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Category: Old Testament

  • Genesis Chapter 25 A Faithful Version

    Abraham’s Death and His Descendants

    Gen 25:1  Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

    Gen 25:2  And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

    Gen 25:3  And Jokshan begat Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim.

    Gen 25:4  And the sons of Midian: Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

    Gen 25:5  And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.

    Gen 25:6  But to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts. And he sent them away from Isaac his son while he still lived, eastward to the east country.

    Gen 25:7  And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life, which he lived: a hundred seventy-five years.

    Gen 25:8  And Abraham expired and died in a good old age, old and satisfied. And he was gathered to his people.

    Gen 25:9  And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre,

    Gen 25:10  The field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth. Abraham and Sarah his wife were buried there.

    Gen 25:11  And after the death of Abraham, it came to pass that God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac lived by The Well of the Living One, My Beholder.

    Gen 25:12  And these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bore to Abraham.

    Gen 25:13  And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations. The firstborn of Ishmael was Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

    Gen 25:14  And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

    Gen 25:15  Hadad, and Tema and Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

    Gen 25:16  These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their towns and by their settlements; twelve chiefs according to their nations.

    Gen 25:17  And these were the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred thirty-seven years. And he expired and died, and was gathered to his people.

    Gen 25:18  And they lived from Havilah to Shur, which is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. And he died in the presence of all his brethren.

    The Birth of Esau and Jacob

    Gen 25:19  And these were the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham begat Isaac.

    Gen 25:20  And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian.

    Gen 25:21  And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife because she was barren. And the LORD heard him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

    Gen 25:22  And the sons struggled together within her. And she said, “If it is well, why am I this way?” And she went to inquire of the LORD.

    Gen 25:23  And the LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two kinds of people shall be separated from your belly. And the one people shall be stronger than the other people, the older shall serve the younger.”

    Gen 25:24  And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, twins were in her womb!

    Gen 25:25  And the first came out red, like a hairy garment all over. And they called his name Esau.

    Gen 25:26  And after that his brother came out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel. And his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

    Gen 25:27  And the boys grew. And Esau was a skilled hunter, a man of the field. And Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.

    Gen 25:28  And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his venison. But Rebekah loved Jacob.

    Esau Sells His Birthright

    Gen 25:29  And Jacob boiled soup. And Esau came from the field, and he was faint.

    Gen 25:30  And Esau said to Jacob, “I beg you, let me eat of the red, this red soup, for I am faint.” Therefore, his name was called Edom.

    Gen 25:31  And Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright today.”

    Gen 25:32  And Esau said, “Behold, I am at the point of dying, and what profit shall this birthright be to me?”

    Gen 25:33  And Jacob said, “Swear to me this day.” And he swore to him, and he sold his birthright to Jacob.

    Gen 25:34  Then Jacob gave Esau bread and soup of lentils. And he ate and drank, and rose up and went his way. Thus did Esau despise his birthright.

  • Genesis Chapter 24 A Faithful Version

    Isaac and Rebekah

    Gen 24:1  And Abraham was old, well advanced in age. And the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

    Gen 24:2  And Abraham said to the oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “I pray you, put your hand under my thigh.

    Gen 24:3  And I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.

    Gen 24:4  But you shall go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”

    Gen 24:5  And the servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I then bring your son again to the land from which you came?”

    Gen 24:6  And Abraham said to him, “Take care that you do not bring my son there again.

    Gen 24:7  The LORD, the God of heaven, Who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my kindred, and Who spoke to me, and Who swore to me, saying, ‘To your seed I will give this land’—He shall send His angel before you. And you shall take a wife for my son from there.

    Gen 24:8  And if the woman will not be willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath of mine. Only do not bring my son there again.”

    Gen 24:9  And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning the matter.

    Gen 24:10  And the servant took ten camels from the camels of his master and departed, for all the goods of his master were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor.

    Gen 24:11  And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

    Gen 24:12  And he said, “O LORD, God of my master Abraham, I pray You, send me good speed this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

    Gen 24:13  Behold, I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.

    Gen 24:14  And let it be that the young woman to whom I shall say, ‘Let down your pitcher, please, so that I may drink,’ that she shall say, ‘Drink, and I will give your camels drink also.’ Let her be the one that You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by it I shall know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

    Gen 24:15  And it came to pass before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

    Gen 24:16  And the young woman was very beautiful to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her. And she went down to the well and filled her pitcher, and came up.

    Gen 24:17  And the servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher.”

    Gen 24:18  And she said, “Drink, my lord.” And she hurried and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave a drink to him.

    Gen 24:19  And when she had finished giving him drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also until they have finished drinking.”

