The Names and Order of all the Books of the Old and New Testaments, and of

the Apocrypha, with the number of their Chapters

THE liOOKS 0¥ THE OLD TESTAMENT.

C^ ENESIS hath Chapters . 50

^ Exodus ....*. 40

Leviticus .....*.. 27

Numbers ....*.,. 36

Deuteronomy . . . , . . 34

Joshua ..... .i. .. . 24

Judges .- . . . 21

Ruth .....,..* 4

I. Samuel . . . . . . . , 31

II. Samuel ....... 24

I. Kings *...'. ; ... 22

II. Kmgs ........ 2.5

1. Chronio^iS ....... 29

II. Chronicles . . , . ^ , 36

Ezra ........... 10

Nehemiah. ......* 13

Esther . 10

Job 42

Psalms ...,.*... 160

Proverbs .r . 31

Ecclesiastes ....... 12

The Song of Solomon .... 8

Isaiah ......... 66

Jeremiah ........ 52

Lamentations . . . , . 5

Ezekiel 48

Daniel 12

Hosea ......... 14

Joel ... w ..... . 3

Amos .*<"...... 9

Obadiah .«....., 1

Jonah ......... 4

Micah 7

Nahum ........ 3

Habakkuk 3

Zephaniah . . . . ^ . . 3

Haggai . ^ . , , > . . 2

Zechariah .^ ....... 14

Malachi ........ 4

THE ISOOKS CALLED APOCRYPHA.

LT^^SDRAS . . . . JCi ILEsdras . . .	. . 9
. . 16
Tobit	. . 14
.^dith	. . 16
The rest of Esther . . .	. . 6

Wisdom ........ 19

Ecclesiasticus ...... 51

Baruch, with the Epistle of

Jeremiah 6

The Song of the three children.

The Story of Susanna.

The Idol Bel, and the Dragoa.

The prayer of Manasses.

I. Maccabees

II. Maccabees .....

16 15

THE BOOKS 0¥ THE ^E^ TESTAMEJ^T.

MATTHEW Mark . . Ijuke .... .Tohn . . . . The Acts . . . The Epistle to the Romans

28 16

h, Corinthians 16

U. Corinthians . . . . . . 13

Galadans . • • t • • . . 6

Ephesians . 4 , Philippians . . Colossians . <

I. Thessalonians

II. Thessalonians

I. Timothy ^ .

II. Timothy . . Titus ... Philemon . . tv

n »

6 4 4 5 3 6 4 3 1

To the Hebrevv^s ....	. 13
The Epistle of James . .	. . 5
I. Peter	. . 5
II. Peter ......	. . 3
I. John ......	i . 5
II. John ......	, . 1
III. John	. . 1
Jude ..*«•••	. . 1
Revelatioa . . , . •	. . 22

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TO THE READER

AS the Dedication of the English translation of the BIBLE to king James the first of England seems to be wholly unnecessary for the Durposes of edification, and perhaps on some accounts improper to be continued in an American edition, the Editors have substituted a short account of the translations of the Old and New Testaments from the original Hebrew and Greek m which they were written.

To the Jews was first committed the care of the sacred WrTtins.-Ji, and for many ages they were in a manner confined to that chosen people. There was then no need of translations into other lamniages , yet ^s the providence of God particularly manifest in their preservation and purity. The Jews were so faithful to their important" trust, that, when copies of the law or the prophets were transcribed, they observed tlic most scrupulous exactness ; they not only diligently compared the one with the other, but even counted the rmmber of letters m each book, and compared and recorded the numbers.

The first translations that were made of the Old Testament were after the Babylonish captivity. They are called the Targiims, which word in the Chaldean language signifies Translations. They are also often called the Chaldee Paraphrases ; some of them are exact translations ot diflerent parts of Scripture ; others are properly paraphrases, containing enlargements, explanations, and even additions. Several of Ihera are yet extant, and they are often mentioned by the ancient fathers of the Christian church. Some have affirmed that the five books ot IMoses anU that of Joshua were translated into Gregk before the days of Alexander the Great. But the most remarkable translation of the Old restament intp Greek is called the Septuagint, which, if the opinion of some eminent writers is to be credited, was made in the reign ol Ptolemy Phiiadelphus, about 260 years before the Christian era. At any rate it is undoubtedly the most ancient that is now extant, and on many accounts deserving notice, though not to be put on a level with the Hebrew text, as has been sometimes done.

The New Testament was originally written in Greek ; and no sooner was the gospel spread through the nations than it was found necessary to translate the inspired Writings for each into its proper tongue. Some translations of the Old Testament, diflerent froiji the Septuagint, were made into Greek from the year of Christ's birth 128 to 200. It is generally believed that the church of Antioch was favoured with a Syrian translation of the Bible as early as the year 100. The Ethiopians of Abyssinia have a version of the Bible, which they ascribe to Frunientuis, of the fourth century. Chrysostom, who lived in the end of the fourth, and Theodoret, who lived in the middle of the fifth century, botli inloriii us that they had the Syrian, Indian, Persian, Armenian, Ethiopic, and Scythian versions. The ancient Egyptians had the Scriptures tram- lated into their language. The Georgians have a version in their ancient language. The most ancient German translation is supposed to lia\ ) been made by Ulphilas, A. D. 360. The Old Testament of all these translations, except the Syrian, is talcen from the Septuagint, and not iw mediately from the Hebrew text.

We will now give some account of the translations of the Bible into the English language. There have been some who hav. flirmcl ih. ^ Adelme, Bishop of Sherburn, who lived in the beginning of the eigiith century, translated the Psalms into the Saxon tongue. That liowcver Ji uncertain, as some of the best historians make no mention of it ; yet it is possible, as he was a man of great parts, and of great learning for tho.> i times, and said to be the first Englishman who wrote in the Latin language. About the same time, or a little after, Bede, commonly called i!;- • venerable Bede, translated some parts of the New Testament, some say the whole Bible, but that is not probable. Near 200 years later, ki;), Alfred translated the Psalms into the same language. In 1382 Wickliff finished his translation of the Bible, which is yet extant ; that is to sav. there are copies of it in some publick and private libraries. All these translations were made from the Vulgate. In the reign of ITer;iy t?i eighth, several editions of the Old and New Testaments were published in English ; one of the most remarkable is that of William Tyndal i.. 1 530. The translations of the New Testament was made from the original Greek, but probably the Old Testament either from the Latin ot tl, Vulgate, or the Greek- of the Septuagint. This was soon followed by the improvements of Coverdale and Mathf,vs. By order of the kii;- Tonstal, Bishop of Durham, and Ileatli, Bishop of Rochester, made a new translation, which was published in 1541 : but, not pleasing IliT.r) it was suppressed by authority. In the reign of king Edward the sixth, another translation was made; two editions of which were published, oi. in 1549, and the other in 1551. In the reign of queen Elizabeth another translation was made, which, being revised by some of the most Icannv of the Bishops, went by the name of the Bishops' Bible. This professed to be translated from tlte Hebrew of the Old Testament, and the Greij of the New, though in some instances, when there was a difference, it preferred the Septuagint to the Hebrew.

This last circumstance, with some others, induced king James the first to se;lect fifty-four persons, eminent in learning, and particularly \v<^i. acquainted with the original languages in which the Old and New Testaments were written, to make a new translation of the whole Bible. L the year 1607, forty-seven of those persons, the other seven probably having died, assembled together, and arranged themselves into committees, to each of which a portion was given to translate. They were favoured not only with the best translations, but with the rnost accurate copie.s, and the various readings of the original text. After about three years assiduous labour, they severally completed the parts assigned them. Thoy then met together, and while one read the translation newly formed, the rest had each a copy of the original text in his hand, or some one of the ancient versions, and when any difficulty occurred they stopped, till by common consultation it was determined what was most agreeable to thi; inspired Original. This translation was first published A. D. I6l0, and is the one which has been ever since that time pi-inted by publi(>" aulliority, and generally used in the British dominions. It may be added with safety, that it has been generally approved by men of leaniii:^ and piety of all denominations, of which its iiaving never been superseded by any othei, for two hundred years, is a-sufficientproof.

The publisher has only further to add, that he has made the folTowing impression from the Oxford edition of 1734 by Jackson and Hamilton- ■ find has been particularly attentive in the revisal and correction of the proof-sheets with the Cambridge edition of l66S by John Field — with ti*: Edinburgh edition of 1775 by Kincaid, and, in all variations, whh the London edition of 1772 by Eyre and Strahan — that where there was any difference in words, or in the omission Or addition of words, amonof these, he followed that which appeared to be most agreeable to the Hebrew ■■( Arias Monlanus, and to the Greek of Arias Montanus and Leusden, and always adopted some one of the above-mentioned English co])ics ^iits' authority, except in the mode of spelling, in wliich he has generally follQwed Jolinscm,

CONTENTS

OF THE

BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.

GENESIS.

Creation, chap. 1

Formation of Man, 2

The Fall, 3

Death of Abel, 4

Generations of Adam, 5

The Ark, 6

The Deluge, 7

Waters assuaged, 8

Death of Noah, 9

Noah's generations, 10

Babel b> lilt, 11

CallofAbrara, 12

Abram and Lot, 13

Battle of the kings, 14

A bran) 's faith, 15

Departure of Hagar, l6

Circumcision, 17

Abram and the angels, 1 8

Destruction of Sodom, 19

Abraham denieth Sarahj , 20

Isa; c is born, 21

Isaac offered up, 22

Death of Sarah, 23

Isaac and Rebekahmeet^ 24

Abraham's death, 25

Isaac blessed, 26

Jacob and Esau, 27

Jacob's vision and vow, 28

Jacob marrieth Rachel, 29

Birth of Joseph, 30

Departure of Jacob, 31

Jacob and the 'angel, 32

Jacob and Esau meet, 33

Shechemites slain, 34

Jacob's altar at Beth-el, 35

Generations of Esau, 36

Joseph sold by his brethriertj y(

Judalfs incest, 38

Joseph and his mistress, 39

Pharaoh's butler, &c. 40

Pliaj-aoh's dreams, '41

Joseph's brethren in Egypt, 42 Joseph entertains his brethren, 43 Joseph's policy to his brethren, 44 Joseph known to his brethren, 45

Jacob goeth into Egypt, 46

Joseph presents his brethren, 47

Joseph goeth to his father, 48

Jacob blesseth his sons, 49

Death of Joseph, 50

EXODUS.

T4ie Israelites oppressed, 1

.Moses born, 2

The burning bush, 3

liod's message to Pharaoh, 4 '\\(i bondage of the Israelites, 5

(Jod's promise renewed, 6

Moses goeth to Pharaoh, 7

Piaguje of frogs, 8

' Plagues continued, chap. 9

Plagues continued, 10

The Israelites borrow jewels, 1 1

Passover instituted, 12

Departure of the Israelites, 13

Egyptians drowned, 14

The song of Moses, 15

Manna and quails sent, 16

Moses builds an altar, 17

Moses meets his wife and sons, 18

God's message from Sinai, 19

The ten commandments, 20

Laws against murder, 21

Laws against theft, &c. 22

Laws against false witness, &c. 23

Moses called into the mount, 24

Form of the ark, 25

Curtains for the ark, 26

Altar of burnt-offering, 27 Aaron and his sons made priests, 28

Priests consecrated, 29

Ransom of souls, 30

Moses receiveth the two tables, 3 1

Golden calf....Taoles broken, 32

God talketh with Moses, 33

Tables renewed, 34

Free gifts for the Tabernacle, 35

People's liberality restrained, ?)^

Ark, Mercy-seat, &c. 37

Sum of the offerings, 38

Holy garments made, 39

Tabernacle anohited, 40

LEVITICUS.

Burnt-offerings, 1

Meat-offerings, 2

Peace-offerings, 3

Sin-offerings, 4

Trespass-offerings, 5

Trespass-offerings, 6

Law of trespass-offerings, 7 Aaron and his sons consecrated, 8

Aaron's sin-offering, 9

Nadab and Abihu slain, 10

Unclean beasts, 11

Purifications, 12

Law of leprosy, 13

Law for the leper, 14

Uncleanness of issues, 15

Sin-offerings, l6

Blood forbidden, 17

Unlawful marriages, 18

Repetition of laws, 19

Denunciations for sins, 20

Priests' qualifications, 21

Nature of sacrifices, 22

Feasts of the LoRDJ 23

Shelomith's son, 24

The Jubilee, 25

Obedience required, 26

Nature of vows, 27

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NUMBERS.

The tribes numbered, chap. 1 Order of the tribes, 2 Levites appointed priests, 3 The service of the Kohathites, 4 Trial of jealousy, 5 Law of the Nazarite, 6 Offerings of the princes, 7 Levites consecrated, 8 Passover commanded, • 9 The Israelites' march, 10 The foraelites loathe manna, 1 1 Miriam's leprosy, 12 Delegates search the land, 13 The people murmur at the re- port, 14 Sundry laws given, 15 •Korah, Dathan, &c. slain, 16 Aaron's rod liourisheth, 17 Portion of the priests and Le- vites, 1 8

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Law of purification, Moses smiteththe rock, Brazen serpent appointed, Balak sends for Balaam, Balak's sacrifices, Balaam's prophecy, Zimri and Cozbi slain, Israel numbered. Death of Moses foretold. Offerings to be observed, Offerings at feasts. Vows not to be broken, Midianites spoiled. The Reubenites and Gadltes

reproved, 32

Journies of the Israelites, 33

Borders of the land appointed, 34 Cities of refuge appointed, 35

Gilead's inheritance retained, i(S

DEUTERONOMY.

Moses rehearseth God's prom- ise, 1 Story of the Edomites, . 2 Moses prayeth to see Canaan, 3 An exhortation to obedience, 4 Ten Commandments, 5 Obedience to the law enjoined, 6 Strange communion forbidden, 7 God's mercies claim obedience, 8 Israel's rebellion rehearsed, 9 The Tables restored, 10 An exhortation to obedience, 1 1 Blood forbidden, 12 Idolaters to be stoned, 13 Of meats, clean and unclean, 14 Of the year of release, 15 The feast of the Passover, l6 The choice and duty of a king, 17 The piijesti' portion, ' 1 8

Cities of refuge appointed, chap. 19 The priests' exhortation before

battle, 20

Expiation of uncertain murder, 21 Of humanity toward brethren, 22 Divers laws and ordinances, 23 or divorce, 24

Stripes must not exceed forty, 25 Of the offering of first-fruits, 26 The law to be written on stone, 27 Blessings and curses declared, 23 God's covenant with his people, 29 Mercy promised to the penitent, 30 Moses giveth Joshua a charge, 31 The song of Moses, 32

The majesty of God, 33

Moses vieweth the land and

dieth, 34

JOSHUA.

Joshua succeedeth Moses, 1

Rahab conccaleth the spies, 2

The waters of Jordan divided, 3

Twelve stones for a memorial, 4

Manna ceaseth, 5

Jericho besieged and taken, 6

Achan's sin punished, 7

Joshua taketh Ai, S

The craft of the Gibeonites. 9

The sun and moon stand still, J 0

Divers kings conquered, ] 1

Names of the conquered kings, 12

Balaam slain, ] 3

The inheritance of the'tribes, 14 The borders of the lot of Judah, 15

Ephraim's inheritance, l6

ThelotofManasseh, 17

The lot of Benjamin, 18

The lot of Simeon, 19

Cities of refuge, &c. 20

God giveth Israel rest, 21 The tM o tribes and half sent

home, ^ 22 Joshua's exhortation before his

death, 23

Joshua's death and burial, 24

JUDGES.

The acts of Judah and Simeon, - 1 The Israelites fall into idolatry, 2 The nations left to prove Israel, 3 Deborah and Barak deliver Is- rael, 4 The song of Deborah and Barak, 5 The Israehtes oppressed by jNIi-

dian, 6

Gideon's army, 7

The Ephrairaites pacified,- , . 8 Abimelech made king, 9

Tola iudgeth Israel, 10

Jephtnalr s rasli vo\v, 1 i

CHAP.

The Ephiainiites slain, Samson born,

Samson's marriage and riddle, Samson is denied his wife, Delilah's falsehood to Samson, Micah's idolatry, .

The Danites seek an mhent-

ance. The Levite and his concubme, The complaint of the Levite, Cenjarain's desolation bewailed, 21

12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20

CONTENTS, kc. FIRST BOOK OF KINGS.

RUTH.

Elimelech driven into Moab, Ruth gieaneth in Boaz's field, Boaz's bounty to Ruth, lioaz marrieth Ruth,

FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL.

Samuel born, 1

Hannah's song, 2

The Lord calleth Sa^nuel, 3

Eh 's death, 4

Dagon falleth before the ark, 5

The ark sent back, 6

Tiie Israelites repent, 7

The Israelites desire a king, 8

Samuel entertaineth Saul, 9

Saul anointed, 10

The Ammonites smitten, 11

Samuel's integrity, ■ 1 2

Saul reproved, 13

Saul's victories, 14

Saul spareth Agag, 15

Samuel anointeth David, 16

David slayeth Goliath, J 7

Jonathan's love to David, 1 8

Saul's jealousy of David, 19

David and Jonathan consult, 20

]i)avid feigns himself mad, 21

Nob destroyed, 22

I>avid rescueth Keilah, 23

!);ivid spareth Saul, 24

The death of Samuel, 25

')avid findeth Saul asleep, 26

David fleeth to Gath, 27

Saul consults a witch, 28

Achlsh dismisseth David, 29

Amalekites spoil Zildag, 30

Saul and Iiis Sons slain, 31

SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL.

David laments Saul, 1

David made king of Judah, 2

.loab killeth Abner, 3

Ish-bosheth murdered, 4

David's age and reign, 5

Uzzah smitten, 6

God's promise to David, 7

]')avid's officers, 8

David sends for Mephibosheth, 9

Hanun's villany, 10

David's adultery, 11

Nathan's parable, 12

Amnon, and Tamar, 13

Absalom's return, 14

Absalom's policy, 15

Shimei curseth David, l6

Ahithophel hangeth himself, 17

Absalom slain by Joab, ] 8

Shimei is pardoned, 19

Siieba's revoh, 20

Saul's sons hanged, 21

David's thanksgiving,* 22

David's faith, ' 23

David numbereth the people, 24

Solomon anointed king, chap. 1

David's death, _ 2

Solomon choo^eth wisdom, 3

Solomon's prosperity, 4

Hiram and Solomon agree, 5

The building of the temple, 6

Ornaments of the temple, 7

The temple dedicated, 8

God's covenant with Solomon, 9

The queen of Sheba, 10

Ahijah's prophecy, 1 1

The ten tribes revolt, 12

Jeroboam's hand withereth 13

Abijah's sickness and death, 14

Jeroboam's sin punished, 15

Jericho rebuilt, 16

The vi'idow's son raised, 17

Elijah obtaineth rain, 18

Elisha foUoweth Elijah, 19

Samaria besieged, 20

Naboth stoned, 21

Ahab seduced, 22

SECOND BOOK OF KINGS.

28 29

Moab rebelleth, Elijah's translcition, Moabites defeated, The widow's oil mukiplied, Naaman cleansed, A famine in Samaria, Plenty in Samaria, Ben-hadad killed, Jezebel eaten by dogs, Prophets of Baal slain, Jehoash anointed king, The temple repaired, Ehsha's death, Amariah reigneth, Azariah's leprosy, Ahaz's wicked reign. Ten tribes taken captive, Rabshakeh's blasphemy, Hezekiah's prayer, Hezekiah's death, Manasseh's iniquity, Huldah prophesieth, Josiah destroyeth the idolaters, Judah taken captive, The temple destroyed.

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

David's ex iiortation, ciiAr. David's reign and death,

II. CHRONICLES.

Solomon's offering, 1

Solomon sendeth to Huram, . 2

The building of the temple, 3

The vessels of the temple, 4

The temple finished, 5

Solomon blesseth the people, 6

Solomon's sacrifice, , 7

Solomon buildeth cities^ 8 The queen of Sheba visiteth

Solomon, 9

Rehoboam made king, 10

Judah strengthened, 1 1

Rehoboam's reign and death, 12

Abijah overcometh Jeroboam, 1 3

Asa destroyeth idolatry, 1 4

Asa's -co^'enant with God, 1 5

Asa's death and burial, l6

Jehoshaphat's good reign, 17

Micaiah's prophecy, 18

Jehoshaphat's care for justice, 19

Jehoshaphat's fast and prayer, 20

Jehoram's wicked reign, 2 1

Ahaziah's wicked reign, 22

Joash made king, 23

Zechariah stoned, 24

The Edomites overcome, 25

Uzziah's leprosy, 26

Jotham's good reign, 27

Ahaz's wicked reign, 28

Hezekiah's good reign, 29

The passover proclaimed, 30

Pro visions for the priests, 3 1

Hezekiah's death, 32

Manasseh's wicked reign, 33

Josiah's good reign, 34

Josiah slain in battle, 35

Jerusalem destroyed, 3 6

EZRA.

