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 downe, there fell an heuy &#383;lepe vpo&#772; Abram. And lo, feare and greate darcknes fell vpon him. And he &#383;ayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a ſuertye, that thy &#383;ede ſhalbe a &#383;trau&#772;ger, in a londe that is not theirs. And they &#383;hall make bonde men of them, and intreate them euell foure hundreth yeares. But the people who&#772; they &#383;hal &#383;erue, wyl I iudge. Afterwarde ſhall they go forth with greate ſubſtaunce: and thou &#383;halt departe vnto thy fathers in peace, and ſhalt be buried in a good age. And after the fourth generacion they ſhall come hither agayne for the wickedness of Amorites is not yet full.

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So whan the Sonne was downe, and it was waxed darcke: Beholde, there &#383;moked a fornace, and a fyre brande wente betwene ye partes. The &#383;ame daye made the LORDE a couenau&#772;t with Abram, and &#383;ayde: Vnto thy ſede wil I geue this lo&#772;de, from the water of Egipte, vnto the greate water Euphrates: the Renytes, the Renizites, the Rydmonites, the Hethites, the Pherezites, the Giauntes, the Amorites, the Cananites, the Gerge&#383;ites, and the Jebuſites. undefined

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Arai Abrams wife bare him no children: but &#383;he had an handmayde an Egipcian, who&#383;e name was Agar, and &#383;ayde vnto Abram: Beholde, the LORDE hath clo&#383;ed me, that I can not beare. Go in(I praye the) vnto my mayde: peraduenture I &#383;halbe multiplied by her, more then by my&#383;elf. And Abram herkened vnto the voyce of Sarai. Than Sarai Abrams wife toke Agar hir mayde Egipcian(after they had dwelt ten yeare in the londe of Canaan) and gaue her vnto hir hu&szlig;bande Abra&#772;, to be his wife. And he wente in vnto Agar, and &#383;he conceaued. Now whan &#383;he &#383;awe &#383;he had conceyued, &#383;he de&#383;py&#383;ed hir ma&#383;tre&#383;&#383;e.

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Then &#383;ayde Sarai vnto Abram: I mu&#383;t &#383;uffre wronge for thy &#383;ake. I layde my mayde by the: but now becau&#383;e &#383;he &#383;eyth, that &#383;he hath conceaued, I mu&#383;t be de&#383;py&#383;ed in hir &#383;ight: the LORDE be iudge betwene me and the. And Abram &#383;ayde vnto Sarai: Beholde, thy mayde is vnder thine auctorite, do with her, as it plea&#383;eth the.

Now whan Sarai dealt hardly her, &#383;he fled from her. But the angell of the LORDE founde her beſyde a well of water in the wilderne&#383;&#383;e(euen by the well in the waye toSur) and ſayde vnto her: Agar Sarais maide, whence comme&#383;t thou? &#x204a; whyther wylt thou go? She ſayde: I fle fro my maſtre&#383;&#383;e Sarai. And the angel of the LORDE &#383;ayde vnto her: Returne to thy ma&#383;tre&#383;&#383;e agayne, and &#383;ubmitte thyſelf vnder hir hande.

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And the angel of the LORDE &#383;ayde vnto her: Beholde, I wil ſo encreace yi &#383;ede, that it ſhall not be nombred for multitude. And the angel of the LORDE ſayde further vnto her: Beholde, thou art with childe, ⁊ ſhalt bringe forth a &#383;onne, and &#383;halt call his name I&#383;mael, becau&#383;e the LORDE hath herde yi trouble. He &#383;hal be a wylde man. His hande agayn&#383;t euery man, and euery mans hande agayn&#383;t him: and he &#383;hal dwel ouer agayn&#383;t all his brethren.

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And ſhe called the name of the LORDE yt ſpake vnto her: Thou art the God that ſei&#383;t me. For ſhe &#383;ayde: Of a &#383;uertye I haue &#383;ene the back partes of him that ſawe me. Therfore called ſhe the well: The well of the liuinge that &#383;awe me. Which(well) is betwene Cades and Bared.

And Agar bare Abram a ſonne, and Abram called his &#383;onnes name which Agar bare him, I&#383;maell. And Abram was foure &#383;core yeare olde and &#383;ixe, whan Agar bare him Iſmael. undefined

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Ow whan Abram was nyentye yeare olde and nyene, the LORDE appeared vnto him, ⁊ &#383;ayde vnto him: I am the allmightie God, walke before me, ⁊ be vncorrupte. And I wyll make my couenaunt betwene me ⁊ the, and wyl multiplye the exceadyngly. Then fell Abram vpon his face.

And God talked furthur with him and &#383;ayde: Beholde, It is I, and haue my couenau&#772;t with the, and thou &#383;halt be a father of many people. Therfore ſhalt thou nomore be called Abram, but thy name &#383;hal be Abraham: For I haue made the a father of many nacions, &#x204a; I wil multiplye the exceadingly, and wil make people of, yee and kynges alſo ſhal come out of the. Morouer I wil make my couenau&#772;t betwene me and the,