geneva - Genesis:21-23

geneva@Genesis:21:1 @ Nowe the Lord visited Sarah, as he had saide, and did vnto her according as he had promised.

geneva@Genesis:21:2 @ For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his (note:)Therefore the miracle was greater.(:note) old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

geneva@Genesis:21:3 @ And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him, which Sarah bare him, Izhak.

geneva@Genesis:21:4 @ Then Abraha circumcised Izhak his sonne, when he was eight dayes olde, as God had commanded him.

geneva@Genesis:21:5 @ So Abraham was an hundreth yeere olde, when his sonne Izhak was borne vnto him.

geneva@Genesis:21:6 @ Then Sarah said, God hath made me to reioyce: all that heare will reioyce with me.

geneva@Genesis:21:7 @ And she said, (note:)She accuses herself of ingratitude, that she did not believe the angel.(:note) Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born [him] a son in his old age.

geneva@Genesis:21:8 @ Then the childe grewe and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Izhak was weaned.

geneva@Genesis:21:9 @ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, (note:)He derided God's promise made to Isaac which the apostle calls persecution (Gal_4:29).(:note) mocking.

geneva@Genesis:21:10 @ Wherefore she saide vnto Abraham, Cast out this bond woman and her sonne: for ye sonne of this bonde woman shall not be heire with my sonne Izhak.

geneva@Genesis:21:11 @ And this thing was very grieuous in Abrahams sight, because of his sonne.

geneva@Genesis:21:12 @ And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be (note:)The promised seed will be from Isaac, and not from Ishmael, (Rom_9:7; Heb_11:18).(:note) called.

geneva@Genesis:21:13 @ And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make (note:)The Ishmaelites will come from him.(:note) a nation, because he [is] thy seed.

geneva@Genesis:21:14 @ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and (note:)True faith renounces all natural affections to obey God's commandment.(:note) sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

geneva@Genesis:21:15 @ And when the water of the bottell was spent, she cast the childe vnder a certaine tree.

geneva@Genesis:21:16 @ Then she went and sate her ouer against him a farre off about a bowe shoote: for she said, I will not see the death of the child; she sate downe ouer against him, and lift vp her voyce and wept.

geneva@Genesis:21:17 @ And God (note:)For his promise sake made to Abraham; and not because the child had discretion and judgment to pray.(:note) heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he [is].

geneva@Genesis:21:18 @ Arise, take vp the childe, and holde him in thine hand: for I will make of him a great people.

geneva@Genesis:21:19 @ And God (note:)Unless God opens our eyes, we can neither see, nor use the means which are before us.(:note) opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

geneva@Genesis:21:20 @ And God was (note:)Concerning outward things God caused him to prosper.(:note) with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

geneva@Genesis:21:21 @ And he dwelt in the wildernesse of Paran, and his mother tooke him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

geneva@Genesis:21:22 @ And at that same time Abimelech and Phichol his chief captaine spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.

geneva@Genesis:21:23 @ Nowe therefore sweare vnto me here by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my children, nor my childrens children: thou shalt deale with me, and with the countrey, where thou hast bene a stranger, according vnto the kindnesse that I haue shewed thee.

geneva@Genesis:21:24 @ And Abraham said, I will (note:)So that it is a lawful thing to take an oath in matters of importance, to justify the truth, and to assure others of our sincerity.(:note) swear.

geneva@Genesis:21:25 @ And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water, which Abimelechs seruants had violently taken away.

geneva@Genesis:21:26 @ And Abimelech said, (note:)Wicked servants do many evils unknown to their masters.(:note) I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I [of it], but to day.

geneva@Genesis:21:27 @ Then Abraham tooke sheepe and beeues, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: and they two made a couenant.

geneva@Genesis:21:28 @ And Abraham set seuen lambes of the flocke by themselues.

geneva@Genesis:21:29 @ Then Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What meane these seuen lambes, which thou hast set by themselues?

geneva@Genesis:21:30 @ And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand these seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well.

geneva@Genesis:21:31 @ Wherefore the place is called Beer-sheba, because there they both sware.

geneva@Genesis:21:32 @ Thus they made a (note:)Thus we see that the godly, concerning outward things may make peace with the wicked that do not know the true God.(:note) covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

geneva@Genesis:21:33 @ And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and (note:)That is, he worshipped God in all points of true religion.(:note) called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

geneva@Genesis:21:34 @ And Abraham was a stranger in the Philistims land a long season.

geneva@Genesis:22:1 @ And after these things God did proue Abraham, and said vnto him, Abraham. Who answered, Here am I.

geneva@Genesis:22:2 @ And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of (note:)Signifying the fear of God, in which place he was also honoured, Solomon later building the temple there.(:note) Moriah; and This was the main point of his temptation, seeing that he was commanded to offer up him in whom God had promised to bless all the nations of the world. offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

geneva@Genesis:22:3 @ Then Abraham rose vp early in the morning, and sadled his asse, and tooke two of his seruants with him, and Izhak his sonne, and cloue wood for the burnt offering, and rose vp & went to the place, which God had tolde him.

geneva@Genesis:22:4 @ Then the third day Abraham lift vp his eyes, and sawe the place afarre off,

geneva@Genesis:22:5 @ And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and (note:)He did not doubt that God would accomplish his promise, even if he should sacrifice his son.(:note) come again to you.

geneva@Genesis:22:6 @ Then Abraham tooke the wood of the burnt offering, and layed it vpon Izhak his sonne, and he tooke the fire in his hand, and the knife: and they went both together.

geneva@Genesis:22:7 @ Then spake Izhak vnto Abraham his father, and said, My father; he answered, Here am I, my sonne; he said, Behold the fire & the wood, but where is the lambe for ye burnt offring?