L CHRONICLES.

Adam's line to Noah, 1

The posterity of Israet, 2

The sons of David, 3

The posterity of Judah, 4

The line of Reuben, 5

The sons of Levi, 6

The sons of Issachar, 7

The sons of Benjamin, 8

Genealogies of Israel and Judah, 9 Saul's overthrow and death, • 10 David made king of Israel, 1 1

The armies that helped David, 12 David fetcheth the ark, 13

Hiram's kindness to David, 14 David bringeth the ark to Zion, 15 David's psalm of thanksgiving, 16 Nathan's message to David, 17 David's victories, 1 8

David's messengers ill-treated, 19 Rabbah taken and spoiled, 20

The plague stayed, 2 1

Preparation for the temple, 22

Sclomon made king, 23

The order of Aaron's sons, 24 The number of the singers, 25

The division of the porters, 26 The twelve raptains, 27

Mordecai's good services, cnAP. 6 Hainan is hanged, 7

The rejoicing of the Jews, 8

Haman's ten sons hanged, {>

Mordecai's advancement, 10

JOB.

Job's losses and temptations, 1 Job smitten witli boils, 2

Job curseth the day of his birth, "• Ehphaz reproveth Job, Afilictions are from God, Job wisheth for death, Job excuseth his desire of death, Bildad sheweth God's justice^ 8 The innocent often afllicted, 9 Job exposfulateth with God, 10 Zophar reproveth Job, " 1 1 God's omnipotency maintained, 12 Job's confidence in God, 13

The conditions of man's life, Eliphaz reproveth Job, Job reproveth his friends,' Job's appeal to God, Bildad reproveth Job, Job's complaint of his friends. The portion of the wicked, The destruction of the wicked

The proclamation of Cyrus, 1

The people return from Babylon, 2

The altar erected,

The decree of Artaxerxes,

Tatnai's letter to Darius,

The Temple finished,

Ezra goeth to Jerusalem,

Ezra keepeth a fast.

Ezra's prayer,

Ezra'

o 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

NEHEMIAH.

mourneth for Jcru-

encourageth

Nehe-

Nehemiah

salem, Artaxerxes

miah, The names of the builders, Nehemiah appointeth a watch. Reformation of usury, Sanballat's practices, Hanani and Ilanani Ji's charge. The reaf^'ng of the law, A solemn fast appointed, The points of the covenant, Who dwelt at Jerusalem,^ The high priest's succession, Divers abuses reformed,

ESTHER.

Ahasuerus' royal feast, Esther made queen, Hainan despised bj' Mordecai, The mourning of the Jews, Esther obtaineth the king's fa- vour,

Job accused of divers sins, God's decree is immutable, Sin goeth often unpunished, Man cannot be justified before

God, Job reproveth Bildad, The hypocrite is Avithout hope. Wisdom is the gift of God, Job bemoaneth himself. Job's honour turned to con- tempt, Job professcth his integrity, Elihu reproveth Job, Elihu reasoneth with Job, God cannot be unjust, Comparison not to be made Avilli

God, 35

The justice of God's ways, 3(>

God's great works, SJ

God's wisdom is unsearchable, 3 8 God's power in his creatures, 39 Job humbleth himself to God, 40 God's power in the creation, 41 Job's age and death, 42

PSALMS.

14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26

27 28 29

30 31 32 S3

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Happiness of the Godly, psalm J The kingdom of Christ, ^ 2

The security of God's protection, 3 David prayeth for audience, 4

David's profession of his faith, .'> David's complaint in sickness, G The destruction of the wicked, 7 God's love to man, f>

God praised for his judgments, 9 The outrage of the wicked, 10 God's providence and justice, 1 3 David craveth God's help, 12

David boasteth of divine mercy, 13 The natural man acscril)ed, A chizen of Zion described, David's hope of his calling, David's hope and confidence, David praiseth God, David prayeth for grace, The church's confidence in

(n)d, A thanksgiving for victory, David's com])laint and pr!',.\-i'i David's confidence in God's

grace, God's worship in tbe worl'l.

14 15 16

17 18 19

20 21

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CONTENTS, &c.

David's confidence in prayer,

and trust in God, psalm 25

David resorteth unto God, 26

David's love to God's service, 27 David blesseth God, 28

Why God must be honoured, 29 David's praise for deliverance, 30 David rejoiceth in God's mercy, 31 Who are blessed, 32

God is to be praised, ^ 33

Those blessed who trust in God, 34 David prayeth for his safety, 35 The excellency of God's mercy, 36 David persuadeth to patience, 37 DavidmovethGodtocompassion,38 The brevity of life, 39

Obedience the best sacrifice, 40 God's care of the poor, 41

David's zeal to serve God, 42

David prayeth to be restored, 43 The church's complaint to God, 44 The pinjesty of Christ'sking:doin,45 The church's confidence in God, 46 The kingflom of Christ, 47

The privileges of the church, 48 Worldly prosperity contenmed, 49 God's majesty in the church, 50 David's prayer and confession, 51 David's confidence in God, 52

The natural man described, 53 David's prayer for salvation, 54 David's complaint in prayer, 55 David's promise of praise, 56

David in prayer fleeth to God, 57 David describeth the wicked, 58 David prayeth for deliverance, 59 David's comfort in God's prom- ises, 60 David voweth perpetual service, 6l No tnist in worldly things, 62 David's thirst for God, 63 David's complaint of his ene- mies, 64 The blessedness of God's cho-

?en, 65

David cxhorteth to praise God, 66 A prayer for God's kingdom, 67 V prayer at the removing of the

Ar-k, _ _ _ _ 68

David's comphiint in afiliction, 69 David's prayer for the godly, 70 ■>aTid*3 prayer for perseve- rance, 71 David's prayer for Solomon, 72 The righteous sustained, 73 David prayeth for the sanc-

tiiarj^, ' 74

David rebuketh the proud, 75

(iod's majesty in the church, 76 David's combat with diffidence, 77 ( rod's wrath against Israel, 78 The psalmist's complaint, 79

David's prayer for the church, 80 An exliortation to praise God, 81 David rcproveth the judges, 82 Tlie church's enemies, 83

David longeth (or the sanctuary, 84 i)avid prayeth for mercies, 85

David's complaint of the proud, 86 TIh; nature and glory of the

church, 87

David's grievous complaint, 88 (ii)d praised for his power, 89

God's providence set forth, 90 The state of th** godly, . 91

-God praised for his great wwrks, 9^ The majesty of Christ's king- dom," 93 David's complaint of impiety, 94 /I'Jie dang-^r of tempting God, 9i> God prai,^ed for his greatness, !)6

The majesty of God, psalm 97 All creatures exhorted to praise

God, 98

^od to be worshipped, 99

God to be praised cheerfully, 100 David's profession of godli- ness, 101 God's mercies to be recorded, 102 God blessed for his constancy, 103 God wonderful in providence, 104 The plagues of Eg j^pt, 105 Israel's rebellion, 106 God's manifold providence, 107 David's confidence in God, 108 David's complaint of his ene- mies, 109 The kingdom of Christ, 110 God praised for his works, 111 The happiness of the godly, 112 God praised for his mercy, 113 An exhortation to praise, 114 The vanity of idols, 115 David studieth to be thankful, 116 God praised for his mercy and

truth, 117

David's trust in God, 1^8

Meditation, prayer, and praise, 1 ] 9 David prayeth against Doeg, 120 The safety of the godly, 121

David's joy for the church, 122 The godly 's confidence in God, 123 The church blesseth God, 124

A prayer for the godly, 125

The church prayeth for mer- cies, 126 The virtue of God's blessing, 127 Those blessed that fear God, 128 The haters of the church

cursed, 129

God to be hoped in, 130

David professeth his humiUty, 131 David's care for the ark, 132

The benefits of the saints' - communion, 133

An exhortation to bless God, 134 God praised for his judgments, 135 God praised for manifold mer- cies, 136 The constancy of the Jews, 137 David's confidence in God, 138 David defieth the wicked, 139 David's prayer for deliver- ance, 140 David prayeth for sincerity, 141 David's comfort in trouble, 142 David complaineth of his grief, 143 David's prayer for his king- dom, 144 God's help to the godly. 145 David voweth perpetual praise

to God, 146

God praised for his provi- dence, 147 All creatures should praise God, 148 God praised for his benefits, 149 God praised upon instruments, 150

THE PROVERBS"

The use of the proverbs, 1

The benefit of wisdom , 2

Exhortation to sundry duties, 3

Persuasions to obedience, 4

The mischiefs of whoredom, 5

Seven things hateful to God, 6

Description of a harlot, 7

The call of wisdom, 8

The doctrine of wisdom, 9

Virtues and vices contrasted, 10 Continued 11, 12, 13,14,15,16,

17, 18, 19, 20, 2K, 22s 23, 24.

Observations about kings, chAp. 25

Sundry maxims, 26

Sundry maxims, 27

Observations of impiety, 28

Of public government, 29

Agur's prayer, 30

Lemuel's lesson of chastity, 31

ECCLESIASTES.

The vanity of all human things, 1 Wisdom and folly have one end, 2

A time for all things, 3

The good of contentment, 4

The vanity of riches, 5

The conclusion of vanities, 6

Remedies against vanities, 7

Kings are to be respected, 8 Wisdom is better than strength, 9

Of wisdom and folly, 10

Directions for charity, 11

The preacher's care to edify, 12

THE SONG OF SOLOMON.

The church's love to Christ, 1

Christ's care of the church, 2

The church glorieth in Christ, 3

The graces of the church, 4

Christ's love for his church, 5

The church's faith in Christ, 6

The graces of the church, 7

The calling of the Gentiles, 8

ISAIAH.

Isaiah's complaint of Judah, 1

Christ's kingdom prophesied, 2

The oppression of the rulers, 3

Christ's kingdgm a sanctuary, 4

God's judgments for sin, 5

Isaiah's vision of God's glory, 6

Christ promised, 7

Israel and Judaih threatened, 8 The church's joy in Christ's

birth, 9 God's judgments upon Israel, 10 The calling of the Gentiles, 1 1 Thanksgiving for God's mer- cies, 1 2 Babylon threatened, 13 Israel's restoration, 14 The lamentable state of Moab, 1 5 Moab exhorted to obedience, 16 Syria and Israel threatened, 17 God's care of his people, 1 8 The confusion of Egypt, 19 Egypt and Ethiopia's captivity, 20 The fall of Babylon, 21 The invasion of Jewry, 22 Tyre's miserable overthrow, 23 Judgments of God for sin, 24 The prophet praiseth God, 25 A song of praise to God, ^6 God's care of his vineyard, 27 Ephraim threatened, 28 God's judgment on Jerusalem, 29 God's mercies toward his

church, 30

An exhortation to turn to God, 31

Desolation foreshewn, 32

The privileges of the godly, 33

God revengeth his church, - 34

The blessings of the gospel, 35

Rabshakeh insulteth Hezekiah, 36

Hezekiah's prayer, 37

Hezekiah 's thanksgiving, 38

Babylonian captivity foretold, r,9 The promulgation of the gospel, 40

God's mercies to his church, 41 Christ's mission to the Gentiles, 42

God comforteth his church,CHAP. 43

The vanity of idols, 44

God calleth Cyrus, 45 Idols not to be compared Avith

God^ 46 God's judgment upon Babylon, 47 The intent of prophecy, 48 Christ sent to the Gentiles, 49 Christ's suflTerings and patience, 50 The certainty of God's salva- tion. 51 Christ'^s free redemption, 52 The humiliation of Christ, 53 The church's enlargement, 54 The happy state of believers, 55 Exhortation to holiness, 56" God reproveth the Jews, 57 Hypocrisy reproved, 58 The covenant of the Redeemer, 59 The glory of the church, 60 The office of Christ, 6l God's promises to his church, 62 Christ sheweth his power to save, 63 The church's prayer, 64 The calling of the Gentiles, 65 The growtli of the church, 66

JEREMIAH.

The calling of Jeremiah, 1

Israel is spoiled for his sins, 2

God's mercy to Judah, 3

Israel called to repentance, 4 God's judgments upon the Jews, 5

Enemies sent against Judah, 6

Jeremiah's call for repentance, 7

The calamities of the Jews, 8

Jeremiah's lamentation, 9

The vanity of idols, 10

God's covenant proclaimed, 1 1

The prosperity of the wicked, 12

An exhortation to repentance, 13

The prophet's prayer, 14

Jeremiah's complaint, 15

The utter ruin of the Jews, 1 6

The captivity of Judah, 17

The type of the potter- IS

The desolation of the Jews, 19

Pashur smiteth Jeremiah, 20

Nebuchadnezzar's war, 2 1

The judgjuent of Shallum, 22

Restoration of God's people, 23

The type of good and bad figs, 24

Jeremiah reproveth the Jews, 25

Jeremiah is arraigned, 26

Nebuchadnezzar's conquests, 27

Hannah's prophecy, 28

Jeremiah's letter, 29

The return of the Jews, 30

The restoration of Israel, 31

Jeremiah imprisoned, 32

Christ the Branch promised, 33

Zedekiah's fate foretold, 34

God blesseth the Rechabites, 35

Jeremiah's prophecies, 36

The Chaldeans' siege raised, 37

Jeremiah cast into a dungeon, 38

Jerusalem is taken, 39

Jeremiah set at liberty, 4@

Ishmacl killeth Gedaliah, 41

Jolmnan promiseih obedience, 42

Jeremiah carried to Egj'pt, 43

Judah's desolation, 44

Baruch comforted, 45

Overthrow of Pharaoh's army, 46

The Philistines' destruction, 47

The judgment of Moab, 4S'

The restoration of Elam, 49

The redemption of Israd, 50

God's severe judgment, ,51^

Zedekiah's wick^ i'^^'^"} ?*

CONTENTS, kc.

LAMENTATIONS.

.Terusalem's misery, ciiAP. 1

Israel's misery lamented, 2

Sorrows of the righteous, 3

Viion's pitiful estate, 4

Zion's complaint, 5

EZEKIEL.

Ezekiel's vision, 1

Ezekiel's commission, 2

Ezekiel eateth the roll, S

The tj'pe of a siege, 4

The type of hair, 5

Israel threatened, 6

Israel's desolation, ' 7

Vision of jealousy, 8

The marked preserved, 9

Vision of coals of fire, 10

The princes' presumption, 1 1

The type of removing, 1 2

Lying prophets, 13

Idolaters exhorted, 14

The rejection of Jerusalem, 15

God's love to Jerusalem, l6

The eagles and the vine, 17

Parable of sour grapes, 1 8

Of the lion's whelps, 19

Israel's rebellions, 20

Prophecy against Jerusalem, 21

Jerusalem's sins, 22

Aholah and Aholibah, 23

Jerusalem's destruction, 24

Ammonites threatened, 25

ThefallofTyrus, 26

Tyrus's rich supply, 27

Zidon threatened, 28

The judgment of Pharaoh, 29

Desolation of Egypt, 30 The glory and fall of Assyria, 3 1

The fall of Egypt, 32

Kzekiel admonished, 33

God's care of his flock, 34

Judgment of Seir, * 35

Israel comforted, 36

Vision of dry bones, 37

The malice of Gog, 38

Israel's victory over Go^, 39

Description of the temple, 40

Ornaments of the temple, 41

The priests' chambers, 42

Return of God's glory, 43

The priests reproved, 44

Division of the land, 45

Ordinances for the princes, 46

Vision of the holy waters, 47

Portions of the twelve tribes, 48

DANIEL.

Jehoiakirn's captivity, 1

Daniel advanced, 2 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-

"ego, 3 rSebuchadnezzar's pride and

fall, 4

Belshazzar's impi jus feast, 5

Daniel in the lions' den, 6

Vision of four beasts, 7

Vision of the ram, 8

Daniel's confession, 9

Daniel comforted, 10

Overthrow of Persia, 1 1

Israel's deliverance, 12

The desolation of Israel, chap. 3

Judgment threatened, 4

Israel a treacherous people, 5

Exhortation to repentance, 6

Reproofof manifold sins, 7

Israel threatened, "^ 8

Captivity of Israel, 9

Israel's impietj', 10

Israel's ingratitude to God, 1 1

Ephraim reproved, 1 2

Ephraim's glory vanished, 13

Blessings promised, 14

^ IIOSEA.

'Judgments for whoredom, 'IJh? i'jcflatry of the people,

JOEL.

God's sundry judgments, Exhortation to repentance, God's judgments against his people's enemies,

AMOS.

God's judgments upon Syria, God's wrath against Moab, Judgments against Israel, God reproveth Israel, A lamentation for Israel, Israel's wantonness plagued, Judgments of the grasshoppers, Israel's end typified, Israel's restoration promised,

OBADIAH.

Edom's destruction for their pride and violence,

JONAH.

Jonah sent to Nineveh, The prayer of Jonah, The Ninevites' repentance, Jouah repines at God's mercy,

MICAH.

God's wrath against Jacob, Against oppression, The cruelty of the princes. The church's glory, The birth of Christ, God's controversy, The church's complaint,

NAHUM.

The majesty of God,

God's armies against Nineveh,

The ruin of Nineveh,

HABAKKUK.

Habakkuk's complaint Judgment on the Chaldeans, Habakkuk's prayer,

ZEPHANIAH.

God's severe judgments, Exhortation to repentance, Jerusalem sharply reproved,

HAG GAL

The people reproved, Glory of the second temple,

ZECHARIAH.

Exhortation to repentance, Redemption of Zion,

The type of Joshua. chap. 3

The golden candlestick, 4

Curse of thieves, 5

Vision of the chariots, 6

Captives' inquiry of fasting, 7

Jerusalem's restoration, 8

The coming of Christ, 9

God to '.' e sought unto, 1 0

Destruction of Jerusalem, 1 1

Judah's restoration, 12

Jerusalem's repentance, 1 3

Jerusalem's enemies plagued, 14

MALACIII.

Israel's unkindness, 1

The priests reproved, 2

The majesty of Christ, 3

Judgments of the wicked, 4

MATTHEW.''

The genealogy of Christ, 1

Christ's nativity, 2 The preaching of John Baptist, 3

Christ tempted, 4

Christ's sermon on the mount, 5

Of alms and prayer, C

Rashjudgment reproved, 7

Christ's miracles, 8

Matthew called, 9

The apostles sent forth, 10

John sendeth to Christ, 11 Blasphemy against the Holy

Ghost, ' 12 Parable of the sower, 1 3 John Baptist beheaded, 14 The scribes reproved, 15 The sign of Jonas, l6 Transfiguration of Christ, 17 Christ teacheth humility, 1 8 Christ healeth the sick, 19 The labourers in the vineyard, 20 The fig-tree cursed, 2 1 The marriage of the king's son, 22 The Pharisees exposed, 23 Destruction of the temple fore- told, 24 Parable of ten virgins, 25 Judas betrayeth Christ, 26 <^hrist crucified, 27 Christ's resurrection, 28

MARK.

Baptism of Christ, Matthew called, The apostles chosen. Parable of the sower, Christ heals the bloody issue, Christ walks on the sea, The Syrophenician woman. The multitude fed, Jesus transfigured. Children brought to Christ, The barren fig-tree.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

rhe widow and her two mites, 12 The destruction of the temple

foretold, 1 3

Peter denieth Christ, 1 4

Crucifixion of Christ, 15

Resurrection of Christ, l6

LUKE.

Christ's conception, 1

Christ's circumcision, 2

John's testimony of Christ, 3

Christ tempted by Satan, 4

Miraculous draught offisiies, 5

The twelve apostles chosen, 6

Christ's testimony of John, chap. 7

Jarius' daughter raised, 8

How to attain eternal life, \f

Seventy disciples sent out, 10

A dumb devil cast out, 1 1

Covetousness to be avoided, 12

The crooked woman healed, 1 3

The great supper, 14

The prodigal son, ir>

The unjust steward, 16

The power of faith, 17

The importunate widow, 1 S

Zaccheus called, ly

Parable of the vineyard, 20

The widow's two mites, 2 J

Christ condemned, 22

Christ's death and burial, 23

Christ's vesurrection, 24

JOHN.

The divinity of Christ, 1

Water turned into wine, 2

Necessity of regeneration, 3

The woman of Samaria, 4

The impotent man healed, 5

Five thousand fed, (> Christ teacheth in the temple, 7

Christ's doctrine justified, 8

The blind healed, 9

Christ the good shepherd, 10

Lazarus raised, 1 1

Christ foretelleth his death, 12

Christ's humility, 13

The Comforter promised, 14

Christ the true vine, 15 Christ warneth his disciples of

their sufferings, 16

Christ's prayer, 17

Jesus betraj^ed, 1 S

Christ's death and burial, 19

Christ's resurrection, 20 Christ appeareth to his disci-

ples,

ACTS.

