Genesis:20-23

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* And Abraham brake up from thence , towards the land of the South , and fixed his dwelling between Kadesh and Shur , so he sojourned in Gerar . * And Abraham said of Sarah his wife : My , sister , is she , So Abimelech king of Gerar sent , and took Sarah . * Then God went in unto Abimelech , in a dream of the night , and said to him , Behold thee dead ! because of the woman whom thou hast taken , seeing that , she , is a married woman . * Now , Abimelech , had not come near unto her , so he said , O My Lord ! a nation even a righteous one , wilt thou slay ? * Had not , he himself , said to me , My sister , is she ? and even she herself , said , My brother , is he ? In the integrity of my heart and in the pureness of my hand , have I done this ! * And God said unto him in a dream , I , also , knew , that in the integrity of thy heart , thou didst this , so then , even I myself , withheld thee from sinning against me , for this reason , have I not suffered thee to touch her . * Now , therefore restore the mans wife , for a prophet , is he , that he may pray for thee and live thou , But if thou art not going to restore her , know , that thou shalt die , thouand all that are thine . * So Ahimelech rose early in the morning , and called all his servants , and spake all these words in their ears , and the men feared greatly . * Then Abimelech called Abraham , and said to him , What hast thou done to us ? and wherein had I sinned against thee , that thou shouldst have brought in over me and over my kingdom , a sin so great ? Deeds , which should not be done , hast thou done with me . * And Abimelech said unto Abraham , What hadst thou seen , that thou shouldst have done this thing ? * And Abraham said , Because I thought , Surely there is no fear of God , in this place , therefore will they slay me for the sake of my wife . * Moreover also , in truth , my sister daughter of my father , she is , only not daughter of my mother , so she became my wife . * And so it came to pass when the Gods caused me to wander from my fathers house , that I said to her , This , is thy lovingkindness , wherewith thou shalt deal with me , Into what-soever place we enter , say of me My brother , is he . * Then took Abimelech sheep and oxen and menservants and maid-servants , and gave to Abraham , and restored to him Sarah his wife . * And Abimelech , said , Lo ! my land is before thee , wherever it may seem good in thine eyes , dwell . * And to Sarah , he said , Lo ! I have given a thousand of silver unto thy brother : Lo ! that is for thee as a covering of eyes , to all who are with thee , And so in every way , hath right been done . * And Abraham prayed unto God , and God healed Abimelech , and his wife , and his maid-servants , so that they bare children , * For Yahweh , had restrained from bearing , every female a of the house of Abimelech , because of Sarah , wife of Abraham . * Now , Yahweh , visited Sarah , as he had said , And Yahweh did for Sarah as he had spoken . * So , Sarah , conceived and bare , to Abraham , a son , for his old age , at the set time , of which God had spoken with him . * And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him , whom , Sarah , bare to him , Isaac . * And Abraham circumcised Isaac his son , when eight days old , as God commanded him . * Now Abraham was a hundred years old , when Isaac his son was born to him . * And Sarah said , A laughing , hath God made for me , Everyone that heareth will laugh with me . * And she said Who would have announced to Abraham , Sarah hath suckled children ? yet have I borne a son , for his old age ! * And the child grew , and was weaned , and Abraham made a great banquet , on the day of the weaning of Isaac . * And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian woman whom she had borne to Abraham laughing ! * So she said to Abraham , Cast out this bondwoman and her son , for the son of this bondwoman must not inherit with my son with Isaac . * And the word was very grievous in the eyes of Abraham , on account of his son . * And God said unto Abraham Let it not be grievous in thine eyes concerning the boy and concerning thy bondwoman , In all that Sarah may say unto thee , hearken to her voice , For in Isaac , shall there be called to theea seed . * Yet even the son of the bondwoman , will I appoint to become , a nation , because thy seed , he is . * So Abraham rose up early in the morningand took bread and a skin of water and gave unto hagar , putting them on her shoulder and the child , and sent her forth , so she went her way and wandered , in the desert of Beer-sheba . * And the water out of the skin was spent , so she