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Or
“territories.”
i. e.
Beersheba;
cf. Gn. 21:31
For 12-14 cf.
Gn. 21:1-4
1980 A.M.
i. e. the 15th
of Sivan.
Shavuot.
i. e. Shavuot/
Pentecost.
†Read “third”
as in 15:1
(Charles).
The
bracketed
words are
an incorrect
gloss,
according to
Charles, and
should be
omitted.
Abraham
moved
from
Hebron, and departed and
dwelt between Kadesh and
Shur in the mountains of
Gerar. 11 And in the middle
of the fifth month he moved
from thence, and dwelt at the
Well of the Oath. 12 And in
the middle of the sixth month
Yahuah visited Sarah and did
unto her as He had spoken,
and she conceived. 13 And
she bare a son in the third
month, and in the middle
of the month, at the time of
which Yahuah had spoken to
Abraham, on the festival of
the first-fruits of the harvest,
Isaac was born. 14 And
Abraham circumcised his
son on the eighth day: he was
the first that was circumcised
according to the covenant
which is ordained for ever.
15 And in the sixth year of
the †fourth† week we came to
Abraham, to the Well of the
Oath, and we appeared unto
him [as we had told Sarah
that we should return to her,
and she would have conceived
a son. 16 And we returned
in the seventh month, and
found Sarah with child before
us] and we blessed him, and
we announced to him all
the things which had been
decreed concerning him, that
he should not die till he should
O F
S O D O M
beget six sons more, and
should see (them) before he
died; but (that) in Isaac should
his name and seed be called:
17 And (that) all the seed of
his sons should be Gentiles,
and be reckoned with the
Gentiles; but from the sons
of Isaac one should become a
holy seed, and should not be
reckoned among the Gentiles.
18 For he should become the
portion of the Most High,
and all his seed had fallen
into the possession of Elohim,
that it should be unto Yahuah
a people for (His) possession
above all nations and that it
should become a kingdom
and priests and a holy nation.
19 And we went our way, and
we announced to Sarah all
that we had told him, and they
both rejoiced with exceeding
great joy.
20 And he built there an altar
to Yahuah who had delivered
him, and who was making
him rejoice in the land of his
sojourning, and he celebrated
a festival of joy in this month
seven days, near the altar
which he had built at the Well
of the Oath. 21 And he built
booths for himself and for his
servants on this festival, and
he was the first to celebrate
the feast of tabernacles on the
earth. 22 And during
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Six sons by
Keturah (Gn.
25:2).
Cf. Gn. 21:12
All Abraham’s
descendants,
except Jacob
and his seed,
were to be
reckoned
among the
Gentiles.
Cf. 15:31 f
Cf. Dt. 7:6;
Ex. 19:5
Cf. Ex. 19:6
(MT has “a
kingdom of
priests”); cf.
Rev. 5:10,
1:6, which
agree with
our text
substantially,
and this
may be
the original
sense.
