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Genesis
Chapter 11. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the
deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from
the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And
there was evening and there was morning, one day.
6. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and
let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the
firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there
was morning, a second day.
9. And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together
unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the
waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed,
[and] fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed
thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their
kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their
kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
14. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide
the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for
days and years:
15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light
upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the
earth,
18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light
from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
20. And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that
moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged
bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the
waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.
23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24. And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their
kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their
kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle
after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its
kind: and God saw that it was good.
26. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the
heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he
him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over
the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every
living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which
is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of
a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food:
30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and
to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, [I have
given] every green herb for food: and it was so.
31. And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very
good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Genesis
Chapter 21. And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2 And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he
rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he
rested from all his work which God had created and made.
4. These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they
were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.
5 And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the
field had yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the
earth: and there was not a man to till the ground;
6 but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of
the ground.
7 And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8. And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put
the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree that is
pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the
midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it
was parted, and became four heads.
11 The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole
land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12 and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx
stone.
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that
compasseth the whole land of Cush.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth in
front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to
dress it and to keep it.
16. And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden
thou mayest freely eat:
17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat
of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
18. And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I
will make him a help meet for him.
19 And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and
every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he
would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that
was the name thereof.
20 And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens,
and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help
meet for him.
21. And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he
slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead
thereof:
22 and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a
woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh:
she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall
cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Genesis
Chapter 31. Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which
Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye
shall not eat of any tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the
garden we may eat:
3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God
hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall
be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.
6. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was
a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one
wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto
her husband with her, and he did eat.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were
naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the
cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence
of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden.
9. And Jehovah God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid,
because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of
the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave
me of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And
the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14. And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this,
cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon
thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed
and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy
conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall
be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of
thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying,
Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt
thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt
eat the herb of the field;
19 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto
the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust
shalt thou return.
20. And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of
all living.
21. And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and
clothed them.
22. And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know
good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the
tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23 therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till
the ground from whence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of
Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep
the way of the tree of life.
Genesis
Chapter 41. And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and
said, I have gotten a man with [the help of] Jehovah.
2 And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep,
but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit
of the ground an offering unto Jehovah.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat
thereof. And Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
5 but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very
wroth, and his countenance fell.
6. And Jehovah said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy
countenance fallen?
7 If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not
well, sin coucheth at the door: and unto thee shall be its desire, but do
thou rule over it.
8. And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in
the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9. And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I
know not: am I my brother's keeper?
10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood
crieth unto me from the ground.
11 And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth
to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
12 when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee
its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.
13. And Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground;
and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer
in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay
me.
15 And Jehovah said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance
shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Jehovah appointed a sign for Cain,
lest any finding him should smite him.
16. And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land
of Nod, on the east of Eden.
17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he
builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son,
Enoch.
18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael
begat Methushael; and Methushael begat Lamech.
19. And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and
the name of the other Zillah.
20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and
[have] cattle.
21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as
handle the harp and pipe.
22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting
instrument of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
23. And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Ye
wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: For I have slain a man for
wounding me, And a young man for bruising me:
24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and
sevenfold.
25. And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name
Seth. For, [said she], God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel;
for Cain slew him.
26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name
Enosh. Then began men to call upon the name of Jehovah.
Genesis
Chapter 51. This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God
created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
2 male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their
name Adam, in the day when they were created.
3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his own
likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
4 and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred years: and
he begat sons and daughters.
5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years:
and he died.
6. And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enosh:
7 and Seth lived after he begat Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and
begat sons and daughters:
8 and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he
died.
9 And Enosh lived ninety years, and begat Kenan.
10 and Enosh lived after he begat Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years,
and begat sons and daughters:
11 and all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years: and he
died.
12 And Kenan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalalel:
13 and Kenan lived after he begat Mahalalel eight hundred and forty
years, and begat sons and daughters:
14 and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years: and he
died.
15 And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
16 And Mahalalel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty
years, and begat sons and daughters:
17 and all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five
years: and he died.
18 And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begat Enoch:
19 and Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters:
20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and
he died.
21. And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
22 and Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred
years, and begat sons and daughters:
23 and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
25. And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat
Lamech:
26 and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and
two years, and begat sons and daughters.
27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years:
and he died.
28. And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
29 and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our
work and in the toil of our hands, [which cometh] because of the ground
which Jehovah hath cursed.
30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five
years, and begat sons and daughters:
31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years:
and he died.
