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The tranflatoui s of the Bible,wilh Grace, Mercy,and Peace,, through Jesus Christ our Lord. ^Reat and manifold were the bleffings ( molt dread foveraigne ) , which almighty God, the Father of all mercies, bellowed upon us the people or England, whenfirfthe fent your Majesties Royall perfon to rule and reigne over us. For whereas it was the expedition of many, who wilhed not well unto our Sion, 1 that upon the fetting of that bright Occident all fiarre queen Eli- sabeth of moft happy memory,fome thick and palpable clouds of darknefie would fo have overfhadowed this land , that men fhould have been in doubt which way they were to walk, and that it fhould hardly be known, who was to direft the unfetled ftate: the appearance of your M a j e s t i e , as of the fume in his ftrength, inftantly difpelled thofe fuppofed and furmifed mills, and gave un- to all that were well affe&ed, exceeding caufe of comfort, efpecially when we beheld the government ettablifhed in your H i g h n e s , and your hopefull feed, by an undoubted title, and this alfo accompanied with peace and tranquillitie at home and abroad. But afnongfl: all our joyes there was no one that more filled our hearts, then the blefled continuance of the preachingof Go d s facred word amongft us, which is that ineflimable treafure, which excelleth all the riches of the earth, becaufe the fruit thereof extendeth it felf, not onely to the time /pent in this tranfitory world, but diredeth and difpofethmen unto that eternall happindfe which is above in heaven. Then not to fuffer this to fall to the ground,but rather to take it up,and to con- tinue it inthatftate, wherein the famous predeceflour of your Highnes did leave it: nay,to go forward with the confidence and refolution of a man in main- taining the truth ofCHRi st, and propagating it farre and neare, is that which hath fo bound and firmly knit the hearts of all your Majesties loyall and religious people unto you, that your very name is precious among them,their eye doth behold you with comfort, and they blelfeyou in their hearts, as that fanfti- fied perfon, who under God, is the immediate authour of their true happinefle. And this their contentment doth not diminilh or decay,but every day increafeth * s and and taketh ftrength, when theyobferve that the zeal of your Maje s t i v towards the houle of Go d, doth not flack or go backward, but is more and n»re kindled, manifefting it fclf abr oad in the fur theft parts of Chriftendome , by writing in defence of the truth/ which hath given fuch a blow unto that man of finne, as will not be healed ) and every day at home, by religious and learned dif- courfe, by frequenting the houie of G o d, by hearing the word preached , by cheriftiinc the teachers thereof,by caring lor the Church as a moft tender and lo- ving nurhng Father. ... - t, - .. i There are infinite arguments of this right Chriftian and religious affeftion in your Maje stie: but none is more forcible to declare it to others., then the vehement and perpetuated defire of the accomplilhing and publishing of this work, which now with all humilitie we prefent unto your Maje stie. Foe when your Highnefle had once out of deep judgement apprehended how con- venient it was, that out of the originall facred tongues, together with compa- ring of the labours, both in our own and other for rein languages, of many worthy men who went before iis, there fliould be one more exaft tranflation of the holy feriptures into the Englijb tongue; your MAjiSTiEdid never defift to urge and to excite thofe to whom itwas commended, that the work might be haftened, and that the bufinefle might be expedited in fo decent a manner, as a matter of fuch importance might juftly require. And now at laft, by the mercy of G o d, and the continuance of our labours*' it being brought unto fuch aconclufion, as that we have great hope that the Church of England fliall reap good fruit thereby; we hold it our duty to offer it to your Maje stie, not onely as to our king and foveraigne, but as to the principall mover and authour of the work: Humbly craving of your moft facred Maje sti E,that fince things of this quality have ever been fubjed to the cenfures of ill-meaning and difeontented perfonsjit may receive approbation and patronage from fo learned and judicious a prince as your Highnes is,whofe allowance and acceptance of our labours, (hall more honour and incourage us, then all the calumniations and hard interpretations of other men fliall diftnay us. So that, if on the one fide we fliall be traduced by popifli perfons at home or qbroad, who therefore will maligne us,becaufe we are poore inftruments to make G®ds holy truth to be yet more and more known unto the people,whom they de- fire [till to keep in ignorance and darknefle: or if on the other fide, we fliall be maligned by felf-conceited brethren, who run their own wayes, and give liking unto flowing but what is framed by themfdves, and hammered on their anvile: we may reft fecure, fupported within by the truth and innocency of a good con- fcience , having walked the wayes of fimplicitie and integritie, as before the Lord; and fuftained without, by the powerfull protection of your Maje stie $ grace and favour, which will ever give countenance to honeft and Chriftian en- deavours, againft bitter cenfures, and uncharitable imputations. The L o r d of heaven and earth blefle your Maj’eftie with many and happy dayes, that as his heavenly hand hath enriched your Highnefle with many Angu- lar and extraordinary graces;fo you may be the wonder of the world in this latter age, for happinefle and true felicitie, to the honour of that great God, and the good of his Church, through J e s u s C hr i s t our Lord and onely Saviour. ' THE The T ranflatours to the Reader. The heft things hare been calu- mniated. E A L to promote the common good , whether it be by devtfing anything our [elves, or revifmgthxt which hath been laboured by others, deferveth cer- tainly much refpeft and efleem, but yet findeth but cold entertainment in the World . It is welcomed witkfufricion in ftead of love , and with emulation in (lead of thanks: and if there be any hole left for cavilL to enter, ( and caviU, if it donotfinde an holey will make one ) it is fur e to be mifeonflrued, and in _ _ danger to be condemned. This will eajily be granted by as many as fatowflo- rie,orloave any experience. Tor, was there ever any thing projected, that favoured anyway of newnefle or renewing, bup the fame endured many a ftorm of gainfaying, or oppofition ? matt would think that civilitie, wholefome laws, learning and eloquence, fynods, and Church-mainte- nance, ( that we freak of no more things of this fande) Jhould be as fafe as a fati6luarie, and 0 out of (hot, as they fay, that no man would lift up his heel, no, nor dog move his tongue againf (&- the motioners of them. For by the firft, we are difingui/hed from brute beafls led with fenfua- litie: By the fecond,we are bridled and refrained from outragious behaviour, and from doing of injuries, whether by fraud or by violence i By the third , we are enabled to inform and reform ethers, by the light and feeling that we have attained unto ourfelves: Briefly , by the fourth, being brought together to a parley face to face , we fooner compofe our differences, then by writings , which are endlefle : „ind laflly , that the Church be fufliciently provided for, is Jb agreeable togood reaf on and confcience, that thofe mothersare holdento beleflecruell, that fall their children ajfoon as they are born, then thofe nurfing-fathers and mothers ( wherefoever they be ) that withdraw from them who hang upon their breafls ( and upon whofe breafls again themfelves do hang to receive the frirituall and fincere milk °f t^e rvord ) livelihood and fupport fit for their e fates. Thus it is apparent, that thefe things which we freak °f» are of mof ne- eejfarie ufe, and therefore that none, either without ab fur ditie can /peak againf them, or with - out note of wiefaedne/fe can frurn againf them. Tetfor all that, the learned faiow that certain worthy men have been brought to untimely Anaebarjh* death for none other fault, but forfeefamgto reduce their countrey-men togood order anddi-vttbtthert* feipline: And that in fome Common-weals it was made a capitall crime, once to motion the ma- In fang of a new law for the abrogating of an old, though the fame were mof pernicious : ~4nd™“ffc~‘ol‘ that certain, which would be counted pillars of the State, and patterns of vertue and prudence, Demofih.cnM could not be brought for a long time to give way togood letters and refined Jpeecb j but bare them- the cider, f elves as averfe from them, as from rocks or boxes of poyfon : And fourthly, that he was no babe, Gregonetkc bm a great Clerk, that gave forth ( and in writing to remain to pofieritie ) in paflion peradven- W4K* turefbutyet he gave forth, Thathehadnotfeen any profit to come by anyfynode or meeting of the Clergie, but rather the contraries And laflly, againf Church-maintenance and allowance , in. fuchfort, as the amba/fadours and mejfengers of the great King of fangs Jhould befurni/hed, it is not unfaiown what a fid ion or fable (foitts efttemed, and for no better by the reporter htmfelf, , though fuperflitioui) was devifed: namely. That atfuchtime as the profefiours and teachers of Chrmianitie in the Church of Rome, then a true Church, were liber ally endowed, avoice(for- footh ) was heard from heaven, faying. Now is poyfon poured down into the Church, &c. Thu* not onelyas oft as we freak, us one faith , but alfo as oft as we do any thing of note or conf- luence, we fubjeCl our felves to every ones cenfure , and happieis he that is leaf tofied upon tongues-, for utterly to efcape the fnatch of them it is impofiible.lf any man conceit that this is the *• lot and portion of the meaner fort oncly, and that Princes are priviledged by their high efate, he is deceived. As the fword devotueth as well one as another,,*? it is in Samuel j nay as the great i . Sam. i * . commander charged bis fouldiers ina certain battell, to firike at no partof the enemie, but at 2 5 • the face-. And as the fang o/Syria commanded bis chief captains to fight neither with fmall nor ,.Kinj. *1. great, faveonelyagainft the king of Ifrael: foit is too true, thatenvie ftrifath mof /pitifully at 31. the fair tf , and at the chiefef, David was a worthy prince, and no man to be compared to him for Si I I M hh The Tranflatours to the Reader. hu fir It deeds- and yet for as worthy an alt as ever he did (even for bringing back the ark of Sod . , n dijh, and call unto him for || eafmg of the burden ? Make, fay they , the grie vous fervnude of thy UtrwcTtt yBti- J an(j his fore yoke, lighter. Belize he had charged themwith fome levies ', and troubled them with fome carriages^bereupon they raife up alragedie, and wijh m their heart the temple h id never been built. 'So hard a thing it is to pleafe all, even when wepleafe God belt, and do OP i.King<iM* many tbtOkf CCtfat . tlwarcb* Cenftjmmt. .Attrel. Via. T bcodofuu. Zofimm . JuftmM. rvben he corrected the Calender } and ordered they care according _ , yet tbisrpjs imputed to him for ?ioveltie, and arrogancie , and procured to him great obloquie. Sotbefirftcbrijlened Ernperour ( at the leaftwife that openly pro fe fed the faith himfelf > and at- lowed others to do the li\e ) for (trengthening the empire at his great charges 5 and providing for the Churchy as he did, got for his labour the name Pupiilus, as who woildf$y> a waft full Prince, that hadneed of a guardianor overfeer . Sothebeft chnftened EmperouTyf ot the love that he bare unto peace, thereby to enrich both himfelf and his fub jells, and becaufe he did not fee^wart e but fade it, wm judged to be no man at arms, ( though indeed he exceed in feats of chh/alrie, and [hewed fo much when he rvas provoked) and condemned for gyving himfelf to his cafe, and to bis pleafure. To bc[hsrt,the mofl learned Emperour of formers times ( at the leaf, the greateft politician ) what thanks bad be for cutting off the fuperfhuties of the laws, and di getting them into fome order and method ? This, thatrhe hath been blotted by fome to be an Epiiomifl , that is, one that ex tinguijbed worthy whole volumes, to bring bis abridgements into requefl. This is the meafure that bath been rendred to excellent Princes in former times , Cum bene facerent, male audire, For their good deeds to beevilffo\en of. Neither is there any livelihood, that envie and rnaligmtie died, andwere buried with the ancient. No, no, the reproof of Mpfes ta^cth hold of Num.31.14 mod ages. You are rifen up in your fathers ftead,an increase of finfull men.'’ What is that that hath ficcics.i.?. been done ? that which (hall be done: and there is no new thing under the (unne, faith the wife A da 7,ft. man : and S. Stephen, As your fathers did, fo do you. This, and more to this purpofe, his Majefly His Majeflias ’Auldffiy that now reizneth ( and longandlong maybe r eigne, and his off-fpringfor ever, Himfelf and •mdSif, f) children,an<f childrens children alwayes) Vnewfull well, according to the fingular wif dome given (landing ca- muJtov my- unto him by God, and the rare learning and experience that he hath attained unto-, namely , That lumniation, whofoever attempteth any thing for the publicV ( ejpecially if it pertain to religion, and to the f°rthe furvey opening and clearing of the word of God) the fame fetteth himfelf upon a ft age to be gloated upon by every evil eye-, yea, he cafleth himfelf headlong upon piV.es, to be gored by every [harp tongue. For he that medleth with mens religion in any part, medleth with their cuftome, nay, with their free-bold j and though they findeno content in that which they have, yet they cannot abide to heareof altering. T^otwithflanding his royall heart was not daunted or difeour aged for this or SuidM. that colour , but flood refolute , as a ftatue immoveable , and an anvile not eafie to be beaten into £ltmp 77^ plates, as one faith-, he Vnewwho badchojcnhimto be a fouldier, or rather a captain, and being tivJpidf a- aft used that tbe courfe which he intended made much for the glorie of God, and the building up *f&7fi73<Q~ of his Church, he would not fuffer it to bebroVen off for what f leverjpcecbcs or praftifes. It doth ^ iyt/juv certainly belong unto Flings; yea, it doth fpecially belong unto them, to have care of religion , yea , ttvn\a}@- . to Vnowit aright, yea, toprofefle it %ealoufly,yea, to promote it to the utter mo ft of their power. This is their gloric before all nations which mean well, and this will bring unto them a farre mofl excellent weight of glorie in the day of the Lord Jefus. For the Scripture faith notin vain, 1. Sam. 1,30. Them that honour me, I will honour: neither was it a vain word that Eufebius delivered long aS°> That pie tie towards God was the weapon, and the onely weapon that both preferved Con- ftanti nesperfon, and avenged him of hid enemies. B ut now what pictie without truth ? what truth (what faving truth) without theword of The praife of God? what word of God ( whereof we may be fure ) without the Scripture ? The Scriptures we the holy fcri» are commanded to fear eh, John J.j9.Ifa.8.io. They are commended that fearcbed andfludted P^5* them, A£ts 17.11. and 8. 28,19. They are reproved that were unsVilfullin them, or flow to be~ leeve them, Matth.22.29. Luk.24.2f. They can ma\e us wife unto falvation, 2Tim.j.rf. if We be ignorant, they will inflruff us-, if out of the tv.iy, they will bring us home, if out of order , they will reform us-, if in heavinefle, comfort us-, if dull, quicVtn us-, if cold , enjlameiis. Tollc kje, ToUcle^e, TaVe up and reade, taVe up and reade the Scriptures, ( for unto them was the direction) it w,*s f aid unto s . Auguftiae by a fupernaturall voice. Whatsoever is ia the Scriptures, ET E EF oelceve Znooi'iHtt Eufcbiit* lib. 7* tf. sAugufi, tonfejf.lib -8* tap, i z. Traaflation ncccifaric. The Tranflatours to the Reader? belccvc me } faith the fame S . Augufline, is high and divinej there is verily truth, and a doftrinc S. moft fit for the refreihing and renewing of mens mindes, and truely fo tempered, that everyone wtli,-c^dcn- may draw from thence that which is fufheient for him, if he come to draw with a devout and itc*F6- pious minde, as true religion requireth. Thus S. Auguftine. And S. Hicrome, Ama Scripturas, S-Hie xov..»d & amabit te fapientia, &c. Love the Scriptures , and wifdomc -will love thee. AndS. Cyrill againft Julian, Even boyes that are bred up in the Sdiptures, become moft religious, &c. But %ntZ jLmi. what mention we three or four e ufes of the Scripture , whereas whatfoever is to be beleeved or pr alii fed, or hoped for, is contained in them? or three or fourefentences of the Fathers , fince whofaever isWorthy the name of a Father, from Chrifis time downward, hath li^eroife written notonelyof the r iches, but alfo of the perfection of the Scripture ? I adore the fulncfl'c of the Sa iptutc, faith Tamilian agaiw/? Hermogenes. And again, to Apelles an heretick of the fi^c Tend ft amp, he faith, I do not admit that which thou bringeft in ( or conclude ft) of thine own (head S’ mo. ■. or (tore, de tuo) without Scripture. So S.Juitin Martyr before him, We muft know by all means cbYjii eCiPrt ( faith be) that it is not lawfull ( or poffible) to learn ( any thing ) of God or of right pietie, fave Jufim- oncly out of the Prophets, who teach us by divine infpjrarion. So S. Bafil after Tertullian, It is a manifelt falling away from the faith, and a fault of prefumption, either to reject any of thofc things that are written, or to bringing upon the head of them, irmodytiv ) any of thofe things oiov-n. that are not written , tve omit to cite to the fame eftett, S. Cyrill Bifhop o/Jerufalem in his 4. Ca- $• Bafil. techif. S.Hierome againfl Hel vich us, 5\ Auguftine in his third book againft the letters o/Petilian, ^ rn<^a(. and in very many other places of his worlds. Alfo we forbear to defeend to later Fathers, becaufc &.viat we will not wearie the Reader. The Scriptures then being acknowledged to be fo full & foperfett, K&THyexcc. how can we excufe our f elves of negligence, if we do not ftudie them? of curiofrtiefifwe be not content with them? 2Hental\much of * elfeoidvn, how manyfweet and goodly things it had ’^/eiajcJvn hanging on it-, of the Philofapbers (lone, that it turneth copper into gold-, of Comu-copia, that it h ad all things neceffarie for food in it-, of Panaces the herb, that it was good for all difeafes-, of s vnorcL ap. Catholicon the drug, that it is in f, lead of all purges-, of Vulcans armour, that it was an armour s ufoj“ of proof againfl all thrufts, and all blows, &c. well, that which they faljly or vainly attributed ^ forth* su to thefa things far bodily good, we may juftly and with full me a fare aferibeunto the Scripture, lx.ouor.8icf for jpirituall. It is not onely an armour , bur alfo an whole armourie of weapons, both offenfive An dive and defensive-, whereby we may fave our felves, and put the enemie to flight. It is not an herb, bough wrap. but a tree, or rather a whole paradife of trees of life, which bring forth fruit every monetb, and about the fruit thereof is for meat, and the leaves for medicine. It is not a pot of Manna, or a crufe of thereupon oyl , which were formemorie onely, or for a meals meat or two j but, as it were, a fhowre of heaven- did harg fig* ly bread fafficientfor a whole hoft, be it never fo great, and, as it were, a whole cellar fall of oyl and bread vejfels-, whereby all our neceffrties may be provided for, and our debts discharged. In a word, it antJ h°ny 1,1 is a panarie of whole fame food, againft fen owed traditions ■, a phyftciansfhop ( S. Bafil calleth. it) ****}*» ’ of prefervatives againft poyfaned berepes -, a pan dell of profitable laws, againft rebellious Jpirits-, a treafurie of moft coftly jewels, againft beggarly rudiments-, finally, a fountain of, moft pure water ^ fpringing up to ever lafting life. And what mar veil? The originall thereof being from heaven, pfa. pmum-, not from earth-, the authour being Cod, not man-, theenditer, the holy Spirit, not the wit of the Apoftles or Prophets-, the penmen fuch as were fanCtified from the wombe,and endued with a prin- cipall portion of Gods Spirit-, the matter veri tie, pietie, puritie, uprightneffe-,the form, Gods word, Gods teftimonie, Gods oracles, the word of truth, the word of falvation, &c. the effefts, light of under /landing, ftableneffe of perfwafion, repentance from dead works, newncjfe of life, holincffe,peace,joy in the holy Ghoft ; laftly , the end and reward of the ftudie thereof, fellow- Jhip with the faints, participation of the heavenly nature, fruition of -an inheritance immortally undefiled, and that never fhall fade away : Happie is the man that delighteth in the Scripture , and thrice happie that meditateth in it day and night. But how fljall men meditate in that which they cannot under ft and? How fhall they under ft and that which is kept clofa in an unknown tongue? as it is written , Except I know the power of the *• Cor. 1 +. voice,I ihall be to him that fpeaketh a Barbarian, and he that fpcaketh fhall be a Barbarian to me. The Apoftle exceptetb no tongue-, not Hebrew the ancienteft, not Greek the moft copious, not La- tine thefineft. Nature taught a naturall man to confeffe , that all of us in thofe tongues which c!rm- Alex. -. we do not underftand, are plainly deaf, we may turn the deaf eare unto them. The Scythian counted the Athenian, whom he did not underftand, barbarous: fa the Romanc did the Syrian, and the Jew, (even S.Hierome himfelf calleth the Hebrew tongue barbarous, belike becaufc it Mubael.- was ftrange to fa many ) fa the Emperour of Conftantmople calleth tbel atinc tongue barba- tout, though Pope Nicolas do ftorm at it: fa the Jews long before Chrill, called all other nations Lognafitn,»bitfc is little better then barbarous. Therefore as one complaincth that alwayes in c ab. the Senate of "Rome, there was one or other that called for an Interpreter: fo left the Church be C mo j itfi- driven ttt the like exigent , it is neceffarie to have tranjlations in a readinejfc . Tr (inflation it is »lu. $ 4 n that The Tranflatours to the Reader. that optnetb the 'window, to let in the light -, that breadth the {hell, that we way eat the \evnelli that putteth afide the curtain,thatwe may lool into the moft holy place jthat removeth the cover Ctnij.ie. of the well , that we may come by the water •> even as Jacob rolled away the fione from the mouth of the well , by which means the flock* of Laban werewatered. Indeed without tranfla- John 4. 1 1. tion into the vulgar tongue , the unlearned are but like children at Jacobs well ( which was deep) without a bucket or fomething to dr aw with : or as that perfon mentioned by E fay, to whomwhen Jfa. 1*. 1 1. a fealed book w-& delivered , with this motion , Reade this, I pray thee, he was fain to make this anfwer , I cannot, for it is fealed. while God would be known onely in Jacob, and have his name great in Ifrael, and in none other Thetranffati- teeS- Aagtfl. place while the dew lay on Gideons fleece onely , and all the earth befides was drie-, then for one on of the old Id. 1*. contra and the fame people, which fpake all of them the language of Canaan, that is, Hebrew, one teflament out 4utjt.0aj.3i. anj tfjg pam ori£maji -ln Hebrew was fufficient. But when thefulnejfeof time drew ncare, tbat the Sunne of righteoufnelfe, the Sonne of God fhould come into the world, whom God or - Greek. datned to be a reconciliation through faith in his blond, not of the Jew onely, but alfo of the Greek, yea, of all them thatwerefcatteredabroad-,then lo,it pleafedthe Lord to (l ir re up the ff irit of a Greek Prince ( Greek for defeent and language) even of Ptolomee Philadelph king of Egypt, to procure the tranflatingof the book °f God out of Hebrew into Greek. This is the tranflation of the Serentie interpreters, commonly fo called, which prepared the way for our Sa- viour among the Gentiles by written preaching, as S .John Baptift did among the Jews by vocall. F or the Grecians being defir ous of learning, were not wont to fuffer books of worth to he mould - ing in kings libraries, but had many of their fervanls, readie feribes , to copie them out, andfo they were differ fed and made common. Again,thc Greek tongue was well known and made fami- liar to moft inhabitants in A fia, by reafon of the conquefts that there the Grecians had made, as alfo by the colonies, which thither they had fent. For the fame caufes alfo it was well underftood in many places of Europe, yea, and of Africk too. Therefore the word of God being fet forth in Greek, becometb hereby like a candle fet upon a candleftick , which givech light to all that are in the houfe-,or like a proclamation founded forth in the market place, which moft men prefently take knowledge of-, and therefore that language wasfitteft to contain the Scriptures , both for the fir ft preachers of the Gofpel to appeal unto for witn'es, and for the learners alfo of thojfe times to make fearcb and triall by. It is certain, that that tranflation was not fo found and fo perfect, but that it needed in many places correction', and who had been fo fufficient for this work as the Apofites or apoftolike men ? Tetitfeemedgood to the holy Ghoft and to them, to take that which they found, (the fame being for thegreateft part true and fufficient)rather then by making a new, in that new World and green age of the Church, to expofe themfelves to many exceptions and cavillations,as though they made a tranflation to ferve their own turn-, and therefore bearing witnefte to them- felves, their witneffe not to be regarded. This may be fuppofed to befome caufe, why the tranfla- tion of the Seventie was allowed to paffefor currant. Notwitbftanding, though it was commend- ed generally, yet it did not fully content the learned, no-not of the Jews. For not long after Chrift, Acjuila fell inband with <a new tranflation, and after him Theodotion, and after him Symma- chus : yea, there was a fifth and afixtb edition , theauthours whereof were not Iptown.Thefe with the Seventie made up the Hexapla , and were worthily and to great pur pofe compiled together by Oviecn. Howbeit the edition of the Seventie went away with the credit, and therefore not one - ly was placed in the midft by Origen ( for the worth and excellence thereof above the re ft, as EP'Phanius gather eth) but alfo was ttfed by the Greek Fathers for the ground and foundation of Stnb- ' r their commentaries. Tea, Epiphanius abovename d doth attribute fo much unto it, that he hold- SeeS.Augufl< eth the authours thereof not onely for interpreters, but alfo for Prophets infome refpett : and Juftinian the Lmperour enjoyning the Jews bisfubjetfs to ufe efpecially the tranflation of the ianjtiM.eap, Seventk, rendreth this reafon thereof, bee aufe they were, as it were, enlightenedwitb propketi- iTtnxl. diaax. ■ call grace. Tetfor all that, as the Egyptians arefaid of the Prophet to be men and not God, and. " their horfes flefb and not ffiirit : fo it is evident, ( and S. Hicrome affirmeth as much ) that the IJ&Wvns Seventie were interpreters, they were not Prophets-, they did many things well , as learned men 5 *>arrep%t- but yet as mrn they (tumbled and fell, one while through overfight, another while through igno- efj& fee- ranee-, yea, fumetimes they may be noted to adde to the original, andfometimes to take from it • bA[J.)a.Tns which made the Apo files to leave them many times, when they left the Hebrew, and to deliver the mxnxf. fen fe thereof according to the truth of the word, a» the Spirit gave them utterance. This may » ik*1 3 Je fufficz touching the Greek truncations of the Old Teftamem. I im'Tame There ™re, a/° wnhin a few hundred yeares after Chrift, many ttanftatims into the Latinc Tranflatfo, zaierpra tongue : for this tongue alfo was very fit to convey the law and the gojpel byy becaufe m tbofe OVLl(rf • ^ Limes very manJ countreys of the weft, yea of the South, Eaft, and North, fpake or underftood ^re'v.arui JoaJtrlJU ib. Lat inv, being made provinces to the Romanes.*?*? now the Latine tranftations were too many to be all good: for they were infinite (Utisd interprets mdlo modoiwmeiari poftunt./iftb S.Augu- ; £ ~i ftir.?.) The Tranflatours to the Reader. they were not out of the Hebrew fountain ( we freak of the Latine tranflations of the Old T eft ament) but out of the Grcekftream-, therefore the Greek being not altogether clearL /fee Latine derived from it muft needs be muddy. This moved S. Hicromc, « mo(l learned Father ! and the beft Ungmft without contravene, of his age, or of any that went before him, to under - •: ’ */& thf tranflating of the Old T eft ament out of the very fountains themfelves j which he per - formed, with that evidence of great learning, judgement, indufrry, and faithfulneffe , that he The trtnfli. ***£?” ZT "T %m debt °f fP'ci*U remembrance and thankfulncffe. So Tiht Nf?Ahr‘fi?-Z Chunh Were, ^“ffwfiedwitb Greek Latine tranflations, even before fct!pture into tJ,eyatt 3 °> was generally embraced in the Empire: ( for the learned know, that even in the vulgar ?• Hieromes time, the Conful of Rome and hiswifewere both Ethnicks, and about the fame time J> Wenom tongue*. the greatofr part of the Senate alfo)yetfor all that the godly learnedwere not content tohave AM/ the S enptures in the language which themfelves underftood, Greek and Latine, (as the good le- Zo!'m- perswerenot content to fare well themfelves , but acquainted there neighbours with the fore *•*"***' that God badfent, that they alfo might provide for themfelves ) but alfofor the behoof and edi- fying of the unlearned which hungred and thirfted after rigbteoufnefe , and had fouls to be fa- ved as well as they, they provided translations into the vulgar for their conntrey-mev , infomuch that moft nations under heaven did fhortly after their converfron, he arc Chrift (beak’*? unto them in their mother tongue, not by the voice of their minifies onely, but alfo by the written word tranflated. if any doubt hereof, he may befatisfied by examples enow , if enow willfer.ve the turn. FirftS.Huxomefaitb, Multarum gentium Iinguis Scripttira ante tranflata,docet falfa c w™ w cfle ,,,* ad,h,= fun,, tuS i, The Scrip, ure bemg inflated fcforc in the languid of mV £ i ny nations, doth thew mat thofe things that were added (by Lucian or Hefychius) are folfe So S. Hierome.w tlmt place. The fimeHieromeelfewberc affirmetb thathc,tbe time was, had fet S.ttieron. jotth the tra?iflation of the Seventie , fuae linguae hominibus$ that is y for his countreymen of Dalmatia, which words not onely Erafmus doth underftand to purport, that S.Hierom etranfta- s,frLSe”fl^ + ted the Scripture into the Dalmatian tongue-, but alfo Sixtus Senenfis, and Aluhon&s a Caftro f Ohat wejfr.fiofnomorej men not to be excepted againft by them ofRome,do ingenmufly con- S. Me* much. So b.Chryloitome that lived in S. Hieromes time,giveth evidence with him: The /<*«• <• ' doctrine of S.John (faith he) did not in fuch fort (as the Philofopbcrs did ) vanilh away: but the Hom' u Syrians, Egyptians, Indians, Perfians, Ethiopians , and infinite other nations bcin<> barbarous people, tranflated it into their (mother ) tongue, and have learned to be (true) Philoiophers, he rneaneth Chrifiians . To this may be added Theodoret,^ next unto himy both for antiquitieyand Teodor. j.’ for learning. Hts -words be thefey Every countrey that is under the funne, is full of thefe words rherat**- < °f thc -dpoftles and Prophets) and the Hebrew tongue (he meaneth the Scriptures in the He- brew tongue) is turned not onely into the language of the Grecians, but alfo of ths Romanes, ifukr.inCbron. und Egyptians, and Perfians, and Indians, and Armenians, and Scythians , and Sauromatians G«k and briefly into all the languages that any nation ufeth. So he. In lil;e manner, Ulpilas is report- s^mM- *• ed by Paulus Diaconus <r?^ Ifidore ( and before them by So/omen) to have tranflated the Seri - puresinto the GotbicVtongueijobnBifhop of SiviUy Vafieus, to have turned them into Ara- h£ bict, about the year e of our Lord 7 17: Beda by Ciftertienfis, to have turned a <rreat part of PohdorShe.y. them into Saxgn; Efnard^y Trithemius, to have abridged ibe French ? falter, as Beda had done the Hebrew, about the year e Scoring Alured by thefaid Ciftertienfis,*, have turned tbePfal- iZ'tZL. ter into Saxon: Methodius by Aventmus (printed at Ingolftad) to have turned the S enptures TrJrf into Scl.ivoman: Valdo, Bifhop of Frifing by Beatus Rhenanus,ro have caufed about that time, ^oann. lib- 4« the Gofrels to be tranflated into Dutch rithme,yet extant in the library of Cotbinian: Valdus * Cite*ar:rwn by divers to have turned them himfelf, or to have gotten them turned into French , about the tnamcZZ ye are 1 16c -Charles the fifth of that namefurnamd The wife,*> havt caufed them to be turned E into Frencu, about zoo yeares after \Told\ishistimey of which tranfiation there be many copies BnubL yet extantyaswit7iejf nh Beroaldus. Much about that ti?neyeven in ourKjng Richard tbefeconds dayesyJmn Trevifa tranflated them into Englifh, and many Enghlh bibles in written band are yet to be fecn with divers, tr anflated, as it ii very probable, in that age. So the Syrian tranfla- Uon of the New Tell ament is in moft teamed mens libraries, of Widminftadius his fitting forth ; sold thc P falter in Asobia iswitn many, of Auguftinus Nebicnfis fitting forth. So Poftel af- prmeth, that in his travel! be fawthe Gofrels in rke Ethiopian tongue: And Ambrofe Thefiu9 alledgeth the P falter of the Indians, which be tefl'tfeth to have been fit forth by Potken in Syii- an cha) alters. So that Jo have the Scriptures in the mother tongue is not a quaint conceit late - ly taken upy either by the Lord Cromwell ^England, or by the L <rrd Radevil in Polonie , or by in the Emperours dominionrbut hath been thought upon , and put in pra~ Rife of old, even from the firfl times of the converflon of any nation ; no doubt, becaufi it w.ts epeemed moft profitable, to caufe faith to grow in mens hearts the fooncr ,and to make them to be *Ue to fay w: t h t he words of tbePfalme, As we have heard, fo vve have feen, Pfai. 4!. 1 tRbfP ■ The Tranflatours to the Reader. Koto the Church •/’Rome would fcem at the length to bear a motherly afeftion towards her Theunwl- A* £ ^ SI. children , and to allow them the Scriptures in the mother tongue: but indeed it is a gift, not de- ,/w KiK ferving to be called a gift, an unprofitable gift:they muftfirfl get a licence in writing before they TerfaricS) rfiat ivrunuov. may ufe them ; and to get .that, they mnfi approve themfelves to their Confejfor, that is, to be chefcripcures Soyhtclct. fuch as are, if not frozen in the dregs, yet fowred with the leaven of their fuperflition. Howbeit be di. See the obfer- jtfeemed too much to Clement the eighth , that there fhould beany licence granted to have them ^u0f^rln f*>XhvClr. in. the vulgar tongue, and therefore he overrule th and fiufiratetb the grant of Pius the fourth. t0nzue,&c. meat his au- So much are they afraid of the light of the Scripture ( Lucifugar Scripturarum , as T ertullian * ’ thority) up- jpeaketh ) that they willnot truji the people with it, no not as it is fet forth by their own /worn , on the fourth men, no not with the licence of their own Bijhops and Inqiafitours. Tea, fo unwilling they are to die' 4° Ws ma communicate the Scriptures to the peoples under (landing in any fort, that they are not ajhamed lanoia the to confeffe , that we forced them to translate it. into Englifh againft their wills. Tbisfeemetb to Index, lib. argue a bad caufe,orabad confcience,or both. Sure we are, that it is not he that hath good gold, frobib.fag. tj)at ts afraid to bring it to the touchstone, but he that hath the counterfeit j neither is it the iemtdereTur. true min that ftunnetb the light, but the malefattour, left his deeds fhould be reproved -, neither cmai. 9 is it the plain-dealing merchant that is unwilling tobave the wcigbts,or the meteyard brought Jon. J.20. in place, but he that ufeth deceit. But we will let them alone for this fault, and return to tranf- lation. Many mens mouthes have been open a good while (andyet arenot flopped) with fpeeches a- The fpeechej bout the tranflation fo long in hand, or rather per ufals of translations made before: and ask J^d,rci/ons» what may be thereafon, what the neceffitic of the employment: Hath She Church been deceived, fay they, all this while? Hath her fweet bread been mingled with leaven, her filver with droffc, Df our adver- s. Hen lib-1- her wine with water, her milk with lime ? ( Lade gypfum male mifeetur, faith S. Ireney ) we fanes again!} tap. 19. hoped that we had been in the right way, that we had had the Oracles of God delivered unto *1“* worL us, and that though all the world had caufe to be offended, and to complain, yet that we had none. Hath the nurfe holden out the breafl, and nothing but windc in it? Hath the bread been delivered by the Fathers of the Church, and the fame proved to be lapidofus , as Seneca fpeak- eth? what is it tohandle the word of God deceitfully, if this be not ? Thus certain brethren. Alfo the adxerfaries 0/ Judah and HJerufalem, lil^c Sanballat in Nehemiah, mochas we heare, Neb«j.*,3- both at the work and workmen, faying. What do there weak Jews,&c.will they make the ftones whole again out of the heaps of dull which are burnt ? although they build, yet if a fox go up, he (hall even break down their Home wall, was their tranflation good before? why do they now mend it? was it not good? why then was it obtruded to the people? Tea, why did the Cathohc^s ( meaning Popijb Romanifts) alwayesgo injeopardie, for refufing to go to heare it? Kay , if it muflbe translated into Englifh, Catholicl(S are fittefl to do it. They have learning , and they know when a thing is well, they can manum de tabula. We will anfwer them both briefly : And S-Hieron- <Jpo- the former, being brethren , thus, with S. Hierome, Damnamus veteres? Minitne, fed poft prio- sivnf. turn ftudia in domo Domini quod pofl'umus laboramus. That is. Do we condemne the ancient? Baffin. no cafe: but after the endeavours of them that were before us, we take the belt pains we can inthehoufeof God. As if he faid, Being provoked by the example of the learned that lived before my time, 1 have thought it my dutie, to affay whether my talent in the knowledge of the tongues, may be profitable in any meafurc to Gods Church, left I fhould feem to baue laboured in them in vain, and left I fhould be thought to glorie in men,( although ancient) above that which was in them. Thus S. Hierome may be thought to J pea\ j>. Audio the fame effect fay we, that we arefofarreoff from condemning any of their labours A faiisfafifo* that travelled before us in this l(inde , either in this land or beyond fea , cither in 2C* Henries to our brc> time, or K- Edwards ( if there were any tranflation, or cor region of a tranflation in his time) l^reQ' or ^u. Elifabeths of ever renowned memorie , that we acknowledge them to have been raifed up of God, for the building and furniflnng of his Church, and that they deferve to be had of us ' and of pofleritie in everlafling remembrance. The judgement of Ariftotle is worthy and well fit&cap u* kno’wn: Timotheus had not been, we had not had much fweet mufick: but if Phrynis (Ti- 1 motheus his mafler) had not been, we had not had Timotheus. Therefore bleffed be they, and moft honoured be their name, that hr call the ice , and give the onfet upon that which belpeth for- ward to the fav'mg of fouls. Now what can he more available thereto, then to deliver Gods book unto Gods people in a tongue which they underfland? Since of an hidden treafure,and of a foun- tain that isfealefr, there is no profit, as Ptolomee Philadelphwofe to the Rabbins or maflers of S. Fpipf'OA. the Jews, as wltncffeth Epiphanius: and .