1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,080 Hello, this is Father Paul and I'm glad we're taking this journey together to read the Bible 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,600 in a year. 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:12,920 Yesterday we heard about the first part of the life of Abraham who was born Abraham and 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:17,720 the promise that God made with him and his descendants and how he began to settle in 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,720 the land of Canaan and today we're going to hear about the life of his son Ishmael. 6 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,320 Alright, let's begin. 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:28,320 Today's reading is from Genesis chapters 16 to 20. 8 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,600 Let's begin. 9 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:35,240 Chapter 16 Now Sarai, Abraham's wife, had borne him no 10 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:39,920 children and she had an Egyptian maid servant whose name was Hagar. 11 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:45,480 So Sarai said to Abraham, See now the Lord has restrained me from bearing children. 12 00:00:45,480 --> 00:00:47,320 Please go into my maid. 13 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:49,680 Perhaps I shall obtain children by her. 14 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:51,800 And Abraham heeded the voice of Sarai. 15 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:57,240 Then Sarai, Abraham's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband 16 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:02,440 Abraham to be his wife, after Abraham had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan. 17 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:07,640 So he went in to Hagar and she conceived, and when she saw that she had conceived her 18 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,680 mistress became despised in her eyes. 19 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:14,200 Then Sarai said to Abraham, My wrong be upon you. 20 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:19,640 I gave my maid into your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived I became despised 21 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:20,960 in her eyes. 22 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:23,320 The Lord judged between you and me. 23 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:27,400 So Abraham said to Sarai, Indeed your maid is in your hand. 24 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,220 Do to her as you please. 25 00:01:29,220 --> 00:01:33,160 And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence. 26 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:37,400 Now the angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring 27 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:39,220 on the way to shore. 28 00:01:39,220 --> 00:01:42,040 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid. 29 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:44,840 Where have you come from, and where are you going? 30 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,940 She said, I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai. 31 00:01:48,940 --> 00:01:53,020 The angel of the Lord said to her, Return to your mistress and submit yourself under 32 00:01:53,020 --> 00:01:54,020 her hand. 33 00:01:54,020 --> 00:01:58,980 Then the angel of the Lord said to her, I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, 34 00:01:58,980 --> 00:02:02,320 so that they shall not be counted for multitude. 35 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:08,000 And the angel of the Lord said to her, Behold you are with child, and you shall bear a son. 36 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:12,680 You shall call his name Ishmael, because the Lord has heard your affliction. 37 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:14,600 He shall be a wild man. 38 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:19,600 His hand shall be against every man, and every man's hand against him, and he shall dwell 39 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,640 in the presence of all his brethren. 40 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:27,780 When she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, you are the God who sees. 41 00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:32,400 For she said, Have I also here seen him who sees me? 42 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,480 Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roy. 43 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,880 Observe it is between Kaddish and Bered. 44 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:46,200 So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore Ishmael. 45 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:51,000 Abram was 86 years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. 46 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:55,400 Chapter 17 When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared 47 00:02:55,400 --> 00:03:01,680 to Abram and said to him, I am Almighty God, walk before me and be blameless, and I will 48 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:06,200 make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly. 49 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:12,440 Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him saying, As for me, behold, my covenant 50 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,940 is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. 51 00:03:15,940 --> 00:03:22,040 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have 52 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,440 made you a father of many nations. 53 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:29,680 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall 54 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:35,000 come from you, and I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after 55 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:40,800 you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants 56 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:41,800 after you. 57 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:47,400 Also, I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, 58 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:52,560 all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession, and I will be their God. 59 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:58,000 And God said to Abraham, As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your descendants 60 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,640 after you, throughout their generations. 61 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:05,600 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after 62 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:06,680 you. 63 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:11,640 Every male child among you shall be circumcised, and you shall be circumcised in the flesh 64 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:16,900 of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. 65 00:04:16,900 --> 00:04:22,840 He who is eight years old among you shall be circumcised, every male child in your generations. 66 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:28,760 He who is born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant. 67 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:34,440 He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, 68 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:38,240 and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 69 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:43,480 When the uncircumcised male child who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, 70 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:48,280 that person shall be cut off from his people, he has broken my covenant. 