32 And Noah was five hundred years old: And Noah begat Shem, Ham, and
Japheth.
Genesis
Chapter 61. And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the
ground, and daughters were born unto them,
2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and
they took them wives of all that they chose.
3. And Jehovah said, My spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for
that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.
4. The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when
the sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to
them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
5 And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and
that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil
continually.
6. And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it
grieved him at his heart.
7 And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face
of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the
heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8. But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.
9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, [and]
perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11. And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with
violence.
12 And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had
corrupted their way upon the earth.
13. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for
the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy
them with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and
shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
15 And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three
hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty
cubits.
16 A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish
it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with
lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
17 And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon this earth, to
destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven;
everything that is in the earth shall die.
18 But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into
the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou
bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and
female.
20 Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of
every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall
come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to
thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
22. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Genesis
Chapter 71. And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark;
for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male
and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his
female:
3 of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to
keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty
days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I
destroy from off the face of the ground.
5. And Noah did according unto all that Jehovah commanded him.
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon
the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with
him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of
everything that creepeth upon the ground,
9 there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as
God commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood
were upon the earth.
11. In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the
seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the
great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
13. In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the
sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them,
into the ark;
14 they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their
kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind,
and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.
15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh
wherein is the breath of life.
16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God
commanded him: and Jehovah shut him in.
17. And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased,
and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
18 And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and
the ark went upon the face of the waters.
19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high
mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.
20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were
covered.
21. And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle,
and beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and
every man:
22 all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all
that was on the dry land, died.
23 And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the
ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the
heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left,
and they that were with him in the ark.
24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
Genesis
Chapter 81. And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that
were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and
the waters assuaged;
2 the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped,
and the rain from heaven was restrained;
3 and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the
end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
4. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the
month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the
tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains
seen.
6. And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the
window of the ark which he had made:
7 and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the
waters were dried up from off the earth.
8 And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated
from off the face of the ground;
9 but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned
unto him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth:
and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into
the ark.
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove
out of the ark;
11 and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an
olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off
the earth.
12 And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she
returned not again unto him any more.
13. And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first
month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the
earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold,
the face of the ground was dried.
14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month,
was the earth dry.
15. And God spake unto Noah, saying,
16 Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons'
wives with thee.
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all
flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping things that creepeth upon
the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful,
and multiply upon the earth.
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives
with him:
19 every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatsoever moveth
upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.
20. And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast,
and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.
21 And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I
will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the
imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again
smite any more everything living, as I have done.
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat,
and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Genesis
Chapter 91. And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and replenish the earth.
2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of
the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens. With all wherewith the
ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they
delivered.
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you. As the green herb
have I given you all.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye
not eat.
5 And surely your blood, [the blood] of your lives, will I require. At
the hand of every beast will I require it. And at the hand of man, even at
the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man.
6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. For in the
image of God made he man.
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply. Bring forth abundantly in the
earth, and multiply therein.
8. And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed
after you.
10 And with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the
cattle, and every beast of the earth with you. Of all that go out of the
ark, even every beast of the earth.
11 And I will establish my convenant with you. Neither shall all flesh be
cut off any more by the waters of the flood. Neither shall there any more
be a flood to destroy the earth.
12. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between
me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual
generations.
13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a
covenant between me and the earth.
14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that
the bow shall be seen in the cloud,
15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every
living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall no more become a flood
to destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow shall be in the cloud. And I will look upon it, that I may
remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of
all flesh that is upon the earth.
17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have
established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
18. And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and
Ham, and Japheth. And Ham is the father of Canaan.
19 These three were the sons of Noah. And of these was the whole earth
overspread.
20 And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard.
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken. And he was uncovered within
his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and
told his two brethren without.
23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their
shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father.
And their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
24. And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done
unto him.
25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan. A servant of servants shall he be unto
his brethren.
26 And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem. And let Canaan be
his servant.
27 God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem. And let
Canaan be his servant.
28. And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years. And he
died.
Genesis
Chapter 101. Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, [namely], of Shem,
Ham, and Japheth. And unto them were sons born after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal,
and Meshech, and Tiras.
3 And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every
one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
6. And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
7 And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and
Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
8 And Cush begat Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah. Wherefore it is said, Like
Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and
Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and
Rehoboth-ir, and Calah.
12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).
13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14 and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (whence went forth the Philistines), and
Caphtorim.
15. And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
16 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
17 and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
18 and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. And afterward
were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad.
