7. And he approached her and wilt surely die, thou and all belongsaid to her, what is that man to thee ing to thee. with whom thou didst come to our land? and Sarah answered and said he is my brother, and we came from the land of Canaan to dwell wherever we could find a place.

8. And Abimelech said to Sarah, behold my land is before thee, place thy brother in any part of this land that pleases thee, and it will be our duty to exalt and elevate him above all the people of the land since he is thy brother.

9. And Abimelech sent for Abraham, and Abraham came to Abimelech.

10. And Abimelech said to Abraham, behold I have given orders that thou shalt be honored as thou desirest on account of thy sister Sarah. 11. And Abraham went forth from the king, and the king's present followed him.

15. And on that night there was a great outcry in the land of the Philistines, and the inhabitants of the land saw the figure of a man standing with a drawn sword in his hand, and he smote the inhabitants of the land with the sword, yea he continued to smite them.

16. And the angel of the Lord smote the whole land of the Philistines on that night, and there was a great confusion on that night and on the following morning.

17. And every womb was closed, and all their issues, and the hand of the Lord was upon them on account of Sarah, wife of Abraham, whom Abimelech had taken.

18. And in the morning Abimelech rose with terror and confusion and with a great dread, and he sent and had his servants called in, and he related his dream to them, and the people were greatly afraid.

20. And he said concerning his wife, she is my sister, for such is his manner of doing when he cometh to dwell in the land in which he is a stranger.

12. As at evening time, before men lie down to rest, the king was sitting upon his throne, and a deep 19. And one man standing amongst sleep fell upon him, and he lay upon the servants of the king answered the throne and slept till morning. the king, saying, O sovereign king, 13. And he dreamed that an angel restore this woman to her husband, of the Lord came to him with a for he is her husband, for the like drawn sword in his hand, and the happened to the king of Egypt when angel stood over Abimelech, and this man came to Egypt. wished to slay him with the sword, and the king was terrified in his dream, and said to the angel, in what have I sinned against thee that thou comest to slay me with thy sword? 14. And the angel answered and said to Abimelech, behold thou diest on account of the woman which thou didst yesternight bring to thy house, for she is a married woman, the wife of Abraham who came to thy house; 22. Now therefore, O sovereign now therefore return that man his king, know what happened yesterwife, for she is his wife; and shouldst night to the whole land, for there was thou not return her, know that thou a very great consternation and great

21. And Pharaoh sent and took this woman for a wife, and the Lord brought upon him grievous plagues until he returned the woman to her husband.

pain and lamentation, and we know and the Lord heard the prayer of that this was on account of the wo- Abraham, and he healed Abimelech man which thou didst take. and all his subjects.

3. And Abraham circumcised his 25. And Abraham said, because son Isaac at eight days old, as God I thought I should suffer death on had commanded Abraham to do account of my wife; and Abimelech unto his seed after him; and Abratook flocks and herds, and men ser-ham was one hundred, and Sarah vants and maid servants, and a thou- ninety years old, when Isaac was sand pieces of silver, and he gave born to them. them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah to him.

with him many days in the land of the Philistines.

9. At that time Serug the son of Reu died, in the first year of the birth of Isaac son of Abraham.

10. And all the days of Serug were two hundred and thirty-nine years, and he died.

11. And Ishmael the son of Abraham was grown up in those days; he was fourteen years old when Sarah bare Isaac to Abraham.

12. And God was with Ishmael the son of Abraham, and he grew up and he learned the use of the bow and became an archer.

13. And when Isaac was five years old he was sitting with Ishmael at the door of the tent.

14. And Ishmael came to Isaac and seated himself opposite to him, and he took the bow and drew it and put the arrow in it, and intended to slay Isaac.

they dwelt there, and Hagar took a wife for her son from Egypt, and her name was Meribah.

18. And the wife of Ishmael con Iceived and bare four sons and twc daughters, and Ishmael and his mo ther and his wife and children after ward went and returned to the wilderness.

19. And they made themselves tents in the wilderness, in which they dwelt, and they continued to travel and then to rest monthly and yearly.

20. And God gave Ishmael flocks and herds and tents on account of Abraham his father, and the man increased in cattle.

21. And Ishmael dwelt in deserts and in tents, travelling and resting for a long time, and he did not see the face of his father.

22. And in some time after, Abraham said to Sarah his wife, I will go and see my son Ishmael, for I have a desire to see him, for I have not seen him for a long time.

15. And Sarah saw the act which Ishmael desired to do to her son Isaac, and it grieved her exceedingly 23. And Abraham rode upon one on account of her son, and she sent of his camels to the wilderness to for Abraham and said to him, cast seek his son Ishmael, for he heard out this bondwoman and her son, for that he was dwelling in a tent in the her son shall not be heir with my wilderness with all belonging to him. son, for thus did he seek to do unto 24. And Abraham went to the him this day. wilderness, and he reached the tent 16. And Abraham hearkened to of Ishmael about noon, and he asked the voice of Sarah, and he rose up after Ishmael, and he found the wife early in the morning, and he took of Ishmael sitting in the tent with her twelve loaves and a bottle of water children, and Ishmael her husband which he gave to Hagar, and sent and his mother were not with them. her away with her son, and Hagar 25. And Abraham asked the wife went with her son to the wilderness, of Ishmael, saying, where has Ishand they dwelt in the wilderness of mael gone? and she said, he has Paran with the inhabitants of the wil- gone to the field to hunt, and Abraderness, and Ishmael was an archer, ham was still mounted upon the and he dwelt in the wilderness a long camel, for he would not get off to time. the ground as he had sworn to his 17. And he and his mother after-wife Sarah that he would not get off ward went to the land of Egypt, and from the camel.