71 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:53,800 Then God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but 72 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:59,520 Sarah shall be her name, and I will bless her and also give you a son by her, then I 73 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:04,760 will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations, kings of peoples shall be from 74 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:05,760 her. 75 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:10,520 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born 76 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,280 to a man who is one hundred years old? 77 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:17,320 And shall Sarah who is ninety years old bear a child? 78 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:22,000 And Abraham said to God, O that Ishmael might live before you. 79 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:28,520 Then God said, No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. 80 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:33,240 I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants 81 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:38,720 after him, and as for Ishmael I have heard you, behold I have blessed him, and will make 82 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:42,200 him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. 83 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:46,840 He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation, but my covenant I 84 00:05:46,840 --> 00:05:53,160 will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year. 85 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,960 Then he finished talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. 86 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:01,360 So Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought 87 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:06,520 with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh 88 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:11,080 of the foreskins that very same day as God had said to him. 89 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:15,120 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, 90 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:19,040 and Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his 91 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:20,040 foreskin. 92 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:25,200 That very same day Abraham was circumcised, and his son Ishmael, and all the men of his 93 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:31,160 house, born in the house, or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him. 94 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:37,760 Then the Lord appeared to him by the turbaned trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent 95 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,000 door in the heat of the day. 96 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:44,640 So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him, and when he 97 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:49,680 saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground and 98 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:56,040 said, My Lord, if I have now found favor in your sight, do not pass on by your servant. 99 00:06:56,040 --> 00:07:01,640 Please let a little water be brought and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree, 100 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:05,160 and I will bring a morsel of bread that you may refresh your hearts. 101 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,560 After that you may pass by inasmuch as you have come to your servant. 102 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,340 They said, Do as you have said. 103 00:07:11,340 --> 00:07:16,440 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, Quickly, make ready three measures 104 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,480 of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes. 105 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:24,440 And Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender good calf, gave it to a young man, and he 106 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:25,840 hastened to prepare it. 107 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:30,560 So he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them, and 108 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,360 he stood by them under the tree as they ate. 109 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,040 Then they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? 110 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,200 So he said, Here in the tent. 111 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,920 And he said, I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, 112 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,440 Sarah your wife shall have a son. 113 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,500 Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him. 114 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:53,800 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age, and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. 115 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:59,400 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, 116 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,200 my lord being old also? 117 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:06,860 And the lord said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I surely bear a child 118 00:08:06,860 --> 00:08:08,100 since I am old? 119 00:08:08,100 --> 00:08:10,240 Is anything too hard for the lord? 120 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:14,980 At the appointed time, I will return to you according to the time of life, and Sarah shall 121 00:08:14,980 --> 00:08:16,260 have a son. 122 00:08:16,260 --> 00:08:20,440 But Sarah denied it, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid. 123 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,040 And he said, No, but you did laugh. 124 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:27,720 And the men rose from there, and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them to send 125 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:28,920 them on the way. 126 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:33,720 And the lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing, since Abraham shall surely 127 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,980 become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed 128 00:08:37,980 --> 00:08:39,120 in him? 129 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:43,920 For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after 130 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:48,600 him, that they keep the way of the lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the lord 131 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,960 may bring to Abraham what he has spoken to him. 132 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:56,920 And the lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their 133 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:02,400 sin is very grave, I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according 134 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:06,820 to the outcry against it that has come to me, and if not I will know. 135 00:09:06,820 --> 00:09:09,800 Then the men turned away from there, and went toward Sodom. 136 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:14,920 But Abraham still stood before the lord, and Abraham came near and said, Would you also 137 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,660 destroy the righteous with the wicked? 138 00:09:17,660 --> 00:09:21,600 Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city, would you also destroy the place 139 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,960 and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it? 140 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:30,200 Far be it from you to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so 141 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:32,800 that the righteous should be as the wicked. 142 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:34,280 Far be it from you. 143 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,760 Shall not the judge of all the earth do right? 144 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:41,880 So the lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare 145 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:43,840 all the place for their sakes. 