19 And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as thou goest toward
Gerar, unto Gaza. As thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and
Zeboiim, unto Lasha.
20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues,
in their lands, in their nations.
21. And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder
brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.
22 The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.
23 And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
24 And Arpachshad begat Shelah. And Shelah begat Eber.
25 And unto Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg. For
in his days was the earth divided. And his brother's name was Joktan.
26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28 and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
29 and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the
mountain of the east.
31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues,
in their lands, after their nations.
32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations,
in their nations. And of these were the nations divided in the earth after
the flood.
Genesis
Chapter 111. And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in
the land of Shinar. And they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them
thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
4 And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top
[may reach] unto heaven, and let us make us a name. Lest we be scattered
abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5. And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children
of men builded.
6 And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one
language. And this is what they begin to do. And now nothing will be
withholden from them, which they purpose to do.
7 Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may
not understand one another's speech.
8 So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the
earth. And they left off building the city.
9 Therefore was the name of it called Babel. Because Jehovah did there
confound the language of all the earth. And from thence did Jehovah scatter
them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
10. These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and
begat Arpachshad two years after the flood.
11 And Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters.
12 And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelah.
13 And Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah four hundred and three
years, and begat sons and daughters.
14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber.
15 And Shelah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and
begat sons and daughters.
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg.
17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and
begat sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu.
19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and
begat sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug.
21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and
begat sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor.
23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons
and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah.
25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and
begat sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27. Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and
Haran. And Haran begat Lot.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in
Ur of the Chaldees.
29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives. The name of Abram's wife was
Sarai. And the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the
father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
30 And Sarai was barren. She had no child.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son,
and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife. And they went forth
with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. And they
came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years. And Terah died
in Haran.
Genesis
Chapter 121. Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy
kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee.
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make
they name great. And be thou a blessing.
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I
curse. And in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
4. So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him. And Lot went with him.
And Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their
substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in
Haran. And they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. And into the land
of Canaan they came.
6. And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the
oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
7 And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give
this land. And there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto
him.
8 And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el,
and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east. And
there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of
Jehovah.
9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
10. And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down into Egypt to
sojourn there. For the famine was sore in the land.
11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that
he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman
to look upon.
12 And it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they
will say, This is his wife. And they will kill me, but they will save thee
alive.
13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister. That it may be well with me for
thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.
14. And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the
Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
15 And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh. And
the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 And he dealt well with Abram for her sake. And he had sheep, and oxen,
and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and
camels.
17 And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because
of Sarai, Abram's wife.
18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done
unto me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife?
Now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
20 And Pharoah gave men charge concerning him. And they brought him on
the way, and his wife, and all that he had.
Genesis
Chapter 131. And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had,
and Lot with him, into the South.
2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3 And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the
place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai,
4 unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. And
there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.
5. And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together.
For their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
7 And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the
herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in
the land.
8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between
me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen. For we are brethren.
9 Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from
me. If [thou wilt take] the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if
[thou take] the right hand, then I will go to the left.
10. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan,
that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest
unto Zoar.
11 So Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan. And Lot journeyed east.
And they separated themselves the one from the other.
12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the
Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah
exceedingly.
14. And Jehovah said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him,
Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward
and southward and eastward and westward.
15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy
seed for ever.
16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth. So that if a man
can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered.
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of
it. For unto thee will I give it.
18 And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre,
which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.
Genesis
Chapter 141. And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king
of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,
2 that they made was with Bera kind of Sodom, and with Birsha king of
Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king
of Bela (the same is Zoar).
3 All these joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same is the Salt
Sea).
4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they
rebelled.
5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were
with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham,
and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
6 and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the
wilderness.
7 And they returned, and came to En-mispat (the same is Kadesh), and
smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt
in Hazazon-tamar.
8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the
king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is
Zoar). And they set the battle in array against them in the vale of Siddim.
9 Against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and
Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar. Four kings against the
five.
10 Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits. And the kings of Sodom
and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the
mountain.
11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their
victuals, and went their way.
12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his
goods, and departed.
13. And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew. Now he
dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of
Aner. And these were confederate with Abram.
14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth
his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued
as far as Dan.
15 And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and
smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of
Damascus.
16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother
Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
17. And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the
slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of
Shaveh (the same is the King's Vale).
18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine. And he was
priest of God Most High.
19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
possessor of heaven and earth.
20 And blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into
thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all.
21. And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take
the goods to thyself.
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto
Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
23 that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is
thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich.