*» S. Auguftine faith, A man had rather be with his dog hco ante citato, then with a llrangerf wbof ? tongue is flrange unto him.) Tct for all that, as nothing is begun and . s. iAugu(l.hk. perfected at the fame time, and the latter thoughts are thought to be the wifer : fo, if we build - “ u?on tbw foundation that went before us, and being ho/pen by their labours, do endeavour “Fr tomafathat better which they left fo good‘, no man, we are [lire, hath caufe ttimflikt they, '■E / ■ - J&StfSb . ■ _ " ~ UNIVERSfT.V • The Tranflatotirs to the Reader.' we per fold* our /elves , if they were alive, would thank ns. The vintage of Abieier ,lhat flra\t. Jodg. 3 *• the /tro\e: yet the gleaning of grapes of Ephraim wasnot tobe defpifed. See Judges 8. i. Joalh *• Kin2‘J- the king of Ifrael did not fatisfie himfelf, till he had fmitten the ground three times, and yet he 1 >l9% offended the Prophet, for giving over then. Aquila, of whom we fpal^e before, tranflated the bible as carefully , and as skilfully as he couldsandyet bethought goodtogo over it again, and then it got the credit with the Jews, tobe called kat ax.fi Qesdv, that is, accurately done, as S. Hierome witnejfetb. How many booths of profane learning have been gone over again and 9-ftieim.hi again, by the fame tranflatours, by others! Of one and the fame book °f Ariltotles Ethiefoythcre E&A. cap. j. are extant not fo few as fix or feven fever all tran/lations. Now ifthi r coft may be be flowed upon the gourd, which affordeth us a little /hade, and which to day floun/heth, but to morrow is cut down’yWbat may we beflow, nay what ought we not to beftow upon the vine, the fruit whereof maketb glad the conference of man, and the (lemme whereof abideth for ever ? And this is the word of God which we tran/late. What is the chaffe to the wheat, faith the Lord? T ami vitre- jer> 2 3 um, quanti veram margaritum ( faith Tertullian ) if a toy of glaffe be of that reckoning with TenuLad Mor- ns, how ought we to value the true pearl ! Therefore let no mans eye be evil, becaufe his Alajc- tjr. _ fries is good-, neither let any be grieved, that we have a Prince that fecketb tbeincreafe of the frirituall wealth of Ifrael; (let Sanballats and Tobiahs do fo, which therefore do bear their jufr prtna- reproof) but let ns rather bleffc God from the ground of our heart, for working this religious f, firman ma- ture in him, to have the tran/lations of the bible maturely confrdered of and examined. For by gshtum'- Hw, this means it cometh to paffe, thatwhatfoever is found alreadie ( and all is found for fubftance, dSalvtn. in one or other of our editions, and the worft of ours farre better then their authentic k vulgar ) the fame will /fine as gold more brightly , being rubbed and poli/bed; alfo, if any thing be halting, orfuperfluous,ornotfo agreeable to the origmall, the fame may be corrected, and the truth fet in place. And what can the Ring command to be done, that will bring him more true honour then this? and wherein could they that have been fet a work, approve their dutie to the King, yea their obedience to God, and love to his Saints more, then byyccldihg their fervice, and all that is within them, for the furnifhing of the work? But be fide s all this, they were the princi- pall motives of it, and therefore ought leaft to quarrell it- For the very hifroricall truth is, that upon the importunate petitionsof the Puritanes, at his Majeflie? coming to this crown, the con- ference at Hampton Court having been appointed for hearing their complaints: when by force of reafon they were put from all other grounds, they had recourfe at tbelaft,to this friift, that they could not with good confidence fubferibe to the Communion bookfrice it maintained the bi- ble as it was there tranflated, which was, as they [aid, a moll corrupted tran/lation. And al- though this was judged to be but a very poore and emptie /hi ft, yet even hereupon did bis Make- file begin to bethink himfelf of the good that might cnfuc by anew tran/lation , and prefently after gave order for this tran/lation which is now prefented unto thee. Thus much to fatisfie our fcrupulous brethren. An anfwtrto Now to the latter we anfwer , That we do not dense, nay we affirm and avow, that the very theimputati- tneanefl tran/lation of the bible in Englilh,/ef forth by men of our profeffton (for we have fecit °"s °£- none of theirs of the whole bible as yet ) containeth the word of God, nay, is the word of God. a ver ies- ^ tjjC Rings Jpeech which he uttered in Parliament, being tranflated into French, Dutch, Ita- lian, and Latine, is frill the Kings fpeecb, though it be not interpreted by every tranflatour with the like grace, nor per adventure fo fitly for phrafe, nor fo expreflyforfenfe, every where. For it is confeffed, that things are to take their denomination of the greater part-, and a natur all man could fay, Verum ubi miilta nitent in carmine, non ego paucis offendor maculis, &c. A - man may be counted a vertuous man,thuugh he have made many flips in his life, (elfe there were none vertuous, for in many things we ofi'end all) alfo a comely man and lovely , though he have James j.aj fame warts upon his hand-, yea, not onelyfreckcls upon bis face, but alfo fcarres. No caufe there- fore why the word tranflated Jhould be denied to be the word, or forbidden to be currant , not- withstanding thatfome imperfections and blemi/hes may be noted in the fertingforth of it. For what ever was perfect under the funne, where Apo flies or apofloUk? men, that is, men endued with an extraordinarie meafure of Gods Spirit , and priviledgedwith the priviledge ofinfalli - bilitie, bad not their hand? The Romanifls therefore in refuflng to heave ^nd daring to burn the word tranflated, did no leffe then defpite the Spirit of grace, from whom originally it proceeded , and whofe fenfe and meaning, as well as mansweakneffe would enable , it did expreffc. fudge by an example ortno. Plutarch wnteth, that after that Rome had been burnt by the Galls , they Phnai&h* fellfoonto build it again: but doing it in hafle, they didnot cafl the ftreets, nor proportion the Camilla, houfes in fuch comely fa/bion» as had been rnofl figbtly and convenient: was Online therefore an honefl man, or a good patriot, that fought to bring it to a combuflion?or Nero a good Prince, that did indeed fet it on fire? So, by theflory o/P.ZTX,and the prophefte o/Haggai;/ may be gathered, Ezra J.u* that the temple built by Zctubbabel after theretiirufrom Babylon a was by no l BOW to be corn- 's', El 'iTfv <:>= < puriti \| The Tratiflafours to the Reader^ fluted to the former built by Solomon (for they that remembred the former, i&ept when they confi- dered the later Jnotwithftand'ing, might this later either have been abhorred and for fallen by the Jews, or profaned by the Greeks ? The like we are to think of tranjlations. The tranflation of the Seventie dijfenteth from the Original m many places,, neither doth it come near it for perfpicuity , gravitie,majeflie-, yet which of the Apoflles didcondemne itPCondemne it?nay, they uf edit, (as it % apparent, and as S.Hierome and moll learned men do confeffe {which they would not have done , nor by their examplcofufingof it, fo grace and commenditto the Church, if it had beenunwor- thy the appellation and name of the word of God. And whereas they urge for their fecond defence t>f their v ilifying and abufmg of the Engliffi bibles,or fome pieces thereof, which they meet withy for that heretikes (forfooth ) were the authours of the tranjlations, ( heretikes they call us by the fame right that they call themfelves catholikes , both beingwrong) we marvell what divinity TenuU.lt pr*' taught them fo. we are furc Tertullian was of another minde: Ex perfonis probamus fidem , an feiiptaontra ex fade perfonas'ZJo we trie mens faith by their perfons?wefhould try their perfons by their faith, harefti • Alfa S. Auguftine was of another minde: for be lightingupon certain rules made by Tychonius u. Je&acLiB. ^otati&for the better undemanding of the word, was not afbamed to make ufe of them, yea ,to **?' I0, ** infert them into his own book, with giving commendation to them fo far forth as they were wor- thy to be commended , as is to be feen in S. Auguftines third book De do err. Chrift. To befhorty Origen, and,the whole Church of God for certain hundredyeares,were of another minde : for they were fofarre from treading under foot (much more from burning) the tranflation o/Aquila a Profelyte, that is, one that had turned Jew, of Symmachus and Theodotion, both Ebxorutes, that is, moft vile heretikes, that they joyned them together with the Hebrew Original, and the ' tranflation of the Seventie (as hath been before fignified out of Epiphinius ) and fet them forth openly to be considered of, and perufedby all. But we weary the unlearned, who need not know fo much-, and trouble the learned, who know it alreadie. Tet before we end, we mujl anfwer a third caviU and ob jeftion of theirs againfl us , for alter- ing and amending our tranjlations fo oft, wherein truely they deal hardly and. ftrangely with us. For to whom ever was it imputed for a fault (by fuch as were wifejto go over that which be had S Auguft. done, and to amend it where he faw caufe? S. Auguftine was not afraid to exhort S. Hieromo Fpfi. 9. to a Palinodia or recantation: the fame S, Auguftine was not afhamed to retraftate, we might jittuffiat "revoke, many things that had paffed him, and doth evenglorie that he feetb his infirmities. VijJiMtrlum If we will be fonnes of the truth, we mufi confider what it fpeaketb, and trample upon our own vtmmttu S. credit, yea, and uponotber mens too, if either be any way anbinderance toit.This to the caufe. tAqg.Epijl. 8. Then to the perfons we fay, that of all men they ought to be moft filent in this cafe.For what va- rieties have they, and what alterations have they made, not onely of their fervice-book?, por - tejjes, and breviaries, but alfo of their Latine tranflation! The fervice-bookfuppofedto be made harstid- lib. 5. by S. Ambrofe (Officium Ambrofianum) was a great while in fpeciall ufe andrequefl: but Pope *sp. a. Hadrian calling a councell with the aid of Charles the Emperour,aboliJhed it, yea, burnt it, and commanded thefervice-book of S. Gregorie univerfally to be ufed. well, Officium Grcgorianum gets by this means to be in credit -, but doth it continue without change or altering? No, the very Romane fervice was of two fafhions-,the new fafhion,and the old,(the one ufed in one church, the other in another ) as is to be feen in Pamelius a Romanift,bis preface before Micrologus. The fame ■pamelius report eth out of Radulphus de Rivo, that about the year e of our Lard 127 7, Pope Ni- colas the third removed out of the churches of Rome, the more ancient books ( of fervice ) and brought into ufe the mijfals of the Friars Minorites , and commanded them to be obferved there j infomuch that about an hundred yeares after, when the abovenamed Radulphus happened to be at Rome, be found all the books to be new, of the new (tamp. Neither was there this chopping and changing in the more ancient times onely, but alfo of late: Pius Quintus himfe/f confefleth, that every bifhoprick almofl had a peculiar Ifinde of fervice, moft unlike to that which others ■ , had 5 which moved him to abolifh all other breviaries, though never fo ancient, and priviledged and pnblifhedby Bifhops in their dioceffes ,and to eftablifh and ratifie that onely which was of his own petting forth, m theyeare 1568. Now whenthe Father of their Church, who gladly would heal the fore of the daughter of his people foftly and fleightly, and make the beft of it, findeth fo great fault with them for their ods and jarring, we hope the children have no great caufe to vaunt of their iiniformitie. But the difference that appeareth between our tranjlations, and our often corre fling of them, is the thing that we are fpecially charged with-, let us fee therefore whe- ther they themfelves be without fault this way, ( if it be to be counted a fault, to corre£t ) and Flu*. whether they be fit men to th row {tones at us: O tandem major parcas infane minori : they that are leffe found themfelves, ought not to ob)eft infirmities to others . if we fhould tell t hem that . Valla, Stapulen(is,Etttm\i$,andVi\zs,foundfaultwith their vulgar tranflation, & confequent- ly wifhed the fame to be mended, or a new one to be made ; they would anfwer peradventure that we produced their enemies for witnejfes againfl them-} albeit } they were in m other fort enemies , ■ T~ — tbra kBH The Tranflatours tothc Render." tbtn as S. Paul wasto f&e Galatians,/*? tellmfthem the truth : and it were to he wijbed, that (hlat.4.tf they had dared to tell it themplamher and oftener. But what will they Cay to this that Pope Leo the tenth allowed Erafmus travftation of the New Te ft ament, fo much differ ait from the vulrar by bis apoftol^e letter and bull ; That the fame Leo exhorted Pagnin to tranflate the whole £/- Shm Sercn* hie, and bare whatfoever charges was neceffariefor the work? Surely , as the Apoftle reafoneth ** to the Hebrews, that if the former Law and Teftament had been fufficient , there had been no Heb.7.u. need of the lattert/i we may fay, that if the old vulgar had been at all points allowable, to fmall 8011 s,7* purpo/e had labour and charges been undergone, about framing of a new. if they fay it Was one Popes private opinion , and that heconfulted onely himjelf, then we are able to go further with them, and todverre, that more of their chief men of all forts, even their own Trent chain- Vc§a> and their own inquijitor Hieronymus ab Olcaftro , and their own Bijhop Iiidoius Clarius , and their own Cardinal Thomas a vio Caictan , do either make new tranftations themfelves, or follow new onesof other mens making, or note the vulgar interpreter for halting,none of them fear to diffentfrom him, nor yet to except againft him. And call they this an uniform tenour of Text and judgement about the text,fomany of their worthies declaiming jV10? recejvedconcett ' Nay> we will yet come nearer tbs quick: doth not their Pms-edition differ from the Lovain, and Hentcnius his from them both, and yet all of them allowed by antho- ntie? Nay, doth not Sixtus Quintus confeffe, that certain Catholics (hemeaneth certain of s , hts own fide ) were in fitch an humour of tranflating the Scriptures into Latine, that Satan ta- /?** ^ king occafion by them, though they thought of nofuch matter, did ftrive what he could, out of fa ' uncertain and manifold a vanetieof tranftations, fo to mingle all things , that nothing might feemto be left certain and firm in them, &c? Nay further, did not the fame Sixtus ordain by an inviolable decree, and that with the counfel and confent of his Cardinals, that the Latino edition of the Old and New Teftament, which the councelofTrentwouldhave to be authen- tic^,*! the fame without controverfie which he then fet forth, being diligently torrefied and printed tn the pnnting-boufe 0/ Vatican ? Thus Sixtus in his preface before his Bible. And yet. Clement the 8 his immediate fucceffour to account of, publijheth another edition of the Bible , containing initinfimte differences from that of Sixtus, (& many of them weighty and material) afdffJ . mur be Mtbentick by all means what is to have the faith of our glorious LordJcCus with yea and nay, if this be not? Again , what isfweet harmonie and confent, if this be? Therefore, as Demaratus of Corinth advifed a great King, before he talked of the diffentions among the Grecians, to compofe his domejlidt broils (for at that time his queen and his Tonne and. heir' tvere at deadly fuidervith him) fo all the while that our adverfaries do make fo many and Jo various editions themfelves, and do jarre fo much about the worth and authority of them , they can with nojheTv of equitie challenge us for changing and correcting* Tlie purpofe tsJi$ time t0 ^ea’vc them , and tojhew in bri ef what we propofed to our felves , and of the tranfla- ***** courfe we held in this ourperufall andfurvey of the Bible. Truely(good Chriftian Reader) tours, with we never thought from the beginning,^ at wefhould need to make a new tranflation , nor yet to furokurt Cr> ma^e f b,ad, °,ne afood ont> ^or then the imputation of Sixtus had been true in feme fort, that are, &c. our people had been fed With gall of dragons in ft e ad of wine, with wheal in (lead of milk) but to * make a good one better, or out of many good ones, one principal l good one, not juftly to be excepted againft ■, that hath been our endeavour, that our mark. To that purpofe there were many ch often, that were greater in other mens eyes then in their own, and that fought the truth rather then their own pr aifi >. Again, they came or were thought to come to the work, not exerccndi causa, (at one faith) but exerenati^f is, learned, not to learn: For the chief overfeer andipMavtc un- der his Majeftie, to whom not onely we, but alfo our whole Church was much bound, knew by bis Wifdome, which thing alfo Nazianzen taught fo long ago, that it is a prepofterous order to teach . . , M>*nd to learn often yea thatjv c* Kt&tfuax y.cuZ*mv,to learn andpraflife together , is neither commendable for the workman, nor [fife for the work . Therefore fuch were thought upon, * c°uldfay modeftlywtth S . Hierome, Et Hebrseum fermonem ex parte didicimus, & in Latino pene ab lpfis meunabihs, &c. dctriti fumuS;Both we have learned the Hebrew tongue in part,and w ** J:at,n,e we have b,ecn esercifed almoft from our very cradle. S.Hierome maketh no mention ef the Greek tongue, wherein yet he did excelfbecaufe he tranftated not the Old Teftament cut of Greek, but out of ^Hebrew. And in what fort did thefe affemble? In the truft of their own know- kdge, or of then ft] arpneffe of wit, or deepneffe of judgement, as it were in an arm offlefh? At no hand. They trufted in him that hath the key o/David, opening and no man (hut tine, they prayed to the Lend the Father of our L»rd,to the cffefl that S. Augultine did-, Olet thy Scriptures be S. Aagufl.lA, my pure delight, let me not be deceived in them, neither let me deceive by them. In this confi- luC<gljeJ‘ dence, and with this devotion did they affemble together ; not too many , left otic jhould trouble e^'U another-, and yet many, left many things haply might efcape them, if you ask what they had before them, truelyit was the Hebrew text of the Old Teftament, the Greek of the New. Thefe are the two golden pipes, cr rather mduits, whe re-through the olive hr mhes empty themfelves into thC Sopboct. in EUtt% mv Ttt tx c ivAyYMA J^Ka The Tranflatours to the Reader! S'- Attg. \.ie the gold. S. Auguftine calleth them precedent, original l tongues-,. S. Hierome, fountains. The do&t c. 3.&c. fame S. Hierome afjirmcth, and Grattan hath not {pared to put it into his Decree, that as the cre- Smlam& die of the old books ( he meanetb of the Old Tejlament ) is to be tried by the Hebrew volumes; Trnel. fo of the New by the Greek tongue, he meaneth by the Originall Greek, if truth be to be tried S.Hiemuad by thefe tongues, then whence {hould a translation be made, but out of them? Thefetongues luemimn. therefore , the Scriptures we fay in thofe tongues, we fet before us to tranflate, being the tongues M veu' wherein God was pleafed to {peak to his Church by his Prophets and Apojtles. Neither did we run ■?ofipb.Arxiq, over the workwith that pofting hafie that the Septuagiat did, if that be true which is reported Ub.it. of them, that they finifbed it in feventie two dayes ; neither were we barred or hindered from go- S. Huron, ad over lt again, having once done it, like S. Hierome, if that be true which himfelf rep or teth , litnaivc&JoJhat he could no fooner wiite any thing,but prefently it was caught from him,and publifued, and xirnan. ’ he could not have leave to mend it: neither, to befhort , were we thefirft that fell in hand with •opuTo- franflatmg the Scripture into Engli(h,a»d confequently deflit ute of former helps , as it is written vresfot. of Origen, that he was the firfi in a manner , that put his hand to write commentaries upon the epiKet yip Scriptures, and therefore no marvell, if he overjhot himfelf many times. None of thefe things : Ixihv the work hath not been hudlcd up in feventie two dayes , but hath coft the workmen , as light as mpdyff it feemeth , the pains of. twice feven times feventie two dayes, and more. Matters of fuch weight dvr)$T3f>ii- and confequenceare to be Jpeededwith maturities for in a bufineffe of moment a man feareth not mv /aiyt. ' the blame of convenient fack'neffe. Neither did we think much to confult the tranjlatours or commentators Chaldee, Hebrew, Syrian, Greek, or Latins, no nor the Spaniih, French, Italian, or Dutch; neither did we difdain to revife that which we had done, and to bring back to the an- vil that which we had hammeredsbut having and ufingxs great helps as were needfull,and fear- ing no reproach f or flowneffe , nor covetingpraifefor expedition, we have at the length, through the good hand of the Lord upon its, brought the work to that paffe that you fee. Some per adventure would have no varictic of fenfes to be fet in the margine, left the authori- se of the Scriptures for deciding.of controverfies by that Jhew of uncertaintie,fbould fomewhat be fliaken. But we hold their judgement not to be fo found in this point. For though, Whatfoever things arc neceflarie , are mamfeft, ^- S. Chryfoftome faiih : and as S. Augultine, In thofe things that are plainly fet down in the Scriptures, all fuch matters are found that concern faith, sfchryfip.m hope, and charitie: Vet for all that it cannot be dijfembled, that partly to exercife and whet our Tbef cap 2. wits, partly to wean the curious from loathing of them for their everywhere plainncjfe, partly alfo loftirre up our devotion to crave the ajfrjiance of Gods Spirit by prayer, and laftly, that we might a0u.Cbnjt-e.9- ye forwar(i t0 jge^ at(j 0fr our brethren by conference, and never fcorn thofe that be not in all re - {pells focompteat as theyfhould be, being to feek in many things our felves,it hath pleafed God in his divine providence, here and there tofeatter words andfentences of that difficultie & doubt - fulne{fexnotin do Urinal! points that concern falvation(fov in fuch it hath been vouched that the Scriptures are plain ) but in matters ofleffe moment, that fearfulnes Would better befeem us then - confidence, and if we will refolve, to refolve upon modefiie with S. Auguftine, ( though notin this fame cafe altogether, yet upon the fame ground) Melius eft dubitare de occultis,quam litigare de incertis: It is better to make doubt of thofe things which are fecret, then to ftrive about thofe things that are uncertain. There be many words in the Scriptures which be never found there but onee,(bavingncither brother nor neighbour, as the Hebrews fpeak ) fo that we cannot be holpen by conference of places. Again, there be many rare names of certain birds,beafls,and pre- cious [tones, &c. concerning which the Hebrews themfelves are fo divided among themfelves for judgement, that they may feemto have defined this or that, rather becaufe they would fay fomc - thing, then becaufe they were fure of. that which they faid, as S.Hierome fomewhere faith of the Septuaghu. Now in fuch a cafe , doth not a margine do well to admonifh thc Reader to feekfur- ther, and not to conclude or dogmatize upon this or that peremptorily? For as it is a fault of in- credulitie , to doubt of thofe things that are evident-, fo to determine of fuch things as the Spirit of God hath left (even in the judgement of the judicious) quefiionable , canbenolejfethenpre- Jf. Aug. 2. ie fumption . Therefore as S. Auguftine faith, that vaiietie of truncations is profitable for thefind- dod.Cbrifi. ingout of the fenfe of the Scriptures: fo diver fitie offignification and fenfe in the margine,wbere e-*4' the text is not fo clear , mujl needs do good-, yea, is neceJJ'arie as we are perfwaded. iTe know that Sixtus j.praf. Sixtus Quintus exprefiy forbiddetb that any varietie of readings of their vulgar edition, {bould tibl. be put in the margme( which though it be not altogether the f ime thing to that we have in hand, yet it looketb that way)butwe think he bath not all of his own fide his favourers for this conceit. TIat in Paulo • They that are wife had rather have their judgements at liber tie in differences of readings, then fee undo to be captivated to one, when it may be the other, if they were fure that their high priefi had all cuoiOTittbris. law: {hut up in hisbreafi, as Paul thefecond bragged, and thathe were as free from err our by Tpsoris y fpeciall priviledgc, as the Delators of Rome were made by law inviolable, it were another mat- ot, yjv s ter ; then his word were an or axle, his opinion a decifion. But the eyes of the world are now open, #s 7. “ God be thanked, and have been a great while ,theyfinde that he isfubjett to the fame affettions ~ ' ' ' ' and Reafons mo- ving us to fee diverfity of lenfes in th< margine, where there is great pro* babilicy foe each. de Gen, ad liter rap- 5. Ki- yoili yet. Hier. in Efek. cap.y The Tranflatours.to the Reader* the! infirmities that others be, that bis bodit isfubjen to bounds, and therefore fo m that U proveth, not as much as he clameth, they grant and embrace. *ear0B5 ir- An other thing we thinly good to admomfh thee of ( gentle reader 'i that we h*„e tUJ ;:aar(f/”v oully open an That ™e had dene, becaufe they obferve, that fome learned men fomewhere, have been as exalt uleoityof asthey could that way. Tritely that we mghtnot vary from the CenCeof th^twhirh^ t,*4 t™* flflcd before, if the word figriificd. thefaL thing that be notof the fame fenft every where ) we were effect ally cart full, and made a conference , . » - according to ouriutie. But that we fhould expreffc the fame notion in the fame particular word- 7rM*rVA*- MSf°r example, if we translate the Hebrew or Greek word once by purpofe, never to call it in- tent; if one where journeying, never travelling; if one where think, never fuppofe; if one where pin, never ach ey ifone where joy, never gladnefle, &c. Thus to mince the matter, we thought [°Jazfur mortff curio fit ie then wift iomc, vnd that rather it would breed fcorn in the Atheifl , %ZtZg,tr°fil tof'Zodlyreader. For is the {ingdomeofGod become words or fyllablesFwhy flouldwe be in bondage to them if we may be free? ufe one precifely, when we may ufe another n» I jfefit, as commodioufly ? A godly Father in the primitive tmejhcwed himfelf greatly moved tUu& the d^ertme be Uttl'<* *™e> a*d A bei fr J\th’ thftb£ Waf muchr abufedfor turning cucnriwta ( to Which reading the people CAM ith!Zff?rT^ rr’ happen in better times, and upon. fofmallouafions,L rVl^ifinna113, rih0uldma* Thailand unneceffarie changings. *.«*!*<. Pn?\$J*fd'b> v' g( » (byfc°ff'rs)»lthfimt. ***i»*l dealing towards a great number of good *5* Enghlh Words. For as tV is Written of a certain great Philo fopher, that he fhould fay, that tbofe *** ^ * logswerp happy that were made images to be wojhippcd ; for their fellows, as good as they, lay for blocks behtnde the fire: f fo if we fhould fay, as it were, unto certain words , Stand up higher, have a place in the Bible alw ayes; and to others of like qualitte, Get ye hence, be banijhed for tv*r;we might he taxed per adventure with S. James his words, namely. To be partial! in our CslZS: "A Jr§? ^ th°!ftS- Adde hereunto that mcenefje in words was ahayes counted , the next pep to trifling, andfo was to be curious about names too : alfo that we cannot follow a * ju * ‘ better pattern for elocution then God bimfelf-, therefore he ufrng divers Words, in b,s holy writ, *£**?'• * and indifferent^ for one thingin nature: we, if we will not bejuperjlitious, may ufe the fame lit ? bertte in ourEn^verfions ,/ Hebrew andGreek , for that cop, e or ftore that he hath fcMT* given us. Laftly, we have on the one fide avoided the. fcrupulofrtie of the Vuritanes, who leave °X% the old EcclefiafltcaU words, and betake them toother , as when they put waihing/ir baptifme * tn ^fad ° CIlu.rch: as alf°™ the other fide, wehavc fhunnedthe obfeuritie ofZutv. ** the Paptfts, *n their a^y mes3 tim^ke^rauonall^holocaufls^prfpucc^ pafchc3 and a number of (uch lib. n euflA ike, who cofthetr late tranflation is full, and that of purpofe to darken the fenfe, that fince theytm> muft needs tranflarc the Bible, yet by the language thereof, it may be kept from being underftood. eles efhe*hilS?bIe " fibber then we can ask or think. He removeth the freaks from our Zl ’n ? f)0™0ur hearts, opening our wits that we may underftand his word,enlarging our hearts y yea coy retting our affettions that me may love it above gold and River , yea tbahJtm zv loveitto tht ’end. T< are brought unto fountains of livingwattr which ye digged not ;do not c/lt c a . W Thera ™l h*' Ph!l,fil”es 3 fitter frefine broken pits before them with the Wicked JcrlLa/.j! Jews. Others have laboured, and you may enter into their labours. O receive not fo great thins s * tn vain : 0 defptfe not fo great falvation. Be not likefwine to tread under fiotfo precious things neither yet like dogs to tear and abufe holy things. Say not to our Saviour with the Gersefitfs* M » . Depart out of our cocfts; neither yet with Efau, fell your birthright fir a meffc of pottage 1 flight Hebr’f Jla he come into the world, love not darknefre more then light: if fiod, if clotTngbTo&^ot\ St THIi Hcb.io.ji, iJ W 3i+ Or 4^ 3^2+ THE NAMES OF ALL THE BO AND NEW T E S: the number of Enefis hath chapters jo m -m- Exodus 40 V 1 Leviticus 27 Numbers 36 Deuteronomie 34 Jofhua 14 Judges a 1 Ruth 4 1. Samuel 3 1 a. Samuel a4 1. Kings a a a. Kings a? 1. Chronicles 24 ^Chronicles 3 6 Ezra 10 Nehemiah 1 3 Efther 1 0 Job 4a Pfalmes * yo Proverbs 3 1 0 r . thi \ND ORDER KS OF THE OLD AMENT, WITH dr chapters. Ecclefiaftes hath chapters i a The fong of Solomon 8 Ifaiah 66 Jeremiah * ya Lamentations y Ezekiel 48 Daniel 1 % Hofea 14 Joel \ Amos Obadiih 1 Jonah 4 Micah 7 Nahum 3 Habakkuk 3 Zephaniah 3 Haggai a Zechariah 14 Malachi 4 The books c i ,n Sdras hath chapters 9 2.1_/Efdras 16 Tobit 14 Judeth 16 The reft of Efther 6 Wifdome 19 Ecclefiafticus * yi all ed Apocrypha. Baruch with the epiftle of Jeremiah 6 The fong of the three children. The ftory of SuCanna. The idol Bel and the dragon. The prayer of Manaflch. 1. Maccabees 1 6 2. Maccabees j y The books of •* 1 Atthew hath chapters a 8 IViMark 16 Luke 14 John a 1 The A £ls a8 The epiftle to the Romanes 16 1. Corinthians 16 a. Corinthians 1 3 Galatians 6 Ephefians 6 Philippians 4 Colomans 4 1. Theflalonians y a. Theflalonians 3 — — * rt P* :new Tcftamcnt. 1. Timotheus hath chapters 6 i. Timotheus 4 Titus 3 Philemon i To the Hebrews 13 The epiftle of James y 1 . Peter y 2. Peter 3 1. John y 2. John ' 1 3. John 1 Jude 1 Revelation * 2 a the ‘Pfai*n.*. and 136.5. \6ts 14.15. uid 17,24. debr.11.3. 1 2. Cor. \ Heb. *<?- ween the ightand be~ Keen the '.arfyejpt. • Hcb -and he evening »ds,andtbe nerning ire . ; PfaUi3**5 er, io.^2. ind s >• 1 5* Heb.,**- ■anfien. : Job 38. 8. ?lal-33-7- md 136.6. fHcb ttndtr ?*#• » Dent. 4 >$>. *f*k 1 36.7, THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED GENESIS. C H A P. I. 1 The creation of heaven and earth , 3 of the lights of the firm ament, 9 of the earth feparated from thttva- terj, 11 and made fruitful!, 14 of the fttnne, moon, and ftarres, 20 of 03 and f 0x01,14 ofbe tflsandcat- tel , 16 of man in the image of God . 29 otlfo the appointment of food. , N * the beginning God ere* I ateJ the heaven & the earth* 2 A*id the ea th was | without form, and voidjand darknefle waj upon the face I of the deep ; and the Spi- 'rit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God faid, * Let there be light : and there was light. * 4 And God faw the light, that it root good: and God divided f the light from the darknefle. f And God called the light Day, and the darknefle he called Night: fand the evening and the morning were the firft day. 6 ^ And God faid,* Let there be a f firms- ment in the midft of the waters- and let it di- vide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament } and di- vided the waters which were under the firma- ment, from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was fo. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven: and the evening and the morning were thefe- cond day. • 9 IT And God faid, * Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place and let the dne-land appear : and it was fo. ’ 1 o And God called the drie- land Earth.and the gathering together of the waters called he oeas : and God law that if xvm good. 1 !r A?d ?0<? faidj Let the earth *>r»ng forth tgrafle the herb yeeldmg feed, a„d the f.uit- tree yeeldmg fruit -fttrh.s kinde,whofe feed is in it lelf,upon the earth: and it was fo. it And the earth brought forth gra (k. and herb yeeldmg feed after his kinde; and the tree yeeldmg fruit, whofe feed rvae in it felf , after his kinde : and God faw that it was food *4 U And God faid, Let there be * lights in the firmament of the heaven, to divide f the t Heb te- day trom the night: and let them be for fi^nes the daJ and for feafons, and for dayes, and yeares. ° ’ ***?•"* if And let them be for lights in the firma. t,en,& tm ‘° 6,vc l,ght uf°n the 16 And God made two great lights; the ' greater light j to rule the day, and the lefler f Hcb. for light to rule the nrghr: he made the ftarres alfo. thondoo/tbt 17 And God fet them in the firmament of daj> he r:cna IO §ive USht uPon the earth, •1 Anf to * rule OVer day and over the * Jer. 3 1 & night, and to divide the hght from the datk- nefle : and God faw that it wm good. the^ounhda*16 evcmn§and the morning were 20 And God faid, *Let the waters bring forth abundantly the (| moving creature that nCr creeping. hath f life, and fowl that may flie above the rHe’b .fiulf earth m the f open firmament of heaven. THeb. face of »x And God created great whales.and every living creature that moveth, which the waters °f ht*V'n' brought forth abundantly after their kinde,and every winged fowl after his kinde; and God law that it "was good. 22 And God bleflcd them.fayin* *Be fru,tfull>and multip'y, nndfill the waters in 1 thefeas,and let fowl multiply in the earth. the^fth daythC CVenmS ^ mornin§ VVcrc r ** J .And God faidi Let the earth brine forth the living creature after his kinde cartel and creeping thing and beaft of the earth after his kinde: and it was fo. if And God made the beaft of the earth af- ter his kinde and cartel after their kinde , and everything that creepeth upon the earth after his kinde: and God faw that if wot good. 2 ^ And God faid, *Let us make man in ‘Chap j 1. our image, after our likenefle: and let them ha.ve dominion over the filh of the fea and over the fowl of the airc, and over the cartel, 7‘ and over all the earth ,and over every creeping CoL, 40*J4, thing that creepeth upon the earth. 6 3 * 27 So God created man in his own image, m the image of God created he him; *ma!e.M-,t I0 , and female created he them. Ma t* 28 And God blefl’ed them, and God faid unto The firftfabbath. Genefis. unto them, * Be fruitfull,and multiply, and re- pleniih the earth, and fubdue it, and have do- minion over the fiili of the fea, and over the fowl of the aire, and over every living thing that t moveth upon the earth . 29 And God faid, Behold, I have given you every herb t bearing feed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yeelding feed, * to you it ihall be for meat : 3 o And to every beaft of the earth,& to every fowl of the aire, and to every thing that creep- eth upon the earth,whercin there is fhfe,/ have given every green herb for meat: and it was fo. 3 1 And * God faw every thing that he had made, and behold, it wm very good. And the evening and the morning were the (ixth day. CHAP. II. i The firftfabbith.4. T he manner of the creation. 8 The planting of the garden of Eden , 10 and the river thereof. 17 The tree of knowledge onely forbidden- 19, 10 The naming of the creatures ._ 21 The making of woman, and inftitution of marriage. THus the heavens and the earth were finiih- ed, and all the hoft of them. . 2 * And on the feventhday God ended his De«.r m* .work which he had made: and he relied on the 1 * Chap.p. t Heb. creep- tih . t Heb. feed, ing feed . * Cha 2*9-1* j* Heb. a li- ving foul* * Ecclus 16. f Heb. Cnjbm * Exod 20. 11 & 3M7 Hebr -fHeb. rre- nted to m*kt % feventh day from all his work which he had made. j And God blefled the feventh day,and fan- fhfied it: becaufe that in it he had reited from all his work, which God f created and made. 4 f Thefe are the generations of the hea- vens and of the earth, when they were created j in the day that the L o r d God made the earth and the heavens, y And every plant of the field, before it was in the earth , and every herb of the field , be- fore it grew: for the Lord God had not caufed it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. 6 || But there went up a mill from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground . 7 And the Lord God formed man fof the * dull of the ground, and breathed into his nollrils the breath of life; and * man became a living foul. - — 8 *j And the Lord God planted a garden ' ,*Cor- *5' call -ward in Eden j and there he put the man . whom he had formed. 9 And outof the ground made the Lor D God to °row every tree that is pleafant to the fight, and good lor food: the tree of life alfo in the midll of the garden, and the tree of know- ledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from thence it was parted, and became into foure heads. 1 1 The name of the firft is * Pifon: that is it which compafleth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. ... , 12; And the gold of that land is good: |] Or, a mifi ■which went up front) &C. t Heb.^ t f i he ground* * 1. Cor. 15. 47. Ecclus 17. 1 * Ecclus 24* *7- Marriage inftituted. there is bdellium and the onyx- Hone. 1 3 And the name of the fecond river is Gi- hon : the fame is it that compafleth the whole land off Ethiopia. 14 And the name of the third river ii Hid- dekel: that is it which goeth || toward the eaft H<>> taft- of Aflyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. 1 5 And the Lord God took || the man and |j or, .Adaml put him into the garden of Eden,co drefle it, and to keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, f wing. Of every tree of the garden f thou f Heb. eat . mayeft freely eat : mgtboufitalt 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good 4 * and evil, thou (halt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eateft thereof f thou fhalt furely die, t Heb. dying 1 8 4 And theL ord God faid ,\t is not rhou fbalt die. good that the man fliould be alone:I will make him an help •} meet for him. firthm* 19 And out of the ground the Lord God- formed every beaft of the field, and every fowl of the airej and brought them unto || Adam to * e- fee wh3t he would call them : and whatfoever Adam called every living creature,that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam f gave names to all cattel, f Heb .called. and to the fowl of the aire, and to every beaft of the field: but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. 21 And the Lord God caufed a deep fleepto fall upon Adam, and he flept; & he took one of his ribs, and clofed up the fleih in Head thereof. 22 And the rib,whiclvthc Lord God had taken from man , t made he a woman , and f klib.build- brought her unto the man. td* 23 And Adam faid,This is now bone of my bones, and flelhof my flefh: ihe (hill be called Woman, becaufe flie was * taken oat of man. * i- Cor. 24 ‘Therefore ihall a man leave his father ^att.i*.s; and his mother, and (hall cleave unto his wife: Maik 10,7. and they flull be one fleih. *. Cor. 6,1 5, 2} And they were both naked, the man and Ephef.s.ji, his wife } and were not aihamed. •CHAP. III. j The fev pent deceiveth Eve. 6 Mans [bamefuB fall* 9 God arraigneth them. 14 The ferpent it cur fed. ic T heprontif'ed feed • 1 6 The punifhment or tnan- kinde. 11 Their fir ft clothing. 22 Their caflmg out N0^ *Ow the ferpent was more fubtile then any beaft of the field which the L o R D God had made; and he faid unto the woman, t Yea, 1 ; <*■ • » hath God faid. Ye ihall not cat of every tree of the garden i ... a And the woman faid unto the ferpent,\\ e may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which u in the midft of the garden, God hath faid, Ye (hall not eat of it, neither flnll ye touch it, left ye die. 4 And the ferpent faid unto the woman, Ye , l Qofi ihall not * furely die. n.?. < For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof. I Mans fliamefull fall. thereof, then your eyes (hail be opened: and ye (hill be as Gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman faw that the tree wm „ , ji' good for food, and that it w.u t pleafant to the J eyes,& a tree to be defired to make one wilejlhe * Ecclus *5. took of the fruit thereof, * and did eat,& gave *4- _ alfo unto her husband with her, and he did eat. i.Txm.2«i4* 7 An£j th€eyes of them both wete opened, and they knew that they were naked j and they fewed fig-leaves together, and made themfelves 11 Or, things (j aprons. _ , . _ ", gird about. 8 And they heard the voice of the L o r d . „ . • . God walking in the garden in the j cool of the IfHcb.W*-. ^ . and Adam and his hl(j themfelves from the prefence of the L o r d God amonglt the trees of the garden. 9 And the L o r d God called unto Adam, and faid unto him, Where art thou? jo And he (aid , I heard thy voice in the Chap. iiii. He is caft out of paradife.' 22 r And the L o r d God faid,Behold3the $ man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: And now left lie put forth his hand,& take alfo of the tree of life, and eat,and live for ever; 23 Therefore the Lord God fent 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 eaftof the garden of Eden,Cherubims, and a flaming fword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. CHAP. IIII. 1 T he birthytYndeiUnd religion of Cam and oibel. 8 T he murder of xAbel. n T he curfe of Cain. 17 Enoch the firil city. 19 Lamechand hie two wives, a 5 T he birth of Seth y 26 and Enos. ANd Adam knew Eve his wifejand (lie con- ceived, and bare Cain, and faid, I have gotten a man from the L o r d. 1 x And ilie again bire his brother! Abel: and fHeb w.w, Abel wasfa keeper of iheep , but Cain was a I ' ' a tiller of the ground. ** ^ j And fin procefle of time it came to pafle, t tf> * that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground ** 1'*' an offering unto the L o r d : garden: and 1 was afraid, becaufe I tvas naked; and I hid my felf. , 1 1 And he faid, Who told thee that thou vujt naked? Haft thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou (houldeft not cat? iz And the man faid, 4 And Abel,he alfo brought of the firftlings , „ thou gaveft to ' be with me , (he gave me of the ^ f flockj and of ^ f * thercof> And the t H*. Syt tree, andl did eat. Lord had*refpeft unto Abel,&tohis offering « Beb.n.4. 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not refpeft. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6 And the L o R d faid unto Cain.Why art thou wroth?and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thoadoeft well, thaltthounotHbeac- l|Or, hav* cepted? andifthoudoeft not well,finne lieth at the doore. And |j unto th eejhall be his defirc, and thou (halt rule over him. unto thtt, 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother ; tree, andl did eat. ij And the Lord Godfaith unto the wo- man , What is this that thou haft done ? And the woman faid. The ferpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 And the L o r d God faid unto the fer- pent,Becaufe thou haft done this, thou art cur- fed above all cartel , and above every beaft of the field : upon thy belly (halt thou go,and duft (halt thou eat all the dayes of thy life. if And I will put enmitie between thee and the woman,and between thy feed and her feed: it than bruife thy head , and thou (halt bruife My came to pafle when they were in the Ji b I 7 field j that Cain tofe UP a§1,nft Abel hlS bro_ • ",S .u. ..nminlip faid T will oreatlv ther, and * flew him. “Wifd.io.j. 16 Unto the woman ne laiu, 1 win -,teatiy 5 .jut c *j .... Mate 22.2c. ... . c „ , j .bn rnnrpnrinn* in (Vir. o «r And the L o r d faid unto Cain, Wneie 1watt.23.35. Ibd .hy brchcr. An. he <W, I kno. no, : GnlbiU H 10 thy husband, and he flull ‘ rule w2Sha» d»u done » 'he voice of thy brothers t bloud criethunto me fHeb.Wov^*. from the ground. 1 1 And now art thou curfed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brothers bloud from thy hand. 1 z When thou tilleft the ground, it (hall not henceforth yeeld unto thee her ttrength.A fugi- tive and a vagabond (halt thou be in the earth. 1 3 And Cain faid unto the L o r d , B My J Or, «■/»# punifliment is greater then I can bear. T', _ 1 1 I f L « ii J via •-% O 0 1 1 1 Or, fitbj'Z firejbal/ be fj to thy husband tothyhuj J over thee. band . 17 And unto Adam he faid , Becauie thou * ''Cor.14. haft hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and 34‘ haft eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, faying, Thou (halt not eat of it: curfed is the ground for thy fake ; in forrow (halt thou eat of it all the dayes of thy life. •f Heb. cauft 1 8 Thorns alfo & thtftles (hall itfbring forth to bud. to thee: and thou (halt eat the herb of the field. 19 In the fweat of thy face (hilt thou cat bread, till thou return unto the ground : for out ofitwaft thou taken; for duft thou art , and unto duft (halt thou return. f Heb. C And Adam called his wives name t Eve, vah. becaufe (he was the mother of all living. zi Unto Adam alfo and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skinnes, and clothed them, ry ,4 BeholJ, thou bait driven me our th.. da, from the face of the earth : and from th) tace be^or&ivc^ (hall I be hid, md l (hall be a fugitive and a va- gabond in the earthj and it (hall come to pafle, That everyone that findethme (hall fl iyme. 1 5 And the Lord faid unto him* "1 hereforc Aj z ^ivvhv>faeYer 1 Cains genealogie. Genefis. Adams genealogie unto Noah. whofoever flayeth Cain, vengeance ftull be ta- hundred and feven year es , and begat fonnes ken on him feven-fold. And the L o r d fet a and daughters. mark upon Cain , left any finding him lhould kill him. i<5 f And Cain went out from the prefence of the Lord , and dwelc in the land of Nod, on the eaft of Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife 5 and fliecon- t Heb. cilt~ ceived and bare f Enoch : and he budded a city} and called the name of the city, after the name of his fonne, Enoch. 1 8 And unto Enoch was born Irad:and Irad begat Mehujaeli and Mehuj3cl begat Methufa- el; and Methufael begat j( Lamech. 19 And Lamech took unto him two wives : the name of the one was Adah,3nd the name of the other Zillah. 10 And Adah bare Jabalrhe was the father of fuch as dweil in tents, and of fucb as have cattel. 21 And his brothers name was Jubal : he t Heb. Le. 7/*cch. 8 And all the dayes of Seth were nine hun- dred and twelve yeares, and he died. 9 f And Enos lived ninetie yeares, and be- gat fCainan. ^ 10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan nan. eight hundred and fifteen yeares , and begat fonnes and daughters. 1 1 And all the dayes of Enos were nine hundred and five yeares, and he died. irf And Cainan lived feventie yeares, and begat f Mabalaleci, + Gr. M, 1 3 And Cainan lived after he begat Maha- '«/. . lalecl eight hundred and fourtie yeares,and be- gat fonnes and daughters. 14 And all the dayes of Cainan were nine hundred and ten yeares, and he died. iff And Mahalaleel lived fixtie and five yeares, and begat f Jared. f Heb.JW. 1 6 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Ja- was the father of all fuch as handle the harp red eight hundred anti thirtie yeares, and begat tnj wound, ire. H Or, in mj hurt. and organ. zz And Zillah, flic alfo bare Tubal Cain, an •f Heb. whit- f inftrufler of every artificer in brafle and iron : and the fitter of Tubal Cain was Naamah. 23 And Lamech faid unto his wives , Adah and Zillah , Heare my voice ye wives of La- U Ox, T would mech} heat ken unto my fpeech: for |J I have fay a man on a man t0 my wounding, and 2 young man || to my hurt. 24 If Cain (hall be avenged- feven-fold, truly Lamech feventie and feven-fold. 2 $ f And Adam knew his wife again ; and t Heb.Mt/A. bare a fonne, and called his name j- Seth: For God, faid fhe , hath appointed me another tH eb.EnoJh. feed in ftead of Abel, whom Cain flew. J| Or , to call z6 And to Seth, to him alfo there was born »!»»* afonnejand he called his namefEnosithen be- •f the lord, ganmen || tocall upon the name of the Lord. CHAP. V. X The genealogie , age9 and death of the patriarchs from vAdam unto Koah . 24 The go dlinejfe and transition of Enoch . * jjChron. **T*His is the * book of the generations of A- t.tm 1 dam: In the day that God created man, in * Wifd#2.23# the * likeneffeof God made he him : 2 Mile aitd female created he them 5 and blefled them , and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3 ^ And Adam lived an hundred and thirtie yeares , and begat a fonne in his own likenefle, after his image; and called his name Seth. 4 * And the dayes of Adam after he had be- gotten Seth were eight hundred yeares, and he begat fonnes 3nd daughters. * i. Citron# fonnes and daughters. 17 And all the dayes of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninetie and five yeares, & he died 18 f And Jared lived an hundred fixtie and two yeares, and he begat Enoch. 19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred yeares , and begat fonnes and daughters. 20 And all the dayes of Jared were nine hundred fixtie and two yeares, and he died. 2 1 f And Enoch lived fixtie and five yeares, and begat f Methufelah. t Gr 22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methufelah three hundred yeares , and begat fonnes and daughters. And all the dayes of Enoch were three hundred fixtie and five yeares. 24 And * Enoch walked with God, and he * Hcclus44. was not : for God took him. Jf- 25 f And Methufelah lived an hundred ,lI,5* eightie and feven yeares, and begat Lamech. 2 6 And Methufelah lived after he begat La- mech feven hundred eightie and two yeares, and begat fonnes and daughters. 27 And all the dayes of Methufelah were nine hundred fixtie and nine yeares, & he died. 28 f And Lamech lived an hundred eightie and two yeares, and begat a fonoe. 29 And he called his name t Noah, faying, -j- or# This fame fliall comfort us concerning our work and toil o i our hands, becaufe of the ground which the Lord hath curfed. 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninetie and five yeares , and begat 5 And all the dayes that Adam lived were fonnes and daughters nine hundred and thirtie yeares, and he died. 3 1 And all the dayes of Lamech were feven 6 And Seth lived an hundred and five yeares, hundred feventie and feven yeares, and he died, and begat Enos. 32 And Noah was five hundred yeares old: 7 A nd Seth lived aftej; he begat Enos eight and Noah begat Shem , Ham and J apheth CHAP, Mans wickedaeffe.' chap. chap. vr. i The ynekeintffe of the world , which provok'd Godi wrath, and caufed the floud. 8 Noah findeth trace. 14 The order, form, and end of the ark. Nd it came to pafle , when men began to Lmultiply on the face of the earth , and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the Tonnes of God faw the daugh- ters of men, that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chofe. 3 And the L o r d faid. My fpirit lhall not alwayes ftrive with man ; for that he alfo u fleih : yet his dayes lhall be an hundred and twentie yeares. >r. 4 There were giants in the earth in thofe dayes: and alfo after that, when the fonnes of God came in unto the daughters of men , and they bare children unto themjthe fame became mighty men,which were ofold,men of renown 5 f And God faw that the wickednefle of jl Ot, the man was great in the earth, and that |jevcry ”rhe' imaSinatlon of the thoughts of his * heart wot Hebrew onety eV1^ t continually, word fignifi- 6 And it repented the Loro that he had cth not one- made man on the earth, and it grieved him at l7\h.n Zt" hisheart- alfo ’the pur- 7 And the Lord faid, I will deftroy man, pefts and de» vvhom I have created , from the face of the earth, f both man and beaft, and the creeping MatthA t. Vo thing>3nd the fowls of the airetforit repent- tHeb .every et^ me *!»«* I have made them. day. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the tHeb./row Lord. u ir. 9 ^ Thefe are the generations of Noah: « Eoclus 44. * Noah was a juft man and (| perfect in his ge- 1 7- nerations, and Noah walked with God. aJ’et.i s. xo And Noah begat three fonnes, Shem, HOr*rr«fe Ham, and Japheth. 1 1 The earth alfo was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 1 2 And God looked upon the earth,and be- hold it was corrupt : for all fleih had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13 And God faid unto Noab, The end of all fleih is come before me : for the earth is fil- led with violence through them; and behold, I \\Ot, from the will deftroy them || with the earth, +h,k. „/», , *4 f Make thee an ark of gopher-wood: T ’fie f rooms (halt thou make in the ark, and (halt pitch it within and without with pitch. if And this /V thefajhion which thou lhalt make it of: T he length of the ark Jh.iU be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fiftie cubits, and the height of it thirtie cubits. i(5 A window lhalt thou make to the ark, and in 3 cubit lhalt thou finilh it above; and the doore of the ark lhalt thou fet in the fide there, of : with lower, fecond, and third ftorie s Unit thou make it. *7 And behold, I, even I do bringafloud of waters upon the earth, to deftroy all fleih. vi. vii# Noah findeth favour. wherein Is the breath of life , from underhea- f \en-y& every thing that is in the earth fhall die. 18 But with thee will Ieftablilhmy COVCm nant : and thou lhalt come into the ark; thou, and thy fonnes, and thy wife, and thy fonnes wives with thee. 19 And of every living thing of all fleih, two of ever y fort Ihilt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee: they fhall be male and female. Of fowls after their kinde, and of cattel after their kinde, of every creeping thing ofthe earth after his kinde : two of every fort lhall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21 And cake thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou lhalt gather it to thec;and it lhall be for food for thee, and for them. 5 22 * Thus did Noah; according to all that * Hcb.11.7. God commanded him, fo did he. CHAP. VI I. I Noah with hie family and the living creatures enter tnto the art. 17 T he beginning, increafe , and con - ttmance of the fond. ANd the * L o r d faid unto Noah, Come * a.Pet 1. 5, thou and all thy houfe into the ark; for thee have I feen righteous before me in this ge- neration. ; ° 2 Of every clean beaft thou lhalt take to thee j1 by levens, the male and his female : and f Hoh.fevet of beafts that are not clean by two, the male fev,H‘ and his female. 3 Of fowls alfo of the aire by fevens, the male and the female; to keep feed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 Foryetfeven dayes, and I willcaufeit to rain upon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nights ; and every living fubftance thatl have made, will If deftroy from off the face of the fHeb. Met earth. ,uf. 5 And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him. 6 And Noah was fix hundred yeares old, when the floud of waters was upon the earth. ,,7 1 And Noah went in, and his fonnes,and his wife, and his fonnes wives with him, into theark;becaufe of the waters of the floud. 8 Of clean beafts, and of beafts that are not clean, and of fowls , and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in mo and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 1 o And it came to pafle || after feven dayes, flO(V**A* that the waters of the floud were upon the earth. 11 1 In the fix hundredth yeare of Noahs life, in the fecond moneth, the feventeenth day of the moneth, the fame day were all the foun- tains of the great deep broken up, and the,fo fl(H(U || windows ofheaven were opened. al 11 gates, A i n And J The world is drowned. 6 tz And the rain was upon the earth four tie dayes and fourtie nights. 13 In the felf fame day entred Noah, and Shem,and Ham, and Japheth,the fonnes of Noah, and Noahs wife, and the three wives of his fonnes with them, into the aik. 14 They, and every beaft after his kinde, and all the cattel after their kinde, and every creeping thing that crecpeth upon the earth after his kinde, and every fowl after his kinde, t Hch, *i»g. every bird of e very f fort. 1 f And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and t.vo of all flcfli, wherein is the breath of life. 1 6 And they that went in, went in male and female of all fleih, as God had command- ed him: and the Lord (hut him in. 17 And the floud was fourty dayes upon the earth; and the waters increafed, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were in- cfeafed 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 hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail ; and the mountains were covered. *iVifd. 10.4 21 * And all fleih died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl,and of cattel, and of beaft, and of every creeping thing that crecpeth upon the earth, and every man. ■fHeb thi 22 All in whofe noftrils was fche breath kuath of the of!ife,of all thztwas in the drie land, died. fiint of life. 2$ And every living fubftance was deftroyed which was upon the face of the ground,both man,and cattel, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were deliroy- * Wafd.10.-4. ed from the earth :and * Noah onely remained a.Pcc.j.5, alive , and they that were with him in the ark. 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fiftie dayes. CHAP. VIII. 1 The waters dffvrage. 4 The ark refteth on dram, 7 The raven and the dove, 1 J N’oahjeing command- ed, 18 goeth forth of the ark . so He buildeth an altar, and offereth faerifice, 21 which God accepteth, and promifeth to curfe the earth no more, ANd God remembred Noah, and every li- ving thing , and all the cattel that was with him in the ark: and God made a winde to pafle over the earth, and the waters affwaged. 2 The fountains alfo of the deep, and the windows of heaven were flopped, and the rain from heaven was reftrained. 3 And the waters returned from off the •fHeb. in earth f continually : and after the end of the going and hundred & fiftie dayes the waters were abated. Ttinrring. 4 ^ And the ark refted in the feventh moneth ,on the fc venteenth day of the monetb, upon the mountains of Ararat, The waters afTwage. 5 And the waters f decreased continually JHeb wr# untill the tenth moneth: in the tenth moneth , on the firft day of the moneth, were the tops ecre*J’ *’ of the mountains feen. 6 And it came to pafle at the end of four- tic dayes, that Noah opened the window ofthe ark which he had made. 7 And he fent forth a raven, which went forth t to and fro, untill the waters were dried fHeb.i*^ up from off the earth. f°Tth 8 Alfo he fent forth a dove from him, to fee 1tturninl- if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground. 9 But the dove found no reft for the foie of her foot, an J the returned unto him into the ark;forthe waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put forth his hand, and took her, and t pulled her in unto him into the ark, jo And he ftayed yet other fevendayes,and again he fent forth the dove out of the ark. 11 And the dove came in to him in the evening, and lo, in her mouth was an olive-leaf pluckt off; So Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 1 2 And he ftayed yet other fe ven dayes, and fent forth the dove, which returned not again unto him any more. 1; f And it came to pafle in the fix hun- dredth and firft yeare, in the firft monetb , the firft day of the moneth, 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 drie. 14 And in the fecond moneth, on the fe ven and twentieth day of the moneth) was the earth dried. ij f And God fpake unto Noah, faying, 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wifej and thy fonnes, and thy fonnes wives with thee. 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flelb, both of fowl, and of cattel , and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth ; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitfull, and multiply upon the earth. 18 And Noah went forth, and his fonnes, and his wife, and his fonnes wives with him: 1 9 Every beaft , every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whaefoever creepeth upon the earth, after their | kindes,went forth out of the f Heb./<»»v ark. Hot- 10 And Noah builded an altar unto the LoRD,andtook of every clean beaft, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. a 1 And the Lord fmelled t a fweet favour, Heb. 4 ^ and the Lord faid in his hcart,I will not again vow of reft , curfe the ground any more for mans fake ; for the * imagination of mans heart is evil from his * chap .6. 5. youth: neither will 1 again fmitc any more eve- Matt, 15.1?. ry thing living) as I have done, 22- 1 While Genefis. Godblefleth Noah. Chap fHeb. <uyt 22 f While the earth remaineth, feed-time •Uthedajes and harveft , and cold and heat, and fuaamer »f the cart :. ancj winter, and day and night (hall not ceafe, CHAP- IX. I God ble/Jeth Noth. 4 Blond and murder are for- bidden. 8 Gods covenant* 1 } (ignified by the rainbow, 18 Noah rep'ertifhetb the worlds 20 planteth a vine- yard , ti it drunken* and mocked of hit fonne* *y curfeth Canaan, z6 blefjeth Shem* zj pray eth for Japheth * 2 9 and dieth. ANd God bleffed Noah and his fonnes,and faid unto them,* Be fruitfull and multiply, and 8.17. andreplenilh the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you (hall be upon every bead of the earth, and upon every fowl of the aire , upon all thit moveth upon the earth , and upon all the fifties of the fea; into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth(hall be ♦Chap.t.Jj. meat for you; even as the * green herb have I given you all things : * Levit. 17. 4 * But fleih with th^life thereof , which is 14. the bloud thereof, (hall you not eat. 5 And furely your bloud of your lives will I require : at the hand of every bead will I re- quire it ; and at the hand of man, at the hand of every mans brother will I require the life of man. * Matt.2*. 6 * Whofo (heddeth mans bloud , by man S *• (hall his bloud be (hed : *for in the image of Rev.ij.ro. q0(j roa(jc ke man> Chap. 1.17. 7 And you , be ye fruitfull , and multiply, bring forth abundantly in the earth, and mul- tiply therein. 8 f And God fpake unto Noahj and to his fonnes with him, faying, 9 And I , behold I edablilh my covenant with you, and with your feed after you; 10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattel,and of eve- ry bead of the earth with you, from all that go out of the ark, to every bead of the earth. « Ifa. r 4.J. 1 1 And * I wilt edablilh my covenant with vou, neither (hall all flefti be cut off any more by the waters of a floud, neither (hall thete any more be a floud todedroy the earth. 12 And God faid. This is the token of the covenant which I make between me, and you, and every living creature that is with you , for perpetu ill generations: _ 13 Ido fet my bow in the cloud, and it (hall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. •Ecelus 43. 14 * And it (hall come to pafle , when I *«»«*. bring a cloud over the earth , that the bow (hall be feen in the cloud : if And I will remember my covenant, which is between me, and you, and every living creature of all flefti ; and the waters (hill no more become a floud to dellroy all flefti. 16 And the bowftullbe in thecloud;and I will look upon it , that I may remember the . ix. x. He planteth a vineyard. everlading covenant between God and every li« 7 ving creature of all fleih that is upon the earth. 1 7 And God faid unto Noah , This is the token of the covenant, which I hive cftablifhcd between me and all fleih that is upon the earth. 18 And the fonnes of Noah that went forth of the ark, were Shem , and Ham, and Japheth: and Hamir the father of J Canaan. + Heb />«•- 19 Thefe are the three fonnes of Noah:and laa*. of them was the whole earth overfpread. 20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard. 21 And he drank of the wine, and W3$ drunken, and he was uncovered within his tent. »2 And Ham the father of Canaan faw the nakednefleof his father, and told his two bre- thren without. 13 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their (boulders, and went backward, and covered the nakednefie of their father; and their faces were backward, and they faw not their fathers nakednefie. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger fonne had done unto him. 2 f And he faid,Curfcd be Canaan;a fervant of fervants (hall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he faid, Blefled be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan (hall be |J his fervant. || or, firvaot 27 God (hall |j enlarge Japheth, and he (hall to them. dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan lhall il or,prr- be his fervant. - 18 f And Noah lived after the floud three hundred and fifty yeares. 29 And all the dayes of Noah were nine hundred and fiftie yeares, and he died. CHAP. X. 1 The generations of Noah. zThe fonnes of Japheth, 6 The fonnes of Ham. 8 Nimrod the fir ft monarch . 21 The fonnes of Shem. NOw thefe are the generations of the fonnes of Noah ; Shem , Ham, and Ja- pheth : and unto them were fonnes bom after the floud. 2 * The fonnes of Japheth;Gomer,and Ma- * i.Chron* gog , and Madai , and Javan, and T ubal, and *' 5* Melhech, and Tiras. 3 And the fonnes of Gomer; Albkenaz,and Riphath,and Togarmah. 4 And the fonnes of Javan ; Elifliah , and Tarfliilb, Kittitn, and Dodanim. j By thefe were the ides of the Gentiles divided in their lands ; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 6 ^ * And the fonnes of Ham; Cu(h,and * i.chrcn. Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. I,8‘ 7 And the fonnes of Cu(h; Sebi, and Havilah, andSabtah , and Rnamah, and Sab- techa : and the fonnes of Raamab; Sheba, and Dedaru ^ .0115 afarcnB And ’ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ■ Nimrod the firft monarch. Genefis. The building of Babel. ^ 8 And Cufli begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is faid,Even as Nimrod the migh- tie hunter before the Lord. i o And the beginning of his kingdome was t Gr. Babylon -j Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh,in the land of Shin3r. | Or, he vent u Out of that land || went forth A(hur,and CHAP. XI. I One language in the -world, j The building of Babel. 5 The confufton of tongues, to The generations of Shem. 27 The generations ofTerah the father of <A- bram, $iTerahgoeth fromVr toHaran. a Nd the whole earth was of one f language Xland of one 1 fpeech. 2 And it came to pafle as they journeyed from the call , that they found a plain in the > t Heb. lip. ■J’Heb.wsr^j* out into %Af- builded Nine veh, and the ||citie R.ehoboth,and land of Shinar j and they dwelt there. for \tb. Calah, . ftrten of the i 2- And Refen between Nineveh and Calah; tity* f Heb ion* thefame /iagreat cine, i g And Mizraim begat Ludim , and Ana- mim,and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 14 And Pathrufim , and Cafluhim (out of whom came Philiftim ) and Caphtorim. i And fthey Paid one to another > Goto, fHeb. «/ let us make brick , and f burn them throughly. J aid to hu And they had brick for ftone , and flime had neighbour. 4 n un | Heb. hum they for morter. 4 And they faid, Go to,let us build us a city * and a tower,whofe top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, left we be fcattered rt»- 1 5 f And Canaan begat t Sidon his firft- abroad upon the face of the whole earth. born, and Heth, 16 And the Jebufi:e,and theEmorite, and the Girgafite, 1 7 And the Hivite , and the Arkitc,and the Sinite, 18 And the Arv3dite,and the Zemarite,and the Hamathite:and afterward were the families of the Canaanites fpread abroad. 19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon , as thou comeft to Gerar unto t Heb. 1 Af- f Gaza, as thou goeft unto Sodom and Gomor- l*b. 9 i.Chron. 1. 17. t Heb. facbjbad. rah,and Admah,& Zeboim,even unto Lalhah. 20 Thefe are the fonnes of Ham,after their families, after their tongues, in their countreys, and in their nations. 2 1 ^1 Unto Shem alfo the father of all the children of Eber , the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. 2 2 The ^children of Shem;Elam,and Aftiur, and f Arphaxad,andLud, and Aram. 5 And the Lord came down to fee the citie and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the Lord faid, Behold,the people is one, and they have all one language : and this they begin to do ; and now nothing will be reftrained from them , which they have ima- gined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there con- found their language , that they may not un- derftand one anotbers fpeech. 8 So the Lord fcattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth : and they * left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it called ||Ba- j| Thati*, bel, * becaufe the Lord did there confound confifan/ the language of all the earth: and from thence, I did the Lord fcatter them abroad upon the face of ail the earth. to f * Thefe are the generations of Shem; Wifd.10.5 . . , , I ,,, . * i.Chron. 2$ And the children of Aram) Uz, and Hul, Shem was an hundred yeares old, and begat '.'7v t Heb. lab. She. 4 i.Chron. and Gether, and Malh. 24 And Arphaxad begat f Salahj and Salah begat Eber. 2 $ * And unto Eber were bom two fonnes: the name of one was Peleg , for in his dayes was the earth divided > and his brothers name was Joktan. 2 6 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 thefe were the fonnes of Joktan. g o And their dwelling was from Melha, as thou goeft unto Sephar a mount of the eaft. g 1 Thefe are the fonnes of Shem,after their families , after their tongues , in their lands, after their nations. g 2 Thefe are the families of the fonnes of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by thefe were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. Arphaxad two yeares after the floud. 1 1 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad Eve hundred yeares, and begat fonnes and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived Eve and thirtie yeares, and begat Salah. 1 g And Arphaxad lived after he begae Salah foure hundred and three yeares, and begat fonnes and daughters. 14 And Salah lived thirtie yeares', and be- gat Eber. 1 y And Salah lived after he begat Eber foure hundred and three yeares , and begat fonnes and daughters. 1 6 * And Eber lived foure and thirtie yeares, * i .chroa, and begat * Peleg. i. ij>. 17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg * Called foure hundred and thirtie yeares, and begat fonnes and daughters. 18 And Peleg lived thirtie yeares,and begat Reu. 19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two 1 j f- j - p hundred | ^ The generations of Terah. Chap. xii. xiii. God calleth Abranr. * Luke s.3J. Struck, *Lukc J«34* Tbits. *Jofh. i.Chron.i. 26. *Neh.?.y, Judeth 5.7. Afls 7.4. * Ads 7.3. * Chap.t8. 1 8. & 22.18. kSti 3 2J. GaUt.3«8. hundred and nine yeares, and begat Tonnes and daughters. zo And Reu lived two and thirty yeates,and begat * Setug. a 1 And Rcu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and Teven yeares , and begat Tonnes and daughters. za And Serug lived thirtie yeares, and begat Nahor. 23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred yeares , and begat (onnes and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty yeares, and begat * Terah. 25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen yeares , and begat Tonnes and daughters. 2 6 And Terah lived Teventie yeares, and * begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 27 f Now thefe are the generations of Te- rah : Terah begat Abrtyn, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Te- rah , in the land of hisnativitie,inUr of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abrams wife Sarai ; and the name ofNahors wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of ITcah. 30 But Sarai was barrenjftie had no childe. 31 And Terah took Abram his Tonne, and Lot the Tonne of Haran his fonnes Tonne, and Sarai his daughter in law , his fonne Abrams wife;& they went forth with them from*Ur of the Chaldees , to go into the land of Canaan j and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the dayes of Terah were two hun- dred and five yeares : and Terah died in Haran. CHAP. XII. « God caVeth .Abram, andbleffeth him with apromtfe of C hr ill, 4 tie depart eth with Lot from Haran. 6 He journey eth through Canaan , 7 which it promised him in a vifton. 10 He it driven by a famine into Egypt. II F ear maketh him feign hie wife to be hit ft Her. 14 Pharaoh having taken her from him , by plagues it compelled torefltreher. NOw the * L o r d had Taid unto Abram, Get thee out of thy countrey , and from thy kindred , and from thy fathers houfe, unto a land that I will (hew thee. 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will blefle thee , and make thy name greatj and thou (halt be a bldfing. 3 And I will blefle them that bldTe thee, and curfe him that curfeth thee : * and in thee (hall all families of the earth be bleffed. 4 So Abram departed , as the Lord had fpoken unto him^and Lot went with him: And Abram rvas feventie and five yeares old when he departed out of Haran. $ And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brothers fonne, and all their fubftance that 9 they had gathered , and the fouls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go in- to the land of Canaan, and into the land of Canaan they came. 6 4J And Abram pafled through the land unto the place of Sichem,unto the plain of Ma- rch. And the Canaani terra then in the land. 7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and faid, * Unto thy feed will I give this land: * Chap.ij. and there budded he an *altar unto the Lord, * 5- who appeared unto him. * Chap. '3 4. 8 And he removed from thence unto a moun- tainon the eaft of Beth- el, and pitched his tent, having Beth*cl on the weft , and Hai on the eaft : and there he budded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord 9 And Abram journeyed , f going on fttll f Heb. »'» toward the fouth. going and 10 41 And there was a famine in the land tjcur"eiv>S' and Abram went down into Egypt to fojourn there: for the famine was grievous in the land. 1 1 And it came to pafle, when he was come neare to enter into Egypt, that he faid unto Sarai his wife , Behold new I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon. 12 Therefore it (hall come to pafle , when the Egyptians (hdl fee thee, that they (hall fay. This it his wife: and they will kill me, but they will fave thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my After; that it may be well with me for thy fake ; and my foul (hall live becaufe of thee. 1 4 f And it came to pafle, that when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman, that (he 1 vat very fair. 1 y The princes alfo ofPharaoh faw her,and commended her before Pharaoh : and the wo- man was taken into Pharaohs houfe. 16 And he intreated Abram well for her fake: and he hadlheep, and oten, and he-afles, and men-fervants, and tnaid-fervants, and (he- afles, and camels. 17 And the Lord plagued Pharaoh a*rJ his houfe with great plagues , becaufe of Sarai Abrams wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, & faid, What is this that thou haft done unto me? Why didft thou not tell me that (he kvm thy wife? 1 9 Why faidft thou. She is my lifter ? fo I might have taken her to me to wife: now there- fore, behold thy wife, take fcer,and go thy way. 20 And Pharaoh commanded few men con- cerning him : and they fenthim away, and his wife, and all that he had. CHAP. XIII. X .Abram and Lot retie; n out of Egypt . 7 By dtjagree- mentthey part afunder. 10 Lot gorth to wicked So- dom. 14 God reneweth thepromi'e to .Abram. 18 He hemovtth to Hebron, and there buildeth an altar. ANd Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the fouth. NtV'EI STY OF C3I Attd[NIA Abram and Lot depart afunder. Genefis. j® AChap. 7- 12® if Hcb. men brethren* a And Abram was very rich in catteljin fil- ter, and in gold. 3 And he wenc on his journeys from the fouth , even toBeth el, unco the place where his tent had been at the beginning 3 between Beth-el andHai* 4 Unto the* place of the altar, which he had made there at the fidt : and there Abram called on the name of the L o r d. ? % And Lot alfo which 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 fubftance was great, fo that they could not dwell together 7 And there was a ilri£e between the herd- men of Abrams cartel and the herdmen of Lots cattel : And the Canaanite and the Pe- rizzite dwelled then in the land. 8 And Abram faid unto Lot , Let there be no ftriferI pray thee,between me and thee,and between my herdmen and thy herdmen i for We6e f brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before thee?Separate Lot taken prifoner. Ellafar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Ti- dal king of nations} z That thefe made vvarre with Beta king of Sodom , and with Biriha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela which is Zoar. $ All thefe were joyned together in the vale of Siddim, which is the fait fea. 4 Twelve yeares they ferved Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth yeare they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth yeare came Che- dorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and fmote the Rephaims in Alhteroth Kar- naim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in jj Shaveh Kiriathaim, l Cr th* 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, un- ''pUinofK^- to |} Elparan, which is by the wildernefle. riatbaim. 7 And they returned , and came to En- U °.r* tbe miihpat , which is Kadelh , and fmote all the Pu,n*f e,*m countrey of the Amalekites,and alfo the Amo- ™’ rites, that dwelt in Hazezon-Tamar. 8 And there went but the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah , and the king of thy felf,I pray thee, fro me: if thou wilt take the Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king left hand, then I will go to the rightj or if thou depart to the right hand,tfee« Iwill go to the left io And Lot lifted up his eyes, & beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it w.u well watered every where,before the Lord dettroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of theLoRD,like the land of Egypt, as thou comeft unto Zoar. Then Lot chofe him all the plain of of Bela C the fame is Zoar) and they joyned battel with them in the vale of Siddim} 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar , and Atioch king of Ellafarj foure kings with five. 10 And the vale of Siddim wot full of Slime- pits j and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled , and fell there : and they that remained fled to the mountain. 1 1 And they took all the good* of Sodom and Lot dwelled inthecitiesof theplain,and and Gomorrah, and all their viftuals,and went 1 1 Jordan; and Lot journeyed eaftjand they fepa- rated themfclves the one from the other. Abram dwelled in the land ofCan3an, ii pitched bis tent toward Sodom. i j But the men of Sodom were wicked, and dinners before the Lord, exceedingly. 14 ^jAnd the Lord faid unto Abram, after that Lot was feparated from him. Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and fouthward, and call ward, and well W3rd. ♦ Chaj -7. and Ucut.34,4 1*. iy For all tbe land which then feeft , 2^*4‘ thee will I give it, and to thy feed for ever. their way. 12 And they took Lot Abrams brothers fonne (who dwelt in Sodom) and his goods, and departed. 1 j And there came one that had efcaped, and told Abram the Hebrew ; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite , brother of Elhcol , and brother of Aner : and thefe were t0 confederate with Abram. 1 4 And when Abram heard that his brother 6 And I will make thy feed as the duft of the was taken captive, he [| armed his || trained/ir- M0r# m earth : fo that if a man can number the duft of vants , born in his own houfe , three hundred firth. the earth, then fball thy feed alfo be numbred. and eighteen, and purfued them unto Dan. 0 Or, in- 17 Arife, walk through the land, in the if And he divided himfelf againft them,he length of it,and in the breadth of it : for I will and his fervants by night, and fmote them, and purfued them unto Hoba, which is on the left hand of Damafcus. 16 And he brought back all thegoods,and alfo brought again his brother Lot , and his goods, and the women alfo, and the people. 17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him (after his return from the {laughter of Chedorlaomer , and of the kings that were with him) at the valley of Shaveh, which is the give it unto thee. 1.8 Then Abram removed his ten t*& came & loins, dwelt in the f.plain of M*mre which is in He- bron5and built there an altar unto the L o r d. CHAP. XIIIL a The hattelof foure kings againfi five . 12 Lot irtikcn prifoner . 14 Abram refeueth him. 18 MekhzZedek blejjeth Mr am. 20 Abram giveth him tithe . 22 The vefl of the fpoil , hit partners hiving had their por- tion, he refloreth to the king of Sodom . A Nd it came to pafle m the d3yes of Am* taphel king of Shinar , Arioch king of * Kings dale. at fra UN 18 And * i*Sam i8« ■ 8. Abram payeth tithe to Melchizedek. Chap.xv. xvi. Abrams viffoti. •Hcbr-7.i. 1 8 And * Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the prieft of the molt high God. 19 And he blefTed him and faid, Blefled be Abram of the molt high God pofleffour of heaven and earth : 20 And blefied be the moft high God,which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. * Hcbr. 7.4. And he gave him ** tithes of all. 21 And the king of Sodom faid unto Abram, + H«b .ftul). Give me the tpti Tons, and take the goods to thy felf. 22 And Abram faid to the king of Sodom, I have lift up my hand unto the Lord, the moft high God, the pofleiTour of heaven and earth, 2 3 That I will not take from a threed even to a (hoe-latcher, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, left thou (houldeft fay, I have made Abram rich: 24 Save onely that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Bflicol, and Mamre j let them take their portion. CHAP. X V. 1 God encourageth oibram. 2 Abram complaineth for mm of an heire. 4 Godpromifeth him a forme. and a multiplying of hit feed- 6 -Ahum it juftified by faith. 7 Canaan it prtmifed again, and confirmed by a figne, 12 and a vifion. A Ftet thefe things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vifion, faying, Fear nor, Abram: I am thy {bield,<t nd thy exceeding *P6l.id.5.*&tc\trc"afd. r.JT . ., 2 And Abramfaid,Lord God, what wilt thou give me, feeing I go childle(Te,and the fte- ward of my houfe is this Eliezer of Damafcus i 3 And Abram faid. Behold, to me thou haft given no feed: and lo, one born in my houfe is mine heire. 4 And behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, faying, This (hall not be thine heire, but he that (hall come forth out of thine own bowels (ball be thine heire. f And he brought him forth abroad, and faid. Look now toward heaven, and tell the ftarres, if thou be able to number them : And * Rom.418. he faid unto him, *So lhall thy feed be. * Rom. 4. 3. ^ And he *beleevedin the Lor Djand he Galat. j .6. counted it to him for righteoufnefl'e. James 2, » j. 7 And he faid unto him,l4« the Lord that hrought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees , to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he faid. Lord G o d, whereby (hall I know that I (hall inherit it ? 9 And he faid unto him, Take me an heifer of three yeares old, and a (he- goat of three yearesold, and arammeof three yearesold, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took unto him all thefe, and di- vided them in themidft,and laid each piece one againft another: but the birds divided he not. 1 1 And when the fowls came down upon 1 1 the carcafes, Abram drove them away. 1 2 And when the funne was going down, a deep fleep fell upon Abramj and lo, an horrour of great darknefie fell upon him. 1 3 And he faid unto Abram, Know of a fure- tie * that thy feed (hall be aftranger in aland * Afls j.f. that is not theirs,and (hall ferve them, and they (hall a (Hid them foure hundred yeares : 14 And alfo that nation whom they (hall ferve, will I judge : and afterward (hall they come out with great fubftance. 