Bible verses about "abraham" | Brenton

² And she conceived and bore to Abraam a son in old age, at the set time according as the Lord spoke to him.

⁶ And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.

¹ And Abraam again took a wife, whose name was Chettura.

⁵ And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraam, for I have made thee a father of many nations.

⁷ And these were the years of the days of the life of Abraam as many as he lived, a hundred and seventy-five years. ⁸ And Abraam failing died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and was added to his people. ⁹ And Isaac and Ismael his sons buried him in the double cave, in the field of Ephron the son of Saar the Chettite, which is over against Mambre: ¹⁰ even the field and the cave which Abraam bought of the sons of Chet; there they buried Abraam and Sarrha his wife.

¹ And God appeared to him by the oak of Mambre, as he sat by the door of his tent at noon. ² And he lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! three men stood before him; and having seen them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and did obeisance to the ground. ³ And he said, Lord, if indeed I have found grace in thy sight, pass not by thy servant. ⁴ Let water now be brought, and let them wash your feet, and do ye refresh yourselves under the tree. ⁵ And I will bring bread, and ye shall eat, and after this ye shall depart on your journey, on account of which refreshment ye have turned aside to your servant. And he said, So do, as thou hast said. ⁶ And Abraam hasted to the tent to Sarrha, and said to her, Hasten, and knead three measures of fine flour, and make cakes. ⁷ And Abraam ran to the kine, and took a young calf, tender and good, and gave it to his servant, and he hasted to dress it. ⁸ And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed; and he set them before them, and they did eat, and he stood by them under the tree. ⁹ And he said to him, Where is Sarrha thy wife? And he answered and said, Behold! in the tent. ¹⁰ And he said, I will return and come to thee according to this period seasonably, and Sarrha thy wife shall have a son; and Sarrha heard at the door of the tent, being behind him. ¹¹ And Abraam and Sarrha were old, advanced in days, and the custom of women ceased with Sarrha. ¹² And Sarrha laughed in herself, saying, The thing has not as yet happened to me, even until now, and my lord is old. ¹³ And the Lord said to Abraam, Why is it that Sarrha has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am grown old. ¹⁴ Shall anything be impossible with the Lord? At this time I will return to thee seasonably, and Sarrha shall have a son. ¹⁵ But Sarrha denied, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid. And he said to her, Nay, but thou didst laugh. ¹⁶ And the men having risen up from thence looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha. And Abraam went with them, attending them on their journey.

¹ And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and out of the house of thy father, and come into the land which I will shew thee. ² And I will make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed. ³ And I will bless those that bless thee, and curse those that curse thee, and in thee shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed. ⁴ And Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went out of Charrhan. ⁵ And Abram took Sara his wife, and Lot the son of his brother, and all their possessions, as many as they had got, and every soul which they had got in Charrhan, and they went forth to go into the land of Chanaan. ⁶ And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Sychem, to the high oak, and the Chananites then inhabited the land. ⁷ And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to thy seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord who appeared to him. ⁸ And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Baethel, and there he pitched his tent in Baethel near the sea, and Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord. ⁹ And Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness. ¹⁰ And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land. ¹¹ And it came to pass when Abram drew nigh to enter into Egypt, Abram said to Sara his wife, I know that thou art a fair woman. ¹² It shall come to pass then that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall slay me, but they shall save thee alive. ¹³ Say, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of thee, and my soul shall live because of thee. ¹⁴ And it came to pass when Abram entered into Egypt — the Egyptians having seen his wife that she was very beautiful — ¹⁵ that the princes of Pharao saw her, and praised her to Pharao and brought her into the house of Pharao. ¹⁶ And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and men-servants, and women-servants, and mules, and camels. ¹⁷ And God afflicted Pharao with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sara, Abram's wife. ¹⁸ And Pharao having called Abram, said, What is this thou hast done to me, that thou didst not tell me that she was thy wife? ¹⁹ Wherefore didst thou say, She is my sister? and I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, thy wife is before thee, take her and go quickly away. ²⁰ And Pharao gave charge to men concerning Abram, to join in sending him forward, and his wife, and all that he had.