24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the
men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them taken their
portion.
Genesis
Chapter 151. After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram. I am thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.
2. And Abram said, O Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go
childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of
Damascus?
3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed. And, lo, one
born in my house in mine heir.
4 And, behold, the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, This man shall
not be thine heir. But he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels
shall be thine heir.
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and
number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said unto him, So
shall thy seed be.
6 And he believed in Jehovah. And he reckoned it to him for
righteousness.
7. And he said unto him, I am Jehovah that brought thee out of Ur of the
Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
8 And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit
it?
9 And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat
three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young
pigeon.
10 And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid
each half over against the other. But the birds divided he not.
11 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove
them away.
12. And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram. And,
lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be
sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them. And they
shall afflict them four hundred years.
14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge. And
afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15 But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace. Thou shalt be buried in a
good old age.
16 And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again. For the
iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.
17. And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark,
behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these
pieces.
18 In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed
have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the
river Euphrates.
19 The Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
20 and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the
Jebusite.
Genesis
Chapter 161. Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children. And she had a handmaid,
an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from
bearing. Go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid. It may be that I shall
obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after
Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her
husband to be his wife.
4. And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she
had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee. I gave my handmaid
into they bosom. And when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in
her eyes. Jehovah judge between me and thee.
6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand. Do to her
that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she
fled from her face.
7. And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the
wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? And whither
goest thou? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and
submit thyself under her hands.
10. And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy
seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
11 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Behold, thou art with child,
and shalt bear a son. And thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah
hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he shall be [as] a wild ass among men. His hand [shall be] against
every man, and every man's hand against him. And he shall dwell over
against all his brethren.
13 And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God
that seeth. For she said, Have I even here looked after him that seeth me?
14 Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. Behold, it is between
Kadesh and Bered.
15. And Hagar bare Abram a son. And Abram called the name of his son, whom
Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to
Abram.
Genesis
Chapter 171. And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to
Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be thou
perfect.
2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee
exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face. And God talked with him, saying;
4. As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the
father of a multitude of nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but they name shall be
Abraham. For the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of
thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
7. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after
thee, throughout their generations for an everlasting convenant, to be a
God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy
sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. And I
will be their God.
9 And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my
covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy
seed after thee. Every male among you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. And it
shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you.
12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every
male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought
with money of any foreigner that is not of thy seed.
13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money,
must needs be circumcised. And my covenant shall be in your flesh for an
everlasting covenant.
14 And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his
foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He hath broken my
covenant.
15. And God said unto Abraham, as for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call
her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
16 And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her. Yea,
I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother of] nations. Kings of peoples
shall be of her.
17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart,
Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? And shall
Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
18 And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!
19 And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son. And thou
shalt call his name Isaac. And I will establish my covenant with him for an
everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee. Behold, I have blessed him, and
will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. Twelve princes
shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear
unto thee at this set time in the next year.
22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
23. And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house,
and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of
Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the
selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in
the flesh of his foreskin.
25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in
the flesh of his foreskin.
26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
27 And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those
bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
Genesis
Chapter 181. And Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the
tent door in the heat of the day.
2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over
against him. And when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door,
and bowed himself to the earth,
3 and said, My lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not
away, I pray thee, from thy servant.
4 Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest
yourselves under the tree.
5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart. After
that ye shall pass on. Forasmuch as ye are come to your servant. And they
said, So do, as thou hast said.
6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready
quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.
7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and
gave it unto the servant. And he hasted to dress it.
8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and
set it before them. And he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
9. And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold,
in the tent.
10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh
round. And, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the
tent door, which was behind him.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, [and] well stricken in age. It had
ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
12 And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I
have pleasure, my lord being old also?
13 And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying,
Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?
14 Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto
thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not. For she was afraid. And he
said, Nay. But thou didst laugh.
16. And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom. And Abraham
went with them to bring them on the way.
17 And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do.
18 Seeing that Abraham had surely become a great and mighty nation, and
all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and
his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do
righteousness and justice. To the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham
that which he hath spoken of him.
20 And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and
because their sin is very grievous.
21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether
according to the cry of it, which is come unto me. And if not, I will know.
22 And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom. But Abraham
stood yet before Jehovah.
23. And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with
the wicked?
24 Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city. Wilt thou
consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous
with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked. That be far
from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
26 And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city,
then I will spare all the place for their sake.
27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to
speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous. Wilt thou
destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it,
if I find there forty and five.
