. 18:17. 16:9 1 God rejecteth none estate of people in their misery, but send­ eth them comfort. 16:12 1 Or, fierce and cruel, or; as a wild ass. 2 That is, the Ishmaelites shall be a peculiar people by themselves, and not a portion of another people. 16:13 1 She rebuketh her own dullness and acknowledgeth God's

graces, who was present with her everywhere. 16:14 1 Or, the well of the living, and seeing me. 17:1 1 Or, Almighty. 2 Or, without hypocrisy. 17:4 1 Not only according to the flesh, but of a far greater multitude by faith, Rom. 4:17. 17:5 1 The changing of his name is a seal to confirm God's promise unto him. 17:10 1 Circumcision is called the covenant, because it signifieth the covenant, and hath the promise of grace joined unto it: which phrase is common to all Sacraments. 17:11 1 That privy part is circumcised, to show that all that is begot­ ten of man is corrupt, and must be mortified.

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you, shall be circumcised in your generations, as well he that is born in thine house, as he that is bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. 13 He that is born in thine house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: so my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 But the uncircumcised 1man-child, in whose flesh the foreskin is not circumcised, even that person shall be cut off from his people, because he hath broken my covenant. 15 ¶ Afterward God said unto Abraham, Sarai thy wife shalt thou not call Sarai, but 1Sarah shall be her name. 16 And I will bless her, and will also give thee a son of her, yea, I will bless her, and she shall be the mother of nations: Kings also of people shall come of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and 1laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him, that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah that is ninety years old, bear? 18 And Abraham said unto God, Oh, that Ishmael might live in thy sight. 19 Then God said, fSarah 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 1everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. 20 And as concerning Ishmael, I have heard thee: lo, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him 1exceedingly: twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make a great nation of him. 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee, the next gyear at this season. 22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. 23 ¶ Then Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that was bought with his money, that is, every man-child among the men of Abraham's house, and 1he circumcised the foreskin of their flesh in that selfsame day, as God had commanded him.

24 Abraham also himself was ninety years old and nine, when the foreskin of his flesh was circumcised. 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when the foreskin of his flesh was circumcised. 26 The selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son: 27 And all the men of his house both born in his house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. 18 2 Abraham receiveth three Angels into his house. 10 Isaac is promised again. 12 Sarah laugheth. 18 Christ is promised to all nations. 19 Abraham taught his family to know God. 21 The destruction of Sodom is declared unto Abraham. 23 Abraham prayeth for them.

f Gen. 18:10

Gen. 21:2

g Gen. 21:2

chapter 18

a Heb. 13:2

b Gen. 17:19,21

Gen. 21:2

Rom. 9:9

1 Again the Lord aappeared unto him in the 1plain of Mamre, as he sat in his tent door about the heat of the day. 2 And he lifted up his eyes, and looked: and lo, three 1men stood by him, and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the ground. 3 And he said, 1Lord, if I have now found favor in thy sight, go not, I pray thee, from thy servant. 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be brought, and 1wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. 5 And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may comfort your hearts, afterward ye shall go your ways: for therefore are ye 1come to your servant. And they said, Do even as thou hast said. 6 Then Abraham made haste into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready at once three 1measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And Abraham ran to the beasts, and took a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant, who hasted to make it ready. 8 And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had prepared, and set before them, and stood himself by them under the tree: and 1they did eat. 9 ¶ Then they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he answered, Behold, she is in the tent. 10 And he said, bI will certainly come again unto

17:14 1 Albeit women were not circumcised, yet were they partak­ ers of God's promise: for under the mankind all was consecrated, and here is declared, that whosoever contemneth the sign, despiseth also the promise. 17:15 1 Or, dame, or princess. 17:17 1 Which proceeded of a sudden joy, and not of infidelity. 17:19 1 The everlasting Covenant is made with the children of the Spirit: and with the children of the flesh is made the temporal prom­ ise, as was promised to Ishmael. 17:20 1 Hebrew, greatly, greatly. 17:23 1 They were well instructed which obeyed to be circumcised without resistance: which thing declareth that masters in their

houses ought to be as preachers to their families, that from the high­ est to the lowest they may obey the will of God. 18:1 1 Or, oak grove. 18:2 1 That is, three Angels in man's shape. 18:3 1 Speaking to one of them in whom appeared to be most maj­ esty, for he thought they had been men. 18:4 1 For men used because of the great heat to go bare footed in those parts. 18:5 1 As sent of God, that I should do my duty to you. 18:6 1 Hebrew, Seim. 18:8 1 For as God gave them bodies for a time, so gave he them the faculties thereof, to walk, to eat and drink, and such like.

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thee according to the time of 1life: and lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son: and Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him. 11 (Now Abraham and Sarah were old and stricken in age, and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.) 12 Therefore Sarah 1laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old, cand my lord also, shall I have lust? 13 And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah thus laugh, saying, Shall I certainly bear a child, which am old? 14 (Shall anything be 1,dhard to the Lord? as the time appointed will I return unto thee, even according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.) 15 But Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not: for she was afraid. And he said, 1It is not so: for thou laughedst. 16 ¶ Afterward, the men did rise up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 17 And the 1Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do, 18 Seeing that Abraham shall be indeed a great and a mighty nation, and eall the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I know him 1that he will command his sons and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord to do righteousness and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham, that he hath spoken unto him. 20 Then the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is exceedingly grievous, 21 I will 1go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to that 2cry, which is come unto me: and if not, that I may know. 22 And the men turned thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord. 23 Then Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24 If there be fifty righteous within the city, wilt thou destroy and not spare the place for the fifty

righteous that are therein? 25 Be it far from thee from doing this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be even as the wicked, be it far from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the world 1do right? 26 And the Lord answered, If I shall find in Sodom 1fifty righteous within the city, then will I spare all the place for their sakes. 27 Then Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have begun to speak unto my Lord, and I am 1but dust and ashes, 28 If there shall lack five of fifty righteous, wilt thou destroy all the city for five? And he said, If I find there five and forty, I will not destroy it. 29 And he yet spake to him again, and said, What if there shall be found forty there? Then he answered, I will not do it for forty's sake. 30 Again he said, Let not my Lord now be angry that I speak, What if thirty be found there? Then he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31 Moreover he said, Behold now, I have begun to speak unto my Lord, What if twenty be found there? And he answered, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. 32 Then he said, Let not my Lord be now angry, and I will speak but this 1once, What if ten be found there? And he answered, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. 33 ¶ And the Lord went his way, when he had left communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned unto his place. 19 3 Lot recieveth two Angels into his house. 4 The filthy lusts of the Sodomites. 16 Lot is delivered. 14 Sodom is destroyed. 26 Lot's wife is made a pillar of salt. 33 Lot's daughters lie with their father, of whom came Moab and Ammon.

c 1 Pet. 3:6

d Zech. 8:6

e Gen. 12:3

Gen. 22:18

chapter 19

a Gen. 18:4

1 And in the evening there came two 1Angels to Sodom: and Lot sat at the gate of Sodom, and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face to the ground. 2 And he said, See my lords, I pray you turn in now into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and awash your feet, and ye shall rise up early and

18:10 1 That is, about this time when she shall be alive, or when the child shall come into this life. 18:12 1 For she rather had respect to the order of nature, than believed the promise of God. 18:14 1 Or, hid. 18:15 1 Hebrew, No. 18:17 1 Jehovah the Hebrew word which we call Lord, showeth that this Angel was Christ: for this word is only applied to God. 18:19 1 He showeth that fathers ought both to know God's judg­ ments, and to declare them to their children. 18:21 1 God speaketh after the fashion of men: that is, I will enter into judgment with good advice. 2 For our sins cry for vengeance, though none accuse us.

18:25 1 Hebrew, do judgment. 18:26 1 God declareth that his judgments were done with great mercy, forasmuch as all were so corrupt, that not only fifty but ten righteous men could not be found there, and also that the wicked are spared for the righteous' sake. 18:27 1 Hereby we learn, that the nearer we approach unto God, the more doth our miserable estate appear, and the more are we humbled. 18:32 1 If God refused not the prayer for the wicked Sodomites, even to the sixth request, how much more will he grant the prayers of the godly for the afflicted Church? 19:1 1 Wherein we see God's provident care in preserving his: albeit he revealeth not himself to all alike: for Lot had but two Angels, and Abraham three.

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go your ways. Who said, Nay, but we will abide in the street all night. 3 Then 1he pressed upon them earnestly, and they turned in to him, and came to his house, and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they 2did eat. 4 But before they went to bed, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom compassed the house round about, from the young even to the old, 1all the people from all quarters. 5 Who crying unto Lot said to him, Where are the men, which came to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6 Then Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, 7 And said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly. 8 Behold now, I have two 1daughters, which have not known man: them will I bring out now unto you, and do them as seemeth you good: only unto these men do nothing: 2for therefore are they come under the shadow of my roof. 9 Then they said, Away hence: and they said, He is come alone as a stranger, and shall he judge and rule? we will now deal worse with thee than with them. So they pressed sore upon Lot bhimself, and came 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 Then they smote the men that were at the door of the house, with blindness, both small and great, so that they were weary in 1seeking the door. 12 ¶ Then the men said unto Lot, Whom hast thou yet here? either son-in-law, or thy sons or thy daughters, or whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring it out of this place. 13 For 1we will destroy this place, because the ccry of them is great before the Lord, and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it. 14 Then Lot went out and spake unto his sons-inlaw, which 1married his daughters, and said, Arise, get you out of this place: for the Lord will destroy the city, but he seemed to his sons-in-law, as though

he had mocked. 15 ¶ And when the morning arose, the Angels hasted Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife and thy two daughters 1which are here, lest thou be destroyed in the punishment of the city. 16 And as he 1prolonged the time, the men caught both him and his wife, and his two daughters by the hands (the Lord being merciful unto him) and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17 ¶ And when they had brought them out, the Angel said, Escape for thy life: 1look not behind thee, neither tarry thou in all the plain: escape into the mountain, lest thou be destroyed. 18 And Lot said unto them, Not so, I pray thee, my Lord. 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life: and I cannot escape in the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die. 20 See now this city hereby to flee unto, which is a little one: Oh let me escape thither: is it not a 1little one, and my soul shall live? 21 Then he said unto him, Behold, I have received 1thy request also concerning this thing, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. 22 Haste thee, save thee there: for I can do 1nothing till thou come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called 2Zoar. 23 ¶ The sun did rise upon the earth, when Lot entered into Zoar. 24 Then the Lord drained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven, 25 And overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that grew upon the earth. 26 ¶ Now his wife behind him looked back, and she became a 1pillar of salt. 27 ¶ And Abraham rising up early in the morning went to the place, where he had stood before the Lord,

b 2 Pet. 2:7

c Gen. 18:20

d Deut. 29:23

Isa. 13:19 Jer. 50:40 Ezek. 16:49

Hos. 11:8 Amos 4:11 Luke 17:29

Jude 7

19:3 1 That is, he prayed them so instantly. 2 Not for that they had necessity, but because the time was not yet come that they would reveal themselves. 19:4 1 Nothing is more dangerous than to dwell where sin reigneth: for it corrupteth all. 19:8 1 He deserveth praise in defending his guests, but he is to be blamed in seeking unlawful means. 2 That I should preserve them from all injury. 19:11 1 Hebrew, finding. 19:13 1 This proveth that the Angels are ministers, as well to execute God's wrath, as to declare his favor. 19:14 1 Or, should marry. 19:15 1 Hebrew, which are found.

