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  • Genesis Chapter 23 A Faithful Version

    Sarah’s Death and Burial

    Gen 23:1  And Sarah was a hundred twenty-seven years old, these were the years of the life of Sarah.

    Gen 23:2  And 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.

    Gen 23:3  And Abraham stood up from before his dead and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

    Gen 23:4  “I am a stranger and a sojourner with you. Give me possession of a burial site with you, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

    Gen 23:5  And the sons of Heth answered Abraham saying to him,

    Gen 23:6  “Hear us, my lord. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choice of our burial places. None of us shall withhold from you his burial site for burying your dead.”

    Gen 23:7  And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.

    Gen 23:8  And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and ask for me of Ephron the son of Zohar,

    Gen 23:9  That he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he has, which is at the end of his field. For as much silver as it is worth, he shall give it to me for a possession of a burial place among you.”

    Gen 23:10  And Ephron lived among the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

    Gen 23:11  “No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and the cave that is in it I give to you. In the presence of the sons of my people, I give it to you. Bury your dead.”

    Gen 23:12  And Abraham bowed before the people of the land.

    Gen 23:13  And he spoke to Ephron in the ears of the people of the land, saying, “Only if you would hear me; I will give you silver for the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there.”

    Gen 23:14  And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

    Gen 23:15  “My lord, hearken to me. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver—what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”

    Gen 23:16  And Abraham hearkened to Ephron. And Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, as is current among the merchants.

    Gen 23:17  And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre—the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees in the field, in all the borders round about—was deeded

    Gen 23:18  To Abraham for a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

    Gen 23:19  And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave at the field of Machpelah before Mamre, which is Hebron, in the land of Canaan.

    Gen 23:20  And the field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham for possession of a burial place by the sons of Heth.

  • Genesis Chapter 22 A Faithful Version

    The Sacrifice of Isaac

    Gen 22:1  And it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

    Gen 22:2  And He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell you.”

    Gen 22:3  And Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. And he split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up and went to the place of which God had told him.

    Gen 22:4  Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off.

    Gen 22:5  And Abraham said to his young men, “You stay here with the donkey, and I and the boy will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.”

    Gen 22:6  And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it upon Isaac his son. And he took the fire pot in his hand, and a knife. And they both went together.

    Gen 22:7  And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “Behold the fire and the wood. But where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”

    Gen 22:8  And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide Himself a lamb for a burnt offering.” So they both went on together.

    Gen 22:9  And they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood in order. And he bound his son Isaac and laid him on the wood, upon the altar.

    Gen 22:10  And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

    Gen 22:11  And the angel of the LORD called to him from the heavens and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

    Gen 22:12  And He said, “Do not lay your hand upon the lad, nor do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

    Gen 22:13  And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked. And, behold, behind him a ram was entangled in a thicket by its horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

    Gen 22:14  And Abraham called the name of that place The LORD Will Provide; so that it is said until this day, “In the mount of the LORD it will be provided.”

    Gen 22:15  And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham out of heaven the second time,

    Gen 22:16  And said, ” ‘By Myself have I sworn,’ says the LORD, ‘because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son;

    Gen 22:17  That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore. And your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.

    Gen 22:18  And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.’ “

    Gen 22:19  Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived at Beersheba.

    Gen 22:20  And it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham, saying, “Behold Milcah! She also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

    Gen 22:21  Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

    Gen 22:22  And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”

    Gen 22:23  And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

    Gen 22:24  And his concubine, named Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

  • Genesis Chapter 20 A Faithful Version

    The Birth of Isaac

    Gen 21:1  And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said. And the LORD did to Sarah as He had spoken,

    Gen 21:2  For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

    Gen 21:3  And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him (whom Sarah bore to him) Isaac.

    Gen 21:4  And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

    Gen 21:5  And Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

    Gen 21:6  And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, so that all who hear will laugh with me.”

    Gen 21:7  And she said, “Who could have said to Abraham that Sarah would suckle children? For I have borne a son to him in his old age.”

    God Protects Hagar and Ishmael

    Gen 21:8  And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast the day that Isaac was weaned.

    Gen 21:9  And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian (whom she had borne to Abraham) mocking.

    Gen 21:10  And she said to Abraham, “Cast out this maidservant and her son, for the son of this maidservant shall not be heir with my son, with Isaac.

    Gen 21:11  And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.