1 f And thou (halt go to thy fathers in peace j thou (halt be buried in a good old age. 16 Butin the fourth generation they (hall come hither again: for the iniquitie of the Amorites is not yet full. 17 And it came to pafle , that when the funne went down and it was dark, behold a fmoking furnace, and f a burning lamp that paf- f Heb. 4 fed between thofe pieces. lamp of fire. t8 In that fame day the Lord madeacovc- nant with Abram, faying, * Unto thy feed have * chap 12 7 I given this land, from the tiver of Egypt unto and 13 15. the great river the river Euphrates : and 19 The Kenites,and the Kenizzitcs,and the Dcut-34*4‘ Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites,and the Perizzites,and the Rephaims, 21 And the Amorites, and. the CanaaniteSj and the Girgaflaites, and thejebufites. CHAP. X V I. I Sarai being barren giweth Hagar to Abram.i Hagar being affliPied for del fifing her mifireffe . runneth away. 9 An angel (endeth her back to fubtnh her fefl it andtelleth her of her eh tide. 15 Ifhmaelit bom. NOw Sarai Abrams wife bare him no chil- dren: and (he had an hand- maid an Egy« ptian, whofe name wm Hagar. 2 And Sarai faid unto Abram5Behold now, the L o r d hath reftrained me from bearing: I pray thee go in unto my maidj it may be that I may f obtain children by her: and Abram t Hcb.J/ hearkned to the voice of Sarai. bmldrdbj htt 3 And Sarai Abrams wife took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian,after Abram had dwelt tea yeares in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. 4 And he went in unto Hagar, and (he conceived : And when (he faw that flic had conceived , her miftrefle was defpifed in her eyes. 5. And Sarai faid unto Abram, My wrong. be upon thee : I have given my maid into thy bofome} and when (lie faw that (he had con- ceived, I was defpifed in her eyes; the Loro. judge between me and thee. t Heb.that 6 But Abram faid unto Sarai, Behold, thy which is maid is in thy hand 5 do to her f as it pleafeth f ,h,'“ thee. And when Sarai t dealt hardly with her, / H*eb. * f. (he fled from her face. fiifiti her. Ort.jtrap-y 4 And UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Hagar flieth from Sarai. 7 51 And the angel of the L o r D found her by a fountain of water in the wilderneffe, by the fountain in the way to Shur : 8 And he faid, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence cameft thou? and whither wilt thou go ? And fhe laid , I flee from the face of my miftrefle Sarai. 9 And the angel of the Lord faid unto her. Return tochy miftrefle , and fubmit thy felf under h«r hands. 10 And the angel of the Lord faid unto her, I will multiply thy feed exceedingly, that it fhall not be numbred for multitude. And the angel of the Lord faid unto Genefis. Sarai’s name changed. lafting poffeffion ; and I will be their God. » 9 5T And God faid unto Abraham , Thou fhalt keep my covenant therefore , thou, and thy feed after thee, in their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which ye (hall keep between me, and you, and thy feed after theej * Every man-childe among you fhall be cir- * A&s *. f. cumcifed. And ye (hall circumcife the flefh of your i r ii * Chap. 24. <2. U That is, tb- well of him that ii- veth and feeth me. * Chap, j, 22. || Or, up. right , or> fnccrc » t Heb. muU titude $f na- tions. fore-skinne; and it thill be * a token of the *Afts7.S. covenant betwixt me and you. Rom.4.1 1! ; 1 2 And f he that is eight dayes old * fhall be f Heb. . circurocifed among you, every man-childe in fonn* •/ eight 0 your generations, he that is born in the houfe, her, Behold, thouarf with childc,and'fhalt bear or bought with money of any ftranger, which Luke 'l a* J* a fonne, and flit it call his name ||Iflimael ; be- « not of thy feed. John 7.22,' caufe the L o r d hath heard thy aifliftion. i} He that is born in thy houfe, and he 12 And he will be a wilde man j his hand that is bought with thy money, muft needs be will be againft every man, and every mans hand circumcifed : and my covenant fhall be in your again!! him : * and he fhall dwell in the pre- flefh for an everlafting covenant. fence of all his brethren. 14 And the uncircumcifed man-childe, 1 3 And fhe called the name of the L o R D whole flelh of his foie-skinne is not circum- cifed, that foul (hail be cut off from his people: he hath broken my covenant. 1 y 5T And God faid unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou (halt not call her name Sa- mi, but Sarah fhall her name be. 16 And I will blefleher, and give thee a fonne alfo of her : yea, T will blefle her, and fftie fhall be a mother of nations; kings of fHeb.it/ people fhall be of her. jhaU become 1 7 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and natitnu laughed, and faid in his heart. Shall a childe be born unto him that is an hundred yeares old ? and fhall Sarah, that is ninetie yeares old, bear? 18 And Abraham faid unto God, O chat Iflimael might live before thee ! 19 And God faid, * Sarah thy wife (hall bear * chap.18. ANd when Abram was ninetie yeares old thee a fonne indeed; and thou (halt call his to.and*i.*« and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, name Ifaac : and I will eftablifh my covenant with him for an everlafting covenant, and with his feed after him. 20 And as for Ifhmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blefled him,and will make him fruitfull, and will multiply him exceedingly : * twelve princes fhall he beget, and I will make * chap. 25. him a great nation. 16, 21 But my covenant will I eftablifh with Ifaac, whom Sarah fhall bear unto thee at this fet time in the next yeare. 22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. 2 3 And Abraham took Ifhmael his fonne, and all that were born in his houfe, and all that were bought with his money , every male among the men of Abrahams houfe ; and cir- cumcifed the flefh of their fore-skinne, in the felf fame day, as God had faid unto him. 24 And Abraham was ninety yeares old and nine when he was circumcifed in the flefh of his fore-skinne, UNIVERSITY OF Cs5 And |! That is, £jod jball bears. * Chap,* 5. that fpake unto her,Thou God feeft me : for fhe faid. Have I alfo here looked after him that feeth me ? 14 Wherefore the well was called * || Beer- Iahat-roi ; behold, it u between Cadefh and Bered. 1 y 5T And Hagar bare Abram a fonne : and Abram called his fonnes name, which H3gar bare, Iflimael. 1 6 5i And Abram was fourefcore and fix yeares old,when Hagar bare Ifhmael to Abram. CHAP. XVII. I God reneweth the covenant. J * Abram hit name is changed in token of a greater blefiing. 10 Circumcifi- 0*} u militated. 15 Sarai her name is changed-, and jbebleffed. 16 Ifaac itpromifed. 2} oibraham and IJhmael are circumcifed. Nd when Abram was ninetie yeares old _ andnine,the Lord appeared to Abram, and faid unto him, I am the Almightie God; * walk before me, and be thou || perfe<ft. 2 And I will make my covenant between me Sind thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his face ; and God talked with him, faying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, & thou (halt be a father of f many nations. y Neither fhall thy name any more be cal- led Abram , but thy name fhiU be Abraham; *Rom.4,i7» *for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitfull, and I will make nations of thee 5 and kings fhall come out of thee. 7 And I will eftablifh my covenant between me, and thee, and thy feed afcS^hee , in their generations, for an everlafting covenant; to be a God unto thee, and to thy feed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee , and to thy feed t Heb. of thy after thee , the land \ wherein thou art 3ftran- fijewniitgt. gcr, all the land of Canaan, for an ever- « J The three angels entertained. Chap. if And I(hmael his Tonne wat thirteen yeares old when he was circumcifedin the fldh of his fore-skinne. 1 6 In the felf fame day was Abraham cir- cumcifed,and Ilhmael his Tonne. 17 And all the men of his houfe , born in the houfe , and bought with money of the ftranger, were circumcifed with him. CHAP. XVIII, I oihraham entertaineth three angels. 9 Sarah it re- proved fir laughing at the jirange promtfe. 17 The detlruBion of Sodom it revealed to otbraham. ij \A- hr ah am maketh mtercefiionfor the men thereof. ANd the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Manure : and he Tat in the tent- doore in the heat of the day. Heb.13.1. 1 * And he lift up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men Hood by him : and when he faw them , he ran to meet them from the tent- doore, and bowed himfelf toward the ground, 3 And Laid, My Lord, it' now I have found favour in thy fight, paffc not away, I pray thee, from thy fervanc: 4 Let a little water , I pray you, be fetched, and walb your feet , and red your felves under the tree. ? And I will fetch a morfel of bread ; and | Heb. ftaj. f comfort ye your hearts; after that you (hall tHeb. you PaA'e on: for therefore fare ye come to your have pajf,d. fervant. And they Laid, So do as thou haft faid. 6 And Abraham ha ftened into the tent un- tHeb.k»/«?. to Sarah , and faid, f Make ready quickly three meafurcs of fine meal , knead it , and make cakes upon the hemh. 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd , and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man} and be halted to drefle it. 8 And he took butter and milt, and the calf which he had drefied , and fet it before them; and he flood by them under the treetand they did eat. 9 f And they faid unto him , Where it Sa- rah thy wife? And he faid. Behold, in the tent, 1© And he faid, I will certainly return unto * Chap. 17. according to the time of life} & lo,* Sarah 19. and si." thy wife (hall have afonne. And Sarah heard a. it in the tent-doore, which i vat behinde him. 1 1 Now Abraham and Sarah tvere old yand well ftricken in age: anditceafed to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 1 2 Therefore Sarah laughed within her felf, faying. After I am waxed old, (hall I have plea- * j.Pet.j.$. fare, my * lord being old alfo? 13 And the Lord faid unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, faying. Shall I of a furety bear a childe, which am old? 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed will I return unto thee, according to the time of life; and Sarah (hall have a Tonne. * J Then Ssrah denied , faying , I laughed xviii. Abraham intercedeth for Sodom. not: for flic was afraid. And he faid. Nay, but iz thou didft laugh. 16 5; And the men rofe up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 17 And the L o r d faid. Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; 1 8 Seeing that Abraham fhall furely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth fhilibe * blefled in him? „ *Chap.i 19 For I know him, that he will command and 22.18. his children and his houfliold after him , and *‘25* they (hall keep the way of the Lord, to do °a at ** jufticc and judgement * that the Lord may bringupon Abraham that which he hath fpo- ken of him. 20 And the Lord faid,Becaufe the cfeie of Sodom and Gomorrah is great , and becaufe their finne is very grievous; 2 1 I will go down now, & fee whether they have done altogether according to the crie of it,which is come unto me5& if nor, I will know 22 And the men turned their faces from thence3and went toward Sodom: but Abraham flood yet before the Lord. 2$ ^[And Abraham drew neare, and faid. Wilt thou alfo deflroy the righteous with the wicked ? 24 Peradventure there be fifeie righteous within the city* wilt thou alfo deflroy, and not fpare the place for the fiftie righteous that are therein ? 25 That be farre from thee to do after this manner, to flay the righteous with the wicked : and that the righteous ihould be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the judge of all the earth do right ? 16 And the Lord faid, If I finde in Sodom fiftie righteous within the city, then lvvill fpare all the place for their fakes. 27 And Abraham anfwered and Cud , Be- hold now I hare taken upon me to fpeak unto the Lord, which am but dufl and afhes. 28 Peradventure there fhall lack five of the fiftie righteous ; wilt thou deflroy all the city for lac\ of five? And he faid, If I finde there fourty and five, I will not deflroy it. 29 And he fpake unto him yet again , and faid, Peradventure there (hall be fourtie fo.nd there. And he faid, I will not do it for fourties fake. 30 And he faid unto him , Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will fpeak: Peradventure there (hall thirty be found there. And he faid,l will not do ity if I finde thirtie there. 3 1 And he fad , Behold now, I have taken upon me to fpeaKTTnto the Lord : Peradventure there (hall be twencie found there. And he faid, I will not deflroy it for twenties fake. 3 2 And he faid, Oh let not the Lord be an- gry,and I will (peak yet but this oikc : Perad- , UNIVERSITY Of* rcnture ^ a The Sodomites ftricken with blindnes. Genefis. Sodom deitroyed. 14. venture ten (hall be found there. And he faid, I will not deftroy it for tennes fake. 33 And the Lord went hisway,afloon as he had left communing with Abraham : and Abraham returned unto his place. CHAP. XIX. t Lot entertaineth two angels. 4 T he vitiows Sodomites are ftricken with blindneffe . 12 Lot is fentfor (afetie into the mountain s. 18 He obtaineth leave to go into Zoar. 24 Sodom and Gomorrah ore deftroyed . 2 6 Lots wife is a pillar of (alt* 30 Lot dwellsth in a cave* 31 T he incefhions original ofMoab and %Ammon% ANd there came two angels to Sodom at even ; and Lot fat in the gate of Sodom : and Lot feeing them, rote up to meet themjand he bowed himfelf with his face toward the ground; z And he faid, Behold now my lords, turn in, I pray you , into your fervants houfe, and tarrie ♦Chap. 18. 4, all night, and * walhyour fcec,and ye (hall rife up early, and go on your wayes. And they faid, Nay, but we will abide in the ltreet all night. 3 And he prefled upon them greatly ; and they turned in unto him , and entred into his houfe : and he made them a feaft,and did bake unleavened bread; and they did eat. 4 ifBut before they laydown, the men of thecity, even the men of Sodom,compafl'cd the houfe round , both old and young, all the peo. pie from every quarter. 5 And they called unto Lot, and faid unto him. Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6 And Lot went out at the doore unto them, and (hut the doore after him, 7 And faid , I pray you, brethren, do not fo Wickedly. 8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you , and do ye to them , as is good in your eyes: onely unto thefe men do no- thing ; for therefore came they under the (ha- dowof my roof. 9 And they faid. Stand back. And they faid tfg<tw,Thisone/ei?<m> came in to foiourn,and he will needs be a iudge : Now will we deal worfe with thee, then with them. And they prefled fore upon the man, even Lot, and came neare to break the doore. 10 But the men put forth their hand , and -pulled Lot into the houfe to them, and (hut to the doore. ii And they fmote the men * that were at *7* the doore of the houfe with blindneffe , both fmall and greatrfo that they wearied themfelves tofinde the doore. 1 z And the men faid unto Lot, Haft thou here any befides? fonne in law, and thy fonnes, and rhy daughters, and whatfoever thou haft in the city; bring them out of this place. internet archive " 1 3 For we will deftroy this place ; becaufe the*crie of them is waxen great before the *Chap i8. face of the L o r d, and the L o r d hath fent J0* us to deftroy it. 14 And Lot went out, and fpake unto his fonnes in law , which married nis daughters, and faid. Up, get ye out of this place; for the Lord will deftroy this city: but he feemed as one that mocked unto his fonnes in law. 1 5 IT And when the morning arofe,then the angels haftened Lot , faying, Arife, take thy wife,& thy two daughters which f are here;ltft f Heb. a re thou be confumcd in the || iniquitie of the city. faunct- 16 And Awhile he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand , and upon the hand of his nvifd. so.*, wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being mercifull unto him: and they brought him forth , and fet him without the city. 17 And it came topafle, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he faid,Efcapc for thy life; look not behinde thee, neither ftay thou in all the pi »in ; efcape to the mountain, left thou be confumcd. 1 8 And Lot faid unto them, Oh not fo, my Lord : 1 9 Behold now , thy fervant hath found grace in thy fight , and thou haft magnified thy mcrcie,which thou haft (hewed unto me in fa- ying my life; and I cannot efcape to the moun- tain, left fome evil take me, and I die. 20 Behold now, this city is neare to flee un- to, and it is a little one : Oh let me efcape thi- ther,(is it not a little on e?j& my foul (hall live. 2 1 And he faid unto him , See, I have ac- cepted j thee concerning this thing , that I will -j- Heb. th. ’ not overthrow this city, for the which thou free. haft fpoken. 22 Hafte thee, efcape thither ; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither : there- fore the name of the city was called Zoar. 23 ^The funne wasfrifen upon the earth f Heb. gout when Lot entred into Zoar. forth. 2 4 Then * the L o r d rained upon Sodom * Deut and upon Gomorrah brimftone and fire from the L o r d out of heaven. Luke 1 7. 25 And he overthrew thofe cities , and all If*- 1 3->p- the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, 4 °i*i and that which grew upon the ground. Jude 7. ' z6 But his wife looked back from behinde him, and (he became a pillar of fair. 27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning , to the place where he flood before the Lord. 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Go- morrah , and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, andlo, the fmokeof the countrey went up as the fmoke of a furnace. 29 And it came to paffc , when God de- ftroyed the cities of the plain , that God re- membred Abraham , and fent Lot out of the UNIVERSIT ’ ttiidft Lots inceit. midft of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities, in the which Lot dwelt. 30 f And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain,and his two daughters with him : for he feared to dw<-ll in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 3 1 And the firft-born faid unto the younger. Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in (into us, afcer the manner of all the earth. 5.2 Come , let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preferve feed of our father. 3 3 And they made their father drink wine that night : and the firft-born went in, and lay with her fatherj and he perceived not when ihe lay down, nor when (lie arofe. 3 4 And it came to pafl'e on the morrow,that Chap. xx. xxi*. Abimelech rebuket!) Abraham, againft me 5 therefore fufiered I thee not to touch her, 7 Now therefore ieftore the man his wife: for he is a prophet , and he (hall pray for thee, and thou fhalc live: and if thou reitore her not> know thou that thou (halt furely die, thou, and all that are thine. 8 Therefore Abimelech rofe early in the morning, and called all his fetvants, and told all thefe things in their eares : and the men were fore afraid. 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham , and faid unto him. What hall thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee , that thou haft brought on me and on my kingdome a great Anne? thou haft done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. 10 And Abimelech faid unto Abraham, Whac 15 1 1 the firft-born faid unto the younger, Behold, I faweft thou, that thou haft done this thing ? lay yefternighc with my father : let us make him drink wine this night alfoiand go thou in, and lie with him, that vye may prelervefeed of our father. gj And they made their father drink wine that night alfo: and the younger arofe, and lay with him 3 and he perceived not when (lie lay down, nor when (he arofe. g6 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with childe by their father. g 7 And the firft born bare a fonne, and cal- led his nameMoab : the fame# the father of the Moabites unto this day. g8 And the younger, (lie alfo bare a fonne, and called his name Ben-ammi: the fame is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. CHAP. XX. s tAbraham fojoumeth at Gerar*! denieth hi t mfe^nd lofeth her.\ ^Abimelech U reproved for her in a dream 9 He rebuketh ^Abraham* 14 refloreth Sarah, \ 6 and jeprorveth her . 17 He it healed by oibr ah am s payer. \ Nd Abraham j jurneyed from thence to- Xmward the fouch-countrey , and dwelled between Cade(h and Shur, and fojourned in Gerar. And Abraham faid of Sarah his wife. She And Abraham faid, Becaufe I thought. Surely the fear of God is not in this place 3 and they will flay ine for my wives fake. 1 2, And yet indeed jhe is my After; (lie is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother : and (lie became my wife. 1 g And it came to pafl'e, when God caufe-d me to wander from my fathers houfe 3 that I faid unto her,This is thy kindneffe which thou (hale (hew unto me; At every place whither we (hall come, * fay of me, He is my brother. * Chap.Ji- 14 And Abimelech took (heep, and oxen, 23* and men-fervants , and women-fervants , and gave them unto Abraham , and reltored him Sarah his wife. 15 And Abimelech faid, Behold, my land is before thee; dwell f where it pleafeth thee, -j- Kcb.-wV/ 1 6 And unto Sarah he faid, Behold, I have good inthir#> given thy brother athoufand pieces of filver : *2eu behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus (he was reproved. 17 f So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and bis maidfervants; and they bare children . 18 For the Lord hadfaftclofed up all the ii my After: And Abimelech king of Gerar wombes of the houfe of Abimelech, becaufe of fern, and took Sarah. Sarah Abrahams wife, g But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and faid to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man , for the woman which thou t Heb. may haft taken : for (he is fa mans wife. 4 But Abimelech had not come neare her: and he faid, L o r d, wilt thou flay alfo a righ- teous nation ? ? Said he not unto me. She it my After? and (he, even (he her felf faid. He is my brother: in tied to an hujband4 CHAP. X X T. I Tfaac ii bom: 4 he is circumcised. 6 Sarahs joy. 0 Ha- gar and Ijhmael are cajl forth. 1 5 Hagar in difir 17 The angel comfotteth her. 21 lAbmelechi cove- nant nith ^Abraham at Beer- fheba. ANd the LoRD.viftccd Sarah as he had faid, and the Lord did unto Sarah*as he had * Chap. 17. fpoken. ip. ami 1 For Sarah * conceived,and bare Abraham _ 1. it . .1 r _ cls 7.8. U Or, fimpli* the (| integritieof myheart,and innocencieof a fonne in his old age, at the fet time,of which GaJat. 4.2 cite* or finm ceritie , my hands have I done this, 6 And God faid unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didft this in the integritie of thy heart: for I alfo withheld thee from Anning God had fpoken to him. Hcb u*n* g And Abraham called the name of his fonne that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare tohim,Ifaac. Original fni: 4 Arid , UNIVERSITY OF CAtlFORP Ifaac circumcifed. Genehs. Abrahams faith and obedience. 1 6 4 And Abraham circumcifed his fonne Ifa- * Chap.17. ac> being eight dayes old, * as God had com- «*• manded him. f And Abraham was an hundred yeares old, when his fonne Ifaac was born unto him. 6 f And Sarah faid, God hath made me to laugh, fo that all that heare will laugh with me 7 And the faid,Who would have laid unto A- braham, that Sarah fhould have givenchildren fuck/for I have born him* fonne in his old age. - 8 And the childe grew, and was weaned:and Abraham made a great feaft the fame day that Ifaac was weaned. 9 f And Sarah faw the fonne of Hagar the Egyptian, which (he had born unto Abraham, mocking. *CaI.4.jo. jo vVherefore the faid unto Abraham,* Caft out this bond-woman, and her fonne : for the fonne of this bond-woman (hall not be heire with my fonne, even with Ifaac. 11 And the thing was very grievous in A- brahams fight, becaufe of his fonne. 11 ^ And God faid unto Abraham, Let it slot be grievous in thy fight, becaufe of the lad, and becaufe of thy bond-woman. In all that Sarah hath faid unto thee, hearken unto her voice : for in Ifaac fhall thy feed be called. 13 And alfo of the fonne of the bond- woman •Willi make a nation, becaufe he ii thy feed. 14 And Abraham rofe up early in the mor- ning, and took bread, and a bottle of watcr,and gave it unto Hagar (putting it on her fhoulder) and the childe, & fenther away:&fhe departed, andwandredin the wildcrneffe of Beer-lheba. 1 5 And the water was fpent in the bottle, and flie calf the childe under one of the fh. ubs, 16 And Ihewent , and fat her down over againft &i/», a good way off, as it were a bow- fhot : for (he faid, Let me not fee the death of the childe. And (lie fat over againft him , and ' . lift 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 faid unto her. What aileth thee, Hagar? fearnotjfor God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is: 18 Arife, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. 19 And God opened her eyes, and (he faw a well of water; and (he went,and filled the bot- tle with water, and gave tha lad drink. zo And God was with the lad; and he grew, ' and dwelt in the wildcrnefle, and became an archer. 21 And hedwelc in the wilderneffe of Pa- fan: and his mother took him a wife out ot the land of Eeypr. 22 <r And it came topafle a^that time, that Abimelech, and Phicol the chief captain of his lioft fpakeunto Abraham, faying, God is with thee ia all that thou doeft. 23 How therefore fwear unto me here by God, t that thou wilt not deal falfly with me, f Heb. if nor with my fonne, nor with my fonnes fonne: lf,oujba!t!ie but according to the kindnefle that I have Knt07ne' done unto thee , thou (halt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou haftfojourned. 24 And Abraham faid, I will fwear. 2 f And Abraham reproved Abimelech be- cauleof a well of water, which Abimelechs fcr» vants had violently taken away. 26 And Abimelech faid,I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didft thou tell me,nei- ther yet heard I of it but to day. 27 And Abraham took (heep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech ; and both of them made a covenant. 28 And Abraham fet feven ew-lambes of the flock by themfelves. 29 And Abimelech faid unto Abraham, What mean thefe feven cw-lambes, which thou haft fet by themfelves ? 30 And he faid, For thefe feven ew-lambes lhalt tbou take of my hand, that they may be a witnefle unto me, that I have digged this well. 31 Wherefore he called that place fjBecr- ni-hatis fheba: becaufe there they fware both of them. ^-elltf the 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-wt*. Iheba: then Abimelech rofe up, and Phicol the chief captain of his hoft,and they returned in- to thelandof the Philiftines. 33 ^ And Abraham planted a || grove in || octree. Beer-fheba,and called there on the name of the L o r d, the everlafting God. 34 And Abraham fojourned in the Phili- ftines land many dayes. CHAP. XXII. 1 .Abraham ii tempted to offer Ifaae.% He giveth proof of hit faith and obedience. 1 1 T he angel flayeth him. ^ 13 Ifaac ii exchanged with a ramme. 14 The place ii called ffehovah-jireh. t $ Abraham ii blefjed again. 20 The generation of Nahor unto Rebekah. ANd it came to pafle after thefe things, that * God did tempt Abraham, and faid unto * Hcbr.11, him, Abraham. And he faid,f Behold,fcere I am. <?• 2 And he faid. Take now thy fonne, thine be. onely fonne Ifaac, whom thou loveft, and get thee into the land of Moriah j and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 3 ^ And Abraham rofe up early in the morning, and fadlcd his affe, and took two of his young men with him, and Ifaac his fonne, and clave the wood for the burnt-offering; and rofe up, and went unto the place of which God bad told him. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lift up his eyes, and faw the place afarre off. e And Abraham faid unto his young men. Abide you here with the aflej and 1 and the lad will go yonder and worlhip,and come again to lJP Abraham of&reth Ifaac. Chap. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt- offering , and laid it upon Ifaac his fonne : and lie took the fire in his hand, and a knife : and they went both of them together. 7 And Ifaac fpake unto Abraham his father, f Heb. be - and faid,My father: and he faid, f Here am l,my held me. fonne. And he faid. Behold the fire and the j Or, kjd. wood : but where is the |J lambe for a burnt* offering ? 8 And Abraham faid, My fonne, God will provide himfelf a lambe foraburnt-oftering : fo they went both of them together. 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of , and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound ♦James a. Ifaac his fonne, and * laid him on the altar up- **• '* on the wood. f io And Abraham ftretched forth his hand, and took the knife to flay fiis tonne. u And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and Qiid, Abraham, Abra- ham. Andhefaid,Here4H»I. i i And he faid, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearett God, feeing thou haftnot withheld thy fonne, thine onely fmtne from me. 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked ,& behold, behinde him a ramme caught in a thicket by his horns : And Abraham went and took the ramme, and offered him up for a burnt-offering, in the ftead of his fonne. 14 And Abraham called the name of that jj That is, place || Jehovah- jireh : as it is faid to this day, the lord In the mount of the L o r d it fhall be feen. T'w'ir*’ °r 1 5 U And the angel of the L o r d called front e. unto Abraham out of heaven the fecond time, * Pfal. 105.9 16 And faid,* By my felf haveIfworn,f3ith Ecdus 44. the Lord , for becaulc thou haft done this Luke 1.73, thing, and haft not withheld thy fonne, thine Heb.e.ij. onely fonne: 17 That in bleffing I will bleffe thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy feed as the ftarresof the heaven, and as thc fand which U t Heb. lif. upon the fea-ffhore; and thy feed fhalL poffcffe the gate of his enemies 3 i •Chap.n.;. 18 * And in thy feed fhall all the nations and 18.18, 0f the earth be bleffed } becaufe thou haft ®cdus44‘ obeyed my voice. A3s3. ay. *9 S° Abraham returned unto his young Galat. 3,8. men, and theyrofeup, and went together to Beer-iheba,and Abraham dwelt at Beer.fheba. 20 ^ And it came to pafle after thefe things, that iewastold Abraham, faying, Be- hold Milc3h, (he hath alfo born children unto thy brother Nahor, »i Huz his fir ft- born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 And Chefed, and Hazo , and Pildafh, and Jidlaph,and Bethuel. Sarahs age and death.’1 xxm. 23 And Bethuel begat *Rebekah;thefe eight 17 Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abrahams brother. * Called, 24 And his concubine whofe name rant Rcumah, (he bare alfo Tebah, and Gaham,and R,iteca* T hahafh, and Maachah. CHAP. XXIII. 1 T he age and death of Sarah. 3 T he purchafe of Mach* pelah, ip where Sarah woe buried. A Nil Sarah was an hundred and feven and twenty yeares old : theft were the yeares of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died in Kiriath-aiba j thc fame is Hebron in the land of Canaan: & Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 3 f And Abraham ftood up from before his dead, & fpake unto the fonnes of Heth,faying, 4 I a ftrangcr and a fojourr.er with you : give me a pofleffion of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my fight. 5 And the children of Heth anfwered A- braham, faying unto him, 6 Heare us, my lor d; thou art famightie f Heb..* prince amengft us: in thc choice of our ft- prince of pulchves bury thy dead; none of us fhall with- Gti' hold from thee his fepulchre , but that thou mayeftbury thy dead. 7 And Abraham ftood up, and bowed him- felf to the people of the land, even to the chil- dren of Heth. 8 And he communed with them , faying. If it be your minde that I lhould bury my dead out of my fight, heare me, and intreat for me to Ephronthe fonne of Zohar : 9 That he may give me the cave of Mach- pelah,which he hath, which is in the end of his field, for fas much moneyas it is worth he -j-Heb./idf fhall give it me, for a pofleffion of a burying- money place amongft you. 10 And Ephron dwelt amongft the children of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite anfwered Abraham in the f audience of the children of f Heb. earesi Heth,et/f»of all that went in at thc gates of his citie, faying, 1 1 Nay, my lord, heare me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the prefence of the fonnes of my peo- ple give I it thee : bury thy dead. 1 2 And Abraham bowed down himfelf be- fore the people of the land. 1 3 And he fpake unto Ephron in the au- dience of the people of the land, faying, But if thou wilt givcityl pray thee heare me: I will give thee money for the field ; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. 14 And Ephron anfwered Abraham, fay- ing unto him, iy My lord, hearken unto me : thc land is 'worth foure hundred fhekels of filver ; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. B Original fr And Abraham purchafeth Machpelah. Genefis. His fervants prayer and figne. 1 8 1 6^And Abraham hearkened unto Ephton, thigh of Abraham his matter, and fwarcto and Abraham weighed to Ephron the filver, him concerning that matter, which he had named in the audience of the io ^ And the fervant took ten camels, of fonnesof Heth,foure hundred (hekelsof fil- the camels of his mafter,and departed fl|for fiOr,«»4 ver, currant money with the merchant. all the goods of his matter were in his hand ) 1 7 H And the field of Ephron,which was in and he arofe, and went to Mefopotamia, unto Machpelahjwhich was before Mamre,the field, the citie of Nahor. and the cave which was therein, and all the 1 i And he made his camels to kneel down trees that were in the field, that were in all the without the citie , by a well of water, at the borders round about, were made fure time of the evening, even the time f that wo- fHeb. that 1 8 Unto Abraham fora poffeflion in the men go out to draw water. women which prefence of the children of Heth, before all i a And he faid , O Lord God of my thac went in at the gates of his citie. nutter Abraham, I pray thee fend me good an 19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah fpeed this day, and (hew kindneffe unto my his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, matter Abraham. before Mamre: the fame is Hebron in the land i 3 Behold/ 1 ftand here by the well of wa- * Verf.43.; of Canaan. ter, and the daughters of the men of theci- 20 And the field and the cave that is there- tie come out to draw water : in were made fure unto Abraham, for a poffef- 14 And let it come to paffe, that the damfel Con of a burying-place,by the fonnes of Heth. CHAP. XXIII I. 1 oibraham fweareth his fervant. 10 The fervants jour- ney: n His prayer: 14 His figne. 1 J Rehekah meeteth him , iS fulfilleth his figne , n receiveth jewels , 23 fheveeth her kindred, ij and inviteth him home. 16 Thefervant bleffethGod. 19 Laban entertaineth him. 34 The fervant Jbeweth his meffage. Jo Laban and Bethuel approve it. 58 Rehekah confenteth to go. €i Ifaae meeteth her. t Heb. gone A Nd Abraham was old and t well ttricken cah,the wife of Nahor Abrahams brother,with into dayes, 4\in age: and the Lo r d had blefl'ed Abra- her pitcher upon her flioulder. ham in all things. 16 And the damfel w«jtveryfait to look -fHeb. good 2 And Abraham faid unto bis eldeft fervant upon, a virgin, neither had any man known »f ccunte- of his houfe, that ruled over all that he had, her; and Ihe went down to the well, and filled Mnct • * Chap.47. * Put> 1 Pray tbee,thy hand under my thigh : . her pitcher, and came up. 39> 3 And 1 will make thee fwear by the Lord 17 And the fervant ran to meet her, and the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, faidXet me (I pray thee)drink a little water of * that thou fhalc not take a wife unto my fonne thy pitcher. of the daughters of the Canaanites amongft 18 And Ihe faid, Drink, my lord : and (he whom I dwell : hatted , and let down her pitcher upon her 4 But thou (halt go unto my countrey, and to hand, and gave him drink, my kindred, & take a wife unto my fonne Ifaae. 19 And when (he had done giving him ? And the fervant faid unto him, Perad- drink, (he faid,I will draw water for thy camels venture the woman will not be willing to fol- alfo, untill they have done drinking, low me unto this land: mutt I needs bring thy 20 And (he hatted, and emptied her pitcher fonne again unto the land from whence thou into the trough, and ran again unto the well earned * to draw water , and drew for all his camels. 6 And Abraham faid unto him, Beware thou 21 And the man wondering at her, held his that thou bring not my fonne thither again. peace, to wit, whether the Lord had made 7 The Lord God of heaven which his journey profperous, or not. took mefrom my fathers houfe, and from the 22 And it came to pafleasthe camels had land of my kindred, and which fpake unto me, done drinking, that the man took a golden *Chap.i2.y and that fware unto me , faying, * Unto thy || eare-ring,of half a (hekel Weight, and two |j Qt.jnuB and 1 3. <5. feed will I give this land; he (hall'fend his an- bracelets for her hands,of ten foel^els weight/" thtf»re- and ic"1 8* *je^ore thee, and thou (halt take a wile un- of gold ; btad% an 1 ,4. to my fonne from thence. 23 And faid,Whofe daughter art thou? tell 8 And if the woman will not be willing to me,Ipray thee: is there room in thy fathers „ follow thee , then thou (halt be clear from houfe for us to lodge in ? this my oath: onely bring not my fonne thi- 24 And (he faid unto him, I am the daughter ther again. of Bethuel the fonne ofMilcah, which (he bare 9 And the ftrtant put bis hand under the unto Nahor: , Digiii. 1 , r, She \ . ‘-J ! Ln,:''Jt i h v t UNI V trvji I f Ur L-/"\ LHr L- f\ i ‘J l .A to whom 1 (hall fay. Let down thy pitcher,! pray thee, that I may drank} and (he (hill fay. Drink, and I will give'thy camels drink alfo: let the fame be (he that thou halt appointed for thy fervant Ifaae j and thereby (hall I know that thou haft (hewed kindneffe unto my matter. 1 5 And it came to paffe before he had done fpeaking , that behold, Rebekah came out. who was born to Bethuel, fonne of Mil- Abrahams fervant, Chap, xxiiii. and Rebekah.' 2f She faid moreover unto him. We have both flraw and provender enough , and room to lodge in. 2 6 And the man bowed down his head, and worlhipped the Lord- 27 And he faid , Blefled be the Lord God of my mailer Abraham , who hath not left de- ftitute my mailer of his mcrcie and his truth : I being in the way , the L o r d led me to the houfe of my mailers brethren. 28 And the damfel ran, and told them of her mothers houfe thefe things. 29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name wm Laban : and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. 50 And it came topaffe when he fawthe eare-ring and bracelets upon his fillers hands, andWhen he heard the words of Rebekah his lifter, faying, Thus fpake the nun unto me; thac he came unto the man ; and behold , he Hood by the camels at the well. 3 1 And he faid , Come in, thou blefled of the Lord, wherefore ftandeft thou without? for I have prepared the houfe , and room for the camels. 32 ^ And the man came into the houfe:and he ungirded his camels, and gave ftraw and pro* vender for the camels , and water to waih his feet, and the mens feet that were with him. 3 3 And there was fet meat before him to eat: but he faid, I will not eat, untill I have told mine errand. And he faid, Speak on. 3 4 And he faid, 1am Abrahams fervant. 3f And the Lord hath blefled my mailer greatly , and he is become great : and he hath given him flocks , and herds , and filver, and gold, and men-fervants , and maid-fervants, and camels, and a lies. 3 6 And Sarah my matters wife bare a fonne to my mailer when lhe was old : and unto him hath he given all that he hath. 37 And my mailer made me fwear, faying. Thou (halt not take a wife to my fonne of the daughters of the Canaanites , in whofe land I dwell: 3 8 But thou (halt go unto my fathers houle, & to my kindred,& take a wife unto my fonne. 3 9 And I faid unto my mailer , Peradven- ture the woman will not follow me. 40 And he faid unto me. The L o r d be- fore whom I walk, will fend his angel with thee, and prof per thy way $ and thou (halt take a wife for my fonne of my kindred, and of my fathers houfe. 41 Then lhalt thou be dear from this my oath, when thou Cornell to my kindred } and if they give not thee one , thou lhalt be clear from my oath. 42 And I came this day unto the well, and faid, O L o r d God of my mafter Abraham, if now thou do profper my way which I go : 19 4 3 * Behold , I Hand by the well of water} ‘Vcrf.ij. and it lhall come to pafie, that when the virgin comcth forth to draw water , and I fay to her. Give me , I pray thee, a little water of thy pit- cher to drink} 44 And lhe fay to me. Both drink thou, and I will alfo draw for thy camels: let the fame be the woman whom the L o r d huh appointed out for my mailers fonne. 4f And before I had done fpeaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekihcame forth with her pitcher on her Ihoulder } and lhe went down unto the well, and drew Water: and 1 faid unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. 46 And lhe made hafte , and let down her- pitcher from her fhoulder, and faid. Drink, and I will give thy camels drink alfo: fo I drank, and lhe made the camels drink alfo, 47 And (asked her,and faid, Whofe daugh- ter art thou ? And lhe faid , The daughter of Bethuel , Nah'ors fonne , whom Mtlcah bare unto him: and I put the eare-ring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. 48 And I bowed down my head , and wor- Ihipped the L o r d , and blefled the Lord God of my matter Abraham , which had led me in the right way to take my matters bro- thers dau^tter unto his fonne. 