Genesis:20-23

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ylt @Genesis:20:1 @And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south , and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur , and sojourneth in Gerar ; ylt @Genesis:20:2 @and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife , 'She is my sister ;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah . ylt @Genesis:20:3 @And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night , and saith to him , 'Lo , thou [art ] a dead man , because of the woman whom thou hast taken -- and she married to a husband .' ylt @Genesis:20:4 @And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her , and he saith , 'Lord , also a righteous nation dost thou slay ? ylt @Genesis:20:5 @hath not he himself said to me , She [is ] my sister ! and she , even she herself , said , He [is ] my brother ; in the integrity of my heart , and in the innocency of my hands , I have done this .' ylt @Genesis:20:6 @And God saith unto him in the dream , 'Yea , I -- I have known that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this , and I withhold thee , even I , from sinning against Me , therefore I have not suffered thee to come against her ; ylt @Genesis:20:7 @and now send back the man 's wife , for he [is ] inspired , and he doth pray for thee , and live thou ; and if thou do not send back , know that dying thou dost die , thou , and all that thou hast .' ylt @Genesis:20:8 @And Abimelech riseth early in the morning , and calleth for all his servants , and speaketh all these words in their ears ; and the men fear exceedingly ; ylt @Genesis:20:9 @and Abimelech calleth for Abraham , and saith to him , 'What hast thou done to us ? and what have I sinned against thee , that thou hast brought upon me , and upon my kingdom , a great sin ? works which are not done thou hast done with me .' ylt @Genesis:20:10 @Abimelech also saith unto Abraham , 'What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing ?' ylt @Genesis:20:11 @And Abraham saith , 'Because I said , 'Surely the fear of God is not in this place , and they have slain me for the sake of my wife ; ylt @Genesis:20:12 @and also , truly she is my sister , daughter of my father , only not daughter of my mother , and she becometh my wife ; ylt @Genesis:20:13 @and it cometh to pass , when God hath caused me to wander from my father 's house , that I say to her , This [is ] thy kindness which thou dost with me : at every place whither we come , say of me , He [is ] my brother .' ylt @Genesis:20:14 @And Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen , and servants and handmaids , and giveth to Abraham , and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife ; ylt @Genesis:20:15 @and Abimelech saith , 'Lo , my land [is ] before thee , where it is good in thine eyes , dwell ;' ylt @Genesis:20:16 @and to Sarah he hath said , 'Lo , I have given a thousand silverlings to thy brother ; lo , it is to thee a covering of eyes , to all who are with thee ;' and by all this she is reasoned with . ylt @Genesis:20:17 @And Abraham prayeth unto God , and God healeth Abimelech and his wife , and his handmaids , and they bear : ylt @Genesis:20:18 @for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech , because of Sarah , Abraham 's wife . ylt @Genesis:21:1 @And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said , and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken ; ylt @Genesis:21:2 @and Sarah conceiveth , and beareth a son to Abraham , to his old age , at the appointed time that God hath spoken of with him ; ylt @Genesis:21:3 @and Abraham calleth the name of his son who is born to him , whom Sarah hath born to him -- Isaac ; ylt @Genesis:21:4 @and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son , [being ] a son of eight days , as God hath commanded him . ylt @Genesis:21:5 @And Abraham [is ] a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him , ylt @Genesis:21:6 @and Sarah saith , 'God hath made laughter for me ; every one who is hearing laugheth for me .' ylt @Genesis:21:7 @She saith also , 'Who hath said to Abraham , Sarah hath suckled sons , that I have born a son for his old age ?' ylt @Genesis:21:8 @And the lad groweth , and is weaned , and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac 's being weaned ; ylt @Genesis:21:9 @and Sarah seeth the son of Hagar the Egyptian , whom she hath borne to Abraham , mocking , ylt @Genesis:21:10 @and she saith to Abraham , 'Cast out this handmaid and her son ; for the son of this handmaid hath no possession with my son -- with Isaac .' ylt @Genesis:21:11 @And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham , for his son 's sake ; ylt @Genesis:21:12 @and God saith unto Abraham , 'Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth , and because of thy handmaid : all that Sarah saith unto thee -- hearken to her voice , for in Isaac is a seed called to thee . ylt @Genesis:21:13 @As to the son of the handmaid also , for a nation I set him , because he [is ] thy seed .' ylt @Genesis:21:14 @And Abraham riseth early in the morning , and taketh bread , and a bottle of water , and giveth unto Hagar (placing [it ] on her shoulder ), also the lad , and