Matthias chosen,

Peter's sermon,

The lame healed,

Peter and John imprisoned,

Ananias and Sap{)hira,

Seven deacons chosen,

Stephen stoned,

Philip planteth the church i\i

Samaria, Saul's conversion, Peter's vision, Peter's defence, Herod killeth James, Paul preacheth at Anliocli, Paul stoned. Circumcision disputed, Timothy circumcised, *7 Paul persecuted, Paul preacheth at Corinth, Exorcists beaten, Eutychus raised to life, Paul goeth to Jerusalem, Paul's defence, Paul smitten,

Paul accused before Felix, Paul appealeth to Cesar, Agrippa almost a christian, Paul shipwrecked, A viper fastens on Paul's hand,

ROMANS.

Paul greeteth the Romans-, Who are justified,

2 3 4

1-0

11 12 13 34 15 16

)9 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2S

CONTENTS, &c.

Justification by faith, chap. 3

Abraham's faith acceptable, 4

Sin and death caine by Adam, 5

Dying to sin, G

The law not sin, _ 7 What frees from condemnation, 8

CalUng of the Gentiles, 9

Paul's prayer for Israel, 10

All Israel are not cast off, 1 1

Love required, 12

Love the fulfilling of the law, 1 3

How to use christian liberty, 14

The intent of the sci-iptures, 1 5

Paul's salutations, l6

I. CORINTHLiNS.

The wisdom of God, 1

Clirist the foundation, 2

Christians are God's temple, 3

Distinctions are from God, 4

The incestuous person, ' 5

I-aw forbid brethren, 6

Paul treateth of marriage, 7

Of meats offered to idols, 8

Paul's zeal to gain converts, 9

^)ld examples, 10

Rules for rlivine worship, 1 1

Spiritual gifts are diverse, 12

Charity commended, 1 3

Of strange tongues, ] 4

Of Christ's resurrect "on, 15

Paul curamendeth Timothy, iC

II. CORINTHIANS.

Consolation in trouble, 1

Paul's success in preaching, 2

The excellency of the gospel, 3

The christian's paradox, 4

Paul assured of immortality, 5

f -xhortations to })uvity, 6

(rodly sorrow pronfable, 7

Liberality extolled, 8

Bounty pr-^ised, •9

Paul's spiritual might, 10

.Paul's godly boasting 1 1

Paul's revelations, 12

Paul's charge, 13

GALATIANS.

Of thck leavlnr ',lie gospd, 3

Peter reproved, chap.

Justification by faith, Christ freeth us from the law, The liberty of the gospel. Lenity recoramende J,

EPHESIANS.

Of election and adoption, Chris* our peace, The hidden mystery, Exhortation to unity, Exhortation to love. The christian armour,

PHILIPPIANS.

Paul's prayer to God, Exhortation to humility, All loss for Christ, General exhortations,

COLOSSIANS.

Christ described, Exhortation to constancy, Hoiiseliold duties. Prayer recommended,

I. TIIESSALONIANS.

History of their conversion, Hov/ the gospel was preached

to the Thessaloiiians, Paul's love in sending Timothy, Exhortation to godliness, Description of Christ's coming,

IL TIIESSALONIANS.

Comfort against persecution, 1 Of steadfastness in the truth, 2 To avoid idleness, 3

I. TIMOTHY.

Paul's charge to Timothy, ]

Prayers made for all men, 2

Of bishops and deacons, s

Apostacy foretold, 4

Of widows and elders, f)

The gain of godliness. 6

IL TIMOTHY.

Paul's love to Timothy, chap. Exhortation to Timothy, All scripture inspired, Qualification of ministers,

TITUS. ,

Qualification for ministers, Christians' duty, Paul directeth what to teach, and what not,

PHILEMON.

Philemon's faith commended,

HEBREWS.

Christ far above angels, Obedience due to Christ, Christ above Moses, The christian's rest. Of Christ's priesthood. The danger of apostacy, Melchisedek and Christ, A new covenant, The sacrifices of the law, Christ's perfect sacrifice, The power of I'aith, Divers exhortations, Obedience to spiritual rulers,

JAMES.

Wisdom to be sought of God, Of faith and works, Tiie truly wise, Against covetousness. The trial of faith,

L PETER.

Of G-od's spiritual graces, Christ the corner stone. Duty of wives ar.d husbands, Of ceasing from sin. The duty of elders,

II. PETER.

Exl)ortation to duties,

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13

False teachers foretold, Certainty of judgment,

L JOHN.

CHAP. 2

Christ's person described, 1 Christ our advocate, and pro- pitiation, 2 God's great love, 3 Try the spirits, 4 The three witnesses, 5

IL JOHN.

An elect lady exhorted, I

III. JOHN.

Gaius' piety commended, 1

JUDE.

Of constancy in the faith, 1

REVELATION.

Of the coming of Christ, 1

Balaam's doctrin*, 2

The key of David, 3

The vision of a throne, 4

Ttie book with seven seals, 5

The seven seals opened, 6

The number of the sealed, 7

Seven angels with trumpets, 8

A star faileth from heaven, 9

The book eaten, 10

The two witnesses, 1 1

The red dragon, 12

The beast with seven heads, 1 3

The harvest of the world, 14 The seven angels with the

seven last plagues, 15 Of the vials of wrath, Ifi The scarlet whore, - 17 The fall of Babylon, IS The Lamb's marriage, 1 9 The first resurrection, 20 The heavenly Jerusalem de- scribed, 21 The tree of life, 22

THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSE^,

CALLED

tlleb. Be.

reshith, that is, in the be- ginning-

tG E N E

Betore CllUlST

4004.

■ John 1, 1,2,3. I'rov. 1G,4.

ti Col. 1, M, 17.

c Job 26, 13.

.1 Ps. 33, 6, 9.

♦ Heb. sep- arated be- tween the li^htandthe darkness.

t Ileb. and the evening mid the morning was, kc.

e Job 37, 13.

t Heb. expansion.

Job 38, 8. I'lov. 8, 29.

g2Pet. 3,5.

t Ileb. h^id forth the h'ldeling grass.

h Luke 6, 44.

i Ps. 74, IG.

t Ileb. 6e- lii-een the d.iy, 4:c.

f Keb. fnr the rule nj the d<i>/.

k. lob 38, 1 2.

r». 8, 3.

CHAPTER I.

1 The creation of heaven and earth.... 14 Of the sun, moon, and stars. ...26 Of man in the image of God.. ..29 Also the appointment of food.

IN the beginning * God created the ^ heaven and the earth.

2 And the earth was without form, and void ; and darkness ivas upon the face of the deep : and the •^ Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3 And '^ God said, Let there be hght: and there was Hght.

4 And God saw the light, that it was good : and God t divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the dark- ness he called Night. And the f evening and the morning were the first day.

6 ^ And God said, " Let there be f a firmament in the midst of the \Yaters, and let it divide the waters from the Avaters.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the wa- ters which ivere under the firmament from the waters which ivere above the firmament : and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening aiid the morning were the second day.

9 H And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto ^ one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was so.

10 And God called tha^ dry la?id Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas : and God saw that it ivas good.

11 And God said. Let the Earth f bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit-tree yield- ing fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so.

12 And the Earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his ''kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed y^as in itself, after his kind : and God saw that it wdh good.

13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

14 II And God said. Let there be 'lights in the firmament of the heaven, to divide f the day from the night : and let them be for signs, and tor sea- sons, and for days, and years :

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth : and it was so.

16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to t rule the day, and the lesser fight to rule the night : he made the stars also.

17 And God ^ set them in the firmai.nent of tlic

lieaven, to give 11^

;ht upon the earth,

18 And to ' rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness : and God saw that it was good,

19 And the evening and the morning were the , fourth day.

\ 20 And God said. Let the waters bring fortli abundantly the moving creature that hath f life, and fowl that may fly above the. earth in the open firma- ment of heaven.

21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought fortri abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fo\\ I after his kind : and God saw that it ivas good.

22 And God ° blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas ; and let fowl multi])ly in the earth.

23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

24 And God said. Let the earth bring forth the I living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping \ thing, and beast of the earth after his kind : and it I was so.

\ 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his \ kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing 5 that creepeth upon the earth after his khid : and \ God saw that it was good.

2G And God said, " Let us make man in ° our image, after our likeness,- and let them have ^ dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27 So God created man in his own image ; in the image of God created he him ; '^ male and female created he them.

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it : and have dominion oyer the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the nir, and over every living thing tliat moveth % upon the earth. #

29 ^ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb t bearing seed, which «5upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; ^ to you it shall be for meat.

30 And to * every beast of the earth, and to every \ fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon \ the earth, wherein there is\ life, / have given every

green herb for meat : and it was so.

31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and beiiold, it was "" very good. And the cvenme and the morning were the sixth day,

CHRISJ

4004.

lJcr.31, 35.

t Tfeb. sntd

Job -11, .1.

m eh. 8. 17. l'io\. 10.22.

II 1 Joiiu 5.

l.-a. 04, ."..

Job 3.5, 10

I'siil. li'j. J.

oCol. ■■?, 10. Jiliil. 3, H. I Cor. 11,7. Koi-1. 7. 'Z,>. Kpl>. 4, • I.

J) Ps. 8, .,

chup. ;>, J.

q Wm. 1 ;',".. ell. .5,2. Mark lO, b.

r cli. 8, 1 " 1 Tor. 7, :

I Hi'b. cnejjeth.

f Hob. feed- ing seed.

S Ch. 9, 3.

t Ps. 101,1.4.

t Heb. a 'ij- ing tovJ

'iliata-ZSi-

■<5r

■■••• «■■

The garden of Eden.

15efore CHRIST

4001.

n I's. 33, 6.

u Mat. 19,

l)Kx. 20,11 I.uke 23,56

<■ Neh.9, 14. I--. .58, 13.

f ilel». crt uted to make.

•\ Ps. 90, 1,

j'ub 38, 28.

p Vs. lOJ,

11.

I Job 33, 25.

GENESIS. Man's miserable fall

CHAPTER II. ^ 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my Before

1 Tlie first sabbath....4 The manner of the creation.... 19, 20 1 bones, and flesh ' of my flesh : she shall be called ^^mP^ The naming of the creatures.... 21 The maling of woman, S Woman, because she was taken * out of man. ^>^---^

and institution of marriage. 24 Therefore shall a man ^^ leave his father and ' ^''- '''''

THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, | his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they ^g/^*"""- and all the ^ host of them. < shall be one flesh.

2 And on the seventh day God ended his work? 25 And they were both naked, the man and his which he had made ; and he ''rested on the seventh ^ wife, and were not * ashamed.

CHAPTER III.

1 The serpent deceivethEve....6 Man's shameful fall. ...IG The punishment of mankind.. ..22 Their casting out of paradise.

NOW the serpent was more ^ subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made : and ^^^^^^^ ,, ^ he said unto the woman, f Yea, hath God said. Ye sY.'™ ' shall not eat of every tree of the garden ?

X Deut 28,

48.

a 2 Cor. r), 3.

daj^ from all liis work which he had made

S And God "blessed the seventh day, and sancti-

- fied it : because that in it he had rested from all his

"vvork which God f created and made.

. 4 H These are the '^ generations of the heavens and

of the earth when they were created, itt.the day that

the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. . . ._.

5 And every plant of the ® field before it was in the 1 2 And the "^ woman said unto the serpent. We ^"""" earth, and every heib of the field before it grew : for I may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden : " r«- s^, 4.

the Lord God had not ^ caused it to rain upon the \ S But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst earth, and there luas not a man to till the ground. | of the garden, God hath said. Ye shall not eat of it,

t Heb. Yea,

6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and r.om.9, 20. ^vatered the whole face of the ground.

7 And the Lord God ^ formed man of\ the dust of the ground, and breathed '' into his nostrils the breath off life ; and man became a living soul.

Isa. 64, 8.

+ Hob. diist. or mould.

h Eccl.3,21,

(! olia|). 2, 17.

e cliap, 2, 17.

ver. 7.

r ir-^b. live!, i-li. 7, 22.

1 i.-li. 13, !0.

k .Tohn C,

43.

ProT. 3, 1 3.

I Rev. 22, 1. ^i^i. 4b-, 4,

neither shall ye '^ touch it, lest 5^e die.

4 And the serpent said unto the woman. Ye shall * not surely die :

5 For God doth know, that in the day ye cat fv thereof, then ^ your eyes shall be opened ; and ye -^'^''•2'^'*'-

8 H And the Lord God planted a ' garden east-^ shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. ^ ijohn2, ward in Eden ; and there he put the man whom he \ 6 And when the woman ^ saw that the tree loas '«• had formed. I good for food, and that it was f pleasant to the eyes, t neb. de-

9 And out of tlie ground made the Lord God to | and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took '"''' grow every ^ tree that is i^leasant to the sight, and I of the fruit thereof, and did eat ; and '' gave also un- good for food ; the tree of life also in the midst of the I to her husband with her, and he did eat. garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. \ 7 And the eyes of them both were ' opened, and

10 And a ' river went out of Eden to water the 5 they knew that they were naked : and tiiey s(3wed arden : and from thence it was parted, and became l ''fig-leaves together, and made themselves jj aprons.

h ve-. 17. 1 Tuii.2, 14.

i 2 Kings C, 20.

k Job 31,33.

into four heads

1 1 The name of the first is Pison : tliat is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah,where there is gold ;

12 And the gold of that land is good : there is bdellium and the onyx-stone.

,1 Or, things to gird a- hout.

IJob 38,1. t lleb.u>ind.

t Heb.CiisA, ch. 10, 6.

same

8 And they heard the 'voice of the Lord God walk- ing in the garden in the f cool of the day : and Ad- am and his wife "^ hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden

9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and m Amos 9, I said unto him. Where art thou ?

13 And the name of the second river is Gihon ; the j 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, ne 25 it that compasseth the whole land of fEthiopia. J and I was " afraid, because 1 ivas naked; and I

Koni.

lU Ps. 128,2. Knlies. 4,23.

o oil. 3, 1, 2.

t neh.dtjivg tlinn shall die.

t Hpb. Of ■ hcfore kini., 1 Peter 3, 7.

.,• Ps. 8, S.

• Heb. wil- ed.

hid myself.

1 1 And he said. Who told thee that thou tvast na- ked ? Hast thou e<iten of the tree, whereof I com- manded thee that thou shouldest not eat ?

12 And the man said, ° The woman, whom thou

n Txod. .3.«. 1 John 3,20.

o.Tob31,.3.'!. I'rov. 19, 3.

14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel that is it which goeth toward the cast of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrate:^'.

15 And the Lord God took the rnan, and put him into the garden of Eden, to "^ dress it, and to keep it.

16 And the Lord God "commanded the man, say- 1 gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I 'Jo ^'*"'' ''' '"»' Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat : J did eat « 1 7 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and l 13 And the Lord God sakluntothc woman. What

evil, thou ° shah not eat of it : for in the day that | is this that thou hast done ? And the woman said,

thou eatest thereof, thou shalt f surely die. \ ^ The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. p2cor.11,

18 II And the Lord God said, It is ^ not good that 5 14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent. Be- ?Tim.2,u. -.Ruths 1 ^^^^ ™^" should be alone : I will make hiui a help! cause thou hast done this, thou art "^ cursed above q Mat. 25,

? Cor. 7,26'. f meet for hira. 5 all cattle, and above every bcc^t of the field : upon ^i-

19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed \ thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou cat all every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air, and I the days of thy life :

*! brought them unto Adam, to'Sfee what he would? 15 And I will put "■ enmity between thee and the 33^^"'-^^' call them ; and whatsoever Adam called every liv- 1 woman, and between thy seed and her seed : f it shall ^ j.^,,^^ ing creature, that was the name thereof. i bruise thy ' head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Gai.4,4.'

20 And Adam t gave names to all cattle, and to the | 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multi- s .lohn 12, fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field : but ? ply thy sorrow and thy conception : ' in sorrow thou c^' for Adam there was not found a help meet for him. i shalt bring forth children ; and thy desire shall 6e to , ,

21 II And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to i thy husband, and he shall " rule over thee. »5. fall upon Adam, and he slept ; and he took one of I 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast uipets,?,. iiis ribs, and clo.scd up the flesh instead thereof. < hearkcncduntothevoiceof thy wife,andhasteaien of

22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken ^ the tree of which I commanded thee, saying. Thou ^^^^, , „

13.

C'olos. 2, 1-5.

Tim. 2

h^lildtff^

Vs. 127,1.

T rrov. 18, from man, f made he a woman, and uti). i;v4. unto the man.

brought her I shalt not eat of it : "^ cursed is the ground for thy sake ; s.^^ ^ ^^ ' J in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the davs of tliy life : lo!""' ' ^*

■ * :^

Cain' slay eth AhcL CHAPTER IV.. ..V. Adamh genealogy unto Noah.

Before 18 ^ Thonis iilso and thistles shall It bring forth \ 16 H And Cain went out ' from the presence of the ^'^Si^'^ to thee ; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. \ Lord, and dwelt m the land of || Nod, on the east * — •^^■^ 1 9 In the ^ sweat of th}' face shah thou eat bread, till ? of Eden.

y Job 31,40. ^j^^^ return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou ta- 1 17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, ]l Thess.3, j^gjj . ^Qj. j-j^jg^ |.}jQ^^ ^j,^^ ^jj^ m-j|-Q jyg^ ^Y\^\t thou return. \ and bare Enocli : and he builded a city, and called the

Befoip CHRIST

337.D.

Keel. I, 13.

a Gal. 4, 26.

I) Rev. 3,18.

? Cor-. 5, 2, 3.

20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve, be- s name of the city,^ after the name of his son, Enoch, cause she was the "" mother of all living. \ 18 And unto Enoch was born had : and Irad be-

21 Unto Ac4am also and to his wife did the Lord \ gat Mehujael : and Mehujael begat Methusael : and God make ^ coats of skins, and clothed them. ? Methusael begat Lamech.

22 II And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is J 19 H And Lamech took unto him two * wives : the become as one of us, to know good and evil. And \ name of the one was Adah, and the name of the oth- now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the \ er Zillah.

c Col. 3, 1,2. tree of life, and " eat, and live for ever ; \ 20 And Adah bare Jabal : he was the father of

23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from | such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. d Ecci. 5,9. tjj(3 garden of Eden, '^ to till the ground from whence \ 21 And his brother's name was Jubal : he was the

he was taken. J father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

24 So he "^ drove out the man : and he placed atf 22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an f in- the east of the garden of Eden,Cherubims, and a^ structer of every artificer in brass and iron : and the ^ flaming sword which turned ^ every way, to keep \ sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. the way of the tree of life. ,^ \ 23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Ad.di and

\ Zillnh, Hear my voice ; ye wives of Lamech, heark-

II Or, ya-^a- land,

s Ps. 40, n.

tch. 2, 18.

e John 2, Id.

fHeb.1,7.

g Rom. 3,

20.

t Jlel).

tclicitcr.

•S The

a Num. 31, 17.

t neb.

the man the

rll.-l'l. 41.3.%

tnd nf days.

h Prov. 3, 9.

c Num. 18, 12.

ilHeb. 11, 4.

e Mat. 13, 34.

the excellen- cy.

g chap.3,16.

b Ps.55,21.

i 1 Jolin 3, 12.

k Ps. 9, 12.

IJohna,44.

m neb. 11, 4.

en unto my speech : for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

24 If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold, truly La- mech seventy and seven-fold.

25 H And Adam knew his wife a.^ain, and she bnre a son, and called his name Seth : For God, said she, hath appointed me " another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son ; and he called his name Enos : then ^ began men to ^^ call upon the name of the Lord. /-'''y ""^

CHAPTER V.

1 The^cnealogy, aj^e, and death of the patriarchs from Adam „ j ci;v.i,i. unto Noah. ...24 The godhness and translation of Enoch. stnt. 1. 1.^

FTIHIS is the * book of the generations of Adam '''*'''' *"'

u ver. 2. 8.

X 1 Kin. 18,

-S- In the day that God created man, in the

b 1

b ch- 1, 2; .

iiiiC- Kcci:

CHAPTER IV.

