God olesseth Noah. GENESIS. a Noah dicth. savour; and the LORD said in his heart, it shall be for a token of a covenant boI will not again curse the ground any tween me and the earth. more for man's sake; for the imagina- 14 And it shall come to pass, when 1 tion of man's heart is evil from his bring cloud over the earth, that the youth: neither will I again smite any bow shall be seen in the cloud: more every thing living, as I have 15 And I will remember my cove. done. nant 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. 22 While the earth remaneth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. A CHAP. IX 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud and I will look upon it, that 1 may remeinber the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature NDGod blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. of all flesh that is upon the earth. 2 And the fear of you, and the dread 17 And God said unto Noah, This is of you, shall be upon every beast ofthe earth, and upon every fowl of the air, . upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. the token of the covenant, which 1 have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. 1817 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things: 4 But flesh with the life thereof, land of them was the whole earth overwhich is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require: at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of inau; 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. 19 These are the three sons of Noan: spread. 20 11 And Noah began to be a husbandman, and he 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 gar 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multi-ment, and laid it upon both their ply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 811 And God spake unto Noab, 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, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. 11 And I will establish my covenant with you: neither shall all fleshbe cut off any more by the waters of a flood: neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. 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 younger son had done unto him. 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall hebe unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between 29 And all the days of Noah were nine me and you; and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and hundred and fifty years: and he died. CHAP. X. NOW OW these are the generations of the sons of Noah; Shem, Ham Generations CHAP. ΧΙ. of Noar. and Japhetn; and unto them were Japheth the elder, even to him were sons born after the flood. children born. iT The sons of Japheth; Gomer, 22 The children of Shem; Elan, aла and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. Araın. 3 And the sous of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 617 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raatmah, and Sabtecha: 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 the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calnch, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 12 And Resen betwee: Nineveh and Calah the same is a great city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and 23 And the children of Aram; Uz. and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. 25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of 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 Diklalı, 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 unto Sephar, a mount 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 by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. Anamin, and Lehabim, and Naph-A tubinı, CHAP. XI. ND the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhım, 2 And it came to pass, as they jou(out of whom came Philistim,) and neyed from the east, that they found a Capbtorim. plain in the land of Shinar; and they 15 1 And Canaan begat Sidon his dwelt there. first-born, and Heth, 3 And they said one to another, Go 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amo- to, let us make brick, and burn them rite, and the Girgasite, thoroughly. And they had brick for 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, stone, and slime had they for mortar. and the Sinite, 4 And they said, Go to, let us build 18 And the Arvadite, and the Ze- us a city, and a tower, whosetopmay marite, and the Hamathite: and after- reach unto heaven; and let us make na wards were the families of the Ca-ja name, lest we be scattered avroad naanites spread abroad. upon the face of the whole earth. 19 And the border of the Canaanites & And the LORD came down to see was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboiim, even unto Lasha. the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagured to do. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 21 11 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of 7 Go to, let us go down, and there Babe: built. GENESIS. Abram called. confound their language, that they may | 28 And Haran died before his father not understand one another's speech. Terah in the land of his nativity, in $ So the LORD scattered them abroad Ur of the Chaldees. from thence upon the face of all the 29 And Abram and Nahor took earth: and they left off to build the them wives: the name of Abram's city. wife was Sarai; and the name of 9 Therefore is the name of it called Nahor's wife Milcah, the daughter of Babel: because the LORD did there Haran, the father of Milcah, and the confound the language of all the earth: father of Iscah. and from thence did the LORD scatter 30 But Sarai was barrer; she had them abroad upon the face of all the earth. 10 T These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived, after he begat Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah. 13 And Arphaxad lived, after he begat Salah, four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber 15 And Salah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 16 And Eberlived 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. no child. 31 11 And Terab took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abrain's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, 10 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 Teralı died in Haran. NOW CHAP. XII. unto TOW the LORD had said Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and froin thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thec: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. 4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot weret 19 And Peleg lived, after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years, and with him: and Abram was seventy begat sons and daughters. and five years old when he departed 20 And Reu lived two and thirty out of Haran. 