geneva@Genesis:22:8 @ And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a (note:)The only way to overcome all temptation is to rest on God's providence.(:note) burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

geneva@Genesis:22:9 @ And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and (note:)For it is likely that his father had told him God's commandment, to which he showed himself obedient.(:note) bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

geneva@Genesis:22:10 @ And Abraham stretching forth his hand, tooke the knife to kill his sonne.

geneva@Genesis:22:11 @ But the Angel of the Lord called vnto him from heauen, saying, Abraham, Abraham; he answered, Here am I.

geneva@Genesis:22:12 @ And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I (note:)That is, by your true obedience you have declared your living faith.(:note) know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son] from me.

geneva@Genesis:22:13 @ And Abraham lifting vp his eyes, looked: and behold, there was a ramme behind him caught by the hornes in a bush. then Abraham went and tooke the ramme, and offered him vp for a burnt offering in the steade of his sonne.

geneva@Genesis:22:14 @ And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall (note:)The name is changed to show that God both sees and provides secretly for his and also evidently is seen, and felt in the right time.(:note) be seen.

geneva@Genesis:22:15 @ And the Angel of the Lorde cryed vnto Abraham from heauen the second time,

geneva@Genesis:22:16 @ And said, By (note:)Signifying, that there is none greater then he.(:note) myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:

geneva@Genesis:22:17 @ Therefore will I surely blesse thee, and will greatly multiplie thy seede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seede shall possesse the gate of his enemies.

geneva@Genesis:22:18 @ And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voyce.

geneva@Genesis:22:19 @ Then turned Abraham againe vnto his seruants, and they rose vp & went together to Beer-sheba: and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

geneva@Genesis:22:20 @ And after these things one tolde Abraham, saying, Beholde Milcah, she hath also borne children vnto thy brother Nahor:

geneva@Genesis:22:21 @ To wit, Vz his eldest sonne, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

geneva@Genesis:22:22 @ And Chesed and Hazo, and Pildash, and Iidlaph, and Bethuel.

geneva@Genesis:22:23 @ And Bethuel begate Rebekah: these eight did Milcah beare to Nahor Abrahams brother.

geneva@Genesis:22:24 @ And his (note:)Concubine is often used to refer to those women who were inferior to the wives.(:note) concubine, whose name [was] Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

geneva@Genesis:23:1 @ When Sarah was an hundreth twentie and seuen yeere olde ( so long liued she).

geneva@Genesis:23:2 @ Then Sarah dyed in Kiriath-arba: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan; Abraham came to mourne for Sarah and to weepe for her.

geneva@Genesis:23:3 @ And Abraham (note:)That is, when he had mourned: so the godly may mourn if they do not pass measure, and the natural affection is commendable.(:note) stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

geneva@Genesis:23:4 @ I am a stranger, & a forreiner among you, giue me a possession of buriall with you, that I may burie my dead out of my sight.

geneva@Genesis:23:5 @ Then the Hittites answered Abraham, saying vnto him,

geneva@Genesis:23:6 @ Hear us, my lord: thou [art] a (note:)That is godly or excellent: for so do the Hebrews speak of all things that are notable, because all excellency comes from God.(:note) mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

geneva@Genesis:23:7 @ Then Abraham stoode vp, and bowed him selfe before the people of the land of the Hittites.

geneva@Genesis:23:8 @ And he communed with them, saying, If it be your minde, that I shall bury my dead out of my sight, heare me, and intreate for me to Ephron the sonne of Zohar,

geneva@Genesis:23:9 @ That he would giue me ye caue of Machpelah, which he hath in the ende of his field: that he would giue it me for as much money as it is worth, for a possession to bury in among you.

geneva@Genesis:23:10 @ And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, [even] of all that (note:)Meaning all the citizens and inhabitants.(:note) went in at the gate of his city, saying,

geneva@Genesis:23:11 @ No, my Lorde, heare me: the fielde giue I thee, and the caue, that therein is, I giue it thee: euen in the presence of the sonnes of my people giue I it thee, to bury thy dead.

geneva@Genesis:23:12 @ And Abraham (note:)To show that he had them in good estimation and reverence.(:note) bowed down himself before the people of the land.

geneva@Genesis:23:13 @ And spake vnto Ephron in the audience of the people of the countrey, saying, Seeing thou wilt giue it, I pray thee, heare me, I will giue the price of the fielde: receiue it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

geneva@Genesis:23:14 @ Ephron then answered Abraham, saying vnto him,

geneva@Genesis:23:15 @ My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred (note:)The common shekel is about 20 pence, so then 400 shekels is equal to 33 pounds, 6 shillings and 8 pence at 5 shilling sterling to the ounce.(:note) shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

geneva@Genesis:23:16 @ So Abraham hearkened vnto Ephron, and Abraham weyed to Ephron the siluer, which he had named, in the audience of the Hittites, euen foure hundreth siluer shekels of currant money among marchants.

geneva@Genesis:23:17 @ So the fielde of Ephron which was in Machpelah, and ouer against Mamre, euen the field and the caue that was therein, and all the trees that were in the fielde, which were in all the borders round about, was made sure

geneva@Genesis:23:18 @ Vnto Abraham for a possession, in ye sight of the Hittites, euen of all that went in at the gates of his citie.

geneva@Genesis:23:19 @ And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the caue of the fielde of Machpelah ouer against Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

geneva@Genesis:23:20 @ And the field, and the cave that [is] therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace (note:)That is, all the people confirmed the sale.(:note) by the sons of Heth.

geneva@Genesis:24:1 @ Nowe Abraham was olde, and striken in yeeres, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.