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INDEX
THEOLDTESTAMENT
Book01Genesis
Book02Exodus
Book03Leviticus
Book04Numbers
Book05Deuteronomy
Book06Joshua
Book07Judges
Book08Ruth
Book091Kings
Book102Kings
Book113Kings
Book124Kings
Book131Paralipomenon
Book142Paralipomenon
Book151Ezdras
Book162Ezdras
Book17Tobias
Book18Judith
Book19Esther
Book20Job
Book21Psalms
Book22Proverbs
Book23Ecclesiastes
Book24Canticles
Book25BookofWisdom
Book26Ecclesiasticus
Book27Isaias
Book28Jeremiah
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Book29Lamentations
Book30Barruch
Book31Ezekiel
Book32Daniel
Book33Osee
Book34Joel
Book35Amos
Book36Abdias
Book37Jonah
Book38Micheas
Book39Nahum
Book40Habacuc
Book41Sophonias
Book42Aggeus
Book43Zacharias
Book44Malachias
Book451Machabees
Book462Machabees
THENEWTESTAMENT
Book47Matthew
Book48Mark
Book49Luke
Book50John
Book51Acts
Book52Romans
Book531Corinthians
Book542Corinthians
Book55Galatians
Book56Ephesians
Book57Philippians
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Book58Colossians
Book591Thessalonians
Book602Thessalonians
Book611Timothy
Book622Timothy
Book63Titus
Book64Philemon
Book65Hebrews
Book66James
Book671Peter
Book682Peter
Book691John
Book702John
Book713John
Book72Jude
Book73Apocalypse
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THEHOLYBIBLE
TranslatedfromtheLatinVulgate
DiligentlyComparedwiththeHebrew,Greek,andOtherEditionsinDiversLanguages
THEOLDTESTAMENTFirstPublishedbytheEnglishCollegeatDouayA.D.1609&1610
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THENEWTESTAMENTFirstPublishedbytheEnglishCollegeatRheimsA.D.1582
WithAnnotations
TheWholeRevisedandDiligentlyComparedwiththeLatinVulgatebyBishopRichardChallonerA.D.1749-1752
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HISTORY
Thise-textcomesfrommultipleeditionsofChalloner’srevisedDouay-RheimsVersionoftheHolyBible.In1568Englishexiles,manyfromOxford,establishedtheEnglishCollegeofDouay(Douai/Doway),Flanders,underWilliam(laterCardinal)Allen.InOctober,1578,GregoryMartinbegantheworkofpreparinganEnglishtranslationoftheBibleforCatholicreaders,thefirstsuchtranslationintoModernEnglish.AssistingwereWilliamAllen,RichardBristow,ThomasWorthington,andWilliamReynoldswhorevised,criticized,andcorrectedDr.Martin’swork.ThecollegepublishedtheNewTestamentatRheims(Reims/Rhemes),France,in1582throughJohnFognywithaprefaceandexplanatorynotes,authoredchieflybyBristol,Allen,andWorthington.LatertheOldTestamentwaspublishedatDouayintwoparts(1609and1610)byLaurenceKellamthroughtheeffortsofDr.Worthington,thensuperioroftheseminary.ThetranslationhadbeenpreparedbeforetheappearanceoftheNewTestament,butthepublicationwasdelayedduetofinancialdifficulties.ThereligiousandscholarlyadherencetotheLatinVulgatetextledtothelesselegantandidiomaticwordsandphrasesoftenfoundinthetranslation.InsomeinstanceswherenoEnglishwordconveyedthefullmeaningoftheLatin,aLatinwordwasAnglicizedanditsmeaningdefinedinaglossary.Althoughridiculedbycritics,manyofthesewordslaterfoundcommonusageintheEnglishlanguage.SpellingsofpropernamesandthenumberingofthePsalmsareadoptedfromtheLatinVulgate.
In1749Dr.RichardChallonerbeganamajorrevisionoftheDouayandRheimstexts,thespellingsandphrasingofwhichhadbecomeincreasinglyarchaicinthealmosttwocenturiessincethetranslationswerefirstproduced.Hemodernizedthedictionandintroducedamorefluidstyle,whilefaithfullymaintainingtheaccuracyofDr.Martin’stexts.Thisrevisionbecamethe‘defacto’standardtextforEnglishspeakingCatholicsuntilthetwentiethcentury.Itisstillhighlyregardedbymanyforitsstyle,althoughitisnowrarelyusedforliturgicalpurposes.ThenotesincludedinthiselectroniceditionaregenerallyattributedtoBishopChalloner.
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CONTENTS
TheOldTestament
BookofGenesisBookofExodusBookofLeviticusBookofNumbersBookofDeuteronomyBookofJosueBookofJudgesBookofRuthFirstBookofSamuel,alias1KingsSecondBookofSamuel,alias2KingsThirdBookofKingsFourthBookofKingsFirstBookofParalipomenonSecondBookofParalipomenonFirstBookofEsdrasBookofNehemias,alias2EsdrasBookofTobiasBookofJudithBookofEstherBookofJobBookofPsalmsBookofProverbsEcclesiastesSolomon’sCanticleofCanticlesBookofWisdomEcclesiasticusProphecyofIsaiasProphecyofJeremiasLamentationsofJeremiasProphecyofBaruchProphecyofEzechielProphecyofDanielProphecyofOseeProphecyofJoelProphecyofAmosProphecyofAbdiasProphecyofJonasProphecyofMicheasProphecyofNahumProphecyofHabacucProphecyofSophonias
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ProphecyofAggeusProphecyofZachariasProphecyofMalachiasFirstBookofMachabeesSecondBookofMachabees
TheNewTestament
GospelAccordingtoSt.MatthewGospelAccordingtoSt.MarkGospelAccordingtoSt.LukeGospelAccordingtoSt.JohnActsoftheApostlesEpistleofSt.PaultotheRomansFirstEpistleofSt.PaultotheCorinthiansSecondEpistleofSt.PaultotheCorinthiansEpistleofSt.PaultotheGalatiansEpistleofSt.PaultotheEphesiansEpistleofSt.PaultothePhilippiansEpistleofSt.PaultotheColossiansFirstEpistleofSt.PaultotheThessaloniansSecondEpistleofSt.PaultotheThessaloniansFirstEpistleofSt.PaultoTimothySecondEpistleofSt.PaultoTimothyEpistleofSt.PaultoTitusEpistleofSt.PaultoPhilemonEpistleofSt.PaultotheHebrewsCatholicEpistleofSt.JamestheApostleFirstEpistleofSt.PetertheApostleSecondEpistleofSt.PetertheApostleFirstEpistleofSt.JohntheApostleSecondEpistleofSt.JohntheApostleThirdEpistleofSt.JohntheApostleCatholicEpistleofSt.JudetheApostleApocalypseofSt.JohntheApostle
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THEOLDTESTAMENT
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Book01Genesis
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THEBOOKOFGENESIS
ThisbookissocalledfromitstreatingoftheGENERATION,thatis,ofthecreationandthebeginningoftheworld.TheHebrewscallitBERESITH,fromtheWordwithwhichitbegins.ItcontainsnotonlythehistoryoftheCreationoftheworld;butalsoanaccountofitsprogressduringthespaceof2369years,thatis,untilthedeathofJOSEPH.
GenesisChapter1
GodcreatethHeavenandEarth,andallthingstherein,insixdays.
1:1.InthebeginningGodcreatedheaven,andearth.
1:2.Andtheearthwasvoidandempty,anddarknesswasuponthefaceofthedeep;andthespiritofGodmovedoverthewaters.
1:3.AndGodsaid:Belightmade.Andlightwasmade.
1:4.AndGodsawthelightthatitwasgood;andhedividedthelightfromthedarkness.
1:5. And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening andmorningoneday.
1:6.AndGodsaid:Lettherebeafirmamentmadeamidstthewaters:andletitdividethewatersfromthewaters.
Afirmament…Bythisnameishereunderstoodthewholespacebetweentheearth,andthehigheststars.Thelowerpartofwhichdivideththewatersthatareupontheearth,fromthosethatareaboveintheclouds.
1:7.Andgodmadea firmament,anddivided thewaters thatwereunder the firmament,fromthosethatwereabovethefirmament,anditwasso.
1:8. And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and morning were thesecondday.
1:9.Godalsosaid;Letthewatersthatareundertheheaven,begatheredtogetherintooneplace:andletthedrylandappear.Anditwassodone.
1:10.AndGod called the dry land, Earth; and the gathering together of thewaters, hecalledSeas.AndGodsawthatitwasgood.
1:11.Andhesaid:lettheearthbringforthgreenherb,andsuchasmayseed,andthefruittreeyieldingfruitafteritskind,whichmayhaveseedinitselfupontheearth.Anditwassodone.
1:12.Andtheearthbroughtforththegreenherb,andsuchasyieldethseedaccordingtoitskind,andthetreethatbearethfruit,havingseedeachoneaccordingtoitskind.AndGodsawthatitwasgood.
1:13.Andtheeveningandthemorningwerethethirdday.
1:14.AndGodsaid:Lettherebelightsmadeinthefirmamentofheaven,todividethedayandthenight,andletthembeforsigns,andforseasons,andfordaysandyears:
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1:15.Toshineinthefirmamentofheaven,andtogivelightupontheearth,anditwassodone.
1:16.AndGodmadetwogreatlights:agreaterlighttoruletheday;andalesserlighttorulethenight:andThestars.
Twogreat lights…Godcreatedon the first day, light,whichbeingmoved fromeast towest, by its rising and setting, made morning and evening. But on the fourth day heorderedanddistributedthislight,andmadethesun,moon,andstars.Themoon,thoughmuchlessthanthestars,isherecalledagreatlight,fromitsgivingafargreaterlighttotheearththananyofthem.
1:17.Andhesettheminthefirmamentofheaventoshineupontheearth.
1:18.Andtorulethedayandthenight,andtodividethelightandthedarkness.AndGodsawthatitwasgood.
1:19.Andtheeveningandmorningwerethefourthday.
1:20.Godalsosaid: let thewatersbring forth thecreepingcreaturehaving life,and thefowlthatmayflyovertheearthunderthefirmamentofheaven.
1:21.AndGodcreatedthegreatwhales,andeverylivingandmovingcreature,whichthewaaters brought forth, according to their kinds, and everywinged fowl according to itskind.AndGodsawthatitwasgood.
1:22.Andheblessedthem,saying:Increaseandmultiply,andfill thewatersof thesea:andletthebirdsbemultipliedupontheearth.
1:23.Andtheeveningandmorningwerethefifthday.
1:24.AndGod said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle andcreepingthings,andbeastsoftheearth,accordingtotheirkinds.Anditwassodone.
1:25.AndGodmadethebeastsoftheearthaccordingtotheirkinds,andcattle,andeverythingthatcreepethontheearthafteritskind.AndGodsawthatitwasgood.
1:26.Andhesaid:Letusmakemantoourimageandlikeness:andlethimhavedominionoverthefishesofthesea,andthefowlsoftheair,andthebeasts,andthewholeearth,andeverycreepingcreaturethatmovethupontheearth.
Letusmakemantoourimage…ThisimageofGodinman,isnotinthebody,butinthesoul; which is a spiritual substance, endued with understanding and free will. Godspeakethhereinthepluralnumber,toinsinuatethepluralityofpersonsintheDeity.
1:27.AndGodcreatedmantohisownimage:totheimageofGodhecreatedhim:maleandfemalehecreatedthem.
1:28.AndGodblessedthem,saying:Increaseandmultiply,andfilltheearth,andsubdueit,andruleoverthefishesofthesea,andthefowlsoftheair,andalllivingcreaturesthatmoveupontheearth.
Increase andmultiply…This is not a precept, as some Protestant controvertists wouldhave it,but ablessing, rendering themfruitful; forGodhad said the samewords to thefishes,andbirds,(ver.22)whowereincapableofreceivingaprecept.
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1:29.AndGodsaid:BeholdIhavegivenyoueveryherbbearingseedupontheearth,andalltreesthathaveinthemselvesseedoftheirownkind,tobeyourmeat:
1:30.Andtoallbeastsoftheearth,andtoeveryfowloftheair,andtoallthatmoveupontheearth,andwhereinthereislife,thattheymayhavetofeedupon.Anditwassodone.
1:31.AndGod sawall the things thathehadmade, and theywereverygood.And theeveningandmorningwerethesixthday.
GenesisChapter2
Godrestethontheseventhdayandblessethit.Theearthlyparadise,inwhichGodplacethman.Hecommandethhimnottoeatofthetreeofknowledge.Andformethawomanofhisrib.
2:1.Sotheheavensandtheearthwerefinished,andallthefurnitureofthem.
2:2.AndontheseventhdayGodendedhisworkwhichhehadmade:andherestedontheseventhdayfromallhisworkwhichhehaddone.
Herested,etc…Thatis,heceasedtomakeorcreateanynewkindsofthings.Though,asour Lord tells us, John 5.17, “He still worketh”, viz., by conserving and governing allthings,andcreatingsouls.
