| 1:1: |
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. |
| 1:2: |
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the
face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the
waters. |
| 1:3: |
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. |
| 1:4: |
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light
from the darkness. |
| 1:5: |
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And
the evening and the morning were the first day. |
| 1:6: |
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,
and let it divide the waters from the waters. |
| 1:7: |
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under
the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was
so. |
| 1:8: |
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning
were the second day. |
| 1:9: |
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. |
| 1:10: |
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the
waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. |
| 1:11: |
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding
seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in
itself, upon the earth: and it was so. |
| 1:12: |
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his
kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his
kind: and God saw that it was good. |
| 1:13: |
And the evening and the morning were the third day. |
| 1:14: |
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to
divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for
seasons, and for days, and years: |
| 1:15: |
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give
light upon the earth: and it was so. |
| 1:16: |
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and
the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. |
| 1:17: |
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon
the earth, |
| 1:18: |
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. |
| 1:19: |
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. |
| 1:20: |
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving
creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the
open firmament of heaven. |
| 1:21: |
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth,
which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every
winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. |
| 1:22: |
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the
waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. |
| 1:23: |
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. |
| 1:24: |
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his
kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind:
and it was so. |
| 1:25: |
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after
their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind:
and God saw that it was good. |
| 1:26: |
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the
air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth. |
| 1:27: |
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he
him; male and female created he them. |
| 1:28: |
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over
the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living
thing that moveth upon the earth. |
| 1:29: |
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which
is upon 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. |
| 1:30: |
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, I have
given every green herb for meat: and it was so. |
| 1:31: |
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very
good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. |
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| 2:1: |
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of
them. |
| 2:2: |
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he
rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. |
| 2:3: |
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in
it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. |
| 2:4: |
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they
were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the
heavens, |
| 2:5: |
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every
herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to
rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. |
| 2:6: |
But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face
of the ground. |
| 2:7: |
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. |
| 2:8: |
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put
the man whom he had formed. |
| 2:9: |
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is
pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the
midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. |
| 2:10: |
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it
was parted, and became into four heads. |
| 2:11: |
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole
land of Havilah, where there is gold; |
| 2:12: |
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx
stone. |
| 2:13: |
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that
compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. |
| 2:14: |
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth
toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. |
| 2:15: |
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to
dress it and to keep it. |
| 2:16: |
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the
garden thou mayest freely eat: |
| 2:17: |
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat
of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely
die. |
| 2:18: |
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I
will make him an help meet for him. |
| 2:19: |
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field,
and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he
would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that
was the name thereof. |
| 2:20: |
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to
every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet
for him. |
| 2:21: |
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept:
and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead
thereof; |
| 2:22: |
And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman,
and brought her unto the man. |
| 2:23: |
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh:
she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. |
| 2:24: |
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall
cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. |
| 2:25: |
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not
ashamed. |
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| 3:1: |
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the
LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye
shall not eat of every tree of the garden? |
| 3:2: |
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the
trees of the garden: |
| 3:3: |
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God
hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye
die. |
| 3:4: |
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: |
| 3:5: |
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes
shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. |
| 3:6: |
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it
was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she
took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband
with her; and he did eat. |
| 3:7: |
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were
naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves
aprons. |
| 3:8: |
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the
cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence
of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. |
| 3:9: |
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art
thou? |
| 3:10: |
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid,
because I was naked; and I hid myself. |
| 3:11: |
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of
the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? |
| 3:12: |
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave
me of the tree, and I did eat. |
| 3:13: |
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast
done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. |
| 3:14: |
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this,
thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field;
upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy
life: |
| 3:15: |
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy
seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his
heel. |
| 3:16: |
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy
conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire
shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. |
| 3:17: |
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of
thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying,
Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow
shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; |
| 3:18: |
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt
eat the herb of the field; |
| 3:19: |
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto
the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto
dust shalt thou return. |
| 3:20: |