    Gen 21:12  And God said to Abraham, “Let it not be grievous in your sight because of the boy and because of your maidservant. In all that Sarah has said to you, hearken to her words, for in Isaac your seed shall be called.

    Gen 21:13  And also, I will make a nation of the son of the maidservant because he is your seed.”

    Gen 21:14  And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder. And he gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

    Gen 21:15  And the water in the skin was gone, and she placed the boy under one of the shrubs.

    Gen 21:16  And she went and sat down across from him a good way off, about a bowshot, for she said, “Let me not see the death of the boy.” And she sat across from him, and lifted up her voice and wept.

    Gen 21:17  And God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar out of the heavens, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

    Gen 21:18  Rise up, lift up the boy and hold him up with your hand, for I will make him a great nation.”

    Gen 21:19  And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the skin with water, and gave a drink to the boy.

    Gen 21:20  And God was with the boy, and he grew and lived in the wilderness, and became an archer.

    Gen 21:21  And he lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

    A Treaty with Abimelech

    Gen 21:22  And it came to pass at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do.

    Gen 21:23  Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son. Do to me according to the kindness that I have done to you, and to the land in which you have lived.”

    Gen 21:24  And Abraham said, “I will swear.”

    Gen 21:25  And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants had violently seized.

    Gen 21:26  And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing—neither did you inform me, nor have I even heard of it, except today.”

    Gen 21:27  And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and both of them made a covenant.

    Gen 21:28  And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

    Gen 21:29  And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What are these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?”

    Gen 21:30  And he said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, so that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well.”

    Gen 21:31  This is why he called that place The Well of the Living One Seeing Me, because there they both swore an oath.

    Gen 21:32  So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, rose up. And they returned to the land of the Philistines.

    Gen 21:33  And Abraham planted a tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

    Gen 21:34  And Abraham lived in the Philistines’ land many days.

  • Genesis Chapter 20 A Faithful Version

    Abraham and Abimelech

    Gen 20:1  And Abraham moved from there toward the south country, and lived between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.

    Gen 20:2  And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

    Gen 20:3  But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “Behold, you are about to die because of the woman whom you have taken—for she is a man’s wife.”

    Gen 20:4  But Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, “LORD, will You also kill a righteous nation?

    Gen 20:5  Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister?’ And she, even she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the sincerity of my heart and innocence of my hands I have done this.”

    Gen 20:6  And God said to him in a dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the sincerity of your heart; for I also withheld you from sinning against Me. Therefore I did not allow you to touch her.

    Gen 20:7  Now therefore, restore his wife to the man; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live. And if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all that are yours.”

    Gen 20:8  And Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears. And the men were greatly afraid.

    Gen 20:9  Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, “What have you done to us? In what have I offended you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done.”

    Gen 20:10  And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you foresee that has caused you to do this thing?”

    Gen 20:11  And Abraham said, “Because I thought, surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me for my wife’s sake.

    Gen 20:12  And yet truly she is my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother. And she became my wife.

    Gen 20:13  And it came to pass when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said to her, ‘This is your kindness which you should show to me, at every place where we shall go, say of me, “He is my brother.” ‘ “

    Gen 20:14  And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men servants and women servants, and gave them to Abraham. And he restored to him Sarah his wife.

    Gen 20:15  And Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you. Live where it pleases you.”

    Gen 20:16  And to Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is to you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you—and with all men you are made right.”

    Gen 20:17  And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, and they gave birth,

    Gen 20:18  For the LORD had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

  • Genesis Chapter 19 A Faithful Version

    God Rescues Lot

    Gen 19:1  And there came two angels to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. And Lot rose up to meet them when he saw them. And he bowed himself with his face toward the ground,

    Gen 19:2  And said, “Behold now, my lords, please turn in to your servant’s house and stay all night, and wash your feet, and you shall rise up early and go your way.” And they said, “No, but we will stay in the street.”

    Gen 19:3  But he urgently pressed upon them, and they turned in to him and entered into his house. And he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

    Gen 19:4  But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both old and young, all the people from every quarter.

    Gen 19:5  And they called to Lot, and said to him, “Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.”

    Gen 19:6  And Lot went out the door to them, and shut the door after him.

    Gen 19:7  And he said, “I pray you, brethren, do not act so wickedly!

    Gen 19:8  Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known a man. I pray you, let me bring them out to you, and you do to them as you see fit. But do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shadow of my roof.”