146 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:48,880 Then Abraham answered and said, Indeed now, I who am but dust and ashes, have taken upon 147 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,260 myself to speak to the lord. 148 00:09:51,260 --> 00:09:55,240 Suppose there were five less than the fifty righteous, would you destroy all the city 149 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:56,960 for a lack of five? 150 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:01,280 So he said, If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it. 151 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:06,740 And he spoke to him yet again and said, Suppose there should be forty found there. 152 00:10:06,740 --> 00:10:10,160 So he said, I will not do it for the sake of forty. 153 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:13,540 Then he said, Let not the lord be angry and I will speak. 154 00:10:13,540 --> 00:10:15,700 Suppose thirty should be found there. 155 00:10:15,700 --> 00:10:19,320 So he said, I will not do it if I find thirty there. 156 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:23,840 And he said, Indeed now, I have taken upon myself to speak to the lord. 157 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,080 Suppose twenty should be found there. 158 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:29,600 So he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty. 159 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:34,440 Then he said, Let not the lord be angry and I will speak but once more. 160 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:36,200 Suppose ten should be found there. 161 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:39,600 And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of ten. 162 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:43,720 So the lord went his way as soon as he had finished speaking with Abraham, and Abraham 163 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:45,760 returned to his place. 164 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:51,960 Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. 165 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:56,160 When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the 166 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:57,160 ground. 167 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:02,520 And he said, Here now, my lords, please turn into your servant's house and spend the night, 168 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,000 and wash your feet. 169 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,800 Then you may rise early and go on your way. 170 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:10,880 And they said, No, but we will spend the night in the open square. 171 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:12,640 But he insisted strongly. 172 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:16,240 So they turned into him and entered his house. 173 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:20,120 Then he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. 174 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:24,360 Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all 175 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,280 the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. 176 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:31,840 And they called to Lot and said to him, Where are the men who came to you tonight? 177 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,800 Bring them out to us, that we may know them carnally. 178 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:39,920 So Lot went out to them, threw the doorway, shut the door behind him, and said, Please, 179 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,240 my brethren, do not do so wickedly. 180 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,120 See now I have two daughters who have not known a man. 181 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:48,760 Please let me bring them out to you and you may do to them as you wish. 182 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:53,000 Only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shadow 183 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,240 of my roof. 184 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,060 And they said, Stand back. 185 00:11:56,060 --> 00:12:01,840 Then they said, This one came in to stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge. 186 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:04,760 Now we will deal worse with you than with them. 187 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:09,020 So they pressed hard against the man Lot and came near to break down the door. 188 00:12:09,020 --> 00:12:13,080 But the men reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them and shut the 189 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:14,080 door. 190 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:18,640 And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and 191 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:22,580 great, so that they became wary trying to find the door. 192 00:12:22,580 --> 00:12:25,760 Then the men said to Lot, Have you anyone else here? 193 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:30,200 Son in law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city, take them out 194 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:34,940 of this place, for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown 195 00:12:34,940 --> 00:12:39,440 great before the face of the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it. 196 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:44,880 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons in law, who had married his daughters, and said, Get 197 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:48,680 up, get out of this place, for the Lord will destroy this city. 198 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:52,200 But to his sons in law he seemed to be joking. 199 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:57,200 When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, Arise, take your wife 200 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:02,700 and your two daughters, who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city. 201 00:13:02,700 --> 00:13:06,920 And while he lingered, the men took hold of his hand, his wife's hand, and the hands 202 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:11,500 of his two daughters, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him 203 00:13:11,500 --> 00:13:12,860 outside the city. 204 00:13:12,860 --> 00:13:17,520 So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, Escape for your 205 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:23,160 life, do not look behind you, nor stay anywhere in the plain, escape to the mountains, lest 206 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:24,820 you be destroyed. 207 00:13:24,820 --> 00:13:29,960 Then Lot said to them, Please know, my lords, indeed now your servant has found favor in 208 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:35,240 your sight, and you have increased your mercy, which you have shown me, by saving my life, 209 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:39,840 but I cannot escape to the mountains, lest some evil overtake me, and I die. 210 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:44,560 See now this city is near enough to flee to, and is a little one, please let me escape 211 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:47,200 there, and my soul shall live. 212 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:51,600 And he said to him, See I have favored you concerning this thing also, in that I will 213 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:56,720 not overthrow this city for which you have spoken, hurry, escape there, for I cannot 214 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,400 do anything until you arrive there. 215 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,880 Therefore the name of the city was called Zohar. 216 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:05,400 The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered Zohar. 217 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:09,960 Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the 218 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:10,960 heavens. 