Genesis 16 Cross References - Leeser

¹ Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian handmaid, whose name was Hagar. ² And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: go in, I pray thee, unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. ³ And Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar, the Egyptian, her maid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. ⁴ And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became of little esteem in her eyes. ⁵ And Sarai said unto Abram, I suffer wrong through thee; I have placed my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became of little esteem in her eyes; may the Lord judge between me and thee. ⁶ But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. ⁷ And an angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur. ⁸ And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, From the face of my mistress Sarai I am fleeing. ⁹ And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. ¹⁰ And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. ¹¹ And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and wilt bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction. ¹² And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and in the presence of all his brethren shall he dwell. ¹³ And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her, Thou art an all-seeing God; for she said, Have I not also seen here a vision after he appeared to me? ¹⁴ Wherefore the well was called Beerlachai-roi: behold, it is between Kadesh and Bared. ¹⁵ And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. ¹⁶ And Abram was eighty and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

¹ Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made; and he said unto the woman, Hath God indeed said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? ² And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden; ³ But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. ⁴ And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye will surely not die; ⁵ For God doth know, that, on the day ye eat thereof, your eyes will be opened, and ye will be as God, knowing good and evil. ⁶ And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

⁹ And the Lord God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou?

¹² And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

¹⁷ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed be the ground for thy sake; in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

¹⁰ And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

³⁰ But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

⁴ So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him, and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy and five years old at his departure out of Charan. ⁵ And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had acquired, and the persons that they had obtained in Charan; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and they came into the land of Canaan.

¹⁶ And he did well to Abram for her sake; and he received sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.

⁸ And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are near relatives. ⁹ Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right, then I will go to the left.

⁷ And they returned and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Emorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

² And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? ³ And Abram said, Behold to me thou hast given no seed; and lo, one born in my house will be my heir.

¹ Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian handmaid, whose name was Hagar.

⁴ And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became of little esteem in her eyes. ⁵ And Sarai said unto Abram, I suffer wrong through thee; I have placed my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became of little esteem in her eyes; may the Lord judge between me and thee.

⁷ And an angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.

⁹ And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. ¹⁰ And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. ¹¹ And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and wilt bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.

¹⁶ And I will bless her, and give thee also a son of her; yea I will bless her, and she shall become a mother of nations; kings of people shall spring from her.

¹⁸ And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! ¹⁹ And God said, Truly, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, for his seed after him. ²⁰ And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make of him a great nation.

²⁵ And Ishmael his son, was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. ²⁶ On the self-same day was Abraham circumcised, with Ishmael his son.

¹⁰ And he said, I will certainly return unto thee at this time next year: and lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it at the door of the tent, which was behind him.

¹ And Abraham journeyed from there toward the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur and sojourned in Gerar.

¹⁸ For the Lord had fast closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

⁹ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

⁹ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had born unto Abraham, mocking. ¹⁰ Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bond-woman and her son; for the son of this bond-woman shall not be heir with my son, with Isaac.

¹⁰ Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bond-woman and her son; for the son of this bond-woman shall not be heir with my son, with Isaac. ¹¹ And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s eyes, because of his son. ¹² And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy eyes because of the lad, and because of thy bond-woman; in all that Sarah may say unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

¹² And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy eyes because of the lad, and because of thy bond-woman; in all that Sarah may say unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. ¹³ And also of the son of the bond-woman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

¹³ And also of the son of the bond-woman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. ¹⁴ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it onto her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away; and she departed, and wandered astray in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. ¹⁵ And the water was spent from the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. ¹⁶ And she went, and seated herself down at some distance, a good way off, about a bow-shot; for she said, I cannot look on when the child dieth; so she sat at a distance, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

¹⁶ And she went, and seated herself down at some distance, a good way off, about a bow-shot; for she said, I cannot look on when the child dieth; so she sat at a distance, and lifted up her voice, and wept. ¹⁷ And God heard the voice of the lad; and an angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad, there where he is.

¹⁷ And God heard the voice of the lad; and an angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad, there where he is. ¹⁸ Arise, lift up the lad, and lay hold on him with thy hand; for I will make of him a great nation.

¹⁸ Arise, lift up the lad, and lay hold on him with thy hand; for I will make of him a great nation. ¹⁹ And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water: and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. ²⁰ And God was with the lad; and he grew up, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

²⁰ And God was with the lad; and he grew up, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. ²¹ And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

²¹ And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

³¹ Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they swore, both of them.