1 The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and Abel murder of Abel.... 11 The curse of Cain.

AND Adam ■* knew Eve his wife ; and she con- ceived, and bare Cain, and said, ^ have gotten t a man from the Lord

And she again bare h is brother Abel. And Abei was I

\neKatthe a kccper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. \

3 And in f process of time it came to pass, thatj

Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering I

unto the Lord. t

^ 4 And Abel, he also brought of the ^ firstlings of 5

his flock, and of the "^ fat thereof. And the Lord ^

had "^ respect unto Abel, and to his offering : $

5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not re- 1 spect. And Cain was very " Avroth, and his counte nance fell.

6 And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou ^ ness of God made he him

fHeb.11,4. -^vroth? and why is thy countenance fallen ? ^ 2 Male and female created he them; and blessed |~-;'f/

II Or, have 7 Jf (hou ^ docst wcll, slialt thou not || be accept- s them, and " called their name Adam, in the day when ^"'' ' '"

ed ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door, s they were created.

And unto thee shall be his ^ desire, and thou shalt rule \ 3 11 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years,

over him. \ and begat a son in his '^ own likeness, after his ini-

8 And Cain ^ talked with Abel his brother : and it ? age ; and called his name Seth : came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain? 4 And the days of Adam, after he had begotten rose up against Abel his brotlier, and ' slew him. j Seth, were eight hundred years : and he begat " sons

9 \ And the Lord said unto Cain, *" Where ?5|and daughters. Abel thy brother ? And he said, ^ I know not : Am\ 5 And all the days that Adam lived were ^ nine i>eui.si),^a. I my brother's keeper ? I hundred and thirty years : and he ^ died. ?_neb.!<,

10 And he said, What hastthou done ? the voice of | 6 H And Seth lived a hundred an^ five years, and '^" thy brother's blood ™crieth unto me from the ground. 5 begat Enos :

1 1 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which f 7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hun- hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood 1 dred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters : from thy hand. j 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and

1 2 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not hence- \ twelve years : and he died, forth yield unto thee her strength. " A fugitive and \ 9 H^nd Enos lived ninety years, and begat fCainan: a vagabond shalt thoU be in the earth. > 10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hun-

13 And Cain said unto the Lord, || My punish- f dred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: ment is greater than I can bear. 5 1 1 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred

14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from I and five years : and he died, the "face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be | 12 H And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the \ Mahalaleel :

earth; and it shall come to pass, ^/mi every one that < 13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight findeth me shall ^ slay me. 5 hundred and fortyyears, and begat sons and daughters:

' 15 And the Lord said unto him. Therefore who- ? 14 And all the daj^s of Cainan were nine hun- soever slaycth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him I dred and ten years : and he died, seven-fold. And the Lord set *i a mark upon Cnin, I 15 II And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five* yearS: lest any finding him should kill him, j and begat Jarcd :

IM>. IJ, :'.

r cli. 2, '-'r. Acts 17, j;.

d .I.,!)M. ■!. Ps..'!, ./. Hum. o, I'i. !•=. 14,i:,:5.

eels. 1,'^fr. Ps. 127, ;!. it 123, U, 1.

[V'. 90. IW.

n P 10.

,109,

IJ^-Or, My rnlqiiity is greater than maybt forgiven. Job 15,22.

o oil. 7, 4.

p .^ob 15, JD. 21. Lev. 26, 17,

S6.

fl Kj.Pk. 9,4. Rfv. 14, 9, il

f IJft). A'e vQi>^ that is, to niowj'Ti, or, •a'.ntrjt. \.\i\iO 3, 37. I.Zfk. 9, 4.'- . li. 6, I

Mail's wickedness causeth thejlood. GENESIS. The order and form oj the arJc.

Before IGAiid Mahalalcel lived after he begat Jared^ was"" a just man, «wJ perfect in his generations, awe? ,Brfoi-e HRiaT gjgj^^ hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and \ Noah " walked with God. ^^'.^^

daughters : | 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and

3332.

17 And a.l the days of Mahalaleel were eight hun- f Japheth.

m Rom. 1, 17.

!i I<a. 57, I. 1 Kings 14,

dred ninety and five years : and he died. | 1 1 The Earth also was corrupt ° before God ; and """• "'''

18 H And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two | the Earth was filled with violence. 2i«VI' years, and begat Enoch : S 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it acu isjae.

19 And Jarcd lived after he begat Enoch eight? was corrupt ; for all flesh had corrupted his way och.io,9. hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: I upon the earth. p Amos 8,2.

20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundreds 13 And God said unto Noah, ^ The end of all fo'nSMi' sixty and two years ; and he died. < flesh is come before me ; for the earth is *• filled with ^ j.,_ ^'^ ".

21 11 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and be- \ violence through them : and, behold, I will destroy ' "^ ' "' gat Methuselah : I them with the earth. i

22 And Enoch walked with God, after he begat | 14 11 Make thee an ark of gopher- wood : rooms ' '■ Methuselah, three hundred years, and begat sons and I shalt thou m.ake in the ark, and shalt pitch it within

daughters : \ and without with pitch.

r.nriih'6%. 23 And all the days of Enoch were ^ three hun- ? 15 And this is the fashion whicli thou shalt make lieb. 11,5, jj^.^,^{ g-j^^y j^j^^l ^^g years : | it 0/: the length of the ark shall be three hundred

Kpi'.'l, Tii '^ A"^ Enoch ' walked with God, and ^ he was l cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height vui.'iX'' not : for God took him. 5 of it thirty cubits.

u iieb. 11,7. 25 II And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and I 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in

Lykcslls! seven years, and begat Lamech : | a cubit shalt thou finish it above ; and the door of

28 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech \ the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof: iviih lower,

seven hundred eighty and two } ears, and begat sons l second, and tliird stories shalt thou make it.

and daughters : ^17 And, behold, "■ I, even I, do bring a flood of wa- r Ps. 29, 10.

27 And ail the days of Methuselah were nine hun- j ters upon the earth, to destroy all fjcsh, wherein is '='"*^*''^- dred sixty and nine years: and he died. S the breath of life, from under heaven ; and every .sRom.fi,2s.

28 IT And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and \ thing that is in the earth ' shall die. ^''- "^^' =*'■ Uyo years, and begat a son ; j 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant : ^,'^''^;.'^-

29 And he called his name ^ Noah, saying, This< and * thou shalt come into the ark ; thou, and thy '^^"'^^ same shall " comfort us concerning our work and| sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' Vvives with thee. \''s*'ai!'ao^b" toil of our hands, because of the ground which the < 19 And of eveiy living thnig of all fiesh, " two of IjORD hath " cursed. I every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them

30 And Lamech lived, after he begat Noah, fivci alive with thee : they shall be male and female, hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and? 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after xjoi.nMo. daughters : I their kind ; of every creeping thing of the earth after •'*"• ^' ■•

31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hun- 1 his kind ; two of every sort shall come "" unto thee, dred seventv and seven years : and he died. I to keej) them alive.

32 And Noah was ° five hundred years old : and > 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is ;.ii J), 25. -^Q.^{[^ p begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. t eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee ; and it shall ij "'■'^'- "•

CHAPTER VI.^ \ be for food for thee, and for therti. ^ llZ^,.

1 Tho wickedness of the world, which provoked God's wrath, f 22 ^' Thus did Noah ; according to all that God

Kh. i,cs. and cfmsed the flood.... 14 The order and form of the ark. I commanded him SO did ^ he. 2ciiop.7,5.

n u H \ ^^ ^^ came to pass, when men began to ^ mul- i CHAPTER VIJ 2w

^ Iteb. 11.7. .,1 ch. 8,21.

1^ Cb. 3, 17,

2118.

;> cii. 7, '}.

tiply on the face of the earth, and daughters | 1 Noah, with his family, and the living 'creatures, enter the ^^^ff . 2 1'ct 2, "were bom unto them, ^ | ork....l7 The bci^innin^ and continuance of the flood. Kzekiyii;

' ■ 2 Tiiat the ^ sons of God '^ saw the '' daughters of j A ND the Lord said unto Noah, * Come thou and

<i Mai. 2, II. ij^QYi that they were fair ; and they ^ took them wives < -L^ all thy ^ house into the ark : for thee have ' I |:,,'7^ \l

\Kuu7, of all which they chose. 5 seen righteous before me in this '^ generation. Actsi,*

'"' '■ ^ 3 And the Lord said, ^ My spirit shall not always | 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by c r.^.s.-j, is.

irct.3,1;^. ^^.^.Jy(. ^yjji^ man, for that he also is ^ flesh :.5'et his j t sevens, the male and his female ; and of beasts ^'"''•*'*'^- „'Ga'..3,is. (lays shall be ^ a hundred and twenty years. I that nre not clean by two, the male and his female. sPKrs,^'*

1.1 re;. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days ;| 3 Of fowls also ofthe air by sevens, the male and tlie [|/^i,^'''-

and also after that, when the sons of God came in un- 1 female ; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. s.ven,'scvtn. to the daugliters of men, and they bare children to | 4 For yet seven days, and ^ I will cause it to rain e Tobss, ; 1 g,,.„ them : the same became mighty men, which were of 5 upon the earth forty days and forty nights ; and ev- ^''' Maw 6. ^^^^' *^^^ ^^ renown. I ery living substance that I have made will I f destroy J,/J;;';;,

'''"''' 5 11 And God saw that the wickedness of man ivas \ from off the face of the earth. Joi' ^l^^-

Ki!b.'if3o!' great in the earth, and that every imagination of the | 5 And Noah did according unto all that the Lord - , ii<b./,om thoughts of his heart loas only evil continually. \ commanded him.

u"."i'. 3 20. ^ ^^^' ' ^^ repented the Lo rd that he had made man f 6 And Noah ivas six hundred jTars old when the

on the earth, and it ^ grieved him at his heart. | flood of waters was upon the earth.

7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom 1 1 7 H And Noah went in, and ^. his sons, and his n ret.s,

•'i'im.Vi^ have created, from the face ofthe earth ; f both man J wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, ^"^ Urn-, m'.^ ''^^^'^ beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls ofthe J f because of the waters of the flood. 19 fllmk,

i-l^''-3n ^^^ • ^^^ ^^ repenteth me that I have made them. \ 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, >^/42 • ^t^_J ' 8 But Noah ' found grace in the eyes ofthe Lord. I and of fowls, and of every thing that creepcth upon '"^' '" L-Xepf" 9 H These arc the generations of Noah: Noah < the earth,

,,*^'^^'' ^'i ■«!,?**»;:.•»,■:• »n

'Hie

Before CHRIST

3349.

gch.2,19.

hHeb.6,7. Zee. 14,5,6.

i Job 28, 4. I's. 106, 9.

k chap. 1,7. Ps. 78, 23.

world drowned. CHAPTER

9 There went ^ in two and two unto Noah into \ the ark, the male and the female, as God had com- 1 manded Noah. i

10 And ^ it came to pass, after seven days, that the « waters of the flood were upon the earth. t

11 H In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the \ second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the \ same day were all the fountains of the ' great deep \ broken up, and the ^ windows of heaven were opened.

12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

13 In the self-same day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sonsof Noah, andNoah's 5 wii'e, and the three wives of his sons with them, into \ the ark ; \

14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the \ cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that \ creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl \ after his kind, every bird of every sort. \

15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark ' two \ and two of all flesh, M^herein is the breath of life. I

16 And they that went in, went in male and female | of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the | "• Lord shut him in. t

17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth : i and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and \ it was lift up above the earth. \

18 And the waters " prevailed, and Avere increased greatly upon the earth ; and the ark ° went upon the face of the waters.

1 9 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the ^ high hills that mere under the

pjei. 3,23. whole heaven, were covered.

20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail ; and the ** mountains ^vere covered. I

«? rs. 104,6. 21 And all flesh died that moved upon tlie earth, both \ of fowl , and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creep- \ ing thing that creepeth upon the earth, and "" every man : \ 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of |

liefore CHRIST

2348.

\ lleb. Pu- ll! f^ furifi nyid itturn-

ver.10,1!. lat. 10, a.

h Ezck. 7. 16.

Mat. li, W. John 16,o^.

i Isa. 2C, 8. Pial. 40, :.

io.

I Jan. cs 5,7

Isa. 11, 6.

m 2 King;s 4, 4, 5.

n P.s.69,15. o l»s. 101,

V.I.. 14, 28,

29.

|- Luke 17,

i:'7.

.lob 2?, 16. 2 I'cU 2, 5.

1 1, 14.

2 I'et. 2, 9. I'luv. 11,4.

t ver. 11. rbap.8,3,4. Vi. 29, 10.

B Hab. 3, 1,

chap. 19, 29.

b Ps. 3G, 6.

<-.Tob3S,S7. Mat. 8, 9,

t HpI). go- ill^ and re- turning.

all that was in the dry land, died.

23 And every living substance was destroyed which Ai^as upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of tjie heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth : | and ^ Noah only remained alive, and they that ivere < with him in the ark. \

24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth a I Miundred and fifty days. i

CHAPTER VIII. I

1 The waters assuage.. ..4 The ark resteth on Ararat....! 8 j Noah f^oelh forth of the ark.. ..20 lie buildeth an altar, and offereth sacrifice.

AND God ^ remembered Noah, and every li\ ing thing, and ^ all the cattle that ivas with him in

«1 ch.

11.

t tipb. grnns; nnd ubitting.

the ark : and God made a wind to pass over the earth, I and the waters assuaged : l

2 The fountains also of the deep, and the win- I dows of heaven ^A^ere stopped, and the rain from | licaven was •= restrained ; |

3 And the waters returned fiom off the earth i t continually: and '^ after the end of the hundred and \ fifty days tlie waters were abated. i

4 II And the ark rested in the seventh month, on \ the. seventeenth day of the month, upon the moun- l tains of Ararat. i

5 And the waters f decreased continually, until the \ tenth month : in the tenth month, on th(3 first day of | the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. \

VIII.. ..IX. Noah goeth out of the ark.

6 H And it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah * opened the window of the ark which he had made : •

7 And he sent forth a ' raven, which went forthf to and Lali': l] la fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth, f i Kin. n.

8 Also he sent forth ^ a dove from him, to see if the ''• waters were abated from off the face of the ground :

9 But the dove "* found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark : for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in un- to Iiim into the ark.

10 And he ' stayed yet other seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark :

11 And the dove came in to him in the evening, and, lo, in her mouth icas an "^ olive-leaf i)luckt off. j^^. ^ ,^ So Noah knew that the waters were abated from off itom.'io,'i the earth.

12 And he stayed 'yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove, which returned not again unto him anymore.

13 'I And it came to pass, in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first dai/ of tlie month, the waters were dried up from off the earth : and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and look- ed, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

14 And in the second month, on the '" seven and twentieth day of the month, \vas the earth dried.

15 H And God spake unto Noah, saying,

16 " Go forth of the ark, thou and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with tliee.

17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that/? Avith thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepetli u})on the earth ; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

] 8 And Noah ° ^vent forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him :

19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and ever}' fo^vl, fm^ whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their f kinds, went forth out of the ark.

20 H And Noah builded ^ an altar unto the Lord, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.

21 And the Lord smelled f a sweet savour : and the i ' '^'■- Vf

L. , , , . , T -ii • I Amos .'5, 21.

ORD said m his heart, 1 will not again curse the lcv. «, i;

ground any niore for man's sake ; for the imagination of q 2 p<;t.3.7.

man's heart is evil from his }'outh : neither will I again "'"'' ^^^"^

smite any more every thing living, as I have *| done. L'mwL

22 t While the earth reraaineth, seed-time and o/attaA. harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter,

and day and night, shall not cease.

CHAPTER IX.

1 God hlesseth Noah. ...4 Blood and murder are forbidden.

ni <-!i. 7 13, 14.

uZrc.9 .0. Ps. 91. U.

o Pj;. 1:1 IC.

1 iii'.'.y.ofi-

r Hob. IS, 10, lo. Jloui. 12, 1.

t Ilcb. n.«« vour ifri-:i Kph. 5, 2. .Siin^' 4, IM.

8 God's covenant, 13 signified bjMhe rainbow....! 8 Noah

a ch. 2, 3.

b oh. 1, 2S. Ps. 123, a.

c ch. S.5, 5. Lev. 2ti, 22.

replenisheth the world. ...21 Is drunken, and mocked of his son. ...25 Curseth Canaan, 29 and dietli.

ND God ^blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them. Be ^ fruitful and multii)ly, and re- plenish the earth.

2 And "^ the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall ^""•^ ^>'^'^- 1)0 upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl

of the air, and upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered. dLov.22,8.

3 Every moving thmg that '' liveth shall ^ be meat ^.^^ „ ^^ for you ; even ^ as the green herb have I given you all r €^1! 2a,

thin

ore

God's covenant wiih Noah. GENESIS. The generation of Noah and his sons.

cHmsT ^ ^"^ ^®^^? ^'^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ thereof, which is the \ CHAPTER X. Befce -

dr.23«. ^Wood thereof, shall ye not eat. 5 1 The generations of Noah....8 Nimrod the first monarch. ^^HJ^i'''^'

5 And surely your blood of your lives will P re- 1 IVTOW these are the ^ generations of the sons of

a: Lev. 17,

2347.

n. ■ * quire; at the hand of every beast will I require it, jl^ Noah; Shem, Ham and Japheth : and unto '"^''^p-^''- ' ^'" ^' '^- and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every ^ man's I them were sons born after the flood.

' ^^- 21. 23- brother will I require the life of man. § 2 The ^ sons of Japheth ; Gomer, and Magog, and 5. ' ^'"- *'

ic Acts 17, 6 Whososheddeth man's blood, ^ by "man shall his >Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and

blood be shed : for " in the image of God made he man. > Tiras. !. fob 34, 19. 7 And you, ° be 3 e fruitful and multiply; bring forth J 3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Ri- m Num. 35, abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 5 phath, and Togarmah.

Kom. 13, 4. 8 5 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons I 4 And the Sons of Javan ; Elishah, and Tarshish, nch. 1,27. with him, saying, I Kittim, and Dodanim. l^^'-^'

0 ch. K 28. 9 And I, P behold I, establish "^ my covenant with | 5 By these were the "^ isles of the Gentiles divided P ch. «, 17. you, and with your ■" seed after you ; I in their lands ; every one after his tongue, after their q isa. 54, 0. ^ ^ A^d ^^^t^^ ' every living creature that is with you, j families, in their nations,

, cb 22 17 ^^^^^^ ^^^^' ^^^^^^ cattle, and of every beast of the | 6 H And the sons of "^ Ham ; Gush, and Mizraim, d 1 chr.4, Hum. i;3. ■ earth with you ; from all that go out of the ark, to ev- | and Phut, and Canaan. f- 105 57

s Vs. 145, s. ery beast of the earth. I 7 And the sons of Cush ; Seba and Havilah, and ' ' '

1 1 And I will establish my covenant with you ; | Sabtah, and Raamah^nd Sabtecha ; and the sons of

neither shall all flesh be cut oft^any more by the wa- i Raamah, Sheba and Dedan.

ters of a flood ; neither shall there any more be a | 8 And Cush begat || Nimrod ; he began to be a n That is, a

flood to * destroy the earth. 5 mighty one in the earth : "^'^■

f ch.8,21. 12 And God said. This Z5 the token of the covenant ? 9 He was ^ a mighty hunter ' before the Lord : Ht'^'nf'

which I make between me and you, and every living I wherefore it is said. Even ^ as Nimrod the mighty Ezlklls,!?.

creature that is with you, for perpetual generations. I hunter before the Lo rd. r cuap. c, 4.

1 3 I do set my " bow in the cloud, and it shall be I 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel , and ^ 2 chr. 28, u Rev. 4, 3. fQj. jj token of a covenant between me and the earth. \ Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 22-

14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud \ 1 1 Out of that land || went forth Asshur, and build- iior, *.»«„! over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud : \ ed Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, HsyX,

15 And I will remember my covenant, which «s be- | 12 And Resen, between Nineveh and Calah : the '^*"''^^- tween me and you, and every living creature ofallssame Z5 a •• great city. hNah.3,). flesh ; and the waters shall no more become a flood \ 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamrni, and

to destroy all flesh. } Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

IG And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I v/ill 1 14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim (out of whom ex'sr; 12. look upon it, that I may ^ remember the everlasting | came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

covenant between God and every living creature of ^ 15 H And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and

all flesh that is upon the earth. i Heth,

ych.41,32. 17 And God said unto Noah, This 25 y the token of I 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the

the covenant which I have established between me i Girgasite,

and all flesh that is upon the earth. i 1 7 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

18 H And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the | 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth : and Ham t Hamathite : and afterward were the families of the is the father of Canaan. I Canaanites spread abroad.

19 These are the three sons of Noah : and of them I 19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Si- 7 -rov. 12, ^^'^^ ^1^® whole earth overspread. Idon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza ; as thou I'; ^- 27 '^^ ^^^^^ Noah began to be^^ husbandman, and he \ goest unto Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah, and .