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. 6 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lothis 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 Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And the Lonn appeared unto 25 And Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, a hundred and nineteen years, Abram, and said, Uato thy seed will and begat sons and daughters. I give this land: and there builded he 26 And Terah lived seventy years, an altar unto the LORD, who appear ed unto him. aud begat Al Abram, Nabor, and Haran. 27 Now these are the generations 8 And he removed from thence unto of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, a mountain on the east of Beth-el, ard and Ilaran; and Haran begat Lot. pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the Famine in Canaan. CHAP. ΧΙΙΙ. Abram and Lot. west, and Hai on the east; and there place where his tent had been at the he builded an altar unto the Lonn, beginning, between Reth-el and Hai; and called upon the name of the Loan. 4 Unto the place of the altar, which 9 And Abram journeyed, going on he had made there at the first: and still toward the south. 10 And there was a samine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there: for the famine toas grievous 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 upen: there Abram called on the name of the LORD. 6 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And the land was not able to bear then, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife betweon the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdinen of Lot's cattle: and the 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then that they shall say, This is his wife; in the land. and they will kill me, but they will 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let save thee alive. there be no strife, I pray thee, between 13 Say, 1 pray thee, thou art my me and thee, and between my herdsister: that it may be well with me men and thy herdmen; for we be for thy sake; and my soul shall live brethren. because of thee. 9 Is not the whole land before thee? 14 And it came to pass, that, when Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me Abram was come into Egypt, the if thou will take the left hand, then I Egyptians beheld the woman, that she was very fair. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, be 16 And he entreated Abram well for fore the Lond destroyed Sodom and her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, Gomorrah, even as the garden of the and he-asses, and men-servants, and Lorn, like the land of Egypt, as thou maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels. 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram's wife. comest unto Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east. and they separated themselves the one froin the other. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Ca 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 I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. A CHAP. XIII. naan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. 14 And the LORD 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. ND Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he nad, and Lot with him, into the south. 2 And Abram was very rich in cat-16 And I will make thy seed as the ue, in silver, and in gold. dust of the earth: so that if a man can 3 And he went on liis journeys from number the dust of the earth, then the south even to Bethel, unto the shall thy seed also be numbered. GENESIS. The battle of the kings. 17 Arise, walk through the land, in 13 And there came one that had es the length of it, and in the breadth of 't: for I will give it unto thee. 181 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lonn. CHAP. XIV. caped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain 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 armed ND it came to pass, in the days of his trained servants, born in his own A Amraphel king of shinar, Arioch, house, three hundred and eighteen, king of Ellasar, Credorlaomer king of and pursued them unto Dan Elam, and Tidal king of nations: 15 And he divided himself agains: 2 That these made war with Bera them, he and his servants, by night, king of Sodom, and with Birsha king and smote them, and pursued them of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, unto Hobah, which is on the left hand and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and of Damascus. the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. 16 And he brought back all the goods. and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the wonen also, and the people. 4 Twelve years they served Chedor- 17 And the king of Sodom went out laomer, and in the thirteenth year they to meet him, (after bis return from rebelled. the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of 5 And in the fourteenth year came the kings that were with him,) at the Chedorlaome, and the kings that were valley of Shaveh, which is the king's with him, and sinote the Rephaims in dale. Asnteroth-Karnaim, and the Zuzims 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem in Hain, and the Emims in Shaveli Kiriathaiin, 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness. brought forth bread and wine; and he was the priest of the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: 20 And blessed be the most high God, 7 And they returned and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and which hath delivered thine enemies smote all the country of the Amalek- into thy hand. And he gave him tithes ites, and also the Amorites that dwelt of all. in Hazezon-tamar. 21 And the king of Sodom said unto 8 And there went out the king of Abram, Give me the persons, and take Sodoin, 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 joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; the goods to thyself. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my haird unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and not take any thing that is thine, lest Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings thou shouldest say, I have made Abram with five. rich: 10 And the vale of Siddim was full 24 Save only that which the young of slime-pits; and the kings of Sodom men have eaten, and the portion of the and Gomorrah led, and fell there; and men which went with me, Aner, Eslıthey that remained fled to the moun- col, and Mamre; let them take their tain. 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. portion. A CHAP. XV. FTER these things the word of the Loud came unto Abram in a 2 And they took Lot, Abram's broth- vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: 1 er's son, (who dwelt in Sodom,) and am thy shield, and thy exceeding his goods, and departed. great reward |