2:3.Andheblessedtheseventhday,andsanctifiedit:becauseinithehadrestedfromallhisworkwhichGodcreatedandmade.
2:4.Thesearethegenerationsoftheheavenandtheearth,whentheywerecreated,inthedaythattheLordGodmadetheheavenandtheearth:
2:5.Andeveryplantof the fieldbefore it sprungup in theearth,andeveryherbof thegroundbeforeitgrew:fortheLordGodhadnotrainedupontheearth;andtherewasnotamantotilltheearth.
2:6.Butaspringroseoutoftheearth,wateringallthesurfaceoftheearth.
2:7.AndtheLordGodformedmanoftheslimeoftheearth:andbreathedintohisfacethebreathoflife,andmanbecamealivingsoul.
2:8.AndtheLordGodhadplantedaparadiseofpleasurefromthebeginning:whereinheplacedmanwhomhehadformed.
2:9.AndtheLordGodbroughtforthofthegroundallmanneroftrees,fairtobehold,andpleasanttoeatof:thetreeoflifealsointhemidstofparadise:andthetreeofknowledgeofgoodandevil.
Thetreeoflife…Socalledbecauseithadthatquality,thatbyeatingofthefruitofit,manwouldhavebeenpreservedinaconstantstateofhealth,vigour,andstrength,andwouldnot have died at all. The tree of knowledge… To which the deceitful serpent falselyattributed thepowerof impartingasuperiorkindofknowledge,beyondthatwhichGodwaspleasedtogive.
2:10.Andariverwentoutoftheplaceofpleasuretowaterparadise,whichfromthenceisdividedintofourheads.
2:11.ThenameoftheoneisPhison:thatisitwhichcompassethallthelandofHevilath,
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wheregoldgroweth.
2:12.Andthegoldofthatlandisverygood:thereisfoundbdellium,andtheonyxstone.
2:13.And thenameof thesecondriver isGehon: thesame is it thatcompassethall thelandofEthiopia.
2:14.AndthenameofthethirdriverisTigris:thesamepassethalongbytheAssyrians.AndthefourthriverisEuphrates.
2:15.AndtheLordGodtookman,andputhimintotheparadiseofpleasure,todressit,andtokeepit.
2:16.Andhecommandedhim,saying:Ofeverytreeofparadisethoushalteat:
2:17.Butof thetreeofknowledgeofgoodandevil, thoushaltnoteat.For inwhatdaysoeverthoushalteatofit,thoushaltdiethedeath.
2:18.AndtheLordGodsaid:Itisnotgoodformantobealone:letusmakehimahelplikeuntohimself.
2:19.AndtheLordGodhavingformedoutofthegroundallthebeastsoftheearth,andallthefowlsoftheair,broughtthemtoAdamtoseewhathewouldcallthem:forwhatsoeverAdamcalledanylivingcreaturethesameisitsname.
2:20.AndAdamcalledallthebeastsbytheirnames,andallthefowlsoftheair,andallthecattleofthefield:butforAdamtherewasnotfoundahelperlikehimself.
2:21.ThentheLordGodcastadeepsleepuponAdam:andwhenhewasfastasleep,hetookoneofhisribs,andfilledupfleshforit.
2:22. And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: andbroughthertoAdam.
2:23.AndAdamsaid:Thisnowisboneofmybones,andfleshofmyflesh;sheshallbecalledwoman,becauseshewastakenoutofman.
2:24.Whereforeamanshallleavefatherandmother,andshallcleavetohiswife:andtheyshallbetwoinoneflesh.
2:25.Andtheywerebothnaked:towit,Adamandhiswife:andwerenotashamed.
GenesisChapter3
The serpent’s craft. The fall of our first parents. Their punishment. The promise of aRedeemer.
3:1.Nowtheserpentwasmoresubtle thaanyof thebeastsof theearthwhich theLordGod hadmade. And he said to the woman:Why hath God commanded you, that youshouldnoteatofeverytreeofparadise?
3:2.Andthewomanansweredhim,saying:Ofthefruitofthetreesthatareinparadisewedoeat:
3:3.Butofthefruitofthetreewhichisinthemidstofparadise,Godhathcommandedusthatweshouldnoteat;andthatweshouldnottouchit,lestperhapswedie.
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3:4.Andtheserpentsaidtothewoman:No,youshallnotdiethedeath.
3:5.ForGoddothknowthatinwhatdaysoeveryoushalleatthereof,youreyesshallbeopened:andyoushallbeasGods,knowinggoodandevil.
3:6.Andthewomansawthatthetreewasgoodtoeat,andfairtotheeyes,anddelightfultobehold:andshetookofthefruitthereof,anddideat,andgavetoherhusband,whodideat.
3:7.Andtheeyesofthembothwereopened:andwhentheyperceivedthemselvestobenaked,theysewedtogetherfigleaves,andmadethemselvesaprons.
Andtheeyes,etc…Notthattheywereblindbefore,(forthewomansawthatthetreewasfairtotheeyes,ver.6.)noryetthattheireyeswereopenedtoanymoreperfectknowledgeofgood;butonlytotheunhappyexperienceofhavinglostthegoodoforiginalgraceandinnocence,andincurredthedreadfulevilofsin.Fromwhencefollowedashameoftheirbeingnaked;which theymindednotbefore;becausebeingnowstriptoforiginalgrace,theyquicklybegantobesubjecttotheshamefulrebellionsoftheflesh.
3:8.AndwhentheyheardthevoiceoftheLordGodwalkinginparadiseattheafternoonair,AdamandhiswifehidthemselvesfromthefaceoftheLordGod,amidstthetreesofparadise.
3:9.AndtheLordGodcalledAdam,andsaidtohim:Whereartthou?
3:10.Andhesaid:Iheardthyvoiceinparadise;andIwasafraid,becauseIwasnaked,andIhidmyself.
3:11.Andhesaidtohim:Andwhohathtoldtheethatthouwastnaked,butthatthouhasteatenofthetreewhereofIcommandedtheethatthoushouldstnoteat?
3:12.AndAdamsaid:Thewoman,whomthougavestmetobemycompanion,gavemeofthetree,andIdideat.
3:13.AndtheLordGodsaidtothewoman:Whyhastthoudonethis?Andsheanswered:Theserpentdeceivedme,andIdideat.
3:14.And theLordGodsaid to theserpent:Because thouhastdone this thing, thouartcursedamongallcattle,andbeastsoftheearth:uponthybreastshalt thougo,andearthshaltthoueatallthedaysofthylife.
3:15.Iwillputenmitiesbetweentheeandthewoman,andthyseedandherseed:sheshallcurshthyhead,andthoushaltlieinwaitforherheel.
Sheshallcrush…Ipsa,thewoman;sodiversofthefathersreadthisplace,conformablytotheLatin:othersreaditipsum,viz.,theseed.Thesenseisthesame:foritisbyherseed,JesusChrist,thatthewomancrushestheserpent’shead.
3:16. To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: insorrowshaltthoubringforthchildren,andthoushaltbeunderthyhusband’spower,andheshallhavedominionoverthee.
3:17.AndtoAdamhesaid:Becausethouhasthearkenedtothevoiceofthywife,andhasteatenofthetree,whereofIcommandedthee,thatthoushouldstnoteat,cursedistheearthinthywork:withlabourandtoilshaltthoueatthereofallthedaysofthylife.
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3:18.Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat theherbsof theearth.
3:19.Inthesweatofthyfaceshaltthoueatbreadtillthoureturntotheearthoutofwhichthouwasttaken:fordustthouart,andintodustthoushaltreturn.
3:20.AndAdamcalledthenameofhiswifeEve:becauseshewasthemotherofalltheliving.
3:21.AndtheLordGodmadeforAdamandhiswifegarmentsofskins,andclothedthem.
3:22.Andhe said:BeholdAdam is becomeasoneofus, knowinggoodand evil: nowthereforelestperhapsheputforthhishandandtakealsoofthetreeoflife,andeat,andliveforever.
Behold Adam, etc… This was spoken by way of reproaching him with his pride, inaffectingaknowledgethatmightmakehimliketoGod.
3:23.And theLordGod sent himout of the paradise of pleasure, to till the earth fromwhichhewastaken.
3:24.AndhecastoutAdam:andplacedbeforetheparadiseofpleasureCherubims,andaflamingsword,turningeveryway,tokeepthewayofthetreeoflife.
GenesisChapter4
ThehistoryofCainandAbel.
4:1.AndAdamknewEvehiswife;whoconceivedandbroughtforthCain,saying:IhavegottenamanthroughGod.
4:2.AndagainshebroughtforthhisbrotherAbel.AndAbelwasashepherd,andCainahusbandman.
4:3.Anditcametopassaftermanydays,thatCainoffered,ofthefruitsoftheearth,giftstotheLord.
4:4. Abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat: and the Lord hadrespecttoAbel,andtohisofferings.
Hadrespect…Thatis,shewedhisacceptanceofhissacrifice(ascomingfromaheartfullof devotion): and that, aswemay suppose, by somevisible token, such as sending firefromheavenuponhisofferings.
4:5.ButtoCainandhisofferingshehadnorespect:andCainwasexceedingangry,andhiscountenancefell.
4:6.AndtheLordsaidtohim:Whyartthouangry?andwhyisthycountenancefallen?
4:7.Ifthoudowell,shaltthounotreceive?butifill,shallnotsinforthwithbepresentatthedoor?butthelustthereofshallbeunderthee,andthoushalthavedominionoverit.
4:8.AndCainsaidtoAbelhisbrother:Letusgoforthabroad.Andwhentheywereinthefield,CainroseupagainsthisbrotherAbel,andslewhim.
4:9.AndtheLordsaidtoCain:WhereisthybrotherAbel?Andheanswered:Iknownot:amImybrother’skeeper?
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4:10.Andhesaidtohim:Whathastthoudone?thevoiceofthybrother’sbloodcriethtomefromtheearth.
4:11.Nowthereforecursedshaltthoubeupontheearth,whichhathopenedhermouthandrecievedthebloodofthybrotheratthyhand.
4:12.Whenthoushalttillit,itshallnotyieldtotheeitsfruit:afugitiveandavagabondshaltthoubeupontheearth.
4:13.AndCainsaidtotheLord:MyiniquityisgreaterthanthatImaydeservepardon.
4:14.Beholdthoudostcastmeoutthisdayfromthefaceoftheearth,andfromthyfaceIshallbehid,andIshallbeavagabondandafugitiveontheearth:everyonethereforethatfindethme,shallkillme.
Everyone that findethmeshallkillme…Hisguiltyconsciencemadehimfearhisownbrothers and nephews; ofwhom, by this time, theremight be a good number upon theearth; which had now endured near 130 years; as may be gathered from Gen. 5.3,comparedwith chap. 4.25, though in the compendious account given in the scriptures,onlyCainandAbelarementioned.
4:15.AndtheLordsaidtohim:No,itshallnotsobe:butwhosoevershallkillCain,shallbe punished sevenfold.And theLord set amark uponCain, thatwhosoever foundhimshouldnotkillhim.
Setamark,etc…Themorecommonopinionoftheinterpretersofholywritsupposesthismark to have been a trembling of the body; or a horror and consternation in hiscountenance.
4:16.AndCainwentoutfromthefaceoftheLord,anddweltasafugitiveontheearthattheeastsideofEden.
4:17.AndCainknewhiswife,andsheconceived,andbroughtforthHenoch:andhebuiltacity,andcalledthenamethereofbythenameofhissonHenoch.
Hiswife…ShewasadaughterofAdam,andCain’sownsister;Goddispensingwithsuchmarriagesinthebeginningof theworld,asmankindcouldnototherwisebepropagated.He built a city, viz… In process of time, when his race was multiplied, so as to benumerousenoughtopeopleit.Forinthemanyhundredyearshelived,hisracemightbemultipliedeventomillions.
4:18.AndHenochbegotIrad,andIradbegotMaviael,andMaviaelbegotMathusael,andMathusaelbegotLamech,
4:19.Whotooktwowives:thenameoftheonewasAda,andthenameoftheotherSella.
4:20.AndAdabroughtforthJabel:whowasthefatherofsuchasdwell in tents,andofherdsmen.
4:21.Andhisbrother’snamewasJubal:hewasthefatherofthemthatplayupontheharpandtheorgans.
4:22.SellaalsobroughtforthTubalcain,whowasahammererandartificerineveryworkofbrassandiron.AndthesisterofTubalcainwasNoema.
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4:23.AndLamechsaidtohiswivesAdaandSella:Hearmyvoice,yewivesofLamech,hearkentomyspeech:forIhaveslainamantothewoundingofmyself,andastriplingtomyownbruising.
Ihaveslainaman,etc…ItisthetraditionoftheHebrews,thatLamechinhuntingslewCain,mistakinghim for awildbeast; and thathavingdiscoveredwhathehaddone,hebeatsounmercifullytheyouth,bywhomhewasledintothatmistake,thathediedoftheblows.