    Gen 19:9  And they said, “Stand back!” And they said, “This one came in to sojourn, and must he now play the judge? Now we will deal worse with you than with them.” And they pressed hard upon the man Lot, and came near to breaking down the door.

    Gen 19:10  But the men put out their hands and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.

    Gen 19:11  And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

    Gen 19:12  And the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone here besides yourself? Bring your sons-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and anyone else you have in the city, bring them out of this place,

    Gen 19:13  For we will destroy this place, because great is the cry of it before the face of the LORD. And the LORD has sent us to destroy it.”

    Gen 19:14  And Lot went out and spoke with his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, “Get up and get out of this place, for the LORD will destroy this city.” But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be jesting.

    Gen 19:15  And when the morning dawned, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, “Rise up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.”

    Gen 19:16  But he lingered, so the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hands of his two daughters (the LORD being merciful to him), and they brought him forth and set him outside the city.

    Gen 19:17  And it came to pass, when they brought him outside, they said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountain lest you be consumed.”

    Gen 19:18  And Lot said to them, “Oh no, my Lord,

    Gen 19:19  Behold now, your servant has found grace in your sight, and you have magnified your mercy, which you have shown to me in saving my life. But I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil overtake me and I die.

    Gen 19:20  Behold now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there—is it not a little one?—and my soul shall live.”

    Gen 19:21  And the angel said to him, “See, I have accepted you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken.

    Gen 19:22  Hurry and escape there! For I cannot do anything till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

    God Destroys Sodom

    Gen 19:23  The sun had risen upon the land, and Lot entered into Zoar.

    Gen 19:24  Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire, from the LORD out of heaven.

    Gen 19:25  And He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

    Gen 19:26  But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

    Gen 19:27  And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

    Gen 19:28  And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the lands of the plain, and saw, and lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

    Gen 19:29  And when God destroyed the cities of the plain, it came to pass that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.

    Lot and His Daughters

    Gen 19:30  And Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he feared to live in Zoar, and he and his two daughters lived in a cave.

    Gen 19:31  And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth to come in to us, as is the way of all the earth.

    Gen 19:32  Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, so that we may preserve the seed of our father.”

    Gen 19:33  And they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father. And he did not notice when she lay down nor when she arose.

    Gen 19:34  And it came to pass on the next day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine this night also, and you go in and lie down with him so that we may preserve the seed of our father.”

    Gen 19:35  And they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger arose and lay with him. And he did not notice when she lay down nor when she arose.

    Gen 19:36  So both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

    Gen 19:37  And the firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

    Gen 19:38  And the younger also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.

  • Genesis Chapter 18 A Faithful Version

    Gen 18:1  And the LORD appeared to him in the plains of Mamre, and he sat at the tent door in the heat of the day.

    Gen 18:2  And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men stood by him. And when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground.

    Gen 18:3  And he said, “My LORD, if now I have found favor in Your sight, do not pass away, I pray, from Your servant.

    Gen 18:4  Let a little water, I pray, be brought, and wash Your feet, and rest under the tree.

    Gen 18:5  And I will bring a bite of bread, and will comfort your hearts. After that You shall pass on, for this is why You have come to Your servant.” And they said, “Do so, as you have said.”

    Gen 18:6  And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal; knead it, and make cakes.”

    Gen 18:7  And Abraham ran out to the herd and brought a calf, tender and good. And he gave it to a young man. And he hurried to dress it.

    Gen 18:8  And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. And he stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

    Gen 18:9  And they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “Behold, in the tent.”

    Gen 18:10  And He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and lo, Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah heard at the tent door which was behind Him.

    Gen 18:11  Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in days, and it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

    Gen 18:12  Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

    Gen 18:13  And the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I, who am old, truly bear a child?’

    Gen 18:14  Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return again, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”

    Gen 18:15  Then Sarah denied, saying, “I did not laugh;” for she was afraid. And He said, “No, but you did laugh.”

    Gen 18:16  And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. And Abraham was going with them to send them on the way.

    Gen 18:17  And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham the thing which I do,

    Gen 18:18  Since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

    Gen 18:19  For I know him, that he will command his children and his house after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment, that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which He has spoken of him.”

    Gen 18:20  And the LORD said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

    Gen 18:21  I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which has come to Me. And if not, I will know.”

    Abraham Intercedes for Sodom

    Gen 18:22  And the men turned their faces away from there, and went toward Sodom. But Abraham still stood before the LORD.

