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() 1.11 Abram is bydden to go out of his countrey. 3 Christe. 4 Abram goeth out. 7 The lande of Chanaan is promised him. The olde testament. 10 To auoyde famine, he descendeth in∣to Egypt. 14 His wife is with violence caried away into the house of Pharao. 17 Pharao is smytten of God, for the carying away of Abrams wyfe. 19 Abrams wyfe is rendered vnto him agayne.

[unspec A] 1 AND (a) 1.2 the Lord had sayde vnto Abram: * 1.3 get thee out of thy coū∣trey, and out of thy na∣tion, and from thy fa∣thers house, vnto a lande that I wyll shewe thee:

2 And I will make of thee a great peo∣ple, and wyll blesse thee, and make thy name great, that thou shalt be [euen] a blessyng.

3 I wyll also blesse them that blesse thee, and (b) 1.4 curse thē that curseth thee: (c) 1.5 and in thee shall all kinredes of the earth be blessed.

4 And so Abram (d) 1.6 departed, euen as the Lorde had spoken vnto hym, and Lot went with him: and Abram was seuentie and fiue yeres old when he de∣parted out of Haran.

5 And Abram (e) 1.7 toke Sarai his wyfe, and Lot his brothers sonne, & all their substaunce that they had in possession, and the (f) 1.8 soules that they had begot∣ten in Haran, and they departed, that they might come into the lande of Cha∣naan: and into the lande of Chanaan they came.

6 Abram (g) 1.9 passed through the lande, vnto the place of“ 1.10 Sichem, vnto the plaine of Moreh. And the“ 1.11 Chanaanite [was] then in the lande.

7 And the Lorde appearyng vnto A∣bram, sayd, Vnto thy seede wyl I geue this lande: And there (h) 1.12 buylded he an aulter vnto the Lorde whiche appea∣red vnto hym.

8 And remouyng thence vnto a moun∣tayne that was eastwarde from Be∣thel, he pitched his tent, hauyng (i) 1.13 Be∣thel on the west syde, & Hai on the east: and there he buyldyng an aulter vnto the Lorde, dyd (k) 1.14 call vpon the name of the Lorde.

9 And Abram toke his iourney, go∣yng and iourneying towarde the south.

10 And thē there was (l 1.15 a famine in that lande, and therfore went Abram downe into Egypt, that he myght soiourne there, for there was a greeuons famine in the lande.

11 And when he was come neare to enter into Egypt, he sayde vnto Sarai his wife: beholde, I knowe that thou art a (m) 1.16fayre woman to loke vpon:

12 Therfore shall it come to passe, that when the Egyptians see thee, they shall say, she is his wyfe, and they wyll kyll me, but they wyll saue thee aliue:

13 (n) 1.17Say I pray thee, that thou art my sister, that I may fare well for thy sake, and that my soule may liue through thy occasion.

14 And so when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians behelde the wo∣man, for she was very fayre.

15 The (o) 1.18 princes also of Pharao sawe her, and cōmended her before Pharao, and the woman was taken into Pha∣raos house.

16 And (p) 1.19 he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheepe and oxen, and he asses, menseruauntes, & mayde∣seruauntes, [unspec D] she asses and camelles.

17 But the (q) 1.20 Lorde plagued Pharao and his house with great plagues, be∣cause of Sarai Abrams wyfe.

18 And Pharao callyng Abram, sayde: why hast thou done this vnto me?

19 Why diddest thou not tel me, that she was thy wyfe? why saydest thou, she is my sister? and so (r) 1.21 I might haue taken her to be my wyfe? Nowe therfore be∣holde, there is thy wyfe, take her, and go thy way.

20 And Pharao (s) 1.22 gaue his men com∣maundement concerning him: and they conuayed him foorth, and his wyfe, and all that he had.

Notes

• () 1.1

  Because the Churche was nowe sore decayed, Moyses set∣teth foorth howe God re∣payred it agayne.
• (a) 1.2

  Abram left not his owne coūtrey but at Gods commaunde∣ment, before he dwelt in Charran.
• * 1.3

  Actes. vii. a.
• (b) 1.4

  The ene∣mies of the Church, God wyll ouer∣throwe.
• (c) 1.5

  Christe, the seede of Abraham, blessed all the cursed kyn∣redes of the worlde.
• (d) 1.6

  After his father was dead and he chiefe of the familie.
• (e) 1.7

  The fayth full obedience of Abram.
• (f) 1.8

  He mea∣neth bought seruauntes and such other of Abrams house.
• (g) 1.9

  Abrams fayth is tried by hauyng no restyng place, & wanderyng among the wicked.
• “ 1.10

  Hebre. Schichem.
• “ 1.11

  Hebr. Ke∣naanite.
• (h) 1.12

  Abram is thankefull to God for his comfort: and professeth out¦wardly his religion.
• (i) 1.13

  Moyses nameth places so as they were called when he writ.
• (k) 1.14

  There Abram pro∣fessed the true worshippe of God: though the countrey was idola∣trous.
• (l 1.15

  An other triall o•• 〈…〉〈…〉 fayth.
• (m) 1.16

  It is daungerous kepyng that which lyketh the worlde.
• (n) 1.17

  Abram shoulde in so doubtfull a matter, com∣mitted all to y^e prouidence of God.
• (o) 1.18

  The cor∣ruption of Pharaos court.
• (p) 1.19

  Princes are liberall to them that sa∣tisfie their af∣fections.
• (q) 1.20

  God de∣fended the chastitie of Sarai, and restrayned the libertie of the Prince.
• (r) 1.21

  Though Pharao was innocent tou∣ching Abram, yet he and his court wanted not sinne.
• (s) 1.22

  Thus, god maruelouslye bryngeth his seruauntes out of temp∣tation.