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And it came to pass that Abram took his things, and his people, and departed back towards his own lands.
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And it came to pass that in his journeys the Word of YHVHa came unto Abram in a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram; for I shall be thy shield;
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And I will be thy exceedingly great reward, even according to the blessings of my servant, Melchizedeka, I will give unto thee.
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And Abram said: YHVH Elohima, what wilt thou give me, seeing I and Sarai, my wife, go childless?
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For Eliezer of Damascus was made to be the heir of my house and all that I possess; and because thou hast given us no seed, one born as a servant in my house is mine heir.
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And behold, the word of YHVH came unto Abram again, saying: This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
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And YHVH Elohim brought him forth abroad and said: Look now toward the heavens and count the stars, if thou be able to number them; I say unto thee, even so shall thy seed be.
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And Abram believed YHVH, and it was credited to him as righteousness; and he said: YHVH Elohim, how wilt thou give me this land for an everlasting inheritance?
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And YHVH reminded Abram of the visions given him in the urim and thummima, saying: I, YHVH, brought thee outb of Ur of the Chaldees to give thee this land to inherit it;
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And though thou wast as dead, yet am I not able to give it thee? And if thou shalt die, yet shalt thy seed possess it.
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Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
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¶ And after this vision had left him, Abram took unto him all these, and he cut them, dividing them in the midst, and he laid each piece one against the other; but the birds he did not divide.
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And he did burn them upon the altar, and those that were with him did eat; but when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away, and that which was not eaten continued to burn and to smoke.
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¶ And when the sun was going down, it came to pass that a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a great terror and darkness fell upon him.
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And YHVH spake, and awoke Abram back to the vision, saying: Abram, thou shalt die and go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried at a good old age;
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Know of a surety that after this, thy seed shall be a stranger in a land in which they shall serve the strangersa, and they shall be afflicted and serve them four hundred years.
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And know also that this nation whom they shall serve will I judge; and afterwards shall they come out with great substance; but in the fourth generation they shall turn back to come hither again.
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And the vision left him again, and Abram began again to sleep.
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¶ And it came to pass that when the sun went down and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a burning lamp remained in the midst of those pieces which Abram had divided.
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And it came to pass that Abram awoke from his sleep and looked forth into that light that shined in the darknessa and saw the days of the Son of Man and was glad; and his soul found rest.
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And Abram remembered all that YHVH had shown him in the urim and thummim saying: I have found the Shalom of YHVHa, for the day cometh that the Son of Manb shall live:
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Yet how can He live if He is not born of a woman that He might die and take up his life again?
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He must first be quickened; and even so, through Him shall I and my seed be quickened, and shall live.
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And in that same day YHVH made an Everlasting Covenanta with Abram, saying: Unto thy seed have I given this land:
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From the river of Egypt unto the great river Euphrates, and from the land the Kenites, and the Kenazites, and the Kadmonites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
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¶ And it came to pass that in the morning Abram returned home in peace.
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Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had born them no sons; yet she had with her an Egyptian woman, a princess, even a daughter of Pharaoh, she being given of Pharaoh unto Sarai, who was called Hagara.
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And it came to pass that after hearing all that YHVH had said unto Abram, Sarai said unto her husband: Behold now, YHVH hath closed me up from bearing thee seed;
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I pray thee, go in unto this woman with me from Egypt, and take her also as thy wife, for she is worthy by her birthright; and do this that perhaps we may obtain children by her.
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And Abram hearkened unto the voice of Sarai, his wife; for even so had she hearkened unto him in gaining two husbands whilst they were in Egypt.
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And Sarai, the wife of Abram, took Hagar, the Egyptian woman, and gave her to her husband, Abram, to be his wife, sealing them together in the covenant of YHVHa.
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And Abram went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, Hagar began to look upon herself with much pride of heart, and began to despise their wife, Sarai, seeing her as lesser in her eyes;
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For it was that she, Hagar, thought that she should give Abram a son, and that her child should rule when Abram was taken in death.
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And Sarai said unto Abram: I have made a grave mistake; I have given this woman from Egypta into thy bosom,
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And when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes for she now sees herself as above me in her station: YHVH judge between me and thee.
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But Abram said unto Sarai: Behold, this, our wife, is in thy hands; and we have made a covenant between she and us and YHVH; wherefore, we cannot send her away,
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And now she is thy equal in our bond, and no servant to be beneath thee; therefore, fix this thing between she and thee; and I place this firmly in thy hands.
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But Sarai was sorrowed by the words of their husband and she listened not, and she dealt harshly with Hagar; and so great was her affliction that she fled from before the face of Sarai.
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And an angel of YHVHa, being named Barlechib, found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur,
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And Barlechi said unto her: Hagar, from hence comest thou, and whither wilt thou go?
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And Hagar answered: I flee from the face of my lady, Sarai.
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And Barlechi said unto her: Return to thy lady and submit thyself unto her hands; for YHVH will multiply thy seed exceedingly, so that it shall not be numbered for multitude:
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Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmaela because YHVH hath heard thy afflictions;
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And he will be a wilda man; and his hand will be against every man, and the hand of every man against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
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And Hagar asked the name of this angel of YHVH.
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And Barlechi spake unto her, saying: Knowest thou that Ha'Elohima seest thee?
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And she said: I know that thou art sent from El Roia, for YHVH, the Elohimb of my husband and all his house, has seen me;
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And I have also here looked and seen; and truly in this place have I seen one who looks after me.
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And there was a well between Kadesh and Bered near where Hagar saw the angel, wherefore, the well was called Bearlahai’roira after this angel of YHVH, for a memorial to the seed of Abram.
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¶ And it came to pass that Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram and Hagar did call their son's name Ishmael, by the words of Barlechi, the angel.
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And Abram had reached the eighty-sixth degree and Sarai the eighty-third when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.