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INDEX
THEOLDTESTAMENT
Book01Genesis
Book02Exodus
Book03Leviticus
Book04Numbers
Book05Deuteronomy
Book06Joshua
Book07Judges
Book08Ruth
Book091Kings
Book102Kings
Book113Kings
Book124Kings
Book131Paralipomenon
Book142Paralipomenon
Book151Ezdras
Book162Ezdras
Book17Tobias
Book18Judith
Book19Esther
Book20Job
Book21Psalms
Book22Proverbs
Book23Ecclesiastes
Book24Canticles
Book25BookofWisdom
Book26Ecclesiasticus
Book27Isaias
Book28Jeremiah
Book29Lamentations
Book30Barruch
Book31Ezekiel
Book32Daniel
Book33Osee
Book34Joel
Book35Amos
Book36Abdias
Book37Jonah
Book38Micheas
Book39Nahum
Book40Habacuc
Book41Sophonias
Book42Aggeus
Book43Zacharias
Book44Malachias
Book451Machabees
Book462Machabees
THENEWTESTAMENT
Book47Matthew
Book48Mark
Book49Luke
Book50John
Book51Acts
Book52Romans
Book531Corinthians
Book542Corinthians
Book55Galatians
Book56Ephesians
Book57Philippians
Book58Colossians
Book591Thessalonians
Book602Thessalonians
Book611Timothy
Book622Timothy
Book63Titus
Book64Philemon
Book65Hebrews
Book66James
Book671Peter
Book682Peter
Book691John
Book702John
Book713John
Book72Jude
Book73Apocalypse
THEHOLYBIBLE
TranslatedfromtheLatinVulgate
DiligentlyComparedwiththeHebrew,Greek,andOtherEditionsinDiversLanguages
THEOLDTESTAMENTFirstPublishedbytheEnglishCollegeatDouayA.D.1609&1610
and
THENEWTESTAMENTFirstPublishedbytheEnglishCollegeatRheimsA.D.1582
WithAnnotations
TheWholeRevisedandDiligentlyComparedwiththeLatinVulgatebyBishopRichardChallonerA.D.1749-1752
HISTORY
Thise-textcomesfrommultipleeditionsofChalloner’srevisedDouay-RheimsVersionoftheHolyBible.In1568Englishexiles,manyfromOxford,establishedtheEnglishCollegeofDouay(Douai/Doway),Flanders,underWilliam(laterCardinal)Allen.InOctober,1578,GregoryMartinbegantheworkofpreparinganEnglishtranslationoftheBibleforCatholicreaders,thefirstsuchtranslationintoModernEnglish.AssistingwereWilliamAllen,RichardBristow,ThomasWorthington,andWilliamReynoldswhorevised,criticized,andcorrectedDr.Martin’swork.ThecollegepublishedtheNewTestamentatRheims(Reims/Rhemes),France,in1582throughJohnFognywithaprefaceandexplanatorynotes,authoredchieflybyBristol,Allen,andWorthington.LatertheOldTestamentwaspublishedatDouayintwoparts(1609and1610)byLaurenceKellamthroughtheeffortsofDr.Worthington,thensuperioroftheseminary.ThetranslationhadbeenpreparedbeforetheappearanceoftheNewTestament,butthepublicationwasdelayedduetofinancialdifficulties.ThereligiousandscholarlyadherencetotheLatinVulgatetextledtothelesselegantandidiomaticwordsandphrasesoftenfoundinthetranslation.InsomeinstanceswherenoEnglishwordconveyedthefullmeaningoftheLatin,aLatinwordwasAnglicizedanditsmeaningdefinedinaglossary.Althoughridiculedbycritics,manyofthesewordslaterfoundcommonusageintheEnglishlanguage.SpellingsofpropernamesandthenumberingofthePsalmsareadoptedfromtheLatinVulgate.