¹¹ But the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

¹⁴ And Abraham called the name of that place, Adonai-yireh: as it is said to this day, On the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. ¹⁵ And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham the second time out of heaven,

¹⁵ And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham the second time out of heaven, ¹⁶ And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, since, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thy only one: ¹⁷ That I will greatly bless thee, and I will exceedingly multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; ¹⁸ And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because that thou hast obeyed my voice.

¹⁰ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed, with all kinds of precious things of his master in his hand; and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nachor.

⁶² And Isaac came from a walk to the well Lachai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country;

⁶ But unto the sons of the concubines that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he was yet living, eastward, unto the east country.

⁹ And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zochar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

¹¹ And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lachai-roi. ¹² Now theses are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bore unto Abraham.

¹² Now theses are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bore unto Abraham. ¹³ And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebayoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, ¹⁴ And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, ¹⁵ Chadad, and Tema, Yetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ¹⁶ These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations. ¹⁷ And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred and thirty and seven years: and he departed this life and died; and was gathered unto his people. ¹⁸ And they dwelt from Chavilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: he dwelt in the presence of all his brethren.

¹⁸ And they dwelt from Chavilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: he dwelt in the presence of all his brethren.

²¹ And Isaac entreated the Lord in behalf of his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

⁴⁰ And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thy brother shalt thou serve; and it shall come to pass, that when thou shalt have the dominion, thou canst break his yoke from off thy neck.

⁹ And Esau went unto Ishmael, and took Machalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebayoth in addition to his wives, to himself as wife.

¹⁷ And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

³² And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely, the Lord hath looked upon my affliction, because now my husband will love me. ³³ And she conceived again and bore a son; and she said, Because the Lord heard that I was hated, he hath given me this one also; and she called his name Simeon. ³⁴ And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons; therefore was his name called Levi. ³⁵ And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said, This time will I praise the Lord; therefore she called his name Judah: and she left off bearing.

² And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? ³ And she said, Behold, here is my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. ⁴ And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid for wife, and Jacob went in unto her.

⁴ And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid for wife, and Jacob went in unto her.

⁶ And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

⁹ When Leah now saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob for wife.

⁹ When Leah now saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob for wife. ¹⁰ And Zilpah Leah’s maid bore Jacob a son.

²² And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

¹¹ And an angel of God spoke unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

¹¹ And an angel of God spoke unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I. ¹² And he said, Lift up now thy eyes and see, all the rams which leap upon the flocks are ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban doth unto thee. ¹³ I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou madest unto me a vow: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy birth.

⁴² Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst now sent me away empty; my affliction and the labor of my hands God hath seen, and decided yesternight.

⁵³ The God of Abraham and the God of Nachor shall judge between us, the God of their father; but Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

²² And he rose up that night, and he took his two wives, and his two women-servants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Yabbok.

²⁴ And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. ²⁵ And when he saw that he could net prevail against him, he struck against the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was put out of joint, as he was wrestling with him. ²⁶ And he said, Let me go, for the day hath dawned. And he said, I will not let thee go until thou hast blessed me. ²⁷ And he said unto him, What is thy name? and he said, Jacob. ²⁸ And he said, Not Jacob shall any more be called thy name, but Israel; for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. ²⁹ And Jacob asked him, and said, tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. ³⁰ And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen an angel of God face to face, and my life hath been preserved.

³⁰ And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen an angel of God face to face, and my life hath been preserved.

²² And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

²⁷ Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let our hand not be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers hearkened to him.

⁵¹ And Joseph called the name of the first-born Menasseh: For God said he hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house. ⁵² And the name of the second he called Ephraim; For God said he hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

¹⁵ And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who fed me from my first being unto this day, ¹⁶ The angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be called on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

¹⁵ And Pharaoh heard this thing, and he sought to slay Moses; but Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and tarried in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.

²³ And it came to pass in this long time, that the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried; and their complaint came up unto God by reason of the bondage. ²⁴ And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

² And an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a thorn-bush; and he looked, and, behold, the thorn-bush was burning with fire, but the thorn-bush was not consumed. ³ And Moses said, I must turn aside, and see this great sight, why the thorn-bush is not burnt. ⁴ And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see God called unto him out of the midst of the thorn-bush, and said, Moses, Moses; and he said, Here am I. ⁵ And he said, Draw not nigh hither; put off thy shoes from off thy feet; for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. ⁶ And he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look up to God. ⁷ And the Lord said, I have truly seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard its cry by reason of its taskmasters; yea, I know its sorrows;

⁹ Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

²¹ And they said unto them, May the Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

²² And Moses caused Israel to depart from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

⁴ If his master should give him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters: the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out by himself.

