ABRAHAM

GEN 11:26  And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and 
Haran.

27  Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and 
Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

29  And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was 
Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the 
father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

31  And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, 
and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth 
with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they 
came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

12:1  Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and 
from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew 
thee:

2  And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make 
thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

3  And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: 
and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

4  So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with 
him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of 
Haran.

5  And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their 
substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in 
Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land 
of Canaan they came.

6  And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the 
plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

7  And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give 
this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto 
him.

8  And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and 
pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there 
he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

9  And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

10  And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to 
sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

11  And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he 
said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to 
look upon:

12  Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, 
that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will 
save thee alive.

13  Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for 
thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

14  And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the 
Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

15  The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: 
and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

16  And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, 
and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

17  And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because 
of Sarai Abram's wife.

18  And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast done 
unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

19  Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to 
wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

20  And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, 
and his wife, and all that he had.

13:1  And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he 
had, and Lot with him, into the south.

2  And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

3  And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the 
place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

4  Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and 
there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

5  And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

6  And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: 
for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

7  And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the 
herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then 
in the land.

8  And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me 
and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

9  Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from 
me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if 
thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

11  Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and 
they separated themselves the one from the other.

12  Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of 
the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

14  And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, 
Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, 
and southward, and eastward, and westward:

15  For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy 
seed for ever.

16  And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can 
number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

17  Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of 
it; for I will give it unto thee.

18  Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, 
which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

14:12  And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and 
his goods, and departed.

13  And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he 
dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of 
Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

14  And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his 
trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and 
pursued them unto Dan.

15  And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and 
smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of 
Damascus.

16  And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother 
Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

17  And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the 
slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the 
valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.

19  And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, 
possessor of heaven and earth:

20  And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies 
into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

21  And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take 
the goods to thyself.

22  And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the 
LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

23  That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I 
will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made 
Abram rich:

24  Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the 
men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their 
portion.

15:1  After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, 
saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

2  And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, 
and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

3  And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born 
in my house is mine heir.

4  And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not 
be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall 
be thine heir.

5  And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and 
tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So 
shall thy seed be.

6  And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

7  And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the 
Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

8  And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

9  And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she 
goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, 
and a young pigeon.

10  And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid 
each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

11  And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

12  And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, 
an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

13  And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a 
stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall 
afflict them four hundred years;

15  And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a 
good old age.

18  In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy 
seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, 
the river Euphrates:

16:3  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.

15  And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which 
Hagar bare, Ishmael.

16  And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to 
Abram.

17:1  And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to 
Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be 
thou perfect.

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.

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.

6  And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of 
thee, and kings shall come out of 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 unto 
thee, and to thy seed after thee.

8  And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein 
thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; 
and I will be their God.

9  And God said unto 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 man child among you shall be circumcised.

11  And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a 
token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

12  And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man 
child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with 
money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

13  He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, 
must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an 
everlasting covenant.

14  And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not 
circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my 
covenant.

15  And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call 
her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

16  And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will 
bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be 
of her.

17  Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, 
Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall 
Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

18  And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

19  And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou 
shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an 
everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

21  But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear 
unto thee at this set time in the next year.

22  And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

23  And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, 
and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of 
Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the 
selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

24  And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in 
the flesh of his foreskin.

25  And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in 
the flesh of his foreskin.

26  In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

27  And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money 
of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

18:1  And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in 
the tent door in the heat of the day;

2  And he lift 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,

3  And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not 
away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

4  Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest 
yourselves under the tree:

5  And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after 
that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they 
said, So do, as thou hast said.

6  And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready 
quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the 
hearth.

7  And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and 
gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

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 did eat.

9  And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in 
the tent.

10  And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of 
life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the 
tent door, which was behind him.

11  Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased 
to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

12  Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old 
shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

13  And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, 
Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

14  Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return 
unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

15  Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he 
said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

16  And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham 
went with them to bring them on the way.

19  For I know him, that he will command his children and his household 
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 hath spoken of 
him.