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother
of all living. |
| 3:21: |
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins,
and clothed them. |
| 3:22: |
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to
know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of
the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: |
| 3:23: |
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to
till the ground from whence he was taken. |
| 3:24: |
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of
Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the
way of the tree of life. |
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| 4:1: |
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and
said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. |
| 4:2: |
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep,
but Cain was a tiller of the ground. |
| 4:3: |
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the
fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. |
| 4:4: |
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the
fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: |
| 4:5: |
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was
very wroth, and his countenance fell. |
| 4:6: |
And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy
countenance fallen? |
| 4:7: |
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not
well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou
shalt rule over him. |
| 4:8: |
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they
were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew
him. |
| 4:9: |
And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said,
I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? |
| 4:10: |
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's
blood crieth unto me from the ground. |
| 4:11: |
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth
to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; |
| 4:12: |
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee
her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. |
| 4:13: |
And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can
bear. |
| 4:14: |
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth;
and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a
vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that
findeth me shall slay me. |
| 4:15: |
And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain,
vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon
Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. |
| 4:16: |
And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the
land of Nod, on the east of Eden. |
| 4:17: |
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he
builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his
son, Enoch. |
| 4:18: |
And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael
begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. |
| 4:19: |
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and
the name of the other Zillah. |
| 4:20: |
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and
of such as have cattle. |
| 4:21: |
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such
as handle the harp and organ. |
| 4:22: |
And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every
artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was
Naamah. |
| 4:23: |
And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye
wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my
wounding, and a young man to my hurt. |
| 4:24: |
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and
sevenfold. |
| 4:25: |
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name
Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel,
whom Cain slew. |
| 4:26: |
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. |
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| 5:1: |
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God
created man, in the likeness of God made he him; |
| 5:2: |
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their
name Adam, in the day when they were created. |
| 5:3: |
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his
own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: |
| 5:4: |
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred
years: and he begat sons and daughters: |
| 5:5: |
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years:
and he died. |
| 5:6: |
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: |
| 5:7: |
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and
begat sons and daughters: |
| 5:8: |
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he
died. |
| 5:9: |
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: |
| 5:10: |
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years,
and begat sons and daughters: |
| 5:11: |
And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he
died. |
| 5:12: |
And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel: |
| 5:13: |
And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty
years, and begat sons and daughters: |
| 5:14: |
And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he
died. |
| 5:15: |
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: |
| 5:16: |
And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty
years, and begat sons and daughters: |
| 5:17: |
And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five
years: and he died. |
| 5:18: |
And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat
Enoch: |
| 5:19: |
And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters: |
| 5:20: |
And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and
he died. |
| 5:21: |
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: |
| 5:22: |
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred
years, and begat sons and daughters: |
| 5:23: |
And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five
years: |
| 5:24: |
And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. |
| 5:25: |
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat
Lamech: |
| 5:26: |
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and
two years, and begat sons and daughters: |
| 5:27: |
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine
years: and he died. |
| 5:28: |
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a
son: |
| 5:29: |
And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us
concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which
the LORD hath cursed. |
| 5:30: |
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five
years, and begat sons and daughters: |
| 5:31: |
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven
years: and he died. |
| 5:32: |
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and
Japheth. |
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| 6:1: |
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the
earth, and daughters were born unto them, |
| 6:2: |
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair;
and they took them wives of all which they chose. |
| 6:3: |
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for
that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty
years. |
| 6:4: |
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that,
when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare
children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of
renown. |
| 6:5: |
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and
that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil
continually. |
| 6:6: |
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it
grieved him at his heart. |
| 6:7: |
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the
face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the
fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. |
| 6:8: |
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. |
| 6:9: |
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in
his generations, and Noah walked with God. |
| 6:10: |
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. |
| 6:11: |
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with
violence. |
| 6:12: |
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all
flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. |
| 6:13: |
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for
the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will
destroy them with the earth. |
| 6:14: |
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark,
and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. |
| 6:15: |
And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of
the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits,
and the height of it thirty cubits. |
| 6:16: |
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish
it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof;
with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. |
| 6:17: |
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to
destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and
every thing that is in the earth shall die. |
| 6:18: |
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into
the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with
thee. |
| 6:19: |
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou
bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and
female. |
| 6:20: |
Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every
creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come
unto thee, to keep them alive. |
| 6:21: |
And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt
gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. |
| 6:22: |
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did
he. |
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| 7:1: |
And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the
ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. |
| 7:2: |
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and
his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his
female. |
| 7:3: |
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep
seed alive upon the face of all the earth. |
| 7:4: |
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty
days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I
destroy from off the face of the earth. |
| 7:5: |
And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. |
| 7:6: |
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon
the earth. |
| 7:7: |
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives
with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. |
| 7:8: |
Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and
of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, |
| 7:9: |
There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the
female, as God had commanded Noah. |
| 7:10: |
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood
were upon the earth. |
| 7:11: |
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. |
| 7:12: |
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. |
| 7:13: |
In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the
sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with
them, into the ark; |
| 7:14: |
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. |
| 7:15: |
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh,
wherein is the breath of life. |
| 7:16: |
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God
had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. |
| 7:17: |
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters
increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. |
| 7:18: |
And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth;
and the ark went upon the face of the waters. |
| 7:19: |
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high
hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. |
| 7:20: |
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were
covered. |
| 7:21: |
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of
cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth, and every man: |
| 7:22: |
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the
dry land, died. |
| 7:23: |
And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of
the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl
of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only
remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. |
| 7:24: |
And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty
days. |
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| 8:1: |
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle
that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth,
and the waters asswaged; |
| 8:2: |
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were
stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; |
| 8:3: |
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the
end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. |
| 8:4: |
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of
the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. |
| 8:5: |
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the
tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the
mountains seen. |
| 8:6: |
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the
window of the ark which he had made: |
| 8:7: |
And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the
waters were dried up from off the earth. |
| 8:8: |
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated
from off the face of the ground; |
| 8:9: |
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 unto
him into the ark. |
| 8:10: |
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove
out of the ark; |
| 8:11: |
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was
an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from
off the earth. |
| 8:12: |
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which
returned not again unto him any more. |
| 8:13: |
And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first
month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the
earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold,
the face of the ground was dry. |
| 8:14: |
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month,
was the earth dried. |
| 8:15: |
And God spake unto Noah, saying, |
| 8:16: |
Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy
sons' wives with thee. |
| 8:17: |
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all
flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and
be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. |
| 8:18: |
And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons'
wives with him: |
| 8:19: |
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever
creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the
ark. |
| 8:20: |
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. |
| 8:21: |
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart,
I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the
imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I
again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. |
| 8:22: |
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat,
and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. |
|
|
| 9:1: |
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful,
and multiply, and replenish the earth. |
| 9:2: |
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of
the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the
earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they
delivered. |
| 9:3: |
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the
green herb have I given you all things. |
| 9:4: |
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye
not eat. |
| 9:5: |
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of
every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of
every man's brother will I require the life of man. |
| 9:6: |
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for
in the image of God made he man. |
| 9:7: |
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the
earth, and multiply therein. |
| 9:8: |
And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, |
| 9:9: |
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed
after you; |
| 9:10: |
And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the
cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of
the ark, to every beast of the earth. |
| 9:11: |
And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be
cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more
be a flood to destroy the earth. |
| 9:12: |
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between
me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual
generations: |
| 9:13: |
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a
covenant between me and the earth. |
| 9:14: |
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that
the bow shall be seen in the cloud: |
| 9:15: |
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and
every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a
flood to destroy all flesh. |
| 9:16: |
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I
may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living
creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. |
| 9:17: |
And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I
have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. |
| 9:18: |
And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham,
and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. |
| 9:19: |
These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth
overspread. |
| 9:20: |
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: |
| 9:21: |
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered
within his tent. |
| 9:22: |
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and
told his two brethren without. |
| 9:23: |
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their
shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father;
and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's
nakedness. |
| 9:24: |
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done
unto him. |
| 9:25: |
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto
his brethren. |
| 9:26: |
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his
servant. |
| 9:27: |
God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem;
and Canaan shall be his servant. |
| 9:28: |
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. |
| 9:29: |
And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he
died. |
|
|
| 10:1: |
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and
Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. |
| 10:2: |
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and
Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. |
| 10:3: |
And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. |
| 10:4: |
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and
Dodanim. |
| 10:5: |
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every
one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. |
| 10:6: |
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. |
| 10:7: |
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and
Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. |
| 10:8: |
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. |
| 10:9: |
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as
Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. |
| 10:10: |
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and
Calneh, in the land of Shinar. |
| 10:11: |
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city
Rehoboth, and Calah, |
| 10:12: |
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. |
| 10:13: |
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, |
| 10:14: |
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and
Caphtorim. |
| 10:15: |
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, |
| 10:16: |
And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, |
| 10:17: |
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, |
| 10:18: |
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward
were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. |
| 10:19: |
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to
Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and
Zeboim, even unto Lasha. |
| 10:20: |
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues,
in their countries, and in their nations. |
| 10:21: |
Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother
of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. |
| 10:22: |
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and
Aram. |
| 10:23: |
And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. |
| 10:24: |
And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. |
| 10:25: |
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in
his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was
Joktan. |
| 10:26: |
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazar-maveth, and
Jerah, |
| 10:27: |
And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, |
| 10:28: |
And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, |
| 10:29: |
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of
Joktan. |
| 10:30: |
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount
of the east. |
| 10:31: |
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their
tongues, in their lands, after their nations. |
| 10:32: |
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations,
in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth
after the flood. |
|
|
| 11:1: |
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. |
| 11:2: |
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found
a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. |
| 11:3: |
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them
throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for
morter. |
| 11:4: |
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top
may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered
abroad upon the face of the whole earth. |
| 11:5: |
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the
children of men builded. |
| 11:6: |
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one
language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained
from them, which they have imagined to do. |
| 11:7: |
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they
may not understand one another's speech. |
| 11:8: |
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all
the earth: and they left off to build the city. |
| 11:9: |
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; 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. |
| 11:10: |
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and
begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: |
| 11:11: |
And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters. |
| 11:12: |
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: |
| 11:13: |
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years,
and begat sons and daughters. |
| 11:14: |
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: |
| 11:15: |
And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and
begat sons and daughters. |
| 11:16: |
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: |
| 11:17: |
And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years,
and begat sons and daughters. |
| 11:18: |
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: |
| 11:19: |
And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and
begat sons and daughters. |
| 11:20: |
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: |
| 11:21: |
And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and
begat sons and daughters. |
| 11:22: |
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: |
| 11:23: |
And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters. |
| 11:24: |
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: |
| 11:25: |
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years,
and begat sons and daughters. |
| 11:26: |
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and
Haran. |
| 11:27: |
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and
Haran; and Haran begat Lot. |
| 11:28: |
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity,
in Ur of the Chaldees. |
| 11:29: |
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was
Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran,
the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. |
| 11:30: |
But Sarai was barren; she had no child. |
| 11:31: |
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's
son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they
went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of
Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. |
| 11:32: |
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died
in Haran. |
|
|
| 12:1: |
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and
from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I
will shew thee: |
| 12:2: |
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and
make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: |
| 12:3: |
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth
thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. |
| 12:4: |
So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with
him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of
Haran. |
| 12:5: |
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all
their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had
gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and
into the land of Canaan they came. |
| 12:6: |
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the
plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. |
| 12:7: |
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give
this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto
him. |
| 12:8: |
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and
pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and
there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the
LORD. |
| 12:9: |
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. |
| 12:10: |
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to
sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. |
| 12:11: |
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that
he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair
woman to look upon: |
| 12:12: |
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee,
that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they
will save thee alive. |
| 12:13: |
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. |
| 12:14: |
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the
Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. |
| 12:15: |
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before
Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. |
| 12:16: |
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen,
and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and
camels. |
| 12:17: |
And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because
of Sarai Abram's wife. |
| 12:18: |
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? |
| 12:19: |
Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to
wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. |
| 12:20: |
And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away,
and his wife, and all that he had. |
|
|
| 13:1: |
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he
had, and Lot with him, into the south. |
| 13:2: |
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. |
| 13:3: |
And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the
place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and
Hai; |
| 13:4: |
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first:
and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. |
| 13:5: |
And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and
tents. |
| 13:6: |
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell
together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell
together. |
| 13:7: |
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and
the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite
dwelled then in the land. |
| 13:8: |
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between
me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be
brethren. |
| 13:9: |
Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee,
from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or
if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. |
| 13:10: |
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that
it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou
comest unto Zoar. |
| 13:11: |
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east:
and they separated themselves the one from the other. |
| 13:12: |
Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of
the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. |
| 13:13: |
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD
exceedingly. |
| 13:14: |
And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him,
Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward,
and southward, and eastward, and westward: |
| 13:15: |
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy
seed for ever. |
| 13:16: |
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man
can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be
numbered. |
| 13:17: |
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth
of it; for I will give it unto thee. |
| 13:18: |
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of
Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. |
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|
| 14:1: |
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch
king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of
nations; |
| 14:2: |
That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of
Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the
king of Bela, which is Zoar. |
| 14:3: |
All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the
salt sea. |
| 14:4: |
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year
they rebelled. |
| 14:5: |
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were
with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in
Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, |
| 14:6: |
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the
wilderness. |
| 14:7: |
And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote
all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt in
Hazezon-tamar. |
| 14:8: |
And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and
the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the
same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of
Siddim; |
| 14:9: |
With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations,
and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with
five. |
| 14:10: |
And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom
and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the
mountain. |
| 14:11: |
And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their
victuals, and went their way. |
| 14:12: |
And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom,
and his goods, and departed. |
| 14:13: |
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for
he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eschol, and
brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. |
| 14:14: |
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his
trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and
pursued them unto Dan. |
| 14:15: |
And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night,
and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of
Damascus. |
| 14:16: |
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother
Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. |
| 14:17: |
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the
slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the
valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. |
| 14:18: |
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he
was the priest of the most high God. |
| 14:19: |
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God,
possessor of heaven and earth: |
| 14:20: |
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies
into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. |
| 14:21: |
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take
the goods to thyself. |
| 14:22: |
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto
the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, |
| 14:23: |
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I
will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have
made Abram rich: |
| 14:24: |
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the
men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their
portion. |
|
|
| 15:1: |
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great
reward. |
| 15:2: |
And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go
childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? |
| 15:3: |
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one
born in my house is mine heir. |
| 15:4: |
And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall
not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels
shall be thine heir. |
| 15:5: |
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven,
and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him,
So shall thy seed be. |
| 15:6: |
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for
righteousness. |
| 15:7: |
And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of
the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. |
| 15:8: |
And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit
it? |
| 15:9: |
And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she
goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove,
and a young pigeon. |
| 15:10: |
And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and
laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. |
| 15:11: |
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them
away. |
| 15:12: |
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and,
lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. |
| 15:13: |
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a
stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they
shall afflict them four hundred years; |
| 15:14: |
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and
afterward shall they come out with great substance. |
| 15:15: |
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a
good old age. |
| 15:16: |
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the
iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. |
| 15:17: |
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark,
behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those
pieces. |
| 15:18: |
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy
seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great
river, the river Euphrates: |
| 15:19: |
The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, |
| 15:20: |
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, |
| 15:21: |
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites. |
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| 16:1: |
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an
handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. |
| 16:2: |
And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me
from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may
obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. |
| 16:3: |
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 Abram to be his wife. |
| 16:4: |
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that
she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. |
| 16:5: |
And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my
maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was
despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. |
| 16:6: |
But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her
as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from
her face. |
| 16:7: |
And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the
wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. |
| 16:8: |
And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither
wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress
Sarai. |
| 16:9: |
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and
submit thyself under her hands. |
| 16:10: |
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed
exceedingly, tha hall not be numbered for multitude. |
| 16:11: |
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child,
and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD
hath heard thy affliction. |
| 16:12: |
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and
every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of
all his brethren. |
| 16:13: |
And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God
seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth
me? |
| 16:14: |
Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between
Kadesh and Bered. |
| 16:15: |
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name,
which Hagar bare, Ishmael. |
| 16:16: |
