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 to drynke that night al&#383;o: And the yonger aro&#383;e like wy&#383;e, and laye with him: &#x204a; he perceaued it not, nether when &#383;he laye downe, ner when &#383;he ro&#383;e vp.

Thus were both the doughters of Lot with childe by their father. And the elder bare a ſonne, and called him Moab, of whom come Moabytes vnto this daye. And yonger bare a ſonne alſo, and called him the &#383;onne Ammi, of whom come the children of Ammon vnto this daye. undefined

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S for Abraham, he departed thence, in to the ſouth countre, and dwelt betwixte Cades and Sur, and was a &#383;traunger at Gerar, and &#383;ayde of Sara his wyfe: She is my ſi&#383;ter. Then Abimelech the kinge of Gerar &#383;ent for her, and cau&#383;ed her to be fet awaye.

But God came to Abimelech by night in a dreame, &#x204a; &#383;ayde vnto him: Beholde, thou art but a deed man, for the womans &#383;ake which thou ha&#383;t taken, for ſhe is a mans wife. Neuertheles Abimelech had not yet touched her, and &#383;ayde: LORDE, wilt thou &#383;ley a righteous people? Sayde not he vnto me: ſhe is my ſi&#383;ter? Yee and &#383;ayde not ſhe her ſelf alſo: he is my brother? With a pure hert &#x204a; with innocent handes haue I done this.

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And God &#383;ayde vnto him in a dreame: I knowe that thou dydde&#383;t it wt a pure hert, and therfore I kepte the, that thou &#383;huldeſt not &#383;ynne agayn&#383;t me, nether haue I &#383;uffred the to touch her. Now therfore delyuer the man his wife ageyne, for he is a prophet: and let him pray for, and thou ſhalt lyue. But and yf thou delyuer her not ageyne, be ſure, that thou ſhalt dye the death, and all that is thine.

Then Abimelech ro&#383;e vp by tymes in the mornynge, and called all his &#383;eruauntes, and tolde all theſe thinges in their eares, and the men were &#383;ore afrayed, and Abimelech called Abraham, and &#383;ayde vnto him: Wherfore haſt thou done this vnto vs? And what haue I offended, that thou &#383;hulde&#383;t brynge on me and on my kyngdome ſo greate a &#383;ynne? Thou ha&#383;t not dealt with vs, as a man ſhulde deal. And Abimelech ſaide morouer vnto Abraham: What &#383;awe&#383;t thou, yt thou ha&#383;t done this thinge?

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Abraham &#383;ayde: I thought: Peraduenture there is no feare of God in this place, &#x204a; they ſhall &#383;leye me for my wifes ſake. And of a trueth &#383;he is my &#383;i&#383;ter, for &#383;he is my fathers doughter, but not my omthers doughter, and is become my wife. So whan God charged me to wa&#772;dre out of my fathers hou&#383;e, I &#383;ayde vnto her: Shew this kyndnes vpon me, that, where &#383;o euer we come, thou &#383;aye of me, that I am thy brother.

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Then toke Abimelech &#383;hepe and oxen, &#383;eruauntes and maydens, and gaue them vnto Abraham, and delyuered him Sara his wife agayne, and &#383;ayde: Beholde, my londe &#383;tondeth open before the, dwell where it liketh the. And vnto Sara he &#383;ayde: Beholde, I haue geuen thy brother a thou&#383;ande &#383;yluer pens: lo, he &#383;halbe vnto the a couerynge of the eyes, for all that are with the, and euery where, and a &#383;ure excu&#383;e.

As for Abraham, he prayed vnto God: Then God healed Abimelech, and his wyfe, and his maydens, &#383;o that they bare childre&#772;. For afore the LORDE had clo&#383;ed all the matrices of Abimelechs hou&#383;e, becau&#383;e of Sara Abrahams wife. undefined

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He LORDE al&#383;o vy&#383;ited Sara, acordinge as he had promyſed: &#x204a; dealt with her, euen as he had &#383;ayde. And Sara was with childe, and bare Abraham a ſonne in his olde age, euen in the tyme appoynted, lyke as God had ſpoken vnto him afore. And Abraham called his ſonne which was borne vnto him(who&#772; Sara bare him) Iſaac, and circumcided him the eight daye, like as God commanded him. An hundreth yeare olde was Abraha&#772;, whan his &#383;onne I&#383;aac was borne vnto him.

And Sara ſayde: God hath prepared a ioye for me, for who &#383;o euer heareth of it, wyll reioy&#383;e with me. She &#383;ayde morouer: Who wolde haue ſaide vnto Abraham, that Sara ſhulde geue children &#383;ucke, and beare him a ſonne in his olde age? And the childe grew, and was weened. And Abraham made a greate fea&#383;t, in daye whan I&#383;aac was weened.

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And Sara &#383;awe the &#383;onne of Agar the Egipcian(whom ſhe had borne vnto Abraham) that he was a mocker, and &#383;ayde vnto Abraham: Caſt out this bonde mayden and hir &#383;onne, for this bonde mayde&#772;s ſonne &#383;hall not be heyre wt my ſonne I&#383;aac. This worde di&#383;pleaſed Abraham &#383;ore, becauſe of his ſonne.

Neuertheles God &#383;ayde vnto him: let it not diſplea&#383;e the becauſe of the childe and the hand mayde: What ſo ever Sara hath &#383;ayde vnto the, folowe it, for in I&#383;aac &#383;hall