cant the child under one of the shrubs ; * and went and sat her down over against him at a distance like as of such as draw the bow , for she said Let me not look upon the death of the child , So she sat down over against him , and the boy lifted up his voice , and wept * And God heard the voice of the boy , and a messenger of God called unto Hagar out of the heavens ; and said to her , What aileth thee , Hagar ? Do not fear , for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the boy where he is . * Arise lift up the boy , and hold him up with thy hand , for , a great nation , will I make him . * And God opened her eyes , and she saw a well of water , and went and filled the skin with water , and gave drink unto the boy * And it came to pass that God was with the boy , and he grew , and dwelt in the desert , and he became as he grew up , an archer , * And he dwelt in the desert of Paran , and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt . * And it came to pass at that time , that Abimelech , with Phicol chieftain of his host , spake unto Abraham , saying , God , is with thee in all that , thou art doing . * Now , therefore , swear to me by God , here , that thou wilt not deal falsely by me , nor by mine offspring , nor by my descendants , according to the lovingkindness wherewith I have dealt with thee , shalt thou deal with me , and with the land wherein thou hast sojourned . * And Abraham said , I , will swear . * But Abraham reproved Abimelech , on account of the well of water , which the servants of Abimelech had seized . * And Abimelech said , I know not , who hath done this thing , nor hast even thou , ever told me , nor have even I , ever heard , save to-day . * And Abraham took sheep and oxen , stud gave to Abimelech , and they two solemnised a covenant * So then Abram set seven young sheep of the flock by them-selves , * And Abimelech said unto Abraham , What , then mean these seven young sheep here , which thou hast set by themselves ? * And he said , The seven young sheep , shalt thou take at my hand , that they may serve as my witness , that I digged this well . * On this account , was the name of that place called Beer-sheba , because there , had they two sworn . \fs15 * And when they had solemnised a covenant in Beer-sheba , then arose Abimelech , with Phicol chief of his host , and returned unto the land of the Philistines . * Then planted he a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba , and called there on the name of Yahweh the age-abiding GOD . * So Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days . * And it cared to pass after these things , that God , did prove Abraham , and he said unto him , Abraham ! And he said Behold me ! * And he said Take , I pray thee , thy son , thine only one , whom thou lovest , even , Isaac , and get thee into the land of Moriah and cause him to ascend there as an ascending-sacrifice , on one of the mountains which I shall name unto thee . * So Abraham rose early in the morning , and saddled his ass , and took his two young men with him , and Isaac his son , and clave the pieces of wood for an ascending-sacrifice , and mounted and went his way unto the place which God had named to him . * It was , on the third day , that Abraham lifted up his eyes , and saw the place afar off . * And Abraham said unto his young men Tarry by yourselves here with the ass , but I and the young man must go yonder , that we may bow ourselves down and return unto you . * So Abraham took the pieces of wood for the ascending-sacrifice , and laid them on Isaac his son , and took in his own hand the fire and the knife , and they went on their way , both of them together . * Then said Isaac unto Abraham his father , then said he ; My father ! And he said , Behold me , my son , And he said , Behold the fire , and the pieces of wood , but where is the lamb , for an ascending-sacrifice ? * And Abraham said , God , will provide for himself the lamb for an ascending-sacrifice , my son ! So they went on their way , both of them , together . * Then came they into the place which God had named to him , and Abraham built there the altar , and aid in order the pieces of wood , and bound Isaac his son , and laid him on the altar , above the pieces of wood . * And Abraham put forth his hand , and took the knife , to slay his son . * Then called out unto him the messenger of Yahweh out of the heavens , and said . Abraham , Abraham ! And he said Behold me ! * Then he said , Do not put forth thy hand unto the young man , neither do to himanything at all , for , now , know I that one who reverest God , thou art , when thou hast not withheld thy son , thine only one , from me . * And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked , and lo ! a ram , behind , caught in a thicket by his horns , and Abraham went , and took the ram , and caused him to ascend as an ascending-sacrifice instead of his son . * So Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh , as to which it is still said to-day , In the mountain of Yahweh , will provision be made . * Then called out the messenger of Yahweh unto Abraham , a second time out of the heavens ; * and said , By myself , have I sworn is the oracle of Yahweh , Because thou hast done this thing , and hast not withheld thy son , thine only one , * That I will , richly bless , thee , and , abundantly multiply , thy seed , as the stars of the heavens , and as the sand which is on the lip of the sea , that thy seed may take possession of the gate of his foes : * So shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves in thy seed , Because thou didst hearken unto my voice . * So Abraham returned unto his young men , and they mounted , and went on their way together unto Beer-sheba , and Abraham dwelt in Beer-sheba . * And it came to pass after these things , that it was told Abraham , saying , Behold ! Milcahshe also , hath borne sons , to Nahor thy brother : * Uz his firstborn and Buz his brother , and Kemuel , father of Aram * and Chesed and Hazo , and Pildash , and Jidlaph , and Bethuel ; * And , Bethuel , hath begotten Rebekah , These eight , hath Milcah borne to Nahor brother of Abraham . * And his concubine , whose name was Reumah , she also , hath borne Tebah and Gaham , and Tahash , and Maacah . * And the life of Sarah came to be , a hundred and twenty-seven years , the years of the life of Sarah . * And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba , the same , is Hebron in the land of Canaan , and Abraham went in to wail for Sarah and to weep for her . * And Abraham rose up from over the face of his dead , and spake unto the sons of Heth , saying ; * A sojourner and settler , am I with you , Give me a possession of a buryingplace with you , That I may bury my dead , from before me . * And the sons of Heth answered Abraham , saying to him : * Hear us , my lord ! A prince of God , art thou in our midst , In the choice of our buryingplaces , bury thy dead , Not , a man from among us his , burying-place , will withhold from thee , from burying thy dead . * And Abraham rose up , and bowed himself down to the people of the land , to the sons of Heth ; * and spake with them , saying , If it is with the consent of your minds that I should bury my dead from before me , hear me , and intercede for me , with Ephron son of Zohar : * That he would give me , the cave of Machpelah , which pertaineth unto him , which is within the bounds of his field , For full silver , let him give it me in your midst , For a possession of a buryingplace . * Now , Ephron , was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth , so Ephron the Hittite responded to Abraham , in the ears of the sons of Heth , even all that were entering the gate of his city , saying : * Nay , my lord , hear me , The field , have I given to thee And , the cave that is therein , to thee , have I given it , In the eyes of the sons of my people , have I given it thee Bury thy dead . * So Abraham boweth himself down , before the people of the land : * and spake unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land saying , Only if , thou , wouldst , hear me , I have given the silver of the field Take it of me , That I may bury my dead here . * And Ephron responded to Abraham , saying to him , * My lord , hear me , Land worth four hundred shekels of silverbetwixt me and thee , what is that ? And thy dead ., bur . thou . * And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron , and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver of which he had spoken in the ears of the sons of Heth , four hundred shekels of silver , current with the merchant , * So was con-firmed the field of Ephron , which is in Machpelah , which is before Mamre , the field and the cave which is therein , and all the timber which was in the field , which was in all the boundary thereof round about , * to Abraham as a purchase in the eyes of the sons of Heth , with all who were entering the gate of his city . * And after this , did Abraham bury Sarah his wife , within the cave of the field of Machpelah , over against Mamre , the same , is Hebron , in the land of Canaan . * So was confirmed the field with the cave which was therein to Abraham , for a possession of a buryingplace , from the sons of Heth . * Now , Abraham , was old , far gone in days , and , Yahweh , had blessed Abraham , in all things .

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