¹⁸ And he said, Let me see, I beseech thee, thy glory. ¹⁹ And he said, I will cause all my goodness to pass before thy face, and I will proclaim, by name, the Lord before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy. ²⁰ And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for no man can see me, and live. ²¹ And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock: ²² And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in the cleft of the rock, and I will cover thee with my hand, until I have passed by. ²³ And then I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back parts; but my face shall not be seen.

⁵ And the Lord descended in a cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed, by name, the Lord. ⁶ And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord is the immutable, eternal Being, the omnipotent God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abundant in beneficence and truth; ⁷ Keeping mercy unto the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

²⁶ And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and they brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.

¹ And a messenger of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, And he said, I caused you to go up out of Egypt, and I brought you unto the land which I had sworn unto your fathers; and I said, I will not break my covenant with you for ever. ² But ye for your part shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; their altars shall ye throw down; but ye have not obeyed my voice: what is this ye have done? ³ And I also have said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be evil neighbors to you, and their gods shall become a snare unto you.

¹¹ And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat down under the oak which was in ‘Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi’ezrite; and Gid’on his son was beating out wheat in the wine-press, to hide it from the Midianites.

¹⁶ And the Lord said unto him, Because I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.

²¹ Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight. ²² And when Gid’on perceived that it was an angel of the Lord, Gid’on said, Alas, O Lord Eternal! because I have surely seen an angel of the Lord face to face. ²³ And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. ²⁴ And Gid’on built there an altar unto the Lord, and called it Adonay-shalom [the Eternal of Peace:] unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi’ezrites.

²⁴ And Gid’on built there an altar unto the Lord, and called it Adonay-shalom [the Eternal of Peace:] unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi’ezrites.

² And there was a certain man of Zor’ah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoach; and his wife was barren, and did not bear.

¹⁶ And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoach, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; but if thou wilt offer a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord; for Manoach knew not that he was an angel of the Lord. ¹⁷ And Manoach said unto the angel of the Lord, What is thy name, that, when thy word cometh to pass, we may do thee honor? ¹⁸ And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why is it that thou wilt ask after my name, seeing it is secret? ¹⁹ And Manoach took the kid and the meat-offering, and offered it upon the rock unto the Lord: and he did wondrously; and Manoach and his wife looked on. ²⁰ And it came to pass, when the flame went up from off the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar; and Manoach and his wife looked on, and they fell on their faces to the ground. ²¹ And the angel of the Lord was no longer visible to Manoach and to his wife: then knew Manoach that he was an angel of the Lord. ²² And Manoach said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because a divine being have we seen.

¹ And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the lower edge of the mountain of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine out of Beth-lechem-judah. ² And his concubine became faithless unto him, and she went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth-lechem-judah, and was there one year and four months. ³ And then her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, to bring her back; and he had his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father’s house; and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. ⁴ And his father-in-law, the damsel’s father, detained him; and he abode with him three days: and they ate and drank, and lodged there.

¹¹ And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord grant that the woman that is coming into thy house be like Rachel and like Leah, who did both build up the house of Israel: and acquire thou wealth in Ephrathah, and let thy name become famous in Beth-lechem;

⁶ And her rival also provoked her continually, in order to make her fret; because the Lord had shut up her womb. ⁷ And he did so year by year, as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, so did she provoke her; wherefore she wept, and did not eat. ⁸ Then said to her Elkanah her husband, Hannah, why wilt thou weep? and why wilt thou not eat? and why should thy heart be grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

²⁰ And it came to pass, after the lapse of some time, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because from the Lord have I asked him.

⁷ And Saul smote the ‘Amalekites from Chavilah until thou comest to Shur, that is before Egypt.

¹² May the Lord judge between me and thee, and may the Lord avenge me on thee; but my hand shall not be against thee. ¹³ As saith the proverb of the ancients, From the wicked proceedeth wickedness; but my hand shall not be against thee. ¹⁴ After whom is the king of Israel gone out? after whom art thou pursuing? after a dead dog, after a single flea. ¹⁵ May the Lord therefore be judge, and decide between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and obtain me justice out of thy hand.

¹⁹ And now, I pray thee, let my Lord the king hear the words of his servant! If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, then may he accept the savor of an offering; but if they be the children of men, then be they cursed before the Lord; because they have driven me out this day so that I cannot attach myself on the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.

¹³ And David took yet more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were born to David yet more sons and daughters.

¹⁶ And it happened, as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked through the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

³ And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

²⁸ The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishma’el.