29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be
forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake.
30 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak.
Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do
it, if I find thirty there.
31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord.
Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not
destroy it for the twenty's sake.
32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but
this once. Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not
destroy it for the ten's sake.
33 And Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with
Abraham. And Abraham returned unto his place.
Genesis
Chapter 191. And the two angels came to Sodom at even. And Lot sat in the gate of
Sodom. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. And he bowed himself
with his face to the earth.
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your
servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise
up early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay. But we will abide in the
street all night.
3 And he urged them greatly. And they turned in unto him, and entered
into his house. And he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread,
and they did eat.
4. But before they lay down, the men of the city, [even] the men of Sodom,
compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every
quarter.
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that
came in to thee this night? Bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
6 And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him.
7 And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man. Let me, I
pray you, bring them but unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your
eyes. Only unto these men do nothing, forasmuch as they are come under the
shadow of my roof.
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to
sojourn, and he will needs be a judge. Now will we deal worse with thee,
than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near
to break the door.
10 But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to
them, and shut to the door.
11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with
blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find
the door.
12. And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? Son-in-law, and
thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city, bring
them out of the place.
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great
before Jehovah. And Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it.
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law, who married his
daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place. For Jehovah will
destroy the city. But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that mocked.
15. And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying,
Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here, lest thou be
consumed in the iniquity of the city.
16 But he lingered. And the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the
hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being
merciful unto him. And they brought him forth, and set him without the
city.
17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth, abroad, that he
said, Escape for thy life. Look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all
the Plain. Escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my lord.
19 Behold now, thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, and thou hast
magnified thy lovingkindness, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my
life. And I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I
die.
20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one. Oh
let me escape thither (is it not a little one?), and my soul shall live.
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing
also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither. For I cannot do anything till thou be come
thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar.
24. Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire
from Jehovah out of heaven.
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the
inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26. But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of
salt.
27. And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he had
stood before Jehovah.
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of
the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke
of a furnace.
29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that
God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow,
when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
30. And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two
daughters with him. For he feared to dwell in Zoar. And he dwelt in a cave,
he and his two daughters.
31 And the first-born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there
is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the
earth.
32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him,
that we may preserve seed of our father.
33 And they made their father drink wine that night. And the first-born
went in, and lay with her father. And he knew not when she lay down, nor
when she arose.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the
younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father. Let us make him drink
wine this night also. And go thou in, and lie with him, that we may
preserve seed of our father.
35 And they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger
arose, and lay with him. And he knew not when she lay down, nor when she
arose.
36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab. The same is
the father of the Moabites unto this day.
38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi.
The same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
Genesis
Chapter 201. And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and
dwelt between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar.
2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech
king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
3. But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him,
Behold, thou art but a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken.
For she is a man's wife.
4 Now Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay
even a righteous nation?
5 Said he not himself unto me, She is my sister? And she, even she
herself said, He is my brother. In the integrity of my heart and the
innocency of my hands have I done this.
6 And God said unto him in the dream, Yea, I know that in the integrity
of thy heart thou has done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning
against me. Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
7 Now therefore restore the man's wife. For he is a prophet, and he shall
pray for thee, and thou shalt live. And if thou restore her not, know thou
that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
8. And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants,
and told all these things in their ear. And the men were sore afraid.
9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done
unto us? And wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on
me and on my kingdom a great sin? Thou hast done deeds unto me that ought
not to be done.
10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done
this thing?
11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in
this place. And they will slay me for my wife's sake.
12 And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but
not the daughter of my mother. And she became my wife.
13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's
house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show
unto me. At every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
14. And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and
women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his
wife.
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee. Dwell where it
pleaseth thee.
16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand
pieces of silver. Behold, it is for thee a covering of the eyes to all that
are with thee. And in respect of all thou art righted.
17 And Abraham prayed unto God. And God healed Abimelech, and his wife,
and his maid-servants. And they bare children.
18 For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of
Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
Genesis
Chapter 211. And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as
he had spoken.
2 And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set
time of which God had spoken to him.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom
Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as
God had commanded him.
5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto
him.
6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh. Every one that heareth will
laugh with me.
7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give
children suck? For I have borne him a son in his old age.
8 And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on
the day that Isaac was weaned.
9. And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto
Abraham, mocking.
10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son.
For the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with
Isaac.
11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his
son.
12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because
of the lad, and because of thy handmaid. In all that Sarah saith unto thee,
hearken unto her voice. For in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
13 And also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he
is thy seed.
14. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle
of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and [gave
her] the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the
wilderness of Beer-sheba.
15 And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under
one of the shrubs.
16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it
were a bowshot. For she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child.
And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
17 And God heard the voice of the lad. And the angel of God called to
Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not.
For God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand. For I will make him
a great nation.
19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went,
and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
20 And God was with the lad, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness,
and became, as he grew up, an archer.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a
wife out of the land of Egypt.
22. And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the
captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all
that thou doest.
23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal
falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to
the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the
land wherein thou hast sojourned.
24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which
Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
26 And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing. Neither didst
thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech. And
they two made a covenant.
28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which
thou hast set by themselves?
30 And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it
may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they sware
both of them.
32 So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. And Abimelech rose up, and
Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the
Philistines.
33. And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there
on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.
34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
Genesis
Chapter 221. And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and
said unto him, Abraham. And he said, Here am I.
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even
Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah. And offer him there for a
burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3. And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took
two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. And he clave the wood for
the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had
told him.
4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar
off.
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass, and I
and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come again to you.
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac
his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. And they went both
of them together.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father. And he
said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood. But
where is the lamb for a burnt-offering?
8 And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a
burnt-offering, my son. So they went both of them together.
9 And they came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham built
the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and
laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his
son.
11. And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said,
Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here I am.
12 And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything
unto him. For now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not
withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind [him] a
ram caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram,
and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh. As it is said
to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.
15. And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of
heaven,
16 and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast
done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,
17 that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply
thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the
seashore. And thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. Because
thou hast obeyed my voice.
19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went
together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
20. And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham,
saying, Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children unto they brother
Nahor.
21 Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram.
22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight did Milcah bear to Nahor,
Abraham's brother.
24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and
Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
Genesis
Chapter 231. And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years. These
were the years of the life of Sarah.
2 And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of
Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3. And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children
of Heth, saying,
4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you. Give me a possession of a
burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6 Hear us, my lord. Thou art a prince of God among us. In the choice of
our sepulchres bury thy dead. None of us shall withhold from thee his
sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
7 And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even
to the children of Heth.
8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should
bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son
of Zohar,
9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in
the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in the midst
of you for a possession of a burying-place.
10 Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth. And
Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of
Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
11 Nay, my lord, hear me. The field give I thee, and the cave that is
therein, I give it thee. In the presence of the children of my people give
I it thee. Bury thy dead.
12 And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land,
saying, But if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me. I will give the price of
the field. Take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
15 My lord, hearken unto me. A piece of land worth four hundred shekels
of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? Bury therefore thy dead.
16. And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron. And Abraham weighed to Ephron the
silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four
hundred shekels of silver, current [money] with the merchant.
17 So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before
Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that
were in the field, that were in all the border thereof round about, were
made sure
18 unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth,
before all that went in at the gate of his city.
19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field
of Machpelah before Mamre (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto
Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Heth.
Genesis
Chapter 241. And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age. And Jehovah had
blessed Abraham in all things.
2 And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled
over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh.
3 And I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of
the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of
the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.
4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife
for my son Isaac.
5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be
willing to follow me unto this land. Must I needs bring thy son again unto
the land from whence thou camest?
6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son
thither again.
7 Jehovah, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and
from the land of my nativity, and who spake unto me, and who sware unto me,
saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land. He will send his angel before
thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence.
8 And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be
clear from this my oath. Only thou shalt not bring my son thither again.
9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and
sware to him concerning this matter.
10. And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and
departed, having all goodly things of his master's in his hand. And he
arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
11 And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of
water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
12 And he said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray
thee, good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.
13 Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water. And the daughters of
the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down
thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink. And she shall say, Drink, and I
will give thy camels drink also. Let the same be she that thou hast
appointed for thy servant Isaac. And thereby shall I know that thou hast
showed kindness unto my master.
15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold,
Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of
Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any
man known her. And she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher,
and came up.
17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray
thee, a little water from thy pitcher.
18 And she said, Drink, my lord. And she hasted, and let down her pitcher
upon her hand, and gave him drink.
19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw for thy
camels also, until they have done drinking.
20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again
unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.
21 And the man looked stedfastly on her, holding his peace, to know
whether Jehovah had made his journey prosperous or not.
22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man
took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands
of ten shekels weight of gold,
23 and said, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me, I pray thee. Is there room
in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah,
whom she bare unto Nahor.
25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough,
and room to lodge in.