49 And now if you will deal kindly and truly with my mafter, tell me; & if not, tell me} that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. yo Then Laban and Bethuel anfwered, and faid, The thing proceedcth from the L o r d : we cannot fpeak unto thee bad or good. y 1 Behold, Rebekah is before thce,take ber} and go,and let her be thy mallersfonnes wife, as the L o r d hath fpoken. y2 And it came to pafie, that when Abra- hams fervants heard their words, he worlhipped the Lor d, bowing himfelf to the earth. y3 And the fervant brought forth f jewels f Heb. 1 >>{• of filver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and felt‘ gave them to Rebekah : He gave alfo to her brother and to her mother precious things. y 4 And they did eat and drink , he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night} and they rofe up in the morning , and he faid, * Send me away unto my mafter. * ' er*- 5y And her brother and her mother faid, an Let the damfel abide with us [1 a few dayes , at jl Or, a full the lealt ten} after that lhe Hull go. monethf* y6 And he faid unto them, Hinder me not, feeing the Lord hath profpered my way : fend me away that I may go to my mailer. y7 And they faid , We will call the damfcl, and enquire at her mouth. y8 And they called Rebekah, and faid unto her. Wilt thou go with this man? And lhe faid, I will go. B 2 59 And t ' . UNIVERSITY Or CALIFORNIA . Rebekah bleffed. Genefis. She conceiveth. io f 9 And they fent away Rebekah their lifter, and her nurfe, & Abrahams fervant, & his men. 60 And they blefled Rcbekah,and faid unto her. Thou art our fi fter, be thou the mother of thoufands of millions, and let thy feedpoffefle the gate of thofe which hate them. 61 ^ And Rebckah arofe , and her damfels, and they rode upon the camels , and followed the man : and the fervant took Rebekah , and went his way. 6i And Ifaac came from the way of the * Chap. i<. *wellLahai*roi ; for he dwelt in the fouth- 1 4. a»d 15. countrcy. *'• ra 63 And Ifaac went out to || meditate in the H r >praJ* field at the even-tide : and he life up his eyes, and faw, and behold, the camels welcoming. 64 And Rebekah lift up her eyes, and when (he faw Ifaac, Are lighted off the camel. dy For Ihe had faid unto the fervant, What man « this that walkcth in the field to meet us? And the fervant had faid, It is my matter : therefore (he took a vail and covered her felf. 66 And the fervant told Ifaac all things that he had done. 6-\ And Ifaac brought her into his mother Sarahs tent, and took Rebekah, and ihe became his wife; and he loved her: and Ifaac was com* forted after his mothers death. CHAP. XXV. 1 The tonnes of Mr sham by ffeturah. 5 The div'tfton of hit goods :j Hit age and death. -9 Hit buriatt. 1 2T he generations of Ifhmael: 17 H stage 6> death. - 1 Ifaac prayeth for Rebekah being barren. 21 T he children ftrive in her wombe. 24 The birth ofEfau (a Jacob. 27 Their difference. 2p Efau. felieth hit birthright. THen again Abraham took a wife , and her name was Keturah. z And ihe bare him Zimran,and Jok(han,& Medan,and Midian, and Ilhbak,and Shuah. ♦ i.Chron,!. 3 And * Jokftnn begat Sheba, and Dedan. 3 *• And the fonnes of Dedan were Afihurim , and Letufhim, and Leummim. 4 And the fonnes of Midian, Ephah , and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah : all thefe were the children of Keturah. y qf And Abraham gave ail that he had un- to Ifaac. 6 But unto the fonnes of the concubines which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and fent them away from Ifaac his fonne (while he yet lived) eaft. ward, unto the eaft-countrey. 7 And thefe (ire thedayesof the yeares of Abrahams life which he lived , an hundred threefcore and fifteen yeares. 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghoft , and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of ytaresi and was gathered to his people. 51 And his fonnes Ifaac and Ilhtnael buried him in the cave ofMachpelah, in the field of Ephron the fonne of Zohar thc Hittite, which is before Marare-j 10 *The field which Abraham purchifed * Chap. 23. of the fonnes of Heth: there was Abraham bu- ,<5* ried, and Sarah his wife. iif And it came to pafle afeer the death of Abraham,that God blefled his fonne Ifaac,and Ifaac dweltby the *well Lahai-roi. * Chap.itf. ia f Now thtfe are the generations of Ifh- M*andi4, mael Abrahams fonne, whom Hagar the E- 6u gyptian , Sarahs handmaid , bare unto Abra- ham. 13 And * thefe arc the names of the fonnes •<,.chron.I. of Iflimatl by their names , according to their 2/. generations: The firft-born of I(hmiel,Ncba- joth* and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibfam, 14 And Miflima,and Dumah, and Mafia, 1 5 Hadar, and Temi,Jetur, Naphilh, and Kedemah. r * \6 Thefearethe fonnes of I(hmael,& thefe are their names by their towns, and by click ca- ftlesjtwelve princes according to their nations. 17 And thefe are the yeares of the life of Iflimael,an hundred and thirtie & feven yeares: and he gave up the ghoft and died, and was ga- thered unto his people. 1 8 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goeft towards Af- fyriaj «»^he fdied in the prefence of all his f Heb.jfii. brethren. 1 y f And thefe are the generations of Ifaac Abrahams fonne : Abraham begat Ifaac. 20 And Ifaac was fourtie yeares old when he took Rebekah to wife , the daughter of Be- thuel the Syrian of Padan-aram , the lifter to Laban the Syrian. 1 1 And Ifaac intreated the Lord for his wife, becauie Ihe was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him , and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 And the children ftrugled together with- in her: and Ihe faid, If it be fo,why urn I thus? And (he went to enquire of the L o r d. 2j And the Lord faid unto her. Two nati- ons are in thy wombe and two manner of peo- ple (ball be feparated from thy bowels: and the one people Ihall be ftronger then the other peo- ple, and * the elder Ihall ferve the younger. *Rom.p.i2i 24 f And when her dayes to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twinnesin her wombe. 25 And the fu ll came out red, all over like-an hairie garment: and they called his name Efau. 26 And after that came his brother out, and * his hand took hold on Efaus heel ; and his ‘Hof.ia.j. name was called Jacob : and Ifaac was three- fcore yeares old when flie bare them. 27 And the boyes grew : and Efau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob Was a plain man dwelling in tents. 28 And Ifaac loved Efau , bccaufe f he did t Heib' ve”d' cat of hisvenifon: but Rebekah loved Jacob u 1 ' 29 c And Efau felleth his birthright. Chap. xxvi. Ifaac fojourneth in Gerar. *29 f And Jacob fod pottage: and Efau came from the field, and he was faint. jo And Efau faid to Jacob, Feed me, I pray T Heb- thee, f with that fame red pottage ; for I am wit!/ that ^a‘nt • therefore was his name called Edom. nd pottage. 31 And Jacob faid. Sell me this day thy birthright. ■f Heb, going 3* And Efau faid, Behold, I amf at the point t» tie. to die : and what profit (hail this birthright do to me ? j j And Jacob faid, Swear to me this day. * Hebr. 1 2. And he fware unto him j and * he fold his t6‘ birthright unto Jacob. ’ J4 Then Jacob gave Efau bread and pot. tage of lentils 5 and he did eat and drink, and rofe up, and went his way; thus Efau dsfpifed bis birthright. CHAP. XXVI. t Ifaac becaufe of famine went toGerdr. » Godin- flrttfteth and blefjeth him. 7 He is reproved by <Abi- melech for denying his wife. 12 He growth rich. lS He diggeth Efek , Sit>iah,ind K eh 0 both. 16 ,Abi- nteiech mak'th a, covenant with him at Beer-fhebi. 34 Efaus wives. ANd there was a famine in the land, befides the firft famine that was in the dayes of Abraham. And Ifaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philiftines, unto Gerar. 2 And the Lord appeared unto him, and faid,Go not down into Egypt,dwell in the land which I (hall cell thee of. * 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bleffe thee : for unto thee and * Chap. 1 3. unto thy feed * I will give all thefe countreys, is. and (5. and Twill perform the oath which I fwareunto 1 8* -Abraham thy father. '4 And I will make thy feed to multiply as the ftarres of heaven, and will give untothy feed all thefe countreys: and in thy feed (hall * Chap. 12. 3 all the nations of the earth be * bleffed. and ta.i 8. y Becaufe that Abraham obeyed my voice, ■and kept my charge, my commandments, my ftatutes, and my laws. 6 f And Ifaac dwelt in Gerar. 7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he faid, She is my lifter: for he feared to fay, She is my wife ; left, faid he, the men of the place (hould kill me' for Rebekah, becaufe (he was fair to look upon. 8 And it came to pafle when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philiftines looked out at a window , and faw, and behold, ifaac was fporting with Rebekah his wife. 9 And Abimelech called Ifaac, and faid, Be- hold, of a furttylhe if thywife:arrdhowfaidft thou,She is my lifter/ And Ifaac faid unto him, Becaufe I faid, Left I die for her. «o And Abimelech faid. What is this thou haft done unto us / one of the people might lightly hare lien vyicb thy wife, and thou ,v ~ Digitized by INTERNET ARCHIVE . ' fliouldeft have breughr guiltineffe upon us. 2t 11 And Abimelech charged all his people, faying , He that toucheth this man or hismfe, Ihall lurely be put to death. 12 Then Ifaac fowed in that land,, and f re- f Heb found ceivedinthe fameycarcan hundred- fold, and the Lord bleffed him. 1 3 And the man waxed great, and t went t Heb. '•tens forward, and grew untill he became very great: 14 For he had poffeftionof flocks, and pof- fefiion of herds, and great ftoreof Jj fervants. (jOr ,buf- And the Philiftines envied him. bandry, 1 5 For all the wells which his fathers fer- vaneshad digged in the dayes of Abtaha-m his father, the Philiftines had flopped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech faid ynto Ifaac,Go from us : for thou art much mightier then we. 1 7 And Ifaac departed thence,and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 And Ifaac digged again the wells of wa- ter, which they had digged in the dayes of A- braham his father; for the Philiftines had flop- ped them after the death of Abraham : and h« called cheir Dames after the names by which his father had called them. 19 And Ifaacs fervants digged in the valley, and found there a well of f fpnnging water. f Heb. U* 10 And the herdmen of Gerar did ftrive vin£» with Ifaacs herdmen,faying,The water is ours: and he called the name of the well || Efek, be- y That is. caufe they ftrove with him. contention. 2 r And they digged another well, and ftrove for that alfo : and he called the name of it |j Sitnah. || That is. 22 And he removed from thence, and dig- hatred, ged another well; and for that they ftrove not: and he called the name of it |] Rehoboth ; and i| That is, he faid, For now the L o r d hath made room Teom' for us, and we (hall be fruitfull in the land. 23 And he went up from thence to Beer- fheba. 24 And the L o r d appeared unto him the fame night,and faid, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear nor,forI aw with thee, and will bleffe thee , and multiply thy feed for my fervant Abrahams fake. i$ And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Ifaacs fervants digged a well. 2 6 f Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his ftiends, and Phicol the chief captain of his army. 27 And Ifaac faid unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, feeing ye hate me , and have fent me away from you ? 28 And they faid, f We fiw certainly that tHeb. feeing the Lord was with theeiand we faid, Let there •f4** be now an oath betwixt us; even betwixt us B 3 Original fren and UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - . ^ . Efau is fent for veaifon. Gcnefis. Jacob getteth the blefiing. 1 2 and thee,and let us make a covenant with thee; t Heb. if zy f Thac thou wilt do us no hurt , as we ihsufb-tlr, j^ve not toached thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good , and have fent thee away in peace : thou art now the bleffed of the L o r d. 30 And he made them a feaft, and they ‘did tat and drink. 3 1 And they rofe up betimes in the morning, and fware one to another: and Ifaac fent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 And it came to paffe the fame day, that lfaacs fervants came, and told him concerning , the well which they had digged, and faid unto him. We have found water. JThat i<-, 3 3 And he called it [| Shebah: therefore the m oath. name of the city is f| Beer-iheba unto this day. * rhat is> 34 And Efau was fourty yeares old when tbtoathJ he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri '•Chap*. 27. the Hittite, and Baftiemith the daughter of 4^» Elon the Hittite : t blt~ 3 < Which * were f a grief of minde unto Ifaac and to Rebekah. CHAP. XXVII. I Ifaac fendeth Efau for venifon. 6 Rebekah inflruft- eth Jacob to obtain the blefiing. 1 $ Jacob under the pafon of Efau obtiineth it. 30 Efau bringeth veni- fon. 33 Ifaac trembleth. 34 Efau comp latneth, and by importunity tbtameth a blejimg. 41 He threatneth Jacob. 42 Rebekah difappointeth it. ANd it came to palle that when Ifaac was old, and his eyes were dimme,fo that he could not fee, he called Efau his eldeft fonne, and faid unto him, My fonne: And he faid unto him. Behold, here am I. 2 And he faid, 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 f Hcb. bunt. to the field, and f take me fome venifon ; 4 And make me favoury meat , fuch as I love, and bring it to me,thatlmay eat; that my foal may bieffe thee before 1 die. y And Rebekah heard when ifaac fpakc to Efau his fonne : And Efau went to the field to hunt for venifon, and to bring if. 6 f And Rebekah fpake unto Jacob her fonne, laying, Behold, I heard thy father fpeak unto Efau thy brother, faying, 7 Bring me venifon, and make me favoury meat, that I may eat, and bieffe thee before the Lord before my death. 3 Now therefore my fonne, obey my voice, according to that which I command thee. ef Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will snake them favoury meat for thy father, fuch as heloveth. 10 And thou (halt bring if to thy father, tint he may eat, and that he may bieffe thee . before his death. H And Jacob faid to Rebekah hismother. Behold, Efau my brother is a hairy min, and I am a fmooth man. 1 1 My father peradventure will feel me.and I Anil feem to him as a deceiver ; and I (hall bring a curfe upon me, and not a bleflxng. 1 3 A*d his mother faid unto him, Upon me tethy curfe, my fonne: onely obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother : and his mother made fa- voury meat, fuch as his father loved. if And Rebekah took f goodly raiment of t Heb. de~ her eldeft fonne Efau , which were with her in the houfe, and put them upon Jacob her younger fonne : 16 And (he put .the skinnes of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the fmooth of his neck, . , 17 And (he gave the favoury meat, and the bread which (he had prepared, into the hand of her fonne Jacob. 18 And he came unto his father, and faid. My father : And he laid, Here am Is who art thou, my fonne i 19 And Jacob faid unto his father, I am Efau thy firft-born ; I have done according as thou badeit me : arife,I pray thee, fit and eat of my venifon, that thy foul may blefi'e me. 20 And Ifaac faid unto his fonne. How is it that thou haft found it fo quickly, my fonne? And he faid , Becaufc the Lord thy God brought it f to me. f HeM«/«r<pi 2 1 And Ifaac faid unto Jacob, Come neare, I pray thee, that I may feel thee , my fonne, whether thou be my very fonne Efau, or not; 22 And Jacob went neare unto Ifaac his fa- ther: and he felt him, and faid,The voice# Ja- cobs voice, but the hands are the hands of Efau. » » 23 And he difcerned him not, becaufe his hr hands were hairy, as his brother Efaus handsj So he bleffed him. 24 And he faid, Art thou my very fonne Efau ? And he faid, I am. > 2 y And he faid, Bring it neare to me, and I will eat of myfonnes venifon, that my foul may blefle thee : and he brought it neare to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank. 2 6 And his father Ifaac faid unto him,Come neare now, and kiffe me, my fonne. 27 And he came neare, and killed him: and he fmelled the fmellofhis raiment, and bleffed him, and faid. See, the fmell of my fonne is as the fmell of a field , which the L o R v hath bleff’d. , 28 Therefore * God give thee of the dew *Hcbr.n; of heaven, and the fatneffe of the earth , and *°* pletftyof corn and wine, 29 Let people ferve thee, and nations bowe down Efau threatneth Jacob. Chap. xxviii. Jacob is Tent away. down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mothers fonnes bowe down to thee : Curfedie every one that curfeth thee, and blef- fed be he that bleflech thee. jo f And it came topaffe, affoon as Ifaac had made an end of bieffing Jacob, and Jacob was yet fcarce gone out from the prefence of Ifaac his father > that Efau his brother came in from his hunting. j i And he alfo had made favoury meat, and brought it unto his father j and faid unto his fa- ther, Let my father arife , and eat of his fonnes vanifon, that thy foul may blefle me. j z And Ifaac his father faid unto him. Who Art thou ? And he faid , I am thy fonne , tby firlt-born Efau. •f-Heb. trem- 3$ And Ifaac t trembled very exceedingly, bU d -Huh a and faid , Who , where is he that hath f taken treat trem - venifon , and brought it me, and Ihave eaten blinggteatly. Qf ajj before thou cameft,and have bleffcd him? tHeb.WdyeWhe{hall bebkffed> J4 And when Efau heard the words of his father , he cried with a great and exceeding bitter crie, and faid unto his father, Blefle me, even me alfo, O my father. j f And he faid , Thy brother came with fubtilcy, and hath taken away thy bieffing. j 6 And he faid. Is not he rightly named U That is, « || Jacob? for he hath fupplaqted me thcfe two jifpfUnttr, times : he took away my birthright ; and be- hold,now he hath taken away my bieffing: and he faid , Haft thou not refcrved a bieffing for me? j 7 And Ifaac anfwered and faid unto Efau, Behold , 1 have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for fervants '■> and U Qr> r. with corn and wine have 1 1| fuftained him: and ported, . ‘ what (hall I do now unto thee my fonne? j 8 And Efau faid unto his father, Haft thou but one bieffing, my father? blefle me, even me alfo, O my father. And Efau lift up his voice, •Heb.iz. * and wept. 17. 39 And Ifaac his father anfwered, and faid * Verfe *8. unto h*m> Behold, * thy dwelling Ihall be || the | Or, of the fatnefle of the earth, and of the dew of heaven fatnrjje, from above. 40 And by thy fword Ihalt thou live , and (halt ferve thy brother : and it Ihall come to paffe when thou (halt have the dominion, that thou (halt break his yoke from off thy neck. 41 f And Efau hated Jacob, becaufe of the bieffing wherewith his father bleffed him : and Efau faid inhis heart , Thedayesof mpurning * Obad. 1 o. for my father are at hand, * then will I flay my brother Jacob. 41 And thcfe words of Efau her elder fonne were told to Rebekah : And fhe fent and called Jacob her younger fonne , and faid unto him, Behold,thy brother Efau.as touching thee, doth comfort himfclf, purpojing to kill thee. ' Digitized by 4} Now therefore, my fonne,obey my voice: 23 and arife, Bee thou to Laban my brother to Haran, 44 And fame with him afew dayes, umill thy brothers furie turn away 3 4? Untill thy brothers anger turn away from thee , and he forger that which thou haft done to him: thenlwill fend, and fetch thee from thence. Why Ihould I be deprived alfo of you both in one day ? 46 And Rebekah faid to Ifaac, * I am weary * Ckap.si. of my life, becaufe of the daughters of Heth : 3 S* if Jacob take awifeof the daughters of Heth, fuch as thefc which are of the daughters of the land, what good Ihall my life do me ? CHAP. XXVIII. t lfaae bleffeth Jacob , and fendeth him toPadan- aram . 9 Ejau marrieth Mahalath the daughter of Iflimae!. 1 z The vi/ton of Jacobs ladder. 18 The flone of Beth-el. 20 Jacobs vorv. ANd ifiac called Jacob, and bleffed him, and charged him, and faid unto him, Thou Ihalt not take a wife of the daughters of Ca- naan. z * Arife, go to Padan-aram, tothehoufeof « Hof. u ,2. Bethuel thy mothers father 5 and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mothers brother. j And God Almightie bleffe thee, and make thee fruitfull, and multiply thee, that thou mayeft be f a multitude of people : f Heb. an 4 And give thee the bieffing of Abraham, ojf-mbiy »f to thee , and to thy feed with thee 5 that thou PeoPle» mayeft inherit the land t wherein thou art a f Heb. of thy ftranger, which God gave unto Abraham. fij turnings. y And Ifaac fent away Jacob , and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, fonne of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah Jacobs and Efaus mother. 6 When Efau faw th3t Ifaac had bleffed Jacob , and fent him away to Padan-aram , to take him a wife from thence • and that as he bleffed him, he gave him a charge, faying,Thot» Ihalt not take a wife of the daughters of Ca- naan; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father, and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; 8 And Efau feeing that the daughters of Ca- naan t pleafed not Ifaac his father : f Heb. were 9 Then went Efau unto IIhm3el , and took ,vtl ,*tht unto the wives which he had , Mahalath the f* daughter of Ilhmacl Abrahams fonnc,the lifter of Ncbajoth, to be his wife. 10 And Jacob went out from Beer-llicba, and went toward * Haran. * Called, 1 1 And he lighted upon a certain place, and 7- tarried there all night, becaufe the funne was c ,a"*n' fet : and he took of the Hones of that place, and put them for his pillows , and lay down in that place to fltep. ® 4 Origin: ** And UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Jacobs viffon and vow. ■*4 ii And he dreamed , and behold a ladder fet upon the earth , and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold, the angels of God afeending and defeending on it. *Chap. 3 j. i» 13 * And behold, the Lord flood above it, and <*8- 3. an(j faid, j am tbe Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Ifaac: the land whereon thou lieft, to thee will I give ic,and to thy feed. 1 4 And thy feed (hall be as the dufl of the f Heb. breaks earth ; and thou (halt f fpread abroad * to the f>rtb. weft , and to the eaft, and to the north, and to * Deut.12. the fouth : and in thee and *inthy feed (hall *C*har> it ’ families of the earth beblefled. and 18.1t? And behold, I am with thee, and will and 22,18. keep thee in z\\ places whither thou goeft, and and 16.4. will bring thee again into this land : for I will not leave thee, untill I have done that which I h ive fpoken to thee of. 16 ^ And Jacob awaked out of his deep, and he faid, Surely the L o r d is in this place, and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and faid,How dread- full ir this place ! this is none other but the houfe of G jd,and this is the gate of heaven. 1 8 And Jacob rofe up early in the morning, and took the (tone that he had put for his pil- lows , and fet it up/ar a pillar, and poured oyl upon the top of ir. 1 9 And he called the name of that place || That is .the || Beth-el : but the name of that citie was called h'ufi of God. Luz at the firft. 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, faying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go , and will give me bread to eat , and raiment to put on} 2 1 So that I come again to my fathers houfe in peace : then (hall the L o r d be my God. 22 And this done which I have fet for a pillar, (hall be Gods houfe : and of all that thou (halt give me, I will furely give the tenth unto thee. CHAP. XXIX. 1 Jacob cotnetb to the tv ell of Hay an- 9 Yte ta\eth ac- quaintance of Rachel. 1} Laban entertained him. 18 Jacob covenanted for Rachel. 23 H tie deceived ytith Leah. 28 He married alfo Rachel, and / erveth forherfevenyeires more. 32 leak b ear eth Reuben, 3 3 Simeon ,34 Levi , 3 y and Judah. f Heb lift ^T'Hen Jacob j went on his journey, & came up bufeet. X into the land of the f people of the eaft. T Heb .chiU z AncUie looked, and behold, a well in the *rt*‘ field , an?^pt there awre-*hree flocks of (heep lying by it 3 for out of that well they watered the flocks : and a great done was upon the wells mouth. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered : & they rolled the ftonj f’rom the wells mouth, and watered the (heep, and put the done again upon the wells mouth inhisplace. 4 And Jacob faid unto them , My brethren, whence he ye?And they faid, Of Haran are we. Digitizes by INTERNET ARCHIVE He covenanteth for Rachei. ? And he faid unto them, Know ye Laban the fonne of Nahot? And they faid, We know him. 6 And he faid unto them, f /f he well? And f Heb. is they faid , Re Is weii : and behold, Rachel his there /><•»« daughter cometh with the (heep, " htm f 7 And he faid,Lo,fif is yet high day, neither f Heb. jet if it time that the cattel (hould be gathered to- the day is gether: water ye the (heep, & go and feed them.S"**' 8 And they faid. We cannot, untill all the flocks be gathered together , and till they roll the ftone from the wells mouthy then we water the (beep. 9 And while he yet fpake with them, Rachel came with her fathers (beep : for (he kept them. 10 And it came to pafle, when Jacob faw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mothers brother , and the (heep of Laban his mothers brother} that Jacob went neare, and rolled the ftone from the wells mouth , and watered the flock of Laban his mothers brother. 11 And Jacob killed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 1 2 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her fathers brother , and that he was Rebekahs fonne : and (he ran and told her father. 13 And it came to pafle,when Laban beard the J tidings of Jacob his fitters fonne, that he f Heb, heat. ran to meet him , and embraced him , and ”*&• kifled him, and brought him to his houfe : and he told Laban all thefe things. 1 4 And Laban faid to him. Surely thou art my bone and my flefti : and he abode with him t the fpace of a moneth. f Heb. a 1 y U And Laban faid unto Jacob , Becaufe rnonethof thoudrf my brother, (houldelt thou therefore ferve me for nought ? tell me , what fhall thy wages be l 16 And Laban had two daughters ; the name of the elder was Leah , and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah was tender-eyed , but Rachel was beautifull and well-favoured. 1 8 And Jacob loved Rachel , and faid , I will ferve thee feven yeares for Rachel thy younger daughter. 19 AndLabanfaid, It is better that I give her to thee, then that I (hould give her to an- otherman: abide with me. 20 And Jacob ferved feven yeares for Ra- chel y and they feemed unto him but a few day es, for the love he had to her. 21 f And Jacob faid unto Laban, Give wemy wife (for mydayesare fulfilled) that I may go in unto her. 21 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feaft. 2 3 And it canre to pafle in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, 3nd brought her to himy and he went in unto her. Original ft 24 And UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ' Genefis. Labans deceit. Chap. xxx. Reubens mandrakes! 14 And Laban gave unto his daughter 6 And Richel faid, God hath judged me,& 2y Leah Zilpah his maid, for an handmaid. . hath alfo heard my voice , and hath given me a zy* And it came to paife, that in tlu rrOf!}- tonne : therefore called ihe hi* name j| Dan. j That is, ing, behold it w«Leah: and he faid to La- 7 And Bilhah Rachels maid conceived a ban’. What is this thou haft done unto me? did gain, and bare Jacob a fecond fonne. not I ferve with thee for Rachel ? Wherefore 8 And Rachel faid, With f great wreftlings then haft thou beguiled me ? have I wreftled with my Gfter, and I have pre- * 1 * 16 And Laban laid. It muft not be fo done vailed: and (he called his name || * Naphtali. || Thatis,»sjr +Heb. place. jn our f countrey,to give the younger before the 9 When Leah faw that (he had left bearing, »■’ ~/i i /lie took 7.1 lmh her maid . and save her Tacob firft-boriu 27 Fulfill her week, and we will give thee this alio , for the fervice which thou (halt ferve with me yet feven other yeares. 2 g And J acob did fo,& ful filled her weeks •& he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife alfo. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid, to be her maid. jo And he went in alfo unto Rachel , and he loved alfo Rachel more then Leah , and ferved with him yet feven other yeares. j 1 And when the Lord faw that Leah you hated, he opened her wombe : but Rachel wm barren. And Leah conceived and bare a fonne. y ........ i. ...... vert if ling. flie took Zilpah her maid , and gave her Jacob J^tt^ ( ? to wife. _ ' - Aephthalim. 10 And Zilpah Leahs maid bare Jacob a fonne. 1 1 And Leah faid, A troup cometh: and (lie called his name || Gad. H That is, iz And Zilpah Leahs maid bare Jacob a atrtut*or fm | - COTJlpdtHf, •» fecond fonne. 12 And Leah faid , f Happy ami , for the t Heb. in my daughters will call me blefled : and ihe called his name || Aiher. | J 14 ^And Reuben went in the dayes of wheat-harveft , and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel laid to Leah , Give me , I pray i z And Leah conceived ana Dare a , -- - |J That is. fit and ihe called his name || Reuben : for (he faid, thee, of thylonnes mandrakes. * fonne. Surely the L o r d hath looked upon my affli- 1 y And ihe faid unto her. Is it a Imall mat- ron-now therefore nay husband will love me. ter that thou haft taken my husband . and 53 And ihe conceived again, & bare a fonnej wouldeft thou take away my fonnes man- and faid, Becaufe the Lord hath heard that drakes alfo? And Rachel fa.d, Therefore he (hall Irt>M hated, he hath therefore given me this he with thee to night for thy fonnes man- fonne alfo : and ihe called his name [| Simeon, drakes. 2 a. And (he conceived again , and bare a 16 And Jacob came out of the field in the fonne 1 and faid , Now this time will my huf- evening , and Leah went out to meet him, and band be joyned unto me , becaufe I have born faid, Thou mult come in unto me, for furely I him three fonnes: therefore was his name cal- have hired thee with my fonnes mandrakes. led 11 Levi And hc lay wnh her that T . , „ jy And ihe conceived again , and bare a 17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and ihe fo„„ei and (he M . No« v,iU I paile .he J] Thatis> hearing . |j That i s> joyned, *T4atth.i.a. II That is, W t Heb. be imtltby her • 18 And Leah faid, God hath given me mine hire, becaufe I have given my maiden to my husband : and ihe called his name || Ifiachar. ,j That is, 19 And Leah conceived again, and bare ^ hire. Jacob the fixth fonne. 20 And Leah faid, God hath endued me with a good dowrie j now will my husband dwell with me , becaufe I have born him hx fonnes : and ihe called his name || * Zebulun. 5 That is, •> 2 1 And afterward ihe bare a daughter , and d»<u,ns. A Nd^het Rachel faw that (he bare Jacob called her name |j Dinah. m«* + Ano children, Rachel envied her fitter 3 and « «r And God ZaMm, chel; and he faid, 4m 1 in G6d.ftcad.nho luih The Lord (hall adde to me another fonne. 2y « And it came topaffe , when Rachel had bom Jofeph , thaejacob faid unco Labm, i — j~ L o r d : therefore (be called his name * jj Ju* | Heb. flood ja|j an(j j ieft bearing. Jrom tearing. CHAP. XXX. I Rachel in grief for her ban ennefle givtth Bilhah her maid unto Jacob. 5 She beareth Dan and Naphtali . 9 Leah givtth Zilpah her mud.who beareth Gad and Jtfher. 14 Reuben findetb mandrake*, -with which .leak buveth her hatband of Rachel. 17 Leah beareth -Jffcchar, Zebulun, end Dinah 22 Rachel beareth Jo - feph. H Jacob defreth to depart. 27 Laban flay eth him on a new covenant. 37 Jacobs poltcie, whereby he became rich. withheld from thee the fruit of the wombe? j And ihe faid. Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her* and ihe ihall tear upon my knees, that I may alfo f hive children by her. “ ^nd me away , thulmay go untom, ne own wife : ani Tacob went in unto her. place, and to my countrey. v And Bilhah conceived , and bare Jacob a a6 Give m my wives and my chlWre^>hoin fonne, • jt Original frem INTERNET ARCHIVE 1 . ' ' ‘ UNIVERSITY OF CAtIFORNb Jacobs hire. * Genefis. He departeth from Laban. 2 6 t Hcb. brc ‘Ken forth. T Heb. at f*J fret. J’Heb.-*# moenott. 1 , whom I have ferved thee , and let me go j foe thou knoweft ray fervice which I have done thee. 17 And Liban faid unto him , I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine ey es, tarry : foe I have learned by experience, that the L o r o hath bleffed me for thy fake. 28 And he faid, Appoint me thy wages,and I will give it. 29 And he faid unto him , Thou knoweft how I have ferved thee, and how thy cattel was with me. 30 For itwas little which thou hadft before I came, and it is notv t increafed unto a multi- tude j and the L o r d hath bleffed thee f fince my coming : and now when (hall I provide foe mine own houfe alfo? 3 r And he faid, What (ball I give thee? And Jacob faid , Thou (halt not give me any thing j if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy fl jck : 3 2 I will paffe through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the fpeckled and fpotted cattel , and all the brown cattel among the (heep, and the fpotted and fpeckled among the goats : and of fuch (hall be my hire. 3 3 So (hall my righreoufneffe anfwer for me f in time to come , when it fhall come for my hire before thy face;evet y one that it not (peek- led and fpotted amongft the goats , and brown amongft the (heep , that (lull be accounted ftolen with me. 34 And Laban faid, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. 3f And he removed that day the he-goats, that were ring*ftraked, and fpotted, and all the lhe-goat$ that were fpeckled and fpotted , and every one that had fame white in it, and all the brown among thelheep, and gave them into the hands of his fonnes. 36 And he fet three dayes journey betwixt himfelf and Jacob: and Jacob fed the reft of Labans flocks. 37 H And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hafel and chefnut-tree; and pilled white drakes in them , and made the white appear which was in the rods. 38 And he fet the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering- troughs , when the flocks came to drink ; that ■they (hould conceive when they came to drink. 39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattel ring-ftraked, fpeckled, and fpotted. 40 And Jacob did feparate the lambes, and fet the faces of the flocks toward the ring- Rraked , and all the brown in the flock of La- ban : and he put his own flocks by themfelvesj and put them not unto Labans cattel. -4* And it fame to paffe whenfoever the ' Digitized, bjt ftronger cattel did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before theeye<s of the cattel in the gutters , that they might conceive among the rods. 42 But when the cattel were feeble , he put them notin: fothe feebler were Labans, and the ftronger Jacobs. 43 And the man increafed exceedingly , and had much cattel, and maid-fervants, and men- fervants,and camels, andafles. CHAP. XXXI. 1 Jc-cob upon difpleafure departeth fecretly. 15 Rachd pealeth her fathers images. 1* Laban purfueth after him y 26 and complaineth of the -wrong. $.4 Rachels policie to hide the images. 36 Jacobs complaint of La - ban. 43 T he covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed. ANd he heard the words of Labans fonnes, Laying , Jacob hath taken away all that was oar fathers j and of that which was our fa- thers hath he gotten all this glory. 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and behold, it was not toward him f as f Heb. as ye. before. fit, day and 3 AndtheLoRD faid unto Jacob, Return thoday be. unto the Land of thy fathers,and to thy kindred and I will be with thee : 4 And Jacob fent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 And faid unto them , I fee your fathers countenance , that it is not toward me as be- fore : but the God of my father hath been with me. 6 And ye know that with all my power I have ferved your father. 7 And your father hath deceived me , and changed my wages ten times : but God fuffered him not to hurt me. 8 If he faid thus , The fpeckled (hall be thy wages j then all the cattel bare fpeckled : and if he faid thus , The ring-ftraked (hall be thy hire, then bare all the cattel ring-ftraked. 9 Thus God hath takon away the cattel of your father, and given them to me. 10 And it came to paffe at the timethatthe cattel conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and faw in a dream , and behold , the || rammes jj Or, he. which leaped upon the cattel were ring-ftraked, lo*ts. fpeckled, and grifled. 1 1 And the angel of God fpake unto me in a dream, faying , Jacob: And I faid, Here am I. 1 2 And he faid, Lift up now thine eyes and fee , all the rammes which leap upon the cattel are ring-ftraked, fpeckled,and grifledffor I have feen all that Laban doeth unto thee. 13 I am the God of Beth- el , * where thou * Chap. :8. anointedft the pillar , and where thou vowedft ,8* a vow unto me : now arife , get thee out from this land , and return unto the land of thy kindred. 14 And prigi rial from UN [VERS. Laban purfueth him. Chap.xxxi. Rachel hideth the images* * 14 And Rachel and Leah anfwered , and faid unto him, Is there yet any portion or in- heritance for us in our fathers houfe i 1 y Are we not counted of him Grangers? for he hath fold us, and hath quite devoured alfo our money. 1 6 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours,and our childrens: now then whatsoever God hath faid unto thee, do. 17 Then Jacob rofe up, and fet his fonncs and his wives upon camels. 18 And he carried away all his cattel,and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattel of his getting, which he had gotten inPadan- aram ; for to go to Ifaac his father in the land of Canaan. 19 And Laban went to fhear his flieep: and + Heb ttra- Rachelhad ltolen the f images that were her Lm. * ’ fathers. 20 And Jacob Hole away | unawares to wf./J- Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that h an, he fled. 21 So he fled with all that he had, and he rofe up, and pailed over the river, and fee his face toward the mount Gilead. 22 And it was toidXaban on the third day that Jacob was fled. 2 3 And he took his brethren with him, and purfued after him feven dayes journey > and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night,and faid unto him, Take heed Heb, from that thou fpeak not to Jacob \ either good or ftvdttbad. bad. f Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount : and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. 2 6 And Laban faid to Jacob , What haft thou done , that thou haft ftolen away una- wares to me, and carried away my daughters, as,captives taken with the fword ? 27 Wherefore didft thou flee away fecretly, f Heb. haft and f fteal away from me ? and didft not tell JttUnmc. me, that I might have fent thee away with mirth, and with fongs, with tabret, and with harp } 28 And halt not fuffered me to kifl'e my fonnesand my daughters? thou haft now done foolilhly in fo doing. 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt : but the God of your father fpake unto me yefternight, faying, Take thou heed that thou fpeak not to Jacob either good or bad. 3 o And now though thou wouldeft needs be gone, becaufe thou fare longedft after thy fa- thers houfe jyet wherefore haft thou ftolen my gods ? 3 1 And Jacob anfwered and faid to Laban, Becaufe I was afraid : for I faid, Peradventure 2-7 thou wouldeft take by force tby daughters from- me. 3 2 With whomfoever thou findeft thy gods, let him not live : before our brethren difcern thou what ir thine with me, and take if to thee: for Jacob knew not that Rachtl had ftolen them. 3 3 And Laban went into Jacobs tent, & into Leahs tent, and into the two maid-fervants tents ; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leahs tent,and entred into Rachels tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camels furniture, and fet upon them: and Laban f fearched all the tent, but t Heb.jSfc*- found them not. 35 And (he faid to her father. Let it not difpleafe my lord that I cannot rife up before thee ; for the cuftome of women is upon me: and he fearched, but found not the images. 36 f And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban : and Jacob anfwered, and faid to Laban, What is my trefpaffe? what is my linne that thou haft fo hotly purfued after me ? 37 Whereas thou haft fearched all my ftuff^ what haft thou found of all thy houihold-ftuff/ fet it here before my brethren and thy bre- thren, that they may judge betwixt us both. 38 This twentie yeares have I been with thee , thy ews and thy (he-goats have not calt their young, and the ramirxs of thy flock have I not eaten : 39 That which was torn of beafs, I brought not unto thee : 1 bare the Ioffe of it j of * my 1%t hand didft thou require it, whether ftolen by Il4 day, or ftolen by night. 40 Thus I was, in the day the drought con*- fumed me , and the froft by night j and my fleep departed from mine eyes. 4 r Thus have I been twentie yeares in thy houfe : I ferved thee fourteen yeares for thy two daughters, and fix yeares for thy cattel j and thou haft changed my wages ten times. 42 Except the God of my father,the God of Abraham, and the fear of Ifaac had been with* me, furely thou hadft fent me away now empty: God hath feen mine affli&ionand the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yefternight. 