men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him. And they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said: 'Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be swept away/ "And Lot said unto them: 'Oh, not so, my lord; 19behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evil overtake me, and I die. 20Behold 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/ 21And he said unto him: 'See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not over- throw the city of which thou hast spoken. ^Hasten thou, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither/— Therefore the name of the city was called aZoar. — ^The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar. ^Then the LORD caused to rain upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; He overfc That is, Ltttlet see verse 20. 21 threw those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. ^But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt, 27And Abraham got up early in the morning to the pkce where he had stood before the LORD. 2SAnd he looked out toward Sodom and Gomor- rah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace. ^ 29Aiid it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
30And Lot went up put of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 3lAnd the first-born said unto the younger: ' Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth. ^Oome, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may pre- serve seed of our father/ ^And they made their father drink wine that night. Aiid the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew GENESIS not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 34And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger: 'Behold, I lay yester- night 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/ 35And they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 36Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37And the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab — the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 38And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi — the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. OA And Abraham journeyed from ^u thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar. 2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: 'She is my sister.' And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 3But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him: 'Behold, thou shalt die, because of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife/ 4Now Abimelech had not come near her; and ha said: 'Lord, wilt Thou slay even a righteous nation? ^aid he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she herself said: He is my brother, In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.' 6And God said unto him in the dream: 'Yea, I know that in the simplicity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against Me. Therefore suf- fered I thee not to touch her. *Now therefore restore the man's 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 thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.' 8And 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, ^hen Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him: ' What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, 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.' 10And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?' uAnd 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. 12And more- over she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and' so she became my wife. ^And it came to pass, when God caused me to wan- der from my father's house, that I said unto her: This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me: He is my brother.' 14And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women -servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. 15And Abimelech said: 'Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.' 16And unto Sarah he said: 'Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, it is for thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee; and before all men thou art righted.' 17And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and tiis maid-servants; and they bore children. 18For the LORD had fast 22 GENESIS 21 closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abra- ham's wife.
And the LORD remembered Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as He had spoken. 2And" Sarah conceived, and bore Abra- ham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. 4And Abra- ham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6And Sarah said: 'God hath made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of me.' 7And she said: 'Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age.'
8And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. 9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, making sport. "Wherefore she said unto Abraham: 'Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.' uAnd the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son. ^And God said unto Abraham: 'Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall seed be called to thee. 13And also of the son of the bond- woman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.' "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 shoul- der, and the child, and sent her away; and she departed, and strayed in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. I5And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 16And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot; for she said: ' Let me not look upon the death of the child.' And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept. 17And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her: 'What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him fast by thy hand; for I will make him a great nation.' 19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 20And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and be- came an archer. ^And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
^And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spoke unto Abraham, say- ing: ' God is with thee in all that thou doest. ^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 ac- cording to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.' ^And Abraham said: 'I will swear.' ^And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's serv- ants had violently taken away. Abimelech said: 'I know not 23 GENESIS of round about, were macta sure 18unto Abraham for a possession in the pres- ence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. 18And after this, Abraham buried Santh his wife in the cave of the field of Marhpelah before Mamre — the same is Hebron— in the land of Canaan. 20And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Hcth. 24- And Abraham was old, well ^ •*• stricken in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. 2And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that ho had: Tut, I pray thee, th; hand under my thigh. 8And I wi] make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell. fBut thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son, even for Isaac.' 6And the servant said unto hi™: ' Peradven- ture the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this larid; must I needs bring thy son back unto the land from whence thou earnest?' 6And Abraham said unto him: * Beware thou that thou bring not my son back thither. ^The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spoke unto me, and who swore unto me, saying: Unto thy seed will I give this land; He will send His angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence. 8And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only thou shalt not bring my son back thither.' 'And the serv- ant put his hand under the thigh of A.braham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter. "And the servant ^ took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed; having all goodly things of his master's in his hand; and ^ he arose, and went to aAram-naharaim, unto the city of Nahor. uAnd he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water. ^And he said: 'O LORD,, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray Thee, good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abra- ham. 13Behold, I stand by the foun- tain of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water. 14So let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say: Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also; let the same be she that Thou hast appointed for Thy servant, even for Isaac; and thereby shall I know that Thou hast shown kindness unto my master.' 15And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was bom to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. 16And the damsel was very fair to Look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her; and she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up. 17And the servant ran to meet her, and said: 'Give me to drinkj I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher.' 18And she said: 'Drink, my lord'; and she hastened, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 19And when she had done giving lum drink, she said: 'I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done »That is, Mesopotamia 26 she GENESIS hastened, and emptied her jpitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels. aAna the man looked sted- fastly on her; holding his peace, to know whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. ^And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; ^and said: 'Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?' MAnd she said unto him: 'I am the daughter of Bethud the son of. Milcah, whom she bore unto Nahor.' 