Abraham.

A   The Lorde visyted Sara as he had sayde and dyd vnto her ^note accordynge as he had promysed. For Sara was wyth chylde and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age, euen the same season which þe; Lorde had appoynted him. And Abrah&abar; called his sonnes name that was borne vnto hym which Sara ^note bare him, Isahac: ∧ Abrah&abar; ^note circumcysed Isahac his sonne wh&ebar; he was .viii. dayes olde: as God c&obar;maunded hym. And Abrah&abar; was an h&ubar;dred yere olde: wh&ebar; his sonne Isahac was borne vnto hym. But Sara sayde: God hath made me a laughynge stocke: so that all that heare: wyll laugh at me. She sayde also: who wolde haue sayd vnto Abrah&abar;: that Sara shulde haue geuen chyldr&ebar; sucke? for I haue borne him a sonne in hys olde age. The chylde grewe: and was wened: and Abraham made a great feast: the same daye that Isahac was wened. Sara sawe also the sonne of Hagar the Egyptian (whyche she had borne vnto Abraham) to be a mocker. B   Wherfore she sayde vnto Abraham: ^note put awaye this bondemayde ∧ hyr sonne: for the sonne of thys bonde wom&abar; shall not be heyre with my sonne Isahac: ∧ thys sayinge was very greauous in Abrahams syght because of hys sonne. And God sayde vnto Abrah&abar;: let it not be greauous in thy syght, because of the ladd and of thy bondmayde. All þt; Sara hath sayde vnto the, heare hyr voyce, for ^note in Isahac shall thy seed be called. Moreouer of the sonne of the bondewoman wyll I make a nacyon: because he is thy ^note seed.

And so Abrah&abar; rose vp early in the morninge, and toke bread and a bottell of water, and gaue it vnto Hagar, puttynge it on hyr shulders with the ladd also, ∧ sent her awaye. who departynge, wandred vp and doune in the wyldernes of Beer Seba. And the water was spent in the bottell, and she cast þe; lad vnder a bushe and went and satt on the other syde a greate waye, as it were a bowshote of: for she sayde: I will not se the death of the chylde. And she syttynge doune on the other syde, lyfte vp hyr voyce and wepte.

C   And God herde the voyce of the chylde. And the angell of God called Hagar oute of heauen and sayde vnto her: what ayleth the Hagar? Feare not, for God hath herde the voyce of the childe where he lyeth. Aryse, and lyfte vp the ladd, and take hym in thy hande, for I wyll make of hym a greate people. And God opened hyr eyes: and she sawe a well of water. And she went and fylled the bottell with water, and gaue the boye drynke. And God was wyth the ladd, and he grewe and dwelt in the wyldernesse, and became an archer. And he dwelt in þe; wyldernesse of Pharan. And hys mother gatt hym a wyfe out of the lande of Egypte.

And it cha&ubar;ced the same season, that Abimelech and Phicoll hys chefe captayne spake vnto Abraham sayinge: ^note God is wyth the in all that thou doest. And nowe therfore swere vnto me euen here by God, that thou wylt not hurt me nor my chyldren, nor my chyldrens chyldr&ebar;. But that thou shalt deale with me and the contre where thou hast bene a straunger, accordynge vnto the kyndnesse that I haue shewed the. And Abraham sayd. I wyll swere.

And Abrah&abar; &rhand; rebuked Abimelech for a well of water, which Abimelechs seruauntes had violently tak&ebar; a waye. D   And Abimelech sayde: I wote not who hath done thys thinge. Also thou toldest me not: nether herde I of it, but thys daye. And Abraham toke shepe and ox&ebar;, and gaue th&ebar; vnto Abimelech. And they made both of them a bonde together. And Abraham set .vii. ewe lambes by th&ebar; selues. And Abimelech sayd vnto Abrah&abar;: what meane these .vii. ewe lambes which thou hast set by them selues? He answered: For these .vii. lambes shalt thou take of my h&abar;de, that they maye be a wytnesse vnto me, that I haue dygged thys well. Wherfore the place is called &rhand; Beer Seba, because that there they sware both of them. Thus made they a bonde to gether at Beer Seba. And Abimelech ∧ Phicol his chefe Captayne rose vp, and turned agayne vnto the lande of the Philistines. And Abraham planted a wodd in Beer Seba, and called there on the name of the Lorde, the euerlastyng God: and sogeourned in the Philistins l&abar;de a longe season.

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