4:24. Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy timessevenfold.
4:25.Adamalsoknewhiswifeagain:andshebrought forthason,andcalledhisnameSeth,saying:GodhathgivenmeanotherseedforAbel,whomCainslew.
4:26.ButtoSethalsowasbornason,whomhecalledEnos:thismanbegantocalluponthenameoftheLord.
Began tocallupon,etc…Not thatAdamandSethhadnotcalleduponGod,before thebirthofEnos;butthatEnosusedmoresolemnityintheworshipandinvocationofGod.
GenesisChapter5
Thegenealogy, age, anddeathof thePatriarchs, fromAdam toNoe.The translationofHenoch.
5:1.ThisisthebookofthegenerationofAdam.InthedaythatGodcreatedman,hemadehimtothelikenessofGod.
5:2.Hecreatedthemmaleandfemale;andblessedthem:andcalledtheirnameAdam,inthedaywhentheywerecreated.
5:3.AndAdamlivedahundredand thirtyyears,andbegotason tohisownimageandlikeness,andcalledhisnameSeth.
5:4.AndthedaysofAdam,afterhebegotSeth,wereeighthundredyears:andhebegotsonsanddaughters.
5:5.AndallthetimethatAdamlived,cametoninehundredandthirtyyears,andhedied.
5:6.Sethalsolivedahundredandfiveyears,andbegotEnos.
5:7.AndSeth livedafterhebegotEnos,eighthundredandsevenyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
5:8.AndallthedaysofSethwereninehundredandtwelveyears,andhedied.
5:9.AndEnoslivedninetyyears,andbegotCainan.
5:10. After whose birth he lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons anddaughters.
5:11.AndallthedaysofEnoswereninehundredandfiveyears,andhedied.
5:12.AndCainanlivedseventyyears,andbegotMalaleel.
5:13.AndCainanlivedafterhebegotMalaleel,eighthundredandfortyyears,andbegot
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sonsanddaughters.
5:14.AndallthedaysofCainanwereninehundredandtenyears,andhedied.
5:15.AndMalaleellivedsixty-fiveyearsandbegotJared.
5:16.AndMalaleel livedafterhebegotJared,eighthundredandthirtyyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
5:17.AndallthedaysofMalaleelwereeighthundredandninety-fiveyears,andhedied.
5:18.AndJaredlivedahundredandsixty-twoyears,andbegotHenoch.
5:19.And Jared lived after he begotHenoch, eight hundred years, and begot sons anddaughters.
5:20.AndallthedaysofJaredwereninehundredandsixty-twoyears,andhedied.
5:21.AndHenochlivedsixty-fiveyears,andbegotMathusala.
5:22.AndHenochwalkedwithGod:and livedafterhebegotMathusala, threehundredyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
5:23.AndallthedaysofHenochwerethreehundredandsixty-fiveyears.
5:24.AndhewalkedwithGod,andwasseennomore:becauseGodtookhim.
5:25.AndMathusalalivedahundredandeighty-sevenyears,andbegotLamech.
5:26.AndMathlusalalivedafterhebegotLamech,sevenhundredandeighty-twoyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
5:27.AndallthedaysofMathusalawereninehundredandsixty-nineyears,andhedied.
5:28.AndLamechlivedahundredandeighty-twoyears,andbegotason.
5:29.AndhecalledhisnameNoe,saying:Thissameshallcomfortusfromtheworksandlaboursofourhandsontheearth,whichtheLordhathcursed.
5:30.AndLamechlivedafterhebegotNoe,fivehundredandninety-fiveyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
5:31.AndallthedaysofLamechcametosevenhundredandseventy-sevenyears,andhedied.AndNoe,whenhewasfivehundredyearsold,begotSem,Cham,andJapheth.
GenesisChapter6
Man’ssinisthecauseofthedeluge.Noeiscommandedtobuildtheark.
6:1.Andafterthatmenbegantobemultipliedupontheearth,anddaughterswereborntothem,
6:2.ThesonsofGodseeingthedaughtersofmen,thattheywerefair,tooktothemselveswivesofallwhichtheychose.
ThesonsofGod…ThedescendantsofSethandEnosareherecalledsonsofGodfromtheirreligionandpiety:whereastheungodlyraceofCain,whobytheircarnalaffectionslaygrovellingupontheearth,arecalledthechildrenofmen.Theunhappyconsequenceofthe former marrying with the latter, ought to be a warning to Christians to be very
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circumspect in their marriages; and not to suffer themselves to be determined in theirchoicebytheircarnalpassion,totheprejudiceofvirtueorreligion.
6:3.AndGodsaid:Myspiritshallnotremaininmanforever,becauseheisflesh,andhisdaysshallbeahundredandtwentyyears.
His days shall be, etc…Themeaning is, thatman’s days,which before the floodwereusually900years,shouldnowbereducedto120years.Orrather,thatGodwouldallowmenthistermof120years,fortheirrepentanceandconversion,beforehewouldsendthedeluge.
6:4.Nowgiantswereupontheearthinthosedays.ForafterthesonsofGodwentintothedaughtersofmen,andtheybroughtforthchildren,thesearethemightymenofold,menofrenown.
Giants…It is likely thegeneralityofmenbefore the floodwereofagiganticstature incomparisonwithwhatmennoware.Buttheseherespokenofarecalledgiants,asbeingnotonlytallinstature,butviolentandsavageintheirdispositions,andmeremonstersofcrueltyandlust.
6:5.AndGodseeingthat thewickednessofmenwasgreatontheearth,andthatall thethoughtoftheirheartwasbentuponevilatalltimes,
6:6.Itrepentedhimthathehadmademanontheearth.Andbeingtouchedinwardlywithsorrowofheart,
It repentedhim,etc…God,whoisunchangeable, isnotcapableofrepentance,grief,oranyotherpassion.But theseexpressionsareused todeclare theenormityof the sinsofmen,whichwassoprovokingastodeterminetheirCreatortodestroythesehiscreatures,whombeforehehadsomuchfavoured.
6:7.Hesaid: Iwilldestroyman,whomIhavecreated, fromthe faceof theearth, frommaneventobeasts,fromthecreepingthingeventothefowlsoftheair,foritrepentethmethatIhavemadethem.
6:8.ButNoefoundgracebeforetheLord.
6:9.ThesearethegenerationsofNoe:Noewasajustandperfectmaninhisgenerations,hewalkedwithGod.
6:10.Andhebegotthreesons,Sem,Cham,andJapheth.
6:11.AndtheearthwascorruptedbeforeGod,andwasfilledwithiniquity.
6:12.AndwhenGodhadseenthattheearthwascorrupted(forallfleshhadcorrupteditswayupontheearth),
6:13. He said to Noe: The end of all flesh is come beforeme, the earth is filled withiniquitythroughthem,andIwilldestroythemwiththeearth.
6:14.Maketheeanarkoftimberplanks:thoushaltmakelittleroomsintheark,andthoushaltpitchitwithinandwithout.
6:15.Andthusshaltthoumakeit.Thelengthofthearkshallbethreehundredcubits:thebreadthofitfiftycubits,andtheheightofitthirtycubits.
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Three hundred cubits, etc… The ark, according to the dimensions here set down,containedfourhundredandfiftythousandsquarecubits;whichwasmorethanenoughtocontainallthekindsoflivingcreatures,withallnecessaryprovisions:evensupposingthecubitsherespokenoftohavebeenonlyafootandahalfeach,whichwastheleastkingofcubits.
6:16.Thoushaltmakeawindowintheark,andinacubitshaltthoufinishthetopofit:andthedoorofthearkthoushaltsetintheside:withlower,middlechambers,andthirdstoriesshaltthoumakeit.
6:17.Behold,Iwillbringthewatersofagreatfloodupontheearth,todestroyallflesh,wherein is the breath of life under heaven. All things that are in the earth shall beconsumed.
6:18.AndIwillestablishmycovenantwiththee,andthoushaltenter intotheark, thouandthysons,andthywife,andthewivesofthysonswiththee.
6:19.Andofeverylivingcreatureofallflesh,thoushaltbringtwoofasortintotheark,thattheymaylivewiththee:ofthemalesex,andthefemale.
6:20.Offowlsaccordingtotheirkind,andofbeastsintheirkind,andofeverythingthatcreepethon theearthaccording to itskind: twoofeverysort shallgo inwith thee, thattheymaylive.
6:21.Thoushalttakeuntotheeofallfoodthatmaybeeaten,andthoushaltlayitupwiththee:anditshallbefoodfortheeandthem.
6:22.AndNoedidallthingswhichGodcommandedhim.
GenesisChapter7
Noewithhisfamilygointotheark.Thedelugeoverflowstheearth.
7:1.AndtheLordsaidtohim:Goin,thouandallthyhouse,intotheark:fortheeIhaveseenjustbeforemeinthisgeneration.
7:2.Ofallcleanbeaststakesevenandseven,themaleandthefemale.
Of all clean… The distintion of clean and unclean beasts appears to have been madebeforethelawofMoses,whichwasnotpromulgatedtilltheyearoftheworld2514.
7:3.Butofthebeaststhatareuncleantwoandtwo,themaleandthefemale.Ofthefowlsalsooftheairsevenandseven,themaleandthefemale:thatseedmaybesaveduponthefaceofthewholeearth.
7:4.Foryetawhile,andaftersevendays,Iwillrainupontheearthfortydaysandfortynights:andIwilldestroyeverysubstancethatIhavemade,fromthefaceoftheearth.
7:5.AndNoedidallthingswhichtheLordhadcommandedhim.
7:6.Andhewassixhundredyearsold,whenthewatersofthefloodoverflowedtheearth.
7:7.AndNoewentinandhissons,hiswifeandthewivesofhissonswithhimintotheark,becauseofthewatersoftheflood.
7:8.Andofbeastscleanandunclean,andoffowls,andofeverythingthatmovethupon
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theearth,
7:9. Two and two went in to Noe into the ark, male and female, as the Lord hadcommandedNoe.
7:10.Andafterthesevendayswerepassed,thewatersofthefloodoverflowedtheearth.
7:11.InthesixhundredthyearofthelifeofNoe,inthesecondmonth,intheseventeenthdayofthemonth,allthefountainsofthegreatdeepwerebrokenup,andthefloodgatesofheavenwereopened:
7:12.Andtherainfellupontheearthfortydaysandfortynights.
7:13.IntheselfsamedayNoe,andSem,andCham,andJapheth,hissons:hiswife,andthethreewivesofhissonswiththem,wentintotheark.
7:14.Theyandeverybeastaccordingtoitskind,andallthecattleintheirkind,andeverything thatmovethupon theearth, according to itskind, andevery fowlaccording to itskind,allbirds,andallthatfly,
7:15.WentintoNoeintotheark,twoandtwoofallflesh,whereinwasthebreathoflife.
7:16.Andtheythatwentin,wentinmaleandfemaleofallflesh,asGodhadcommandedhim:andtheLordshuthiminontheoutside.
7:17.Andthefloodwasfortydaysupontheearth:andthewatersincreased,andliftedupthearkonhighfromtheearth.
7:18.Fortheyoverflowedexceedingly:andfilledallonthefaceoftheearth:andthearkwascarrieduponthewaters.
7:19.Andthewatersprevailedbeyondmeasureupontheearth:andallthehighmountainsunderthewholeheavenwerecovered.
7:20.Thewaterwasfifteencubitshigherthanthemountainswhichitcovered.
7:21.Andallfleshwasdestroyedthatmovedupontheearth,bothoffowlandofcattle,andofbeasts,andofallcreepingthingsthatcreepupontheearth:andallmen.
7:22.Andallthingswhereinthereisthebreathoflifeontheearth,died.
7:23.Andhedestroyedallthesubstancethatwasupontheearth,frommaneventobeast,andthecreepingthingsandfowlsoftheair:andtheyweredestroyedfromtheearth:andNoeonlyremained,andtheythatwerewithhimintheark.
7:24.Andthewatersprevailedupontheearthahundredandfiftydays.
GenesisChapter8
Thedelugeceaseth.Noegoethoutoftheark,andofferethasacrifice.God’scovenanttohim.
8:1.AndGodrememberedNoe,andallthelivingcreatures,andallthecattlewhichwerewithhimintheark,andbroughtawindupontheearth,andthewaterswereabated:
8:2.Thefountainsalsoof thedeep,andthefloodgatesofheaven,wereshutup,andtherainfromheavenwasrestrained.
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8:3.Andthewatersreturnedfromofftheearthgoingandcoming:andtheybegantobeabatedafterahundredandfiftydays.
8:4.Andthearkrestedintheseventhmonth,thesevenandtwentiethdayofthemonth,uponthemountainsofArmenia.
8:5. And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenthmonth: for in the tenthmonth,thefirstdayofthemonth,thetopsofthemountainsappeared.
8:6.Andafterthatfortydayswerepassed,Noeopeningthewindowoftheark,whichhehadmade,sentfortharaven:
8:7.Whichwentforthanddidnotreturn,tillthewatersweredriedupupontheearth.