25She said more- over unto him: 'We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.' 26And the man bowed his head, and prostrated himself before the LORD. 27And he said: ' Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master; as for me, the LORD hath led me in the way to the house of my master's brethren.' 28And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house ac- cording to these words. 29And Re- bekah had a brother, and his name was Laban; and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain. 30And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying: "Thus spoke the man unto me,' that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the fountain. 31And he said: 'Come in, thou blessed of the LORD: wherefore standest thou with- out? fox I have cleared the house, and made room for the camels.' ^And the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels; and he gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men that were with him. ^And there was set food before him to eat; but he said: 'I will not eat, until I have told mine errand.' And he said: * Speak on.' ^And he said: *I am Abraham's servant. ^And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great; and He hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid- servants, and camels and asses. ^And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old; and unto bvm hath he given all that he hath. 37Aiid my master made me swear, saying: Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell. 38But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son. 39And I said unto my master: Peradventure the woman will not follow me. 40And he said unto me: The LORD, be- fore whom I walk, will send His angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house; ttthen shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou cpmest to my kin- dred; and if they give her not to thee, thou shalt be clear from my oath. ^And I came this day unto the fountain, and said: 0 LORD, the God of my master Abraham, if now Thou do prosper my way which I go: ^behold, I stand by the fountain of water; and let it come to pass, that the maiden that cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say: Give me, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher to drink; 44and she shall say to me: Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels; let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appoint- 27 GENESIS ed for my master's son. ^And before I had done speaking to my heart, be- hold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the fountain, and drew. And I said unto her: Let me drink, I pray thee. ^And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said: Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. So I drank, and she made the camels drink also. 47And I asked her, and said: Whose daughter art thou? And she said: The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son. whom Milcah bore unto him. And I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands. 48And I bowed my head, and prostrated myself before the LOKD, and blessed the LOED, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son. 49And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.' 50Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said: The thing proceedeth from the LORD; we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. ^Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.' ^And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto the LORD. MAnd the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Re- bekah; he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. "And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said: 'Send me away unto my master.' 55And her brother and her mother said: ' Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.' ^And he said unto them: 'Delay me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.' 57And they said. 4 We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.' 58And they called Rebekah, and said unto her: 'Wilt thpu go with this man?' And she said: 'I will go.' 69And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. 60And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her: 'Our sister, be thou the mother of tnrfusands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them.' 61And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and fol- lowed the man. And the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. 62And Isaac came from the way of Beer- lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South. ^And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming. "And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel. 65And she said unto the servant: 'What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us?' And the servant said. 'It is my master.'
And she took her veil, and covered herself. ^And the servant told Isjiac all the things that he had done. 67A nd Isaac brought her into his mower Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted for his mother.
O£ And Abraham took another ^ wife, and her name was Keturah.
2And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and 28 GENESIS Ishbak, and Shuah. 8And Jokshan begot Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 4And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 6But unto the sons of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. 7And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years. 8And Abraham expired, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. 9And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre: 10the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth; there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelt by Beer- lahai-roi.
^Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore unto Abraham. ^And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their gen- erations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 14and Mishma, and Du- mah, and Massa; 1&Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedem; ^hese are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, ^ and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations. 17And these are the years of the life of Ish- mael, a hundred and thirty and seven years; and he expired and died; and was gathered unto his people. "And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Asshur: over against all his brethren he cjid settle.
"And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begot Isaac. 20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daugh- ter of Bethuel the Aramean, of Pad- dan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. aAnd Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, be- cause she was barren; and the LORD let Himself be entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. ^And the children struggled together within her; and she said: ' If it be so, where- fore do I live?' And she went to in- quire of the LORD. ^And the LORD said unto her: Two nations are in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels; And the one people shall be stronger than the other people; And the elder shall serve the younger.
MAnd when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. ^And the first came forth ruddy, all over like a hairy mantle; and they called his name Esau. ^And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called 8Jacob. And Isaac was threescore years old when she bore them. 27And the boys grew; and Esau was a cun- ning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling hi tents. 28Now Isaac loved Esau, be- cause he did eat of his venison; and Rebekah loved Jacob. 29And Jacob * That is, One thai takes by the heel, or, supplants.
GENESIS sod pottage; and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint. 30And Esau said to Jacob: 'Let me swallow, I pray thee, some of this red, red pottage; for I am faint.' Therefore was Ms name called aEdom. 31And Jacob said: 'Sell me first thy birth- right.' ^And Esau said: 'Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall the birthright do to me?'
And Jacob said: ' Swear to me first* and he swore unto him; and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went Ms way. So O fc And there was a famine hi the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the PMlistines unto Gerar. 2And the LORD appeared unto him, and said: 'Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land wMch I shall tell thee of. 3Sojourn in tMs land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath wMch I swore unto Abraham thy father; 4and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and by thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves; 6because that Abraham hearkened to My voice, and kept My charge, My command- ments, My statutes, and My laws.' 6And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 7And the men of the place asked him of Ms wife; and he said: 'She is my sister'; for he feared to say: 'My wife'; 'lest the men of the place should kill