Covenant at Beer-sheba. GENESIS, XXII. 26 And A-bĭm'ĕ-lech said, I re wot B.C. 1892. not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. 27 And A'brǎ-hăm took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto A-bim'ĕ-lech; and re both of them 9 made a 9 ch. 26. 31. covenant. 28 And A’bră hăm set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And A-bim'è-lech said unto A'brǎ-hăm, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? h 30 And he said, ro For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my h ch. 33. 8. Trial of Abraham's faith. 4 " Then on the third day Ã'brăhăm lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abrăhăm 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. 6 And A bră-hăm took the wood of the burnt offering, and dlaid it upon I'şaac his son; and he took "the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. 7 And I'şaac spake unto A brăhăm his father, and said, My father: and he said, 2 Here am I, my son. hand, that rv i they may be a witness ich. 31. 48, And he said, Behold the fire and the unto me, that I have digged this well. 31 Wherefore he called that place 3 Be'er-she bȧ; because there they sware both of them. 52. wood: but where is the 3 lamb for a burnt offering? 8 And Abra-hăm said, roMy son, God will provide himself”a lamb for 32 Thus they made a covenant at cir. 1891.] a burnt offering rv: so they went both rv ΤΟ ΤΟ 1 Pet. 1. 7. hold me. b Heb. 11. 17. d John 19. 17. 11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abră-hăm, Abră-hăm : and he said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for 9 now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 2 And he said, Take now thy son thine only son roÏ'saac, whom thou 13 And A'bră-hăm lifted up his lovest, "" and get thee into the land c 2 Chr. 3. 1. eyes, and looked, and behold behind of Mo-ri'ah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 2 Heb. Be3 | And Abră hăm rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and I'şaac 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 14 And A'bră-hăm called the name of that place 1 Jė-hō'vah-ji'reh: as it is said to this day, In the mount The LORD of the LORD it shall be rv seen. provide. 15 And the angel of the LORD 4 That is. will see, or, 26 know 27 they two made 30 (For)-it may be 32 So-and-(chief) 33 tamarisk tree in 34 in the land of the Philistines many 1 prove-(Behold)→→ Here am I. 2 (Isaac)-even Isaac, 3 (up)-he 4 (Then) 5 we will 6 in his hand the fire and the 8 (My son,)-the-,my son: 9 the 14 provided. 16 And said, "By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, "o for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed i as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea 5 shore; and thy seed shall possess m the gate of his enem mies; k d Purchase of Machpelah, with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may Luke 1. 73. bury my dead out of my sight. 14. 5 And the children of Hĕth an Heb. 6. 13, ich. 15. 5. Jer. 33. 22. n ch. 12. 3; 18. 18:26.4. 38, 9, Acts 3. 25. 16, 18. o ver. 3, 10. 18 "And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; • because thou hast obeyed my voice. 19 So Abră-hăm returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to PBē'er-she-p ch. 21. 31. bả; and Abră hăm dwelt at Beer– she bȧ. 20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told A'bră swered Abră-hăm, saying unto him, 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art 2e a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 7 And Abră-hăm ^ stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Hĕth. 8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to E'phron the son of Zō'har, 9 That he may give me the cave of Măch-pē'lah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for rv 3 as much money as it is worth he shall hăm, saying, Behold, Mil'cah, she 9 ch. 11. 29. give it me for a possession of a bury ru hath also born children unto thy brother Nā/hôr; 21 rvr Hüz his firstborn, and Buz his Job 1. 1. brother, and Ke-mu'el the father of s Job 32. 2. A'ram, 22 And Che'sed, and Ha'zō, and Pil'dash, and Jid'laph, and Bethu'el. t ch. 24. 15. u Called, 23 And Beth-u'el begat "Re-běk'-t ah: these eight " Mil'cah did bear to Rom. 9. 10, Nã hỗr, Abră-hăm’s brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reu'mah, she "" bare also Tē'bah, and Gāhăm, and Thā hăsh, and Ma'a-chah. Rebecca. a Josh. 14. 15. 