CI...5, 27. p|y,-,^gj ^ vineyard : _ I Zeboiim, even unto Lasha. ckii,^l\u'.

1 (^'on 10, 21 And he drank of the wine, and * was drunken ; > 20 ' These are the sons of Ham, after their fami-

'2- ' and he was ^ uncovered within his tent. 5 lies, after their tongues, in their countries, and in J^g'^'"'^''^^

t.prov.20, 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, sawthe naked- hheir nations. That is »/

ness of his father, and ''told his two brethren without. \ 21 H Unto Shem also, the ^ father of all the chil- L/iU','"*'^ ^',';r''' .23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and I drcn || of Eber, the brother of Japheth the f elder, ^■""- '''^^''• fiai. 6, 1. j^j(j ^f upon both their shoulders, and went backward, < even to him were children born. ["^I";

and covered the nakedness of their father ; and their I 22 The children of Shem ; * Elam, and "^ Asshur, •^^''^p-'^. 3-

faces were backward, and they saw not their father's I and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 1 Arts 2, 9.

nakedness. I 23 And the children of Aram; " Uz, and Hull, m 2 Kings

24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew \ and Gether, and Mash. *^' '"•

d ch 4P 15 ^^'1^''^ ''^'^ younger son had done unto him : ^ 24 And Arphaxad begat Salah ; and Salah begat "^"^ ^- '•

i)oi.».28,i8; 25 And he said, "* Cursed 6e Canaan ; "^ a servant I Eber.

e John e,s4. of sorvauts shall he be unto his brethren. t 25 And unto Eber were born two sons ; the name

fps. 114,15. 26 And he said, "^ Blessed be the Lord God of lofonez(/"«5°Peleg ; for in his days was the earth di- 35^"*"" '''' J'-'^;"'^';; Shem ; and Canaan shall be his servant. >vided; and his brother's name it'«5 Joktan. 'i^ilicn.

u'/i. r,l ^^ ^^^ ^l^^ll II enlarge Japheth, and he shall ^ dwell in 5 26 And Joktan })egat Almodad, and Sheleph, and

the "^ tents of Shem ; and Canaan shall be his servant. iHazarmaveth, and Jerah, p2chr.9,

iio?ea2, 14.

F^Kph.3,6, 28 1[ And Noah lived after the flood three hundred \ 27 And Hadoram, and'Uzal, and Diklah, ■ .il'22,34.

Rom. 11.12. and fifty 3'ears. \ 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

b M, II, 99 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred \ 29 And ^ Ophir, and "^ Havilah, and Jobab : all » sa'm. l,% iiiu.'2,ia, and fifty yearg : and he died. Uhese icerc the sons of Joktan.

..ikJddkikH.^AJL.

' Before CHRIST

2247.

The builJing of Babel CHAPTER

30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou ) goest unto Sephar, a ' mount of the east. ^

31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, j after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. ^

32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, af- s ter their generations, in their nations : and by these s were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. <

CHAPTER XI.

I One language in the \vcrld....3 The building of Babel....5 < The confusion of tongues. s

AND the whole ^ earth was of one f language, and \ of one speech.

2 And it came to pass, as they ^journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dAvelt there.

3 And they said one to another, *■ Go to, let us make I brick, and burn them thoroughl}^ And they had^ '' brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. \

4 And they said. Go to, let us build us a city, and a | tower whose ® top 7nay reach unto heaven ; and let us ^ make us ^ a name, lest we be ^ scattered abroad upon j the face of the whole earth. J

5 And the Lord ^ came down to see the city and the \ tower, which t]i8 children of men builded. s

6 And the Lord said, ^ Behold, the peoj)lc is one, I and they have all one language ; and this they begin l to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, I ^vhich they have imagined to do. i

7 Go to, ' let us go do^vn, and there °^ confound iheir I language, that they may ° not understand one anoth- 1 er's speech. I

8 So the Lord ° scattered them abroad from thence 5 upon the face of all the earth : and they left off to 5 build the city.

9 Therefore is the name of it called Babei ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

ion These are the generations of Shem : Sliem was a hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood :

1 1 And Shem lived, after he begat Arphaxad, five s hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. \

12 And Arphaxad lived live and thirty years, and $ p begat t Salah.

13 And Arphaxad lived, after he begat Salah, four \ hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. I

14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber : I

15 And Salah lived, after he begat Eber, fourhun- 1 drcd and three years, and begat sons and daughters. |

16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and be-? gat II Pelee:^: I

1 7 And Eber lived, after he begat Peleg, four hun- ? dred and thirty 5'ears, and begat sons and daughters, i

1 8 And Pel eg lived thirty years, and begat Reu : \

19 And Peleg lived, after he begat Reu, two hun- 1 drcd and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. I

20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat |

II Serug. ^ \

21 And Reu lived, after he begat Serug, two hun- j dred and seven 3^ears, and begat sons and daughters, i

22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor : s

23 And Serug lived, after he begat Nahor ^two hun- 1 dred years, and begat sons and daughters. \

24 And Nahor lived nine and tiventy years, and < begaj; Tcrah. I

2.5 And Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, a hun- 1 drcd and ninctecji years, and begat sons and daughters, l

r<>r IP

CfiHlST

22)7.

r Acts 7, ?,

Nrh. 9. 7.

Dan. 2, 2. 4.

Some ri aci.

r ch. 6, U. t Ilcb. lip. b ch. JO, 10.

crrov.l.Il. neb. 10/24.

«1 Rev. 21,

in.

1 Pet. 2, 5.

p Deut. 1, ' 20.

f Prov. 13, 10.

p- Job. 15, 2a

hch. 18,21.

i Psal. 14,Z

k ch. 3, 22.

ch. 1, 26.

Ill John, 20.

11 Deut. 28, 43.

o verse 4.

XI. ...Xn. God callcth Ahram.

26 And Teral) lived seventy years, and begat '^Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

27 TI Now these «re the generations of Terah: Te- "^ — ^ rah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran 2.''°^'''^ begat Lot.

28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in ^ Ur of the Chaldees.

29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives : the name of Abram's wife ims ^ Sarai ; and the name of Nahor's wife Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the fa- 'Ji%-fhc ther of *^ Milcah, and the father of Iscah. ^?f^"!u\

30 But Sarai was barren ; she liad no child. n'v>dh",'f

31 And "Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the Jf'"''' son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter- ^^^-^''^ in-law, his son Abram's wife ; and they went forth ^'"IV/^'* with, them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the ''\_^ \^ land of Canaan : and they came unto ^ Haran, and *''■'"'' ' dwelt there. ^ '::..:1;: 'g' ,';

32 And the days of Terah \\Qxe two hundred and ^^Il\^i- five years : and 1 erah died in Haran. , Josh. 21,2.

X At-t* 7. 4. c ch. 24, !0.

01 t2l;.

CHAPTER XII.

1 God calleth Abram, and blesseth hiui witli a proniiso

.10 He is driven

ji Luke 3,

3U.

Kdinnn is hrouglit in bftwr.nn Ar- jihuxnd and Salah.

f Hc!>. S'.heluft.

!' Called

J.iikc 3, 3.5. 1 Clir. 1, 19.

t in

II 0r,Sn- r'ich, Luke 3, 35.

Christ.. ..6 lie journeyeth through Canaan.

by a famine into Egypt. a A.ts 7.

'VrOW the Lord * had snid unto Abram, ^ Get thee b_2cor. -i^ out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and ' from thy father's house, unto a land that I will" shew

thee : a Ron 1

2 And I will make of thee *^ a great nation, and 1 n ""'' ' will ® bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou " shalt be a blessing

_ 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and cnrsc him that curseth thee ; and ^ in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

4 So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken u-ito him ; and Lot went with him : and Abram ims seven- ty and five years old when he ^ departed out of Haran.

5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his broth- er's son, and all tlieir substance that they had gather- ed, and the souls that they had ^ gotten in Haran : and they went forth to go into the ' land of Canaan ; and into the land of Canaan they came.

6 H And Abram ^ passed througli the land unto tlie ijo!,i.4,a

place oP Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the ^, nem 1 Jfc

" Canaanite was then in the land. sa. •*

7 And the Lord " appeared unto Abram, and said,

Unto ° thy seed will I give this land : and there build- " ""'■ '"' '' ed he an altar unto the Lord, who api)eared unto him. „ Kon,. ?, -,

8 And he ^ removed from thence unto a mountain ^•

on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having rch. 13,1 Beth-el en the west, and Hai on the east ; and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and (tailed upcn <\y"^'- ^■ the name of the Lord. vi. sj, 19.

9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the

south. ^ _ rDcut.E,7,

ion And there was '^ a famine ^ in the land : and i'*- '°"' ^^■ Abram ® went down into Egypt to sojourn there ; for the famine was grievous in the land.

1 1 And it came to pass, when he was come near to , ver.e n. enter into Egypt, that he said mito Sarai his wife, ^""ff Behold now, 1 know that thou art a * fair woman to look upon :

12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyp- tians shall see thee, that they shall say. This is his wife ; ;■ ' ^'""- ^> and they will " kill me, but they will save thee alive.

13 Say, I pray thee, thou art ^ my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake : and my soul shall live because of thee.

17.

Ktv. IS, 4.

C Hch. I1,B.

11.

Gal. 3, 7.

C G:i!.n, 14.

f Gal. n, r.

l;om. 4. II.

Ilr).. 1 1

h ch. II, I 1.

ch. 10, IP.

k llcl'.!!,'

.<;]\Iat.2. 13. 14.

11.

Koin. 3, S.

X Prov. 29, 25. '•

ch 2<}, li

7. Prov.

12.

Ahram and Lot return from Egypt. GENESIS. The battle of the kings.

1 4 H And it came to pass, that, when Abram was \ 15 For all the land which thou seest, to p thee w ill Before come into Egypt, the Egyptians ^ beheld the woman 1 1 give it, and to i thy seed ' for ever. ^c"^92l.^ that she was very fair. J 1^ And I will make thy seed as the dust of the ^^^ — '

15 The ^ princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and 5 earth : so that if a man can number the dust' of the He1.'n%f' commended her before Pharaoh; and the woman ^ earth, ^Aen shall thy seed also be numbered. qch.12,7.

Refore CHRIST

cir. 1918.

V Mat. S, 28. chap. 39, 7.

29,

was taken into Pharaoh's * house.

a Esth. 2, 9.

105,

s 1 7 Arise, walk through the land, in the * length of it, ^•^"'- ^^' "'• \ and in the breadth of it ; for I will give it unto thee. rJsa.es.ie.

f) Ps. 14.

iChr.

22.

/oh 34, in.

Ucb. 13, 4.

.21,

1 6 And he entreated Abram well for her sake : and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-ser-| 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and vants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels. \ dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and

17 And the Lord ^plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram's wife

Mat. S, 5.

s ch. 15, S. & 22, 17. & 32, 12. Heb. 11, 12. Rev. 7, 9.

"rov.

I R, 27. 21,1.

a l>a. 31, t.

1) ch. 12,9.

c Prov. 10,

22.

M.<t. e, 33.

\ Tim. 4, 3.

A <!i. 12, G.

18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said. What is this that thou hast done unto me ? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife ?

19 Why saidst thou. She is- my sister ? so J might have taken her to me to wife : now therefore behold thy ^\ife, take her., and go thy way.

20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him : and they " sent him a^vay, and his wife, and all that he had.

CHAPTEPt XIII.

1 Abram and Lot return out of Egypt.. ..14 God reneweth the promise to Abram....! 8 He removeth to Hebron, and there : buildeth an altar.

ND A!)rara * went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, in- the ^ south.

2 And Abram was " very rich in cattle, in sliver, and in gold.

t Heb. 11, 16.

built there " an altar unto the Lord CHAPTER XIV.

The battle of the kings... .12 Lot is taken prisoner....! 8 Mel chisedek blesseth Abram. ...20 Abram giveth him tithe.

ND it came to pass in the days of Amraphel «<:•>• 12,7- _ oP Shhiar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Che- a ch. 10,10.

J dorlaomer king of ^ Elam, and Tidal king of nations ; ^^^ J^s.

\ 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, " " '

? and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of

I Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king cch. 19,20.

i of Bela, which is '^ Zoar.

s 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Sid-

i dim, which is the ^ salt sea.

4 T\^ elve years they ^ served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they ^ rebelled.

5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, \l'^^^-"' and the kings that ivere with him, and smote the ^ Re- ^^^^ „ phaims in ^ Ashteroth-Karnaim, and the ' Zuzims in "• Ham, and the '" Emims in Shaveh-Kiriathaim, h josh. 13,

6 And the \Horites in their mount Seir, unto ™ El- p;ut.i,4.

Deut 29, 23. Josh. 12, 23.

d Josh. 3,

16.

Ps. 107, 34.

ech. 9,26.

V Prov. 3, 9, cii. 12, 3.

3 And he '' went on his journcj^s frona the south, 5 paran, which is by the wilderness. ^ i Deut. 2, even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had S 7 And they returned and came to En-mishpat, 20. been at the beginning, between Beth-el, and Hai ; l which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the u Deut. 2,

4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had ^ made \ " Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt in '"■ there ac the first: and there Abram called on the I '' Hazezon-tamar. y^^"'-^'

jirh.tsa. name of the Lord. \ 8 And there went out the king of Sodoin, and the ^^^^^^ ^ ^

5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, ^ had? king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the ch.2^,''2i'.

( rim. i

:li. 21,25.

Aen. 5. 9.

k f lOT. 15, I, 3.

1 1 Cor. 6,7. HcK 12, 14. Ps. 120, 7.

m Ps. 66, IZ

flocks, and herds, and tents. \ king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, (the same is

6 And the land was not able to bearthem, that they ^ Zoar ;) and they joined battle with them in the vale might - dwell together : for their substance was great, ^ of Siddim ;

so that tiiey could not dwell together. ^ 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with

7 And there was a ^ strife between the herdmen of < Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel kin^ of Shinar, Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle : and j and Arioch king of Ellasar ; four kings with five.

n ch.36, 12. o 2 Clir. 2(>,

Soil-' 1.11.

10 And the vnle of Siddim ivas full of s\ime-p\ts ; 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 '^ goods of Sodom and Go- morrah, and all their "■ victuals, and went their way.

12 And they took ^ Lot, Abram's

brother's

son.

n oh. 19, 1 Pet. £

ocb. 19, 5. Kzfk. IS, 49.

the Canaanite and the Perizzite ' dwelled then in the ? land . <

8 A nd Abram said unto Lot, ^ Let there be no strife, | 1 pray thee, between me and thee, and between my i herdmen and thy herdmen : for we be brethren. I

9 Is not the whole land before thee .^ Separate thy- ? self, I j)ray thee, from me : ^ If thou ivilt take the left \ (who dwelt in Sodom,) and his goods, and departed, hand, then I will go to the right ; or lUhou depart to 5 13 H And there came one that had escaped, and the right hand, then I v/ill go to the left. 5 told Abram the * Hebrew ; for he dwelt in the plain of ^ j^^^,, ,^

10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the l Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother plain of Jordan, that it ivas " well watered every | of Aner : and these t^ere confederate with Abram. where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Go- \ 14 And when Abram heard that his" brother was morrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land ] taken captive, he armed his iramed servants,^ honi in of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. ? his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pur-

1 1 Then Lot " chose him all the plain of Jordan ; j sued them unto Dan. and Lot journeyed east : and they separated them- i 15 And he "^ divided himself against them, he and selves the one from the other. 5 his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued

1 2 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot ^ them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Da- dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his lelit i mascus. toward Sodom. 5 16 And he ^ brought back all the goods, and also ''

13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, " and sin- ? brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the ners before the Lord exceedingly. I women also, and the people.

14 H And the Lord said unto Abram, after that| 17 H And the kin^ of Sodom went out to ^ meet Lot w^as separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, i him, (after his return from the slauffhier of Chedorla- and look from the place where thou ait, northward, \ omer, and of the kinss that were with hin>,) at the and southward, and eastward, and westward : | valley of Shaveh, which is the * king's dale.

p Josh. 8,24.

qch. 12,5.

r Deut. 2R, 31, Sd, 51.

s ch. 13, II. Uev. 13, 4.

15.

uch. 11,27.

w ch. 15, 3. & 17, 12.

X Ps. 68,12. 2~Sam. 1, 23.

y I?a. 41. 2, 1 Sam. 3u

■S.

T Prov 19,

!i2Sara.l8<

■^^*

b Ps. 110,4 Ueb. 7, 1.

God'^s promise to Abram. CHAPTER

Before 18 And ^ Melchisedek, king of Salem, brought I ^£^mu " forth bread and wine ; and he was the ^ priest of the 5 ^ ^-— most high God. \

19 And he ^blessed him, and said, ^Blessed be) cHeb.7,1. Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven f John 6, ss! and eartli : 5

' 20 And e blessed be the most high God, which hath f

dHeb.7,3. h^gijygygd tj^ii^e enemies into thy hand. And he^ ^ujn.e, gave him tithes of all. . \

^ £ ^ , 3 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give \ 6- ^ ' ' ' me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. |

e ch. 9, 20. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have i h Ps. ii, 3. ^ lift up my hand unto the Lord, the most high God, ^ the possessor of heaven and earth, s

i i>an.^i^2,7. 23 That I will not *" take from a thread even to a ? Kev. 10, 5, gi^Qg.jatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is I ic sicings 5, thine,Mest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich ; I f icings 13, ^ Save only that which the young men have eaten, I *• ' and the portion of the men which went with me, I I Esther 9, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre ; letthem take their i)ortion. \

CHAPTER XV.

1 God encourageth Abram, 4 promiseth him a son, and a mul- 1 tiplying of his seed....6 Abram is justified by faith. ...7 Ca- 5 naan is promised, and confirmed by a vision. j

AFTER these things the word of the Lord came I unto Abram * in a vision, saying, ^ Fear not, \ I am thy " shield, and thy exceeding '^ great \

XV....XVI. Hagar jieeth fiom Surai

1 6 But in the fourth generation they shall come hith- er again ; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not ■* yet full.

17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and s2. ""■ ' a t burning lamp that passed between those pieces. 17''"'" ^'

18 In that same day the Lord made a covenant t„^b.« with Abram, saying, ^ Unto thy seed have I given this iami.oj/,rt. land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the b .u. 12,7. river Euphrates :

19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kad- monites,

20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

CHAPTER XVI.

CHRLhT cir. 19lo.

& IS, 15. IhUl. 34, i.

1 Sarai being barren giveth Hagar to Abram.

..15 Ishraael is

16, 16.

born.

1911

a d). 25,21 bch. 12,11;

a Acts 10, 10.

b Dan. 10, 12.

c Ps. 5, IZ

e Ps. 127, 3.

Abram reward.

2 And Abram said. Lord God, what wilt thou give ^ me, ^ seeing I go childless, and the steward of my ^

d^pmv. 11, ijQusg i^ fijjs Eliezer of Damascus ? s

3 And Abram said. Behold, to me thou hast given I no seed : and, lo, ^ one born in rtiy house is mine heir. ?

4 And^ehold , the word o^'the Lord came unto him, \ sayhig, Tliis shall not ha thme heir ; but he that shall | come forth out of thine own^ bowels shall be thine heir. I

5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look I now towards heaven, and tell the ''stars, if thou be I

b Rom. 9,7, ^^i^j^ ^^ number them. And he said unto him, So shall \

thy seed be.

-6 And he ' believed ^ in the Lord ; and ' he count- ed it to him for righteousness.

7 And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of "" Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land

2Cor.S,19. * • 1 •. -^ 7 o

' to mherit it. m ch. 12,1. g ^^^ j^^ g^jj^ Lord God, " whereby shall I know iuudg.6, tjjat I shall inherit it .?

Luue 1, 18. 9 And he said unto him, ° Take me a heifer of three o Pa so, 5. years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram Lev. 1,2. Qf ^jjj.gg years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young

pjoh 38,25. pigeon.

y^Tun.2, ]Q ^(j ]^g ^QQ^ „j^l(^ \^[^ all these, and ^ divided

them m the midst, and laid each piece oneagamstan- ?:Si7'3 <^ther ; but the birds divided he not. 7- " ' ' 11 And when the •* fowls came down upon the car- 1 r ch. 2, 21. cases, Abram drove them away. ^ I

«rs.35,4. 12 And when the sun was going do^vn, ' a deep? sleep fell upon Abram ; and, lo, a horror of great I * darkness fell upon him. *

1 3 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in aland that is hiot theirs,

uGai.3,17. ^i^f^ shall serve them; and they shall afflict them " four hundred years ;

14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will "^ I judge ; and afterwards shall they come out with y great substance.

