Genesis 20–24

20^*And Abraham journeyed from ^athence toward the south country, and dwelled between ^bKadesh and Shur, and ^csojourned in ^dGerar. ²And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, ^eShe is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. ³But ^fGod came to Abimelech ^gin a dream by night, and said to him, ^hBehold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is ^†a man’s wife. ⁴But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, ⁱwilt thou slay also a righteous nation? ⁵Said 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. ⁶And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning ^kagainst me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. ⁷Now therefore restore the man his wife; ^lfor 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, ^mand all that are thine. ⁸Therefore 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. ⁹Then 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 ⁿthat ought not to be done. ¹⁰And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? ¹¹And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely ^othe fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake. ¹²And yet indeed ^pshe is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. ¹³And it came to pass, when ^qGod 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, ^rsay of me, He is my brother. ¹⁴And Abimelech ^stook sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. ¹⁵And Abimelech said, Behold, ^tmy land is before thee: dwell ^†where it pleaseth thee. ¹⁶And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given ^uthy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee ^xa covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was ^yreproved. ¹⁷So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. ¹⁸For the Lord ^zhad fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.

21And the Lord ^avisited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah ^bas he had spoken. ²For Sarah ^cconceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, ^dat 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 bare to him, ^eIsaac. ⁴And Abraham ^fcircumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, ^gas God had commanded him. ⁵And ^hAbraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. ⁶And Sarah said, ⁱGod hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. ⁷And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? ^kfor I have born him a son in his old age. ⁸And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. ⁹And Sarah saw the son of Hagar ^lthe Egyptian, ^mwhich she had born unto Abraham, ⁿmocking. ¹⁰Wherefore she said unto Abraham, ^oCast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. ¹¹And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight ^pbecause of his son. ¹²And 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 ^qin Isaac shall thy seed be called. ¹³And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make ^ra nation, because he is thy seed. ¹⁴And 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 ^sBeer-sheba. ¹⁵And the water was spent in the bottle, 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 see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift 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 in thine 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 ^twas with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, ^uand became an archer. ²¹And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother ^xtook him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

²²And it came to pass at that time, that ^yAbimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, ^zGod is with thee in all that thou doest: ²³Now therefore ^aswear unto me here by God ^†that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor ^bwith my son, nor ^bwith 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. ²⁴And Abraham said, I will swear. ²⁵And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants ^chad violently taken away. ²⁶And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. ²⁷And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them ^dmade a covenant. ²⁸And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. ²⁹And Abimelech said unto Abraham, ^eWhat mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? ³⁰And 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. ³¹Wherefore he ^fcalled that place ^||Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them. ³²Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. ³³And Abraham planted a ^||grove in Beer-sheba, and ^gcalled there on the name of the Lord, ^hthe everlasting God. ³⁴And Abraham sojourned in the ⁱPhilistines’ land many days.

22^*And it came to pass after these things, that ^aGod did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, ^†Behold, here I am. ²And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of ^bMoriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. ³And 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. ⁴Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. ⁵And 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. ⁶And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and ^claid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. ⁷And 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? ⁸And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. ⁹And 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 ^dlaid him on the altar upon the wood. ¹⁰And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. ¹¹And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. ¹²And he said, ^eLay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for ^fnow I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. ¹³And 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. ¹⁴And Abraham called the name of that place ^||Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. ¹⁵And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, ¹⁶And said, ^gBy myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: ¹⁷That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed ^has the stars of the heaven, ⁱand as the sand which is upon the sea ^†shore; and ^kthy seed shall possess ^lthe gate of his enemies; ^18mAnd in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; ⁿbecause thou hast obeyed my voice. ¹⁹So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to ^oBeer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

²⁰And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, ^pMilcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor; ^21qHuz his firstborn, and ^rBuz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, ²²And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. ²³And ^sBethuel begat ^tRebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. ²⁴And his concubine, whose…