26. And Abraham said to Ish- 34. A very old man from the land mael's wife, my daughter give me a of the Philistines came to seek thee, little water that I may drink, for I and thus was his appearance and am fatigued from the journey. figure; I did not ask him who he was, and seeing thou wast not at home he said to me, when they husband cometh home tell him, thus saith the old man, put away the nail of the tent which thou hast placed here and place another nail in its stead.

27. And Ishmael's wife answered and said to Abraham, we have neither water nor bread, and she continued sitting in the tent and did not notice Abraham, neither did she ask him who he was.

28. But she was beating her children in the tent, and she was curs- 35. And Ishmael heard the words ing them, and she also cursed her of his wife, and he knew that it was husband Ishmael and reproached his father, and that his wife did not him, and Abraham heard the words honor him.

of Ishmael's wife to her children, and he was very angry and displeased.

36. And Ishmael understood his father's words that he had spoken to his wife, and Ishmael hearkened to 29. And Abraham called to the the voice of his father, and Ishmael woman to come out to him from the cast off that woman and she went tent, and the woman came and stood | away.

opposite to Abraham, for Abraham 37. And Ishmael afterward went was still mounted upon the camel. to the land of Canaan, and he took 30. And Abraham said to Ish-another wife and he brought her to mael's wife, when thy husband Ish- his tent to the place where he then mael returneth home say these words dwelt. to him.

38. And at the end of three years 31. A very old man from the land | Abraham said, I will go again and of the Philistines came hither to see Ishmael my son, for I have not seek thee, and thus was his appear-seen him for a long time.

ance and figure; I did not ask him 39. And he rode upon his camel who he was, and seeing thou wast and went to the wilderness, and he not here he spoke unto me and said, reached the tent of Ishmael about when Ishmael they husband return- noon. eth tell him thus did this man say, 40. And he asked after Ishmael, when thou comest home put away and his wife came out of the tent this nail of the tent which thou hast and she said, he is not here my lord, placed here, and place another nail for he has gone to hunt in the fields, in its stead.

and to feed the camels, and the

32. And Abraham finished his in-woman said to Abraham, turn in my structions to the woman, and he lord into the tent and eat a morsel of turned and went off on the camel bread, for thy soul must be wearied homeward. on account of the journey.

33. And after that Ishmael come from the chase, he and his mother,

41. And Abraham said to her, I will not stop for I am in haste to

and returned to the tent, and his continue my journey, but give me a little water to drink, for I have

wife spoke these words to him.

CHAPTER XXII.

1. And Ishmael then rose up and took his wife and his children and

thirst; and the woman hastened and ran into the tent and she brought out water and bread to Abraham, which she placed before him and she urged him to eat, and he ate and drank his cattle and all belonging to him, and his heart was comforted and he and he journeyed from there and he blessed his son Ishmael. went to his father in the land of the Philistines.

42. And he finished his meal and he blessed the Lord, and he said to Ishmael's wife, when Ishmael cometh home say these words to him;

43. A very old man from the land of the Philistines came hither and asked after thee, and thou wast not here, and I brought him out bread and water and he ate and drank and his heart was comforted.

2. And Abraham related to Ishmael his son the transaction with the first wife that Ishmael took, according to what she did.

3. And Ishmael and his children dwelt with Abraham many days in that land, and Abraham dwelt in the land of the Philistines a long time.

4. And the days increased and 44. And he spoke these words to reached twenty six years, and after me; when Ishmael thy husband that Abraham with his servants and cometh home, say unto him, the nail all belonging to him went from the of the tent which thou hast is very land of the Philistines and removed good, do not put it away from the to a great distance, and they came near to Hebron, and they remained

tent.

45. And Abraham finished com- there, and the servants of Abraham manding the woman, and he rode off dug wells of water, and Abraham to his home to the land of the Phil- and all belonging to him dwelt by istines; and when Ishmael came the water, and the servants of Abito his tent his wife went forth to melech king of the Philistines heard meet him with joy and a cheerful the report that Abraham's servants heart. had dug wells of water in the borders of the land.

46. And she said to him, an old man came here from the land of the Philistines and thus was his appearance, and he asked after thee and thou wast not here, so I brought out bread and water, and he ate and drank and his heart was comforted.

5. And they came and quarreled with the servants of Abraham, and they robbed them of the great well which they had dug.

6. And Abimelech king of the Philistines heard of this affair, and 47. And he spoke these words to he with Phicol the captain of his me; when Ishmael thy husband host and twenty of his men came to cometh home say to him, the nail of Abraham, and Abimelech spoke to the tent which thou hast is very Abraham concerning his servants, good, do not put it away from the and Abraham rebuked Abimelech concerning the well of which his servants had robbed him.

tent.

48. And Ishmael knew that it was his father, and that his wife had honored him, and the Lord blessed Ishmael.

7. And Abimelech said to Abraham, as the Lord liveth who created the whole earth I did not hear of the