19:16 1 The mercy of God striveth to overcome man's slowness in following God's calling. 19:17 1 He willed him to flee from God's judgments, and not to be sorry to depart from that rich country, and full of vain pleasures. 19:20 1 Though it be little, yet it is great enough to save my life: wherein he offendeth in choosing another place than the Angel had appointed him. 19:21 1 Hebrew, thy face. 19:22 1 Because God's commandment was to destroy the city, and to save Lot. 2 Which before was called Bela, Gen. 14:2. 19:26 1 As touching the body only: and this is a notable monument of God's vengeance to all them that passed that way.

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28 And looking toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, behold, he saw the smoke of the land mounting up as the smoke of a furnace. 29 ¶ But yet when God destroyed the cities of the plain, God thought upon Abraham, and sent Lot out from the midst of the destruction, when he overthrew the cities, wherein Lot dwelled. 30 ¶ Then Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain with his two daughters for he 1feared to tarry in Zoar, but dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the elder said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the 1earth, to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth. 32 Come, we will make our father 1drink wine, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 33 So they made their father drink wine that night, and the elder went and lay with her father: but he perceived not, neither when she lay down, neither when she rose up. 34 And on the morrow the elder said to the younger, Behold, yester night lay I with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also, and go thou and lie with him, that we may 1preserve seed of our father. 35 So they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger arose, and lay with him: but he perceived it not, when she lay down, neither when she rose up. 36 Thus were 1both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the elder bare a son, and she called his name Moab: the same is the father of the 1Moabites unto this day. 38 And the younger bare a son also, and she called his name 1Ben-Ammi: the same is the father of the Ammonites unto this day. 20 1 Abraham dwelleth as a stranger in the land of Gerar. 2 Abimelech taketh away his wife. 3 God

reproveth the king, 9 and the king Abraham. 14 Sarah is restored with great gifts. 17 Abraham prayeth, and the king and his are healed.

1 Afterward Abraham departed thence toward the South country and dwelled between Kadesh and 1Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, 1She is my sister. Then Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, 1thou art but dead, because of the woman, which thou hast taken: for she is a man's wife. 4 (Notwithstanding Abimelech had not yet come near her) And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even 1the righteous nation? 5 Said not he unto me, She is my sister? yea, and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright 1mind, and 2innocent hands have I done this. 6 And God said unto him by a dream, I know that thou diddest this even with an upright mind, and I 1kept thee also that thou shouldest not sin against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. 7 Now then deliver the man his wife again: for he is a 1Prophet, and he 2shall pray for thee, that thou mayest live: but if thou deliver her not again, be sure that thou shalt die the death, thou, and all that thou hast. 8 Then Abimelech rising up early in the morning, called all his servants, and told all these things 1unto them, and the men were sore afraid. 9 Afterward 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 1kingdom this great sin? thou hast done things unto me that ought not to be done. 10 So Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou that thou hast done this thing? 11 Then Abraham answered, Because I thought thus, Surely the 1fear of God is not in this place, and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

19:30 1 Having before felt God's mercy, he durst not provoke him again by continuing among the wicked. 19:31 1 Meaning in the country, which the Lord had now destroyed. 19:32 1 For except he had been overcome with wine, he would never have done that abominable act. 19:34 1 Hebrew, keep alive. 19:36 1 Thus God permitted him to fall most horribly in the solitary mountains, whom the wickedness of Sodom could not overcome. 19:37 1 Who as they were born in most horrible incest, so were they and their posterity vile and wicked. 19:38 1 That is, son of my people: signifying that they rather rejoiced in their sin, than repented for the same. 20:1 1 Which was toward Egypt. 20:2 1 Abraham had now twice fallen into this fault: such is man's frailty.

20:3 1 So greatly God detesteth the breach of marriage. 20:4 1 The infidels confessed that God would not punish but for just occasion: therefore, whensoever he punisheth, the occasion is just. 20:5 1 As one falling by ignorance, and not doing evil of purpose. 2 Not thinking to do any man harm. 20:6 1 God by his holy Spirit retaineth them that offend by igno­ rance, that they fall not into greater inconvenience. 20:7 1 That is, one, to whom God revealeth himself familiarly. 2 For the prayer of the godly is of force towards God. 20:8 1 Hebrew, in their ears. 20:9 1 The wickedness of the King bringeth God's wrath upon the whole realm. 20:11 1 He showeth that no honesty can be hoped for, where the fear of God is not.

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12 Yet in very deed she is my 1sister: for she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she is my wife. 13 Now when God caused me to wander out of my father's house, I said then to her, This is thy kindness that thou shalt show unto me in all places where we come, aSay thou of me, He is my brother. 14 Then took Abimelech sheep and beeves, and men servants, and women servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is 1before thee, dwell where it pleaseth thee. 16 Likewise to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is the 1veil of thine eyes to all that are with thee, and to all others: and she was 2thus reproved. 17 ¶ Then Abraham prayed unto God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his women servants: and they bare children. 18 For the Lord 1had shut up every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. 21 3 Isaac is born. 9 Ishmael mocketh Isaac. 14 Hagar is cast out with her son. 17 The Angel comforteth Hagar. 32 The covenant between Abimelech and Abraham. 33 Abraham called upon the Lord.

was weaned. 9 ¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian (which she had borne unto Abraham) 1mocking. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, dCast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son Isaac. 11 And this thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son. 12 ¶ But God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight for the child, and for thy bondwoman: in all that Sarah shall say unto thee, hear her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be 1called. 13 As for the son of the bondwoman, I will make him 1a nation also, because he is thy seed. 14 So Abraham arose 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 also, and 1sent her away: who departing, wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. 15 And when the water of the bottle was spent, she cast the child under a certain tree. 16 Then she went and sat her over against him afar off about a bow shoot: for she said, I will not see the death of the child. And she sat down over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. 17 Then God 1heard the voice of the child, and the Angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not, for God hath heard the voice of the child where he is. 18 Arise, take up the child, and hold him in thine hand: for I will make him a great people. 19 And God 1opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water: so she went and filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink. 20 So God was 1with the child, and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and was an 2archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. 22 ¶ And at the same time Abimelech and Phichol his chief captain 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 1hurt me, nor my children, nor my

chapter 20

a Gen. 12:13

chapter 21

a Gen. 17:19

Gen. 18:10

b Matt. 1:2

Acts 7:8 Gal. 4:23 Heb. 11:11

c Gen. 17:12

d Gal. 4:30

1 Now the Lord visited Sarah, as he had said, and did unto her aaccording as he had promised. 2 For bSarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his 1old age, at the same season that God told him. 3 And Abraham called his son's name that was born unto him, which Sarah bare him, Isaac. 4 Then Abraham circumcised Isaac his son, when he was eight days old, cas God had commanded him. 5 So Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6 ¶ Then Sarah said, God hath made me to rejoice: all that hear, will rejoice with me. 7 Again she said, 1Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age. 8 Then the child grew and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac

20:12 1 By sister, he meaneth his cousin germaine, and by daughter, Abraham's niece, Gen. 11:29, for so the Hebrews use these words. 20:15 1 Or, is at thy commandment. 20:16 1 Such an head, as with whom thou mayest be preserved from all dangers. 2 God caused this heathen King to reprove her because she dis­ sembled, seeing that God had given her an husband as her veil and defense. 20:18 1 Had taken away from them the gift of conceiving. 21:2 1 Therefore the miracle was greater. 21:7 1 She accuseth herself of ingratitude, that she did not believe the Angel. 21:9 1 He derided God's promise made to Isaac, which the Apostle

calleth persecution, Gal. 4:29. 21:12 1 The promised seed shall be counted from Isaac, and not from Ishmael, Rom. 9:7; Heb. 11:18. 21:13 1 The Ishmaelites shall come of him. 21:14 1 True faith renounceth all natural affections to obey God's commandment. 21:17 1 For his promise sake made to Abraham; and not because the child had discretion and judgment to pray. 21:19 1 Except God open our eyes, we can neither see, nor use the means which are before us. 21:20 1 As touching outward things God caused him to prosper. 2 Or, shot in the bow, and was an hunter. 21:23 1 Hebrew, deal falsely with me, or lie.

