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The i. boke of Moſes.

The xiij. Chap.

⁊ ſayde: This londe wil I geue vnto yⁱ ſede.^{[crossref 1]} And there he buylded an aulter vnto y^e LORDE, which appeared vnto him. Thē brake he vp frō thēce, vnto a mountayne y^t laye on y^e eaſt ſyde of the cite of Bethel, ⁊ pitched his tent: ſo y^t he had Bethel on the weſt ſide, and Ay on y^e eaſt ſyde: ⁊ there buylded he an altare alſo vnto the LORDE, ⁊ called vpon the name of the LORDE. Afterwarde departed Abram farther, ⁊ toke his iourneye ſouthwarde. But there came a derth in the londe.

C

Then wente Abram downe in to Egipte to kepe himſelf there as a ſtraunger, for the derth was ſore in the londe. And whan he was come nye for to entre in to Egipte, he ſayde vnto Sarai his wife: Beholde, I knowe y^t thou art a fayre woman to loke vpon. Now whan the Egipcians ſe the, they wil ſaye: She is his wife, and ſo ſhal they ſlaye me, and ſaue the alyue.^{[crossref 2]} Therfore(I pray y^e) ſaye thou art my ſiſter, that I maye fare the better by reaſon of the, and that my ſoule maye lyue for thy ſake.

D

Now whan he came in to Egipte, y^e Egipcians ſawe y^e woman, y^t ſhe was very faire: ⁊ Pharaos prynces ſawe her alſo, ⁊ prayſed her before him. Then was ſhe brought in to Pharaos houſe, and Abram was well intreated for hir ſake: and he had ſhepe, oxē, and he Aſſes, ſeruauntes, maydēs, ſhe Aſſes and Camels.

But y^e LORDE plaged Pharao ⁊ his houſe w^t greate plages, becauſe of Sarai Abrās wife.^{[crossref 3]} Then Pharao called Abrā vnto him, and ſayde: Why haſt thou dealt thus w^t me? Wherfore toldeſt thou not me at the firſt, y^t ſhe was thy wife? Why ſaydeſt thou then, that ſhe was yⁱ ſiſter? Wherfore I toke her to my wife. And now lo, there is yⁱ wife, take her, and go thy waye. He gaue his officers alſo a charge ouer him, to conveye him out, and his wife, and all that he had.

The XIII. Chapter.

A

SO Abrā departed out of Egipte, w^t his wife, ⁊ with all y^t he had, ⁊ Lot w^t him alſo, towarde y^e ſouth. Abram was very rich in catell, ſiluer ⁊ golde. And he wente on forth from the ſouth vnto Bethel, vnto the place where his tent was at y^e firſt, betwene Bethel and Ay: euen vnto y^e place where he had made the altare before, ⁊ where he called vpon the name of the LORDE.^{[crossref 4]} Lot alſo which wente with him, had ſhepe, greate catell ⁊ tentes: ſo y^t the londe was not able to receaue them, that they might dwell together: for the ſubſtaunce of their riches was ſo greate, that they coude not dwell together.^{[crossref 5]} And there fell a ſtrife betwene the hirdmen of Abrams catell, and the hirdmen of Lots catell. The Cananites alſo and the Phereſites dwelt at that tyme in the londe.^{[crossref 6]}

B

Then ſayde Abram vnto Lot: O let there be no ſtrife betwene me and the, and betwene my hyrdmen and thine, for we are brethrē. Is not all the whole londe open before the?^{[crossref 7]} Departe fro me, I praye the. Yf thou wilt go to the left hande, I wil take the right: Or yf thou wilt go to the right hande, I wil take the left. Then Lot lift vp his eyes, and behelde all the countre rounde aboute Jordā, that it was a plenteous countre of water. For before the LORDE deſtroyed Sodoma and Gomorra, it was rounde aboute Zoar, euen as the pleaſaunt garden of the LORDE, and as the londe of Egipte.

C

Then Lot choſe all the coaſtes of Jordā, and toke his iourney towarde y^e Eaſt.^{[crossref 8]} And ſo the one brother departed from the other. Abram dwelt in the lande of Canaan, and Lot in the cities of the ſame coaſtes, and pitched his tent towarde Sodome. But y^e men of Sodome were wicked, and ſynned exceadingly agaynſt the LORDE.^{[crossref 9]}

Now whan Lot was departed from Abram, the LORDE ſaide vnto Abram: Lift vp thine eyes, and loke from the place where thou dwelleſt, northwarde, ſouthwarde, eaſtwarde, and weſtwarde: for all the londe that thou ſeiſt, wyll I geue vnto the and to thy ſede for euer, and wyll make thy ſede as the duſt of the earth: ſo that yf a man can nombre the duſt of the earth, he ſhall nombre thy ſede alſo.^{[crossref 10]} Ariſe, and go thorow the londe, in the length and bredth, for I wyl geue it vnto the.

So Abram remoued his tent, and wente and dwelt in y^e Okegroue of Mamre, which is in Ebron, and buylded there an altare vnto the LORDE.^{[crossref 11]}

The XIIII. Chapter.

A

ANd it chaunſed in the tyme of Amraphel the kynge of Synear, Arioch

1. Gen. 17. a
2. Gen. 20. a and 15. a
3. Eſa. 43. a
4. Gen. 12. b
5. Gen. 36. a
6. Gene. 12. b
7. Eccli. 25. a
   Iere. 40. a
8. Deut. 2. b
9. Eze. 16. e
10. Acto. 7. a
11. Gen. 14. c