Didnotreturn…Theravendidnotreturnintotheark;but(asitmaybegatheredfromtheHebrew)wenttoandfro;sometimesgoingtothemountains,whereitfoundcarcassestofeedon:andothertimesreturning,torestuponthetopoftheark.
8:8.Hesentforthalsoadoveafterhim,toseeifthewatershadnowceaseduponthefaceoftheearth.
8:9.But shenot findingwhereher footmight rest, returned tohim into theark: for thewaterswereuponthewholeearth:andheputforthhishand,andcaughther,andbroughtherintotheark.
8:10.Andhavingwaitedyetsevenotherdays,heagainsentforththedoveoutoftheark.
8:11.Andshecametohimin theeveningcarryingaboughofanolive tree,withgreenleaves,inhermouth.Noethereforeunderstoodthatthewaterswereceasedupontheearth.
8:12.Andhestayedyetothersevendays:andhesentforththedove,whichreturnednotanymoreuntohim.
8:13. Therefore in the six hundredth and first year, the firstmonth, the first day of themonth,thewaterswerelessenedupontheearth,andNoeopeningthecoveringoftheark,looked,andsawthatthefaceoftheearthwasdried.
8:14.Inthesecondmonth,thesevenandtwentiethdayofthemonth,theearthwasdried.
8:15.AndGodspoketoNoe,saying:
8:16.Gooutoftheark,thouandthywife,thysonsandthewivesofthysonswiththee.
8:17.Alllivingthingsthatarewiththeeofallflesh,aswellinfowlsasinbeasts,andallcreepingthingsthatcreepupontheearth,bringoutwiththee,andgoyeupontheearth:increaseandmultiplyuponit.
8:18.SoNoewentout,heandhissons:hiswife,andthewivesofhissonswithhim.
8:19. And all living things, and cattle, and creeping things that creep upon the earth,accordingtotheirkindswentoutoftheark.
8:20.AndNoebuilt analtarunto theLord:and takingofall cattleand fowls thatwereclean,offeredholocaustsuponthealtar.
Holocausts,…orwholeburntofferings.InwhichthewholevictimwasconsumedbyfireuponGod’saltar,andnopartwasreservedfortheuseofpriestorpeople.
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8:21.AndtheLordsmelledasweetsavour,andsaid:Iwillnomorecursetheearthforthesakeofman: for the imagination and thoughtofman’sheart areprone to evil fromhisyouth:thereforeIwillnomoredestroyeverylivingsoulasIhavedone.
Smelled, etc… A figurative expression, denoting that God was well pleased with thesacrificeswhichhisservantoffered.
8:22.All thedaysoftheearth,seedtimeandharvest,coldandheat,summerandwinter,nightandday,shallnotcease.
GenesisChapter9
God bessethNoe: forbiddeth blood, and promiseth nevermore to destroy theworld bywater.TheblessingofSemandJapheth.
9:1.AndGodblessedNoeandhissons.Andhesaidtothem:Increase,andmultiply,andfilltheearth.
9:2.Andletthefearanddreadofyoubeuponallthebeastsoftheearth,anduponallthefowlsoftheair,andallthatmoveupontheearth:allthefishesoftheseaaredeliveredintoyourhand.
9:3.Andeverythingthatmoveth,andlivethshallbemeatforyou:evenasthegreenherbshaveIdeliveredthemalltoyou:
9:4.Savingthatfleshwithbloodyoushallnoteat.
9:5.ForIwillrequirethebloodofyourlivesatthehandofeverybeast,andatthehandofman,atthehandofeveryman,andofhisbrother,willIrequirethelifeofman.
9:6.Whosoevershallshedman’sblood,hisbloodshallbeshed:formanwasmadetotheimageofGod.
9:7.Butincreaseyouandmultiply,andgoupontheearthandfillit.
9:8.ThusalsosaidGodtoNoe,andtohissonswithhim:
9:9.BeholdIwillestablishmycovenantwithyou,andwithyourseedafteryou:
9:10.Andwith every living soul that iswith you, aswell in all birds, as in cattle andbeastsoftheearth,thatarecomeforthoutoftheark,andinallthebeastsoftheearth.
9:11.Iwillestablishmycovenantwithyou,andallfleshshallbenomoredestroyedwiththewatersofaflood,neithershalltherebefromhenceforthafloodtowastetheearth.
9:12.AndGodsaid:Thisis thesignofthecovenantwhichIgivebetweenmeandyou,andtoeverylivingsoulthatiswithyou,forperpetualgenerations.
9:13.Iwillsetmybowintheclouds,anditshallbethesignofacovenantbetweenmeandbetweentheearth.
9:14.AndwhenIshallcovertheskywithclouds,mybowshallappearintheclouds:
9:15.AndIwillremembermycovenantwithyou,andwitheverylivingsoulthatbearethflesh:andthereshallnomorebewatersofafloodtodestroyallflesh.
9:16. And the bow shall be in the clouds, and I shall see it, and shall remember the
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everlastingcovenant,thatwasmadebetweenGodandeverylivingsoulofallfleshwhichisupontheearth.
9:17. And God said to Noe: This shall be the sign of the covenant, which I haveestablished,betweenmeandallfleshupontheearth.
9:18.AndthesonsofNoe,whocameoutoftheark,wereSem,Cham,andJapheth:andChamisthefatherofChanaan.
9:19.These threeare the sonsofNoe:and from thesewasallmankindspreadover thewholeearth.
9:20.AndNoeahusbandmanbegantotilltheground,andplantedavineyard.
9:21.Anddrinkingofthewinewasmadedrunk,andwasuncoveredinhistent.
Drunk…Noebythejudgmentofthefatherswasnotguiltyofsin,inbeingovercomebywine:becauseheknewnotthestrengthofit.
9:22. Which when Cham the father of Chanaan had seen, to wit, that his father’snakednesswasuncovered,hetoldittohistwobrethrenwithout.
9:23.ButSemandJaphethputacloakupontheirshoulders,andgoingbackward,coveredthe nakedness of their father: and their faceswere turned away, and they saw not theirfather’snakedness.
Coveredthenakedness…Thus,asSt.GregorytakesnoticeL.35;Moral.c.22,weoughttocoverthenakedness,thatis,thesins,ofourspiritualparentsandsuperiors.
9:24.AndNoeawaking from thewine,whenhehad learnedwhathisyounger sonhaddonetohim,
9:25.Hesaid:CursedbeChanaan,aservantofservantsshallhebeuntohisbrethren.
Cursed be Chanaan… The curses, as well as the blessings, of the partiarchs, wereprophetical:And this inparticular ishere recordedbyMoses, for thechildrenof Israel,whowere to possess the land of Chanaan. But why should Chanaan be cursed for hisfather’sfaults?TheHebrewsanswer,thathebeingthenaboy,wasthefirst thatsawhisgrandfather’snakedness,andtoldhisfatherChamofit;andjoinedwithhiminlaughingatit: which drew upon him, rather than upon the rest of the children of Cham, thispropheticalcurse.
9:26.Andhesaid:BlessedbetheLordGodofSem,beChanaanhisservant.
9:27.MayGodenlargeJapheth,andmayhedwellinthetentsofSem,andChanaanbehisservant.
9:28.AndNoelivedafterthefloodthreehundredandfiftyyears.
9:29.Andallhisdayswereinthewholeninehundredandfiftyyears:andhedied.
GenesisChapter10
ThegenealogyofthechildrenofNoe,bywhomtheworldwaspeopledaftertheflood.
10:1.These are thegenerationsof the sonsofNoe:Sem,Cham, and Japheth: anduntothemsonswerebornaftertheflood.
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10:2.The sonsof Japheth:Gomer, andMagog, andMadai, and Javan, andThubal, andMosoch,andThiras.
10:3.AndthesonsofGomer:AscenezandRiphathandThogorma.
10:4.AndthesonsofJavan:ElisaandTharsis,CetthimandDodanim.
10:5.BytheseweredividedtheislandsoftheGentilesintheirlands,everyoneaccordingtohistongueandtheirfamiliesintheirnations.
Theislands…SotheHebrewscalledalltheremotecountries,towhichtheywentbyshipsfromJudea,toGreece,Italy,Spain,etc.
10:6.AndtheSonsofCham:Chus,andMesram,andPhuth,andChanaan.
10:7.AndthesonsofChus:Saba,andHevila,andSabatha,andRegma,andSabatacha.ThesonsofRegma:Saba,andDadan.
10:8.NowChusbegotNemrod:hebegantobemightyontheearth.
10:9.AndhewasastouthunterbeforetheLord.Hencecameaproverb:EvenasNemrodthestouthunterbeforetheLord.
A stout hunter…Not of beasts but ofmen:whomby violence and tyranny he broughtunderhisdominion.Andsuchhewas,notonlyintheopinionofmen,butbeforetheLord,thatis,inhissightwhocannotbedeceived.
10:10. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Arach, and Achad, andChalanneinthelandofSennaar.
10:11.OutofthatlandcameforthAssur,andbuiltNinive,andthestreetsofthecity,andChale.
10:12.ResenalsobetweenNiniveandChale:thisisthegreatcity.
10:13.AndMesraimbegotLudim,andAnamimandLaabim,Nephthuim.
10:14. And Phetrusim, and Chasluim; of whom came forth the Philistines, and theCapthorim.
10:15.AndChanaanbegotSidonhisfirstborn,theHethite,
10:16.AndtheJebusite,andtheAmorrhite,andtheGergesite.
10:17.TheHeviteandAracite:theSinite,
10:18.AndtheAradian,theSamarite,andtheHamathite:andafterwardsthefamiliesoftheChanaaniteswerespreadabroad.
10:19.AndthelimitsofChanaanwerefromSidonasonecomestoGeraraeventoGaza,untilthouenterSodomandGomorrha,andAdama,andSeboimeventoLesa.
10:20.ThesearethechildrenofChamintheirkindredsandtongues,andgenerations,andlands,andnations.
10:21.OfSemalso the fatherofall thechildrenofHeber, theelderbrotherof Japheth,sonswereborn.
10:22.ThesonsofSem:ElamandAssur,andArphaxad,andLud,andAram.
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10:23.ThesonsofAram:Us,andHull,andGether;andMes.
10:24.ButArphaxadbegotSale,ofwhomwasbornHeber.
10:25.AndtoHeberwereborntwosons:thenameoftheonewasPhaleg,becauseinhisdayswastheearthdivided:andhisbrother’snameJectan.
10:26.WhichJectanbegotElmodad,andSaleph,andAsarmoth,Jare,
10:27.AndAduram,andUzal,andDecla,
10:28.AndEbal,andAbimael,Saba,
10:29.AndOphir,andHevila,andJobab.AllthesewerethesonsofJectan.
10:30.AndtheirdwellingwasfromMessaaswegoonasfarasSephar,amountainintheeast.
10:31. These are the children of Sem according to their kindreds and tongues, andcountriesintheirnations.
10:32.ThesearethefamiliesofNoe,accordingtotheirpeopleandnations.Bythesewerethenationsdividedontheearthaftertheflood.
GenesisChapter11
ThetowerofBabel.Theconfusionoftongues.ThegenealogyofSemdowntoAbram.
11:1.Andtheearthwasofonetongue,andofthesamespeech.
11:2.Andwhentheyremovedfromtheeast,theyfoundaplaininthelandofSennaar,anddweltinit.
11:3.Andeachonesaid tohisneighbour:Comeletusmakebrick,andbake themwithfire.Andtheyhadbrickinsteadofstones,andslimeinsteadofmortar:
11:4.Andtheysaid:Come,letusmakeacityandatower,thetopwhereofmayreachtoheaven;andletusmakeournamefamousbeforewebescatteredabroadintoalllands.
11:5.AndtheLordcamedowntoseethecityandthetower,whichthechildrenofAdamwerebuilding.
11:6.Andhesaid:Behold,itisonepeople,andallhaveonetongue:andtheyhavebeguntodothis,neitherwilltheyleaveofffromtheirdesigns,tilltheyaccomplishthemindeed.
11:7.Comeye,therefore,letusgodown,andthereconfoundtheirtongue,thattheymaynotunderstandoneanother’sspeech.
11:8.And so theLord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased tobuildthecity.
11:9.AndthereforethenamethereofwascalledBabel,becausetherethelanguageofthewholeearthwasconfounded:and from thence theLordscattered themabroadupon thefaceofallcountries.
Babel…Thatis,confusion.
11:10.These are the generations of Sem:Semwas a hundred years oldwhen he begot
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Arphaxad,twoyearsaftertheflood.
11:11.AndSem livedafterhebegotArphaxad, fivehundredyears, andbegot sonsanddaughters.
11:12.AndArphaxadlivedthirty-fiveyears,andbegotSale.
11:13.AndArphaxadlivedafterhebegotSale,threehundredandthreeyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
11:14.Salealsolivedthirtyyears,andbegotHeber.