    Gen 24:20  And she hurried, and emptied her pitcher in the trough, and ran again to the well to draw water. And she drew for all his camels.

    Gen 24:21  And the man was watching her, keeping silent, in order to know whether the LORD had prospered his journey or not.

    Gen 24:22  And it came to pass, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands, weighing ten shekels of gold.

    Gen 24:23  And he said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father’s house for us to stay?”

    Gen 24:24  And she said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”

    Gen 24:25  And she said to him, “We have both straw and fodder enough, and room to lodge in.”

    Gen 24:26  And the man bowed down his head, and worshiped the LORD.

    Gen 24:27  And he said, “Blessed be the LORD, God of my master Abraham, Who has not left my master destitute of His mercy and His truth. The LORD led me, I being in the way, to the house of my master’s brothers.”

    Gen 24:28  And the young woman ran and told her mother’s household these things.

    Gen 24:29  And Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban. And Laban ran out to the man at the well.

    Gen 24:30  And it came to pass when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, “So spoke the man to me,” he came to the man. And behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

    Gen 24:31  And he said, “Come in, blessed of the LORD. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.”

    Gen 24:32  And the man came into the house. And he unloaded his camels, and gave straw and fodder to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men that were with him.

    Gen 24:33  And food was set before him to eat. But he said, “I will not eat until I have told my errand.” And he said, “Speak on.”

    Gen 24:34  And he said, “I am Abraham’s servant.

    Gen 24:35  And the LORD has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great. And He has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and men servants and maid servants, and camels and donkeys.

    Gen 24:36  And Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. And he has given to him all that he has.

    Gen 24:37  And my master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I live.

    Gen 24:38  But you shall go to my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.’

    Gen 24:39  And I said to my master, ‘Perhaps the woman will not follow me.’

    Gen 24:40  And he said to me, ‘The LORD, before Whom I walk, will send His angel with you and prosper your way. And you shall take a wife for my son from my kindred, and from my father’s house.

    Gen 24:41  Then shall you be clear from my oath when you come to my kindred, and if they do not give you one, you shall be clear from my oath.’

    Gen 24:42  And I came this day to the well, and said, ‘O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if now You prosper my way in which I go,

    Gen 24:43  Behold, I stand by the well of water. And it shall be when the virgin comes forth to draw water, and I say to her, “Give me, please, a little water from your pitcher to drink,”

    Gen 24:44  And she says to me, “Drink, and I will also draw for your camels”—may she be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.’

    Gen 24:45  And before I finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. And she went down to the well and drew water. And I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’

    Gen 24:46  And she hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will give drink to your camels also.’ So I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

    Gen 24:47  And I asked her and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ And she said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ And I put the earring upon her ear and the bracelets upon her hands.

    Gen 24:48  And I bowed my head and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, God of my master Abraham, Who had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter for his son.

    Gen 24:49  And now if you will deal kindly and truthfully with my master, tell me. And if not, tell me so that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.”

    Gen 24:50  And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, “The thing has come forth from the LORD. We cannot speak to you bad or good.

    Gen 24:51  Behold, Rebekah is before you; take her and go. And let her be the wife of your master’s son, even as the LORD has spoken.”

    Gen 24:52  And it came to pass, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshiped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.

    Gen 24:53  And the servant brought forth jewelry of silver and jewelry of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.

    Gen 24:54  And they ate and drank, he and the men with him, and stayed all night. And they rose up in the morning, and he said, “Send me away to my master.”

    Gen 24:55  And her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman stay with us perhaps ten days. After that she shall go.”

    Gen 24:56  And he said to them, “Do not hinder me since the LORD has prospered my way. Send me away, that I may go away to my master.”

    Gen 24:57  And they said, “We will call the young woman and inquire of her directly.”

    Gen 24:58  And they called Rebekah, and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” And she said, “I will go.”

    Gen 24:59  And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.

    Gen 24:60  And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, be the mother of thousands of millions, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them.”

    Gen 24:61  And Rebekah rose up, and her young women, and they rode upon the camels and followed the man. And the servant took Rebekah and went his way.

    Gen 24:62  And Isaac came from the way of the well, The Well of the Living One, My Beholder, for he lived in the south country.

    Gen 24:63  And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the beginning of the evening. And he lifted up his eyes and looked. And behold—camels coming!

    Gen 24:64  And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and she saw Isaac. And she dismounted from the camel,

    Gen 24:65  For she said to the servant, “What man is this that walks in the field to meet us?” And the servant said, “It is my master.” Therefore she took a veil and covered herself.

    Gen 24:66  And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.

    Gen 24:67  And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. And he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

  • 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.