sendeth her out ; and she goeth on , and goeth astray in the wilderness of Beer-Sheba ; ylt @Genesis:21:15 @and the water is consumed from the bottle , and she placeth the lad under one of the shrubs . ylt @Genesis:21:16 @And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against , afar off , about a bow-shot , for she said , 'Let me not look on the death of the lad ;' and she sitteth over-against , and lifteth up her voice , and weepeth . ylt @Genesis:21:17 @And God heareth the voice of the youth ; and the messenger of God calleth unto Hagar from the heavens , and saith to her , 'What to thee , Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the youth where he [is ]; ylt @Genesis:21:18 @rise , lift up the youth , and lay hold on him with thy hand , for for a great nation I set him .' ylt @Genesis:21:19 @And God openeth her eyes , and she seeth a well of water , and she goeth and filleth the bottle [with ] water , and causeth the youth to drink ; ylt @Genesis:21:20 @and God is with the youth , and he groweth , and dwelleth in the wilderness , and is an archer ; ylt @Genesis:21:21 @and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran , and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt . ylt @Genesis:21:22 @And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh -- Phichol also , head of his host -- unto Abraham , saying , 'God [is ] with thee in all that thou art doing ; ylt @Genesis:21:23 @and now , swear to me by God here : thou dost not lie to me , or to my continuator , or to my successor ; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me , and with the land in which thou hast sojourned .' ylt @Genesis:21:24 @And Abraham saith , 'I -- I do swear .' ylt @Genesis:21:25 @And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech 's servants have taken violently away , ylt @Genesis:21:26 @and Abimelech saith , 'I have not known who hath done this thing , and even thou didst not declare to me , and I also , I have not heard save to-day .' ylt @Genesis:21:27 @And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen , and giveth to Abimelech , and they make , both of them , a covenant ; ylt @Genesis:21:28 @and Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves . ylt @Genesis:21:29 @And Abimelech saith unto Abraham , 'What [are ] they -- these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves ?' ylt @Genesis:21:30 @And he saith , 'For -- the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand , so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well ;' ylt @Genesis:21:31 @therefore hath he called that place 'Beer-Sheba ,' for there have both of them sworn . ylt @Genesis:21:32 @And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba , and Abimelech riseth -- Phichol also , head of his host -- and they turn back unto the land of the Philistines ; ylt @Genesis:21:33 @and [Abraham ] planteth a tamarask in Beer-Sheba , and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah , God age-during ; ylt @Genesis:21:34 @and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days . ylt @Genesis:22:1 @And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham , and saith unto him , 'Abraham ;' and he saith , 'Here [am ] I .' ylt @Genesis:22:2 @And He saith , 'Take , I pray thee , thy son , thine only one , whom thou hast loved , even Isaac , and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah , and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee .' ylt @Genesis:22:3 @And Abraham riseth early in the morning , and saddleth his ass , and taketh two of his young men with him , and Isaac his son , and he cleaveth the wood of the burnt-offering , and riseth and goeth unto the place of which God hath spoken to him . ylt @Genesis:22:4 @On the third day -- Abraham lifteth up his eyes , and seeth the place from afar ; ylt @Genesis:22:5 @and Abraham saith unto his young men , 'Remain by yourselves here with the ass , and I and the youth go yonder and worship , and turn back unto you .' ylt @Genesis:22:6 @And Abraham taketh the wood of the burnt-offering , and placeth on Isaac his son , and he taketh in his hand the fire , and the knife ; and they go on both of them together . ylt @Genesis:22:7 @And Isaac speaketh unto Abraham his father , and saith , 'My father ,' and he saith , 'Here [am ] I , my son .' And he saith , 'Lo , the fire and the wood , and where the lamb for a burnt-offering ?' ylt @Genesis:22:8 @and Abraham saith , 'God doth provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering , my son ;' and they go on both of them together . ylt @Genesis:22:9 @And they come in unto the place of which God hath spoken to him , and there Abraham buildeth the altar , and arrangeth the wood , and bindeth Isaac his son , and placeth him upon the altar above the wood ; ylt @Genesis:22:10 @and Abraham putteth forth his hand , and taketh the knife -- to slaughter his son . ylt @Genesis:22:11 @And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto him from the heavens , and saith , 'Abraham , Abraham ;' and he saith , 'Here [am ] I ;' ylt @Genesis:22:12 @and He saith , 'Put not forth thine hand unto the youth , nor do anything to him , for now I have known that thou art fearing God , and hast not withheld