43 And Laban anfwered, and faid unto Jacob, Thefe daughters ate my daughters,and tbefe children are my children, and thefe cattel are my cattel, and all that thou feeft is mine: and what can I do this day unto thefe my daughters , or unto their children which they have born ? 44 Now therefore come thou,let us make a covenant, I and thousand let it beforawit- nefle between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a ftone,andfet it up for a pillar. 46 And Original frem * Jacobs vifion at Mahanaim. Getiefis. His metfage to Efau. 46 And Jacob faid unto his brethrenj Ga- ther ftones : and they took Hones, and made an heap j and they did eat there upon the heap. U That is, 47 And Laban called it || Jegar-fahadutha: the heaf •/ but Jacob called it Galeed. Tjitncjje. 48 And Laban faid, This heap# a witnefle between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed, J| That if > 49 And || Mrzpah : for he faid. The Lord * t,,acof> or watch between me and thee when we are ab- **“*■“>*"• fem one from another. •fo If thou (halt affli&my daughters, or if thou (halt take other wives befides my daugh- ters, no man is with us } See, God is witnefie betwixt me and thee . 51 And Laban faid to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have call betwixt me and thee ; yz This heap 6ewitneffe, and this pillar be witneffe, that I will not pafle over this heap to thee, and that thou (halt not pafle over this heap and this pillar unto me,for harm. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob (ware by the fear of his father Ifaac. | Or, killed 54 Then Jacob || offered facrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread : and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. 5 5 And early in the morning Laban rofe up, and killed his fonnes and his daughters, and blefled them: and Laban depatted,and re- turned unto his place. CHAP. XX XI I. a Jacobs vifion at Mahanaim. 3 His mefjageto Efau. 6 He is afraid of Efaus coming. 9 He prayeth for hit deliverance. 1 3 Hefendeth a prefent to Efau. 14 He ' wreflletb with an angel at Pemel, where he is called Ifrael. 31 Hehalteth. A Nd Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. z And when J acob faw them, he faid. This is Gods hoft : and he called the name of that {] That is, place || Mahanaim. •tvs hsfit or 3 And Jacob fent meflengers before him tQ £pau ys brot[,er } unto tije ian(j cf $eir, the T Hcb. field, f countrey of Edom. 4 And he commanded them, faying, Thus (hall ye fpeak unto my lord Efau; Thy fervant Jacob faith thus, I have fojourned with Laban, and flayed there untill now : y And I have oxen, and afles, flocks, and men fervants, and women-fervants: and I have fent to tell my lord, that I may finde grace in tby fight. ‘6 ^ And the meflengers returned to Jacob, faying, We came to thy brother Efau, and alfo he cometh to meet thee, and foure hundred men with him. • Digitized tiy ’ • 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid , and di« Are fled: and he divided the people that tvas with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels into two bands ; 8 And faid. If Efau come to the one com- pany and fmite it , then the other company which is left (hall efcape. 9 f And Jacob faid,0 God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Ifaac , the Lord which faidft unto me, * Return unto * Chap-3 1. thy countrey, and to thy kindred, and I will *J« deal well with thee : 10 -flam not worthy of the lead of all the t Heb. 1 mercies, and of all the truth, which thou haft l,ffe *ht* (hewed unto thy fervant ; for with my ftaff I ** ***' palled over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands. 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother , from the hand of Efau : for I fear him, left he will come and fmite me, and the mother t with the children. f iz And thou faidft , I will furely do thee good, and make thy feed as the fand of thefca, which cannot be numbred for multitude. 13 41 And he lodged there that fame night ; and took of th3t which came to his haad, a prefent for Efau his brother, 14 Two hundred (he-goats and twenty he- goats, two hundred ews and twenty rammes, 1 5 Thirty milch camels with their colts, fourty kine and ten bulls, twenty (he-afles and ten foies. 1 6 And he delivered them into the hand "of his fervants , every drove by therfifelves ; and faid unto his fervants, Pafle over before me, and put a fpace betwixt drove and drove. 1 7 And be commanded the foremoft, faying. When Efau my brother meeteth thee, and askeththee, faying, Whofe <ir: thou? and whi- ther goeft thou? and whofe are thefe before thee? 18 Thtnthouftnlt fay. They be thy fervant Jacobs;it is a prefent fent unto my lord Eftm? and behold alfo he is behinde us. 1 9 And fo commanded he the fecond, and the third, and all that followed the droves, fay- ing , On this manner (hall you fpeak unto Efau, when you finde him. 20 And fay ye moreover, Behold, thy (er- vant Jacobis behinde us: For he faid, I will ap- peafe him with the prefent that goeth before me, and afteiward I will fee his face; perad- venture be will accept f of me. f Hcb.wy 2 1 So went the prefent over before him: and/-c#* himfelf lodged that night in the company. zz And he rofe up that night, and took his two wives, and his two women-fervant^, and his eleven fonnes , and pafled over the ford Jabbok/ f Heb. taufid zj And he took them , and f fent t hem t» pafii. Origin I: over UINIVERSrn Jacobs wreftling. Chap, xxxiii.xxxiiii. His prefent to Efau. (• Heb. *■» (bending of the morning. over the brook, and fent over that he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone: and there wreftled a man with him, unull the f breaking of the day. ay And when he fawthathe prevailed not againft him , he touched the hollow of his thigh : and the hollow of Jacobs thigh was out of joynt,as he wreftled with him, 2 6 And he faid , Let me go , for the day •Hof. u.4. breaketh: And he faid, * I will not let thee go, except thou blcfie me. 27 And he faid unto him, What is thy name? And be faid, Jacob. 28 And he faid, * Thy name fhall be called no more Jacob, but Ifrael : for as a prince haft thou power with God and with men , and haft prevailed, 29 rChap fo. 3J* this drove, which I met? And he fai d,Tkefe are to finde grace in the light of my lord. 9 And Efau faid , 1 have enough ; my bro- ther, f keep that thou haft unto thy felf. -j- Heb. bo 10 And Jacobf.tid,Nay,I pray thee : if now that tothe* I have found grace in thy light, then receive my ,hat is thin*. prefent at my hand j for therefore I have feen thy face, as though I had feen the face of Godj and thou waft pleafed with me. 1 1 Take , 1 pray thee , my bleffing that is brought to thee ; becaufe God hath dealt gra- cioufty with me , and becaufe 1 have enough i and he urged him, and he took is. 1 2 And he faid. Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 1 3 And he faid unto him, My lord Unoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and 29 And Jacob asked him, and faid, Tell me , herds with young arc with mej & if men Ihould I pray thee, thy name : And he faid. Wherefore is it , that thou doft ask after my name ? and he blefled him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place [That U,*ht (| peniel : for I have feen God face to face, and hio of God. my j jfe js preferved. 3 1 And as he palled over Penuel the funne rofe upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Ifrael eat not of the finew which /hrank , which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day ; becaufe he touched the hollow of Jacobs thigh, in the fi- new that Ihrank, CHAP. XXXIII. 1 ‘the kindnetfe of Jacob and 'Efau at their meeting . 17 Jacob cometh to Succoth. 1 8 .At Shalem he buyeth a field, and buildeth an altar called El-elohe-tf rati. overdrive them one day, all the flock Will die. 14 Let my lord , I pray thee, pafle over be- fore his fervant : and I will lead on foftly, ac- cording t a* the cattel that goeth before me, f Heb. ac- and the children be able to endure ; untill I cording to the come unto my lord unto Seir. foot of the 1 j And Efau faid Let me now t leave with % ^ the* fame of the folk that are with me: And he t0 thefoot if faid, f What needeth it ? Let me finde grace in tbs children. the fight of my lord. t Heb. fir, 16 So Efau returned that day on his way UnCO Seir. forr is t hut ~ 1; And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an houfe , and made booths for his cattel : therefore the name of the place is called |j Succoth. fj That is, f And Jacob came to Shalem a city of booths , ^ . 1-8 , A Nd Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, *Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, '‘Called, and behold, Efau came, and with him when he came from Padan-aram 5 and pitched - and he divided the chil- his tent before the city. 19 And he bought a parcel o£ a field, where .CalIeo. he had fpread his tent, at the hand of the chil- Al2s dren of * HamorShechems father, for an hun- j Emtrtor, dred ([pieces of money. \\Ot,lamb*s. 20 And he erefted there an altar, and called |L™?AV£ it j( El.elohe- ifrael. CHAP. XX XII II. 1 Liltah U rdvifittd by Shechem. 4 Hefuethto marrit t Heb. to thee. foure hundred men dren unto Leah , and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 2 And he put the handmaids and their chil- dren foremoft , and Leah and her children af- ter, and Rachel and Jofeph hindermoft. 3 And he palled over before them , and bowed hi'mfelf to the ground feven times , un- till he came neare to his brother. 4 And Efau ran to meet him, and embraced him , and fell on his neck, and kifled him* and they wepr. 5 And he lift up his eyes , and faw the wo- men and the children; and Lid, Who are thofe j with thee ? And he faid. The children which God hath gracioufly given thy fervant. 6 Then the handmaidens came neare , they God the God of Ifrael • her . 13 T he formes of Jacob offer the condition of cir- cumc'tfion to the Shechemites. 20 Hamor & Shechem f erfwa.de them to accept it . 2 $ The fonnes of Jacob upon that advantage flay them 3 2 7 and ( foil their, city, jo Jacob rfprozeth Simeon and Lezi. ANd Dinah the daughter of Leah , which fhe bare untoj ^cob > ‘went out to fee the chughrers of the land. 2 And when Shechem the fonne of Hamor U X iikll Ulv iJalut aJaiucua cams, uvai v y — — - . and their children, and they bowed themfelves. 'thcHivitc prince of the ootanrrey i- w Iier , lie 7 And Leah alfo with her children came neare , and bowed themfelves : aru} after came , Jofeph neare and Rachel, and’ they bowed t Heb. tebat i rr i . is all this band ^nWIlfelVCS. to theti 8 And k faid , t What mcaneft thou by all took her, and lay with her, and j defiled her. -j- Heb. hum. 3 And bis foul clave unto Dinah the daugh- bled her. ter of Jacob , and he loved the damfel , and fpake \ kindly unto the damfel. fHeb to hot 4 And Shechem fpake unto his father Ha- heart. ■INI' mor* IN1A . . # V 1 Shechem fueth for Dinah. Genefis. The Shechemites (lain. mor, faying. Get methisdamfel to wife. 5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Di- nah his daughter , (now his fonnes were with his cattel in the field) and J acob held his peace untill they were come. 6 And Hamor the father of Shechetn Went out unto J acob to commune with him. 7 And the fonnes of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it , and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth : becaufe he had wrought folly in Ifrael , in lying with Ja- cobs daughter j which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them , fay- ing, The foul of my fonneSbechem longeth for your daughter : I pray you give her him ta wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 10 And ye ihall dwell with us, and the land (hall be before you : dwell and trade you there- in, and get you poffeflions therein. 1 1 And Shechem faid unto her father, and unto her brethren , Let me finde grace in your eyes, and what ye ihall fay unto me I will give. it Ask me never fo much dowry & gift,and I will give according as ye (hill fay unto me: but give me the damlel to wife. i j And the fonnes of Jacob anfwered She- chem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and faid, becaufe he had defiled Dinah their filter; 14. And they faid unto them, We cannot do this thing,to give our lifter to one that is uncir- cumcifed : for that were a reproch unto us. 1 5 But in this will we confent unto you: If ye will be as we be , that every male of you be circumcifed; 16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you , and we will become one people. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcifed ; then will we take out daughter, and we will be gone. 18 And their words pleafed Hamor , and Shechem Hamots fonne. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, becaufe he had delight in Jacobs daughter: and hew.# more honourable then all the houfe of his father, zo f And Hamor and Shechem his fonne came unto the gate of their citie, and commu- ned with the men of their citie, faying, z 1 Theft men are peaceable with us: there- fore let them dwell in the land, & trade there- in: forthe land, behold, it is large enough for themdet us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. zt. Qnely herein will the men confent unto us , for to dwell with us, to be one peo pie, if every male among us be circumcifed , as they are circumcifed. Shall not their cattel,and their fubftancc, and every beaft of theirs be ours ? onely let us confent unto them, and they will dwell with us 24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his fonne hearkened all that went out of the gate of his citie: and every male was circumcifed,all that went out of the gate of his citie. 25 And it came topaffe on the third day when they were fore, that two of the fonnes of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinahs bcethren, took each man his fword , and came upon the citie boldly, and * flew all the males. •‘Chap, 4?.$, 2 6 And they flew Hamor and Shechem his fonne with the f edge of the fword , and took f Heb. Dinah out of Shechems houfe, and went out. 27 The fonnes of Jacob came upon the flain , and fpoiled the citie , becaufe they had defiled their fifter. 28 They took their fiieep , and their oxen, and their afies, and that which was in the citie, and that which was in the field, 29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones , and their wives took they captive , and fpoiled even all that was in the houfe. 30 And Jacob faid to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to ftink among the inhabitants of the land , amongft the Ca- naanites,and the Perizzites:and I being few in number, they (hall gather themftlves together againft me, and flay me, and I Ihall be deftroy- ed, I and my houfe. 3 1 And they faid , Should he deal v^ithour fifter, as with an harlot ? CHAP. XXXV. I Godfendeth Jacob to Betb-el, 2 He ftirgeth hi* houfe of idols. 6 He buildeth an altar at Beth- el. 8 Deborah dieth at \Allon-bach;(th. 9 Godbleffeth Jacob at Beth* el. 16 Rachel travaileth of Benjamin , and dieth in the waytoEdar. 22 K eaten lieth yvith Bilhsh. a 3 The fonnes of Jacob ■ 27 Jacob comtth to Ifaac at H e- bron. 28 The age, death > andburiall of Ifaac. ANd God faid unto Jacob , Arife, go up to Beth-cl, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God , that appeared unto thee * when thou fleddeft from the face of Efau thy * Chap. iy„ brother. 4J* 2 Then Jacob faid unto his houfliold , and to all that were with him, Put away the ftrange gods that are amongyou, and be chan., and change your garments, 3 And let us arife, and go up toBcth-eftand I will make there analtar unto God, who an- • fwered me in the day of my diftreffe , and was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the ftrange gods which were in their hand , and all their eare-rinas which were in their eares;and Jacob 3 — l:j Jacob called Ifrael. Chap 28 That is, ie God of stb*el. That is, • eoa{ of tcfing% Chap.52. 8. B Chap hid them under the oak which Was by Shc- chena. f And they journeyed : and the terrourof God was upon the cities that wcie round about them, and they did not purfue after the fonnes of Jacob. 6 f So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan fthatw Beth-el)he and all the people that therewith him. 7 And he built there an altar, and * called the place || El- beth-el, becaufe there God ap- peared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deborah Rebekahs nurfe died, and (he was buried beneath Beth-el, under an oak: and the name of it was called || Allon-bachuth. 9 41 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram; and bleiled him. 10 And God faid unto him, Thy name is Jacob; thy name (ball not be called any more Jacob, * but Ifrael (hall be thy name : and he called his name Ifrael. 11 And God faid unto him, I am God Al- mighty: be fruitfull and multiply: a nation and a company of nations (hall be of thee, and kings (hall come ouc of tby loyns. 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Ifaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy feed af- ter thee will I give the land. 1 3 And God went up from him,in the place where he talked with him. 14 And Jacob fet up a pillar in the place where he talked with him , even a pillar of ftone: and he poured a drink-offering thereon, and he poured oyl thereon. 1 5 And Jacob called the name of the place where God fpake with him,Beth-cl. 1 6 41 And they journeyed from Beth-el: and „ there was but | a little way to come to Ephrath: ittlepiectof and Rachel travailed, and (he had bard labour. 'round. l7 An(j jtcarne to paffewhen (he was in bard labour, that the midwife faid unto her. Fear not; thou (halt have this fonne alfo. 1 8 And it came to paffe as her foul was in departing (for (he died) that (he called his name || Ben-oni : but his father called him (| Benjamin. 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-Iehem. 20 And Jacob fet a pillar upon her grave:that is the pillar of Rachels grave unto this day. 2 1 And Ifrael journeyed and fpread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. 22 And it came to paffe when Ifrael dwelt »Chap.4?.4 in that land, that Reuben went and * lay with Bilhah his fathers concubine : and Ifrael heard it. Now the fonnes of Jacob were twelve. 23 The fonnes of Leah ; Reuben, Jacobs firft- born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, . and Iffacbxyand Zebulon. •Heb.4 pfhai is ho fonne of *nj ferto'if* I Thatis,fA* 'onne of the ri^bt hcruU i# xxxvi. T he generations of Efau. 24 The fonnes of Rachel; Jofeph,and Ben- 3 x jamin. 2 j And the fonnes of Bilhah, Rachels hand- maid; Dan, and Naphtali. 2 6 And the fonnes of Zilpah, Leahs hand- maid; Gad, and Afiier. Thel'e are the fonnesof Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. ( 27 4| And Jacob came unto Ifaac his father unto Mature, unto the city of Arbah ( which is Hebron ) where Abraham and Ifaac fojourned. 2 8 And the dayes of Ifaac were an hundred and fourefcore yeares. 29 And Ifaac gave up the ghoft and died, and * was gathered unto his people, being old ^ Chap.25.-i and full of dayes; and his fonnes Efau and Ja- cob buried him. CHAP. XXXVI. 2 Efaus three wives. £ ft it removing to mount Stir. 9 Hitfonne’. 15 T he dukes rvhich defeended of hi* f onnes . 20 The fonnes , and. dukes of Seir. i^^Anth findethmules. 31 The kings of Edom. 40 Thedukes that descended of Efau. NOw thefe are the generations of Efau, who isEdoni. 2 Efau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan : Adah the daughter of Elon the Hic- tite ; 3nd Aholibamah the daughter of Anah , the daughter of Ztbeon the Hivite; 3 And Bafbemath Iihmaels daughter, filler of Nebajoth. 4 And * Adah bare to Efau, Eliphaz ; and * i.Chron* Balhemath bare Reuel. *• 35» 5 And Aholibamah bate Jeu(h,and Jaalam, and Korah: thefe are the fonnes of Efau,which were born unto him in the land of Canaan. 6 And Efau took his wives and his fonnes, and his daughters, and all the fperfonsof his j- Heb./W.*v- houfe, and his cattel, and all his beads, and all hisfubffance , which he had got in the land of Canaan, and went into the countrey from the face of his brother Jacob. 7 For their riches were more then that they might dwell together: and the land wherein they were flrangers, could not bear them, be- caufe of their cattel. 8 Thus dwelt Efau in* mount Seir: Efau fjolh.M * is Edom. 9 4i And thefe are the generations of Efau, i the father of j the Edomites in mount Seir. THeb- 4om so Thefe are the names of Efaus fonnes ; * Eliphaz the fonne of Adah the wife of Efau, * j.chroru- Reuel the fonne of Balhemath the wife of Efau i. ii And the fonnes of Eliphaz were, Te- man, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam,and Kenaz. 12 And Timm was concubine to Eliphaz Efaus fonne; and (lie bare to Eliphaz Amaletf; thefe "were the fonnes of Adah Elaus wife. 1 3 And thefe are the fonnes of Reuel ; Na- hatb, and Zerah,Shammab,and M»«ah: thefe were Origiriaffrom'. Efaus offspring. . Genefis. Jofeph hated of his brethren. 3 2 were the fonnes of Bafhetmth Efaus wife. 14 II And thefe were the fonnes of Aholi- bamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon Efaus wife: and (he bare to Efau,Jeu(h, and Jaalam and Korah. iy f Thefe were dukes of the fonnes of Efau: the fonnes of Eliphaz the firft-born fonnt of Efauj duke Teman, duke Omar,dukc ZephOjduke Kenaz, 16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, awrfduke Amaiek: Thefe are the dukes that came of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom: thefe were the fonnes of Adah. 17 IT And thefe are the fonnes of Reuel Efaus fonne; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah,duke Mizzah. Thefe are the dukes that came of Reuel, in the land of Edom: thefe erf the fonnes of Bafiiemath Efaus wife. 18 ^ And thefe are the fonnes of Aholi- bamah Efaus wife} duke Jeufh , duke Jaalam, duke Korah: thefe were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah Efaus wife. 1 9 Thefe are the fonnes of Efau (who is Edom) and thefe are their dukes. *«. Chron. ao *Thefe are the fonnes of Seir the *•38. Horite, who inhabited the land y Lotan, and Shobal,and Zibeon, and Anah, 21 And Diihon, and Ezer , and Difhan: thefe are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori, and Heman : and Lotans lifter was Timna. 25 And the childrenof Shobal were thefe 3 Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 And thefe are the childrenof Zibeon j both Ajah,and Anah: this bus that Anah,that found the mules in the wildernefle, as he fed the aflesof Zibeon his father. ay And the childrenof Anah were thefej Dilhon, & Aholibamah thedaughtcrof Anah. 2 6 And thefe are the children of Dilhon; Hemdan, and Efliban,and Ithran,and Cheran. 27 The children of Ezer are thefej Bilhan, and Zaivan, and Achan. 28 The children of Difhan are thefe j Uz, and Aran. v 29 Thefe are the dukes that came of the Horites 5 duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zi- beon, duke Anah, 30 Duke Dilhon, duke Ezer, duke Dilhan: thefe are the dukes that came at Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. 31 f And thefe are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any kingoverthe childrenof ifrael. 3 2 And Bela the fonne of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 3 3 And Bela died, and Jobnb the fonne of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his Head. Digitized by 34 And Jobab died, and Hufliam of the land of Temani reigned in his ftead. 3 y And Hulham died, and Hadad the fonne of Bedad (whofmoce Midian in the field of Moabj reigned in his ftead; and the name of his city was Avith. 36 And Hadad died , and Samlah of Maf. rekah reigned in his ftead. 37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Reho- both by the river reigned m his ftead. 38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the fonne of Achbor reigned in his ftead. 39 And BaaUhanan the fonne of Achbor died, and Hidar reigned in his ftead: and the name of his city was Pati; and hiswivesname was Mehetabel, the daughter of Marred, the daughter of Mezahib. 40 And thefe are the names of the dukes that came of Efau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Tim- nah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, 4r Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram : chefe&e the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations, in the land of their poflemon : he is Efau the father off the Edomites. -fHeb, *v . CHAP. XXX VII. 2 Jo/eph it hated of his brethren, y Hzj two dreams. 1% Jacob fenieth him to vi/it his brethren. i& Hit brethren confpire his death. *t Reuben faveth him. 2 6 They (ell him to the IjhtTUel'ttes.'^ t His father, de- ceived by the bloudy coat, mourneth for him. 3$ He isfoldtoPotipharinEgypt. ANd Jacob dwell in the land f wherein his fHeb.*/1**. father was a ftranger, in the land of* Ca* fibers /«- naan. j minings. 2 Thefe are the generations of Jacob ; Jo- feph being feventeen yeares old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, and the lad was with the fonnes of Bilhah,and with the fonnes of Zilpah,his fathers wivesj & Jofeph brought unto his father their evil report. 3 Now Ifrael loved Jofeph more then all his children, becaufe he was the fonne of his old age: and he made him a coat of miny (J colours. || or, pitcu. 4 And when his brethren f.iw that their fa- ther loved him more then all his brethren, they hated him, and could not fpeak peaceably un- to him. y f And Jofeph dreamed a dream, and he told if his brethren j and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he faid unto them,Heare, I pray you, this dream which I have dfeamed. 7 For behold, we were binding (heaves in the field, and lo, my (heaf arofe, and alfo flood upright; and behold, your (heaves flood round about, and made obeifanceto my (heaf. 8 And his brethren faid unto him , Shalt " -/"btjgiral thou I Jofeph s dreams. Chap, xxxviii. He is fold. thou indeed reigne over U5 ? or (halt thou in- 1$ And they fat down to cat bread: and they deed have dominion over us ? and they hated lift up their eyes and looked, & behold,a com- himyetthe more for his dreams, and for his panieof llhmeelites came from Gilead, with 35 their camels bearing (picerie, and balm, and myrrhe, going to carrie it down to Egypt. a 6 And Judah faid unto his brethren, What profit is it if we flay our brother, and conceal his bloud f* 17 Come,and let us fell him to the Iihmee- to And he told it to his father, and to his lites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he words. 9 A And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and faid, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more, and behold, the funne and the moon , and the. eleven ftarres made obeifance to me. • Heb./l. be peace of brethren: and his father rebuked him, and faid unto him , What it this dream that thou haft dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy bre- thren indeed come to bowe down our felves to thee, to the earth? 1 1 And his brethren envied him: but his fa- ther obferved the faying. it f And his brethren went to feed their fathers flock in Shechem. 1 3 And Ifrael faid unto Jofeph , Do not thy brethren feed the {loci '1 in Shechem? Come, and I will fend thee unco them. And he faid unco him, Here am /. 14 And he faid to him , Go, I pray thee, t fee whether it be well with thy bre‘thren,and t Heb.6 Mr 4- ene i. is our brother, and our fiefti : and his brethren t were content. aS Then there palled by Midianites mer- chant- men j and they drew and lift up Jofeph out of the pit, * and told Jofeph to the Iihmee- * Pfal. 105. lites for twentie pieces of filver: and they '7* brought Jofeph into Egypt. Wifd.io.ij. 29 H And Reuben returned unto the pit- A % and behold, Jofeph was not in the pit : and he rent his clothes. jo And he returned unto his brethren, and faid, The childejr not;and I, whither (hall I go i 3 1 And they took Jofephs coat,and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the bloud. j 2 And they fent the coat of many colours. cloth upon his loyns, and mourned for his onely **- fonne many dayes. nuchi, but 3 f And all his fonnes and all his daughters alf° cbam~ rofe up to comfort him •, but he refufed to be t’e,la,n3>c!,u{- comforted: and he faid, For I will go down fi't'sT ° into the grave unto my fonne, mourning. Thus t Heb. chief his father wept for him. »/ theflaugb- 3 6 And the Midianites fold him into Egypt or unto Potiphar,^an t officer of Pharaohs , and y o" ’chief* marfhail. well with the flocksj and bring me word again, hy brethren, s0 he fent him out of the vale of Hebron, and and they brought it to their father /and faid* T*' he came to Shechem. This have we found: know now whether it be 1 j ^ And a certain man found him,and be- thy fonnes coat or no. t r hold, he was wandring in the field : and the 33 And he kne w it, and faid, Jr « my fonnes ,8. ap,44‘ man asked him , faying, What feekeft thou? coat: an * evil bead hath devoured him; Jofeph t Heb. 16 And he faid, I feek my brethren: tell me, is without doubt rent in pieces. nuch But the . pray thee, where they feed their flock*- 54 And Jacob rent his dothes,and put fack- ™ord doth 17 And the man faid, They are departed _1 — L — L:- 1 m ' * r ' ’ 1"m e hence; for I heard them fay. Let us go to Do- than. And Jofeph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. 1 8 And when they faw him afarre off, even before he came neare unto them, they confpired again!! him, to flay him. 19 And they faid one to another. Behold, fHeb .«4/?<r this t dreamer cometh: »/ dreams. * Chap.^J. aa. zo Come now therefore, and let us flay him, \ j| captain of the guard, and caft him into fome pit ; and we will fay. Some evil beaft hath devoured him : and we (hall fee what will become of his dreams,. And * Reuben heard it} and he delivered SI |0 T, piece/. 21 him out of their hands,and faid, Let us not kill him. 2 2 And Reuben faid unto them, Shed no bloud, caft him into this pit that it in the wildernefie,and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. * 23 f And it came to paffe when Jofeph was come unto his brethren, that they ftript Jofeph out of his coat, his coat of many H colours that w.u on him. 24 And they took him,& caft him into a pit: and the pit was empti cohere root no water in it. CHAP. XXXVIII. 1 Judah legttteth Er,0nan*atd Shelah.6 Er marritih ‘Tamar. 8 "The trefpaffe of Onm. iiTamar flUjethfor Shelah : j 3 fhe dectiveth Judah ; xn fhe beareth ti vtnnes, PhareZ and Zarah. ANd it came to paffe at that time, that Ju- dah went down from his brethren , and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whofe name was Hirah. 2 And JuJah faw there a daughter of a cer- # tain Canaanite, whofe name was * Shuah, and a ** "fon* he took her, and went in unto her : ‘ ** 3 And (lie conceived and bare a fonne; and he called his name Er. [, 4 * And fhe conceived again, and bare a* Num.:£. fonne ; and (he called his name Onin. 5 And (he yet again conceived, and bare a fonne ; Judahs inceft. 34 ♦ Num. 25# **• t Heb. m evil in the eje% of the - LORD . fonne} and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, whenlhe bate him. 6 And Judah took a wife for Ethisfirft- born, whofe name was Tamar. 7 And*Er, Judahs firft-born,was wicked in the fight of the Lord; & the Lord flew him. 8 And Judah faid unto Onan, Go in unto thy brothers wife, and marrie her, and rai(e up feed to thy brother. 9 And Onan knew that the feed (hould not be his : and it came to pafle, when he went in unto his brothers wife, that he fpilled it on the ground, left that he fliould give feed to hi* brother. 10 And the thing which he did,f difpleafed the Lord; wherefore he flew himalfo. Genefis. Tamars tvvinnes. iz And he returned to Judah, and faid, I cannot finde her} and alfo the men of the place faid, that there was no harlot in this [lacs. z; And Judah faid, Let her take it to her, left we j- be (hamed: behold, I fent this kid, and t Heb. hei thou haft not found her. cone 4 **•' 24 if And it came to pafle about three y7"?1, moneths after, that it was told Judah, faying,' Tamar thy daughter in law hath phyed the harlot} and alfo behold, (he is with childe by whoredome: and Judah faid, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. 2? When (he was brought forth, (he fent to her father in law, faying, By the man whofe thefe are, am I with childe : and (he faid,Dif- cern,I pray thee, whofe are thefe, the fignet. f Heb. th* dayes were multiplied* 11 Then faid Judah to Tamar his daughter and braceletSjand ftaff. in law. Remain a widow at thy fathers houfe3 *6 And Judah acknowledged thctny and til Shelah my fonne be grown: (for he faid,Left faid3 She hath been more righteous then Ij be- perad venture he die alfo as his brethren did Jand caufe that I gave her not to Shelah my fonne: " ■ ' " and he knew her again no more. 27 And it came to pafle in the time of her travail, that behold twinnes were in her wombe Tamar went and dwelt in her fathers houfe. 12 ^ And fin procefleof time, the daugh ter of Shuah J adahs wife died: and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his (heep-(hear- ers to Timnith, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 1 $ And it was told Tamar, faying, Behold, thy father in law goeth up to Timnath,to (hear his(heep. 14 And (he put her widows garments off from her, and covered her with a vail , and t Heb. th* wrapped her felf , and fat in f an open place, dm# ef *ys* which is by the way to Timnath : for (he faw ■ , , or ofEnaym. tj,at shelah was grown, and (he was not given had the fcarlet thteed upon his hand } and his unto him to wife. * name was called Zarah. 1 ? When Judah faw her, he thought her to be an harlot} becaufe (he had covered her face. 1 6 And he turned unto her by the way, and faid. Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee ( for he knew not that (he was his daugh- ter in law ) and (he faid, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayeft come in unto me ? 17 And he faid, I will fend thee t a kid from the flock: and (he faid. Wile thou give we a pledge, till thou fend it? 18 And he faid, What pledge (hall I give thee* And (he faid, Thy fignet, and thy brace- lets, and thy ftaff that is in thine hand: and he gave it her, and came in unto her, and (he con- ceived by him. 1 q And (he arofe and went away, and laid . . , , - . . . P by her vail from her, and put on the garments he ferved him } and he made him overfeer over of her widowhood. hlS houfe, and all that he had he put into his 20 And Judah fent the kid by the hand of hand. , his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge 1 And it came to pafle from the tim from the womans hand : but he found her not. he had made him ovetfeer in his houfe, and 2 1 Then he asked the men of that place , over all that he had, that the Lo rd bkfled he f| Or^'ii En». faying, Where is the harlot, that was || openly Egyptians houfe for Jofephs fake: and 1 the bk£ Jim, by the way fide? And they faid, There was no Cng of the L o r o vv^ upon all that he had m harlot in this place, the houfe, and m the field. t J »/ 1 hr gnat l. 28 And it came to pafle when (he travailed, that the one put out his hand, and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a fcarlet threed , faying, This came out firft. , 29 And it came to pafle as he drew back hand, that behold, his brother came out } and maJe thi) (he faid, || How haft thou broken forth? this breach againft breach be upon thee : therefore his name was *>•"* . called || * Pharez. . 30 And afterward came out his brother that * ,.chron. * 1 ‘ 2.4. Match. 1.3. CHAP. XXXIX. I 7»feph advanced in Pctiphars houfe. 7 He refifteth his miftreffes temptation. 1 } He is falfy accufed. 19 He is caft in prifon. 21 Godisv/itb hint there, ANd Jofeph was brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar an officer of Pharaoh , ca- ptain of the guard, an Egyptian , bought him of the hands of the Ifhmeclites , which had brought him down thither. 2 And the L o R d was with Jofeph, and he was a profperous man, and he was in the houfe of his matter the Egyptian. 3 And his mafter faw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to profper in his hand. 4 And Jofeph found grace in his fight, and Jofbph tempted# Ch«ip»xl» Phsrftohs butler sndbskcr* 6 And he left all that he had in Jofephs zj The keeper of theprifon looked not to hand ; and he knew not ought he hid,fave the any thing that tvtu under hi* hand ; becaure the bread which he did eat : and Jofeph was a Lord was with him:and that which he did, . _-u c. j the Lord made it to profper. CHAP. XL. I T he butler and baker of Pharaoh in prifon . 4 Jofeph hath charge of them, 5 He inter preteth their dreams: 20 T hey come to paffe according to hie interpretation. 2 3 The ingratitude of the butler. goodly per folly and well-: favoured. ^ 7 ^ And it came to paffe after thefe things, that his matters wife call her eyes upon J ofeph, and fbefaidjLie with me. _ 8 Bathe refufed y and faid unto his matters wife , Behold^ my committed A Nd ic camc to Pa^e a^tcr things, „ ,h me inthehoufe, and he hath commuted ^ ^ of JP. u a!EimAJh\s bl. all that he bath to my an . . n . . ktr had offended theit lord the king of Egypt. 9 u L 0nu ^ u.,1, onu rhino from me 1 And Pharaoh was wroth againft two of neither hath he ept . hi/wife ^ how then his officers, againft the chief of the butlers, and bat thee} becaufe fiJSS againft the chief of the bakers, can I do this great wickedneffe, and hnnea Andh eput thcinin mrd inthehoufeof 83 ‘“o And it came to paffe as (he fpake to Jo- the captain of the guard , into the pnfon , the fephday bvday, thAe hearted no, unto Aatged heV.t0^.Se»SmSsdme,,ha. Jofeph with the! , and he fee vedthemt and luuBin £ they continued a feafon inward. fofeph went into the houfe to do ^ y dreamed a dream both of and there rau none of the men of the houle ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ inone nightj each there within. ryarment man according to the interpretation of his it And dream j the butler and the baker of the king of faying. Lie With me: a“^he left ^garment in £ »whkh wreboundinthe pnfon. her hand, and fled, an go • . ^ 6 And jofeph came in unto them in the h&iSiKsaftMSS -gzz*** upon,h5mi and ihc c^-t-ofhet j™"- houfe, and fpake unto them, faying ,See,he hath wh forc . look a fadly to day? f ... brought in an Htbtcvt unm ut to mock us hc W * J faid u/to him, We have dreamed came u unto me to he with me , and 1 cried # ^ .f nQ imerpretet of it. And tHcb.^-r. with ajloud voice. , . heard that Jofeph faid unto them, -Da not interpretations ,y ** lt camc t0 K'i heTefthi belong to God? tell me them, 1 pray you. Iliftedup my voice 9 Andthe chief butler told his dream tolo- ^“Duth«g&he,,m.tm ^•.“i“rem“^,lnm>dre‘°, utjCameinuoto me to mock me. . . . JX And pharaohs cup wm in my hand,and I Aand LsearmVjK mok the grape., St pteffed them in.oPh.taoh, voice and cried, that he left hisgatmen cup : a„f I Hve thi cup into Pharaoht hand. me,and fled out. whe^is ma{l er iz And Jofeph faid unto him , This is the heard the words of Ji wife’, which , (he fpake inter|«ta.ion of i, : the three branches ure ^mm-e’Zaf^al'hw "^itd.' ' Ye, within three dayes flsall IPhamob f Hcb. ex- lendtd fynd- *‘JTe unto him. ■ Hcb. are Te uouuu. j theprifon. , i i f But the Lord was with Jofeph and vvaft his butler.^ ^ null be wen f „eb. f#. 1 flawed him mercy , a^d §ave. J fav0 r withth’e a+nd (hew kindneffej pray thce,unto «« lh\^^ndth,/k«CwtdftheCptifonncommitted mc^*and*make unto Pharaoh, wtkiSr.. to Jofephs hand all the 'he *”15 Pot Tndeed^ y was Bolen avi% out of the the prifon , and whufoever they did there , J Jf the Hebrevvs . and here alfo have I was the doer of it, - - - q z done ■.a I frc UNIVER' Pharaohs two dreams i6 H Or, fill «f holes* Genefis. interpreted by Jofeph. done nothing that they (hould put me intothe 9 f Then fpake the chief butler unto Pha- dungeon. raoh, faying, I do remember my faults this day. 16 When the chief baker faw that the inter- 10 Pharaoh was wroth with his fervants, pretation was good, he faid onto Jofeph, I alfo & put me in ward in the captain of the guards was in my dream ; and behold , I had three houfe, both me, and the chief baker. And we dreamed || white baskets on my head. 17 And in theuppermoft basket there was f Heb. mint of all manner of f bake- meats for Pharaohjand cf Pharaoh, the birds did eat them out of the basket upon tbemr&fa ri2y head. baker, 01 ceo{ And Jofeph anfwered , and faid,This is the interpretation thereof : the three baskets are three dayes j 19 Yet within three dayes (hall Pharaoh 1J Or, reckon |j lift up thy head from off thee, and (hall hang zA;«,and 1 1 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he : we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. 1 2 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, fervant to the captain of the guard : and we told him; and he * interpreted * Chap. 40. to us our dreams, to each man according to his 1 *>&c. dream he did interpret. 1 5 And it came to pafle , as he interpreted to us, To it was : me he reftored unto mine of- thee oh a tree , and the birds thall eat thy flefh flee, and him he hanged, take thy of- from 0ff thee. 14 f* Then Pharaoh fent and called Jo- * Pfal. 10 thee’1* 20 If And it came to pafle the third day, feph,and they! brought him hsftily out of the 2°- which was Pharaohs birth-day, that he made a dungeon : And he(li3ved himfelf, and changed mad* «t. || Or, reckon- feaft unto all his fervants : and he |] lifted up his raiment, and came in unto' Pharaoh. if And Pharaoh faid unto Jofeph, I have dreamed a dream , and there irnone that can interpret it : and I have heard fay of thee, that H thou canft underftand a dream, to inter- 1| Or, when pret it. f^9ti beareft# 1 6 And Jofeph anfwered Pharaoh , faying, %££% It u not xn me: God (hall give Pharaoh an an- frtt ,u " fwer of peace. • 17 And Pharaoh faid unto Jofeph , In my dream , behold , I flood upon the bank of the river. > , 1 8 And behold , there came up out of the river feven kine, fat-fle(hed and well-favoured; and they fed in a medow. 