And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to
Abram. |
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| 17:1: |
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to
Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be
thou perfect. |
| 17:2: |
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply
thee exceedingly. |
| 17:3: |
And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, |
| 17:4: |
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a
father of many nations. |
| 17:5: |
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall
be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. |
| 17:6: |
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of
thee, and kings shall come out of thee. |
| 17:7: |
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed
after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God
unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. |
| 17:8: |
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land
wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting
possession; and I will be their God. |
| 17:9: |
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore,
thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. |
| 17:10: |
This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy
seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. |
| 17:11: |
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your ; and it shall be a
token of the covenant betwixt me and you. |
| 17:12: |
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every
man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought
with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. |
| 17:13: |
He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money,
must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an
everlasting covenant. |
| 17:14: |
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his is not
circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken
my covenant. |
| 17:15: |
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call
her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. |
| 17:16: |
And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will
bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be
of her. |
| 17:17: |
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart,
Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall
Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? |
| 17:18: |
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before
thee! |
| 17:19: |
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou
shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for
an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. |
| 17:20: |
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him,
and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve
princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. |
| 17:21: |
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear
unto thee at this set time in the next year. |
| 17:22: |
And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. |
| 17:23: |
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his
house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men
of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their in
the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. |
| 17:24: |
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in
the flesh of his . |
| 17:25: |
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised
in the flesh of his . |
| 17:26: |
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his
son. |
| 17:27: |
And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with
money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. |
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| 18:1: |
And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in
the tent door in the heat of the day; |
| 18:2: |
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him:
and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed
himself toward the ground, |
| 18:3: |
And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not
away, I pray thee, from thy servant: |
| 18:4: |
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and
rest yourselves under the tree: |
| 18:5: |
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after
that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And
they said, So do, as thou hast said. |
| 18:6: |
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready
quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the
hearth. |
| 18:7: |
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and
gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. |
| 18:8: |
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and
set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did
eat. |
| 18:9: |
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold,
in the tent. |
| 18:10: |
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time
of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in
the tent door, which was behind him. |
| 18:11: |
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it
ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. |
| 18:12: |
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old
shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? |
| 18:13: |
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying,
Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? |
| 18:14: |
Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will
return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a
son. |
| 18:15: |
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he
said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. |
| 18:16: |
And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham
went with them to bring them on the way. |
| 18:17: |
And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I
do; |
| 18:18: |
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation,
and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? |
| 18:19: |
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household
after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and
judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken
of him. |
| 18:20: |
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great,
and because their sin is very grievous; |
| 18:21: |
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether
according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will
know. |
| 18:22: |
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom:
but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. |
| 18:23: |
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous
with the wicked? |
| 18:24: |
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also
destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are
therein? |
| 18:25: |
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous
with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be
far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? |
| 18:26: |
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the
city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. |
| 18:27: |
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to
speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: |
| 18:28: |
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou
destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty
and five, I will not destroy it. |
| 18:29: |
And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall
be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's
sake. |
| 18:30: |
And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak:
Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not
do it, if I find thirty there. |
| 18:31: |
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord:
Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not
destroy it for twenty's sake. |
| 18:32: |
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but
this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not
destroy it for ten's sake. |
| 18:33: |
And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with
Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. |
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| 19:1: |
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate
of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself
with his face toward the ground; |
| 19:2: |
And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your
servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye
shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will
abide in the street all night. |
| 19:3: |
And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and
entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened
bread, and they did eat. |
| 19:4: |
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom,
compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every
quarter: |
| 19:5: |
And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which
came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know
them. |
| 19:6: |
And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after
him, |
| 19:7: |
And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. |
| 19:8: |
Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I
pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your
eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the
