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But Sarai was barren; she had no childe.

Therefore it shall come to passe, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, Th is is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will saue thee aliue.

But the men of Sodome were wicked, and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

And behold, the word of the LORD came vnto him, saying; This shall not be thine heire: but he that shall come foorth out of thy owne bowels, shalbe thine heire.

And he tooke vnto him all these, and diuided them in the midst, and layd each peece one against another: but the birds diuided he not.

But in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the iniquitie of the Amorites is not yet full.

But Abram said vnto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; doe to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, shee fled from her face.

1611 marginal noteHeb. that which is good in thy eyes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. afflicted her.

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall bee Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.

1611 marginal noteRom. 4.17

¶ And God said vnto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

But my couenant wil I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall beare vnto thee, at this set time, in the next yeere.