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of the mountains, which I will show thee. 3 Then Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his servants with him, and Isaac his son, and clove wood for the burnt offering, and rose up and went to the place, which God had told him. 4 ¶ Then the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off, 5 And said unto his servants, Abide you here with the ass: for I and the child will go yonder and worship, and 1come again unto you. 6 Then Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son, and he took the fire in his hand, and the knife: and they went both together. 7 Then spake Isaac unto Abraham his father, and said, My father. And he answered, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering? 8 Then Abraham answered, My son, God will 1provide him a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both together. 9 And when they came to the place which God had showed him, Abraham built an altar there, and couched the wood, and 1bound Isaac his son, band laid him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretching forth his hand, took the knife to kill his son. 11 But the Angel of the Lord called unto him from heaven, saying, Abraham, Abraham. And he answered, Here am I. 12 Then he said, Lay not thine hand upon the child, neither do anything unto him: for now I 1know that thou fearest God, seeing for my sake 2thou hast not spared thine 3only son. 13 And Abraham lifting up his eyes, looked and behold, there was a ram behind him caught by the horns in a bush: then 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 1Jehovah Jireh: as it is said this day, In the mount will the Lord 2be seen.

children's children: thou shalt deal with me, and with the country, where thou hast been a stranger, according unto the kindness that I have showed thee. 24 Then Abraham said, I will 1swear. 25 And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. 26 And Abimelech said, 1I know not who hath done this thing: also thou toldest me not, neither heard I of it but this day. 27 Then Abraham took sheep and beeves, and gave them unto Abimelech: and they two made a covenant. 28 And Abraham set seven lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 Then Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven lambs, which thou hast set by themselves? 30 And he answered, Because thou shalt receive of mine hand these seven lambs, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have dug this well. 31 Wherefore the place is called 1Beersheba, because there they both swear. 32 Thus made they a 1covenant at Beersheba: afterward Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain rose up, and turned again unto the land of the Philistines. 33 ¶ And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and 1called there on the Name of the Lord, the everlasting God. 34 And Abraham was a stranger in the Philistine's land a long season. 22 1,2 The faith of Abraham is proved in offering his son Isaac. 3 Isaac is a figure of Christ. 20 The generations of Nahor Abraham's brother of whom cometh Rebekah.

chapter 22

a Heb. 11:17

b James 2:21

1 And after these things God did aprove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham. Who answered, 1Here am I. 2 And he said, Take now thine only son Isaac whom thou lovest, and get thee unto the land of 1Moriah, and 2offer him there for a burnt offering upon one

21:24 1 So that it is a lawful thing to take an oath in matters of impor­ tance, for to justify the truth, and to assure others of our sincerity. 21:26 1 Wicked servants do many evils unknown to their masters. 21:31 1 Or, well of the oath, or of seven, meaning lambs. 21:32 1 Thus we see that the godly, as touching outward things may make peace with the wicked that know not the true God. 21:33 1 That is, he worshipped God in all points of true Religion. 22:1 1 Hebrew, Lo, I. 22:2 1 Which signifieth the fear of God, in the which place he was honored: and Solomon afterward built the Temple. 2 Herein stood the chiefest point of his tentation, seeing he was commanded to offer up him in whom God had promised to bless all the nations of the world.

22:5 1 He doubted not, but God would accomplish his promise, though he should sacrifice his son. 22:8 1 The only way to overcome all tentation, is to rest upon God's providence. 22:9 1 For it is like that his father had declared to him God's com­ mandment, whereunto he showed himself obedient. 22:12 1 That is, by thy true obedience thou hast declared thy lively faith. 2 Or, and hast not withheld thine only son from me. 3 Hebrew, thy son, thy only son. 22:14 1 Or, the Lord will see or provide. 2 The name is changed, to show that God doth both see and provide secretly for his, and also evidently is seen, and felt in time convenient.

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15 ¶ And the Angel of the Lord cried unto Abraham from heaven the second time, 16 And said, cBy 1myself have I sworn (saith the Lord) because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine only son, 17 Therefore will I surely bless thee, and will greatly multiply thy seed, as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore, and thy seed shall possess the 1gate of his enemies. 18 dAnd in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice. 19 Then turned Abraham again unto his servants, and they rose up, and went together to Beersheba: and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. 20 ¶ And after these things one told Abraham, saying, Behold Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor: 21 To wit, Huz his eldest son, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of 1Aram, 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. 24 And his 1concubine called Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash and Maachah. 23 2 Abraham laments the death of Sarah. 4 He buyeth a field to bury her, of the Hittites. 13 The equity of Abraham. 19 Sarah is buried in Machpelah.

7 Then Abraham stood up, and bowed himself before the people of the land of the Hittites. 8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be 1your mind, that I shall bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, 9 That he would give me the cave of 1Machpelah, which he hath in the end of his field: that he would give it me for as much 2money as it is worth, for a possession to bury in among you. 10 (For Ephron dwelt among the Hittites) Then Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of all the Hittites that 1went in at the gates of his city, saying, 11 No, my Lord, hear me: the field give I thee and the cave that therein is, I give it thee: even in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee to bury thy dead. 12 Then Abraham 1bowed himself before the people of the land, 13 And spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the country, saying, Seeing thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me, I will give the price of the field: receive it of me, and I will bury my dead there. 14 Ephron then answered Abraham, saying unto him, 15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred 1shekels of silver: what is that between me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. 16 So Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named, in the audience of the Hittites, even four hundred silver shekels of current money among merchants. 17 ¶ So the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, and over against Mamre, even the field and the cave that was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, which were in all the borders round about, was made sure 18 Unto Abraham for a possession, in the sight of the Hittites, even of all that 1went in at the gates of his city. 19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah over against Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

c Ps. 105:9

Luke 1:73 Heb. 6:13

d Gen. 12:3

Gen. 18:18

Acts 3:25

Gal. 3:8

1 When Sarah was an hundred twenty and seven years old (1so long lived she.) 2 Then Sarah died in Kirjath Arba: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. 3 ¶ Then Abraham 1rose up from the sight of his corpse, and talked with the 2Hittites, saying, 4 I am a stranger, and a foreigner among you: give me a possession of burial with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 5 Then the Hittites answered Abraham, saying unto him, 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a prince 1of God among us: in the chiefest of our sepulchers bury the dead: none of us shall forbid thee his sepulcher, but thou mayest bury thy dead therein.

22:16 1 Signifying, that there is no greater than he. 22:17 1 Or, holds. 22:21 1 Or, of the Syrians. 22:24 1 Concubine is oftentimes taken in the good part for those women which were inferior to the wives. 23:1 1 Hebrew, the years of the life of Sarah. 23:3 1 That is, when he had mourned: so the godly may mourn, if they pass not measure, and the natural affection is commendable. 2 Hebrew, sons of Heth. 23:6 1 That is, godly or excellent: for the Hebrews so speak of all

things that are notable, because all excellency cometh of God. 23:8 1 Hebrew, in your soul. 23:9 1 Or, double cave, because one was within another. 2 Hebrew, in full silver. 23:10 1 Meaning, all the citizens and inhabitants. 23:12 1 To show that he had them in good estimation and reverence. 23:15 1 The common shekel is about 20 pence, so then 400 shekels mount to 33 pound 6 shillings and 8 pence after 5 shilling sterling the ounce. 23:18 1 Or, citizens.

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11 And he made his camels to 1lie down without the city by a well of water, at eventide about the time that the women come out to draw water. 12 And he said, O 1Lord God of my master Abraham, I beseech thee, 2send me good speed this day, and show mercy unto my master Abraham. 13 Lo, I stand by the well of water while the men's daughters of this city come out to draw water. 14 1Grant therefore that the maid, to whom I say: Bow down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink: if she say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: may be she that thou hast ordained for thy servant Isaac: and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed mercy on my master. 15 ¶ And now yet he had left speaking, behold, 1Rebekah came out, the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah the wife of Nahor Abraham's brother, and her Pitcher upon her shoulder. 16 (And the maid was very fair to look upon, a virgin and unknown of man) and she 1went down to the well, and filled her pitcher and came up. 17 Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me drink, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher. 18 And she said, Drink 1sir: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand and gave him drink. 19 And when she had given him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also until they 1have drunken enough. 20 And she poured out her pitcher into the trough speedily, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and she drew for all his camels. 21 So the man wondered at her, and held his peace, to know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not. 22 And when the camels had left drinking, the man took a golden 1,2abillement of 3half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands, of ten shekels weight of gold: 23 And he said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee, Is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?

20 Thus the field, and the cave that is therein, was made sure unto Abraham for a possession of burial 1by the Hittites. 24 2 Abraham causeth his servant to swear to take a wife for Isaac in his own kindred. 12 The servant prayeth to God. 33 His fidelity toward his master. 50 The friends of Rebekah commit the matter to God. 58 They ask her consent, and she agreeth.

chapter 24

a Gen. 47:29

b Gen. 12:7

Gen. 13:15 Gen. 15:18

Gen. 26:4

1 Now Abraham was old, and 1stricken in years, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 Therefore Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, which had the rule over all that he had, a,1Put now thine hand under my thigh, 3 And I will make thee 1swear by the Lord God of the heaven, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I dwell: 4 But thou shalt go unto my 1country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. 5 And the servant said to him, What if the woman will not come with me to this land? shall I bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? 6 To whom Abraham answered, Beware that thou bring not my son 1thither again. 7 ¶ The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land where I was born, and that spake unto me, and that swear unto me, saying, bUnto thy seed will I give this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. 8 Nevertheless if the woman will not follow thee, then shalt thou be 1discharged of this mine oath: only bring not my son thither again. 9 Then the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him for this matter. 10 ¶ So the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed: (for he had all his master's goods in his hand:) and so he arose, and went to 1Aram Naharaim, unto the 2city of Nahor.

23:20 1 That is, all the people confirmed the sale. 24:1 1 Hebrew, come into days. 24:2 1 Which ceremony declared, the servant's obedience towards his master, and the master's power over the servant. 24:3 1 This showeth that an oath may be required in a lawful cause. 24:4 1 He would not that his son should marry out of the godly fam­ ily: for the inconveniences that come by marrying with the ungodly are set forth in sundry places of the Scriptures. 24:6 1 Lest he should lose the inheritance promised. 24:8 1 Hebrew, innocent. 24:10 1 Or, Mesopotamia, or, Syria of the two floods: to wit, of Tigris and Euphrates. 2 That is, to Haran. 24:11 1 Hebrew, to bow their knees.

24:12 1 He groundeth his prayer upon God's promise made to his master. 2 Or, cause me to meet. 24:14 1 The servant moved by God's spirit desired to be assured by a sign, whether God prospered his journey or no. 24:15 1 God giveth good success to all things that are undertaken for the glory of his name and according to his word. 24:16 1 Here is declared that God ever heareth the prayers of his, and granteth their requests. 24:18 1 Hebrew, my Lord. 24:19 1 Hebrew, have made an end of drinking. 24:22 1 Or, earring. 2 God permitted many things both in apparel and other things which are now forbid: specially when they appertain not to our mortification. 3 The golden shekel is here meant and not that of silver.

