2 Cor.

c ch. 19. 1.

C

22 And the men turned their faces 1.1.1. from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. 23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

d ver. 1.

e Hebr. 10.

92.

f Numb. 16.

22. 2 Sam.

24-17.

g Jer. 5. 1.

3. 10, 11.

2. Rom. 3. 6. k Jer. 5. 1.

24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein ?

25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wickJob 8, 20. ed: and that the righteous should be as i Job 8.3. & the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall 34. 17. Ps. 11. & 94. not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And the LORD said, "If I find in Ezek. 22. 30. Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, 1 Luke 18. 1. 1 Behold now, I have taken upon me to mch. 3. 19. speak unto the Lord, which am but dust Job 4. 19. Eccles. 12.7. and ashes: 1 Cor. 15-47, 48. 2 Cor. 5.

1.

28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

Lot entertaineth two angels.

Before CHRIST

51 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: 1898. Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

39.

32 And he said, "Oh let not the Lord Judg. 6. be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy o James 5. it for ten's sake.

33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

CHAP. XIX.

1 Lot entertaincth two angels. 4 The vicious

Sodomites are stricken with blindness. 12 Lot is sent for safety into the mountains. 18 He obtaineth leave to go into Zoar. 24 Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed. 26 Lot's wife is a pillar of salt. 30 Lot dwelleth in a cave. 31 The incestuous original of Moab and Ammon.

A

ND there

16.

a ch. 18. 22.

&c.

Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them beh. 18. 1, rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

2.

2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's Hebr. 13 house, and tarry all night, and wash d ch. 18. 4 your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; See Luke but we will abide in the street all night.

e

24. 28.

3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; fand he made them a fch. 18.8. feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

5 And they called unto Lot, and said & Isai. 3. 9. unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6 And Lot went out at the door unto 27. Jude them, and shut the door after him,

7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to so- 2 Pet. 2.7 journ, and he will needs be a judge: nowo Exod. 2. willwedeal worse with thee, than with them. 14. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, Wisd. 19. and shut to the door.

11 And they smote the men that

17. See 2 Kings 6. 18. Acts 13.

were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and 7.1. whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring Pet them out of this place :

7 ch. 18. 20.

1 Chrum.

21. 15.

13 For we will destroy this place, because the 'cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

14 And Lot went out, and spake unto Matt. 1. 18. his sons in law, which married his Numb. 16. daughters, and said, "Up, get you out of 11,45 this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that

Exod.

21. Luke 17.

&2411. mocked unto his sons in law.

Matt 24.16, to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not Acts 10. 14. 50, my Lord:

134

P. 145. 19

19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

21 And he said unto him, See, 'I have Heb. thy accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

Sex ch. 32.

Exod.

32. in. Deut.

4. Mark

5

àch. 13. 19.

2

That is,

kitle

ます。20

22 Haste thee, escape thither; for "I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called || Zoar.

25 The sun was † risen upon the earth

Hebove when Lot entered into Zoar.

forth.

Deut. 29.

23. Isai. 13.

24 Then the Lord rained upon Jer. 2. Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

Ezek. 16. 49,

5. Hos. 11.

8. Amos 4.

25 And he overthrew those cities, and 11. Zeph. 2 all the plain, and all the inhabitants of 1 Per 2. the cities, and that which grew upon

Luke 17.

Jade

1443

Ps. 107. 34

Laka 17.32

the ground.

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

29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God°re- och. 8. 1. & membered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

301 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two p ver. 17, 19. daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

51 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto qch. 16.2.4 us after the manner of all the earth:

ch. 38. 8, 9. Deut. 25. 5.

r Mark 12.

32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink 19. wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus were, both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

Abimelech reproved.

Before

1898.

which thou hast taken; for she is ta man's wife.

† Heb. married to an husband.

4 But Abimelech had not come near i ch. 18. 23. her: and he said, LORD, 'wilt thou slay

ver. 18.

k

also a righteous nation?

5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, Ka Kings 20. He is my brother: in the || integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands Cor, simpli- have I done this.

3. 2 Cor. 1. 12.

city, or,

cerity.

1 ch. 31. 7. & 35- 5

1 Sam. 25. 26, 34.

6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withExod. 34.24. held thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; "for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that

m ch. 39. 9.

Lev. 6. 2.

Ps. 51. 4.

n Sam. 7.5.

Kings

Job 42. 8.
Jam. 5.

15. 1 John 5. thou shalt surely die, thou, P

16.

o ch. 2. 17.

p Numb. 16.

32, 33.

9 ch. 26. 10.

Exod. 32. 21.

Josh. 7. 25.

r ch. 34-7.

ch. 12. 18.

Ps. 36. 1.

Prov. 16. 6.

t ch. 12. 12.

& 26.7.

n See ch. 11. 29.

x ch. 12. 1, 911, &c.

are thine.

Pand all that

8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us, and what have I offended thee, 9 that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

12 And yet indeed "she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

13 And it came to pass, when God Hebr. 11. 8. caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come,

y ch. 12. 13. say of me, He is my brother.

2 ch. 12. 16.

a ch. 13. 9.

14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my + Heb. as is land is before thee: dwell where it

good in thine eyes.

b ver. 5.

ch. 26. 11.

d ch. 24. 65.

pleaseth thee.

16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: 'behold, he is to thee da covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. 17 SoAbraham prayed unto God:and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. 18 For the LORD had fast closed up

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 sent Jo her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

17 And "God heard the voice of the lad; Es

CHST and the angel of God called to Hagar out 188g. of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth

thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him vert in thine hand; for "I will make him a great nation.

x Numb. 21.

S

19 And God opened her eyes, and kap, she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

ch. 20. 2 4626

d Josh. 2. 12.

Heb

out of the land of Egypt.

22 And it came to pass at that time, that ▸ Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, ch. 26. 28. God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

if thou shalt le unto me.

24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which AbimeSee ch. 16. lech's servants had violently taken away. 15, 18, 20, 21, And Abimelech said,

22

26

I wot not who

hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and

fch. 26. 31. both of them 'made a covenant.

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

29 And Abimelech said unto Abra8 ch. 338. ham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

hch.

52

30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that 31.4, they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

1 Abraham is tempted to offer Isaac. 3 He giveth proof of his faith and obedience. 11 The angel stayeth him. 13 Isaac is exchanged with a ram. 14 The place is called Jehovah-jireh. 15 Abraham is blessed again 20 The generation of Nahor unto Rebekah.

A

Trial of Abraham's faith.

ND it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, + Behold, here I am.

Before CHRIST 1872. Jos. Ant.

a 1 Cor. 10. 13. Hebr. 11.

12. 1 Pet. 1.7.

Heb. Be

hold me.

2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer b Hebr. 11. him there for a burnt offering upon one 17. of the mountains which I will tell thee of. f

3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

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

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 come again to you.

c 2 Chron. 3.

1.

17.

6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his d John 19. son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, + Here am I, my son. And he said, Be- + Heb. Brhold the fire and the wood: but where is the || lamb for a burnt offering?

8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

12 And he said, 'Lay not thine hand f1 Sam. 15. upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fach fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me,

13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

14 And Abraham called the name of that place || Jehovah-jireh: as it is said The LORD to this day, In the mount of the LORD it will see, or, shall be seen.

15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

provide.

Ecclus. 44

16 And said, By myself have I sworn, P. 105.9. saith the LORD, for because thou hast 21. Luke 1. done this thing, and hast not withheld 3, Hebr. 6. thy son, thine only son:

17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and