thy son , thine only one , from Me .' ylt @Genesis:22:13 @And Abraham lifteth up his eyes , and looketh , and lo , a ram behind , seized in a thicket by its horns ; and Abraham goeth , and taketh the ram , and causeth it to ascend for a burnt-offering instead of his son ; ylt @Genesis:22:14 @and Abraham calleth the name of that place 'Jehovah-Jireh ,' because it is said this day in the mount , 'Jehovah doth provide .' ylt @Genesis:22:15 @And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto Abraham a second time from the heavens , ylt @Genesis:22:16 @and saith , 'By Myself I have sworn -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- that because thou hast done this thing , and hast not withheld thy son , thine only one -- ylt @Genesis:22:17 @that blessing I bless thee , and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens , and as sand which [is ] on the sea-shore ; and thy seed doth possess the gate of his enemies ; ylt @Genesis:22:18 @and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth , because that thou hast hearkened to My voice .' ylt @Genesis:22:19 @And Abraham turneth back unto his young men , and they rise and go together unto Beer-Sheba ; and Abraham dwelleth in Beer-Sheba . ylt @Genesis:22:20 @And it cometh to pass after these things that it is declared to Abraham , saying , 'Lo , Milcah hath borne , even she , sons to Nahor thy brother : ylt @Genesis:22:21 @Huz his first-born , and Buz his brother ; and Kemuel father of Aram , ylt @Genesis:22:22 @and Chesed , and Hazo , and Pildash , and Jidlaph , and Bethuel ; ylt @Genesis:22:23 @and Bethuel hath begotten Rebekah ;' these eight hath Milcah borne to Nahor , Abraham 's brother ; ylt @Genesis:22:24 @and his concubine , whose name [is ] Reumah , she also hath borne Tebah , and Gaham , and Tahash , and Maachah . ylt @Genesis:23:1 @And the life of Sarah is a hundred and twenty and seven years -- years of the life of Sarah ; ylt @Genesis:23:2 @and Sarah dieth in Kirjath-Arba , which [is ] Hebron , in the land of Caanan , and Abraham goeth in to mourn for Sarah , and to bewail her . ylt @Genesis:23:3 @And Abraham riseth up from the presence of his dead , and speaketh unto the sons of Heth , saying , ylt @Genesis:23:4 @'A sojourner and a settler I [am ] with you ; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you , and I bury my dead from before me .' ylt @Genesis:23:5 @And the sons of Heth answer Abraham , saying to him , ylt @Genesis:23:6 @'Hear us , my lord ; a prince of God [art ] thou in our midst ; in the choice of our burying-places bury thy dead : none of us his burying-place doth withhold from thee , from burying thy dead .' ylt @Genesis:23:7 @And Abraham riseth and boweth himself to the people of the land , to the sons of Heth , ylt @Genesis:23:8 @and he speaketh with them , saying , 'If it is your desire to bury my dead from before me , hear me , and meet for me with Ephron , son of Zoar ; ylt @Genesis:23:9 @and he giveth to me the cave of Machpelah , which he hath , which [is ] in the extremity of his field ; for full money doth he give it to me , in your midst , for a possession of a burying-place .' ylt @Genesis:23:10 @And Ephron is sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth , and Ephron the Hittite answereth Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth , of all those entering the gate of his city , saying , ylt @Genesis:23:11 @'Nay , my lord , hear me : the field I have given to thee , and the cave that [is ] in it , to thee I have given it ; before the eyes of the sons of my people I have given it to thee -- bury thy dead .' ylt @Genesis:23:12 @And Abraham boweth himself before the people of the land , ylt @Genesis:23:13 @and speaketh unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land , saying , 'Only -- if thou wouldst hear me -- I have given the money of the field -- accept from me , and I bury my dead there .' ylt @Genesis:23:14 @And Ephron answereth Abraham , saying to him , ylt @Genesis:23:15 @'My lord , hear me : the land -- four hundred shekels of silver ; between me and thee , what [is ] it ? -- thy dead bury .' ylt @Genesis:23:16 @And Abraham hearkeneth unto Ephron , and Abraham weigheth to Ephron the silver which he hath spoken of in the ears of the sons of Heth , four hundred silver shekels , passing with the merchant . ylt @Genesis:23:17 @And established are the field of Ephron , which [is ] in Machpelah , which [is ] before Mamre , the field and the cave which [is ] in it , and all the trees which [are ] in the field , which [are ] in all its border round about , ylt @Genesis:23:18 @to Abraham by purchase , before the eyes of the sons of Heth , among all entering the gate of his city . ylt @Genesis:23:19 @And after this hath Abraham buried Sarah his wife at the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (which [is ] Hebron ), in the land of Canaan ; ylt @Genesis:23:20 @and established are the field , and the cave which [is ] in it , to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place , from the sons of Heth . ylt @Genesis:24:1 @And Abraham [is ] old , he hath entered into days , and Jehovah hath blessed Abraham in all [things ];

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