219 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:15,720 So he overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and what 220 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:17,160 grew on the ground. 221 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:21,040 But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. 222 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:25,320 And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the Lord. 223 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:29,680 Then he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and he saw 224 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:34,400 and behold the smoke of the land which went up like the smoke of a furnace. 225 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:39,060 And it came to pass when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, 226 00:14:39,060 --> 00:14:43,240 and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot 227 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:44,240 had dwelt. 228 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:49,240 Then Lot went up out of Zohar, and dwelt in the mountains, and his two daughters were 229 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:50,240 with him. 230 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:55,060 For he was afraid to dwell in Zohar, and he and his two daughters dwelt in a cave. 231 00:14:55,060 --> 00:14:59,400 Now the firstborn said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is no man on the 232 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,600 earth to come to us as the custom of all the earth. 233 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:07,040 Come let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve 234 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:08,820 the lineage of our father. 235 00:15:08,820 --> 00:15:12,840 So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with 236 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:17,120 her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. 237 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:20,520 It happened on the next day that the firstborn said to the younger, Indeed I lay with my 238 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:21,520 father last night. 239 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:27,320 Let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve 240 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,400 the lineage of our father. 241 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,760 Then they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger arose and lay 242 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:37,280 with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. 243 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:40,520 Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. 244 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,440 The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab. 245 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,640 He is the father of the Moabites to this day. 246 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:49,100 And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben Ammi. 247 00:15:49,100 --> 00:15:52,640 He is the father of the people of Amun to this day. 248 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:56,120 Chapter 20 And Abraham journeyed from there to the south 249 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,600 and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar. 250 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,640 Now Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. 251 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,760 And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 252 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:11,200 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, Indeed you are a dead man 253 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:15,520 because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man's wife. 254 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:20,640 But Abimelech did not come near her, and he said, Lord, you will slay a righteous nation 255 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:21,840 also? 256 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,720 Did he not say to me, She is my sister? 257 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,040 And she, even she herself said, He is my brother. 258 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:32,200 In the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands I have done this. 259 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:36,480 And God said to him in a dream, Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your 260 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:41,200 heart, for I also withheld you from sinning against me. 261 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,180 Therefore I did not let you touch her. 262 00:16:43,180 --> 00:16:47,280 Now therefore restore the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, 263 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:48,520 and you shall live. 264 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:54,240 But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours. 265 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:59,680 So Abimelech rose early in the morning, called all his servants, and told all these things 266 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:00,960 in their hearing. 267 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,160 And the men were very much afraid. 268 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:07,300 And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, What have you done to us? 269 00:17:07,300 --> 00:17:12,600 How have I offended you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? 270 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:16,160 You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done. 271 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:21,120 Then Abimelech said to Abraham, What did you have in view that you have done this thing? 272 00:17:21,120 --> 00:17:26,200 And Abraham said, Because I thought surely the fear of God is not in this place, and 273 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:28,320 they will kill me on account of my wife. 274 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:32,400 But indeed she is truly my sister, she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter 275 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:33,560 of my mother. 276 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:35,240 And she became my wife. 277 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:39,560 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said 278 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:43,320 to her, This is your kindness that you should do for me. 279 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:47,760 In every place, wherever we go, say of me, He is my brother. 280 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:53,240 Then Abimelech took sheep, oxen, male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, 281 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,680 and restored Sarah his wife to him. 282 00:17:55,680 --> 00:18:00,580 And Abimelech said, See my land is before you, dwell where it pleases you. 283 00:18:00,580 --> 00:18:05,720 Then to Sarah he said, Behold I have given you your brother a thousand pieces of silver. 284 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:10,440 Heed this vindicates you before all who are with you and before everybody. 285 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,160 Thus, thus she was rebuked. 286 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:18,600 So Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his female servants. 287 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:23,160 Then they bore children, for the Lord had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech 288 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:30,920 because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. 289 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:34,560 I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I did, and I look forward to seeing you 290 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,720 again tomorrow to continue on our journey. 291 00:18:36,720 --> 00:19:04,720 God bless you and have a great day.