In1749Dr.RichardChallonerbeganamajorrevisionoftheDouayandRheimstexts,thespellingsandphrasingofwhichhadbecomeincreasinglyarchaicinthealmosttwocenturiessincethetranslationswerefirstproduced.Hemodernizedthedictionandintroducedamorefluidstyle,whilefaithfullymaintainingtheaccuracyofDr.Martin’stexts.Thisrevisionbecamethe‘defacto’standardtextforEnglishspeakingCatholicsuntilthetwentiethcentury.Itisstillhighlyregardedbymanyforitsstyle,althoughitisnowrarelyusedforliturgicalpurposes.ThenotesincludedinthiselectroniceditionaregenerallyattributedtoBishopChalloner.
CONTENTS
TheOldTestament
BookofGenesisBookofExodusBookofLeviticusBookofNumbersBookofDeuteronomyBookofJosueBookofJudgesBookofRuthFirstBookofSamuel,alias1KingsSecondBookofSamuel,alias2KingsThirdBookofKingsFourthBookofKingsFirstBookofParalipomenonSecondBookofParalipomenonFirstBookofEsdrasBookofNehemias,alias2EsdrasBookofTobiasBookofJudithBookofEstherBookofJobBookofPsalmsBookofProverbsEcclesiastesSolomon’sCanticleofCanticlesBookofWisdomEcclesiasticusProphecyofIsaiasProphecyofJeremiasLamentationsofJeremiasProphecyofBaruchProphecyofEzechielProphecyofDanielProphecyofOseeProphecyofJoelProphecyofAmosProphecyofAbdiasProphecyofJonasProphecyofMicheasProphecyofNahumProphecyofHabacucProphecyofSophonias
ProphecyofAggeusProphecyofZachariasProphecyofMalachiasFirstBookofMachabeesSecondBookofMachabees
TheNewTestament
GospelAccordingtoSt.MatthewGospelAccordingtoSt.MarkGospelAccordingtoSt.LukeGospelAccordingtoSt.JohnActsoftheApostlesEpistleofSt.PaultotheRomansFirstEpistleofSt.PaultotheCorinthiansSecondEpistleofSt.PaultotheCorinthiansEpistleofSt.PaultotheGalatiansEpistleofSt.PaultotheEphesiansEpistleofSt.PaultothePhilippiansEpistleofSt.PaultotheColossiansFirstEpistleofSt.PaultotheThessaloniansSecondEpistleofSt.PaultotheThessaloniansFirstEpistleofSt.PaultoTimothySecondEpistleofSt.PaultoTimothyEpistleofSt.PaultoTitusEpistleofSt.PaultoPhilemonEpistleofSt.PaultotheHebrewsCatholicEpistleofSt.JamestheApostleFirstEpistleofSt.PetertheApostleSecondEpistleofSt.PetertheApostleFirstEpistleofSt.JohntheApostleSecondEpistleofSt.JohntheApostleThirdEpistleofSt.JohntheApostleCatholicEpistleofSt.JudetheApostleApocalypseofSt.JohntheApostle
THEOLDTESTAMENT
Book01Genesis
THEBOOKOFGENESIS
ThisbookissocalledfromitstreatingoftheGENERATION,thatis,ofthecreationandthebeginningoftheworld.TheHebrewscallitBERESITH,fromtheWordwithwhichitbegins.ItcontainsnotonlythehistoryoftheCreationoftheworld;butalsoanaccountofitsprogressduringthespaceof2369years,thatis,untilthedeathofJOSEPH.
GenesisChapter1
GodcreatethHeavenandEarth,andallthingstherein,insixdays.
1:1.InthebeginningGodcreatedheaven,andearth.
1:2.Andtheearthwasvoidandempty,anddarknesswasuponthefaceofthedeep;andthespiritofGodmovedoverthewaters.
1:3.AndGodsaid:Belightmade.Andlightwasmade.
1:4.AndGodsawthelightthatitwasgood;andhedividedthelightfromthedarkness.
1:5. And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening andmorningoneday.
1:6.AndGodsaid:Lettherebeafirmamentmadeamidstthewaters:andletitdividethewatersfromthewaters.