11:15.AndSalelivedafterhebegotHeber,fourhundredandthreeyears:andbegotsonsanddaughters.
11:16.AndHeberlivedthirty-fouryears,andbegotPhaleg.
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11:17.AndHeber livedafterhebegotPhaleg, fourhundredand thirtyyears: andbegotsonsanddaughters.
11:18.Phalegalsolivedthirtyyears,andbegotReu.
11:19.AndPhaleglivedafterhebegotReu,twohundredandnineyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
11:20.AndReulivedthirty-twoyears,andbegotSarug.
11:21.AndReulivedafterhebegotSarug,twohundredandsevenyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
11:22.AndSaruglivedthirtyyears,andbegotNachor.
11:23.And Sarug lived after he begotNachor, two hundred years, and begot sons anddaughters.
11:24.AndNachorlivednineandtwentyyears,andbegotThare.
11:25.AndNachor livedafterhebegotThare,ahundredandnineteenyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
11:26.AndTharelivedseventyyears,andbegotAbram,andNachor,andAran.
11:27.And these are the generations of Thare: Thare begotAbram,Nachor, andAran.AndAranbegotLot.
11:28. And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of theChaldees.
11:29.AndAbramandNachormarriedwives:thenameofAbram’swifewasSarai:andthenameofNachor’swife,Melcha,thedaughterofAran,fatherofMelchaandfatherofJescha.
11:30.AndSaraiwasbarren,andhadnochildren.
11:31.AndTharetookAbramhisson,andLotthesonofAran,hisson’sson,andSaraihis daughter in law, the wife of Abram his son, and brought them out of Ur of theChaldees,togointothelandofChanaan:andtheycameasfarasHaran,anddweltthere.
11:32.AndthedaysofThareweretwohundredandfiveyears,andhediedinHaran.
GenesisChapter12
ThecallofAbram,andthepromisemadetohim.HesojournethinChanaan,andthenbyoccasionofafamine,goethdowntoEgypt.
12:1.AndtheLordsaidtoAbram:Goforthoutofthycountry,andfromthykindred,andoutofthyfather’shouse,andcomeintothelandwhichIshallshewthee.
12:2.AndIwillmakeoftheeagreatnation,andIwillblessthee,andmagnifythyname,andthoushaltbeblessed.
12:3.Iwillblessthemthatblessthee,andcursethemthatcursethee,andINTHEEshallallthekindredsoftheearthbeblessed.
12:4. So Abram went out as the Lord had commanded him, and Lot went with him:
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Abramwasseventy-fiveyearsoldwhenhewentforthfromHaran.
12:5.AndhetookSaraihiswife,andLothisbrother’sson,andall thesubstancewhichtheyhadgathered,andthesoulswhichtheyhadgotteninHaran:andtheywentouttogointothelandofChanaan.Andwhentheywerecomeintoit,
12:6.AbrampassedthroughthecountryuntotheplaceofSichem,asfarasthenoblevale:nowtheChanaanitewasatthattimeintheland.
12:7.AndtheLordappearedtoAbram,andsaidtohim:TothyseedwillIgivethisland.AndhebuiltthereanaltartotheLord,whohadappearedtohim.
12:8.Andpassingonfromthencetoamountain,thatwasontheeastsideofBethel,hetherepitchedhistent,havingBethelonthewest,andHaiontheeast:hebuilttherealsoanaltartotheLord,andcalleduponhisname.
12:9.AndAbramwentforward,goingandproceedingontothesouth.
12:10.And there came a famine in the country: andAbramwent down into Egypt, tosojournthere:forthefaminewasverygrievousintheland.
12:11.Andwhenhewasneartoenter intoEgypt,hesaidtoSaraihiswife:Iknowthatthouartabeautifulwoman:
12:12.AndthatwhentheEgyptiansshallseethee,theywillsay:Sheishiswife:andtheywillkillme,andkeepthee.
12:13.Say,therefore,Ipraythee,thatthouartmysister:thatImaybewellusedforthee,andthatmysoulmayliveforthysake.
My sister…Thiswas no lie; because shewas his niece, being daughter to his brotherAran,andtherefore,inthestyleoftheHebrews,shemighttrulybecalledhissister,asLotiscalledAbram’sbrother,Gen.14.14.SeeGen.20.12.
12:14.AndwhenAbramwascomeintoEgypt,theEgyptianssawthewomanthatshewasverybeautiful.
12:15.AndtheprincestoldPharao,andpraisedherbeforehim:andthewomanwastakenintothehouseofPharao.
12:16.AndtheyusedAbramwellforhersake.Andhehadsheepandoxenandheasses,andmenservants,andmaidservants,andsheasses,andcamels.
12:17.ButtheLordscourgedPharaoandhishousewithmostgrievousstripesforSarai,Abram’swife.
12:18.AndPharaocalledAbram,andsaidtohim:Whatisthisthatthouhastdonetome?Whydidstthounottellmethatshewasthywife?
12:19.Forwhatcausedidstthousay,shewasthysister,thatImighttakehertomywife?Nowthereforethereisthywife,takeher,andgothyway.
12:20.AndPharaogavehismenordersconcerningAbram:andtheyledhimawayandhiswife,andallthathehad.
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AbramandLotpartfromeachother.God’spromisetoAbram.
13:1.AndAbramwentupoutofEgypt,heandhiswife,andallthathehad,andLotwithhimintothesouth.
13:2.Andhewasveryrichinpossessionofgoldandsilver.
13:3.Andhe returnedby theway, that he came, from the south toBethel, to theplacewherebeforehehadpitchedhistentbetweenBethelandHai,
13:4. In the place of the altarwhich he hadmade before, and there he called upon thenameoftheLord.
13:5.ButLotalso,whowaswithAbram,had flocksof sheep,andherdsofbeasts,andtents.
13:6. Neitherwas the land able to bear them, that theymight dwell together: for theirsubstancewasgreat,andtheycouldnotdwelltogether.
13:7.WhereuponalsotherearoseastrifebetweentheherdsmenofAbramandofLot.AndatthattimetheChanaaniteandthePherezitedwelledinthatcountry.
13:8.AbramthereforesaidtoLot:Lettherebenoquarrel,Ibeseechthee,betweenmeandthee,andbetweenmyherdsmenandthyherdsmen:forwearebrethren.
13:9.Beholdthewholelandisbeforethee:departfromme,Ipraythee:ifthouwiltgotothelefthand,Iwilltaketheright:ifthouchoosetherighthand,Iwillpasstotheleft.
13:10. And Lot lifting up his eyes, saw all the country about the Jordan, which waswateredthroughout,beforetheLorddestroyedSodomandGomorrha,astheparadiseoftheLord,andlikeEgyptasonecomestoSegor.
13:11.AndLotchosetohimselfthecountryabouttheJordan,andhedepartedfromtheeast:andtheywereseparatedonebrotherfromtheother.
13:12.AbramdweltinthelandofChanaan:andLotabodeinthetowns,thatwereabouttheJordan,anddweltinSodom.
13:13.AndthemenofSodomwereverywicked,andsinnersbeforethefaceoftheLordbeyondmeasure.
13:14.AndtheLordsaidtoAbram,afterLotwasseparatedfromhim:Liftupthyeyes,andlookfromtheplacewhereinthounowart,tothenorthandtothesouth,totheeastandtothewest.
13:15.Allthelandwhichthouseest,Iwillgivetothee,andtothyseedforever.
13:16.AndIwillmakethyseedasthedustoftheearth:ifanymanbeabletonumberthedustoftheearth,heshallbeabletonumberthyseedalso.
13:17.Ariseandwalk through the land in the length,and thebreadth thereof: for Iwillgiveittothee.
13:18.SoAbramremovinghistent,came,anddweltbythevaleofMambre,whichisinHebron:andhebuiltthereanaltartotheLord.
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Theexpeditionofthefourkings;thevictoryofAbram;heisblessedbyMelchisedech.
14:1.Anditcametopassatthattime,thatAmraphel,kingofSennaar,andArioch,kingofPontus,andChodorlahomor,kingoftheElamites,andThadal,kingofnations,
14:2.MadewaragainstBara,kingofSodom,andagainstBersa,kingofGomorrha,andagainstSennaab,kingofAdama,andagainstSemeber,kingofSeboim,andagainst thekingofBala,whichisSegor.
14:3.Allthesecametogetherintothewoodlandvale,whichnowisthesaltsea.
14:4. For they had servedChodorlahomor twelve years, and in the thirteenth year theyrevoltedfromhim.
14:5.AndinthefourteenthyearcameChodorlahomor,andthekingsthatwerewithhim:andtheysmotetheRaphaiminAstarothcarnaim,andtheZuzimwiththem,andtheEmiminSaveofCariathaim.
14:6.AndtheChorreansinthemountainsofSeir,eventotheplainsofPharan,whichisinthewilderness.
14:7.Andtheyreturned,andcametothefountainofMisphat,thesameisCades:andtheysmoteallthecountryoftheAmalecites,andtheAmorrheanthatdweltinAsasonthamar.
14:8.AndthekingofSodom,andthekingofGomorrha,andthekingofAdama,andthekingofSeboim,andthekingofBala,whichisSegor,wentout:andtheysetthemselvesagainsttheminbattlearray,inthewoodlandvale:
14:9.Towit,againstChodorlahomorkingoftheElamites,andThadalkingofnations,andAmraphelkingofSennaar,andAriochkingofPontus:fourkingsagainstfive.
14:10.Nowthewoodlandvalehadmanypitsofslime.AndthekingofSodom,andthekingofGomorrhaturnedtheirbacks,andwereoverthrownthere:andtheythatremained,fledtothemountain.
Ofslime.Bituminis…Thiswasakindofpitch,whichservedformortarinthebuildingofBabel,Gen.11.3,andwasusedbyNoeinpitchingtheark.
14:11.And they tookall thesubstanceof theSodomites,andGomorrhites,andall theirvictuals,andwenttheirway:
14:12.AndLotalso,thesonofAbram’sbrother,whodweltinSodom,andhissubstance.
14:13.Andbeholdone,thathadescaped,toldAbramtheHebrew,whodweltinthevaleofMambre theAmorrhite, the brother ofEscol, and the brother ofAner: for these hadmadealeaguewithAbram.
14:14.WhichwhenAbramhadheard,towit,thathisbrotherLotwastaken,henumberedoftheservantsborninhishouse,threehundredandeighteen,wellappointed:andpursuedthemtoDan.
14:15.Anddividinghiscompany,herushedupontheminthenight,anddefeatedthem:andpursuedthemasfarasHoba,whichisonthelefthandofDamascus.
14:16.Andhebroughtbackallthesubstance,andLothisbrother,withhissubstance,thewomenalso,andthepeople.
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14:17.AndthekingofSodomwentouttomeethim,afterhereturnedfromtheslaughterofChodorlahomor,andofthekingsthatwerewithhiminthevaleofSave,whichistheking’svale.
14:18.ButMelchisedech,thekingofSalem,bringingforthbreadandwine,forhewasthepriestofthemosthighGod,
14:19. Blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abram by the most high God, who createdheavenandearth.
14:20.Andblessedbe themost highGod, bywhoseprotection, the enemies are in thyhands.Andhegavehimthetithesofall.
14:21.AndthekingofSodomsaidtoAbram:Givemethepersons,andtherest taketothyself.
14:22. And he answered him: I lift up my hand to the Lord God the most high, thepossessorofheavenandearth,
14:23.Thatfromtheverywoofthreaduntotheshoelatchet,Iwillnottakeofanythingsthatarethine,lestthousay:IhaveenrichedAbram.
14:24.Except such thingsas theyoungmenhaveeaten, and the sharesof themen thatcamewithme,Aner,Escol,andMambre:theseshalltaketheirshares.
GenesisChapter15
GodpromisethseedtoAbram.Hisfaith,sacrificeandvision.
15:1.Nowwhenthesethingsweredone,thewordoftheLordcametoAbrambyavision,saying:Fearnot,Abram,Iamthyprotector,andthyrewardexceedinggreat.
15:2.AndAbramsaid:LordGod,whatwiltthougiveme?Ishallgowithoutchildren:andthesonofthestewardofmyhouseisthisDamascusEliezer.
15:3.AndAbramadded:Buttomethouhastnotgivenseed:andlomyservantborninmyhouse,shallbemyheir.
15:4.AndimmediatelythewordoftheLordcametohim,saying:Heshallnotbethyheir:buthethatshallcomeoutofthybowels,himshaltthouhaveforthyheir.
15:5.Andhebroughthimforthabroad,andsaidtohim:Lookuptoheavenandnumberthestarsifthoucanst.Andhesaidtohim:Soshallthyseedbe.
15:6.AbrambelievedGod,anditwasreputedtohimuntojustice.
15:7.Andhesaidtohim:IamtheLordwhobroughttheeoutfromUroftheChaldees,togivetheethisland,andthatthoumightestpossessit.
15:8.Buthesaid:LordGod,wherebymayIknowthatIshallpossessit?