23  And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous 
with the wicked?

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 wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be 
far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

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.

27  And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to 
speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

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.

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

32  And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but 
this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not 
destroy 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.

19:27  And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood 
before the LORD:

28  And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the 
plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke 
of a furnace.

20:1  And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and 
dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

2  And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king 
of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

3  But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, 
thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a 
man's wife.

4  But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay 
also a righteous nation?

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

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 thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

9  Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done 
unto us? and what have I offended 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.

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 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, say of me, He is my brother.

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 land is before thee: dwell where it 
pleaseth thee.

16  And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand 
pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all 
that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

17  So Abraham 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 all the wombs of the house of 
Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

21:2  For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the 
set time of which God had spoken to him.

3  And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom 
Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

5  And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto 
him.

10  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.

11  And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

12  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 hath said unto 
thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

13  And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he 
is thy seed.

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 her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness 
of Beersheba.

22  And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief 
captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, 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.

24  And Abraham said, I will swear.

25  And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which 
Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

26  And Abimelech said, 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 both 
of them made a covenant.

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

29  And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which 
thou hast set by themselves?

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

31  Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both 
of them.

32  Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and 
Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of 
the Philistines.

33  And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name 
of the LORD, the everlasting God.

34  And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

22:1  And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, 
and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

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 him there for a burnt 
offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

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.

6  And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac 
his 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, Behold 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.

9  And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built 
an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and 
laid him on the altar upon the wood.

10  And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his 
son.

11  And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, 
Abraham, Abraham: 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 now I know that thou 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 Jehovahjireh: as it is said 
to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

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

16  And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, 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 as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea 
shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

18  And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because 
thou hast obeyed my voice.

19  So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went 
together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

23:2  And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of 
Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

3  And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of 
Heth, saying,

4  I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a 
buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

5  And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

6  Hear us, my lord: thou art 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 Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even 
to the children of Heth.

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 Ephron the son of 
Zohar,

9  That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in 
the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me 
for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

10  And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite 
answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that 
went in at the gate of his city, saying,

11  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 Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

13  And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, 
saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee 
money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

14  And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,

15  My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of 
silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

16  And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the 
silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four 
hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

17  And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, 
the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in 
the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure

18  Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, 
before all that went in at the gate of his city.

19  And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field 
of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

20  And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto 
Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.

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

2  And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over 
all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

3  And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God 
of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters 
of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

4  But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife 
unto my son Isaac.

5  And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be 
willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto 
the land from whence thou camest?

6  And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son 
thither again.

7  The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from 
the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, 
saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; 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 bring not my son thither again.

9  And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and 
sware to him concerning that matter.

10  And the servant took ten camels of 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, unto the city of Nahor.

12  And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good 
speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.

27  And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not 
left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, 
the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

34  And he said, I am Abraham's servant.

35  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 
menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

36  And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: 
and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

37  And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my 
son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

38  But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a 
wife unto my son.

39  And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

40  And he said unto me, The LORD, before 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:

41  Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my 
kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

42  And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master 
Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

48  And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD 
God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my 
master's brother's daughter unto his son.

49  And 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.

51  Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy 
master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.

52  And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he 
worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.

54  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.

55  And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few 
days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

56  And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my 
way; send me away that I may go to my master.

59  And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's 
servant, and his men.

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

2  And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, 
and Shuah.

3  And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, 
and Letushim, and Leummim.

4  And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and 
Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

5  And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

6  But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave 
gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, 
unto the east country.

7  And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an 
hundred threescore and fifteen years.

8  Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, 
and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

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;

10  The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was 
Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

26:1  And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was 
in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the 
Philistines unto Gerar.

5  Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my 
commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

35:27  And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of 
Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

JOS 24:2  And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of 
Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even 
Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served 
other gods.

3  And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led 
him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave 
him Isaac.