Afirmament…Bythisnameishereunderstoodthewholespacebetweentheearth,andthehigheststars.Thelowerpartofwhichdivideththewatersthatareupontheearth,fromthosethatareaboveintheclouds.
1:7.Andgodmadea firmament,anddivided thewaters thatwereunder the firmament,fromthosethatwereabovethefirmament,anditwasso.
1:8. And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and morning were thesecondday.
1:9.Godalsosaid;Letthewatersthatareundertheheaven,begatheredtogetherintooneplace:andletthedrylandappear.Anditwassodone.
1:10.AndGod called the dry land, Earth; and the gathering together of thewaters, hecalledSeas.AndGodsawthatitwasgood.
1:11.Andhesaid:lettheearthbringforthgreenherb,andsuchasmayseed,andthefruittreeyieldingfruitafteritskind,whichmayhaveseedinitselfupontheearth.Anditwassodone.
1:12.Andtheearthbroughtforththegreenherb,andsuchasyieldethseedaccordingtoitskind,andthetreethatbearethfruit,havingseedeachoneaccordingtoitskind.AndGodsawthatitwasgood.
1:13.Andtheeveningandthemorningwerethethirdday.
1:14.AndGodsaid:Lettherebelightsmadeinthefirmamentofheaven,todividethedayandthenight,andletthembeforsigns,andforseasons,andfordaysandyears:
1:15.Toshineinthefirmamentofheaven,andtogivelightupontheearth,anditwassodone.
1:16.AndGodmadetwogreatlights:agreaterlighttoruletheday;andalesserlighttorulethenight:andThestars.
Twogreat lights…Godcreatedon the first day, light,whichbeingmoved fromeast towest, by its rising and setting, made morning and evening. But on the fourth day heorderedanddistributedthislight,andmadethesun,moon,andstars.Themoon,thoughmuchlessthanthestars,isherecalledagreatlight,fromitsgivingafargreaterlighttotheearththananyofthem.
1:17.Andhesettheminthefirmamentofheaventoshineupontheearth.
1:18.Andtorulethedayandthenight,andtodividethelightandthedarkness.AndGodsawthatitwasgood.
1:19.Andtheeveningandmorningwerethefourthday.
1:20.Godalsosaid: let thewatersbring forth thecreepingcreaturehaving life,and thefowlthatmayflyovertheearthunderthefirmamentofheaven.
1:21.AndGodcreatedthegreatwhales,andeverylivingandmovingcreature,whichthewaaters brought forth, according to their kinds, and everywinged fowl according to itskind.AndGodsawthatitwasgood.
1:22.Andheblessedthem,saying:Increaseandmultiply,andfill thewatersof thesea:andletthebirdsbemultipliedupontheearth.
1:23.Andtheeveningandmorningwerethefifthday.
1:24.AndGod said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle andcreepingthings,andbeastsoftheearth,accordingtotheirkinds.Anditwassodone.
1:25.AndGodmadethebeastsoftheearthaccordingtotheirkinds,andcattle,andeverythingthatcreepethontheearthafteritskind.AndGodsawthatitwasgood.
1:26.Andhesaid:Letusmakemantoourimageandlikeness:andlethimhavedominionoverthefishesofthesea,andthefowlsoftheair,andthebeasts,andthewholeearth,andeverycreepingcreaturethatmovethupontheearth.
Letusmakemantoourimage…ThisimageofGodinman,isnotinthebody,butinthesoul; which is a spiritual substance, endued with understanding and free will. Godspeakethhereinthepluralnumber,toinsinuatethepluralityofpersonsintheDeity.
1:27.AndGodcreatedmantohisownimage:totheimageofGodhecreatedhim:maleandfemalehecreatedthem.
1:28.AndGodblessedthem,saying:Increaseandmultiply,andfilltheearth,andsubdueit,andruleoverthefishesofthesea,andthefowlsoftheair,andalllivingcreaturesthatmoveupontheearth.
Increase andmultiply…This is not a precept, as some Protestant controvertists wouldhave it,but ablessing, rendering themfruitful; forGodhad said the samewords to thefishes,andbirds,(ver.22)whowereincapableofreceivingaprecept.