15:9.AndtheLordanswered,andsaid:Takemeacowofthreeyearsold,andashegoatofthreeyearsandaramofthreeyears,aturtlealso,andapigeon.
15:10.Andhe tookall these, anddivided them in themidst, and laid the twopiecesofeachoneagainsttheother:butthebirdshedividednot.
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15:11.Andthefowlscamedownuponthecarcasses,andAbramdrovethemaway.
15:12. And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great anddarksomehorrorseizeduponhim.
15:13.Anditwassaiduntohim:Knowthoubeforehandthatthyseedshallbeastrangerina landnot theirown,and theyshallbring themunderbondage,andafflict themfourhundredyears.
15:14.ButIwilljudgethenationwhichtheyshallserve,andafterthistheyshallcomeoutwithgreatsubstance.
15:15.Andthoushaltgotothyfathersinpeace,andbeburiedinagoodoldage.
15:16.Butinthefourthgenerationtheyshallreturnhither:forasyettheiniquitiesoftheAmorrhitesarenotatthefulluntilthispresenttime.
15:17.Andwhenthesunwasset,therearoseadarkmist,andthereappearedasmokingfurnace,andalampoffirepassingbetweenthosedivisions.
15:18.ThatdayGodmadeacovenantwithAbram, saying:To thyseedwill Igive thisland,fromtherivertoEgypteventothegreatriverEuphrates.
15:19.TheCineans,andCenezites,theCedmonites,
15:20.AndtheHethites,andthePherezites,theRaphaimalso,
15:21.AndtheAmorrhites,andtheChanaanites,andtheGergesites,andtheJebusites.
GenesisChapter16
AbrammarriethAgar,whobringethforthIsmael.
16:1. Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children: but having ahandmaid,anEgyptian,namedAgar,
16:2.Shesaid toherhusband:Behold, theLordhath restrainedme frombearing:go inuntomyhandmaid,itmaybeImayhavechildrenofheratleast.Andwhenheagreedtoherrequest,
16:3.ShetookAgartheEgyptianherhandmaid,tenyearsaftertheyfirstdweltinthelandofChanaan,andgavehertoherhusbandtowife.
Towife…Pluralityofwives,thoughcontrarytotheprimitiveinstitutionofmarriage,Gen.2.24,wasbydivinedispensationallowedtothepatriarchs:whichallowanceseemstohavecontinuedduringthetimeofthelawofMoses.ButChristourLordreducedmarriagetoitsprimitiveinstitution.Matt.19.
16:4. And hewent in to her. But she perceiving that shewaswith child, despised hermistress.
16:5.AndSaraisaidtoAbram:Thoudostunjustlywithme:Igavemyhandmaidintothybosom,andsheperceivingherselftobewithchild,despisethme.TheLordjudgebetweenmeandthee.
16:6.AndAbrammadeanswer,andsaidtoher:Beholdthyhandmaidisinthyownhand,useherasitpleaseththee.AndwhenSaraiafflictedher,sheranaway.
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16:7.AndtheangeloftheLordhavingfoundher,byafountainofwaterinthewilderness,whichisinthewaytoSurinthedesert,
16:8.He said toher:Agar, handmaidofSarai,whence comest thou? andwhithergoestthou?Andsheanswered:IfleefromthefaceofSarai,mymistress.
16:9.And theangelof theLord said toher:Return to thymistress, andhumble thyselfunderherhand.
16:10. And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not benumberedformultitude.
16:11.Andagain:Behold,saidhe, thouartwithchild,and thoushaltbringforthason:andthoushaltcallhisnameIsmael,becausetheLordhathheardthyaffliction.
16:12. He shall be a wildman: his handwill be against all men, and all men’s handsagainsthim:andheshallpitchhistentsoveragainstallhisbrethren.
16:13.AndshecalledthenameoftheLordthatspokeuntoher:ThoutheGodwhohastseenme.Forshesaid:Verily,herehaveIseenthehinderpartsofhimthatseethme.
16:14.Thereforeshecalledthatwell,thewellofhimthatlivethandseethme.ThesameisbetweenCadesandBarad.
16:15.AndAgarbroughtforthasontoAbram:whocalledhisnameIsmael.
16:16.AbramwasfourscoreandsixyearsoldwhenAgarbroughthimforthIsmael.
GenesisChapter17
TheCovenantofcircumcision.
17:1.Andafterhebegantobeninetyandnineyearsold,theLordappearedtohim:andsaiduntohim:IamtheAlmightyGod:walkbeforeme,andbeperfect.
17:2. And I will make my covenant between me and thee: and I will multiply theeexceedingly.
17:3.Abramfellflatonhisface.
17:4.AndGodsaidtohim:Iam,andmycovenantiswiththee,andthoushaltbeafatherofmanynations.
17:5.NeithershallthynamebecalledanymoreAbram:butthoushaltbecalledAbraham:becauseIhavemadetheeafatherofmanynations.
Abram…intheHebrew,signifiesahighfather:butAbraham,thefatherofthemultitude;SaraisignifiesmyLady,butSaraabsolutelyLady.
17:6.And Iwillmake thee increase exceedingly, and Iwillmake nations of thee, andkingsshallcomeoutofthee.
17:7.AndIwillestablishmycovenantbetweenmeandthee,andbetweenthyseedafterthee in their generations, by aperpetual covenant: tobe aGod to thee, and to thy seedafterthee.
17:8.AndIwillgivetothee,andtothyseed,thelandofthysojournment,allthelandof
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Chanaan,foraperpetualpossession,andIwillbetheirGod.
17:9.AgainGodsaid toAbraham:And thou thereforeshaltkeepmycovenant,and thyseedaftertheeintheirgenerations.
17:10.This ismycovenantwhichyoushallobservebetweenmeandyou,and thyseedafterthee:Allthemalekindofyoushallbecircumcised.
17:11.Andyoushallcircumcisethefleshofyourforeskin,thatitmaybeforasignofthecovenantbetweenmeandyou.
17:12.An infant of eight days old shall be circumcised among you, everymanchild inyour generations: he that is born in the house, as well as the bought servant, shall becircumcised,andwhosoeverisnotofyourstock:
17:13.Andmycovenantshallbeinyourfleshforaperpetualcovenant.
17:14.Themalewhose fleshofhis foreskinshallnotbecircumcised, that soul shallbedestroyedoutofhispeople:becausehehathbrokenmycovenant.
17:15.GodsaidalsotoAbraham:SaraithywifethoushaltnotcallSarai,butSara.
17:16.AndIwillblessher,andofherIwillgivetheeason,whomIwillbless,andheshallbecomenations,andkingsofpeopleshallspringfromhim.
17:17.Abrahamfelluponhisface,andlaughed,sayinginhisheart:Shallason,thinkestthou,beborn tohimthat isahundredyearsold?andshallSara that isninetyyearsoldbringforth?
17:18.AndhesaidtoGod:OthatIsmaelmaylivebeforethee.
17:19.AndGodsaidtoAbraham:Sarathywifeshallbeartheeason,andthoushaltcallhisnameIsaac,andIwillestablishmycovenantwithhimforaperpetualcovenant,andwithhisseedafterhim.
17:20.Andas for Ismael Ihavealsoheard thee.Behold, Iwillblesshim,and increase,andmultiplyhimexceedingly:heshallbegettwelvechiefs,andIwillmakehimagreatnation.
17:21.ButmycovenantIwillestablishwithIsaac,whomSarashallbringforthtotheeatthistimeinthenextyear.
17:22.Andwhenhehadleftoffspeakingwithhim,GodwentupfromAbraham.
17:23.AndAbraham took Ismael his son, and all thatwere born in his house: and allwhomhehadbought, everymale among themenofhishouse: andhe circumcised thefleshoftheirforeskinforthwiththeverysameday,asGodhadcommandedhim.
17:24. Abraham was ninety and nine years old, when he circumcised the flesh of hisforeskin.
17:25.AndIsmaelhissonwasfullthirteenyearsoldatthetimeofhiscircumcision.
17:26.TheselfsamedaywasAbrahamcircumcisedandIsmaelhisson.
17:27. And all themen of his house, as well they that were born in his house, as theboughtservantsandstrangers,werecircumcisedwithhim.
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GenesisChapter18
AngelsareentertainedbyAbraham.TheyforetellthebirthofIsaac.Abraham’sprayerforthemenofSodom.
18:1.AndtheLordappearedtohiminthevaleofMambreashewassittingatthedoorofhistent,intheveryheatoftheday.
18:2.Andwhenhehadlifteduphiseyes,thereappearedtohimthreemenstandingneartohim:andassoonashesawthem,herantomeet themfromthedoorofhis tent,andadoreddowntotheground.
18:3. And he said: Lord, if I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away from thyservant.
18:4.ButIwillfetchalittlewater,andwashyeyourfeet,andrestyeunderthetree.
18:5.AndIwillsetamorselofbread,andstrengthenyeyourheart,afterwardsyoushallpasson:forthereforeareyoucomeasidetoyourservant.Andtheysaid:Doasthouhastspoken.
18:6. Abraham made haste into the tent to Sara, and said to her: Make haste, tempertogetherthreemeasuresofflour,andmakecakesuponthehearth.
18:7.Andhehimselfran to theherd,andtookfromthenceacalf,very tenderandverygood,andgaveittoayoungman,whomadehasteandboiledit.
18:8.Hetookalsobutterandmilk,andthecalfwhichhehadboiled,andsetbeforethem:buthestoodbythemunderthetree.
18:9.Andwhentheyhadeaten,theysaidtohim:WhereisSarathywife?Heanswered:Losheisinthetent.
18:10.Andhesaidtohim:Iwillreturnandcometotheeatthistime,lifeaccompanying,andSara,thywife,shallhaveason.WhichwhenSaraheard,shelaughedbehindthedoorofthetent.
18:11.Nowtheywerebothold,andfaradvancedinyears,andithadceasedtobewithSaraafterthemannerofwomen.
18:12.Andshelaughedsecretly,saying:AfterIamgrownold,andmylordisanoldman,shallIgivemyselftopleasure?
18:13.AndtheLordsaidtoAbraham:WhydidSaralaugh,saying:ShallI,whoamanoldwoman,bearachildindeed?
18:14.Is thereanythinghardtoGod?AccordingtoappointmentIwillreturntotheeatthissametime,lifeaccompanying,andSarashallhaveason.
18:15.Saradenied,saying:Ididnotlaugh:forshewasafraid.ButtheLordsaid:Nay;butthoudidstlaugh.
18:16.Andwhenthemenroseupfromthence,theyturnedtheireyestowardsSodom:andAbrahamwalkedwiththem,bringingthemontheway.
18:17.AndtheLordsaid:CanIhidefromAbrahamwhatIamabouttodo:
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18:18.Seeingheshallbecomeagreatandmightynation,andinhimallthenationsoftheearthshallbeblessed?
18:19.ForIknowthathewillcommandhischildren,andhishouseholdafterhim,tokeepthewayoftheLord,anddojudgmentandjustice:thatforAbraham’ssake,theLordmaybringtoeffectallthethingshehathspokenuntohim.
18:20.AndtheLordsaid:ThecryofSodomandGomorrhaismultiplied,andtheirsinisbecomeexceedinglygrievous.
18:21.Iwillgodownandseewhethertheyhavedoneaccordingtothecrythatiscometome;orwhetheritbenotso,thatImayknow.
Iwillgodown,etc…TheLordhereaccommodateshisdiscoursetothewayofspeakingandactingamongstmen;forheknowethall things,andneedethnot togoanywhereforinformation.Notehere, that twoof the threeangelswentawayimmediatelyforSodom;whilstthethird,whorepresentedtheLord,remainedwithAbraham.
18:22. And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom: butAbrahamasyetstoodbeforetheLord.
18:23.Anddrawingnigh,hesaid:Wiltthoudestroythejustwiththewicked?
18:24. If there be fifty justmen in the city, shall they perishwithal? andwilt thou notsparethatplaceforthesakeofthefiftyjust,iftheybetherein?
18:25.Farbeitfromtheetodothisthing,andtoslaythejustwiththewicked,andforthejusttobeinlikecaseasthewicked;thisisnotbeseemingthee:thouwhojudgestalltheearth,wiltnotmakethisjudgment.
18:26.AndtheLordsaidtohim:IfIfindinSodomfiftyjustwithinthecity,Iwillsparethewholeplacefortheirsake.
18:27.AndAbrahamanswered,andsaid:SeeingIhaveoncebegun, Iwillspeak tomyLord,whereasIamdustandashes.
18:28.Whatiftherebefivelessthanfiftyjustpersons?wiltthouforfiveandfortydestroythewholecity:Andhesaid:Iwillnotdestroyit,ifIfindfiveandforty.
18:29.Andagainhesaidtohim:Butiffortybefoundthere,whatwiltthoudo?Hesaid:Iwillnotdestroyitforthesakeofforty.
18:30.Lord,saithhe,benotangry,Ibeseechthee,ifIspeak:Whatifthirtyshallbefoundthere?Heanswered:Iwillnotdoit,ifIfindthirtythere.