    Gen 18:23  And Abraham drew near and said, “Will You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

    Gen 18:24  Perhaps there are fifty righteous within the city. Will You also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?

    Gen 18:25  Far be it from You to act in this manner, to kill the righteous with the wicked. And far be it from You, that the righteous should be as the wicked. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

    Gen 18:26  And the LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.”

    Gen 18:27  And Abraham answered and said, “Behold now, I have taken upon myself to speak to the LORD —I who am but dust and ashes.

    Gen 18:28  Perhaps there will be five lacking from the fifty righteous. Will You destroy all the city for lack of five?” And He said, “If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it.”

    Gen 18:29  And he spoke to Him yet again, and said, “Perhaps there shall be forty found there.” And He said, “I will not do it for forty’s sake.”

    Gen 18:30  And he said, “Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak. Perhaps there shall be thirty found there.” And He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

    Gen 18:31  And he said, “Lo now, I have taken upon myself to speak to the LORD. Perhaps there shall be twenty found there.” And He said, “I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.”

    Gen 18:32  And he said, “Oh do not let the LORD be angry, and I will speak only once more. Perhaps only ten shall be found there.” And He said, “I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.”

    Gen 18:33  And the LORD went His way as soon as He had left off talking with Abraham. And Abraham returned to his place.

  • Genesis Chapter 17 A Faithful Version

    Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

    Gen 17:1  And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am the Almighty God! Walk before Me and be perfect.

    Gen 17:2  And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”

    Gen 17:3  And Abram fell on his face. And God talked with him, saying,

    Gen 17:4  “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

    Gen 17:5  Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.

    Gen 17:6  And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.

    Gen 17:7  And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your seed after you.

    Gen 17:8  And I will give the land to you in which you are a sojourner, and to your seed after you, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. And I will be their God.”

    Gen 17:9  And God said to Abraham, “And you shall keep My covenant, you and your seed after you in their generations.

    Gen 17:10  This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your seed after you. Every male child among you shall be circumcised.

    Gen 17:11  And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin. And it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

    Gen 17:12  And a son of eight days shall be circumcised among you, every male child in your generations; he that is born in the house, or bought with silver of any foreigner who is not of your seed.

    Gen 17:13  He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with your silver, must be circumcised. And My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

    Gen 17:14  And the uncircumcised male child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people—for he has broken My covenant.”

    Isaac’s Birth Promised

    Gen 17:15  And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah.

    Gen 17:16  And I will bless her, and give you a son also of her. Yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations—kings of people shall be from her.”

    Gen 17:17  And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?”

    Gen 17:18  And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!”

    Gen 17:19  And God said, “Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed. And you shall call his name Isaac. And I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

    Gen 17:20  And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

    Gen 17:21  But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time in the next year.”

    Gen 17:22  And He left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

    Gen 17:23  And Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his silver—every male among the men of Abraham’s house—and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins in the same day, even as God said to him.

    Gen 17:24  And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

    Gen 17:25  And his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

    Gen 17:26  In the same day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised.

    Gen 17:27  And all the men of his house that were born in the house, or bought with silver from the foreigner, were circumcised with him.

  • Genesis Chapter 16 A Faithful Version

    Sarai and Hagar

    Gen 16:1  Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, did not bear him any children. And she had a maidservant, an Egyptian, and her name was Hagar.

    Gen 16:2  And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the LORD has kept me from bearing. I pray you, go in to my maidservant. It may be that I may obtain children by her.” And Abram hearkened to the words of Sarai.

    Gen 16:3  And Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maidservant, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife (after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan).

    Gen 16:4  And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when Hagar saw that she had conceived, she looked upon her mistress with contempt.

    Gen 16:5  And Sarai said to Abram, “My wrong be upon you. I have given my maidservant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between me and you.”

    Gen 16:6  But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maidservant is in your hand. Do to her as it pleases you.” And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her presence.

    Gen 16:7  And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.

    Gen 16:8  And he said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maidservant, where did you come from? And where will you go?” And she said, “I flee from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”

    Gen 16:9  And the angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit yourself under her hands.”

    Gen 16:10  And the angel of the LORD said to her, “I will multiply your seed exceedingly, so that they shall not be numbered for multitude.”

    Gen 16:11  And the angel of the LORD said to her, “Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son. And you shall call his name Ishmael because the LORD has heard your affliction.