1:29.AndGodsaid:BeholdIhavegivenyoueveryherbbearingseedupontheearth,andalltreesthathaveinthemselvesseedoftheirownkind,tobeyourmeat:
1:30.Andtoallbeastsoftheearth,andtoeveryfowloftheair,andtoallthatmoveupontheearth,andwhereinthereislife,thattheymayhavetofeedupon.Anditwassodone.
1:31.AndGod sawall the things thathehadmade, and theywereverygood.And theeveningandmorningwerethesixthday.
GenesisChapter2
Godrestethontheseventhdayandblessethit.Theearthlyparadise,inwhichGodplacethman.Hecommandethhimnottoeatofthetreeofknowledge.Andformethawomanofhisrib.
2:1.Sotheheavensandtheearthwerefinished,andallthefurnitureofthem.
2:2.AndontheseventhdayGodendedhisworkwhichhehadmade:andherestedontheseventhdayfromallhisworkwhichhehaddone.
Herested,etc…Thatis,heceasedtomakeorcreateanynewkindsofthings.Though,asour Lord tells us, John 5.17, “He still worketh”, viz., by conserving and governing allthings,andcreatingsouls.
2:3.Andheblessedtheseventhday,andsanctifiedit:becauseinithehadrestedfromallhisworkwhichGodcreatedandmade.
2:4.Thesearethegenerationsoftheheavenandtheearth,whentheywerecreated,inthedaythattheLordGodmadetheheavenandtheearth:
2:5.Andeveryplantof the fieldbefore it sprungup in theearth,andeveryherbof thegroundbeforeitgrew:fortheLordGodhadnotrainedupontheearth;andtherewasnotamantotilltheearth.
2:6.Butaspringroseoutoftheearth,wateringallthesurfaceoftheearth.
2:7.AndtheLordGodformedmanoftheslimeoftheearth:andbreathedintohisfacethebreathoflife,andmanbecamealivingsoul.
2:8.AndtheLordGodhadplantedaparadiseofpleasurefromthebeginning:whereinheplacedmanwhomhehadformed.
2:9.AndtheLordGodbroughtforthofthegroundallmanneroftrees,fairtobehold,andpleasanttoeatof:thetreeoflifealsointhemidstofparadise:andthetreeofknowledgeofgoodandevil.
Thetreeoflife…Socalledbecauseithadthatquality,thatbyeatingofthefruitofit,manwouldhavebeenpreservedinaconstantstateofhealth,vigour,andstrength,andwouldnot have died at all. The tree of knowledge… To which the deceitful serpent falselyattributed thepowerof impartingasuperiorkindofknowledge,beyondthatwhichGodwaspleasedtogive.
2:10.Andariverwentoutoftheplaceofpleasuretowaterparadise,whichfromthenceisdividedintofourheads.
2:11.ThenameoftheoneisPhison:thatisitwhichcompassethallthelandofHevilath,
wheregoldgroweth.
2:12.Andthegoldofthatlandisverygood:thereisfoundbdellium,andtheonyxstone.
2:13.And thenameof thesecondriver isGehon: thesame is it thatcompassethall thelandofEthiopia.
2:14.AndthenameofthethirdriverisTigris:thesamepassethalongbytheAssyrians.AndthefourthriverisEuphrates.
2:15.AndtheLordGodtookman,andputhimintotheparadiseofpleasure,todressit,andtokeepit.
2:16.Andhecommandedhim,saying:Ofeverytreeofparadisethoushalteat:
2:17.Butof thetreeofknowledgeofgoodandevil, thoushaltnoteat.For inwhatdaysoeverthoushalteatofit,thoushaltdiethedeath.
2:18.AndtheLordGodsaid:Itisnotgoodformantobealone:letusmakehimahelplikeuntohimself.
2:19.AndtheLordGodhavingformedoutofthegroundallthebeastsoftheearth,andallthefowlsoftheair,broughtthemtoAdamtoseewhathewouldcallthem:forwhatsoeverAdamcalledanylivingcreaturethesameisitsname.