18:31.Seeing, saithhe, Ihaveoncebegun, Iwill speak tomyLord:What if twentybefoundthere?Hesaid:Iwillnotdestroyitforthesakeoftwenty.
18:32.Ibeseechthee,saithhe,benotangry,Lord,ifIspeakyetoncemore:Whatiftenshallbefoundthere?Andhesaid:Iwillnotdestroyitforthesakeoften.
18:33. And the Lord departed, after he had left speaking to Abraham: and Abrahamreturnedtohisplace.
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Lot, entertainingAngels inhishouse, isdelivered fromSodom,which isdestroyed:hiswifeforlookingbackisturnedintoastatueofsalt.
19:1.AndthetwoangelscametoSodomintheevening,andLotwassittinginthegateofthecity.Andseeingthem,heroseupandwenttomeetthem:andworshippedprostratetotheground.
19:2.Andsaid:Ibeseechyou,mylords, turnintothehouseofyourservant,andlodgethere:washyourfeet,andinthemorningyoushallgoonyourway.Andtheysaid:No,butwewillabideinthestreet.
19:3.Hepressedthemverymuchtoturninuntohim:andwhentheywerecomeintohishouse,hemadethemafeast,andbakedunleavenedbread,andtheyate:
19:4.Butbeforetheywenttobed,themenofthecitybesetthehouse,bothyoungandold,allthepeopletogether.
19:5.And they calledLot, and said to him:Where are themen that came in to thee atnight?bringthemouthither,thatwemayknowthem:
19:6.Lotwentouttothem,andshutthedoorafterhim,andsaid:
19:7.Donotso,Ibeseechyou,mybrethren,donotcommitthisevil.
19:8.Ihavetwodaughterswho,asyet,havenotknownman;Iwillbringthemouttoyou,andabuseyou themas itshallpleaseyou,so thatyoudonoevil to thesemen,becausetheyarecomeinundertheshadowofmyroof.
19:9. But they said: Get thee back thither. And again: Thou camest in, said they, as astranger,was it to be a judge? thereforewewill afflict theemore than them.And theypressed very violently uponLot: and theywere even at the point of breaking open thedoors.
19:10.Andbehold themenputout theirhand,anddrewinLotunto them,andshut thedoor.
19:11. And them, that were without, they struck with blindness from the least to thegreatest,sothattheycouldnotfindthedoor.
19:12.AndtheysaidtoLot:Hastthouhereanyofthine?soninlaw,orsons,ordaughters,allthatarethinebringthemoutofthiscity:
19:13.Forwewilldestroythisplace,becausetheircryisgrownloudbeforetheLord,whohathsentustodestroythem.
19:14.SoLotwentout,andspoketohissonsinlawthatweretohavehisdaughters,andsaid: Arise: get you out of this place, because the Lord will destroy this city. And heseemedtothemtospeakasitwereinjest.
19:15.Andwhenitwasmorning,theangelspressedhim,saying:Arise,takethywife,andthetwodaughtersthatthouhast:lestthoualsoperishinthewickednessofthecity.
19:16.Andashe lingered, they tookhishand,and thehandofhiswife,andofhis twodaughters,becausetheLordsparedhim.
19:17.Andtheybroughthimforth,andsethimwithoutthecity:andtheretheyspoketo
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him,saying:Save thy life: looknotback,neitherstay thou inall thecountryabout:butsavethyselfinthemountain,lestthoubealsoconsumed.
19:18.AndLotsaidtothem:Ibeseechthee,myLord,
19:19. Because thy servant hath found grace before thee, and thou hast magnified thymercy, which thou hast shewn to me, in saving my life, and I cannot escape to themountain,lestsomeevilseizeme,andIdie.
19:20.Thereisthiscityhereathand,towhichImayflee,itisalittleone,andIshallbesavedinit:isitnotalittleone,andmysoulshalllive?
19:21.Andhesaidtohim:Beholdalsointhis,Ihaveheardthyprayers,nottodestroythecityforwhichthouhastspoken.
19:22. Make haste, and be saved there: because I cannot do any thing till thou go inthither.ThereforethenameofthatcitywascalledSegor.
Segor…Thatis,alittleone.
19:23.Thesunwasrisenupontheearth,andLotenteredintoSegor.
19:24.AndtheLordraineduponSodomandGomorrhabrimstoneandfirefromtheLordoutofheaven.
19:25.Andhedestroyedthesecities,andallthecountryabout,all theinhabitantsofthecities,andallthingsthatspringfromtheearth.
19:26.Andhiswifelookingbehindher,wasturnedintoastatueofsalt.
Andhiswife…AsastandingmemorialtotheservantsofGodtoproceedinvirtue,andnottolookbacktoviceoritsallurements.
19:27.AndAbrahamgotupearly in themorning, and in theplacewherehehad stoodbeforewiththeLord:
19:28.HelookedtowardsSodomandGomorrha,andthewholelandofthatcountry:andhesawtheashesriseupfromtheearthasthesmokeofafurnace.
19:29. NowwhenGod destroyed the cities of that country, remembering Abraham, hedeliveredLotoutofthedestructionofthecitieswhereinhehaddwelt.
19:30.AndLotwentupoutofSegor,andabodeinthemountain,andhistwodaughterswith him (for he was afraid to stay in Segor) and he dwelt in a cave, he and his twodaughterswithhim.
19:31.Andtheeldersaidtotheyounger:Ourfatherisold,andthereisnomanleftontheearth,tocomeinuntousafterthemannerofthewholeearth.
19:32. Come, let usmake him drunkwithwine, and let us lie with him, that wemaypreserveseedofourfather.
19:33.And theymade their fatherdrinkwine thatnight: and theelderwent in, and laywithherfather:butheperceivednot,neitherwhenhisdaughterlaydown,norwhensheroseup.
19:34.And thenext day the elder said to theyounger:Behold I lay last nightwithmy
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father,letusmakehimdrinkwinealsotonight,andthoushaltliewithhim,thatwemaysaveseedofourfather.
19:35.Theymadetheirfatherdrinkwinethatnightalso,andtheyoungerdaughterwentin,andlaywithhim:andneitherthendidheperceivewhenshelaydown,norwhensheroseup.
19:36.SothetwodaughtersofLotwerewithchildbytheirfather.
19:37.And the elderbore a son, and she calledhis nameMoab:he is the fatherof theMoabitesuntothisday.
19:38.Theyoungeralsoboreason,andshecalledhisnameAmmon;thatis,thesonofmypeople:heisthefatheroftheAmmonitesuntothisday.
GenesisChapter20
Abrahamsojourned inGerara:Sara is taken intokingAbimelech’shouse,butbyGod’scommandmentisrestoreduntouched.
20:1.Abrahamremovedfromthencetothesouthcountry,anddweltbetweenCadesandSur,andsojournedinGerara.
20:2.AndhesaidofSarahiswife:Sheismysister.SoAbimelechthekingofGerarasent,andtookher.
20:3.AndGodcametoAbimelechinadreambynight,andhesaidtohim:Lothoushaltdieforthewomanthatthouhasttaken:forshehathahusband.
20:4.NowAbimelechhadnottouchedher,andhesaid:Lord,wiltthouslayanationthatisignorantandjust?
20:5. Did not he say to me: She is my sister: and she say, He is my brother? in thesimplicityofmyheart,andcleannessofmyhandshaveIdonethis.
20:6. And God said to him: And I know that thou didst it with a sincere heart: andthereforeIwithheldtheefromsinningagainstme,andIsufferedtheenottotouchher.
20:7.Now therefore restore themanhiswife, forhe is aprophet: andhe shallpray forthee,andthoushaltlive:butifthouwiltnotrestoreher,knowthatthoushaltsurelydie,thouandallthatarethine.
20:8.AndAbimelechforthwithrisingupinthenight,calledallhisservants:andspokeallthesewordsintheirhearing,andallthemenwereexceedinglyafraid.
20:9.AndAbimelechcalledalsoforAbraham,andsaidtohim:Whathast thoudonetous?whathaveweoffendedtheein,thatthouhastbroughtuponmeanduponmykingdomagreatsin?thouhastdonetouswhatthououghtestnottodo.
20:10.And againhe expostulatedwithhim, and said:What sawest thou, that thouhastdonethis?
20:11.Abrahamanswered:Ithoughtwithmyself,saying:PerhapsthereisnotthefearofGodinthisplace:andtheywillkillmeforthesakeofmywife:
20:12.Howbeit,otherwisealsosheis trulymysister, thedaughterofmyfather,andnot
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thedaughterofmymother,andItookhertowife.
20:13.AndafterGodbroughtmeoutofmyfather’shouse,Isaidtoher:Thoushaltdomethiskindness:Ineveryplace,towhichweshallcome,thoushaltsaythatIamthybrother.
20:14.AndAbimelech took sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and gave toAbraham:andrestoredtohimSarahiswife,
20:15.Andsaid:Thelandisbeforeyou,dwellwheresoeveritshallpleasethee.
20:16.AndtoSarahesaid:BeholdIhavegiventhybrotherathousandpiecesofsilver,thisshallservetheeforacoveringofthyeyestoallthatarewiththee,andwhithersoeverthoushaltgo:andrememberthouwasttaken.
20:17. And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and hishandmaids,andtheyborechildren:
20:18.FortheLordhadclosedupeverywombofthehouseofAbimelech,onaccountofSara,Abraham’swife.
GenesisChapter21
Isaacisborn.AgarandIsmaelarecastforth.
21:1.AndtheLordvisitedSara,ashehadpromised:andfulfilledwhathehadspoken.
21:2.Andsheconceivedandboreasoninheroldage,atthetimethatGodhadforetoldher.
21:3.AndAbrahamcalledthenameofhisson,whomSaraborehim,Isaac.
Isaac…Thiswordsignifieslaughter.
21:4.Andhecircumcisedhimtheeighthday,asGodhadcommandedhim,
21:5.Whenhewasahundredyearsold:foratthisageofhisfather,wasIsaacborn.
21:6.AndSara said:Godhathmade a laughter forme:whosoever shall hear of itwilllaughwithme.
21:7.Andagain she said:Whowouldbelieve thatAbrahamshouldhear thatSaragavesucktoason,whomsheboretohiminhisoldage?
21:8.Andthechildgrew,andwasweaned:andAbrahammadeagreatfeastonthedayofhisweaning.
21:9.AndwhenSarahadseenthesonofAgar,theEgyptian,playingwithIsaac,herson,shesaidtoAbraham:
21:10.Castoutthisbondwomanandherson;forthesonofthebondwomanshallnotbeheirwithmysonIsaac.
21:11.Abrahamtookthisgrievouslyforhisson.
21:12.AndGod said to him:Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thybondwoman:inallthatSarahathsaidtothee,hearkentohervoice:forinIsaacshallthyseedbecalled.
21:13.ButIwillmakethesonalsoof thebondwomanagreatnation,becausehe is thy
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seed.
21:14.SoAbrahamroseupinthemorning,andtakingbreadandabottleofwater,putitupon her shoulder, and delivered the boy, and sent her away. And she departed, andwanderedinthewildernessofBersabee.
21:15.Andwhenthewaterinthebottlewasspent,shecasttheboyunderoneofthetreesthatwerethere.
21:16.Andshewentherway,andsatoveragainsthimagreatwayoff,asfarasabowcancarry, for she said: Iwill not see the boy die: and sitting overagainst, she lifted up hervoiceandwept.
21:17.AndGod heard the voice of the boy: and an angel ofGod called toAgar fromheaven,saying:Whatartthoudoing,Agar?fearnot;forGodhathheardthevoiceoftheboy,fromtheplacewhereinheis.
21:18. Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand, for I will make him a greatnation.
21:19.AndGodopenedher eyes: and she sawawellofwater, andwent and filled thebottle,andgavetheboytodrink.
21:20.AndGodwaswithhim:andhegrew,anddwelt in thewilderness,andbecameayoungman,anarcher.
21:21.AndhedweltinthewildernessofPharan,andhismothertookawifeforhimoutofthelandofEgypt.
21:22.AtthesametimeAbimelech,andPhicolthegeneralofhisarmy,saidtoAbraham:Godiswiththeeinallthatthoudost.
21:23.SwearthereforebyGod,thatthouwiltnothurtme,normyposterity,normystock:butaccordingtothekindnessthatIhavedonetothee,thoushaltdotome,andtothelandwhereinthouhastlivedastranger.
21:24.AndAbrahamsaid:Iwillswear.
21:25.AndhereprovedAbimelechforawellofwater,whichhisservantshadtakenawaybyforce.
21:26.AndAbimelechanswered: Iknewnotwhodid this thing:and thoudidstnot tellme,andIheardnotofittilltoday.
21:27. ThenAbraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them toAbimelech: and both ofthemmadealeague.
21:28.AndAbrahamsetapartsevenewelambsoftheflock.
21:29.AndAbimelechsaidtohim:Whatmeanthesesevenewelambswhichthouhastsetapart?