1 5 And thou shalt go to ^ thy fathers in peace ; thou shalt be buried in a good old itgc.

IniihUd li'j d ch. :

g- 2 Sam. 7, 12.

i Rom. 4, 10,

20.

k Rom. 4, 3.

I Rom. 4, 2, 3.

I ell. 17, 18. y^. 105, 11, •IJ.

a-Ps. 51, 4.

1 EccJ. I2i J«b5, 2C

NOW Sarai, Abram's wife, =" bare him no children : and she had a ^ handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Ha^ar.

2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath " restrained me from bearing : I pray thee, ^^^^ ^o ig go in unto my maid ; it may be that 1 may f obtain ''^'' ' children by her. And Abram '^ hearkened to the voice '"■ of Sarai.

3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt " ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband e ch. 12, 5. Abram to be his ^ wife.

4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived : '^^"^ ^^' and, when she saw that she had conceived, her mis- tress was 2 despised in her eyes. j,^ ^, „ ,

5 And Sarai said unto Abram, '^ My wrong 6e upon §1,23"' "^ thee : I have given my maid into thy bosom ; and j, pru,. ^ when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised '■■-'■

in her eyes : the Lord 'judge between me and thee. . jsani.21,

6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is 13.

^ in thy hand : do to her as it pleaseth thee. And kch.2i,ij when Sarai ' dealt hardly with her, she "" fled from her face.

7 And the angel of the Lord " found her by a foun- ■'^ tain of water m tlie wilderness, by the fountain in the m ccci.* 10. way to Shur.

8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, ° whence camest thou ? and whither wilt thou go ? And she said, P I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

9 And the angel of the Lord said unto her. Return p^isani.26 to thy mistress, and "^ submit thyself under her hands.

10 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will ' multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

11 And the angel of the Lord said unto her. Be- hold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael ; because the Lord ' hath heard thy affliction.

12 And he will be a wild man ; his hand iviU be tPs.6», 30. *against every man, and every man's hand against him :

and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

13 And she called the name of the Lord that spalve

unto her, •' Thou God seest me : for she said. Have I tivit ^' also here ^ looked after him that seeth me ?

14 Wherefore the well was called H Beer-laha-roi : behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 And Hagar bare Abram a son ; and Abram «r„'^iSi called his son's name, which Hagar bai-e, Ishmael. '^'

16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old when Hagai" bare Ishmael to Abram.

^ 17

PlOV. li. i. I I'L-U 2, 7

1 Prov. 29,

n Prov. t.'i

o cli. 3, a

q Titus 2,9. 1 Pet. 3, is;

r ch. 2:;, 13.

s Ex. 3, 7 JoU38, 4i.

xcb. 32,3e.

Ii That is,

The ttxll of

"..■A

Abraham entertaineth three anaefs.

Circumcision is instituted. GENESIS.

CHAPTER XVII. I 21 But <= my covenant will I establish with Isaac,

10 Circumcision is instituted, i whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in

^ the next year.

Before CHRIST

cir. 1893.

God reneweth the covenant.

16 Isaac is promised.. ..23 Abraham and Ishmael are cn-

cumcised.

Before CHRIST

cir. 1898.

22 And he left off talking with him, and God

AND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, } ^ went up from Abraham, the Lord ''appeared to Abram, and said unto | 23 H And Abraham " took Ishmael his son, and all

LiPs. 115,3.

<-rs. iic.a.

fl Horn. 3,

24.

1 Cor. 4, 7.

e verse 17. Call. 8, 1 8.

fRom.4,tG. I ial. 3, 23, 2!).

jr Rom. 4, 17. Neh. 9, 7.

h Mat. 1, I.

J Rom. 9, 8, 9.

k Luke I,

ti7, 72.

t IlPb, 8, 10. i.fv. 26, 12.

m Ileb. 9,

IS.

2 Pet J, 11.

rov. 10. 7

him, I am the Almighty God : *= walk before me, and | that were born in his house, and all that were bought <> '^■^' be thou perfect. j with his money, every male among the men of Abra- e Mat. ir,

2 And I will make my covenant between me and j ham's house, and ^ circumcised the flesh of their fore- ''' thee ; and will multiply thee exceedingly. i skin in the ^ self-same day, as God had said unto him. f^"""'*."

3 And Abram " fell on his face : and God talked ^ 24 And Abraham ivas ^ ninety years old and nine, 1,^=- "»• with him, saying, f when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and-| 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, p.'o"' "' "' thou shalt be ^ a father of many nations. i when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram ; j 26 In the self-same day was Abraham circumcised, but thy name shall be called Abraham : for a ^ father | and Ishmael his son ; of many nations have I made thee. | 27 And all the men of his house, born in the house,

6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and U and bought with money of the stranger, were circum- will make nations of thee, and '' kings shall come out I cised ' with him. of thee. s CHAPTER XVIII.

7 And I will establish my covenant between me 1 1 Abraham entertaineth three angels....l7'The destruction of and thee, and ' thy seed after thee, in their generations, j Sodom is revealed to Abraham, for an ^ everlasting covenant, to be ' a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after } heat of the day :

thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land | 2 And he lift up his eyes, and looked, and, lo, ^ three 2."^''' '* of Canaan, for ™ an everlasting possession ; and I will i men stood by him : and when he saw them., he " ran to

i ch, 18,19

AND the Lord '" api)eared unto him in the plains 22 of Mamre : and he sat in the tent-door in the

a James 2

be their God.

9 H And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep i toward the ground

meet them from the tent-door, and "^ bowed himself »3-

c Rom. 1.%

II Ex. 12, 11.

Ool. % 12. Horn. 4, 11.

o Gal. 3,22.

1» Deut. 10,

li3.

Horn. 2, 29.

niy covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in their generations.

10 This is " my covenant, which 3'e shall keep, be- tweeji me and you, and thy seed after thee ; Every ° man-child among yoii shall be ^ circumcised.

1 1 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your fore-

3 And said. My Lord, if now I have found *"- favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy ser- vant :

4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and *^ wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree :

5 And I will fetch a morsel of ^ bread, and '' corn-

el ch. 25, 7. e cli. 22, 5.

fch. 19,2.

^ niat. 6, 11.

t Hel). a son

nf tight

t I! 0111. 2,

Ks. 1, 21.

skin ; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt \ fort ye your hearts ; after that you shall pass on : for ''^^'•- ^^^ ' me and you. I* therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, « <^^- j^, »

12 And he that is f eight days old shall be circum- > So do as thou hast said, cised among you, every man-child in your genera- 5 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, tions ; he that is born in the house, or bought mth 5 and said. Make ready quickly ''three measures of 'fine l^}''^- '- money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. \ meal, knead it., and make cakes upon the hearth. \c\, a a

13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is \ 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a " ' ' bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised : | calf "" tender and good, and gave it unto a joung ^ Mai. i, and my covenant shall be in '^ your flesh for an ever- \ man ; and he hasted to dress it. ^^ lasting covenant. \ 8 And he took butter and milk, and the calf which „ Neu. i?,

14 And the uncircumrised man-child, whose flesh \ he had dressed, and set it before them ; and he " stood q^, g ,3* of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be "■ \ by them under the tree, and they did ° eat.

« I (^or. 11, ^y^ off from his people ; he hath ^ broken my covenant, i 9 H And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy

15 11 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai i wife ? And he said. Behold, in the p tent, thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sa- | 10 And he said, I will certainly "^ return unto thee rah shall her name he. | according to the time of life ; and, I9, Sarah thy wife

16 And I will ^ bless her, and give thee a son also ? shall have a son. And Sarah heard z'^in the tent-door, u 1 Pet.3.5. of 'icr ; yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a another \ which was behind him.

of " nations ; kings of people shall be of her. \ 1 1 Now Abraham and Sarah were^ old, and ' well

17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and ''laughed, \ stricken in age : and it ceased to be with Sarah after and said in his heart. Shall a child be born unto him \ the ^ manner of women.

that is a hundred years old ? and shall Sarah, that is ^ 12 Therefore Sarah * laughed within herself, say ninety years old, bear .? I ing, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure

18 And Abraham said unto God, Oh, thatlshma- \ lord being old also ? el might live ^ before thee ! I 13 And the Lord said unto Abraliam, ^ Wherefore

19 And God said, ^ Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a ?did Sarah laugh, saying. Shall I of a surety bear a son indeed ; and thou shalt call his name * Isaac ; and \ child which am old ^

I will establish my covenant with him for an everlast- \ 14 Is any thing ^ too hard for the Lord ? At the V. ing covenant, and with his seed after him. \ time appointed ' I will return unto thee according to ^mc«.h 7,

20 And "as for Ishmael, I have heard thee : Behold, \ the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. [^„-,^g , ,3 ^ ^^ I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and I ^ 15 Then Sarah ^ denied, saying, I laughed not; *-

will multiply him exceedingly : *■ twelve princes shalU for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou »cu. 4.9.

27, J9,

cb. 1, 23.

Ual. 4, 23.

K linni. }, 19,20. Jjlui C, 5G.

V Ts. 4, R. Tsa. 'M, 2. P«. 41, 12. <U, 4,12,14.

7. eh. 18,10. i21,6.

aiTIa'.. 4,2s,

Roiu.;;^7,e.

o .Tudj. 13,

16.

p ch. 2 1, 67.

q Kom. 'J, S, 9.

r Luke 1, 7,

13.

s Lev. I,),

13.

Rom. 4, i:''.

«Ttr t verse, 13. my chap.f, i:l.

Hi PetS^S.

xJolin 2,2.5.

y Luke 1,

7. S.

he beget ; and I will make him u great nation.

didst laiighr

c 2

Araos 3, 7. John 15, 15. l's.25, 14.

il ch. 12, 3. Acts 3, 25. Gal. 3, 8.

e Ps. I, 6. 2 Tim. 2.1 9.

f Deut. 6, 7.

gch. 4, 10.

Iich. 11,5.

k Jer.5, 1.

1 TIeb. 10, 22. James 4, 3.

Epfore CHRIbT

18'JO.

c ch. 13, i.

d I.iikc 2-1,

2t), 2J.

e.U-ts 12, ■■>. fLukoll,!;. gch. IS. e.

h Prov. R,

13.

Rom. 0, K

Abraham iniercedeLii for Sodom. CHAPTER XIX. llie Sodomites stricken hlind.

Before 16 H And the men rose up from thence, and look- 1 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I ^"51^^ ed toward Sodom : and Abraham went with them | pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all ^ to bring them on the way. \ night, •= and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up Cculy,

1 7 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham \ and go on your ways. And they said, '^ Nay ; but we chr 20 that thing which *= I do ; \ will abide in the street all night.

18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a J 3 And he*" pressed ui^on them greatly; and they great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the \ ^ turned in unto him, and entered into his house : and earth shall be blessed ^ in him.^ \ he made them a feast, and did bake *> unleavened

19 For ® I know him, that he will ^ command his \ bread, and they did eat. children and his household after him, and they shall \ 4 But '' before they lay down, the men of the city, keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judg- \ even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, ment ; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that ? ' both old and young, all the people from every quarter : ; j,^ ,g which he hath spoken of him. \ 5 And " they called unto Lot, and said unto him, &^;2f

20 And the Lord said, Because the ^ cry of Sodom ^ Where are the men which came in to thee this night ? k isa. s, a and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very 5 bring them out unto us, that we may ^ know them, grievous ; \ 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and ',^|}- ;*•,!;'

21 I '' will go down now, and see whether they? shut the door after him, 22.'^' ''' have done altogether according to the cry of it, which \ 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wick- l^' ''^"

i Kx. 33, 5. is come unto me ; and if not, I will 'know. < edly. *

22 And the men turned their faces from thence, \ 8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have and went toward Sodom : but Abraham " stood yet \ not known man ; let me, I pray you, •" bring them out ">R°^'";,3/ before the Lord. \ unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes : '''" '^' "^

23 And Abraham ' drew near, and said. Wilt thou ? only unto these men do nothing ; for therefore came also destroy "" the righteous with the wicked ? \ they under the " shadow of my roof.

24 Peradventure there be fift> righteous within the \ 9 And they said, ° Stand back. And they said

n .Tudp. 9. 15.

m Ezek. 20, 47

again, This one f elk

ow came m

to sojourn,

and he d

I. yohn 5. 22,27.

o Jer. S, 1.

City : wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place

for the fifty righteous that are therein ? I will •* needs be a judge : now will we ' deal worse

25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, | with thee than with them. And they pressed sore upon to slay the righteous with the wicked ; and that the \ the man, eveti Lot, and came near to break the door, righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from ^ 10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled thee. " Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right ? \ Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

26 And the Lord said, Ifl find in Sodom fifty right- ^ 11 And they smote the men that ivereat the door ^^,30. eous within the city, then I \^dll spare all ° the place | of the house with f blindness, both small and great ; Isa. 65, 8. £^^ ^j^^.^ sakes. 5 so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

27 And Abraham answered and said. Behold now, I 1211 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which 1 any besides.? son-m-law, and thy sons, and thy

job^^io"' «^ ^ 6w^ flust and ashes : I daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city,

EccLi2f7. 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty I ' bring jAem out of this place :_ Lake'sfs. rigliteous I wiU thou dcstroy all thc clty for /rtc/c (/five .? ? 13 For we will destroy this place, because the Andhesaid, Ifl find there forty and five, I will not?* cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Heh.4,16. destroy it. I Lord ; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.

29 And he spake unto him "^ yet again, and said, j 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in- Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he | law, which " married his daughters, and said, Li>, said, I will not do it for forty's sake. \ ^ get ye out of this place ; for the Lord will destroy

30 And he said U7ito him/ O let not the Lord be \ this city. But he seemed as one that ^ mocked unto angry, and I will speak : Peradventure there shall I his sons-in-law.

thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it if? 15 And when the morning arose, then the angels I find thirty there. I hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy

31 And he said. Behold now, ' I have taken upon I two daughters, which are here ; lest thou be consu- me to speak unto the Lord : Peradventure there shall | med ^ in the iniquity of the city, be twenty found there. And he said, I will not de- \ 16 And while he ^ lingered, the men laid ^ hold

o Isa. G.5. , .Sam. 17

iph.6, 18.

r Vs. 9, 12, t 10, 17.

g Luke 18,1 b 11,3.

p 2 Pet. 2 7

q Mat. 13, 55.

r Mat. 7, 6. Jer. 3, 3.

f ITeb. llhidneniM 2 Kiiijjs U,

18.

S i;h. 7, I. Josh. (3, 22.

tell. 18, ro.

u JIat. 1,18.

X Ex. 12,G1.

yMat. S!. 38. .

stroy it for twenty's sake.

upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and

z Rev. 18,4:^ a di. 43, 10

b Tohne.'l!-

t James 5,

16.

Jer. 4, 11.

Iviek. I«,

48.

Mat. 7, 7. Kx. 32, 9, lU 14.

• Ch. 18,22. lirh 18, 1.

32 And he said, O let not the Lord be angry, and \ lipon the hand of his two daughters ; the Lord being ^""i-s, I will speak yet but this once : Peradventure ten shall 5 " merciful unto him ; and they brought him forth, aiid be found there. And he said, * I will not destroy it for | set him without the city, ten's sake. I 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought

33 And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had \ them forth abroad, that ''he said. Escape " for thy life ; left communing with Abraham : and Abraham re- } ^ look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain ; turned unto his place. I escape to the ^ mountain, lest thou be consumed.

CHAPTER XIX. I ^ ^ ^^^ L^^ ^^^^ "*^^^ them. Oh,'' not so, my lord : . .

] Lot entertaineth two angels....4 The vicious Sodomites are ^ . 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace i'n thy 'f|" stricken with bliadness....24 Sodom and Gomorrah are de- 5 sight, and thoil hast magnified thy mercy, which thoU stroyed....26 Lot's wife is made a pillar of salt....3i The I hast shewed unto me in savmg my life ; and I can- not escape to the mountain, lest some ' evil take me, and I die.

20 Behold now, this city is near to flee imto, and . ^^^ ^^ it is a little one : Oh, let me escape thither, (/."?it n.*"*" not a little one ?) and my soul shall live. ' Kingsc.*

incestuous origin of Moab and Aramon.

AND there came " two angels to Sodom at even ; and Lot sat " in the gate of Sodom : and Let, seeing them., rose up to meet them : and he bowed himself witli his face tO/ward the ground ;

c Isa. e%s>.

(1 ch. 18,22.

e 1 Kings 19,3.

fl.MkeD.CS.

1. ;:, 1.%

g Mat. '^4, Id.

Ps. 121, :.

b Acts. 10. 14.

Sodom and Gomorrah destropcd. GENESIS. ' Abimekch reproved by God.

D.fore 21 And he said unto him, Sec, I have " accepted J dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken ; for Before '^8^1" thee concerning this thing also, that I will not over- \ she is a man's wife. ^"^P^

-^^^ throw this city, for the which tiiou hast spoken. j 4 But Abimelech had ^ not come near her : and he ^-^-^-^

k^ps. 14a, 22 Haste thee, escape thitlier ; for ^ I cannot do i said, Lord, wih thou slay also ^ a righteous nation ? ^^" "' *' ! Mark 6, 5. ^ny thiug till thou be come thither : therefore the s 5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister ? and she, fg''""^*^'"' isa. 65, 8. name of the city was called Zoar. ; even she herself, said. He is my brother : ^ In the in- ,, \ ^^^g

m isa. 47, 23 Tlic suu was "' risen upon the earth when Lot \ tegrity of my heart, and innocency of my hands, have 9.4. "°' ■'■ entered into Zoar. \ I done this.

n^Deut.29, 24 Then the Lord rained upon " Sodoni, and up- \ 6 And God said unto him in a dream, ' Yea, I 21, i"^ TvttXt ^^^ Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the Lord out \ know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; ^"'"^3,10 ^c^V'/e of heaven ; ^ for I also " withheld thee from sinning ^ against me : ^ p™^- 2».

' ■ 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, \ therefore f suffered I thee not to touch her. I'sam. 25,

i)^'i. lata and all the inhabitants of the cities, and ° that which \ 7 Now, therefore, restore the man his wife ; for he cLp. 31, 7 p veri 17. grew upon the ground. hs "" a prophet, and he ° shall pray for thee, and thou 1 Ps. s,, \.

3\% "' ^^ ^^^^ ^"^ ^^'^^^ ^ looked back from behind him, | shalt live : and if thou ° restore her not, know thou •='"''1' ^^' ^■ q 2 Sam. and she became "^ a pillar of salt. i that thou shalt surely die, p thou, and all that are thine, t neb. gave

18, 18. 27 5 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to | 8 Therefore Abimelech "^ rose early in the morning, Psairsi'; 12.

r^ch. 18,21, x\ie place where ' he stood before the Lord: I and. called all his servants, and told all these things mPs. 74,15.

28 And he looked toward Sodom and Oomorrah, I in their ears : and the men were sore afraid. „ j^r 14

and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, I 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto [K \ inev.18,9. Yq^ ^q 8 siTfioke of the country went up as the smoke \ him, What hast thou done unto us ? and what have c.*""^ '"'

of a furnace. \ I offended thee, that thou hast "■ brought on me and o Lev. e, 4,

^ .!, 18 22 ^^ ^"^ ^^ came to pass, when God destroyed the > on my kingdom a ' great sin ? thou hast done deeds ''

""■ cities of the plain, that God * remembered Abraham, > unto me that ought not to be done. p2Sain.24.

and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when J 1 0 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What saw- <'^- 12, 15. .i verses n, he overthrew the cities in the v.hich Lot dwelt. J est thou, that thou hast done this thing ? q job 1, 5

jti^s 18. ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ w^yit up out of Zoar, and dwelt ' in I 11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely ruev.2,14. ' " the mountain, and his two daughters with him ; for \ the * fear of God is not in this place ; and they will ,r„^ 2,4

he feared to dwell in Zoar : and he dwelt in a cave, \ slay me for my wife's sake. ^'i- 38,"24. '

he and his two daughters. f 12 And yet indeed she is " my sister ; she is the l^i^^.'n,'

31 And the firSt-born said unto the yoimger. Our ^daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my *'*°'"' X Mark 3, 6. father zs old, and there is "^ not a man in the earth ^ to | mother ; and she became my wife. ch!"*!, le.^'

verse 23.' comc lu uuto US aftcr the manner of all the earth : I 13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to ^"■"•'^i »' » ch. 6, 4. 32 ^ Come, let us make our father drink wine, and I ^ wander from my father's house, that I sa id unto her, " ch. n, 29, oeni.25,'5. we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of | This 16- thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; t ch. 11, 3. our father. < at every* place whither we shall come, say of mc. He

A ch. 9 21. . ^^ ^"<^ they made their father * drink wine that « is my brother. ', <.,:.',,• night : and the first-born went in, and lay with her | 14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, andmen-

father ; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor 5 servants, and women-servants, and gave them unto

when she arose. | Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the i 15 And Abimelech said. Behold, my land is before first-born said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yester- \ thee : dwell where it pleaseth thee, night with my father : let us make him drink wine \ 16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given this night also ; and go thou in, and lie with him, that > ^ thy brother a thousand jjieces of silver ; behold, he we may preserve seed of our father. I is to thee a covering of the eyes unto all that are with

35 And they made their father drink wine that I thee, and with all other .'^ thus she was reproved, night also : and the younger arose, and lay with him ; J 1 7 So Abraham prayed unto God : and God * heal- it"'^' ^'

i^^sam. 15, and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when I ed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants ;

I Kings 19, she arose. ] and they bare children.