1 Chr. 29. 15. Ps. 105. 12. Heb. 11. 9, 13. d Acts 7. 5. ingplace amongst you. 10 And E'phron "" dwelt among the children of Hĕth: and Ē'phron the Hittite answered Abră-hăm in the 4 audience of the children of Hĕth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, 11 9 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. 12 And à ́bră-hăm bowed rv down himself before the people of the land. 13 And he spake unto E'phron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt ro give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give rothee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. 14 And E'phron answered à ́brăham, saying unto him, τυ rv the shekels 15 My lord, hearken unto me: land is worth four hundred of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. 16 And à ́bră-hăm hearkened unto Ephron; and à ́bră-hăm weighed to E'phron the silver, which he had you for a possession of a buryingplace. 10 Nowwas sitting in the midst of 12 himself down before 13 (give it)-(thee) - the price of the field; 15 a piece of land worth ch. 25, 3 49. 30, 31, 32; 50. 13. named in the audience of the "sons R.C.1860. of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. 17¶r And the field of E'phron, which was in Măch-pē'lah, which was before Măm'rẻ, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the re borders round about, were made sure 18 Unto Abră hăm for a possession in the presence of the children of Hěth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. 19 And after this, Ã'bră-hăm buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Măch-pē'lah before Măm're: the same is He'bron in the land of Că'nǎan. 20 And the field, and the cave is therein, that a Acts 7. 16. 7, 8, 9, 10. The servant meeteth Rebekah. k 7¶ The LORD "God of heaven, rv which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my rv kindred, and "" which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; m he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife "" unto my son from thence. 8 And if the woman "" will not be willing to follow thee, then "thou shalt be clear from this my oath : only Ruth4. rv bring not my son thither again. 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abră hăm his master, and sware to him concerning re that matter. Jer. 32. 10, 11. 21. 5. ach. 18. 11; 5 Heb. gone into days. b ver. 35. ch. 13. 2. Prov. 10. 22. c ch. 15. 2. a ver. 10. ch. 39. 4, 56. e ch. 47. 29. 02 10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; "vo2 for all the goods of his master were in his hand and he arose, and went to Měs-o-po-tā'mi-ȧ, เ were made sure unto A'bră-hăm for a possession of buryingplace by the "" sons of Heth. Chr. 29. 24. unto P the city of Na ́hôr. CHAPTER XXIV. 1 Abraham sweareth his servant. 10 The servant's journey: 12 His prayer: 14 His sign. 15 Rebekah meeteth him, 18 fulfilleth his sign, 22 receiv Lam. 5. 6. ch. 14. 22. Deut. 6. 13. Josh. 2. 12. g ch. 26. 35; : 11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by ""a eth jewels, 23 sheweth her kindred, 25 and are 27. 46; 28. 2. Well of water at the time of him home. 26 The servant blesseth God. 29 La ban entertaineth him. 34 The servant sheweth his message. 50 Laban and Bethuel approve it. 58 Rebekah consenteth to go. 62 Isaac meeteth her. AND ND Abră-hăm “was old, and 5 well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Â'bră-hăm in all things. b 16 children 17 So-border thereof 20 children 2 servant, the elder of his house, 3 for 4 for 7 the-thatnativity,-that-for 8 be not willing to-thou shalt ΤΟ the even the time 39 that woevening, men go out to draw water. 12 And he said, "O LORD rv God of my master Abrăn-hăm, " I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Ã'brăhăm. 13 Behold, 'I stand here by the rv well of water; and "the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: 14 And 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 Ï'gaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master. 15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebek'ah came out, who was born to Běth-u ́el, "" son of Mil'cah, the wife of Nã hôr, à ́bră-hăm's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. rv 16 And the damsel was 4 very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had not bring my 9 this 10 having all goodly things of his master's in 11 the-the-(the)-(even) 12 thesend me, I prey thee, good 13 (here)-fountain 15 the |