    Gen 16:12  And he will be a wild man. His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. And he shall live in the presence of all his brothers.”

    Gen 16:13  And she called the name of the LORD Who had spoken to her, You are a God of Seeing! For she said, “Even here have I seen Him that sees me?”

    Gen 16:14  Therefore the well was called The Well of the Living One Seeing Me. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

    Gen 16:15  And Hagar bore Abram a son. And Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bore, Ishmael.

    Gen 16:16  And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

  • Genesis Chapter 15 A Faithful Version

    God’s Covenant with Abram

    Gen 15:1  After these things the Word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield and your exceedingly great reward.”

    Gen 15:2  And Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will You give me since I go childless, and the heir of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?”

    Gen 15:3  And Abram said, “Behold, You have given no seed to me; and lo, one born in my house is my heir.”

    Gen 15:4  And behold, the Word of the LORD came to him saying, “This man shall not be your heir; but he that shall come forth out of your own loins shall be your heir.”

    Gen 15:5  And He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward the heavens and number the stars—if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your seed be.”

    Gen 15:6  And he believed in the LORD. And He accounted it to him for righteousness.

    Gen 15:7  And He said to him, “I am the LORD that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”

    Gen 15:8  And he said, “Lord GOD, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it?”

    Gen 15:9  And He said to him, “Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

    Gen 15:10  And he took all these to himself, and divided them in the middle, and laid each piece opposite the other; but he did not divide the birds.

    Gen 15:11  And when the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

    Gen 15:12  And it came to pass, as the sun was going down, that a deep sleep fell upon Abram. And, behold, a horror of great darkness fell upon him!

    Gen 15:13  And He said to Abram, “You must surely know that your seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, (and shall serve them and they shall afflict them) four hundred years.

    Gen 15:14  And also I will judge that nation whom they shall serve. And afterward they shall come out with great substance.

    Gen 15:15  And you shall go to your fathers in peace. You shall be buried in a good old age.

    Gen 15:16  But in the fourth generation they shall come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.”

    Gen 15:17  And it came to pass—when the sun went down and it was dark—behold, a smoking furnace and a burning lamp passed between those pieces.

    Gen 15:18  In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

    Gen 15:19  The land of the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

    Gen 15:20  And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,

    Gen 15:21  And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”

  • Genesis Chapter 14 A Faithful Version

    Abram Rescues Lot

    Gen 14:1  And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations,

    Gen 14:2  That they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

    Gen 14:3  All these were joined together in the valley of Siddim, which is the Salt Sea.

    Gen 14:4  They served Chedorlaomer twelve years, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

    Gen 14:5  And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him came and struck the giants in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

    Gen 14:6  And the Horites in their Mount Seir, as far as the oak of Paran, which is by the wilderness.

    Gen 14:7  And they returned, and came to En Mishpat, which is Kadesh, and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who lived in Hazazon Tamar.

    Gen 14:8  And the king of Sodom went out, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela (which is Zoar). And they joined battle against them in the valley of Siddim;

    Gen 14:9  With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal the king of nations, and Amraphel the king of Shinar, and Arioch the king of Ellasar, four kings against five.

    Gen 14:10  And the valley of Siddim was full of asphalt pits. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell into them; and those who remained alive fled to the mountains.

    Gen 14:11  And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.

    Gen 14:12  And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who lived in Sodom, and all his goods, and went away.

    Gen 14:13  And there came one who had escaped. And he told Abram the Hebrew, for he lived in the plains of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner. And these had a covenant with Abram.

    Gen 14:14  And when Abram heard that his kinsman was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house (three hundred and eighteen) and pursued them to Dan.

    Gen 14:15  And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants. And he struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left of Damascus.

    Gen 14:16  And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his kinsman Lot and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

    Abram Blessed by Melchizedek

    Gen 14:17  And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and of the kings with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s valley.

    Gen 14:18  And Melchizedek the King of Salem brought forth bread and wine. And He was the Priest of the Most High God.

    Gen 14:19  And He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heaven and earth.

    Gen 14:20  And blessed be the Most High God, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave Him tithes of all.

    Gen 14:21  And the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and take the goods for yourself.”

    Gen 14:22  And Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to the LORD, the Most High God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

    Gen 14:23  That I will take nothing that is yours—from a thread even to a sandal strap—lest you say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

    Gen 14:24  Nothing for me, only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre—let them take their portion.”