KJV Bible MWP Genesis 16:1 - 18:33

GENESIS Chapters 16 - 18 KJV Bible (1769 Edition) Modern Words Paraphrase (MWP) Copyright (c) 2007 David A. Wagner.

Genesis Chapter 16

(16:1) Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children: And she had a female servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. (16:2) And Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing: I ask you, go in to my servant; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. (16:3) And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her servant the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. (16:4) And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived: And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. (16:5) And Sarai said to Abram, “My shame be upon you: I have given my servant into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and you.” (16:6) But Abram said to Sarai, “See, your servant is in your hand; do to her as it pleases you.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her face.

(16:7) And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. (16:8) And he said, “Hagar, Sarai's servant, where came you? and where will you go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.” (16:9) And the angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her authority.” (16:10) And the angel of the Lord said to her, “I will multiply your heirs exceedingly, that it will not be numbered for immensity.” (16:11) And the angel of the Lord said to her, “See, you are with child, and will bear a son, and will call his name Ishmael; because the Lord has heard your affliction. (16:12) And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he will dwell in the presence of all his brothers.” (16:13) And she called the name of the Lord that spoke to her, “You God see me: for she said, “Have I also here looked after him that sees me?” (16:14) Therefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; see, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

(16:15) And Hagar bore Abram a son: And Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bore, Ishmael. (16:16) And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.


Genesis Chapter 17

(17:1) And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be you innocent. (17:2) And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” (17:3) And Abram fell on his face: And God talked with him, saying, (17:4) “As for me, see, my covenant is with you, and you will be a father of many nations. (17:5) Neither will your name anymore be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you. (17:6) And I will make you very fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come out of you. (17:7) And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your heirs after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you, and to your heirs after you. (17:8) And I will give to you, and to your heirs after you, the land wherein you are a visitor, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”

(17:9) And God said to Abraham, “You will keep my covenant therefore, you, and your heirs after you in their generations. (17:10) This is my covenant, which you will keep, between me and you and your heirs after you; Every man child among you will be circumcised. (17:11) And you will circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it will be a token of the covenant between me and you. (17:12) And he that is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any visitor, who is not of your genes. (17:13) He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with your money, must be circumcised: And my covenant will be in your genes for an everlasting covenant. (17:14) And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that person will be expelled from his people; he has broken my covenant.”

(17:15) And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you will not call her name Sarai, but Sarah will her name be. (17:16) And I will bless her, and give you a son also of her: yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations; kings of people will be of her.” (17:17) Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him that is an hundred years old? and will Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?” (17:18) And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live before you!” (17:19) And God said, “Sarah your wife will bear you a son indeed; and you will call his name Isaac: And I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his heirs after him. (17:20) And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: See, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him greatly; twelve princes will he father, and I will make him a great nation. (17:21) But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah will bear to you at this set time in the next year.”

(17:22) And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. (17:23) And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him. (17:24) And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. (17:25) And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. (17:26) In the same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. (17:27) And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money from the visitor, were circumcised with him.

Genesis Chapter 18

(18:1) And the Lord appeared to him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; (18:2) And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, look, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, (18:3) And said, “My Lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, pass not away, I ask you, from your servant: (18:4) Let a little water, I ask you, be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: (18:5) And I will fetch a bite of bread, and refresh you your bodies; after that you will pass on: for therefore are you come to your servant.” And they said, “So do, as you have said.” (18:6) And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make bread upon the hearth.” (18:7) And Abraham ran to the herd, and selected a calf tender and good, and gave it to a young man; and he hurried to dress it. (18:8) And he took butter, and milk, and the calf that he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

(18:9) And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, See, in the tent. (18:10) And he said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life; and, look, Sarah your wife will have a son.” And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. (18:11) Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well advanced in age; and menstration ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. (18:12) Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?” (18:13) And the Lord said to Abraham, “Therefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Will I of a certainty bear a child, which am old? (18:14) Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah will have a son.” (18:15) Then Sarah denied, saying, “I laughed not;” for she was afraid. And he said, “No; but you did laugh.”

(18:16) And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. (18:17) And the Lord said, “Will I hide from Abraham that thing that I do; (18:18) Seeing that Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him? (18:19) For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they will keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoken of him.” (18:20) And the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very serious; (18:21) I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know.”

(18:22) And the men turned their faces from there, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord. (18:23) And Abraham drew near, and said, “Will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked? (18:24) Maybe there be fifty righteous within the city: will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? (18:25) That be far from you to do after this manner, to kill the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from you: Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?” (18:26) And the Lord said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.” (18:27) And Abraham answered and said, “See now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: (18:28) Maybe there will lack five of the fifty righteous: will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” And he said, “If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.” (18:29) And he spoke to him yet again, and said, “Maybe there will be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.” (18:30) And he said to him, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Maybe there will thirty be found there.” And he said, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.” (18:31) And he said, “See now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord: Maybe there will be twenty found there.” And he said, “I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.” (18:32) And he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Maybe ten will be found there.” And he said, “I will not destroy it for ten's sake.” (18:33) And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.