-" ■ . 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child \ 1 8 For the Lord had " fast closed up all the ^vombs 1 1 sam. s,

Vis'fJkc?:^ ^ b}' their father. | of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abra- '*'■

< Ruth 3 11 37 And the first-born bare a son, and called his ? ham's wife.

M/'- \f name || Moab : the same is the father of the *= Moab- 1 CHAPTER XXI.

f.>- 3 11 ^^^^^ ■^' I ^ ^^^^^ ^^ born..,.4 He is circumcised... .9 Hagar and Ishmael

"■'■ ' ■ 38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and cal- \ a»e cast forth.

-rr'tiV ^^^^ ^^'^ ^^^"^^ 'I Ben-ammi : the same is the father of | A ND the Lord ^ visited Sarah as he had said, and ,<-yj,ec.pic. the children of Ammon unto this day. | -^^ the Lord did unto Sarah ^ as he had spoken :

C|J[APTER XX. I 2 For Sarah " conceived, and bare Abraham a son Tiius"i,\

1 Abraham sojourneth at Gerar ....2 He denieth his wife, and t in his old age, at the "^ set time of which God had citeb. u

loseth her. > spoken to him. "• ♦

ci. »<!, 1. 4 ]S[]3 Abraham journeyed * from thence towards | 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was ^ ei.. is, lo.

X Heb. 11,

1 Gor. U

V \prse 5. ■prov. £7, 5.

zJonab l.S.

«) verse 3.

a Luke 1, G3.

bcb. 17, 19. Ps. 12, 6.

^^' *''''' \ ^^ Abraham journeyed * fr cb. 16, 7. _rjL the south country, and dwe

bcb. 16,7. JTlL the south country, and dwelled between ^ Ka- ^born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, ^ Isaac. *^'*-*'^-

^^^^^ _. desh and Sliur, and sojourned in Gerar. . l "^ ^"^ Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being ^''••'^'''•

f _ rov^i, 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "^ She is I ^ eight days old, as God had commanded him. foeut i-

6 Vs. 105, ^y sister : and Abimelech king of Gerar sent and j 5 And Abraham was a hundred years old when «• '^^ ' ^ ^

»*• took Sarah. ^ j his son Isaac was born unto him. ^

^'pify' . 3 But "^ God came to Abimelech in a dream by | 6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, ^ so

t^'iA ' night, and said to him, Behold, thou art bxit * a i,^/ia^ all that hear willlaugh w. dime.. Si!\^'

Hagar and Ishmael cast forth. CHAPTER XXII. Abraham tempted to offer Isaac.

Before 7 And shc said, '' Who would liave said unto Abra- \ 30 And he said, For these seven ewe-lambs shalt ref.,rc ^dn^MsT ham, that Sarah should have given children ' suck ?S thou take of my hand, that they may be '^ a witness ^"Sl^^ '^^•^"^ for I have borne him a son in his old a^e. I unto mc that I have digged this well. -^s.-^

hisa.49^1. g ^^^ ^j^^ ^jjjl^l g^^^^ ^^^^ ^^g u vi^aned : and j 31 Wherefore he called that place 1| Beer-sheba ; %%"'' i ps.22. 9. Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac ? because there they sware both of them. n^ha, i,

k ps. 131,2, ^yj^g weaned. \ 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba : f^'l^/^"^

9 H And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyp- ? Then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief cap- ch-se'lk I Gal. 4, 29. tian, which she had borne unto Abraham, ' mocking : I tain of his host, and they returned into the land of the ['^^1,7. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, "" Cast outs Philistines.

m Gal. 4, thls bond-womau and her son : for the son of this bond- \ 3S And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, 1™v2oii. woman shall not be "heir with my son, eyew with Isaac. \ and called there on the name of the Lord, ' the ever- '"i^""^- '^'

, iiiy. v.vt.1- 26.

n Gal 3 18 ^ ^ ^^^^^ ^'^^ thing was very grievous in Abraham's \ lasting God. i hm. i.n.

& 4' 24,30.' sight, "because of his son. ? 34 And Abraliam sqjourned in the Philistmes'

John Silas. 12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be ? land many days.

1 joim2,i9. grievous in thy sight, because of the lad, and because 5 CHAPTER XXII.

och. 17, 18. of thy bond-woman: in all that Sarah hath said unto J l Abraham is tempted to offer Isaac....3 He giveth proof

thee, hearken unto her voice ; for ^ in Isaac shall thy | ^ ^_ ^ *^f his faith and obedience.

seed be called.

p Rom. 9, 7,

13 And also of the son of the bond-woman will I

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AND it came to pass, ' after these things, that God Itt^i di# ^ tempt Abraliam, and said unto him, Abra- *^-

1 make a nation, because he is thy seed. 5 ham : and he said, Behold,'^ here I am

q cu.17,20. 14 ^ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, | 2 And he said. Take now thy son, thine '^ only son lo!^"""^' '' and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto I Isaac, ^ whom thou lovest, and get therj into the land Js*;'""'"' HagfU', (putting zY on her shoulder,) and the child, and i of '^ Moriah ; and offer him there for a ournt-offeiing ^ j^^^^ , sent her away : and she departed, and ' wandered in I upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. "• the wilderness of Beer-sheba. | 3 And Abraham^ rose up early in the morning, a Hcb.!i,

r Gal. 4,23. 15 Aud thc watcr was ^ spent in the bottle, and she \ and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men ^^' s Mat IS ^'^^^ ^^^ child under one of the shrubs. | with him, and Isaac his s.on, and clave the wood for l,!^"'"- '

32.*^ ' 16 And she went and sat her down over against | the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the fscin s - him, a good way off, as it were a bow-shot : for she \ place of which God had told him. "'^'

said. Let me not see the ^ death of the child. And she I 4 Then on the third day Abraham lift up his eyes, Ps*:'ii9,'Ji.^ t prov 21 ^^^ ^^^^ against him, and lift up her voice, and wejit. \ and " saw the place afer off. "''''• "''■'

uJ°'' • 17 And God heard the voice of the lad : and the 5 6 And Abraham said unto his young men, * Abide ^i^^-'^'-^> angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said 5 you here with the ass ; and I and the lad will go yon- j ^^^ ^ unto her. What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for t der and worship, and " come again to you. ^^^3%'.'

God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. l . ^ ^^^^ Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offer- k hco. n, i*|

18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine | ing, and ' laidu'^ upon Isaac his son ,• and he took the '^• hand ; for I will make him a great nation. \ fire in his hand, and a knife : and they Avent both of [^"^"^ '^•

19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a " well | them together. Lke 24,27 u isa. 35 6. of water ; and she went, and filled the bottle with j 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his fatliei-, and

'water, and gave the lad drink. S said. My father : and he said. Here am I, my son.

20 And God was with the lad ; and he grew, and | And he said. Behold the fire and the wood ; but where dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. s is the ^ lamb for a burnt-offering ? " ex. 12, s.

21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran : and | 8 And Abraham said. My son, ° God will provide n2chr.a5, V 'ud- 14 Iiis'^mothertookhimawifeoutofthelandof Egypt. I himself a lamb for a burnt-offering: sotliey wentlx)th ^' ' '"' "■ ' 22 And it came to pass at that time, that ^ Abkne- < of them together.

I Cor. 7, 31

y ell. 20, 2.

1 .Sam. 2,

30.

1 Kings U,

40,

lech, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, spake ? 9 And they came to the place vt^hich God had to) 1 unto x\braham, saymg, ^ God is with thee in all that I him of : and Abraham built ° an altar there, and laid °''^- ^' ^^■ thou doest : I the wood in order ; and ^ bound Isaac his son, and pm-^I'Is.

23 Now, therefore, " swear unto me here by God, \ laid him on the altar upon the wood. Nvi'i!v-^' '' that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my ^ 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and ^vf"^"' riiiii^?!'' ^0*1' ^^^^ ^"^'^^'^ my son'sson : but according to the kind- | took the knife "^ to slay his son. rTciM2,Ye.

""• ' ness that "^ I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto I 1 1 And the ^ angel of the Lord called unto him ^ ^^ \,^ j^ ]f^l;^^'^- nie, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. I ' out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham : and "^ '* ' 2ciu^\,\. 24 And Abraham said, ** I will swear. Uie said, Here am I. Ig"^*""'

a 1 .^am. 25 Aud Abraham reproved Abimelech because of ^ 12 And he said,' Lay not thine hand upon the lad, „ p,.,, 5. 2 Cor." 1,23. ^ '^ ^^'^11 of water, which Abimelech's servants had I neither do thou any thing unto him : for now " I know ^ ps. « n. 1. .1, It, 23 ^'io^Pfitly taken away. ? that thou ^fearest God, seeing thou hast not T^ithheld

jcV.''4, 2. ■ 26 And Abimelech said, ' I wot not who hath done I thy son, thine only son, from me.

.•,:h.2o,i4. this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard ^ 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, a iieb. 6, I Qf 'ii but to-day. ^ and, behold, ^' behind him ^ a ram caught in ^ a thicket

y Isa so, 21.

iVom. 12,18. ^^ ^^^ Abraham ^ took sheep and oxen, and gave ^ by his horns ; and Abraham went and took the ram, >9- cii. 11, 13. them unto Abimelech ; and both of them made a i and offered him up for a burnt-offering in tlie stead of a Mat. 27, <• oh. 2G, 19. covenant. ? his son. '^'

jucig.1,15. 28 And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the < 14 And Abraham called the name of that place l^L^l'j^ ilungs X ^^^^ by themselves. \ \\ Jehovah-jireh : as it is said to this day. In the mount '"'J^j;^; "'

h. " ' 29 And Abimelech said unto Abraliam^ W^hat mean ^ of the Lord " it shall be seen. ^x."'!-^; 15.

tTrov. 18, these seven ewe-lambs, which thou hast set by tliem- 1 15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abra- 1. Peut si. **• so]\x^s f' ' ham out of heaven the second time, ^■"

e c

(■ Deut. 21,

in.

SaraJi^s age and death. , GENESIS. Abraham pure! laseih Machpelah.

Before 16 AhcI Said, " By myself have I sworn, saith tlie^ 14 And Epiiron answered Abraham, saying unto B^f"'*, , '^ ^^'Si^^ Lord ; "^ for because thou hast done this thing, and ^ him, ^"bm.^^

^-^--^ hast not withheld thv son, thine only son ; \ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ hearken unto me : The land is worth ^ — ^^^^

c iieb. 6,13. 2 ^ T\i^x in blessing I will bless thee, and in multi- s four hundred shekels of silver ; what 25 that betwixt ilom. 4^^l, P^yiiig I ^vill multiply " thy seed as the stars of the hea- < me and thee ? bury therefore thy dead. ii-" ' ven, and as the sand which Z5 upon the sea-shore ; and I 16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and ii. 13,16. thy seed shall ^ possess the gate of his enemies : \ Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had 18 And in ^ thy seed shall all the nations of the \ named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hun- I's. 2, 8, P. earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice. \ dred shekels of silver, current money with the mer- man. 2,'44, 1 9 So Abraham returned unto his young men ; and \ chant. Tcor. 15, they rose up, and went together to Beer-sheba ; and \ 1 7 And the field of Ephron, which was in ' Mach- verse «).^^

Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. \ pelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the

\^^^'^::ffi' 20 II And it came to pass after these tilings, that it \ cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath \ the field, that were in all the borders round about, also borne children unto thy brother Nahor ; 5 were ^ made f sure 7,"a"' ^^

h job.:,i. 21 '^ Huz his first-born, and ' Buz his brother, and ^ 18 Unto Abraham for a possession, Mn the presence uieb. i ju),.32,2. Kemuel tlie father of Aram, \ ofthe children of Heth, before all that went in at the ''°?,''g^'

22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jid- 1 " gates of his city. )V.%2,i9. laph, and Bethuel. "* ? 19 And after this Abraham buried Sarah his wife tMat.io,

23 And Bethuel begat Rebekali : these eight Mil- ? in the cave ofthe field of Machpelah, before Mamre : pt 112,5. cab did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. ^ the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. coi.4,5.

k Prov. 25, 2^^ And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, s 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were ^^^^''^ '

she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and | made sure unto Abraham, for a possession of ^ a

mco.

a cli. 17, 17. I) 1 Pet. 3,6.

n^-

'•"Maachah. I burying-place, by the sons of Heth. l%t\l\'

CHAPTER XXIII. CHAPTER XXIV.

1 The age and death of Sarah... .3 The purcliase of Mach- 1 i Abraham sweareth his servant; 12 his prayer; 14 his

pelah. I sign.. ..15 Rebekah meeteth him, 18 and fulfilleth his si^n.

AND Sarah was ''a hundred and seven and twenty i 34 The servant sheweth his message.. ..50 Laban and Be- years old : these were the years of the ^ life of | th"<^l approve it....58 Rebekah consenteth to go. Sarah. | \ ND Abraham was old, awrffwell stricken in ^^^^ss7.

cch. 13,18. 2 And Sarah died " in Kirjath-arba ; the same isl -^^ age : -and the Lord ^ had blessed Abraham in Jtod}.%r ^ ,^ ^^ ^ Hebrop in the land of Canaan : and Abraham came | all things. ^ItifiS.

m""^ "' ''to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. J 2 And Abraham said mito his ''eldest servant of a,.,, ,2,2

John II, 3 And Abraham stood up ® from before his dead, \ his house, that ruled over all that he had. Put, I pray Prov.10,22. and spake unto the sons of ^ Heth, saying, j thee, thy hand " under my thigh ; b 1 Tim. 5,

ich. 10, 15. 4 I am ^ a stranger and a sojourner with you : give | 3 And I will make thee "^ sweai' ® by the Lord, the ^'' jT 1 chr. 29, me a possession of a " burying-place with you, that 1 1 God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou '^ '''• ^''^* '"■ may bury my dead ' out of my sight. ? shalt not take a wife unto my son of the *^ daughters ^ict- 31,53.

1. Acts 7, 5. 5 ^jjj ^^g children of Heth answered Abraham, 5 of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell : e Deut. c, iEcci.12,1. saying unto him, 5 4 But thou shalt go unto^ my country, and to my ^"^

6 Hear us, my lord : Thou art f a mighty prince 5 kindred, and take a wife unto mjf son Isaac. v^uuf,i^'

^ among us: hi the choice of our sepulchres burys 5 And the servant said unto him, "^ Peradventure ^ehRp,ii, plhwcof fhy dead : none of us shall withhold from thee his \ the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this 2«>29.' ^;<';^ 4 sei)iilchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. I land : must I needs bring thy son again unto the land i. Prov. is,

I'L^bi. iH ^ -^^^^ Abraham stood up, and ^ bowed himself to [from whence thou earnest ? '^•

2. " " ' ' the people ofthe land, even to the children of Heth. f 6 And Abraham said unto him. Beware thou, that

ij ch.2i, 22. 8 And he communed with them, saying. If it be I thou bring not m^ son ' thither again. . ^^^ ^ ^

1 2 Sam. 16, t .your mind that I should bury my dead out of my I 7 The Lord God of heaven, which "^ took me from liebVn', 3. 1 ' sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son | my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, k Ps.34, 4,

t Heb. of™ Zohar, J and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, '^•

llleb. 1.14.

m .ToBb. 2,

veut2f,'M. 9 Tliat he may give me the cave of Machpelah | saying. Unto thy seed will I give this land, he shall Ts. 27, 12. -yvhich he hath, which is m the end of his field : for as ? send ^ nis angel before thee ; and thou shalt take a fn cii. 46,10. much money as it is worth he shall give it me, for ° a 5 wife unto my son from thence. .) ch. i3, 5. possession of a burying-place among you. I 8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow

10 And Ephron dwelt among the children off thee, tlien thou shalt be "clear from this ray oatli : Heth. And Ephron the Elittite answered Abraham \ only bring not my son thither again, in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all I y And tlie servant put his hand under the thigh of that went in at the gates of° his city, saying, ^ Abraham his master, a^d sware to him concerning

o Mat. 9, J. 11 Nay, my lord, hear me : The field give I thee, | that matter.

h'ukeVX ^^^^ the cave that is therein, I give it thee ; in the pre- s 10 And the servant took ten camels, ofthe camels I

^ ' ' sence of the sons of ^ my people give I it thee : bury i of his master, and departed ; (for all the goods of his p Luke 19, thy dead. s master were in his hand ;) and he arose, and went to

Bu!h 4, 1 12 And Abraham bowed down hmiself before the \ Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. *' ^' people ofthe land. \ 1 1 And he made his camels ° to kneel down whh- ^'^^^'-^'^f-

13 And he spake unto Ephron^ in audience off out the city by a well of water, at the time ofthe ^'o^-^^^ioi 2 Sam 24 ^'^^ peoplc of thc land, saying. But it thou iviltgiveit, l evening, even the time that women go out to draw h '*"!■ ' I pray thee hear me : '' 1 will give thee money for the I ivater. 02 King^x

PH'lJ. 4. 8. field ; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there, i 12 And he said, 0 Lord " God of my master Abra- pk 7. 7.

Abraham^s servant journey eth :

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ham, I pray thee, ^ send me good speed tlijs da}'^, and > the camels, and water to

He ts entertained by Laban. wash his feet, and the

shew kindness unto my master Abraham.

13 Behold, I •* stand /tere by the well of water ; ^ and the daughters of the men of the city come out I to draw water : \

14 And ■■ let it come to i)ass, that the damsel to! whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, \ that 1 may drink ; and she shall say. Drink ; and 1 ? will give thy camels drink also : let the same be she I that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac ; and | thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness ^ unto my master. ^ j

15 And it came to pass, ' before he had done speak- s given all that he hath, ing, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born \ 37 And my master made me swear, saying to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abra- ham's brother, with her * pitcher upon her shoulder.

16 And the damsel f was very fair to look ui)on, a virgin ; neither had any man " known her : and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and

t j['«b.£w came up.

17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, 1 pray thee, drink a little water of thy i)itcher

|) ch. 27, 20. Vs. 127, 1. I Thess. 3, U.

q Ps. 37, 5. I.araen. 3, 25.

r verse 7. J iidg'es 6, 17,37. I .Siini. 14, y, 10. -

s verse io. .Tudges 6, .OR.

T)an. 9, 23. T;a. 65, 21. I's.n IJ, 18.

1 Prov. 31,

27.

Kx. 2, 16.

I^a. 3, 16.

ch. 29,9.

of enunte

mens feet that were with him.

33 And there was set meat before him to eat : l^ut he said, ^ I will not eat until I have told mine ejrand. And he said. Speak on.

34 And he said, I am '' Abraham's servant.

35 And 'the Lord hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become great : and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and men-ser- vants, and maid -servants, and camels, and asses.

36 And Sarah, my master's wife, bare a son to my master when she ^ was old : and unto him hath ho

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f ch. IS, 4. 1 19, 2.

g Eph. 6, 5,

Job. 23, 12.

h verse 2.

i Prov. 10, 22.

Mat. 6. 33. Ps. 1 12, 3. 1 Tim. 4, 8.

k ch. 18, II. ]lom. 4, 19 Tit. 1, 2.

1 verse 3.

II cb. 4, I. .Song- 1, 3. i:5, 2.

. fe. Thou

shah not take a wife to my son ' of the daughters of ,^-'3™ ^> ' the Canaanites, in whose land 1 dwell : cL.b, 2. .t

38 But thou shalt go unto " my father's house, and 11: ^'''^^'' to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

39 And I said unto ray master, " Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

40 And he said unto me. The Lord, ° before whom °h.% 22. I walk, will send his angel with thee, and ^ prosper 2 Kings 20,

m ch. 12,1. n verse 5.

o verse 7.

18 And she said. Drink, my lord : and she hasted, J thy way ; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave^ my kindred, and of my father's house.

him drink. I 41 Then shalt thou be clear from this'^ my oath,

19 And, when she had done giving him drink, she I when thou comest to my kindred ; and if they gi^ e said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they \ not thee 07ie, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

have done drinking.