21:30. But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewelambs at my hand: that they may be atestimonyforme,thatIdugthiswell.
21:31.ThereforethatplacewascalledBersabee;becausetherebothofthemdidswear.
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Bersabee…Thatis,thewellofoath.
21:32.Andtheymadealeagueforthewellofoath.
21:33.AndAbimelechandPhicol,thegeneralofhisarmy,aroseandreturnedtothelandof the Palestines.ButAbrahamplanted a grove inBersabee, and there called upon thenameoftheLordGodeternal.
21:34.AndhewasasojournerinthelandofthePalestinesmanydays.
GenesisChapter22
ThefaithandobedienceofAbrahamisprovedinhisreadinesstosacrificehissonIsaac.Heisstayedfromtheactbyanangel.Formerpromisesarerenewedtohim.HisbrotherNachor’sissue.
22:1. After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham.Andheanswered:HereIam.
Godtempted,etc…Godtemptethnomantoevil,James1.13;butbytrialandexperimentmaketh known to the world, and to ourselves, what we are, as here by this trial thesingularfaithandobedienceofAbrahamwasmademanifest.
22:2.Hesaidtohim:TakethyonlybegottensonIsaac,whomthoulovest,andgointothelandofvision;andtherethoushaltofferhimforanholocaustupononeofthemountainswhichIwillshewthee.
22:3.SoAbrahamrisingup in thenight, saddledhisass,and tookwithhim twoyoungmen,andIsaachisson:andwhenhehadcutwoodfortheholocaust,hewenthiswaytotheplacewhichGodhadcommandedhim.
22:4.Andonthethirdday,liftinguphiseyes,hesawtheplaceafaroff.
22:5.Andhesaidtohisyoungmen:Stayyouherewiththeass;Iandtheboywillgowithspeedasfarasyonder,andafterwehaveworshipped,willreturntoyou.
22:6. And he took the wood for the holocaust, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and hehimselfcarriedinhishandsfireandasword.Andastheytwowentontogether,
22:7.Isaacsaidtohisfather:Myfather.Andheanswered:Whatwiltthou,son?Behold,saithhe,fireandwood:whereisthevictimfortheholocaust?
22:8.AndAbrahamsaid:Godwillprovidehimselfavictimforanholocaust,myson.Sotheywentontogether.
22:9.AndtheycametotheplacewhichGodhadshewnhim,wherehebuiltanaltar,andlaidthewoodinorderuponit;andwhenhehadboundIsaachisson,helaidhimonthealtaruponthepileofwood.
22:10.Andheputforthhishand,andtookthesword,tosacrificehisson.
22:11.And behold, an angel of theLord from heaven called to him, saying:Abraham,Abraham.Andheanswered:HereIam.
22:12.Andhesaidtohim:Laynot thyhandupontheboy,neitherdothouanythingtohim:nowIknowthatthoufearestGod,andhastnotsparedthyonlybegottensonformy
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sake.
22:13.Abraham lifteduphis eyes, and sawbehindhis back a ram, amongst thebriers,stickingfastbythehorns,whichhetookandofferedforaholocaustinsteadofhisson.
22:14.Andhecalledthenameofthatplace,TheLordseeth.Whereupon,eventothisday,itissaid:InthemountaintheLordwillsee.
22:15.AndtheangeloftheLordcalledtoAbrahamasecondtimefromheaven,saying:
22:16.BymyownselfhaveIsworn,saiththeLord:becausethouhastdonethisthing,andhastnotsparedthyonlybegottensonformysake:
22:17.Iwillblessthee,andIwillmultiplythyseedasthestarsofheaven,andasthesandthatisbytheseashore;thyseedshallpossessthegatesoftheirenemies.
22:18. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hastobeyedmyvoice.
22:19.Abrahamreturned tohisyoungmen,and theywent toBersabee together,andhedweltthere.
22:20.After these things, itwas toldAbraham, thatMelcha also had borne children toNachorhisbrother.
22:21.Hus,thefirstborn,andBuz,hisbrother,andCamuelthefatheroftheSyrians,
22:22.AndCased,andAzau,andPheldas,andJedlaph,
22:23.AndBathuel,ofwhomwasbornRebecca:theseeightdidMelchabeartoNachor,Abraham’sbrother.
22:24.Andhisconcubine,namedRoma,boreTabee,andGaham,andTahas,andMaacha.
GenesisChapter23
Sara’sdeathandburialinthefieldboughtofEphron.
23:1.AndSaralivedahundredandtwenty-sevenyears.
23:2.And she died in the city ofArbeewhich isHebron, in the land ofChanaan: andAbrahamcametomournandweepforher.
23:3.Andafterheroseupfromthefuneralobsequies,hespoketothechildrenofHeth,saying:
23:4.Iamastrangerandsojourneramongyou:givemetherightofaburyingplacewithyou,thatImayburymydead.
23:5.ThechildrenofHethanswered,saying:
23:6.Mylord,hearus,thouartaprinceofGodamongus:burythydeadinourprincipalsepulchres: and noman shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in hissepulchre.
23:7.Abrahamroseup,andboweddowntothepeopleoftheland,towit,thechildrenofHeth:
Boweddowntothepeople…Adoravit,literallyadored.Butthiswordhere,aswellasin
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manyotherplaces in theLatinscriptures, isused tosignifyonlyan inferiorhonourandreverencepaidtomen,expressedbyabowingdownofthebody.
23:8.Andsaid to them:If itpleaseyoursoul that Ishouldburymydead,hearme,andintercedeformetoEphronthesonofSeor.
23:9.Thathemaygivemethedoublecave,whichhehathintheendofhisfield:Forasmuchmoneyasit isworthheshallgiveitmebeforeyou,forapossessionofaburyingplace.
23:10.NowEphrondweltinthemidstofthechildrenofHeth.AndEphronmadeanswertoAbrahaminthehearingofallthatwentinatthegateofthecity,saying:
23:11. Let it not be so,my lord, but do thou rather hearken towhat I say: The field Idelivertothee,andthecavethatistherein;inthepresenceofthechildrenofmypeople,burythydead.
23:12.Abrahamboweddownbeforethepeopleoftheland.
23:13.AndhespoketoEphron,inthepresenceofthepeople:Ibeseechtheetohearme:Iwillgivemoneyforthefield;takeit,andsowillIburymydeadinit.
23:14.AndEphronanswered:
23:15.Mylord,hearme.Thegroundwhichthoudesirest,isworthfourhundredsiclesofsilver:thisisthepricebetweenmeandthee:butwhatisthis?burythydead.
23:16.AndwhenAbrahamhad heard this, heweighed out themoney thatEphron hadasked, in the hearing of the children ofHeth, four hundred sicles of silver, of commoncurrentmoney.
23:17. And the field that before was Ephron’s, wherein was the double cave, lookingtowardsMambre, both it and the cave, and all the trees thereof, in all its limits roundabout,
23:18.WasmadesuretoAbrahamforapossession,inthesightofthechildrenofHeth,andofallthatwentinatthegateofhiscity.
23:19.AndsoAbrahamburiedSara,hiswife,inthedoublecaveofthefield,thatlookedtowardsMambre,thisisHebroninthelandofChanaan.
23:20. And the field was made sure to Abraham, and the cave that was in it, for apossessiontoburyin,bythechildrenofHeth.
GenesisChapter24
Abraham’sservant,sentbyhimintoMesopotamia,bringethfromthenceRebecca,whoismarriedtoIsaac.
24:1.NowAbrahamwasold,andadvanced inage;and theLordhadblessedhiminallthings.
24:2.Andhesaidtotheelderservantofhishouse,whowasruleroverallhehad:Putthyhandundermythigh,
24:3.ThatImaymaketheeswearbytheLord,theGodofheavenandearth,thatthoutake
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notawifeformyson,ofthedaughtersoftheChanaanites,amongwhomIdwell:
24:4.Butthatthougotomyowncountryandkindred,andtakeawifefromthenceformysonIsaac.
24:5.Theservantanswered: If thewomanwillnotcomewithme into this land,must Ibringthysonbackagaintotheplacefromwhencethoucamestout?
24:6.AndAbrahamsaid:Bewarethouneverbringmysonbackagainthither.
24:7. TheLordGod of heaven,who tookme out ofmy father’s house, and out ofmynativecountry,who spoke tome, and swore tome, saying:To thy seedwill I give thisland:hewillsendhisangelbeforethee,andthoushalttakefromthenceawifeformyson.
Hewillsendhisangelbeforethee…ThisshowsthattheHebrewsbelievedthatGodgavethemguardianangelsfortheirprotection.
24:8.But if thewomanwill not follow thee, thou shalt not beboundby theoath: onlybringnotmysonbackthitheragain.
24:9.Theservant,therefore,puthishandunderthethighofAbraham,hislord,andsworetohimuponhisword.
24:10.Andhetooktencamelsofhismaster’sherd,anddeparted,carryingsomethingofall his goodswithhim, andhe set forward andwent on toMesopotamia, to the cityofNachor.
24:11.Andwhenhehadmadethecamelsliedownwithoutthetown,nearawellofwater,intheevening,atthetimewhenwomenarewonttocomeouttodrawwater,hesaid:
24:12.OLord,theGodofmymaster,Abraham,meetmetoday,Ibeseechthee,andshewkindnesstomymaster,Abraham.
24:13.Behold,Istandnighthespringofwater,andthedaughtersoftheinhabitantsofthiscitywillcomeouttodrawwater:
24:14.Now, therefore, themaid towhom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher that Imaydrink:andsheshallanswer,Drink,andIwillgivethycamelsdrinkalso:letitbethesamewhomthouhastprovidedfor thyservant Isaac:andby this, Ishallunderstand that thouhastshewnkindnesstomymaster.
24:15.Hehadnotyetendedthesewordswithinhimself,andbeholdRebeccacameout,thedaughterofBathuel,sonofMelcha,wifetoNachorthebrotherofAbraham,havingapitcheronhershoulder:
24:16.Anexceedingcomelymaid, andamostbeautifulvirgin, andnotknown toman:andshewentdowntothespring,andfilledherpitcher,andwascomingback.
24:17.And the servant ran tomeether, andsaid:Givemea littlewater todrinkof thypitcher.
24:18.Andsheanswered:Drink,mylord.Andquicklysheletdownthepitcheruponherarm,andgavehimdrink.
24:19.Andwhenhehaddrunk,shesaid:Iwilldrawwaterforthycamelsalso,tilltheyalldrink.
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24:20. And pouring out the pitcher into the troughs, she ran back to the well to drawwater;andhavingdrawn,shegavetoallthecamels.
24:21.But hemusing, beheld herwith silence, desirous to knowwhether theLord hadmadehisjourneyprosperousornot.
24:22.Andafter that thecamelshaddrunk, themantookoutgoldenearrings,weighingtwosicles;andasmanybracelets,oftensiclesweight.
24:23.And he said to her:Whose daughter art thou? tellme: is there any place in thyfather’shousetolodge?
24:24.And she answered: I am the daughter ofBathuel, the son ofMelcha,whom sheboretoNachor.
24:25.Andshesaid,moreover,tohim:Wehavegoodstoreofbothstrawandhay,andalargeplacetolodgein.
24:26.Themanbowedhimselfdown,andadoredtheLord,
24:27.Saying:BlessedbetheLordGodofmymasterAbraham,whohathnottakenawayhismercyandtruthfrommymaster,andhathbroughtmethestraightwayintothehouseofmymaster’sbrother.
24:28.Thenthemaidran,andtoldinhermother’shouseallthatshehadheard.
24:29.AndRebeccahadabrother,namedLaban,whowentoutinhastetotheman,tothewell.
24:30. Andwhen he had seen the earrings and bracelets in his sister’s hands, and hadheardallthatsherelated,saying,Thusandthusthemanspoketome:hecametothemanwhostoodbythecamels,andneartothespringofwater,
24:31.Andsaidtohim:Comein,thoublessedoftheLord;whystandestthouwithout?Ihavepreparedthehouse,andaplaceforthecamels.
24:32.And he brought him into his lodging; and he unharnessed the camels, and gavestrawandhay,andwater towashhis feet,and the feetof themen thatwerecomewithhim.
24:33.Andbreadwassetbeforehim.Buthesaid:Iwillnoteat,tillItellmymessage.Heansweredhim:Speak.
24:34.Andhesaid:IamtheservantofAbraham:
24:35.AndtheLordhathblessedmymasterwonderfully,andheisbecomegreat:andhehathgivenhimsheepandoxen,silverandgold,menservantsandwomenservants,camelsandasses.
24:36.AndSara,mymaster’swife,hathbornemymasterasoninheroldage,andhehathgivenhimallthathehad.
24:37.Andmymastermademeswear,saying:ThoushaltnottakeawifeformysonoftheChanaanites,inwhoselandIdwell:
24:38.Butthoushaltgotomyfather’shouse,andshalttakeawifeofmyownkindredfor
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mys