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24 Then she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah whom she bare unto Nahor. 25 Moreover she said unto him, We have litter also and provender enough, and room to lodge in. 26 And the man bowed himself and worshipped the Lord, 27 And said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, which hath not withdrawn his mercy 1and his truth from my master: for when I was in the way, the Lord brought me to my master's brethren's house. 28 And the maid ran and told them of her mother's house according to these words. 29 ¶ Now Rebekah had a brother called Laban, and Laban ran unto the man to the well. 30 For when he had seen the earrings and bracelets in his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus said the man unto me, then he went to the man, and lo, 1he stood by the camels at the well. 31 And he said, Come in thou blessed of the Lord: wherefore standest thou without, seeing I have prepared the house, and room for the camels? 32 ¶ Then the man came into the house, and 1he unsaddled the 2camels, and brought litter and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. 33 Afterward the meat was set before him: but he said, I 1will not eat, until I have said my message. And he said: Speak on. 34 Then he said, I am Abraham's servant, 35 And the Lord hath 1blessed my master wonderfully, that he is become great: for he hath given him sheep, and beeves, and silver, and gold, and men servants, and maid servants, and camels, and asses. 36 And Sarah my master's wife hath borne a son to my master, when she was old, and unto him hath he given all that he hath. 37 Now my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the 1Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: 38 But thou shalt go unto my 1father's house and

to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. 39 Then I said unto my master, What if the woman will not follow me? 40 Who answered me, The Lord, before who I walk, will send his Angel with thee, and prosper thy journey, and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred and my father's house. 41 Then shalt thou be discharged of 1mine oath, when thou comest to my kindred: and if they give thee not one, thou shalt be free from mine oath. 42 So I came this day to the well, and said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if thou now prosper my 1journey which I go, 43 Behold, cI stand by the well of water when a virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink, 44 And she said to me, Drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels, let her be the wife, which the Lord hath 1prepared for thy master's son. 45 And before I had made an end of speaking in mine 1heart, behold, Rebekah came forth and her pitcher on her shoulder, and she went down to the well, and drew water. Then I said unto her, Give me drink, I pray thee. 46 And she made haste, and took down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. So I drank, and she gave the camels drink also. 47 Then I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she answered, The daughter of Bethuel Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him. Then I put the abillement upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands: 48 1And I bowed down and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had brought me the 2right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. 49 Now therefore, if ye will deal 1mercifully and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me, that I may turn me to the 2right hand or to the left. 50 Then answered Laban and Bethuel, and said, 1This thing is proceeded of the Lord: we cannot

c Gen. 24:13

24:27 1 He boasteth not his good fortune (as do the wicked) but acknowledgeth that God hath dealt mercifully with his master in keeping promise. 24:30 1 For he waited on God's hand, who had now heard his prayer. 24:32 1 To wit, Laban. 2 The gentle entertainment of strangers used among the godly fathers. 24:33 1 The fidelity that servants owe to their masters, causeth them to prefer their master's business to their own necessity. 24:35 1 To bless, signifieth here to enrich, or increase with substance, as the text in the same verse declareth. 24:37 1 The Canaanites were accursed, and therefore the godly could not join with them in marriage.

24:38 1 Meaning among his kinsfolk, as verse 40. 24:41 1 Which by mine authority I caused thee to make. 24:42 1 Or, way. 24:44 1 Or, showed. 24:45 1 Signifying that this prayer was not spoken by the mouth, but only meditated in his heart. 24:48 1 He showeth what is our duty, when we have received any benefit of the Lord. 2 Hebrew, in the way of truth. 24:49 1 If you will freely and faithfully give your daughter to my master's son. 2 That is, that I may provide elsewhere. 24:50 1 So soon as they perceive that it is God's ordinance they yield.

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66 And the servant told Isaac all things, that he had done. 67 Afterward Isaac brought her into the tent, of Sarah his mother, and he took Rebekah, and she was his wife, and he loved her: So Isaac was 1comforted after his mother's death. 25 1 Abraham taketh Keturah to wife, and getteth many children. 5 Abraham giveth all his goods to Isaac. 8 He dieth. 12 The genealogy of Ishmael. 25 The birth of Jacob and Esau.

therefore say unto thee, neither evil nor good. 51 Behold, Rebekah is 1before thee, take her and go, that she may be thy master's son's wife, even as the Lord hath 2said. 52 And when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself toward the earth unto the Lord. 53 Then the servant took forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave to Rebekah: also unto her brother and to her mother he gave gifts. 54 Afterward they did eat and drink, both he, and the men that were with him, and tarried all night, and when they rose up in the morning, he said, dLet me depart unto my master. 55 Then her brother and her mother answered, Let the maid abide with us, at the least 1ten days: then shall she go. 56 But he said unto them, Hinder you me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my journey: send me away, that I may go to my master. 57 Then they said, We will call the maid, and ask 1her consent. 58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her: Wilt thou go with this man? And 1she answered, I will go. 59 So they let Rebekah their sister go, and her nurse, with Abraham's servant and his men. 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, grow into thousand thousand's, and thy seed possess the 1gate of his enemies. 61 ¶ Then Rebekah arose, and her maids, and rode upon the camels, and followed the man, and the servant took Rebekah and departed. 62 Now Isaac came from the way of eBeer Lahai Roi, (for he dwelt in the South country.) 63 And Isaac went out to 1pray in the field toward the evening: who lift up his eyes and looked, and behold, the camels came. 64 Also Rebekah lift up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted down from the camel. 65 (For she had said to the servant, Who is yonder man, that cometh in the field to meet us? and the servant had said, It is my master) So she took 1a veil, and covered her.

d Gen. 24:56,59

e Gen. 16:14

Gen. 25:11

chapter 25

a 1 Chron. 1:32

b Gen. 23:16

c Gen. 16:14

Gen. 24:62

d 1 Chron. 1:20

1 Now Abraham had taken 1him another wife called Keturah, 2 Which bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 And Jokshan, begat Sheba, and Dedan: aAnd the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 4 Also the sons of Midian were Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah, all these were the sons of Keturah. 5 ¶ And Abraham gave 1all his goods to Isaac. 6 But unto the 1sons of the 2concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham 3gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son (while he yet lived) Eastward to the East country. 7 And this is the age of Abraham's life, which he lived, an hundred seventy and five years. 8 Then Abraham yielded the spirit, and died in a good age, an old man, and of great years, and was 1gathered to his people. 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, before Mamre, 10 Which bfield Abraham bought of the Hittites, where Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife. 11 ¶ And after the death of Abraham God blessed Isaac his son, cand Isaac dwelt by Beer Lahai Roi. 12 ¶ Now these are the dgenerations of Ishmael Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian Sarah's handmaid bare unto Abraham. 13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, name by name, according to their kindreds: the 1eldest son of Ishmael was Nebajoth then Kedar,

24:51 1 Or, at thy commandment. 2 Or, ordained. 24:55 1 Hebrew, days, or ten. 24:57 1 This showeth that parents have not authority to marry their children without consent of the parties. 24:58 1 Hebrew, her mouth. 24:60 1 That is, let it be victorious over his enemies: which blessing is fully accomplished in Jesus Christ. 24:63 1 This was the exercise of the godly fathers to meditate God's promises, and to pray for the accomplishment thereof. 24:65 1 The custom was that the spouse was brought to her husband, her head being covered, in token of shamefastness and chastity.

24:67 1 Or, had left mourning for his mother. 25:1 1 While Sarah was yet alive. 25:5 1 Hebrew, all that he had. 25:6 1 For by the virtue of God's word he had not only Isaac, but begat many more. 2 Read Gen. 22:24. 3 To avoid the dissention that else might have come because of the heritage. 25:8 1 Hereby the ancients signified that man by death perished not wholly but as the souls of the godly lived after in perpetual joy, so the souls of the wicked [in] perpetual pain. 25:13 1 Hebrew, firstborn.

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and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns and by their castles: to wit, twelve princes of their nations. 17 (And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred thirty and seven years, and he yielded up the spirit, and died, and was gathered unto his 1people.) 18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is towards Egypt, as thou goest to Asshur. Ishmael 1dwelt 2in the presence of all his brethren. 19 ¶ Likewise these are the generations of Isaac Abraham's son. Abraham begat Isaac. 20 And Isaac was forty years old, when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the 1Aramite of Padan Aram, and sister to Laban the Aramite. 21 And Isaac prayed unto the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 But the children 1strove together within her: therefore she said, Seeing it is so, why am I 2thus? wherefore she went 3to ask the Lord. 23 And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be divided out of thy bowels, and the one people shall be mightier than the other, and the eelder shall serve the younger. 24 ¶ Therefore when her time of deliverance was fulfilled, behold, twins were in her womb. 25 So he that came out first was red, and he was all over as rough as a garment, and they called his name Esau. 26 fAnd afterward came his brother out, and his hand held Esau by the heel, therefore his name was called Jacob. Now Isaac was threescore years old when Rebekah bare them. 27 And the boys grew, and Esau was a cunning hunter, and 1lived in the fields: but Jacob was a 2plain man, and dwelt in tents. 28 And Isaac loved Esau, for 1venison was his

meat, but Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 Now Jacob sod pottage, and Esau came from the field and was weary. 30 Then Esau said to Jacob, 1Let me eat, I pray thee, of that pottage so red, for I am weary. Therefore was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me even now thy birthright. 32 And Esau said, Lo, I am almost dead, what is then this 1birthright to me? 33 Jacob then said, Swear to me even now. And he swear to him, gand 1sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils: and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: So Esau contemned his birthright. 26 1 God provideth for Isaac in the famine. 3 He reneweth his promise. 9 The King blameth him for denying his wife. 14 The Philistines hate him for his riches. 15 Stop his wells. 16 And drive him away. 24 God comforteth him.

e Rom. 9:12

f Hos. 11:3

Matt. 1:2

g Heb. 12:16

chapter 26

a Gen. 13:15

Gen. 15:18

b Gen. 12:3

Gen. 15:18 Gen. 18:18 Gen. 22:18 Gen. 28:14

1 And there was a famine in the 1land besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Wherefore Isaac went to Abimelech King of the Philistines unto Gerar. 2 For the Lord appeared unto him, and said, 1Go not down into Egypt, but abide in the land which I shall show thee. 3 Dwell in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for to thee, and to thy seed I will give all these acountries, and I will perform the oath which I swear unto Abraham thy father. 4 Also I will cause thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be bblessed, 5 Because that Abraham 1obeyed my voice and kept mine 2ordinance, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. 6 ¶ So Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife, and he said, She is my sister: for he 1feared to say, she is my wife, lest, said he, the men of the place should

25:17 1 Which dwelt among the Arabians, and were separate from the blessed seed. 25:18 1 Or, his lot fell. 2 He meaneth that his lot fell to dwell among his brethren as the Angel promised, Gen. 16:12. 25:20 1 Or, Syrian of Mesopotamia. 25:22 1 Or, hurt one another. 2 That is, with child, seeing one shall destroy another. 3 For that is the only refuge in all our miseries. 25:27 1 Hebrew, a man of the field. 2 Or, simple and innocent. 25:28 1 Hebrew, venison in his mouth. 25:30 1 Or, feed me quickly.