2:20.AndAdamcalledallthebeastsbytheirnames,andallthefowlsoftheair,andallthecattleofthefield:butforAdamtherewasnotfoundahelperlikehimself.
2:21.ThentheLordGodcastadeepsleepuponAdam:andwhenhewasfastasleep,hetookoneofhisribs,andfilledupfleshforit.
2:22. And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: andbroughthertoAdam.
2:23.AndAdamsaid:Thisnowisboneofmybones,andfleshofmyflesh;sheshallbecalledwoman,becauseshewastakenoutofman.
2:24.Whereforeamanshallleavefatherandmother,andshallcleavetohiswife:andtheyshallbetwoinoneflesh.
2:25.Andtheywerebothnaked:towit,Adamandhiswife:andwerenotashamed.
GenesisChapter3
The serpent’s craft. The fall of our first parents. Their punishment. The promise of aRedeemer.
3:1.Nowtheserpentwasmoresubtle thaanyof thebeastsof theearthwhich theLordGod hadmade. And he said to the woman:Why hath God commanded you, that youshouldnoteatofeverytreeofparadise?
3:2.Andthewomanansweredhim,saying:Ofthefruitofthetreesthatareinparadisewedoeat:
3:3.Butofthefruitofthetreewhichisinthemidstofparadise,Godhathcommandedusthatweshouldnoteat;andthatweshouldnottouchit,lestperhapswedie.
3:4.Andtheserpentsaidtothewoman:No,youshallnotdiethedeath.
3:5.ForGoddothknowthatinwhatdaysoeveryoushalleatthereof,youreyesshallbeopened:andyoushallbeasGods,knowinggoodandevil.
3:6.Andthewomansawthatthetreewasgoodtoeat,andfairtotheeyes,anddelightfultobehold:andshetookofthefruitthereof,anddideat,andgavetoherhusband,whodideat.
3:7.Andtheeyesofthembothwereopened:andwhentheyperceivedthemselvestobenaked,theysewedtogetherfigleaves,andmadethemselvesaprons.
Andtheeyes,etc…Notthattheywereblindbefore,(forthewomansawthatthetreewasfairtotheeyes,ver.6.)noryetthattheireyeswereopenedtoanymoreperfectknowledgeofgood;butonlytotheunhappyexperienceofhavinglostthegoodoforiginalgraceandinnocence,andincurredthedreadfulevilofsin.Fromwhencefollowedashameoftheirbeingnaked;which theymindednotbefore;becausebeingnowstriptoforiginalgrace,theyquicklybegantobesubjecttotheshamefulrebellionsoftheflesh.
3:8.AndwhentheyheardthevoiceoftheLordGodwalkinginparadiseattheafternoonair,AdamandhiswifehidthemselvesfromthefaceoftheLordGod,amidstthetreesofparadise.
3:9.AndtheLordGodcalledAdam,andsaidtohim:Whereartthou?
3:10.Andhesaid:Iheardthyvoiceinparadise;andIwasafraid,becauseIwasnaked,andIhidmyself.
3:11.Andhesaidtohim:Andwhohathtoldtheethatthouwastnaked,butthatthouhasteatenofthetreewhereofIcommandedtheethatthoushouldstnoteat?
3:12.AndAdamsaid:Thewoman,whomthougavestmetobemycompanion,gavemeofthetree,andIdideat.
3:13.AndtheLordGodsaidtothewoman:Whyhastthoudonethis?Andsheanswered:Theserpentdeceivedme,andIdideat.
3:14.And theLordGodsaid to theserpent:Because thouhastdone this thing, thouartcursedamongallcattle,andbeastsoftheearth:uponthybreastshalt thougo,andearthshaltthoueatallthedaysofthylife.
3:15.Iwillputenmitiesbetweentheeandthewoman,andthyseedandherseed:sheshallcurshthyhead,andthoushaltlieinwaitforherheel.
