e nad they for mortar. And they us a city and a tower, whose top and let us make us a name, lest we the face of the whole earth. down to see the city and the tower en builded. And the Lord said, and they have all one language; o: and now nothing will be rethey have imagined to do. Go to, confound their language, that they another's speech. So the Lord m thence upon the face of all the build the city. Therefore is the because the Lord did there conthe earth and from thence did the upon the face of all the earth, ESSON V. TION OF ABRAM AND LOT. Gen. xi. 31.] 1 bram his son, and Lot the son of Sarai his daughter in law, his son ent forth with them from Ur of the land of Ca'naan; and they came ere. And the days of Terah were ears and Terah died in Haran. unto Abram, Get thee out of thy anc had gott land of was then pray thee, g er, whose top he Lord said, . 1 erefore is the id there conhence did the he earth. O LOT. ot the son of d in Haran. land of Canaan; and into the And Abram passed through t Si'chem, unto the plain of Mo was then in the land. And the and said, Unto thy seed will I builded he an altar unto the L 3. And there was a famine went down into Egypt to so'jour grievous in the land. And P concerning him, and they sent all that he had. And Abram w his wife, and all that he had, south. And Abram was very ri gold. And Lot also, which w and herds, and tents. And the them, that they might dwell to was great, so that they could not was a strife between the herdme herdmen of Lot's cattle and izzite dwelled then in the land. 4. And Abram said unto L pray thee, between me and the and thy herdmen; for we be b land before thee? Separate th if thou wilt take the left hand, or if thou depart to the right ha And Lot lifted up his eyes, a Jordan, that it was well water Lord destroyed Sodom and Go of the Lord, like the land of 1 Zoar. Then Lot chose him a 2* the earth, then shall thy seed also lk through the land in the length of it; for I will give it unto thee. is tent, and came and dwelt in the is in Hebron, and built there an ESSON VI. ION FOR SODOM AND GOMORRAH. Gen. xviii. 1.] eared unto him in the plains of e tent door in the heat of the day; d looked, and, lo, three men stood aw them, he ran to meet them from ed himself to'ward the ground, and have found favor in thy sight, pass om thy servant. Let a little water, nd wash your feet, and rest yournd I will fetch a morsel of bread, ts: after that ye shall pass on; for to your servant. And they said, id. And Abraham hastened into d said, Make ready quickly three nead it, and make cakes upon the ran unto the herd, and fetched a nd gave it unto a young man; and And he took butter, and milk, and ne spoken Sod'om t very gri five of the 4. And ture there not do it Sodom and Gomorrah is gre very grievous, I will go down have done altogether accordin come unto me; and if not, I turned their faces from then but Abraham stood yet before 3. And Abraham drew ne destroy the righteous with the be fifty righteous within the cit not spare the place for the fift That be far from thee to do a righteous with the wicked: a be as the wicked, that be far fr of all the earth do right? A Sodom fifty righteous within the place for their sakes. And Behold now, I have taken upc which am but dust and ashes: five of the fifty righteous: wil lack of five? And He said, 1 I will not destroy it. 4. And he spake unto him ture there shall be forty found not do it for forty's sake. not the Lord be angry, and I w shall thirty be found there? do it, if I find thirty there. have taken upon me to speak there shall be twenty found the destroy it for twenty's sake. Lord be angry, and I will spe upon them greatly; and they ntered into his house; and he bake unleavened bread, and they lown, the men of the city, even ed the house round, both old and every quarter and they called im, Where are the men which bring them out unto us, that we went out at the door unto them, 5, and said, I pray you, brethren, these men do nothing; for thereadow of my roof. And they said, d again, This one fellow came in ds be a judge: now will we deal them. And they pressed sore d came near to break the door. their hand, and pulled Lot into at to the door. And they smotę oor of the house with blindness, at they wearied themselves to find aid unto Lot, Hast thou here any hy sons, and thy daughters, and e city, bring them out of this this place, because the cry of the face of the Lord; and the oy it. And Lot went out, and which married his daughters, and his place; for the Lord will dened as one that mocked unto his 9. An any thing when Lot a pillar of |