Genesis - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 12

GENESIS.

12~—6 IO II I2 16 18 20 had acquired in Haran; and he pro- ceeded to travel t0 the land of Canaan; and he came tothe country of Canaan. Then Abram travelled in that country to the village of Shekhem, as far as Alon·Moreh, and the Canaanites were still in the land. The EVER- LIVING also appeared to Abram, and I will give this country to So he there built an altar to the EVER—L1v1NG Who had appeared to him. Afterwards he removed from there to the hills at the East of Bethel, and pitched his tent with Bethel at the west and Haai to the east. There he also builtan Altar to the EvER—L1v1NG, and called upon the name of the EVER- L1v1NG. Then Abram marched on his journey, and proceeded to the south. 2\lrrum'¤ iHi¤it tu {Egypt, ur the £¥Iii;c1·nim. But a famine occurred in the land;

and Abram went down to Egypt to stay there for a time, as the famine was severe in the land. And as they were approaching Egypt, he said to See now, I know you are a fair woman; and it may be that when the Egyptians see you they will say, ‘ This is his wife ’; and they may murder me, and keep you alive. Say, therefore, that you are my sister; so that they may show respect to me because of you, and my life may be saved by means of you.’ And on Abram entering Egypt, the

Egyptians noticed that the woman was very fair. The courtiers of the Pharaoh also observed her and sung her praises to Pharaoh. The woman was accordingly taken to Pharaoh’s palace. On her account he favoured Abram, and presented him with sheep, oxen, asses, slaves, and maids, as well as she—asses, and camels. But the Evan-Liviivo disturbed Pharaoh and his household greatly on account of Sarai, the wife of Abram, So Pharaoh summoned Abram, and Why have you done this to me? Why did you not inform me that she was your wife? Why did ? For I might have secured her as a wife for myself. But now take your wife, and go.? And Pharaoh ordered his men about him, and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had along with him. 13--15 So Abram went up from Egypt 13 with his wife, and all he possessed; and Lot accompanied him to the southern pastures. And Abram was very rich in cattle, silver, and gold. Afterwards he marched from the south towards Bethel, to the place where his tent had at first been pitched, between Bethel and Haai; to the place where he had formerly built. an Altar, and there Abram called upon the nameof the EvER·L1v1Nc;. Lot also, who journeyed with Abram, possessed sheep, cattle, and camp- followers; so that the land could not support them living together; for their flocks were so great that they could not live together. A dispute accordingly took place between Abram’s shepherds and Lot's shep- herds, and the Canaanite and the Perizzite, who inhabited the land. Let there

be no quarrel between me and you, or between my shepherds and your shepherds, for. we are both of us brothers. ls not all the country before you? 'I ask you to separate yourself from me; if you take to the left, then I will take to the right; if to the right, Iwill go to the 1eft.' Lot therefore looked up, and

observed all the district of the }or— dan, that it was everywhere well watered; before the LORD swept away Sodom and Gomorrah, it was like a Garden of the LORD, from the land of Egypt tothe valley of Zoar. So the whole plain of the jordan pleased him, and Lot marched to the east; and they separated from each other. Abram accordingly remained in the land of Canaan; and Lot remained in the villages ofthe plain, but resided at Sodom. The men of Sodom, however, were very wicked and sinful in the presence of the Evan-Liviuo. The EVER-LIVING said to Abram,

Look upward, and from the place where you are take a view northward, and south- ward, and eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your race for ever. IO Il 12

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as meaning as popular commentators have been wont to do It is used in the Bible, at times, as we use it in daily life, to indicate only a long or indefi- nite period, as well as eternity.--F. F.

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