25:32 1 The reprobate esteem not God's benefits except they feel them presently, and therefore they prefer present pleasures. 25:33 1 Thus the wicked prefer their worldly commodities to God's spiritual graces: but the children of God do the contrary. 26:1 1 In the land of Canaan. 26:2 1 God's providence always watcheth to direct the ways of his children. 26:5 1 He commendeth Abraham's obedience, because Isaac should be the more ready to follow the like: for as God made this promise of his free mercy, so doth the confirmation thereof proceed of the same fountain. 2 Hebrew, my keeping. 26:7 1 Whereby we see that fear and distrust is found in the most faithful.

Genesis 26:8 30

kill me, because of Rebekah, for she was beautiful to the eye. 8 So after he had been there a long time, Abimelech King of the Philistines looked out at a window, and lo, he saw Isaac 1sporting with Rebekah his wife. 9 Then Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Lo, she is of a surety thy wife, and why saidest thou, She is my sister? To whom Isaac answered, Because I thought this, It may be that I shall die for her. 10 Then Abimelech said, Why hast thou done this unto us? one of the people had almost lain by thy wife, so shouldest thou have brought 1sin upon us. 11 Then Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man, or his wife, shall die the death. 12 Afterward Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year an 1hundredfold by estimation: and so the Lord blessed him. 13 And the man waxed mightily, and 1still increased, till he was exceeding great. 14 For he had flocks of sheep, and herds of cattle, and a mighty household: therefore the Philistines had 1envy at him, 15 Insomuch that the Philistines stopped, and filled up with earth all the wells, which his father's servants dug in his father Abraham's time. 16 Then Abimelech said unto Isaac, Get thee from us, for thou art mightier than we a great deal. 17 ¶ Therefore Isaac departed thence and pitched his tent in the 1valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 And Isaac returning, dug the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham, and he gave them the same names, that his father gave them. 19 Isaac's servants then dug in the valley and found there a well of 1living water. 20 But the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours, therefore called he the name of the well 1Esek, because they were at strife with him. 21 Afterward they dug another well, and strove

for that also, and he called the name of it 1Sitnah. 22 Then he removed thence, and dug another well, for which they strove not: therefore called he the name of it 1Rehoboth, and said, Because the Lord hath now made us room, we shall increase upon the earth. 23 So he went up thence to Beersheba. 24 And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God 1of Abraham thy father: fear not, I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. 25 Then he built an 1altar there, and called upon the Name of the Lord, and there spread his tent: where also Isaac's servants dug a well. 26 ¶ Then came Abimelech to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the captain of his army. 27 To whom Isaac said, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me and have put me away from you? 28 Who answered, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee, and we thought thus, Let there be now an oath between us, even between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee. 29 1If thou shalt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and sent thee away in peace: thou now, the blessed of the Lord, do this. 30 Then he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swear one to another: then Isaac let them go, and they departed from him in peace. 32 And that same day Isaac's servants came and told him of a well, which they had dug, and said unto him, We have found water. 33 So he called it 1Shebah: therefore the name of the city is called 2Beersheba unto this day. 34 ¶ Now when Esau was forty years old, he took to wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri an Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon an Hittite also. 35 And they cwere 1a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebekah.

c Gen. 27:46

26:8 1 Or showing some familiar sign of love, whereby it might be known that she was his wife. 26:10 1 In all ages men were persuaded that God's vengeance should light upon wedlock breakers. 26:12 1 Or, an hundred measures. 26:13 1 Hebrew, he went forth going and increasing. 26:14 1 The malicious envy always the graces of God in others. 26:17 1 The Hebrew word signifieth a flood, or valley, where water at any time runneth. 26:19 1 Or, springing. 26:20 1 Or, contention, strife. 26:21 1 Or, hatred.

26:22 1 Or, largeness, room. 26:24 1 God assureth Isaac against all fear by rehearsing the promise made to Abraham. 26:25 1 To signify that he would serve none other God, but the God of his father Abraham. 26:29 1 The Hebrews in swearing begin commonly with If, and understand the rest, that is, that God shall punish him that breaketh the oath: here the wicked show that they are afraid lest that come to them which they would do to others. 26:33 1 Or, oath. 2 Or, the well of the oath. 26:35 1 Or, disobedient and rebellious.

31 genesis 27:30 27 8 Jacob getteth the blessing from Esau by his mother's counsel. 38 Esau by weeping moveth his father to pity him. 41 Esau hateth Jacob and threateneth his death. 43 Rebekah sendeth Jacob away.

16 And she covered his hands and the smooth of his neck with the skins of the kids of the goats. 17 Afterward she put the pleasant meat and bread, which she had prepared, in the hand of her son Jacob. 18 ¶ And when he came to his father, he said, My father. Who answered, I am here: who art thou, my son? 19 And Jacob said to his father, 1I am Esau thy firstborn, I have done as thou badest me, arise, I pray thee: sit up and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. 20 Then Isaac said unto his son, How hast thou found it so quickly my son? Who said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to mine hand. 21 Again said Isaac unto Jacob, Come near now, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be that my son Esau, or not. 22 Then Jacob came near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, The 1voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. 23 (For he knew him not, because his hands were rough as his brother Esau's hands: wherefore he blessed him.) 24 Again he said, Art thou that my son Esau? Who answered, 1Yea. 25 Then said he, Bring it me hither, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it to him, and he ate: also he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 Afterward his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. 27 And he came near and kissed him. Then he smelled the savor of his garments, and blessed him, and said, Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field, which the Lord hath blessed. 28 aGod give thee therefore of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of wheat and wine. 29 Let people be thy servants, and nations bow down unto thee: be Lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's children honor thee, cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. 30 ¶ And when Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, then came Esau his brother from his hunting,

chapter 27

a Heb. 11:20

1 And when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim (so that he could not see) he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son. And he answered him, 1I am here. 2 Then he said, Behold, I am now old, and know not the day of my death. 3 Wherefore now, I pray thee take thine instruments, thy quiver and thy bow, and get thee to the field, that thou mayest 1take me some venison. 4 Then make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it me that I may eat, and that my 1soul may bless thee, before I die. 5 (Now Rebekah heard, when Isaac spake to Esau his son) and Esau went into the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. 6 ¶ Then Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I have heard thy father talking with Esau thy brother, saying, 7 Bring me venison, and make me savory meat, that I may eat and bless thee before the Lord, afore my death. 8 Now therefore, my son, hear my voice in that which I command thee. 9 1Get thee now to the flock, and bring me thence two good kids of the goats, that I may make pleasant meat of them for thy father, such as he loveth. 10 Then thou shalt bring it to thy father, and he shall eat, to the intent that he may bless thee before his death. 11 But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is rough, and I am smooth. 12 My father may possibly feel me, and I shall seem 1to him as a 2mocker: so shall I bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. 13 But his mother said unto him, 1,2Upon me be thy curse, my son: only hear my voice, and go and bring me them. 14 So he went and set them, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made pleasant meat, such as his father loved. 15 And Rebekah took fair clothes of her elder son Esau, which were in her house, and clothed Jacob her younger son:

27:1 1 Hebrew, Lo, I. 27:3 1 Hebrew, hunt. 27:4 1 The carnal affection, which he bare to his son made him for­ get that which God spake to his wife, Gen. 25:23. 27:9 1 This subtlety is blameworthy because she should have tarried till God had performed his promise. 27:12 1 Hebrew, before his eyes. 2 Or, as though I would deceive him.

27:13 1 Or, I will take the danger on me. 2 The assurance of God's decree made her bold. 27:19 1 Although Jacob was assured of this blessing by faith: yet he did evil to seek it by lies, and the more because he abuseth God's name thereunto. 27:22 1 This declareth that he suspected something, yet God would not have his decree altered. 27:24 1 Hebrew, I am.

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31 And he also prepared savory meat, and brought it to his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. 32 But his father Isaac said unto him, Who art thou? And he answered, I am thy son, even thy firstborn Esau. 33 Then Isaac was 1stricken with a marvelous great fear, and said, Who and where is he that hunted venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten 2of all before thou camest? and I have blessed him, therefore he shall be blessed. 34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with a great cry and bitter, out of measure, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, my father. 35 Who answered, Thy brother came with subtlety, and hath taken away thy blessing. 36 Then he said, Was he not justly called 1Jacob? for he hath deceived me these two times: he took my birthright, and lo, now hath he taken my blessing. Also he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? 37 Then Isaac answered, and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him 1thy lord, and all his brethren have I made his servants: and with wheat and wine have I furnished him, and unto thee now what shall I do, my son? 38 Then Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, 1even me, also my father: and Esau lifted up his voice, and bwept. 39 Then Isaac his father answered, and said unto him, Behold, the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling place, and thou shalt have of the dew of heaven from above. 40 And 1by thy word shalt thou live, and shalt be thy brother's 2servant. But it shall come to pass, when thou shalt get the mastery, that thou shalt break his yoke from thy neck. 41 ¶ Therefore Esau hated Jacob, because of the blessing, wherewith his father blessed him. And Esau thought in his mind, cThe days of mourning for my father will come shortly, 1then I will slay my brother Jacob. 42 And it was told to Rebekah of the words of Esau her elder son, and she sent and called Jacob

her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau 1is comforted against thee, meaning to kill thee: 43 Now therefore my son, hear my voice: arise, and flee thou to Haran to my brother Laban, 44 And tarry with him a while until thy brother's fierceness be swaged, 45 And till thy brother's wrath turn away from thee, and he forget the things, which thou hast done to him: then will I send and take thee from thence: why should I be 1deprived of you both in one day? 46 Also Rebekah said to Isaac, dI am weary of my life, for the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the 1daughters of Heth like these of the daughters of the land, 2what availeth it me to live? 28 1 Isaac forbiddeth Jacob to take a wife of the Canaanites. 6 Esau taketh a wife of the daughters of Ishmael against his father's will. 12 Jacob in the way to Haran seeth a ladder reaching to heaven. 14 Christ is promised.