shadow of my roof. |
| 19:9: |
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came
in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with
thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and
came near to break the door. |
| 19:10: |
But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to
them, and shut to the door. |
| 19:11: |
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with
blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find
the door. |
| 19:12: |
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law,
and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city,
bring them out of this place: |
| 19:13: |
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen
great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy
it. |
| 19:14: |
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his
daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will
destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in
law. |
| 19:15: |
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying,
Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be
consumed in the iniquity of the city. |
| 19:16: |
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the
hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being
merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the
city. |
| 19:17: |
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he
said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all
the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. |
| 19:18: |
And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: |
| 19:19: |
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast
magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life;
and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I
die: |
| 19:20: |
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one:
Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall
live. |
| 19:21: |
And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing
also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast
spoken. |
| 19:22: |
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be
come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. |
| 19:23: |
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. |
| 19:24: |
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire
from the LORD out of heaven; |
| 19:25: |
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the
inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. |
| 19:26: |
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of
salt. |
| 19:27: |
And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood
before the LORD: |
| 19:28: |
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of
the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the
smoke of a furnace. |
| 19:29: |
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that
God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow,
when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. |
| 19:30: |
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two
daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a
cave, he and his two daughters. |
| 19:31: |
And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there
is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the
earth: |
| 19:32: |
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him,
that we may preserve seed of our father. |
| 19:33: |
And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn
went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down,
nor when she arose. |
| 19:34: |
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the
younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink
wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may
preserve seed of our Father. |
| 19:35: |
And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the
younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down,
nor when she arose. |
| 19:36: |
Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. |
| 19:37: |
And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is
the father of the Moabites unto this day. |
| 19:38: |
And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi:
the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. |
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| 20:1: |
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and
dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. |
| 20:2: |
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech
king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. |
| 20:3: |
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him,
Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for
she is a man's wife. |
| 20:4: |
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou
slay also a righteous nation? |
| 20:5: |
Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself
said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my
hands have I done this. |
| 20:6: |
And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in
the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against
me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. |
| 20:7: |
Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he
shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not,
know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. |
| 20:8: |
Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his
servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore
afraid. |
| 20:9: |
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done
unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and
on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to
be done. |
| 20:10: |
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast
done this thing? |
| 20:11: |
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in
this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. |
| 20:12: |
And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father,
but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. |
| 20:13: |
And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my
father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou
shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He
is my brother. |
| 20:14: |
And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and
womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his
wife. |
| 20:15: |
And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it
pleaseth thee. |
| 20:16: |
And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand
pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all
that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. |
| 20:17: |
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife,
and his maidservants; and they bare children. |
| 20:18: |
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of
Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. |
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| 21:1: |
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto
Sarah as he had spoken. |
| 21:2: |
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the
set time of which God had spoken to him. |
| 21:3: |
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom
Sarah bare to him, Isaac. |
| 21:4: |
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God
had commanded him. |
| 21:5: |
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born
unto him. |
| 21:6: |
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will
laugh with me. |
| 21:7: |
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should
have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. |
| 21:8: |
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast
the same day that Isaac was weaned. |
| 21:9: |
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto
Abraham, mocking. |
| 21:10: |
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son:
for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with
Isaac. |
| 21:11: |
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his
son. |
| 21:12: |
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight
because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath
said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be
called. |
| 21:13: |
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he
is thy seed. |
| 21:14: |
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a
bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and
the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the
wilderness of Beer-sheba. |
| 21:15: |
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under
one of the shrubs. |
| 21:16: |
And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it
were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And
she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. |
| 21:17: |
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called Hagar
out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for
God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. |
| 21:18: |
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make
him a great nation. |
| 21:19: |
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went,
and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. |
| 21:20: |
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness,
and became an archer. |
| 21:21: |
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a