19 And behold, feven other kine came up after them, poore and very ill-favoured, and lean-fle(hed, fuch as I never faw in all the land of Egypt for badnefle. 20 And the lean and the ill* favoured kine did eat up the firfl feven fat kine. 21 And when they had t eaten them up, fHeb.fwa* it could not be known that they had eaten t* the imemd lean- fiefhed; and flood by the other kine, upon them; but they were ftill ill-favoured, as at the Partt beginning : So I awoke. ' ll. 22 And 1 faw in my dream, and behold, fe- ven earescame up in one ftalk,full and good. 2 $ And behold, feven eares || withered,thin Q Or, fmaH. and blafted with the eaft.winde,fprung up after them. t Heb.#r. upon one ftalk, t rank and good. 24 And the thin eares devoured the feven the head of the chief butler , and of the chief baker among his fervants. 2 x And he reftored the chief butler unto his butlerlhip again; and he gave the cup into Pha- raohs hand. 22 But he hanged the chief baker , as Jo- feph had interpreted to them. 2$ Yet did not the chief butler remember Jofeph, but forgat him. CHAP. X LI. 1 Pharaohs trvo dreams. 9 Jofeph interpreteththem. 33 He giveth Pharaoh counfel. 38 jofeph it ad- vanced. 50 He begetteth Manaffeh and. Ephraim, S+The famine beginneth. ANd it came to pafle at the end of two full yeares, that Pharaoh dreamed, and behold he flood by the river. 2 And behold , there came up out of the ri- ver feven well-favoured kine, and fat-fle(hed; and they fed in a medow. 3 And behold , feven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favoured, and the brink of the river. 4 And the ill-favoured and lean-flc(hed kine , did eat up the (even well-favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. $ And he flept and dreamed the fecond time : and behold, feven eares of corn came up upon one ftalk, f rank and good, 6 And behold, feven thin eares and blafted good eares : and I told this unto the magicians; with the eaft-winde fprung up after them 7 And the feven thin eares devoured the feven rank and full eares: and Pharaoh awoke, and behold, if was a dream. 8 And it came to pafle in the morning, that hisfpiritwas troubled; and he fent and called for all the magicians of Egypt , and all the wife-men thereof : and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. but there was none that could declare it unto me. 25 ^ And Jofeph faid unto Pharaoh , The dream of Pharaoh is one ; God hath (hewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. 2 6 The feven good kin e are feven yeares; and the feven goodeares are feven yeares : the dream is one. 27 And the feven thin and ill-favoured kme ■ "Orijii - that Pharaohs dreams interpreted. Chap. xlii. Jofephs providence. that came up after them, are feven yeares ; and the feven empty eares Waited with the eall- winde, (hall be (even yeares of famine. 28 Thistx the thing which I have fpoken unto Pharaoh; what God is about to do, he Iheweth unto Pharaoh. 19 Behold, there come feven yeares of great plenty, throughout all the land of Egypt. 30 And there (hall arife after them feven yeares of famine, and all the plenty (hall be forgotten in the land of Egypt: and the famine (hall confume the land. 51 And the plenty (hall not be known in the land, by reafon of that famine following: f Heb .heavy for lt be vcry t grievous. 5 2 And for that the dream was doubled un- to Pharaoh twice , it it becaufe the thing it |Or,/pf#- U eftablilhed by God: and God will Ihortly 'nTcdof Cj*d, bring it to pafle. 5} Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man difereet and wife , and fet him over the land of Egypt. $4 Let Pharaoh do fb»f,and let him ap- | Or, ever- point f| officers over the tand, and take up the fetfu fifth part of the land of Egypt in the feyen plenteous yeares. $ y And let them gather all the food of thofe good yeares that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. 3 6 And that food (hall be for (lore to the land, againft the feyen yeares of famine, which (hall be in the land of Egypt ; that the land j-Heb .bcr,ot f perilh not through the famine. f* 37 q And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his fervants. 3 8 And Pharaoh faid unto his fervants. Can we finde fueb a. one as this is, a man in whom thefpiritof God isl 39 And Pharaoh faid unto Jofeph, Foraf- much as God hath (hewed thee all this, there is none fo difereet and wife as thou art. * pfa\ 10 j. 40 * Thou (halt be over my houfc, and ac- ai. cording unto thy word (hall all my people t be 1. Mac.*. sj ruled : onely in thethrone will I be greater t w* k* /°* then thou. JrmcVor, 41 Pharaoh unt0 Jofeph i See, I kjjji. 3 * have fet thee over all the land of Egypt. 42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand,and put it upon Jofephs hand, and arayed I) Or himinveftures of |j fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck. 43 And he made him torideinthe fecond chariot which he had : and they cried before f! Or, tender him, || f Bowe the knee: and he made him ruler father. over all the land of Egypt. mACb ^ 44 pharaoh faid unto Jofeph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee (hall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt • 4$ And Thatch called Jofephs name Zaph- nath-paaneahj & he gave him to wife Afenath 3 7 • the daughter of Poti-pherah, || pried of On : | Ot, prince. and Jofeph went out over all the land of Egypt. 4^ ( U And Jofeph was thirty yeares old when he dood before Pharaoh king of Egypt) And Jofeph went out from the prefence of Pha- raoh,& went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 And in the feven plenteous yeares the earth brought forth by handfulls. 48 And he gathered up all the food of the feven yeares, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field which tv as round about every city, laid he up in the fame. 49 And Jofeph gathered com as the fand of the fea, very much, untill he left numbring: for it was without number. 50 *And unto Jofeph were born two* Chap 46, fonnes, before the yeares of famine came: ao.and48.y- which Alenath , the daughter of Poti-pherah || pried of On, bare unto him. jj Or, prineei 51 And Jofeph called the name of the firft- born H Manadch : for God, faid fee, hath made {That is, me forget all my toil, and all my fathers houfe. forgetting. 52 And the name of the fecond called he || Ephraim: for God hath caufed me to be fruit- || That is, full in the land of nry affliftion. fruirfuU, 5 3 if And the feven yeares of plenteoufnefle that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. f4 * And the feven yearesof dearth began * PTal.i oji to come, according as Jofeph had faid; and the 16. dearth was in all lands : but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 5 y And when all the land of Egypt was fa- milhed, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread : And Pharaoh faid unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Jofeph : what he faith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth; and Jofeph opened fall the (lore- f Heb. aU houfes, and fold unto the Egyptians: and the irhereinwas. famine waxed fore in the land of Egypt. y 7 And all countreys came into Egypt to Jofeph for to buy corn ;becaufe that the famine was fo Core in all lands. CHAP. XLIT. I Jacob fendethhie ten former to buy corn in Fgypt. 6 They are imp rift rued, by J ofeph for f ties. 1 8 They are fet at liberty, on condition to bring Benjmin. 21 They have r enter fe for Jofeph. 24 Simeon U kept fora pledge. *5 They return with corn, and their money. 2? Their relation to Jacob. ;<5 Jacob rt- fufeth to fend Benjamin. Ow when * Jacob faw that there was * AQs 7.13. corn in Egypt, Jacob faid unto his fonnes. Why do ye look one upon another i 2 And he faid , Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt : get you down thither, and buy foe us from thence j that we may live, and not die. 3 ^ And Jofephs ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. W C j ERSITY OF C 4 But Jofeph and his b rethren. Genefis. Simeon imprifoned. 38 4 But Benjamin , Jofephs brother, Jacob fern not with his brethren: for he faid, Left per- adventure mifchicf befall him. j And the fonnes of Ifrael came to buy corn among thofe that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 6 And Jofeph was the governour over the land, and. heir vox* that fold to all the people of the land : and Jofephs brethren came, and bowed down themfelves before him, with their faces to the earth. 7 And Jofeph faw his brethren,and he knew them, but made himfelf ftrange unto them,and t Heb .bard fpake f roughly unto them 3 and hefaidunto *tbtm 1,110 them. Whence come ye ? And they faid. From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Jofeph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. * CJjap.37.5 9 And Jofeph * remembred the dreams which he dreamed of them, & faid unto them. Ye are fpies ; to fee the nakednelTe of the land you are come. 10 And they faid unto him. Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy fervants come . 1 1 We are all one mans fonnes: we are true men 3 thy fervants are no fpies. 1 a And he faid unto them. Nay, but to fee the nakednelTe of the land you are come. 1 3 And they faid. Thy fervants are twelve brethren, the fonnes of one man in the land of Canaan 3 and behold, the youngeft it this day with our father, and one is not. 14 And Jofeph faid unto them. That is it that I fpake unto you, faying, Ye are fpies. 1 y Hereby ye (hall be proved : by the life of Pharaoh ye (hall not go forth hence , except youryoungeft brother come hither. 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your f Heb.t»und, brother, and ye (hall be j kept in prifon, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or els by the life of Pharaoh furely ye are fpies. t Hcb.^ 17 And he f put them all together into rbertt. ward, three dayes. 1 8 And Jofeph faid unto them the third day, This do, and live : for I fear God. 19 If ye be true men, let one of your bre- thren be bound in the houfe of your prifon : go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houfes. ’Chap. 4 3. 5 20 But * bring your youngeft brother unto me j fo lhall your words be verified, and ye lhall not die. And they did fo. 21 And they faid one to another. We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we faw the anguilh of his foul, when he be- foughtu$;and we would not heare : therefore is this diftreffecome upon us. 22 And Reuben anfwered them, faying, ♦Chap. 37. * Spake I not unto you, faying, Do not Gnne **• againft the chflde ; and ye would not heare ? therefore behold alfo, his bloud is required. 23 And they knew not that Jofeph under- Hood them 3 for f he fpake unto them by an in- fHeb. an in. terpreter. terpute r was 24 And he turned himfelf about from them, iet»een and wept 3 and returned to them again, and th,m' communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. 2f ^ Then Jofeph fommanded to fill their facks with corn, and torcllore every mans mo- ney into his fack,and to give them provifion for the way: and thus did he unto them. 2 6 And they laded their affes with the corn, and departed thence. 27 And as one of them opened his fack to give his afle provender in the inne , he efpied his money:for behold it was in his facks mouth 28 And he faid unto his brethren, My mo- ney is reftored 3 and lo, it is even in my fack : and their heart t failed them , and they were t Heb. went afraid, faying one to another, What is this that f0Ttb* God hath done unto us ? 29 ^ And they came unto Jacob their fa- ther, unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them, faying, 3 o The man who it the locd of the land, fpake | roughly to us, and took us for fpies of t Heb. with the countrey. w hard 3 1 And we faid unto him,We arc true menj * >n*u we are no fpies. 32 We be twelve brethren, fonnes of our father: one is not, and the youngeft is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 33 And the man the lord of the countrey faid unto us, Hereby (hall I know that ye are true men 3 leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your houlholds, and be gone. 34 And bring your youngeft brother unto me : then (hall 1 know that you are no fpi es,but that you are true men: fo will I deliver you your brother, and ye (ball traffick in the land. 35 ^ And it came to paffe as they emptied their facks, that behold, every mans bundle of money was in his fack : and when both they and their father faw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 36 And Jacob their father faid unto them. Me have ye bereaved of my children: Jofeph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Ben- jamin away: all thefe things are againft me. 37 And Reuben fpake unto his father, fay- ing, Slay my two fonnes, if I bring him not to thee : deliver him into my hand , and I will bring him to thee again. 38 And he faid,My fonne (hall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mifehief befall him by the way in the which ye go , then (hall ye bring down my. gray hairs with forrow to the grave, CKA P. Benjamin gogth with his brethren. Chap, xliii. jofeph entertaineth them. 17 And the man did as Jofeph bade: and the man brought the men into Jofephs houfe. 1 8 And the men were afraid , becaufe they were brought into Jofephs houfe jand they faid, Becaufe of the money that was returned in our facksat the firft time , are we brought in, that f Heb. pr*‘ tiffing hi pTlttffi d. * Chap. 41. 30. C H A P. XLIII. 17 And the man did as Jofeph bade: and 19 * Joctb ie hardly perfmded to fend Benjamin. Jo- feph entertiincth hit brethren. 3 1 He rnaketh them a feoff. ANd the famine was fore in the land. a And it came to pafle when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out he may t occafion againft us, and fall upon f Heb. nil of Egypt, their father faid unto them. Go again, UJi an(j take us fotbond- men, and our afles. kimfilj upon buy us a little food. * 9 And they came neare to the lleward of *"• 1 And Judah fpake unto him , faying. The Jofephs houfe , and they communed with him man f did folemnly proteft unto us, faying. Ye a‘ ‘he doore of the houfe, to And faid,0 fir,* t we came indeed down ‘Chapas, j. at the firft time to buy food. tHeb«rw»»*{ (hall not fee my face , except your * brother be with you. 4 If thou wilt fend our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food. 5 But if thou wilt not fend him, we will not go down: for the man faid unto us,Ye (hall not fee my face, except your brother be with you. 6 And Ifrael faid , Wherefore dealt ye fo ill at And it came to pafle when we came to ** c*mt •J Heb. inghtMkfd m. t Heb. month. f Heb. kpev- ing could 1ft * Chap. 44. }*• the inne,that we opened our facks,and behold, every mans money was in the mouth of his fack, our money in full weight: and we hare brought it again in our hand. £ z And Other money have we brought down with me, as to tell the man whether yc had yet *n our hands to buy food ; we cannot tell who a brother ? put our money in our fac ks. 7 And they Ciid, The man tasked us ftraitly zi And he faid, Peace be to you, fear not: of our ttate, and of our kindred,faying. Is your your God & the God of your father hath given father yet alive i have ye another brother? and you treafure in your facks : f I had your money, f Heb. your we told him according to the f tenour of thefe And he brought Simeon out unto them. money came words : f Could we certainly know that he *4 And the man brought the men into Jo« u mt- would fay, Bring your brother down ? fephs houfe, and *gave them water, & they waflj- *ChapA8,4. 8 And Judah faid unto Ifrael his father,Send *d their feet, and he gave their afles provender, and i ■».,*. the lad with me, and we will arife and go; that M And they made ready the prefent againft we may live and not die , both we, and thou, Jofeph came at noon : for they heard that they and alfo our little ones. ihould eat bread there. 9 Iwillbefuretieforhim;ofmyhand {halt H And when Jofeph came home, they thou require him : * if I bring him not unto brought him the prefent which was in their thee, and fet him before thee, then let me bear band into the houfe , and bowed themfclves to him to the earth. £7 And he asked them of their] welfare, fHeb.p/^.. and faid , f is your father well, the old man of f Heb. is Whom ye fpake? Is heyetalive ? there putt z8 And they anfwered. Thy feivant our fa- the blame forever, to For except we had lingred, Purely now d Or, tvitt we had returned (J this fecond time. by thu . 1 1 And their father Ifrael faid unto them, If it mu ft be fo now,do thisjtake of the beft fruits in the land in your veflels, and catric down the ‘her is in good health, he is yet alive : and they man a prefent , a little balm, and a little hony, bowed down their heads, and made obeifance. fpices, and myrrhe, nuts, and almonds. 29 And he lift up his eyes, and faw his bro- 1 £ And take double money in your hand : ‘her Benjamin, his mothers fonne, and faid, is and the money that was brought again in the ‘his your younger brother , of whom ye fpake mouth of your facies, Carrie it again in your hand; perad venture it was an overfight. 13 Take alfo your brother, and arife, go a- gain unto the man* 1 4 And God Almighty give you mercy be- fore the man, that he may fend away your other |0r ,audl,as brother, and Benjamin: |j If I be bereaved of my J^ave been, children , I am bereaved. 1 5 And the men took that prefent , and they took double money in their hand,and Ben unto me ? And he faid, God be gracious unto thee my fonne. 30 Andjofeph made hafle ; for his bowels did yern upon his brother:and he fought where to weep, and he entred into his chamber, and wept there. 3 1 And he waflied his face, and went out, , and refrained himfelf, and faid, Set on bread. 3 1 And they fet on for him by himfelf, and for them by themfelves,and for the Egyptians, jamin ; and rofe up, and went down to Egypt, which did eat with him, by themfelves: becaufe and flood before Jofeph. 1 6 And when Jofeph faw Benjamin with t Heb. tilt* t^cm > he frid‘° ‘he ruler of his houfe, Bring hjUmg. ' "* tbefe men home , and t flay , and make ready : t Heb. tar. for thefe men fliall t dine with me at noon. the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews ; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. 3 3 And they fat before him , the firft-born according to his birthright , and the youngeft C 4 orii according UNIVERSITY .OF dSlEP'RNIA The cup in Benjamins fack. 40 according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another. 34 And he took and fent mefles unto them from before him : but Benjamins melfe was f Beb. they five times fo mu-.h as any of theirs. And they *M»{Urplj. drank, and f vvere merrie with him. CHAP. XL III I. * J oftphs f elicit to ft ay hit brethren. 14 Judahs humble Jupplicatitn to Joftfh. tHeb. him A he commanded J the fteward of his that was ever ZAhoufe , faying , Fill the mens facks with hu haufi, food , as much as they can carry, and put every mans money in his facks mouth. 2 And put my cup,the filver cup in the facks mouth of the youngeft , and his corn-money : and he did according to the word thatjofeph had fpoken. 3 AfToonas the morning was light, the men Vvere fent away, they and their affes. 4 And when they were gone out of the city, andnotyet farre off, Jofeph faidunto his fte- ward, Up, follow after the menjand when thou doft overtake them , fay unto them, Wherefore have ye rewardedevil forgood ? y Is not this if, in which my lord drinketh? lOr, maketh and whereby indeed he ||divineth ? ye have viaUt done evil in fo doing. 6 f And he overtook them , and he fpake unto them thefe fame words. 7 And they faidunto him, Wherefore faith my lord thefe words ? God forbid that thy fer- vants (hould do according to this thing. 8 Behold , the money which we found in our facks mouthes, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan : how then fhould we fteal out of thy lords houfe filver or gold? 9 With whom/bet/cr of thy fervantsit be found , both let him die , and we alfo will be my lords bond-men. • 10 Andhefaid , Now alfo let it be accord- ing unto your words: he with whom it is found fhall be my fervant i and ye fhall be blame., leffe. 1 1 Then they fpeedily took down every man his fack to the ground , and opened every man his fack. 1 2 And he Cearched,a»d began at the eldcft, and left at the youngeft: and the cup was found in Benjamins fack. 13 Then they rent their clothes , and laded every man his afle, and returned to the city. 14 And Judah and his brethren came to Jofephs houfe (for he voas yet there) and they fell before him on the ground. 15 And Jofeph faid unto them. What deed is this that ye have done ? wot ye not, that fuch H Or, mKf a man as j can certainly |J divine ? * • 1 6 And Judah faid, What fhall we fay unto my lord? what (hall we fpeak? or how fhall we Judahs humble fupplication* dear our felves? God hath found out the ini- quitie of thy fervants : behold, we are my lords fervants, both we, and he alfo with whom the cup is found. 1 7 And he faid, God forbid that I fhould do fo: but the man in whofe hand the cup is found, he fhall be my fervant : and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. 18 U Then Judah came neare unto him, and faid , Oh my lord , let thy fervant, I pray thee, fpeak a word in my lords eares , and let not thine anger burn againft thy fervant : for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord asked his fervants, faying, Have ye a father, or a brother? 20 And we faid unto my lord , We have a father, an old man, and a childe of his old age, a little one: and his brother is dead , and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth hint. 2 1 And thou faideft unto thy fervants,Bring him down unto me , that I may fee mine eyes upon him. 2 2 And we faid unto my lord , The'lad can- not leave his father : for if he (hould leave his father, b is father would die. 23 And thou faideft unto thy fervants,* Ex- ochap.43.3i cept your youngeft brother come down with you, you fhall fee my face no more. 24 And it came to pafle , when we came up unto thy fervant my father , we told him the words of my lord. ay And our father faid. Go again, and buy us a little food. 2 6 And we faid. We cannot go down: if our youngeft brother be with us , then will we go down: for we may not fee the mares face, except our youngeft brother be with us. 27 And thy fervant my father faid unto us. Ye know that my wife bare me two fonnes : 28 And the one went out from me , and I faid , * Surely he is torn in pieces J and 1 faw * Chap. 37. him not fince : 3 }> 29 And if ye take this alfo from me, and mifehief befall him , ye (hall bring down my gray hairs with forrow to the grave. 30 Now therefore when I come to thy fer- vant my father, and the lad be not with us (fee- ing that his life is bound up in the lads life ) 31 It fhall come to pafle, when he feeth that the lad is nottvith us, that he will diej and thy fervants fhall bring down the gray hairs of thy fervant our father with forrow to the grave. 3 2 For thy fervant became furetie for the lad unto my father, faying,* If I bring him not *chap.43,p, unto thee, then I (hall bear the blame to my fa- ther forever. 3 3 Now therefore , I pray thee , let thy fervant abide in dead of the lad , a bond- man ”■ ■ 'il to Genefis. Jofeph maketh himfelf known, Chap. to my lord ; and let the lad go up with his bre- thren. $ 4 For how (ball I go up to my father , and „ , , , the lad be not with me^ It ft peradventure I fee father* ‘ the evil that (ball t come on my father. CHAP. XL V. % Jofeph maketh himfelf known to hit brethren. 5 Hr co»forteth them tnGods providence* 9 Heftndelhfor • • hiefather.x6 Pharaoh confrmeth it. 2x Jofeph fur- nifheth them for their journey, and exbtneth them to concord. 2 J Jacob it revived with the news. T Hen Jofeph could not refrain himfelf be- fore all them that flood by him ; and he cried, Caufe every man to go out from me: and there flood no man with him, while Jofeph made himfelf known unto his brethren, f Heb; govt a And he f wept aloud : and the Egyptians ‘btth hu voice and the houfeof Pharaoh heard. n wiping. j And Jofeph faid unto his brethren, * I am ► Afi$7.i 3. j0fephj Doth my father yet live? and his bre- thren could not anfwer him : for they were il Or, territ • |j troubled at his prefence. H,d% 4 And Jofeph faid unto his brethren, Come neare to me, I pray you ; and they came neare : and he faid , I am Jofeph your brother , whom ye fold into Egypt. f Heb. net- $ Now therefore be not grieved, t nor an- r her let there gjy yvith your fclves , that ye fold me hither : be anger in r, for God did fend me before you , to preferve your eyes . ^Chap.50. ^ For thefe two yeares bath the famine been in the land : and yet there are five yeares, in the which there (hall neither be earing nor harveft. tHeb. to put 7 And God fent me before you,t to preferve fir you 4 r«- you a pofterkie in the earth , and to fave your mnant, lives a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you that fent me hi- ther,but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh , and lord of all his houfe, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt* 9 Hafte you, and go up to my father ,and fay unto him , Thus faith thy fonne Jofeph , God hath made me lord of all Egypt ; come down untome,tarrie not. 10 And thou (halt dwell in the land ofGo- fhen, and thoufhilt be neare unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy childrens children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou haft. 1 1 And there will I nouri(h thee ( for yet there are five yeares of famine) left thou, and thy hou(hold , and all that thou haft, come to povertie. 1 1 And behold , your eyes fee, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that fpeaketh unto you. 13 And you (hall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt , and of all that you have feenj and ye (hail hafte , and bring down my father hither. xlv. xlvi. Jacob is fent for into Egypt. 14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamins 41 neck, and wept j and Benjamin wept upon his neck. 1 y Moreover he kiffed ail his brethren, and wept upon them : and after that his brethren talked with him. 1 6 f And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaohs houfe , faying , Jofephs brethren are come: and it \ pleafed Pharaoh well , and his f Heb, *4# fetVantS. good in the 17 And Pharaoh faid unto Jofeph,Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your bea(ts,and ' go, get you unco the land of Canaan, 18 And take your father, and your houfholds, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye tball eat the fat of the land. 1 9 Now thou art commanded , this do ye, Take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and brihg your father, and come. 20 Alfo f regard not your ftuff: for the f Heb. let good of all the land of Egypt is yours. a0f7.ur .74- 2 1 And the children of Ifrael did fo:and Jo- feph gave them wagons, according to the fcom- t Heb. mandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provi- fion for the way. 2 2 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment: but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of filver, and five changes of raiment. 23 And to his father he fent after this man- nerten affesf laden with the good things of fHeb. cartf. Egypt, and tenlhe.afles laden with corn and bread and meat forhis father by the way. 24 So he fent his brethren away , and they departed : and he faid unto them , See that ye fall not out by the way. 25 ^ And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, 26 And told him,fcying,Jofeph is yet alive, and he is governour over all the land of Egypt. And t Jacobs heart fainted, for he beleeved |Hcb.W them not. 27 And they told him all the words of Jo- feph, which he had faid unto them : and when hefaw the wagons which Jofeph had fent to carrie him, thefpirit of Jacob their father re- vived. . , . , 1 8 And Ifrael faid, It is enough; Jofeph my fonne is yet alive : I will go and flee him before I die. CHAP. XL VI. I Jacob i* comforted by God at Beer-fbtba. J Thence he with hie company goeth into Egypt. 9 The number. of his familie that went into Egypt. 2* Jofeph meet- eth Jacob, i 1 He mftruBeth hit brethren how to aw. fwer to Pharaoh. Nd Ifrael took his journey with all that he had and came to Beer-lbeba , and ' * ’ oii'-irai i- offered. A! 4* Jacob goeth to Egypt. Genefis. The number of his family.' offered facrifices unto the God of his father were born Manaffeh and Ephraim, * which A- * Chap. 41; Ifa“; Jr . Tf , . . fenath the daughter of Poti-pherah jjprieft of . x And God fp3ke untollrael in thevmons On bare unto him* |J Or, prtnc*; ti f * And the fonnes of Benjamin were * , chron Belah, and Becher,and A(hbei,Gera,and Naa- 7.6, & 8.1*. man , Ehi , and Rofh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. it Thefe are the fonnes of Rachel , which of the night, and faid, Jacob, Jacob. And he faid. Here am I. 3 And he faid , I am God, the God of thy father : fear not to go down into Egypt j for I will there make of thee a great nation : t n I 7°: — . * uviv wt iuiukjui iwtnei, wmen 4 11 Tl#° . ovvn VVK^ chee into ESyPt> an<^ were born to Jacob : all the fouls were fourteen. Vf I I 1 In ft I « knnn rko* nt\ — A _ 1 _ 1_ _ r r w .. - _ I will alfo furely bring thee up again. 7 and Jo* feph (hall put his hand upon thine eyes. f And Jacob rofe up from Beer-lheba : and the fonnes of Ifrael carried Jacob their father, and their little ones , and their wives , in the wagons which Pharaoh had fent to carrie him. 13 f And the fonnes of Dan; Hufhim. 2+ And the fonnes ofNaphcali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 2f Thefe are the fonnes of Bilhah , which Laban gave unto Rachel bis daughter, and (he bare thefe unto Jacob: all the fouls mere feven. , 26 All the fouls that came with Jacob into . 6 And th'ytook the,r and their goods Egypt , which came out of his f loyns, befides +Heb ihkh which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, Jacobs fonnes wives, all the fouls were three- * ^ * Jo/h.14,4. and came into Egypt , * Jacob, and all his feed fcore and fix; Pial.ioj, with him: 27 And the fonnes of Jofeph which were 7 His fonnes , and his fonnes fonnes with born him in Egypt, were two (ouls ; * all the * neut him , his daughters, and his fonnes daughters, fouls ofthe houfe of Jacob, which came into as. and all his feed brought he with him intoE- Egyptsivere threefcore and ten. OF* . , * , ^ , 28 IT And he fent Judah before him unto , rir thefe are the names of the chil- Jofeph , to direct his face unto Gofhen ; and *Num 2 6 t dre.n.0t r^rat 9 which came into Egypt, Jacob they came into the land of Gofhen. , cZn i!; lnd *'“h™ If*1 And Jofeph made ready his chariot, and T)i^nAn^ Reuben; Hanoch, and went up to meet' Ifrael his father, to Goflien; ha u, and Hezron, and Carmi. and prefented himfelf unto him : and he fell on 1 o And l^ 'onnes °f Simeon; Jemuel, his neck, and wept on his neck a good while, and J ami n, and Ohad, and Jachin,and Zohar, 3 0 And Ifrael faid unto Jofeph, Now let me and Shaul the fonne of a Canaanitifii woman, die, fince I have feen thy face, becaufe thou art *3 Ifa.51,4. * Exod.M. and 6, 14. ♦Exod.tf.15* *. Chron. 4. *4- * i*Chron. 6.1. *Chap,38.3# 1. Chron. a-3.and 4. 2t. * i.Chro*. 11 f And the fonnes of * Levi ; Gerfhon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 f And the fonnes of* Judah; Er,and yet alive. }i And Jofeph faid unto his brethren, and unto bis fathers houfe , I will go up, and (hew T/rz::±: Ph™h • •* ?>- r« w».My bX„, Z But Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the fonnes of Pharez , were Hezron and Hamul. ij II* And the fonnes of Iflachar;ToIa,and Phuvah,and Job, and Shimron. / j # UIUU^IK w I1C I L 14 f And the fonnes of Zebulun ; Sered, that they have my fathers houfe, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me ; 3 1 And the men are fhepherds , for f their . trade hath been to feed cattel ; and they have * thtS brought their flocks and their herds and all and Elon, and Jahleel. 1 f Thefe be the fonnes of Leah, which (he bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram , with his daughter Dinah: all the fouls of his fonnes and his daughters, were thirtie and three. \6 And the fonnes of Gad; Ziphion, and 3 3 And it (hall come to pafle when Pharaoh (hall call you, and (hall fay, What is your occu- pation ? 3 4 That ye (hall fay, Thy fervants trade hath been about cattel , from our youth even untill now, both we and alfo our fathers : that ye may * ••Chron, 7 3°. u • cl » _ 1 _ . uuui ana uur idiucrs . mat ye may Haggn, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri,and Arodi,and dwell in the land of Golhen; for every (hepherd Arel,'^*A j . r C Ml. T- . , wan abomination unto the Egyptians. 17 f*And the fonnes of A(her;Jimnah, and °,r Khuah , and Ifui, and Beriah, and Serah their After: and the fonnes of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. 18 Thefe are the fonnes of Zi!pah,whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter: and thefe (he bare unto Jacob, even fixceen fouls. ixnaio wemror apfthpart. a» faetts age : 19 The lonnes of Rachel Jacobs wife; Jo- fwejreth Jofeph to burie him with hit fathers. feph, and Benjamin. ^r^Hen Jofeph came and told Pharaoh , and *0 And unto Jofeph in the land of Egypt X faid. My father and my brethren, and their flocks. CHAP. XL VII. 1 jofeph prefrnteth five of hit brethren, 7 and hit fa- ther before Phjraoh, n He give th them hxhitatieyi and. mamtenmee. 13 He getteth all the Egyptians money * 16 their cattel , 18 their lands to Pharaoh, 21 The prieTls land was not bought, 23 He letteth the land to them for a fifth part, 28 Jacobs age : 29 He Jacob brought before Pharaoh. Chap.xlvii. Jofephs dealing in the famine, 16 And Jofeph fold. Give your cattel, and 4} I will give you foryourcatteI,if money fail. ‘ 17 And they brought their cartel unto Jo- flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan 3 and be- holJ,they are in the land of Golhen. z And he took fome of his brethren, even five men, and prefented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh faid unto his brethren , What is your occupation ? And they faid unto Pharaoh, Thy fervants are (hepherds, both we and alfo our fathers. 4 They faid moreover unto Pharaoh, For to fojourn in the land are we come : for thy fervants have no pafiure for their flocks, for the famine is fore in the land of Canaan : now feph : and Jofeph gave them bread in exchange for horfes, and for the flocks, and for the cat - tel of the herds,and for the affes ; and he f fed let them with bread, for all their cartel, for that yeare. 18 When that yeare was ended, they came unto him the fecond yeare, and faid unto him. We will not hide if from mylord,how that our money is fpent, my lord alfo hath our herds of , cattel ; there is not ought left in the fight of therefore we prav thee, let thy fervants dwell in my lord,but our bodies,and our lands: - r - 19 Wherefore (hall we die before thine the land of Golhen. 5 And Pharaoh fpake unto Jofeph, faying. Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee : 6 The land of Egypt is before thee 5 in the beft of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell, in the land of Gofhen let them dwell : and if thou knoweft any man of activity a- mongft them, then make them rulers over my cattel. 7 And Jofeph brought in Jacob his father, and fet him before pharaoh : and Jacob blcfled Pharaoh. fHeb .h,» 8 And Pharaoh faid unto Jacob, t How old Tiany are the ay( thou ? Uyteftbe ^ And Jacob faid unto Pharaoh,* The dayes eyes, both we and our land ? buy us and our land for bread,and we and our land will be fer- vants unto Pharaoh : and give us feed, that we may live and not die, that the land be not de- folate. 20 And Jofeph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh 3 for the Egyptians fold every man his field, becaufe the famine prevailed over them : fo the land became Pharaohs. 21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt, even to the other end thereof. zz Onely the land of the || priefts bought liOr,pr»»r«k he not : for the priefts had a portion a(Jigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion y earesefthy 0f the yeares of my pilgrimage are an hun- which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they fold ff* • . 1 ii« - . C J U nnr vVipir lan^c rHcb. 11.?, dred and thirty yeares : Tew and evil have the not their lands. dayes of the yeares of my life been, and have 2 3 Then Jofeph faid unto the people, Be- not attained unto the dayes of the yeares of hold, I have bought you this day, and your land the life of my fathers in the dayes of their pil- for Pharaoh: lo, here u feed for you, and ye grimage fow the land. 10 And Jacob bleffed Pharaoh, and went 24 And it ftull come to paffe in the in- out from before Pharaoh. creak, that you (hall give the fifth fart unto 1 1 m And Jofeph placed his father and Pharaoh, and foure parts (hall be your own, his brethren , and gave them a poffeflion in for feed of the field, and for your food, and for the land of Egypt, in the beft of the land, in them of your houftiolds, and for food for your the land of Ramefes, as Pharaoh had com- little ones. manded. 2 5 And fai<^ Thou half faved our lives: 1 1 And Jofeph nourHhed his father, and let us finde grace in the fight of my lord, and his brethren, and all his fathers houfhold with we will be Pharaohs fervants. ... breads Hi according to their families. 26 And Jofeph made it a law over the land 13 «r And there root no bread in all the of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh mould land : for the famine to as very fore, fo that the have the fifth par t > except the land of the - , , land of Egypt jmd a# the land of Canaanfaint- U priefts onely.wfcicb became not Pharaohs. I tb* ed by reafon of the famine. 27 f And Ifrael dwelt in the land of Egypt 14 And Jofeph gathered up all the money in the countrey of Golhen 3 and they ha d pof- that was found in the Land of Egypt, and in feflions therein, and grew, and multiplied ex- the land of Canaan, for the corn which they ceedingly. bought : and Jofeph brought the money into 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt tc- Pharaohs houic. P .rnroen yrarcs • fo t rhowhol. age of Jacob tHrM^ i < And when money failed in the land of was an hundred fourty and feven yeares. f Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the 29 And the timedrew nigh that Ifrael mult hhU^ Egyptian* came unto Jofeph, and faid, Give us die : and he called his fonne Jofeph , and fold bread : for why (hould we die in tby prefence? unto him. If now I have found grace in thy for the money fails th. %!>■. *P»‘> ■>*'> hand under my Ch***-*- HOr^i 4 little childe u nourished. fHcb.ac- [[OTtprincm UN Jofeph vifiteth his fick Father. Genefis. 44 thigh , and deal kindly and truly with me; i $ And Jofeph took them both , Ephraim bury me not, I pray thee in Egypt: in his right hand towards Ifraels left hand, and 30 Buc I will he with my fathers, and thou Manafleh in his lefc hand towards Ifraels right lhalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in hand, and brought them neare unto him. then-buryin^place. And he fad, I will do as 14 And Ifrael ftretched out his right hand, ,,a 5'if'rj « . and laidifuponEphraims head, who was the 31 And he fad, Swear untome: And he - • • - * Heb.11.21 fware unto him. And * Ifrael bowed himfelf upon the beds head. CHAP. XL VIII. Jacob blefleth Jofephs Tonnes.’ younger j and his left hand upon Manaffebs head, guiding his hands wittingly; For Ma- aafleh»Mjthe firft-born. 15 f And *he bleffed Jofeph, and faid, *Heb.».'*l va I* n a, al vui. nc uiciica joiepn, and law, Joreph with his [onnes vifiteth hit fick father, j Ja. God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Kfe ?otd ;f edGod fcd me 111 oehieown. 7 He teUeth Jofeph of his mothers grave 0 this day, 16 Tnc Angel which redeemed me from all evil, blefl’e the lads > and let my name be 06 hie own- 7 He teUeth Jofeph of hie mothers grave* 9 He hleffeth Ephraim and Manaffieh. 17 He prefer- reth the younger before the elder . 21 He prophefieth their return to Canaan. ANd it came to paffe after thefe things, t\ntone told Jofeph, Behold, thy father w fick : and he took with him his twofonnes, Manafleh and Ephraim. named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Ifaac 5 and let them f grow into f Hebe <u a multitude in the midft of the earth* fijbes do 17 And when Jofeph faw that his father CTcafi* laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, a j ,r, f , t „ . , , * &111 upon tne neaa or tipnraim, a And one told Jacob, and faid. Behold, thy it difpleafed him : and he held up his father, nnp Infpnh rnmpfli , mfA J T I ^ . * • fonne Jofeph comech unto thee: and Ifrael ftrengthened himfelf, and fat upon the bed. 3 And Jacob faid unto Joleph, God Al- ii Chap.28. mighty appeared unto me at * Luz in the land 13. andj5.