26 And the man bowed his head, and worshipped Jehovah.
27 And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who
hath not forsaken his lovingkindness and his truth toward my master. As for
me, Jehovah hath led me in the way to the house of my master's brethren.
28 And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house according to these
words.
29. And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out
unto the man, unto the fountain.
30 And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his
sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying,
Thus spake the man unto me. That he came unto the man. And, behold, he was
standing by the camels at the fountain.
31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of Jehovah. Wherefore standest thou
without? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
32 And the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels. And he
gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the
feet of the men that were with him.
33 And there was set food before him to eat. But he said, I will not eat,
until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
35 And Jehovah hath blessed my master greatly. And he is become great.
And he hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and
men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and asses.
36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old.
And unto him hath he given all that he hath.
37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my
son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell.
38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take
a wife for my son.
39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
40 And he said unto me, Jehovah, before whom I walk, will send his angel
with thee, and prosper thy way. And thou shalt take a wife for my son of my
kindred, and of my father's house.
41 Then shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my kindred.
And if they give her not to thee, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
42 And I came this day unto the fountain, and said, O Jehovah, the God of
my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go.
43 Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water. And let it come to
pass, that the maiden that cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say, Give
me, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher to drink.
44 And she shall say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy
camels. Let the same be the woman whom Jehovah hath appointed for my
master's son.
45 And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth
with her pitcher on her shoulder. And she went down unto the fountain, and
drew. And I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and
said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. So I drank, and she
made the camels drink also.
47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The
daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him. And I put the
ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands.
48 And I bowed my head, and worshipped Jehovah, and blessed Jehovah, the
God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my
master's brother's daughter for his son.
49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. And
if not, tell me. That I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from
Jehovah. We cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy
master's son's wife, as Jehovah hath spoken.
52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words,
he bowed himself down to the earth unto Jehovah.
53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,
and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah. He gave also to her brother and to
her mother precious things.
54. And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and
tarried all night. And they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me
away unto my master.
55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us [a
few] days, at the least ten. After that she shall go.
56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my
way. Send me away that I may go to my master.
57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.
58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this
man? And she said, I will go.
59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's
servant, and his men.
60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou [the
mother] of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of
those that hate them.
61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and
followed the man. And the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
62. And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahairoi. For he dwelt in the land
of the South.
63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide. And he
lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.
64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted
from the camel.
65 And she said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the
field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master. And she took her
veil, and covered herself.
66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah,
and she became his wife. And he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after
his mother's death.
Genesis
Chapter 251. And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.
2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and
Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were
Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
4 And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and
Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
6 But unto the sons of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave
gifts. And he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived,
eastward, unto the east country.
7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a
hundred threescore and fifteen years.
8 And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man,
and full [of years], and was gathered to his people.
9 And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in
the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre.
10 The field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth. There was
Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
11. And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac
his son. And Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahairoi.
12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar
the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham.
13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names,
according to their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and
Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14 and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
15 Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their
villages, and by their encampments. Twelve princes according to their
nations.
17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty
and seven years. And he gave up the ghost and died, and was gathered unto
his people.
18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur that is before Egypt, as thou
goest toward Assyria. He abode over against all his brethren.
19. And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham begat
Issac.
20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of
Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be
his wife.
21 And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren. And
Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children struggled together within her. And she said, If it be
so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.
23 And Jehovah said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, And two
peoples shall be separated from thy bowels. And the one people shall be
stronger than the other people. And the elder shall serve the younger.
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were
twins in her womb.
25 And the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment. And they
called his name Esau.
26 And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau's
heel. And his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was threescore years old
when she bare them.
27 And the boys grew. And Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field.
And Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.
28 Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison. And Rebekah
loved Jacob.
29. And Jacob boiled pottage. And Esau came in from the field, and he was
faint.
30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red
[pottage]. For I am faint. Therefore was his name called Edom.
31 And Jacob said, Sell me first thy birthright.
32 And Esau said, Behold, I am about to die. And what profit shall the
birthright do to me?
33 And Jacob said, Swear to me first. And he sware unto him. And he sold
his birthright unto Jacob.
34 And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils. And he did eat and
drink, and rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.
Genesis
Chapter 261. And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was
in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the
Philistines, unto Gerar.
2 And Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt. Dwell
in the land which I shall tell thee of.
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee. For
unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will
establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father.
4 And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto
thy seed all these lands. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the
earth be blessed.
