born, Buz his Brother, Kemael the Father of Aram, Chefed, Hazo, Pildafh, Fildaph, and Bethuel, who begot Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight to Nahor, Abraham's Brother And Reumah, his Concubine, bore Teba, Gaham, Tabash, and Maachah.

The Fifth Leffon.

С НА Р. XXIII.

NOW Sarah

was a hundred twenty and feven Years old. These were the Days of Sarah, when he died in Kirjath-arba, or Hebron, in the Land of Canaan: So Abraham came to mourn and lament for the Lofs of Sarah. But he arofe from before his Dead, and fpoke thus to the Sons of Heth: I am a Stranger and a Wanderer among you; let me have Burying-Ground with you, that I may bury my Dead from before me. To which the Children of Heth thus anfwered: Hear us, my Lord; you are a mighty Prince among us; bury your Dead in which of our Tombs you please; none of us will detain from you his Tomb, you may in any of them bury your Dead. Then Abraham arofe, and bowed to the Children of Heth, the then Inhabitants of the Land, and faid to

them,

them, If your Souls incline that I fhould bury my Dead, from before me, hear me, and intercede for me with Ephron the Son of Zobar, that he may give me the Cave Machpelah, nigh the Boundaries of his Ground, for Money of full Weight, to be a Burying Ground for me among you. Ephron then fat among the Children of Heth: So he thus answered Abraham, in Presence of his People, and in the Audience of all who enter the Gates of his City: No, my Lord, hear me; I give you the Field, and the Cave therein, in the Prefence of the Sons of my People I give it; bury your Dead. Now Abraham again bowed before the People of that Place, and thus spoke to Ephron in the Prefence of this People, If you will, as I defire you, hear me, I will give you Money for the Field; take it from me, then I will bury my Dead. Then Ephron anfwered Abraham thus: Hear me, my Lord, what is this Land, or four hundred Shekels of Silver, betwixt you and me? Bury your Dead. When Abraham had heard Ephron, he weighed to him the Silver which he mentioned in the Audience of the Sons of Heth, viz. four hundred Shekels of Silver, current with the Merchant: So the Field of Ephron in Machpelah, over-against Mamrah, the Cave therein, and all the Trees in the Fields, or upon the Extremities of it all around, were

afcertained

afcertained to Abraham for a Poffeffion in the Prefence of the Sons of Heth, and before all who entred the Gates of his City. After which Abraham buried Sarah his Wife in the Field, in Machpelah, overagainst Mamrah, this is Hebron in the Land of Canaan. So the Field and the Cave were fecured to Abraham by the Sons of Heth for a Poffeffion, that it might be a Burying-place to him.

BY

CHA P. XXIV.

D.S

Y this Time Abraham was old and advanced in Years; but Jehovah bleffed Abraham in every thing. So he said to an old Servant in his Family, who took care of every thing he had, Put your Hand under my Thigh, and fwear to me by Jehovah, the Gods of the Names, and of the Earth, that you fhall not take a Wife to my Son of the Daughters of the Canaanites, in themidst of whom I live; but shall go to my own Land, and to my own Kindred, and take a Wife for my Son IJaac. Then the Servant faid to him, Perhaps the Woman will not be pleafed to be conducted by me into this Land: Shall I then K

caufe

caufe your Son to return into the Land from whence you came? Then Abraham faid, Beware that you don't caufe my Son to return thither. Jehovah, the Gods of the Names and of the Earth, who took me from my Father's House, and from my native Land, who spoke to me, and thus made a Promife to me, For your Pofterity I do fet apart this Land; even he will fend his Meffenger before you, and you fhall thence take a Wife for my Son. If the Woman refuses to come along with you, you shall be free from my Imprecation; but only you shall by no means carry my Son to that Place. So the Servant put his Hand under the Thigh of Abraham his Mafter, and swore to him according as he appointed: After which he took ten Camels of those belonging to his Master, and all his Jewels, and aròfe, and went into Mefopotamia, to Nabor's City. He made the Camels lie down by a Well of Water without the City, about that Time in the Evening in which Women go to draw Water: There he faid, O Jehovah! the Gods of my Master Abraham, make me to meet with her, I entreat you, and deal kindly with my Mafter: Now I fhall ftand by this Fountain, until the Citizens their Daughters come to draw Water; and let it happen, that the young Woman, to whom I fay, Let down your Pitcher, that I may drink; who answers,

Drink, and I will also give Drink to your Camels, may be the whom you have deftined for your Servant Ifaac, that I may know that you will be kind to your Servant Abraham. So while he yet spoke, Rebekah, the Daughter of Bethuel, Son of Milcah, Wife of Nahor, Abraham's Brother, came. out with her Pitcher upon her Shoulder. The Damfel appeared to be beautiful, and a young Woman who had never yet known a Man. She put down her Pitcher into the Well, filled it, and brought it up again. Then the Servant hafted to hail her, and faid, Let me drink, I beg of you, a little of the Water in your Pitcher. She answered, Drink my Lord, and fpeedily lowered her Pitcher with her Hand, that he might drink. And when he had given him Drink, fhe faid, I will draw for your Camels too, until they have drank. Then she quickly emptied her Pitcher into a Trough, hafted to draw more out of the Well, and drew for all his Camels. The Man filently wondered if Jehovah had made him profperous, or not. However, as foon as the Camels had done drinking, the Man took a golden Frontlet, of the Weight of half a Shekel, and two Bracelets of Gold for her Hands, of the Weight of ten (viz. Shekels) and faid, Whofe Daughter are you? Tell me, I entreat you, if there is Room in your Father's Houfe for us to K 2 lodge