b Heb. 11:17

c Obad. 10

d Gen. 26:35

chapter 28

a Hos. 12:12

b Gen. 24:10

1 Then Isaac called Jacob and 1blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, aget thee to bPadan Aram to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and thence take thee a wife of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. 3 And God all 1sufficient bless thee, and make thee to increase, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people, 4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, even to thee and to thy seed with thee, that thou mayest inherit the land (wherein thou art a 1stranger,) which God gave unto Abraham. 5 Thus Isaac sent forth Jacob, and he went to Padan Aram unto Laban son of Bethuel the Aramite, brother to Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. 6 ¶ When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him to Padan Aram, to fetch him a wife thence, and given him a charge when he blessed him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan, 7 And that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan Aram:

27:33 1 In perceiving his error, by appointing his heir against God's sentence pronounced before. 2 Or, sufficiently. 27:36 1 In Gen. 25, he was so called because he held his brother by the heel, as though he would overthrow him: and therefore he is here called an overthrower, or deceiver. 27:37 1 For Isaac did this as he was the minister and Prophet of God. 27:38 1 Or, I am also (thy son). 27:40 1 Because thine enemies shall be round about thee. 2 Which was fulfilled in his posterity the Idumeans: who were tributaries for a time to Israel, and after came to liberty.

27:41 1 Hypocrites only abstain from doing evil for fear of men. 27:42 1 He hath good hope to recover his birthright by killing thee. 27:45 1 For the wicked son will kill the godly: and the plague of God will afterward light on the wicked son. 27:46 1 Which were Esau's wives. 2 Hereby she persuaded Isaac to agree to Jacob's departing. 28:1 1 This second blessing was to confirm Jacob's faith, lest he should think that his father had given it without God's motion. 28:3 1 Or, almighty. 28:4 1 The godly fathers were put in mind continually, that they were but strangers in this world: to the intent they should lift up their eyes to the heavens where they should have a sure dwelling.

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8 Also Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan displeased Isaac his father, 9 Then went Esau to Ishmael, and took 1unto the wives which he had, Mahalath the daughter of 2Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. 10 ¶ Now Jacob departed from Beersheba, and went to Haran, 11 And he came unto a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was down, and took of the stones of the place, and laid under his head and slept in the same place. 12 Then he dreamed, and behold, there stood a 1ladder upon the earth, and the top of it reached up to heaven: and lo, the Angels of God went up and down by it. 13 cAnd behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land, upon the which thou sleepest, 1will I give thee and thy seed. 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad dto the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the South, and in thee and in thy seed shall all the efamilies of the earth be blessed. 15 And lo, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land: for I will not forsake thee until I have performed that, that I have promised thee. 16 ¶ Then Jacob awoke out of his sleep and said, Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware. 17 And he was 1afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 Then Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had laid under his head, and 1set it up as fa pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place 1Bethel: notwithstanding the name of that city was at the first called Luz. 20 Then Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If 1God will be with me, and will keep me in this journey which I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothes to

put on: 21 So that I come again unto my father's house in safety, then shall the Lord be my God. 22 And this stone, which I have set up as a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me, will I give the tenth unto thee. 29 13 Jacob cometh to Laban and serveth seven years for Rachel. 23 Leah brought to his bed instead of Rachel. 27 He serveth seven years more for Rachel. 31 Leah conceiveth and beareth four sons.

c Gen. 35:1

Gen. 48:3

d Deut. 12:20

Deut. 19:14

e Gen. 12:8

Gen. 18:18 Gen. 22:18

Gen. 26:4

f Gen. 31:13

1 Then Jacob 1lift up his feet and came into the 2East country. 2 And as he looked about, behold, there was a well in the field, 1and lo, three flocks of sheep lay thereby (for at that well were the flocks watered) and there was a great stone upon the well's mouth. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered, and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. 4 And Jacob said unto them, My 1brethren, whence be ye? And they answered, We are of Haran. 5 Then he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? Who said, We know him. 6 Again he said unto them, 1Is he in good health? And they answered, He is in good health, and behold, his daughter Rachel cometh with the sheep. 7 Then he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep and go feed them. 8 But they said, We may not, until all the flocks be brought together, and till men roll the stone from the well's mouth, that we may water the sheep. 9 ¶ While he talked with them, Rachel also came with her father's sheep, for she kept them. 10 And as soon as Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, then came Jacob near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept. 12 (For Jacob told Rachel, that he was her father's 1brother, and that he was Rebekah's son) then she

28:9 1 Or, beside his wives. 2 Thinking hereby to have reconciled himself to his father, but all in vain: for he taketh not away the cause of the evil. 28:12 1 Christ is the ladder whereby God and man are joined together, and by whom the Angels minister unto us: all graces by him are given unto us, and we by him ascend into heaven. 28:13 1 He felt the force of this promise only by faith: for all his life­ time he was but a stranger in this land. 28:17 1 He was touched with a godly fear and reverence. 28:18 1 To be a remembrance only of the vision showed unto him. 28:19 1 Or, house of God.

28:20 1 He bindeth not God under this condition, but acknowledg­ eth his infirmity, and promiseth to be thankful. 29:1 1 That is, he went forth on his journey. 2 Hebrew, to the land of the children of the East. 29:2 1 Thus he was directed by the only providence of God, who brought him also to Laban's house. 29:4 1 It seemeth that in those days the custom was to call even strangers, brethren. 29:6 1 Or, he is in peace? by the which word the Hebrews signify all prosperity. 29:12 1 Or, nephew.

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ran and told her father. 13 And when Laban heard tell of Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house: and he told Laban 1all these things. 14 To whom Laban said, Well, thou art my 1bone and my flesh, and he abode with him the space of a month. 15 ¶ For Laban said unto Jacob, Though thou be my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall be thy wages? 16 Now Laban had two daughters, the elder called Leah, and the younger called Rachel. 17 And Leah was 1tender eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and fair. 18 And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 19 Then Laban answered, It is better that I give her thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. 20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed unto him but a 1few days, because he loved her. 21 ¶ Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, that I may go in to her: for my 1term is ended. 22 Wherefore Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. 23 But 1when the evening was come, he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him, and he went in unto her. 24 And Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah, to be her servant. 25 But when the morning was come, behold, it was Leah. Then said he to Laban, Wherefore hast thou done thus to me? did not I serve thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? 26 And Laban answered, It is not the 1manner of this place, to give the younger before the elder. 27 Fulfill seven years for her, and we will also give thee this for the service, which thou shalt serve me yet seven years more. 28 Then Jacob did so, and fulfilled her seven years, so he gave him Rachel his daughter to be his wife. 29 Laban also gave to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah

his maid to be her servant. 30 So entered he in to Rachel also, and loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served him yet seven years more. 31 ¶ When the Lord saw that Leah was despised, he 1made her 2fruitful: but Rachel was barren. 32 And Leah conceived and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Because the

chapter 29

a Matt. 1:2

1Lord hath looked upon my tribulation, now therefore mine husband will 2love me. 33 And she conceived again and bare a son, and said, Because the Lord heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also, and she called his name Simeon. 34 And she conceived again and bare a son, and said, Now at this time will my husband keep me company, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. 35 Moreover she conceived again and bare a son, saying, Now will I 1praise the Lord: atherefore she called his name Judah, and 2left bearing. 30 4,9 Rachel and Leah being both barren, give their maids unto their husband, and they bare him children. 15 Leah giveth mandrakes to Rachel that Jacob might lie with her. 27 Laban is enriched for Jacob's sake. 34 Jacob is made very rich.

1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 Then Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in 1God's stead, which hath withholden from thee the fruit of the womb? 3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my 1knees, and 2I shall have children also by her. 4 Then she gave him Bilhah her maid to wife, and Jacob went in to her. 5 So Bilhah conceived and bare Jacob a son. 6 Then said Rachel, God hath given sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name, Dan. 7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob the second son.

29:13 1 That is, the cause why he departed from his father's house, and what he saw in the way. 29:14 1 That is, of my blood and kindred. 29:17 1 Or, blear-eyed. 29:20 1 Meaning, after that the years were accomplished. 29:21 1 Hebrew, my days are full. 29:23 1 The cause why Jacob was deceived was, that in old time the wife was covered with a veil, when she was brought to her husband in sign of chastity and shamefastness. 29:26 1 He esteemed more the profit that he had of Jacob's service, than either his promise of the manner of the country, though he alleged custom for his excuse.

29:31 1 Hebrew, opened her womb. 2 This declareth that oft times they which are despised of men, are favored of God. 29:32 1 Hereby appeareth, that she had recourse to God in her affliction. 2 For children are a great cause of mutual love between man and wife. 29:35 1 Or, confess. 2 Hebrew, stood from bearing. 30:2 1 It is only God that maketh barren and fruitful, and therefore I am not in fault. 30:3 1 I will receive her children on my lap, as though they were mine own. 2 Hebrew, I shall be built.