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my
commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
6. And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.
7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife. And he said, She is my
sister. For he feared to say, My wife. Lest, [said he], the men of the
place should kill me for Rebekah. Because she was fair to look upon.
8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech
king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac
was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy
wife. And how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him,
Because I said, Lest I die because of her.
10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? One of the
people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought
guiltiness upon us.
11 And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this
man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
12. And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a
hundredfold. And Jehovah blessed him.
13 And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very
great.
14 And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a
great household. And the Philistines envied him.
15 Now all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days
of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us. For thou art much mightier
than we.
17 And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and
dwelt there.
18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in
the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after
the death of Abraham. And he called their names after the names by which
his father had called them.
19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of
springing water.
20 And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The
water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they
contended with him.
21 And they digged another well, and they strove for that also. And he
called the name of it Sitnah.
22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well. And for that they
strove not. And he called the name of it Rehoboth. And he said, For now
Jehovah hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
24 And Jehovah appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God
of Abraham thy father. Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee,
and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah,
and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac's servants digged a well.
26. Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and
Phicol the captain of his host.
27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye
hate me, and have sent me away from you?
28 And they said, We saw plainly that Jehovah was with thee. And we said,
Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us
make a covenant with thee,
29 that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we
have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace.
Thou art now the blessed of Jehovah.
30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another. And
Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told
him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have
found water.
33 And he called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba
unto this day.
34. And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter
of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
35 And they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Genesis
Chapter 271. And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so
that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My
son. And he said unto him, Here am I.
2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death.
3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow,
and go out to the field, and take me venison.
4 And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may
eat. That my soul may bless thee before I die.
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to
the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
6. And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy
father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
7 Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless
thee before Jehovah before my death.
8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command
thee.
9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the
goats. And I will make them savory food for thy father, such as he loveth.
10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may
bless thee before his death.
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a
hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a
deceiver. And I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son. Only obey
my voice, and go fetch me them.
14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother. And his
mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
15 And Rebekah took the goodly garments of Esau her elder son, which were
with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son.
16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and
upon the smooth of his neck.
17 And she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared,
into the hand of her son Jacob.
18. And he came unto his father, and said, My father. And he said, Here am
I. Who art thou, my son?
19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first-born; I have done
according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison,
that thy soul may bless me.
20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so
quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah thy God sent me good speed.
21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel
thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father. And he felt him, and said,
The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother
Esau's hands. So he blessed him.
24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison,
that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat.
And he brought him wine, and he drank.
26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my
son.
27 And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelled the smell of his
raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son Is as the
smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed.
28 And God five thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the
earth, And plenty of grain and new wine.
29 Let peoples serve thee, And nations bow down to thee. Be lord over thy
brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be every one
that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee.
30. And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing
Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his
father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
31 And he also made savory food, and brought it unto his father. And he
said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison,
that thy soul may bless me.
32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am
thy son, thy first-born, Esau.
33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who then is he that
hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou
camest, and have blessed him? Yea, [and] he shall be blessed.
34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding
great and bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O
my father.
35 And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy
blessing.
36 And he said, Is not he rightly name Jacob? for he hath supplanted me
these two time. He took away my birthright. And, behold, now he hath taken
away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy
lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants. And with grain
and new wine have I sustained him. And what then shall I do for thee, my
son?
38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father?
Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and
wept.
39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, of the
fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from
above.
40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother.
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt
shake his yoke from off thy neck.
41. And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father
blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father
are at hand. Then will I slay my brother Jacob.
42 And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah. And she sent
and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother
Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, [purposing] to kill thee.
43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. And arise, flee thou to Laban my
brother to Haran.
44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away.
45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that
which thou hast done to him. Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence.
Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the
daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as
these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
Genesis
Chapter 281. And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto
him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father.
And take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's
brother.
3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee,
that thou mayest be a company of peoples.
4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with
thee. That thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave
unto Abraham.
5 And Isaac sent away Jacob. And he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son
of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
6. Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to
Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence. And that as he blessed him he
gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of
Canaan.
7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to
Paddan-aram.
8 And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father.
9 And Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had,
Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to
be his wife.
10. And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night,
because the sun was set. And he took one of the stones of the place, and
put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
12 And he dreamed. And behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top
of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God ascending and
descending on it.
13 And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God
of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon thou liest,
to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread
abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south.
And in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee, whithersoever thou
goest, and will bring thee again into this land. For I will not leave thee,
until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
16. And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Jehovah is in
this place. And I knew it not.
17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none
other than the hous