Genesis - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 18

GENESIS. the plain, and all the inhabitants of was transformed into 2, pillar of salt. the towns, and the produce of the land. But his wife looked back, and I went with my father the other night, let us make him drunk with wine also made their father drunk also that their father. Then the elder gave name Moab; he was the ancestor of the ancestor of Ammon, of to-day. to—night, and you can go and lie with So they night with wine, and the younger rose and went with him, and he knew not when she lay down or when she rose up. Thus both of the daughters of Lot conceived from birth. to a son, and she called his Moab, of to-day. And the younger also gave birth to a son. and she called his name Ben—Ami; he was 2O____I 4 19-*24 26 28 33 35 37 sun had risen above the land when Lot entered Tzoar. The Evan-Livmo then rained

upon Sodom, and upon Gomorrah, lightning and fire from the EVER- L1v1NG from the skies, and over- whelmed those towns, them and all And when. Abraham went in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord, and looked out towards Sodom and Gomorrah, and towards all the land of the plain, he saw and perceived a stench and smoke rise up from the country, like the smoke from a furnace. Thus it was that GOD destroyed

the cities of the plain. But GoD remembered Abraham, and sent Lot beyond the reach of the destruction with which he destroyed those towns where Lot lived. And Lot went up from Tzoar, and settled in the hills along with his two daughters, for he was afraid to stay in Tzoar; so he lived in a cave along with his two daughters. And the elder said to Our father grows old, and there is not a man in the coun- try to come to us as others do all the world over. Come on, let us make our father drunk with wine, and cohabit with him; and it may be that we shall have children by our father! So they made their father drunk

with wine that night, and the elder went and lay with her father, but he was not aware of the fact when she lay down or rose up. It was some time afterwards that

See, him, and it may be you will have §liritl;am mth Qlhimzlrk. Abraham then removed quietly 20 from there landward, and settled between Kadesh and the Wall, and resided in Gherar. And as Abraham She is my Abimelek the king of Gherar sent and took Sarah. GOD, however, came to Abimelek in a dream at Beware of death because of this woman whom you have taken, for she is a man’s wife} But Abimelek had not made ad—

My LORD, would you kill a just person? Has not this man said to me ‘ She is my sister?’ and did not she herself say to me, ‘ He is my brother ?' In the honesty of my heart, and the ignocence of my hand, I have done Then GOD said to him in a dream,

‘ I also know that in the honesty of your heart you have done this, so I restrained you; I also warned you from sin against Me ;. therefore I did not permit you to approach her. So now return the woman to her husband, for he is a Great Teacher, and will intercede for you. But if you do not return her, know that you shall cer— tainly die, and all that you have.’ When Abimelek awoke in the

morning, he called his ministers, and related in their hearing the whole of these events, and the men were greatly afraid. Abimelek con- sequently called Abraham and asked What have you done to us? and what have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and my kingdom this great danger for acts they have not done ? You have done And Abimelek con- What have you seen that you have done this thing ? ’ I said that,

perhaps, there is no fear of GOD in this place, and they will kill me on account of my wife. And indeed she is my sister, the daughter-in»law of my father, but not of my mother; and she was given to me for a wife. But when GOD caused me to be a wan- derer from my father’s house, then I said to her, ‘This is the kindness which you shall show to me in every place where we come; say I am your Abimelek, however, took sheep,

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