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8 Then Rachel said, With 1excellent wrestlings have I 2wrestled with my sister, and have gotten the upper hand: and she called his name, Naphtali. 9 And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. 10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. 11 Then said Leah, 1A company cometh: and she called his name, Gad. 12 Again Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob another son. 13 Then said Leah, Ah, blessed am I, for the daughters will bless me, and she called his name Asher. 14 ¶ Now Reuben went in the days of the wheat harvest, and found 1mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then said Rachel to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. 15 But she answered her, Is it a small matter for thee to take mine husband, except thou take my son's mandrakes also? Then said Rachel, Therefore he shall sleep with thee this night for thy son's mandrakes. 16 And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Come in to me, for I have 1bought and paid for thee with my son's mandrakes: and he slept with her that night. 17 And God heard Leah and she conceived, and bare unto Jacob the fifth son. 18 Then said Leah, God hath given me my reward, because I gave my 1maid to my husband, and she called his name Issachar. 19 After, Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. 20 Then Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry: now will mine husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. 21 After that, she bare a daughter, and she called her name Dinah. 22 ¶ And God remembered Rachel, and God heard her, 1and opened her womb. 23 So she conceived and bare a son, and said, God

hath taken away my 1rebuke. 24 And she called his name Joseph, saying, The Lord will give me yet another son. 25 ¶ And as soon as Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away that I may go unto my place and to my country. 26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest what service I have done thee. 27 To whom Laban answered, If I have now found favor in thy sight, tarry: I have 1perceived that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake. 28 Also he said, Appoint unto me thy wages, and I will give it thee. 29 But he said unto him, Thou knowest, what service I have done thee, and in what taking thy cattle hath been 1under me. 30 For the little, that thou haddest before I came, is increased into a multitude: and the Lord hath blessed thee 1by my coming: but now when shall 2I travail for mine own house also? 31 Then he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob answered, Thou shalt give me nothing at all: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will return, feed, and keep thy sheep. 32 I will pass through all thy flocks this day, and

1separate from them all the sheep with little spots and great spots, and all 2black lambs among the sheep, and the great spotted, and little spotted among the goats: 3and it shall be my wages. 33 So shall my 1righteousness answer for me hereafter, when it shall come for my reward before thy face, and everyone that hath not little or great spots among the goats, and black among the sheep, the same shall be 2theft with me. 34 Then Laban said, Go to, would God it might be according to thy saying. 35 Therefore 1he took out the same day the he goats that were parti-colored and with great spots, and all the she goats with little and great spots, and all that had white in them, and all the 2black among the sheep, and put them in the keeping of his sons. 36 And he set three days journey between himself

30:8 1 Hebrew, wrestlings of God. 2 The arrogancy of man's nature appeareth in that she contemneth her sister, after she hath received this benefit of God to bear children. 30:11 1 That is, God doth increase me with a multitude of children: for so Jacob doth expound this name Gad, Gen. 49:19. 30:14 1 Which is a kind of herb whose root hath a certain likeness of the figure of a man. 30:16 1 Hebrew, buying I have bought. 30:18 1 Instead of acknowledging her fault, she boasteth as if God had rewarded her therefore. 30:22 1 Or, made her fruitful. 30:23 1 Because fruitfulness came of God's blessing, who said Increase and multiply: barrenness was counted as a curse.

30:27 1 Or, tried by experience. 30:29 1 Or, with me. 30:30 1 Hebrew, at my feet. 2 The order of nature requireth that everyone provide for his own family. 30:32 1 Or, separate thou. 2 Or, rid. 3 That which shall hereafter be thus spotted. 30:33 1 God shall testify for my righteous dealing by rewarding my labors. 2 Or, counted theft. 30:35 1 Or, Laban. 2 Or, red or brown.

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and Jacob. And Jacob kept the rest of Laban's sheep. 37 ¶ Then Jacob 1took rods of green poplar, and of hazel, and of the chestnut tree, and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear in the rods. 38 Then he put the rods, which he had pilled, in the gutters and watering troughs, when the sheep came to drink, before the sheep: (for they were in heat, when they came to drink.) 39 And the sheep 1were in heat before the rods, and afterward brought forth young of parti-color, and with small and great spots. 40 And Jacob parted these lambs, and turned the faces of the flock towards those lambs parti-colored, and all manner of black, among the sheep of Laban: so he put his own flock by themselves, and put them not with Laban's flock. 41 And in every ramming time of the 1stronger sheep, Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the sheep in the gutters, that they might conceive before the rods. 42 But when the sheep were feeble, he put them not in: and so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. 43 So the man increased exceedingly, and had many flocks, and maid servants, and men servants, and camels, and asses. 31 1 Laban's children murmur against Jacob. 3 God commandeth him to return to his country. 13, 14 The care of God for Jacob. 19 Rachel stealeth her father's idols. 23 Laban followeth Jacob. 44 The covenant between Laban and Jacob.

6 And ye know that I have served your father with all my might, 7 But your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages 1ten times: but God suffered him not to hurt me. 8 If he thus said, The spotted shall be thy wages, then all the sheep bare spotted: and if he said thus, the parti-colored shall be thy reward, then bare all the sheep parti-colored. 9 Thus hath 1God taken away your father's 2substance, and given it me. 10 ¶ For in ramming time I lifted up mine eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the he goats leaped upon the she goats, that were parti-colored with little and great spots spotted. 11 And the Angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob. And I answered, Lo, I am here. 12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see all the he goats leaping upon the she goats that are parti-colored, spotted with little and great spots: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. 13 1I am the God of Bethel, where thou aanointedst the pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me. Now arise, get thee out of this country and return unto the land where thou wast born. 14 Then answered Rachel and Leah, and said unto him, Have we any more portion and inheritance in our father's house? 15 Doth not he count us as strangers? for he hath 1sold us, and hath eaten up and consumed our money. 16 Therefore all the riches, which God hath taken from our father, is ours and our children's: now then whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do it. 17 ¶ Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels. 18 And he carried away all his flocks, and all his substance which he had gotten, to wit, his riches, which he had gotten in Padan Aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan. 19 When Laban was gone to sheer his sheep, then Rachel stole her father's 1idols. 20 Thus Jacob 1stole away the heart of Laban the Aramite: for he told him not that he fled.

chapter 31

a Gen. 28:18

1 Now he heard the 1words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's, and of our father's goods hath he gotten all this honor. 2 Also Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, 1that it was not towards him as in times past: 3 And the Lord had said unto Jacob, Turn again into the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I will be with thee. 4 Therefore Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock. 5 Then said he unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not towards me 1as it was wont, and the 2God of my father hath been with me.

30:37 1 Jacob herein used no deceit: for it was God's commandment as he declareth in Gen. 31:9, 11. 30:39 1 Or, received. 30:41 1 As they which took the ram about September and brought forth about March: so the feebler in March, and lamb in September. 31:1 1 The children uttered in words that which the father dissem­ bled in heart, for the covetous think that whatsoever they cannot snatch, is plucked from them. 31:2 1 Hebrew, and lo, not be with him, as yesterday, and ere yesterday. 31:5 1 Hebrew, as yesterday and before yesterday. 2 The God whom my father worshipped.

31:7 1 Or, many times. 31:9 1 This declareth that the thing, which Jacob did before, was by God's commandment, and not through deceit. 2 Or, cattle. 31:13 1 This Angel was Christ which appeared to Jacob in Bethel: and hereby appeareth he had taught his wives the fear of God: for he talketh as though they knew this thing. 31:15 1 For they were given to Jacob in recompence of his service, which was a kind of sale. 31:19 1 For so the word here signifieth, because Laban calleth them gods, verse 30. 31:20 1 Or, went away privily from Laban.

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21 So fled he with all that he had, and he rose up, and passed the 1river, and set his face toward mount Gilead. 22 And the third day after was it told Laban, that Jacob fled. 23 Then he took his 1brethren with him and followed after him seven days journey, and 2overtook him at mount Gilead. 24 And God came to Laban the Aramite in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob 1ought save good. 25 ¶ Then Laban overtook Jacob, and Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban also with his brethren pitched upon mount Gilead. 26 Then Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done? 1thou hast even stolen away mine heart and carried away my daughters as though they had been taken captives with the sword. 27 Wherefore diddest thou flee so secretly and steal away from me, and diddest not tell me, that I might have sent thee forth with mirth and with songs, with timbrell and with harp? 28 But thou hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters: now thou hast done foolishly in doing so. 29 I am 1able to do you evil: but the 2God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob ought save good. 30 Now though thou wentest thy way, because thou greatly longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? 31 Then Jacob answered, and said to Laban, Because I was afraid, and thought that thou wouldest have taken thy daughters from me. 32 But with whom thou findest thy gods, 1let him not live. Search thou before our brethren what I have of thine, and take it to thee, (but Jacob wist not that Rachel had stolen them.) 33 Then came Laban into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maid's tents, but found them not. So he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. 34 (Now Rachel had taken the idols, and put them in the camel's 1litter and sat down upon them) and Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. 35 Then said she to her father, 1My Lord, be

not angry that I cannot rise up before thee: for the custom of women is upon me: so he searched, but found not the idols. 36 ¶ Then Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: Jacob also answered and said to Laban, What have I trespassed? what have I offended, that thou hast pursued after me? 37 Seeing thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thine household stuff? put it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge between us both. 38 This twenty years I have been with thee: thine ewes and thy goats have not 1cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. 39 1Whatsoever was torn of beasts, I brought it not unto thee, but made it good myself: bof mine hand diddest thou require it, were it stolen by day, or stolen by night. 40 I was in the day consumed with heat, and with frost in the night, and my 1sleep departed from mine eyes. 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thine house, and served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy sheep, and thou hast changed my wages ten times. 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the 1fear of Isaac had been with me, surely thou haddest sent me away now empty: but God beheld my tribulation, and the labor of mine hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. 43 Then Laban answered, and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these sons are my sons, and these sheep are my sheep, and all that thou seest, is mine, and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or to their sons which they have borne? 44 Now therefore 1come let us make a covenant, I and thou, which may be a witness between me and thee. 45 Then took Jacob a stone, and set it up as a pillar: 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones: who brought stones, and made a heap, and they did eat there upon the heap. 47 And Laban called it 1Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it 2Galeed.

b Exod. 22:12

31:21 1 Or, Euphrates. 31:23 1 Or, kinsfolks and friends. 2 Or, joined with him. 31:24 1 Hebrew, from good to evil. 31:26 1 Or, conveyed thyself away privily. 31:29 1 Hebrew, power is in mine hand. 2 He was an Idolater, and therefore would not acknowledge the God of Jacob for his God. 31:32 1 Or, let him die. 31:34 1 Or, straw, or saddle.

31:35 1 Hebrew, let not anger be in the eyes of my Lord. 31:38 1 Or, been barren. 31:39 1 Hebrew, the torn, or taken by prey. 31:40 1 Or, I slept not. 31:42 1 That is, the God whom Isaac did fear, and reverence. 31:44 1 His conscience reproved him of his misbehavior toward Jacob, and therefore moved him to seek peace. 31:47 1 Or, the heap of witness. 2 The one named the place in the Syrian tongue, and the other in the Hebrew tongue.

