Bible in one year 4/5/2022 Genesis Chapter 21 -25
By Rev. Katherine Liu Bruce
Christian Arts Ministries:Biblical
precepts & Gospel; Pastoral ministry & counseling
Chapter 21 The Birth of Isaac
1 And the LORD visited
Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
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.
4 And Abraham
circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5 And Abraham was an
hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
6 And Sarah said, God hath
made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
7 And she said, Who would
have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have
born him a son in his old age.
8 And the child grew,
and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was
weaned.
9 And Sarah saw the
son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
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.
15 And the water was
spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
16 And she went, and
sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: 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.
17 And 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.
18 Arise, lift up the
lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
19 And 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.
20 And God was with
the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
21 And he dwelt in the
wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
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.
Chapter 22 The Offering of Isaac
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.
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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.
20 And it came to pass
after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy
brother Nahor;
21 Huz his firstborn,
and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 And Chesed, and
Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
24 And his concubine,
whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and
Maachah.
Chapter 23 The Death and Burial of Sarah
1 And Sarah was an
hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of
Sarah.
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.
Chapter
24 The Marriage of Isaac
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.
11 And he made his camels to kneel
down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the
time that women go out to draw water.
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.
13 Behold, I stand here by
the 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 Isaac; 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, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son
of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her
shoulder.
16 And the damsel was very
fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down
to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
17 And the servant ran to
meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
18 And she said, Drink, my
lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him
drink.
19 And when she had done
giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they
have done drinking.
20 And she hasted, and emptied her
pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew
for all his camels.
21 And the man wondering at her held
his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
22 And it came to pass, as the
camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel
weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
23 And said, Whose daughter art
thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge
in?
24 And she said unto him,
I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
25 She said moreover unto him, We
have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
26 And the man bowed down
his head, and worshipped the LORD.
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.
28 And the damsel ran, and told them
of her mother's house these things.
29 And Rebekah had a brother, and
his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
30 And it came to pass, when he saw
the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words
of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto
the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
31 And he said, Come in, thou
blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the
house, and room for the camels.
32 And the man came into the house:
and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and
water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.
33 And there was set meat before him
to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he
said, Speak on.
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:
43 Behold, I stand by the well of
water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw
water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to
drink;
44 And she say to me, Both drink
thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the
LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.
45 And before I had done speaking in
mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and
she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink,
I pray thee.
46 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.
47 And I asked her, and said, Whose
daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom
Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets
upon her hands.
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.
50 Then Laban and Bethuel
answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto
thee bad or good.
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.
53 And the servant brought forth
jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he
gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
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.
57 And they said, We will call the
damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
58 And they called Rebekah, and said
unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
59 And they sent away Rebekah their
sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
60 And they blessed
Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of
thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate
them.
61 And Rebekah arose, and her
damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant
took Rebekah, and went his way.
62 And Isaac came from the way of
the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
63 And Isaac went out to meditate in
the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the
camels were coming.
64 And Rebekah lifted up
her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
65 For she had said unto the
servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant
had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
66 And the servant told
Isaac all things that he had done.
67 And Isaac brought her into
his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he
loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
Chapter 25 The Death of Abraham and The History
of Isaac and His sons
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.
11 And it came to pass
after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by
the well Lahairoi.
12 Now these are the
generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's
handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
13 And these are the
names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations:
the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14 And Mishma, and
Dumah, and Massa,
15 Hadar, and Tema,
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
16 These are the sons
of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles;
twelve princes according to their nations.
17 And these are the
years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he
gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
18 And they dwelt from
Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he
died in the presence of all his brethren.
19 And these are the
generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
20 And Isaac was forty
years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of
Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated the
LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him,
and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children
struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And
she went to enquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto
her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated
from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;
and the elder shall serve the younger.
24 And when her days
to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out
red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
26 And after that came his
brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called
Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
27 And the boys grew:
and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man,
dwelling in tents.
28 And Isaac loved Esau,
because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 And Jacob sod
pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
30 And Esau said to Jacob,
Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was
his name called Edom.
31 And Jacob said, Sell me
this day thy birthright.
32 And Esau said, Behold,
I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
33 And Jacob said, Swear
to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau
bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went
his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
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