$ of Canaan, and bleffed me, 4 And faid unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful! , and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people, and will give this land to thy feed after thee, for an ever- his younger brother fhall be greater then he. hand, to remove it from Ephraims head unto Manaffehs head. 1 8 And Jofeph faid unto his father, Not fo, my father : for this is the firft-bora j put thy right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refuted, and faid, I know if, my fonne, I know it: he alfo fhall become a people, and he alfo fhall be great j but truly h»e I n lfi 5 1 1 J * Chap«4i. 50. jof.13,7. lifting poffeflion 5 f And now thy * two fonnes, Ephraim and Manafleh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt, before 1 came unco thee into Egypt, are mine: as Reuben and Simeon, they fhall be mine. 6 And thy iffue which thoubegetteft after and his feed fhall become a f multitude of na- + M . - . . tions. Iff?'1' 20 And he bleffed them that day, faying. In thee (hall Ifrael bleffe, faying, God make thee as Ephraim , and as Manafleh : and he fet Ephraim before Manafleh. 21 And Ifrael faid unto Jofeph, Behold, I “Chap, j 5. »#• , ' 7 , 5 1 •rt,,u airaei iaia unto joiepn, netioid, f them,ihall be thine, uz^flml be called after die; but God (ball be with you, and bring you the nameof their brethren in their inheritance, again unco the land of your fathers. » 2 £ nid/S f? me’wlien 1 came from Padan> 2 2 Moreover, I have given to thee one por- Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan, in tion above thy brethren, which I took out of the way, when yet there was but a little way to the hand of the Amorite with my fword and came unto Ephrath : and I buried her there in with my bow. the way of Ephrath, the fame is Beth- lehem. r'Uan vttv 8 And Ifrael beheld Jofephs fonnes,and faid, - V-HAI. XLLX- Who are thefe i 9 And Jofeph faid unto his father, They are my fonnes, whom God hath given me in this place: And hefaid, Bring them,I pray thee, unto me, and I will bleffe them, t Heb.heavy 10 ( Now the eyes of Ifrael were f dim for age, fo that he could not fee) And he brought them neare unto himj and he killed them, and embraced them. 11 Ahd Ifrael faid unto Jofeph,I had not thought to fee thy face: and lo} God hath fliewed me alfo thy feed. la And Jofeph brought them out from be- tween his knees, and he bowed himfelf with his face to the earth. Diqiti 1 Jacob caUeth hi* fonnes to hleife them.% Their hk fling m particular. 29 He chargeth them about hi* bur tall. 3J Hedieth. A Nd Jacob called unto his fonnes, and faid. Gather your felves together, that I may tell you that which fhall befall you in the laft dayes. 2 Gather your felves together, and heare,ye fonnes of Jacob, and hearken unto Ifrael your father. 3 ^ Reuben, thou art my firft-born, my might, and the beginning of my ftrength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency off Heb .do not power : t^olt cuctU. 4 Unftableas water, f thou (halt not excell, 35* becaufe thou * wenteft up to thy fathers bed, i.chron.j,» then Jacob bleflcth his Tonnes. Or, my then defiledft thou it: || He went up to my uth ugontt couch. Or, their 5 4f Simeon and Levi are brethren,!! inftru* lords are ments of cruelty arc in their habitations. rapons of £ Q my foui } come not thou into their fe- tUnce‘ cret : unto their aflembly, mine honour,be not thou united : for in their anger they flew a Or ,houghtd man, and in their felf-will they j| digged down '»• a wall. 7 Curfed be their anger , for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and fcatterthem in Ifraei. 8 f Judah, thou art be whom thy brethren fhall praife : thy hand Jball be in the neck of tbine enemies 3 thy fatherschildrenihallbowe down before thee. 9 Judah is a lions whelp: from the prey, my fonne, thou art gone up : he ftouped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lionjwho (hall roufe him up ? 10 The feeptre {hall not depart from Judah, nor a law-giver from between his feet , until! Shiloh come, and unto him fhall the gathering of the people be t 11 Binding his foie unto the vine , and his afles colt unto the choice vine 3 he wafted his garments in wine, and his clothes in the bloud of grapes. 1 2 His eyes Jball be red with wine , and his teeth white with milk. 1 3 f Zebulun fhall dwell at the haven of the fea, and he Jball be for an haven of fliips : and his border Jball be unto Zidon. 1 4 f Iflachar is a iirong afle, couching down between two burdens. '15 And he faw that reft was good , and the land that it was pleafanr 3 8c bowed his Ihoulder to bear, and became a fervant unto tribute. 16 4[ Dan fhall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Ifraei. Heb. 4» at'. 1 7 Dan fhall be a ferpent by the way , f an v-feak*. ' adder in the path', that bueth the horfe heels, fo that his rider fhall fall backward. 1 8 I have waited for thy falvation,0 Lord. 19 f Gad, a troup (hall overcome him : but he (hall overcome at the laft. 20 4i Out of After his bread Jball be fat, and he fhall yeeld royall dainties. 2 1 4i Naphtali is a hinde let loofe: he giveth goodly words. 22 4i Jofeph is a fruitfull bough, even a fruit- Heb. full bough by a well,n;fc«/<rtbranches run over tugbters. the wall. 23 The archers have forely grieved him, and {hot at him , and hated him. 24 But his bow abode in flrength , and the arms of his hands were madeftrong, by the hands of the mighty God of Jacobifrom thence if theftepherd, the ftoneof Ifraei. 2 j Even by the God of tby father who fhall fiwdeatffe help thee, and by the Almighty , who fhall 45 blefle thee with blc flings of heaven above, blef. fings of the deep that lieth under, ble flings of the breafts, and of thewombe. 2 6 The bleflings of thy father have pre- vailed above the bleflings of my progenitours, unto the utmoft bound of the everlattir>g hillsj they fhall be on the head of Jofeph, and on the crown of the head of him that was feparate from his brethren. 27 4f Benjamin {hall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he fhall devoure the prey,and at night he fhall divide the fpoil. 28 4i AH thefe are the twelve tribes of If- raei: and this is it that their father fpake unto them, and blefled them , every one according to his blefling be blefled them. 29 And he charged them and faid unto them , I am to be gathered unto my people : * Chap,47» * bury me with my fathers,in the cave that is in 30. the field of Ephronthc Hittite, 30 In the cave that is in the field of Mach- pelah , which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, * which Abraham bought with the *^hap »*♦ field of Ephron the Hittite , for a pofleflion of 1 a burying-place. 31 ( There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife , there they buried Ifaac and Rebtkah his wife, and there I buried Leah) . 3 2 The purchafe of the field and of the cave that is therein, was from the children of Heth. 33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his fonnes , he gathered up his feet into the bed , and yeelded up the ghoft, and was gathered unto his people. C H A P. L. , I T he mourning for Jacob. 4 jFofeph getteth leave of Thoraoh to go to bury him . 7 T he funerall.i^ jofeph comforteth his brethren mho crowed hie pardon* 22 His age* 23 He feeththe third generation of his fonnes . 24 Heprophefieth unto his brethren of their return. 25 He taketh an oath of them for his bones* 26 He diethy and is chefted. ANd Jofeph fell upon his fathers face, and wept upon him, and kjffed him. 2 And Jofeph commanded his fervants the phyficians to embalm his father : and the pby. ficians embalmed Ifraei. 3 And fourty dayes were fulfilled for him (for fo are fulfilled the dayes of thofe which are embalmed) and the Egyptians | mourned for fHeb. tuft, him threefcore and ten dayes. 4 And when the dayes of his mourning were paft, Jofeph fpake unto the houfe of Pha- raoh, faying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, fpeak, I pray you,in the eares ofPharaob, faying, ' f * My father made me fvvear , faying, Lo, * Chap. 47. I die : in my grave which I have digged for me , in the land of Canaan , there {halt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up , I pray Original Chap. !. Jacobs funeral!. GeneHs. Jofephsage and death,’ 46 thee , and bury my father, and I will cornea- peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite §a‘”* us all the evil which we did unto him. 6 And 1 haraoh laid , Goup , andbury thy 16 And they f Cent a meflenger unto Jofeph, +Heh cb* father, according as he made thee fwear. faying. Thy father did command before he ged. 7 And Joleph went up to bury his father: died, faying, and with him went up all the fervants of Pha- 17 So (hall ye fay unto Jofeph Forgive I raoh, the elders of his houfe, and all the elders pray thee now, the trefpaffe of thy "brethren, and - of the land of Egypt, their finne: for they did unto thee evil: And o And all the houfe of Jofeph, and his bre- now , we pray thee, forgive the trefpafle of the thren, and hts fathers houfe : onely their little fervants of the God of thy father. And Jofeph ones, and their flocks, and their herds,they left wept when they fpake unto him. in the land of Goflien. 18 And his brethren alfo went and fell 9 And there went up with hun bothcha. down before his face} and they faid. Behold riots and horfemen , and it was a very great we be thy fervants. * company. 1 9 And Jofeph faid unto them, * Fear not • 10 And they came to the threlhing- floore for am I in the place of God ? * C'hap,45‘ 20 But as for you , ye thought evil againft me , but God meant it unto good , to bring to pafle, as if is this day, tofave much people alive. 2 1 Now therefore fear ye not : I will nou- ri(h you , and your little ones. And he com- t Heb. to his that heart. ofAtad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very fore la- mentation : and he made a mourniog for his father feven dayes. 1 1 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites , faw the mourning in the m mm. uu». nnu nc com tloore of Atad , they faid , This w a grievous forted them, and fpake f kindly unto them, mourning to the Egypt ans:wherefore the name 2z f And Jofeph dwelt in Egypt,he,and hi nr If tune /“'ll! II AnpLiwiiriim _ . f-.I 1 r » -r n ■ 1 • i 1 J ? - r • 0 11 j m ’si v * 1 • 1 • /_ . il j- uvrcAk c-gj^t^nCjaiia ms || That is, l K 'yi* ca^e<* II Abel-mizraim , which is fathers houfe: and Jofeph lived an hundred and th* mourning beyond Jordan. ten yeares. Of the E. 1 1 And his fonnes did unto him according 2 3 And Jofeph faw Ephraims children, of gjfturu. as he commanded them. the third generation : * the children alfo of « Num. 1 1 * Aft* 7.1*. *1 For * his fonnes carried him into the Machir,the fonne of Manaffeh, weref brought J? land of Canaan , and buried him in the cave Up upon Jofephs knees. 0 + 1 * Chap. 13. u, of the field of Machpelah , which Abraham * bought with the field for a pofleflion of a bu- rying-place , of Ephron the Hittite , before Mamre. 14 And Jofeph returned into Egypt , he ■fHcb.W 24 And Jofeph faid unto his brethren , I die: and* God will furelyvifit you, and bring »Hcb you out of this land , unto the land which he * fware to Abraham, to Ifaac,and to Jacob. o/r-. - 2y And * Jofeph took an oathof thechil- and his brethren, and all that went up with dren of Ifraef, faying, God will furelyvifit you, if.*' him to bury his father , after he had buried his and ye (hall carry up my bones from hence. fathcr* . , , T r . , « - , 26 So Jofeph died, fceiag an hundred and t f f And when Jofephs brethren faw that ten yeares old : and they embalmed him , and their father was dead , they faid , Jofeph will he was put in a coffin in Egypt. The iqitii UN The fecond book of MO S £S , called EXODVS. ■$**$» 47 3cn*4^«&* *ap.$# »4« Heb. *£*$£• Cent 4^» cut. IO.M, ASsy^iy. Hcb* iry ajjlifted iem,fi they mltiplitd; >c. CHAP. I. T*< eA*Wrt« of lfrael after Jofeph s death do multifly . 8 Tfcc More tfce? oppreffed by a new Mjngytht move they multiply- 15 The godhne(Je of themidwrves in Caving the men-children alive- »» Pharaoh com- mands the male-children to be caji into the river. Ow * thefe are the names of the children of lfrael , which came into Egypt, every man and his houf- hold came with Jacob: i Reuben, Simeon, Le- ■c vi, and Judah, 5 Iflachar, Zebulun,and Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali,Gad, and Affier. f And all the fouls that came out of the f loyns of Jacob, were * feventie fouls : for Jo- feph was in Egypt already- 6 And Jofeph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. _ * And the children of lfrael were fruit- full, and increafed abundantly , and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mightie , and the land was filled with them . 8 Now there arofe up a new king over E- sypt, which knew not Jofeph. 9 Andhefaidunto his people, Behold, the people of the children of lfrael art moc and mightier then we. . , , 10 Come on, let us deal wifely with them, left they multiply, and it come to pafle,that when there falleth out any warre, they joyn alfo unto our enemies, and fight againft us, and fo get them up out of the land. J ii Therefore they did fet over them task- mafters,to afflidt them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treafure-cities, Pithom andRaamfes. . iz f But the more they affh&ed them, the more they multiplied and grew : and they were grieved becaufe of the children of lfrael. i j And the Egyptians made the children of lfrael to ferve with rigour. 14 And they made their lives bitter, With hard bondage, in morter,and in buck , and m all manner of fervice in the field : all their fer- vice wherein they made them ferve, was wit n8i ?r*And the king of Egypt fpake to the He- brew midwives (of which the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah ) 16 And he faid. When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and fee tbe/n — 4-*» it !- - ■ • upon the ftools; if it be a fonne, then ye ffiill kill him, but if it be a daughter , then ffie ffiall live. 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but fared the men-children alive. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and faid unto them. Why have ye done this thing, and have faved the men-chil- dren alive/ 19 And the midwives faid unto Pharaoh, Becaufe the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. zo Therefore God dealt well with the mid- wives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mightie. zi And it came to pafle, becaufe the mid- wives feared God, that he made them houfes. z z And Pharaoh charged all his people, fay- ing,Every fonne that is born ye ffiall call into the river, and every daughter ye ffiall fave alive. C H A P. II. 1 Mofes is born, 3 and in an ark caft into the flags. 5 He it found, and brought up by Pharaohs daughter. ji He (layeth an Egyptian. 13 He reproveth an He- brew. IS He fleeth into Midian. ai H emarrieth Zipporah. aa Gerfhom io bom- 2} Godrefpecteth the Israelites crie, A Nd there went* a man ofthehoufe ofLe- * Chap.6.1© vi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. Num.2tf.jv* z And the woman conceived, and bare a fonne : and when ffie faw him that he was a goodly cbilde , ffie * hid him three moneths. * ASs 7.10. 3 And when ffie could not longer hide him, Hcb. 1 ». a j. ffie took for him an ark of bulruffies , and daubed it with flimeand with pitch, and put the childe thereinjand ffie laid it in the flags by the rivers brink. 4 And his fifter flood afarre off,to wit what would be done to him. 5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to waffi her felf at the river, and her maidens walked along by the rivers fide: and when ffie faw the ark among the flags, ffie lent her maid to fetch it. . _ - . 6 And when ffie had opened »/, toe &w the childe: and behold, the babe wept. And ffie had compafiion on him, and faid. This ts one o the Hebrews children. Thcn Qrigir#al ‘ UN 'Mofes fleeth to Midian. Exodus. The burning bufh.' 48 7 Then faid his After to Pharaohs daughter, 24 And God heard their groning , and Shall I go, and call to thee a nurfe of the He- God rcmembred his* covenant with Abraham * Cen.15.i1 brew women, that ihe may nurfe the childe for with Ifaac, and with Jacob. * and 46.4, thee i 25 And God looked upon the children of 8 And Pharaohs daughter faid unto her, Ifrael, and God 1 had refpeft unto them. + Hcb*™*., Go. And the maid went and called the childcs * s mother. 9 And Pharaohs daughter faid unto her, Take this childe away, and nurfe it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the childe, and nurfed it. 10 And the childe grew, and (he brought him unto Pharaohs daughter , and he became II Yhatis, herfonne. And (he called his name || Mofesiand drawn cut. (be faid, Becaufe I drew him out of the water. 1 1 And it came to paffe in thofe dayes, when Mofes was grown, that he went out un- to his brethren, and looked on their burdens; and he fpied an Egyptian fmiting an Hebrew one of his brethren. 12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he faw that there was no man, he flew the Egyptian, and hid him in thefand. 1 3 And when he went out the fecond day, heboid, two men of the Hebrews ftrove toge- ther: and he faid to him that did the wrong) Wherefore fmiteft thou thy fellow ? t Heb.4 man, 1 4 And he faid. Who made thee t a prince * prince. and a judge oVer us? intended thou to kill me, as thou killedft the Egyptian? And Mofes fear- ed, and faid, Surely this thing is known. 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he fought to flay Mofes. But Mofes fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Mi- dian : and he fat down by a well. |Or, ptincu 16 Now the || prieft of Midian had feven daughters; and they came and drew water tnnd filled the troughs to water their fathers flock. 1 7 And the (hepherds came and drove them away : but Mofes flood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 1 8 And when they came to Reuel their fa- ther, he faid, How ii it that you are come fo foon to day ? 19 And they faid, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the (hepherds, and alfo drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. 20 And he faid unto his daughters , And where irhe? why is it that ye have left the man ? Call him, that he may eat bread. 21 And Mofes was content to dwell with the man; & he gave Mofes Zipporah his daughter. 22 And (he bare him a fonne, and he called Chap. 18.; his name * Gerfhom: for he faid, I have been a ftranger in a A range land. 23 And it came to paffe in proceffe of time, that the king of Egypt died, and the chil- dren of Ifrael (ighed by reafonof the bondage, and they cried ; and their crie came up unto God, by reafon of the bondage. — — • ?•’: . ~~ Digitized- by ** • ' INTERNET ARCHIVE , " CHAP. HI. I JMofer keepeth Jethro's flock. 2 God appeireth to him in a burning bujh. 9 He fendeth him to deli- v. ■ver Ifrael. 14 T he name of God. jj Hit meffajre to Ifrael. & « Vf Ow Mofes kept the flock of Jethro his fa- i Xther in law, the prieft of Midian: and he led the flock to the back- fide of the defert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a * flame of fire out of the midft of * A3s TiwJ a bufh ; and he looked, and behold,the bulh 70 * burned with fire, and the bufli was not con- fumed. 3 And Mofes faid, I will now turn afide,and fee this great fight, why the bufh is not burnt. 4 And when the L o r d faw that he turned afide to fee, God called unto him out of the midft of the bu(h, and faid, Mofes, Mofes. And he faid, Here am I . ' 5 And he faid. Draw not nigh hither: * put * 5. 1 j; off thy lhoes from off thy feet, for the place Ads 7.3 j. * whereon thou (landed, is holy ground. > 6 Moreover he faid, * I am the God of thy * Matt.a j. 3* father, the God of Abraham, the God of Ifaac, Ads 7*32, and the God of J acob. And Mofes hid his face: for he was afraid to look upon God. 7 And the Lord faid, I have furely feen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their crie, by reafon of their task-mafttrs ; for I know their forrows : 8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians , and to bring them up out of that land, unto a good bnd and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and bo- ny, unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites,and the Perizzites, and the Hivitej, and the Jebufites. 9 Now therefore behold, the crie of the children of Ifrael is come unto me: and I have alfo feen the opprdfion wherewith the Egypti- ans oppreffe them. \ o Come now therefore, and I will fend thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayeft bring forth my people the children of Ifrael out of Egypt. n f And Mofes faid unto God,Who am T, that I (hould go unto Pharaoh, & that I (hould bring forth the children of Ifrael out of Egypt? 1 2 And he faid. Certainly I will be with thee; and this fhall be a token unto thee, that I have fent thee: When thou haft brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye (hall ferve God upon this mountain. 1 3 And Mofes faid unto God, Beho\d,whe* I unpin Ei 1 1 s . - . UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 1 4 9 Cods m eflTage to Ifrael. Chap. iiii. Mofes his fignes. I come unto the children of Ifiael,and (hall fay j And he faid, Caftit on the around: And unto them, The God of yout fathers hath fent he caft iton the ground , and it became a fer- me unto you; and they (hill fay to me. What is pent: and Mofes fled from before it. ~ his name? what (hall I fiy unto them? 4 And the Lord faid unto Mofes Put 14 And God faid unto Mofes, I am that forth thine hand, and take h by theiail/And I am: And he faid,Thus (halt thou fay unto the he put forth his hand and caught it and it be- children of Ifrael, I am hath fent me unto you/ came a rod in his hand. 1? And God faid moreover unto Mofes, f That they may beleeve that the Lord Thus (halt thou fay unto the children of Ifrael, God oftheir fathers, the God of Abraham,the The Lord God of your fathers, the God of God of Ifaac,and the God of Jacob, hath ap. Abraham , the God of Ifaac, and the God of peared unto thee. Jacob, hath fent me unto you: this«myname 6 q And the Lord faid furthermore un- forever, and this is my memoriall unto all ge- to him, Put now thine hand into thy bofome. Derations. - And he put his hand into his bofome:and whe« 1 6 Go and gather the elders of Ifrael to- he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as gether, and fay unto them, The Lord God of fnow. your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Ifaac, and of Jacob,appeared unto me, faying, I have furely vifited you, and feeti that which is done to you in Egypt. 17 And l have fiid, I will bring you up out of theaffliftion of Egypt, unto the land of the C3naanites,and the Hittites,and the Amorites, and the Pentrites,ind the Hivites,and the Je- bufiteSjumo a land flowing with milk & hony. 1 8 And they (hall hearken to thy voice : and thoulhalt come, thou and the elders of If. )r, but by mg hand. hap* * i* d 1 a* 35. 7 And he faid, Put thine hand into thy bo- fome again. And be put his hand into his bo- fome again, & plucked it out of his bofome, and behold, it was turned again as his other flefli. 8 And it dull comets pafle, if they will not beleeve thee, neither hearken to the voice of the firft figne,that they will beleeve the voice of the latter figne. 9 And it (hall come to pafle,if they will not beleeve alfo thefc two fignes, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou (halt take of the water . ~ r jel, unto the king of Egypt, and you (hall fay of the river, and poure it upon the due-land : unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews and the water which thou takeft out of the ri- hath met with us : and now let us go ( we be- ver,f (hall become bloud upon the drie.land. -f Heb. flail feechthee ) three dayes journey into the wil- 10 And Mofes faid untothe Lord, O my be and flail be dernefle, that we may facrifice to the Lord Lord, I am not f eloquent, neither f heretofore, f Hebawaa our God. nor fince thou haft fpoken unto thy fervant: but «/ molds. " 1 9 ^ And I am. fare that the king of Egypt I am flow of fpeech, and of a flow tongue. ^Joetdf*7tr Will not let you go’ || no, not by a mighty hand. 1 1 And the Lord faid unto him,Who hath jifJthethTrd 20 And 1 will ftretch out my hand,and fmite made mans mouth?or who maketh the dumbe, day. or deaf, or the feeing, or the blinde ? have not I the Lord? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be* with *Matt.io ip 21 And I will give this people favour in the thy mouth,and teach thee what thou (halt fay. Mark13.11. fight of the Egyptians-: and it (hall come to 15 And he faid,0 my Lord/end ,1 pray thee, lultc pafle, that when ye go, ye (hall not go emptier by the hand of him whom thou || wilt fend. ror, flotddef ,, * 'Riir-Wr««Fr.m<m flull Knrmwnf hrr 14 And theanger of the Lo RD was kindled againft Mofes, and he faid, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother / I know that he can fpeak raiment ; and ye (hall put them upon your well. And alfo behold^e cometh forth to meet and ye (hall thee : and when'he feeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. 1 5 And thou (halt fpeak unto him, and put words in his mouth ; and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you whatyelhalldo. f. 1 6 And he (hall be thy (pok-fman unto the people: and he (hall be, even be (hall be to thee Ainu Moles aniwerea,ana iaia,Dut oenoia, in Read of a mouth, and * thou (halt be to him * Chap.y.ii they will not beleeve me, nor hearken un- in (lead of God. 17 And thou (halt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou (halt do fignes. 1 8 ^ And Mofes went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and faid unto him, Let me go, D 1 I Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midft thereof: and after that he will let you go. 22 ~ But every woman (hall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that fojourneth in her houfe, jewels of filver,and jewels of gold, and fbnnes, and upon your daughters 3r, Sgypt. fpoil jj the Egyptians. CHAP. HIT. I Mofes rod U turned into a ferpent. 6 HU hind isle* prout, 10 He is loth to be fent. 14 t Aaronbsafboint- ed to tiflifthim. 18 Mofes depattetk from Jethro. at Gods me/Jage to Pharaoh. 24 Zipporah circitm- cifeth herfonne. 27 lAaron y fent to meet Mofes. 1 1 T he people beleeveth them. Nd Mofes anfwered,and (aid, But behold, ^they will not beleeve me, nor hearken un- to my voice: for they will fay. The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the Lord faid unto him. What is that in thine hand? And he faid, A rod. m Mofes and Aaron. Exodus. Ifrael more opprefled. jo ' I pray thee, and return unto my brethren , which are in Egypt, and fee whether they be yet alive. And Jethro faid to Mofes, Go in peace. 19 And the Lord faid unto Mofes in Mi- dian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men arc dead which fought thy life. 20 And Mofes took his wife,and his fonnes, and fet them upon an afl’e, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Mofes took the rod of God in his hand. 2 1 And the L o R d faid unto Mofes, When thougoell to return inro Egypt, fee that thou do all thofe wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he Ihall not let the people go. 22 And thou lhalt fay unto Pharaoh,Thus faith the L o R d, Ifrael is my fonne, even my firft-born. 23 And I fay unto thee, Let my fonne go, that he may ferve me : and if thou refufe to let him go, behold, 1 will flay thy fonne, even thy iiirt- born. 24 f And it cametopaffe by the way in the inne, that the L o r d met him, and fought to kill him. IJ Or, knife. 2 y Then Zipporah took a (harp || ftone,and tHeb. made cut off the foreskinne of her fonne, and fcaft it touch. at peetj an(j kjj ^ Surely a bloudie huf- band art thou to me. 2 6 So he let him go: then (he faid, A bloudie husband thou art, becaufe of the circumcifion. 27 And the Lord faid to Aaron, Go into the wildernefle to meet Mofes. And he went and met him in the mount of God, and killed him. 28 And Mofes told Aaron all the words of the L o r D,who had fent him, and all the fignes which he had commanded him. 29 f And Mofes and Aaron went, and ga- thered together all the elders of the children of Ifrael. 30 And Aaron fpake all the words which the Lord had fpoken unto Mofes, and did the fignes in the fight of the people. 31 And the people beleeved : and when they heard that the Lord had vifited the children of Ilrael,and that he had looked upon their affliftion, then they bowed their heads and worlhipped. CHAP. V. X Pharaoh chideth Mores and .Aaron for their mefjage. 5 Ueincreafeth thelfraelitesta.sk • 15 Hecheckcth their complaints. 19 They crie out upon Mofes and Aaron. 22 Mofes complaineth to God. ANd afterward Mofes and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus faith the L o r d God of Ifrael , Let my people go, that they may hold a feaft unto me in the wildernefle. 2 And Pharaoh faidj Who is the Lord, that I ffiould obey his voice to let Ifrael go? I know not the L o r d, neither will I let Ifrael go. 3 And they faid,* The God of the Hebrews * Chap 3.1l hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three dayes journey into the defert,and facrifice un- to the L o r d our God ; left he fall upon us with peftilence, or with the fword. 4 And the king of Egypt faid unto them, Wherefore do ye , Mofes and Aaron, let the people from their works ? get you unto your burdens. ? And Pharaoh faid, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and you make them reft, from their burdens. 6 And Pharaoh commanded the fame day the task-mafters of the people, and their offi- cers, faying, 7 Ye ihall no more give the people ftraw to make brick, as heretofore : let them go and ga- ther ftraw for themfelves. 8 And the tale of the bricks which they did make heretofore, you (hall lay upon them j you fhatl not diminilh ought thereof: for they be idle} therefore they crie, faying, Let us go and facrifice to our God. 9 f Let there more work be laid upon the f Heb .let men, that they may labour therein : and let they»o,\te them not regard vain words. heavie upen i o f And the task mailers of the people the men * went out, and their officers, and they fpake to the people, faying, Thus faith Pharaoh, I will not give you ftraw. 1 1 Go ye, get you ftraw where you can finde it *• yet not ought of your work Ihall be dimi- nifhcd. 12 So the people were fcattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt , to gather ftubble in Head of ftraw. 13 And the task-mafters halted them , fay- ing, Fulfill your works, your f daily tasks,as fHeb. * when there was ftraw. matter of a 14 And the officers of the children of Ifrael, daJ,a hu iaT which Pharaohs task-mafters had fet over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yelterday and to day, as heretofore ? 1 j 4f Then the officers of the children of Ifrael came and cried unto Pharaoh , faying, Wherefore dealefl thou thus with thy fervants? 1 6 There is no ftraw given unto thy fervants, and they fiy to us. Make brick; and behold,thy fervants are beaten } but the fault U in thine own people. ^ 17 But he faid, Ye are idle, ye are idle:there- foreye fay. Let us go and do facrifice to the Lord. 1 8 Go therefore now and work : for there Ihall no ftraw be given you, yet Hull ye deliver the tale of bricks. 19 And the officers of the children of Ifrael did i Gods promife. Chap.vi. Reubens genealogie, &c. Heb. to ink^ Heb deli • eringy thou <aft not deli • 'ercd. did fee that they were in evil cafe, after it was find , Ye fhall noc minifli ought from your bricks of your daily task. 20 And they met Mofcs and Aaron, who flood in the way, as they came forth from Pha- raoh. 2 1 And they faid unto them , The Lord look upon you , and judge • bccaufe you have made our favour f to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his fervams, to put a fword in their hands to (lay us. 22 And Mofes returned unto the Lord, and faid, Lord ,wherefore haft thou/h evil intreated this people? why it it that thou hall fentme? 23 For fince I came to Pharaoh to (peak in thy name, he hath done evif to this people j f neither haft thou delivered thy people at all. CHAP. VI. 1 God reneyveth his promife by hit name 14 T he genealogie of Reuben, ij of Simeon, 16 of Levi, of whom came Mofes and „ Aaron . THen the Lord faid unto Mofes , Now lhalt thou fee what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a ftrong hand fhall he let them go, and with a flrong hand ihall he drive them out of his land. 2 And God fpake unto Mofes, and faid unto him, I am the Lord: 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Ifaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name J EHOV AH was Inot known to them. 4 And I have alfo ellablilhed my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage,wherein they were ftrangers. $ And I have alfo heard the groning of fhe children of Ifrael , whom the Egyptians keep in bondage : and I have remembred my covenant. 6 Wherefore fay unto the children of Ifrael, l4>»the Lord , and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage : and I will redeem you with a ftretched out arm, and with great judgements. 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God:and ye fhall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you in unto the land con- ;f Heb. lift cerning the which I did j fwear to give it , to up my hand. Abraham , to Ifaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it you for an heritage* I am the L o R d. 9 f And Mofes fpake fo unto the children of Ifrael j but they hearkened not unto Mofes, •J-Heb Jbort- f°r 1 angtufh of fpii it, and for cruel bondage. <vjfe, cr 10 And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 1 hmtnejfh, n Go in, fpeak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Ifrael go out 5 1 of his land. 1 2 And Mofes fpake before the Lord, fay- ing , Behold , the children of Ifrael have not hearkened unto me : how then Ihall Pharaoh heare me, who am of uncircumcifed lips? 1 3 And the Lord fpake unto Mofes , and unto Aaron , and gave them a charge unto the children of Ifrael , and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt , to bring the children of Ifrael out of the land of Egypt. 14 f Thefe be the heads of their fathers houfes: * Thefonnes of Reuben, the firft-born * Gen. 4 6,9! of Ifrael j Hanoch , and Pallu , Hezron, and i.thron.j.j Carmi : thefe be the families of Reuben. iy *And the fonnes of Simeon * Jemuel,* i.Chron.4,’ and Jamin, and Ohad,and Jachin, and Zohar, *4* 3nd Shaul thefonneof aCanaamtifliwoman : thefe are the families of Simeon. 16 And thefe are the names of*the fonnes *Num *.iy. of Levi, according to their generations) Ger- i.chron.e.i Ihon, and Kohath,and Merari : And the yeares of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and feven yeares. 17 The fonnes of Gerfhon, Libni and Shimi, according to their families. 1 8 And * the fonnes of Kohath * Amram, * N umb.26. and Izhar,and Hebron,and Uzziel : And the . yeares of the life of Kohath were an hundred ron thirty and three yeares. 1 9 And the fonnes of Merari 5 Mahali and Mufhi: thefe are the families of Levi, according to their generations. 20 And * Amram took him Jochebed his * chap. j.*. fathers filler to wife j and (he bare him Aaron Num.26.jy. & Mofes : and the yeares of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and feven yeares. 2 1 f And the fonnes of Izhar* Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 And the fonnes of Uzziel j Milhael,and Elzaphan,and Zithri. 23 And Aaron took him Elilheba daughter of Amminadab, filler of Naalhon, to wifejand Ihe bare him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. > 24 And the fonnes of Korahj Alfir, and El- kanah, and Abiafaph : thefe are the families of the Korhites. 2 y And Eleazar Aarons fonne took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife * and * Ihe * Numb.sj. bare him Phinehas : thefe art the heads of the 1 *• fathers of the Levites , according to their fa- milies. . 2 6 Thefe are that Aaron and Mofes , to whom the Lord faid. Bring out the children oflfraelfrom the land of Egypt , according to their armies. 27 Thefe are they which fpake to Pharaoh king of Egypt , to bring out the children of If- rael from Egyptithefe are that Mofes & Aaron. D i 28 f And Ml irr The rod turned into a fcrpent. Exodus. t The river turned into blood. Jt 2» f And it came to pafie on the day when tbe Lord fpake unto Mofes in the land of Egypr» 29 That the Lord fpake unto Mofes, fay- ing,I am the. Lord: fpeak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I fay unto thee. 30 And Mofes faid before the Lord, Be- hold, I am of uncircumcifed Ups, and bow (hall Pharaoh hearken unto me ? CHAP. VII. X Mo; es u encouraged to go to Pharaoh. 7 Hu age, 8 Hu r od it turned into a ferpent. j i The loiterers do the ™dl 1 * a°^s heart it hardened. 14 Gods mefjage to Pharaoh. 1-9 The river is turned into blond. ANd the Lord faid unto Mofes, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother (hall be thy prophet. 2 1 hou thalt fpeak all that I command thee, and Aaron thy brother lhall fpeak unto Pha. raoh, that he fend the children of Ifraei out of his land. 5 And I will harden Pharaohs heart, and multiply my fignes and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 But Pharaoh (lull not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and. my people the children of Ifraei , out of the land of Egypt , by great judgements. y And the Egyptians (hall know, that I am the Lord, when I ftretch forth mine hand upon Egypt , and bring out the children of If- raei from among them. 6 And Mofes and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, fo did they.. 7 And Mofes was fourefcore yeares old,and Aaron fourefcore and three yeares old , when they fpake unto Pharaoh. 8 ^ And the Lord fpake unto Mofes,and unto Aaron, faying, 9 When Pharaoh (hall fpeak unto you, fay- ing , Shew a miracle for you : then thou (halt fay unto Aaron , Take thy rod and call it be- fore Pharaoh, and it (hall become a ferpent. 1 o And Mofes and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did fo astheLoRD had commanded: and Aaron caft down his rod be- fore Pharaoh , and before his fervants , and it became a ferpent. 1 1 Then Pharaoh alfo called the wife-men, and the forcerers; now the magicians of Egypt, they alfo did in like manner with their inchant- merits. 1 2 For they caft down every man his rod, and they became ferpents : but Aarons rod fwallowed up their rods. 1 3 And he hardened Pharaohs heart , that he hearkened not unto them 5 as the Lord had faid. 14 f And the L 0 R © faid unto Mofes, Pha- raohs heart is hardened , he refufeth to let the people go. 1 y Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning, 1°, he goeth out unto the water, and thou (halt ftand by the rivers brink, againit he come: and the rod which was turned to a ferpent fhalt thou take in thine hand. 16 And thou (halt fay unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath fent me unto thee, faying , Let my people go, that they may ferve me in the wilderneffe: and behold, hitherto thou wouldeft not heare. 17 Thus faith the Lord, In this thou (halt know that I am the Lord: behold , I wilt fmite with the rod that is in mine hand , upon the waters which are in the river, and they (hall be turned to bloud. 18 Andthefifh that a in the river (hall die, and the riverfhall ftinkj and the Egyptians (hall lothe to drink of the water of the river. 19 U And the Lord (pake unto Mofes, Say unto Aaron,T ake thy rod, and ftretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt , upon their ftreams, upon their rivers, & upon their ponds, and upon all their f pools of water, that they f Heb.^- may become bloud ^ and that there may be thenng of bloud throughout all the land of Egypt, both th,ir in vejfels of wood, and in vefels of (lone. 20 And Mofes and Aaron did fo , as the Lord commanded : and he * lift up the rod * Chap,* 7.5 and fmote the waters that were in the river , in the fight of Pharaoh , and in the fight of his fervants; and all the * waters that werein the ^Pfal.yg, river, wereturned to bloud. 44. 2 1 And the filh that was in the river, died : and the river flunk, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river : and there was bloud throughout all the land of Egypt. 22 * And the magicians of Egypt did fo * wifd«if. with their inchantments ; and Pharaohs heart 7. was hardened , neither did he hearken unto them j as the L o r d had faid. 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his houfe, neither did he fet his heart to this alfo. 24 And all the Egyptians digged round a- bout the river for water to drink: for they could not drink of the water of the river. 2y Andfeven dayes were fulfilled, after that the Lord had fmitten the river. CHAP. VIII. S Frogs are fent. 8 Pharaoh fueth to Mofes , 12 and Mofes by prayer removeth them away. 16 The duft is turned into lice , which the magicians could not do. 40 The /warms of flies. 2 5 Pharaoh inclmeth to let the people go, 3 2 but yet is hardened. Nd the L o r d fpake unto Mofes,© 0 unto Pharaoh, and fay unto him , Thus faith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may ferve me. ^ .V UNI 2 And Frogs and lice^ Chap.viii. The fwarms of flies." z AndifthourefufetoIetf/;««go,behold, 18 And the magicians did fo with their in- 53 I will fmite all thy borders with frogs. chantments to bring forth lice, but they could 3 And the river fhall bring forth frogs not: fo there were lice upon man,& upon beaft. abundantly , which fhall go up and come into 19 Then the magicians faid unto Pharaoh, thine houfe, and into thy bed-chamber, and This is the finger of God : and Pharaohs heart upon thy bed , and into the houfe of thy fer- was hardened , and he hearkened not unto vants, and upon thy people , and into thine them j as the Lord had faid. H,dmh, ovens,and into thy jj kneading-troughs. 10 And the Lord faid unto Mofes, Rife ’ 4 And the frogs (hall come up both on thee, up early in the morning, and ftand before Pha- and upon thy people, and upon all thy fervants. raoh : lo, he cometh forth to the water, and 5 f And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, Say fay unto him, Thus faith the Lord, Let my unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with