wife out of the land of Egypt. |
| 21:22: |
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the
chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in
all that thou doest: |
| 21:23: |
Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal
falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but
according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto
me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. |
| 21:24: |
And Abraham said, I will swear. |
| 21:25: |
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which
Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. |
| 21:26: |
And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst
thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. |
| 21:27: |
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and
both of them made a covenant. |
| 21:28: |
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. |
| 21:29: |
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs
which thou hast set by themselves? |
| 21:30: |
And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand,
that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. |
| 21:31: |
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware
both of them. |
| 21:32: |
Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and
Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of
the Philistines. |
| 21:33: |
And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the
name of the LORD, the everlasting God. |
| 21:34: |
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. |
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| 22:1: |
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham,
and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. |
| 22:2: |
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou
lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a
burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. |
| 22:3: |
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and
took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood
for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God
had told him. |
| 22:4: |
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place
afar off. |
| 22:5: |
And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and
I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you, |
| 22:6: |
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon
Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they
went both of them together. |
| 22:7: |
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he
said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but
where is the lamb for a burnt offering? |
| 22:8: |
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt
offering: so they went both of them together. |
| 22:9: |
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham
built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his
son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. |
| 22:10: |
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his
son. |
| 22:11: |
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said,
Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. |
| 22:12: |
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any
thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast
not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. |
| 22:13: |
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a
ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram,
and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. |
| 22:14: |
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is
said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. |
| 22:15: |
And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the
second time, |
| 22:16: |
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou
hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: |
| 22:17: |
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will
multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is
upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his
enemies; |
| 22:18: |
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
because thou hast obeyed my voice. |
| 22:19: |
So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went
together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. |
| 22:20: |
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham,
saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother
Nahor; |
| 22:21: |
Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of
Aram, |
| 22:22: |
And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. |
| 22:23: |
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor,
Abraham's brother. |
| 22:24: |
And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and
Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. |
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| 23:1: |
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were
the years of the life of Sarah. |
| 23:2: |
And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of
Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. |
| 23:3: |
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of
Heth, saying, |
| 23:4: |
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a
buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. |
| 23:5: |
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, |
| 23:6: |
Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of
our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his
sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. |
| 23:7: |
And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land,
even to the children of Heth. |
| 23:8: |
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should
bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the
son of Zohar, |
| 23:9: |
That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in
the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it
me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. |
| 23:10: |
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite
answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all
that went in at the gate of his city, saying, |
| 23:11: |
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is
therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I
it thee: bury thy dead. |
| 23:12: |
And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. |
| 23:13: |
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land,
saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee
money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. |
| 23:14: |
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, |
| 23:15: |
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of
silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. |
| 23:16: |
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the
silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four
hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. |
| 23:17: |
And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before
Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that
were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made
sure |
| 23:18: |
Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of
Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. |
| 23:19: |
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the
field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of
Canaan. |
| 23:20: |
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto
Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. |
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| 24:1: |
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had
blessed Abraham in all things. |
| 24:2: |
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled
over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: |
| 24:3: |
And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the
God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the
daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: |
| 24:4: |
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife
unto my son Isaac. |
| 24:5: |
And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be
willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again
unto the land from whence thou camest? |
| 24:6: |
And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son
thither again. |
| 24:7: |
The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and
from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto
me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel
before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. |
| 24:8: |
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt
be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again. |
| 24:9: |
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master,
and sware to him concerning that matter. |
| 24:10: |
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and
departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose,
and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. |
| 24:11: |
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of
water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw
water. |
| 24:12: |
And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me
good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. |
| 24:13: |
Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the
men of |