42 And I came this day unto the well, and said,

20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into 5 O Lord God of my master Abraham, if now thou do

X verses 18,

19,20.

vLu!te2,19.

11 Or, jevd for tht fore- head,

I Pet. 3, 4. I=ii. 3,21. Ex. 32, 2, 3.

the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw icater, and drew for all his camels. ... I

prosper my way which I go 43 Behold, ^ I stand by the well of water ; and it

21 And the man, ^ wondering at her, ^ held his s shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth peace, to wit, whether the Lord had made his jour- \ to draw water, and I say to her. Give me, I pray thee,

I) Ps. 1, c. UOl,ll.

<1 Dout. 29,

r verse 12 Ezra 8, i.1. Ps.90, 17.

s verse 13.

a little water of thy pitcher to drink

44 And she say to me, *Both drink thou, and I '"''^•'^•^ will also draw for thy camels : let the same be tlie woman whom the Lord hath appointed out for my master's son.

45 And before I had done speaking

ney prosperous or not

22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden J| ear-ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,

23 And said, Whose daughter art thou ? tell me, I pray thee. Is there room i7i thy father's house for us \ heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher Neh"2,

. u Rom.

mine ss.

1 Sam. 1,13.

t ch. 22,23.

a Ex. 4, 31. fli. 22, 5. Vs. 66, 4.

to lodge in ?

24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of: Bethuel ^ the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

26 And the man * bowed down his head, and wor- shipped the Lord.

27 And he said. Blessed be the Lord God of my

and she went down unto the well, and I said unto her, Let me drink, i

on her shoulder and drew water pray thee.

46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said. Drink ; and I will give thy camels drink also. So I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

47 And I asked her, and said , Whose daughter art thou ? And she said. The daughter of Bethuel,

2 Sam. 7, 27.

c ch. 13, 3. c

<! ver. 43,

ti7.

cb. 31, 33,

bdi.32,10. master Abraham, who hath ^ not left destitute my J Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him : andl])ut master of his mercy and his truth : I being in the i the ear-ring ^ upon her face, and the bracelets upon way, the Lord led me to the house of my master's \ her hands. . j. ^^ ^ ,^^.

brethren. \ 48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped zeph-i n

28 And the damsel ran, and told them o/" her | the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master ^'"' ^*'' "^mother's house these things. J Abraham, which Iiad led me in the ^ right way, to>^"''^>^'

29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name icas I take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. Laban : and Laban ran out unto the man unto the i 49 And now, if you will deal f kindly and truly |J|,'*''^^»^ well. ? with my master, tell me : and if not, tell me ; that I 'iZZ"'"^

30 And it came to pass, Avhen he saw the ear-ring, ^ may turn to the right hand or to the left. i'sam.2% and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he ? 50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, 5j!;h.%f,t. heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying. Thus \ The thing procccdeth from the Lord ; we cannot ri-«v.3,'s.: sjvike the man unto me, that he came unto the man ; ? speak unto thee ^ bad or good. ^ s^W' and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. t 51 Behold, Rebekah w before thee, take her, and ^n,^' ""'

31 And he said. Come in, thou ® blessed of the \ go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the JiORD ; wherefore standest thou without ? for I have I Lord hath spoken, prepared the house, and room for the camels. I 52 And it came to pass, that when Abraham's ^^vcrs«i6.

32 And the man came into the house.: and he un- f servant heard their words, he ^ worshii)p£d the Lqrd, i^ w6> i- girded his camels, and gave straw and i)roveiider for ? bowing himself to the earth.

X verse 2"-'. Ezek. 16,1-2, Isa. 62, 4; El)li. 5, 2-.-.

«• eh. 26, 29. «iilh3, 10. I'S*. 113, 15.

'?>,<

e ch. "j, 8. 1 I'liess. 2,

Ji'urnl}. 11

)<:;.

Of Ahrahani^s servant and Heoeican. GENESIS. Ahraham''s death. Jacob andEsav^s birth.

Before 53 And thc servant brought forth jewels of silver, \ 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died ° in t'efore ^\\^7? and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to i a good old age, an old man, and full of years ; and ^^mi^ ^ ^-^^-^^ Rebekah : he gave also to her brother and to her ? was ° gathered to his i)eop!e. v^-v^

b^Deutas, jj^Q|.i^(3j. b precious things. I 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in Frw.mLI.

f afr.ljils: 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men ? the cave of Machpelah, in the p field of Ephron, the ^"^ "^ "' Kzra'i,6. (hat iveve with him, and tarried all night : and they ^ son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre ; "^^ctsis, cvwseSG. rose up in the morning ; and he said, " Send me away I 10 The field which Abraham purchased of the thap.3?29. unto my master. | sons of Heth : there was Abraham ^ buried, andprhap.23,

55 And her brother and lier mother said. Let the \ Sarah his wife. ^' '^■

** damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten ; f 11 And it came to pass, after the death of Abra- i"^''^^,^;^- after that she shall go. ^ ham, that God "■ blessed his son Isaac: and Isaac \.^,, j„ .,

56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing j dwelt by the well Lahai-roi. ijoni. 1, ij. the Lord hath prospered my way ; send me away, ^ 12 11 Now these are the generations of Ishmael,

_, ^^ ^, 2j that I may go to my master. i Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's

jiK!^.'ii,3: 57 And they said. We will call the damsel, andlhandmaid, bare unto Abraham.

inquire '^ at her mouth. f 13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishma-

58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, ? el, by their names, according to their generations:

Wilt thou go with this man ? And she said, I will go. ? The first-born of Ishmael, * Nebajoth ; and ^ Kedar, ' ^"'" "' And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and I and Adbeel, and Mibsam, tsongi,5.

12?™"' "' her ® nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. I 14 And Mishma, " and Dumah, and Massa, " isa.ei,i6

fell. 14, 19. 60 And they ^ blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, \ 15 Hadar, and " Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Ke- x job 2, n. sr Dan. 7, 10. Thou ttft ouY sistcr, be thou the mother of ^ thousands \ demah :

Kuth4,'io. of millions, and let thy seed ''possess the gate of those 1 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are h Lev. 25, which hate them. 5 their names, by their towns, and by their castles ;

61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they I ^ twelve princes according to their nations. > >;ii. i:^2a

ps.'45%a' rode upon the camels, and ' followed the man ; and \ 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, kciLi's 14. ^'^^ servant took Rebekah, and went his way. I a hundred and thirty and seven years : and he gave

&25, 11. 62 And Isaac came from the way of the well? up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his I ch. 12,9. ^ Lahai-roi ; for he dwelt in the ^ south country. | people.

iior,/<,^r«2;. 63 And Isaac went out to i| "■ meditate in the field | 18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that m P3,i,2. ^t the even-tide ; and he lift up his eyes, and saw, ^ ^.s before Egypt, as thou goest towards Assyria : and tueh.///,

and, behold, the camels were coming. s he f died in the presence of all his brethren. "^^ ">^'^-

64 And Rebekah lift up her eyes ; and when she s 19 jT And these are the generations of Isaac, Abra- saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. i ham's son : Abraham begat Isaac :

65 For she had said unto the servant. What man I 20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took n^corimh. ig tjjjg ^i^^i walketh in the field to meet us ? And the \ Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian

servant had said, It is my master : therefore she took | of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the ^ Syrian. iLukei,2i.

° a veil and covered herself. ? • 21 And Isaac ^ entreated the Lord for his wife, l^^^-J]^^

<jch.23.2. 66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he 5 because she was ^havren: and the Lord was en- sa""' i5"'s 8.2- had done. ? treated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. ' ''*"' '' °'

KEph.s,35. 67 And Isaac brought her into his mother "Sarah's I 22 And the children J| struggled together within ^ ''''•-*• '®'

tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, | her : and she said, M it be so, whymn I thus ? And il°'"'/"f;;'?

and he p loved her : and Isaac was comforted after | she went to inquire of the Lord. lZtip"tT''

his mother's death. i 23 And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are InTZft-

CH AFTER XXV. lin thy womb, and two manner of people shall be cufiV-a >5.

2 The sons of Abraham bv Keturah....? His age and death. | separated from thy bowels : and the owe people shall ,2 w 8, 12 The generations of lshmael....2i Isaac prayeth for Re- J he Stronger than the other people; and the elder f\^;, 4 gg ' a d. 23 1. bekah, being barren. ...24 The birth of Esau and Jacob.. ..29 i *^ shall serve the younger. MaikcLi i,

b . CM- . ^'''" '''"'=*•' ^"' birthright. ^ 24 And when her days to be delivered were ful- IL. % lo,

■^2. ' rilHEN * agani Abraham took a ^ wife, and her | filled, behold, there were twins in her womb. ''■ '^

cch.17,17. X name was Kcturah. I 25 And the first came out "^ red, all over like a 'ich. 27,4a

ach.s7,s6. 2 And she ' bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and | hairy garment ; and they called his name Esau.

•^ Medan, and ^ Midian, and Ishbak, and ' Shuah. \ 26 And after that came his brother out, and his

3 And Jokshan begat Sheba and Dedan. And \ hand « took hold on Esau's heel ; and his name was I""""" '"•

the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, ? called Jacob : and Isaac ivas threescore years old

and Leummim. I wiien she bare them.

e u-x. 60,6. 4 And the sons of Midian ; ^ Ephah, and Epher, I 27 And the boys grew : and Esau was ' a cunning fd.. 10,9.

e fh. 36, 35. f J.ob 2, tJ

and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these ^ hunter, a man of the field ; and Jacob was a ^ plahi g d,. e, p.

icere the children of Keturah. | man, ^ dwelling in tents. b ch 4c .

odi.24,3'). 5 And Abraham gave '' all that he had unto| 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because f he did eat of ^^j^j^^jg

Isaac. 5 his venison ; but Rebekah loved Jacob. sonVasl,

i verse t ^ j5yt yjj^j^ ^l^g gQj^g ^f the ' concubines, which? 29 H And Jacob sod pottage : mid Esau came '^'^ ""'"'''• kMi,t.4*5. Abraham had, Abraham gave ^ gifts, and sent them j from the field, and he ivas ' faint. •^'' '^•^•-

J Job 1,!.^. away from Isaac his son (while he yet lived) ' east- 1 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee,' J/,^;^.;/''*

ward, unto tho east country. \ f with that same red pottage ; for I am faint : there- ^m^<^.

7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's ^ fore was his name called Edoni. "'^

w,s»r.i2,4. life, which he lived, "" a hundred threescore and fif-^ 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy'^ljirih- ^'^^•^^

teen years < riglit.

Isaac sojourneth at Gerar : CHAPTER XXVI ....XXVII. AbimekcJi's covenant with him

32 And Esau said, Behold, I am f at the point to \ father ; for tlie Philistines had stopped them after tlje

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die ; and what profit shall this birthright do to me ? SS And Jacob said, ' Swear to me this day ; and

B.fdrr CI III! ST

rir. ICOl.

mto'di!.'" he sware unto him :

JHeb.6,16. Jacob.

m Heb. 12,

IS.

II 1 Cor. IS,

.32.

a cli.2S, II. b ch. 12, 10.

c cb. 12, 1. .t rs. 37, 3.

^ cl>. 37, 1. Heb. 11,9.

fch. 13,15.

fecb.22,16.

li oil. 15, 5. i Gal. 3, 16.

k ch. 22, 16.

1 ch. 12,1.

m ch.20,13.

II Piov. 29. 25.

lentiles ;

went his way. Thus Esau desj)ised his birthright

CHAPTER

1 Isaac because of famine f^oeth

death of Abraham : and he ^ called their names after the names by which his father had called them, and he "" sold his birthright unto \ 19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and

s found there a well of f springing water. sTThen Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of | 20 And the herdmeiiofGerar did strive with Isaac's rsaume,! and he did " eat and drink, and rose up, and \ herdmen, saying. The water ^6- ours : and he called

I the name of the well !| Esek ; because they strove

XXVI 5 ^'i^^ him.

to Gerar...26 Abimelccirs ? 21 And they digged another well, and strove for covenant with lum at Beer-sheba. \ that also : and he called the name of it II Sitnah.

AND there was a famine * in the land, besides the \ 22 And he removed from thence, and digged an- * first famine that was in the days of Abraliam. \ other well ; and for that they strove not : and he called And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philis- \ the name of it || Rehoboth ; and he said. For now the Ji^^^;,^^ '' tines, unto Gerar. \ Lord hath ^ made room for us, and we shall be fruit-

2 And the Lord "^appeared unto him, and said. Go ^ ful in the land, not down into Egypt ; "^ dwell in the land which I S 23 And he went up from thence to ^ Beer-sheba. shall tell thee of. $ 24 And the Lord appeared unto him the same

3 ^ Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, \ night, and said, I «m the God *= of Abraham thy father; and will bless thee : for unto thee, and unto thy seed, < '^ fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and I will give ^ all these countries ; and I will ^perform ? multiply thy seed, for my servant Abraham's sake, the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father : 5 25 And hebuilded an ® altar there, and called upon

4 And I will make thy seed to muhiply as the Jthe name of the Lord, and f pitched his tent there : ^ stars of heaven, and will give unto diy seed all these \ and there Isaac's servants digged a \vell.

t Heb. ZiL

Sons; 4, !■;. •Tolra 4, 10. U.

II Tliat is,

\\ That is, liatnd.

a Ps. 4, 1.

b ch. 21, ;JI

C ch. 17, 7. k. 31, 5.

dch. 15, I.

e ch. 12, 7.

comitries ; and in ' thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ;

6 Because that Abraham ^ obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

6 II And Isaac dwelt in ' Gerar

26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and \ Ahuzzath one of Ids friends, and Phichol the chief \ captain of his army.

5 27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye \ to me, ^ seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away \ from you ?

t Heb. strttckcd

Isai. GO. ?a

o 2Sain.ll, 2.

p PlM)V. 5,

<1 ch. 20, 10.

7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife : I 28 And they said, f We saw certainly that the and he said, She is " my sister : for he feared " to i Lord was with thee : and we said, Let there be now say. She is my wife ; lest, said he, the men of the j ^ an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and place should kill me for Rebekah, because she ivasllctus make a covenant with thee:

fair to look upon. I 29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have '' not

8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a ^ touched thee, and as we have done urito thee nothing long time, that Abimelech, king of the Philistines, J but good, and have sent thee away in peace : thou

Isaac

art now the blessed of the Lord.

30 And he made them ' a feast, and they did eat and drink.

31 And they arose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

32 And it came to pass the same da}^, that Isaac's servants came and told him concerning the well

■ We

f vcr=e IS.

I Jleb. Su- ing ivt sua.-

gch.2i, 41

h vorsp.'' 14, 15.

i ch. Si. 64 nom. UM:. )Icb. 1^, I'i

r Ps. 105,1.5. Zech. i, 8. Prov. 6, 29. t Heb. '' J'ound.

sMat. 13, 2.1.

fiiil.fi, 7, a. Zech. «, 12.

I Piov. 10,

,lob 42, 12.

♦ llch. went suing-

II cb. 12,16.

.#Ps. 112, 10. i:ccl. 4, 4.

"looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold was P sporting ^vith Rebekah his wife.

9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said. Behold, of a surety she is thy w ife : and '^ liow saidst thou. She is my sister ? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said. Lest I die for her.

10 And Abimelech said. What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might hghtly have .^x^ivmna ^ctm^.. cui« tv^i« iimt ^.^1.^^^11x11^., y.^ lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought ? which they had ^ digged, and said unto him guiltiness upon us. 5 have found water.

1 1 And Abimelech charged all //i.<? people, saying, J 33 And he called it || Shebah : therefore the name He that ^ toucheth this man, or his wife, shall surely i of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. be put to death. _ I 34 H And Esau was ™ forty years old when he took Ipj'u!

12 H Then Isaac sowed in that land, and f receiv- 1 to wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and ed in the same year ' a hundred-fold ; and the Lord | Bashemath the dauglUer of Elon the Hittite :

35 Which were f a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

CHAPTER XXVII.

1 Isaac sendeth Esau for venison.,..6 Rebekah instructeth Jacob to obtain the blessing.... 34 Esau complainethy and . by importunity obtaincth a blessing.

AND it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his * eyes were dim, so that he could not he called Esau his ^eldest son, and said unto

li verse 25.

I Prov. C -1 5. J\Iat. 7, 7.

II That is. All 011.^^ PsabnJ.O, 4. Ecci. 5, C.

m ch. 25, 21. llpb. 12, K: 1 Coi. 7, 2.

t Heb. hU ternc!>s nf

chaptt-r

25, .CI.

V rli. 21,25.

tir.i f.r -J, 15.

i'a / 4 10.

^ blessed him.

13 And the man waxed great, and f went forward, and grew until he became very great :

14 For he had " possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants. And the Philis- tines ^ envied him.

15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged, in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had ^ stopped them, and filled them with earth.

1760.

see.

n Feci. 12,S. 1 Sam. 3, i John 9, 3.

• S

him, my son. And he said unto him, Behold, here i-cu. 25,25,

16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us ; 5a?w I. for thou art much mightier than we. \ 2 And he said, Behold now, lam old, "I know

1 7 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his I not the day of my death ;

tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. | 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons,

18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water I thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and which they had digged in tlie dnvs of Abraham his J f take me some venison ;

24.

c Mark IS,

cb. 35, 28.

t Heb.

hunt for mt

hunting,

rhap.a5,2e

Isaac sendeth Esau for venison, GENESIS. Jacob obtameth a blessins.

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4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and | 28 Therefore God give thee of the * dew of heaven, Before brmg it to me, that '' I may eat ; that my ^ soul may \ and the * fatness of the earth, and plenty of " corn and «"^7a? bless ^ thee before I die. \ wine : v«^v-«»^

m^*""' "' 5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac si)ake to Esau i 29 Let people * serve thee, and nations bow down \\6^. jvov.s^p. his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt /or I to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy moth- ^t^'^'^: 2 Kings 3, V enison, and to bring it. \ er's sons bow do\\'n to thee : ^ cursed be everv one that |,eSf 32^1'

o vcne 7 . ^ ^ "^"^ RebckaH spake unto Jacob her son, say- 1 curseth thee, and blesse<I be he that blesseth thee. f/^*^' s jJg^s 5,' ing, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy I 30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made ['^ ^'/ brother, saying, I an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce ^ii^-

f.!,. 2n,3. q Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, ? gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that u^ps.ioi, ^ Dout.M, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord ^ be- 1 Esau his brother came in from his hunting. ztch.9, n,

i Samuel fore my death. ^ | 31 And he also had made savoury meat, and xichr.5,2.

versp C3. 8 Now therefore, my son, ''obey my voice, accord- \ brought it unto his father, and said unto his father. Let '=''"?• *^''^- !. ch. 25. 23. ing to that which I command thee : \ my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy ^ "''' '^ ^

Ac^sik'' ^ GonoAv to the flock, and fetch me from thence ?soul may bless me.

two good kids of the goats ; and I will make them s 32 And Isaac his father said unto him. Who art savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth : \ thou ? And he said I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau. ^ j,^^

10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he \ 33 And Isaac f trembled very exceedingly, and trtmuta may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. \ said. Who ? where is he that hath taken venison, and VJLh£g"'

11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Be- I brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou zRom. n,

i ch. 25, 25. hold, Esau my brother is ' a hairy man, and I «m a | camest, and have blessed him ? yea, and ^ he shall be fh. 28, 9, 4. smooth man : \ blessed. "•'''• "> '"

1 2 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall I 34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, ?7"*^' '^ kch.s5,27. seem to him ^ as a deceiver ; and I shall bring ' a|he cried with a great and exceeding ^ bitter cr}^ and >sam.so,4. ii)eut.27, curse upon nie, and not a blessing. Isaid unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my

.tm.43, 10. 13 And his mother said unto him, ^ Upon me 6e | father ! bRom.s,?,

Maiachi ^Yiy curse, my son ; only obey my voice, and go fetch \ Sb And he said. Thy brother came with ^ subtilty, m chap. 25, ^^^^ tliem. I aud hath taken away thy blessing. c ch 25 2k

23,33. ' 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to ? 36 And he said. Is not he rightly " named Jacob ? *"" " ' his mother : and his mother made savoury meat, such ? for he hath supplanted me these two times : he took as his father loved. I away my birthright : and, behold, now he hath taken

^]ntnt5«/ 15 And Rebekah took f goodly raiment of her s away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not re- i'efsei-!. eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, I served a blessing for me ?

and put them upon Jacob her younger son : I 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Be-

16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats \ hold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck : I have I given to him for servants ; and with corn and