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48 For Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day: therefore he called the name of it Galeed. 49 Also he called it 1Mizpah, because he said, The Lord 2look between me and he, when we shall be 3departed one from another. 50 If thou shalt vex my daughters, or shalt take 1wives beside my daughters: there is no man with us, behold, God is witness between me and thee. 51 Moreover Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set between me and thee. 52 This heap shall be witness, and the pillar shall be witness, that I will not come over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me for evil. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of 1Nahor, and the God of their father be judge between us: but Jacob sware by the 2fear of his father Isaac. 54 Then Jacob did offer a sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat 1bread, and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up and kissed his sons, and his daughters, and 1blessed them, and Laban departing, went unto his place again. 32 1 God comforteth Jacob by his Angels. 9, 10 He prayeth unto God confessing his unworthiness. 13 He sendeth presents unto Esau. 24, 28 He wrestled with the Angel who nameth him Israel.

my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. 6 ¶ So the messengers came again to Jacob, saying, We came unto thy brother Esau, and he also cometh against thee and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was 1greatly afraid, and was sore troubled, and divided the people that was with him, and the sheep, and the beeves, and the camels into two companies. 8 For he said, If Esau come to the one company and smite it, the other company shall escape. 9 ¶ Moreover Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Lord, which bsaidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good. 10 I am not 1worthy of the least of all the mercies, and all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant: for with my 2staff came I over this Jordan, and now have I gotten two bands. 11 I pray thee, Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the 1mother upon the children. 12 And thou saidest, I will surely do to thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. 13 ¶ And he tarried there that same night and took of that which came to hand, a 1present for Esau his brother: 14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams: 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bullocks, twenty she asses, and ten foals. 16 So he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves, and said unto his servants, Pass before me, and put a space between drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, If my brother Esau meet thee, and ask thee, saying, Whose servant art thou? And whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's: it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and behold, he himself also is behind us. 19 So likewise commanded he the second and

chapter 32

a Gen. 48:16

b Gen. 31:13

1 Now Jacob went forth on his journey, and athe Angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, 1This is God's host: and he called the name of the same place 2Mahanaim. 3 Then Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, unto the land of Seir into the country of Edom. 4 To whom he gave commandment, saying, Thus shall ye speak to my 1lord Esau: thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have been a stranger with Laban, and tarried unto this time. 5 I have beeves also and asses, sheep, and men servants, and women servants, and have sent to show

31:49 1 Or, watch tower. 2 To punish the trespasser. 3 Or, hid. 31:50 1 Nature compelleth him to condemn that vice, whereunto through covetousness he forced Jacob. 31:53 1 Behold, how the idolaters mingle the true God with their feigned gods. 2 Meaning, by the true God whom Isaac worshipped. 31:54 1 Or, meat. 31:55 1 We see that there is ever some seed of the knowledge of God in the hearts of the wicked. 32:2 1 He acknowledgeth God's benefits: who for the preservation

of his, sendeth hosts of Angels. 2 Or, tents. 32:4 1 He reverenced his brother in worldly things, because he chiefly looked to be preferred to the spiritual promise. 32:7 1 Albeit he was comforted by the Angels, yet the infirmity of the flesh doth appear. 32:10 1 Hebrew, I am less than all thy mercies. 2 That is, poor and without all provision. 32:11 1 Meaning, he will put all to death. This proverb cometh of them which kill the bird together with his young ones. 32:13 1 Not distrusting God's assistance, but using such means as God had given him.

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33 4 Esau and Jacob meet and are agreed. 11 Esau receiveth his gifts. 19 Jacob buyeth a possession, 20 And buildeth an altar.

the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, After this manner, ye shall speak unto Esau, when ye find him. 20 And ye shall say moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob cometh after us. (for he thought, I 1will appease his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face: it may be that he will 2accept me.) 21 So went the present before him: but he tarried that night with the company. 22 And he rose up the same night, and took his two wives, and his two maids, and his eleven children, and went over the ford Jabbok. 23 And he took them, and sent them over the river, and sent over that he had. 24 ¶ Now when Jacob was left himself alone, there wrestled a 1man with him unto the breaking of the day. 25 And he saw that he could not 1prevail against him: therefore he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was loosed, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the morning appeareth. Who answered, cI will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 Then said he unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And said he, dThy name shall be called Jacob no more, but Israel: because thou hast had 1power with God, thou shalt also prevail with men. 29 And Jacob demanded, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore now dost thou ask my name? and he blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place, Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and 1my life is preserved. 31 And the sun rose up to him as he passed Peniel, and he 1halted upon his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank in the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the sinew that shrank in the hollow of Jacob's thigh.

c Hos. 12:4

d Gen. 35:10

1 And as Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men: and he 1divided the children to Leah, and unto Rachel, and to the two maids. 2 And he put the maids, and their children foremost, and Leah, and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3 So he went before them and 1bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him, and they wept. 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women, and the children, and said, Who are these with thee? And he answered, They are the children whom God of his grace hath given thy servant. 6 Then came the maids near, they and their children, and 1bowed themselves. 7 Leah also with her children came near and made obeisance: and after Joseph and Rachel drew near, and did reverence. 8 Then he said, What meanest thou by all this drove, which I met? Who answered, I have sent it, that I may find favor in the sight of my lord. 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother: keep that thou hast to thyself. 10 But Jacob answered, Nay, I pray thee, if I have found grace now in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for 1I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, because thou hast accepted me. 11 I pray thee take my 1blessing, that is brought thee: for God hath had mercy on me, and therefore I have all things: for he 2compelled him, and he took it. 12 And he said, Let us take our journey and go, and I will go before thee. 13 Then he answered him, My lord knoweth, that the children are tender, and the ewes and kine with young under mine hand: and if they should overdrive them one day, all the flock would die.

32:20 1 He thought it no loss to depart with these goods, to the intent he might follow the vocation whereunto God called him. 2 Hebrew, receive my face. 32:24 1 That is, God in form of man. 32:25 1 For God assaileth his with the one hand, and upholdeth them with the other. 32:28 1 God gave Jacob both power to overcome, and also the praise of the victory. 32:30 1 Or, my soul is delivered. 32:31 1 The faithful to overcome their tentations, that they feel the smart thereof, to the intent that they should not glory, but in their

humility. 33:1 1 That if the one part were assailed, the other might escape. 33:3 1 By this gesture he partly did reverence to his brother, and partly prayed to God to mitigate Esau's wrath. 33:6 1 Jacob and his family are the image of the Church under the yoke of tyrants which for fear are brought to subjection. 33:10 1 In that that his brother embraced him so lovingly, contrary to his expectation, he accepted it as a plain sign of God's pres­ ence. 33:11 1 Or, gift. 2 By earnest entreaty.

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7 And when the sons of Jacob were come out of the field and heard it, it grieved the men, and they were very angry, because he had wrought 1villany in Israel, in that he had lain with Jacob's daughter: 2which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son: Shechem longeth for your daughter, 1give her him to wife, I pray you. 9 So make affinity with us, give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 10 And ye shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you, dwell, and do your business in it, and have your possessions therein. 11 Shechem also said unto her father and unto her brethren, 1Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give whatsoever ye shall appoint me. 12 1Ask of me abundantly both dowry, and gifts, and I will give as ye appoint me, so that ye give me the maid to wife. 13 Then the sons of Jacob answered, Shechem and Hamor his father, talking deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister: 14 And they said unto them, 1We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to an uncircumcised man: for that were a 2reproof unto us. 15 But in this we will consent unto you, if ye will be as we are, that every man child among you be 1circumcised, 16 Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and will dwell with you, and be one people. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and depart. 18 Now their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing because he loved Jacob's daughter: he was also the 1most set by of all his father's house. 20 ¶ Then Hamor and Shechem his Son went unto the 1gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, 21 These men are 1peaceable with us: and that they

14 Let now my lord go before his servant, and I will drive softly, according to the pace of the cattle, which is before me, and as the children be able to endure, until 1I come to my lord unto Seir. 15 Then Esau said, I will leave then some of my folk with thee. And he answered, What needeth this? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. 16 ¶ So Esau returned, and went his way that same day unto Seir. 17 And Jacob went forward toward Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore he called the name of the place 1Succoth. 18 Afterward, Jacob came safe to Shechem a city, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from 1Padan Aram, and pitched before the city. 19 And there he bought a parcel of ground, where he pitched his tent, at the hand of the sons of Hamor Shechem's father, for an hundred 1pieces of money. 20 And he set up there an altar, and called 1it, The mighty God of Israel. 34 1 Dinah is ravished. 8 Hamor asketh her in marriage for his son. 22 The Shechemites are circumcised at the request of Jacob's sons and the persuasion of Hamor. 25 The whoredome is revenged.

1 Then Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, 1went out to see the daughters of that country. 2 Whom when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite lord of that country saw, he took her, and lay with her, and 1defiled her. 3 So his heart clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob: and he loved the maid, and 1spake kindly to the maid. 4 Then said Shechem to his father Hamor, saying, 1Get me this maid to wife. 5 (Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sons were with his cattle in the field: therefore Jacob held his peace, until they were come.) 6 ¶ Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

33:14 1 He promised that which (as seemeth) his mind was not to perform. 33:17 1 Or, tent. 33:18 1 Or, Mesopotamia. 33:19 1 Or, lambs, or money so marked. 33:20 1 He calleth the sign, the thing which it signifieth, in token that God had mightily delivered him. 34:1 1 This example teacheth us that too much liberty is not to be given to youth. 34:2 1 Hebrew, humbled her. 34:3 1 Hebrew, spake to the heart of the maid. 34:4 1 This proveth that the consent of parents is requisite in marriage, seeing the very Infidels did also observe it as a thing necessary. 34:7 1 Or, folly.

2 Hebrew, and it shall not be so done. 34:8 1 Or, marriage. 34:11 1 Or, grant my request. 34:12 1 Hebrew, multiply greatly the dowry. 34:14 1 They made the holy ordinance of God a means to compasse their wicked purpose. 2 As it is abomination for them that are baptized to join with Infidels. 34:15 1 Their fault is the greater in that they make religion a cloak for their craft. 34:19 1 Or, most honorable. 34:20 1 For the people used to assemble there, and justice was also ministered. 34:21 1 Thus many pretend to speak for a public profit, when they only speak for their own private gain and commodity.

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