1CH 1:32  Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, 
and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of 
Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

33  And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and 
Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.

34  And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.

2CH 20:7  Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this 
land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy 
friend for ever?

NEH 9:7  Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest 
him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

8  And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with 
him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the 
Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to 
his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

ISA 41:8  But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the 
seed of Abraham my friend.

51:2  Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I 
called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

EZE 33:24  Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel 
speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; 
the land is given us for inheritance.

MIC 7:20  Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, 
which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

MAT 3:9  And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our 
father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up 
children unto Abraham.

8:11  And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and 
shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of 
heaven.

LUK 1:73  The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

13:16  And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan 
hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the 
sabbath day?

28  There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see 
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, 
and you yourselves thrust out.

16:22  And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the 
angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

23  And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham 
afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

24  And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send 
Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my 
tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

25  But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst 
thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, 
and thou art tormented.

26  And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so 
that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass 
to us, that would come from thence.

27  Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send 
him to my father's house:

28  For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also 
come into this place of torment.

29  Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear 
them.

30  And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the 
dead, they will repent.

31  And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither 
will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

19:9  And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, 
forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

JOH 8:33  They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in 
bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

34  Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever 
committeth sin is the servant of sin.

35  And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth 
ever.

36  If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

37  I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my 
word hath no place in you.

38  I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye 
have seen with your father.

39  They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith 
unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

40  But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I 
have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

52  Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. 
Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my 
saying, he shall never taste of death.

53  Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the 
prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

54  Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my 
Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

55  Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know 
him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his 
saying.

56  Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was 
glad.

57  Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast 
thou seen Abraham?

58  Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham 
was, I am.

59  Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and 
went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

ACT 7:2  And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory 
appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he 
dwelt in Charran,

3  And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, 
and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

4  Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: 
and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, 
wherein ye now dwell.

ROM 4:1  What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to 
the flesh, hath found?

2  For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but 
not before God.

3  For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted 
unto him for righteousness.

12  And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision 
only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, 
which he had being yet uncircumcised.

13  For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to 
Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of 
faith.

14  For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the 
promise made of none effect:

16  Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the 
promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the 
law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father 
of us all,

17  (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before 
him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those 
things which be not as though they were.

18  Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of 
many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

19  And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, 
when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's 
womb:

20  He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong 
in faith, giving glory to God;

21  And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also 
to perform.

22  And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

15:8  Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for 
the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

GAL 3:6  Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for 
righteousness.

7  Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the 
children of Abraham.

8  And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through 
faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all 
nations be blessed.

9  So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

10  For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it 
is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are 
written in the book of the law to do them.

11  But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is 
evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

12  And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in 
them.

13  Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse 
for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

14  That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus 
Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

15  Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's 
covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

16  Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And 
to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

17  And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in 
Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot 
disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

18  For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God 
gave it to Abraham by promise.

29  And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according 
to the promise.

4:22  For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, 
the other by a freewoman.

23  But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the 
freewoman was by promise.

24  Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one 
from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

25  For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem 
which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

26  But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

27  For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth 
and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children 
than she which hath an husband.

28  Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

29  But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was 
born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

30  Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her 
son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the 
freewoman.

31  So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the 
free.

HEB 6:13  For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by 
no greater, he sware by himself,

14  Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will 
multiply thee.

7:1  For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who 
met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

2  To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by 
interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, 
which is, King of peace;

3  Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither 
beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; 
abideth a priest continually.

4  Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch 
Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

5  And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of 
the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according 
to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins 
of Abraham:

6  But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of 
Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

7  And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

8  And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of 
whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

9  And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in 
Abraham.

10  For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.

11:8  By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he 
should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not 
knowing whither he went.

9  By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, 
dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the 
same promise:

10  For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and 
maker is God.

17  By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had 
received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

18  Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

19  Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from 
whence also he received him in a figure.

JAM 2:21  Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had 
offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

22  Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith 
made perfect?

23  And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and 
it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of 
God.

24  Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith 
only.

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