a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
14 And also that nation, which they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
16 But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. [1]
18 In that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
CHAP. 16.
1 Now Sarai Abram’s wife bore him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
2 And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in to my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. [2]
3 And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
5 And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
6 But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai afflicted her, she fled from her face. [3] [4]
7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, from where didst thou come? and where wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9 And the angel of the LORD said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
10 And the angel of the LORD said to her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
11 And the angel of the LORD said to her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. [5]
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 dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
13 And she called the name of the LORD that spoke to her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
14 Therefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. [6]
15 And Hagar bore Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bore, Ishmael.
16 And Abram was eighty and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
CHAP. 17.
1 And when Abram was ninety and nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. [7]
2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. [8]
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. [9]
6 And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come forth from thee.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
8 And I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land in which thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. [10]
9 And God said to Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every male among you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
- ↑ a burning...: Heb. a lamp of fire
- ↑ obtain...: Heb. be built by her
- ↑ as...: Heb. that which is good in thine eyes
- ↑ dealt...: Heb. afflicted her
- ↑ Ishmael: that is, God shall hear
- ↑ Beerlahairoi: that is, The well of him that liveth and seeth me
- ↑ perfect: or, upright, or, sincere
- ↑ many...: Heb. multitude of nations
- ↑ Abraham: that is, Father of a great multitude
- ↑ wherein...: Heb. of thy sojournings