²² And king Joash did not remember the kindness which Yehoyada’ his father had shown to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord will see this, and require my blood.

⁶ Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Behold, he is in thy hand: only take care of his life.

¹² And the heartless who acquireth intelligence, and him who is like the colt of the wild ass who is transformed into a man.

⁴¹ Who provideth for the raven his provision? when his young ones cry unto God, and wander about for lack of food?

⁵ Who sent out the wild ass free? or who loosened the bonds of the forest-ass? ⁶ To whom I assigned the wilderness as his house, and the salty land as his dwellings. ⁷ He laugheth at the noise of a town, and the shoutings of the driver he heareth not. ⁸ What he espieth on the mountains is his pasture, and after every green thing doth he search.

^{8 (7:9)} The Lord will judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity grant me recompense.

^{24 (22:25)} For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the poor; neither hath he hidden his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

²³ Arouse thyself, and awake to do me justice, my God and my Lord, unto my cause.

¹ Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: from the deceitful and unjust man do thou deliver me.

^{6 (83:7)} The tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites: Moab, and the Hagarenes; ^{7 (83:8)} Gebal, and ‘Ammon, and ‘Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

⁴¹ And he gave them up into the hand of the nations: and there ruled over them those that hated them. ⁴² And their enemies also oppressed them: and they were subdued under their hand.

³ Lo, children are an inheritance from the Lord: a reward is the fruit of the body.

¹ To the chief musician, by David, a psalm. O Lord! thou hast searched me through, and thou knowest me. ² Thou indeed knowest my sitting down and my rising up, thou understandest my thinking while yet afar off. ³ My walking and my lying down hast thou limited, and with all my ways art thou acquainted. ⁴ For, while there is not a word on my tongue, lo, thou, O Lord, knowest it entirely. ⁵ Behind and before hast thou hedged me in, and thou placest upon me thy hand. ⁶ Too wonderful is such knowledge for me: it is too exalted, I cannot attain unto it. ⁷ Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee away from thy presence? ⁸ If I should ascend into heaven, thou art there; and if I should make my bed in the nether world, behold, thou art there. ⁹ If I should lift up the wings of the morning-dawn, if I should dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea: ¹⁰ Even there would thy hand lead me, and thy right hand would seize hold of me. ¹¹ If I said, Surely darkness shall enshroud me, and into night be turned the light about me: ¹² Yet even darkness can obscure nothing from thee; but the night will shine like the day; both the darkness and the light are alike to thee.

²¹ For before the eyes of the Lord are the ways of man, and all his tracks doth he weigh in the balance.

²⁹ He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit holdeth up to view his folly.

¹ A soft answer turneth away fury; but a mortifying word stirreth up anger.

³ In every place are the eyes of the Lord, looking on the bad and the good.

¹⁷ Better is an allowance of herbs when love is there, than a stall-fed ox and hatred therewith. ¹⁸ A man of fury stirreth up strife; but he that is slow to anger assuageth contention.

⁸ As a bird that wandereth away from her nest, so is a man that wandereth away from his place.

¹⁹ Not with words alone can a servant be corrected; for though he understand, there will be no response.

²⁰ Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wrong. ²¹ Under three things the earth trembleth, and under four which she cannot bear:

²³ Under an odious woman when she is married, and a bond-woman when she dispossesseth her mistress.

⁴ If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for submissiveness causeth great offences to be avoided.

¹⁴ Therefore will the Lord himself give you a sign: behold, this young woman shall conceive, and bear a son, and she shall call his name ‘Immanu-el, God with us.

⁹ In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and he carried them all the days of old.

¹⁷ Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, through thy forsaking the Lord thy God, while he was leading thee on the right way? ¹⁸ And now what hast thou to do on the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Shichor? and what hast thou to do on the way of Asshur, to drink the waters of the river?

⁵ Then said king Zedekiah, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not able to do any thing against you.

^{3 (12:4)} In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his strength he strove with an angel. ^{4 (12:5)} Yea, he strove with an angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: in Beth-el he should find him, and there he will speak with us. ^{5 (12:6)} And the Lord God of hosts, the Eternal One is his memorial.

^{8 (2:12)} For thus hath said the Lord of hosts, For the sake of your glory hath he sent me unto the nations that have despoiled you; for whoever toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye. ^{9 (2:13)} For, behold, I will swing my hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those that served them: and ye shall acknowledge that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.

¹ Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall clear out the way before me: and suddenly will come to his temple the Lord, whom ye seek; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire for, behold, he is coming, saith the Lord of hosts.