Sheshallcrush…Ipsa,thewoman;sodiversofthefathersreadthisplace,conformablytotheLatin:othersreaditipsum,viz.,theseed.Thesenseisthesame:foritisbyherseed,JesusChrist,thatthewomancrushestheserpent’shead.
3:16. To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: insorrowshaltthoubringforthchildren,andthoushaltbeunderthyhusband’spower,andheshallhavedominionoverthee.
3:17.AndtoAdamhesaid:Becausethouhasthearkenedtothevoiceofthywife,andhasteatenofthetree,whereofIcommandedthee,thatthoushouldstnoteat,cursedistheearthinthywork:withlabourandtoilshaltthoueatthereofallthedaysofthylife.
3:18.Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat theherbsof theearth.
3:19.Inthesweatofthyfaceshaltthoueatbreadtillthoureturntotheearthoutofwhichthouwasttaken:fordustthouart,andintodustthoushaltreturn.
3:20.AndAdamcalledthenameofhiswifeEve:becauseshewasthemotherofalltheliving.
3:21.AndtheLordGodmadeforAdamandhiswifegarmentsofskins,andclothedthem.
3:22.Andhe said:BeholdAdam is becomeasoneofus, knowinggoodand evil: nowthereforelestperhapsheputforthhishandandtakealsoofthetreeoflife,andeat,andliveforever.
Behold Adam, etc… This was spoken by way of reproaching him with his pride, inaffectingaknowledgethatmightmakehimliketoGod.
3:23.And theLordGod sent himout of the paradise of pleasure, to till the earth fromwhichhewastaken.
3:24.AndhecastoutAdam:andplacedbeforetheparadiseofpleasureCherubims,andaflamingsword,turningeveryway,tokeepthewayofthetreeoflife.
GenesisChapter4
ThehistoryofCainandAbel.
4:1.AndAdamknewEvehiswife;whoconceivedandbroughtforthCain,saying:IhavegottenamanthroughGod.
4:2.AndagainshebroughtforthhisbrotherAbel.AndAbelwasashepherd,andCainahusbandman.
4:3.Anditcametopassaftermanydays,thatCainoffered,ofthefruitsoftheearth,giftstotheLord.
4:4. Abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat: and the Lord hadrespecttoAbel,andtohisofferings.
Hadrespect…Thatis,shewedhisacceptanceofhissacrifice(ascomingfromaheartfullof devotion): and that, aswemay suppose, by somevisible token, such as sending firefromheavenuponhisofferings.
4:5.ButtoCainandhisofferingshehadnorespect:andCainwasexceedingangry,andhiscountenancefell.
4:6.AndtheLordsaidtohim:Whyartthouangry?andwhyisthycountenancefallen?
4:7.Ifthoudowell,shaltthounotreceive?butifill,shallnotsinforthwithbepresentatthedoor?butthelustthereofshallbeunderthee,andthoushalthavedominionoverit.
4:8.AndCainsaidtoAbelhisbrother:Letusgoforthabroad.Andwhentheywereinthefield,CainroseupagainsthisbrotherAbel,andslewhim.
4:9.AndtheLordsaidtoCain:WhereisthybrotherAbel?Andheanswered:Iknownot:amImybrother’skeeper?
4:10.Andhesaidtohim:Whathastthoudone?thevoiceofthybrother’sbloodcriethtomefromtheearth.
4:11.Nowthereforecursedshaltthoubeupontheearth,whichhathopenedhermouthandrecievedthebloodofthybrotheratthyhand.
4:12.Whenthoushalttillit,itshallnotyieldtotheeitsfruit:afugitiveandavagabondshaltthoubeupontheearth.
4:13.AndCainsaidtotheLord:MyiniquityisgreaterthanthatImaydeservepardon.
4:14.Beholdthoudostcastmeoutthisdayfromthefaceoftheearth,andfromthyfaceIshallbehid,andIshallbeavagabondandafugitiveontheearth:everyonethereforethatfindethme,shallkillme.
Everyone that findethmeshallkillme…Hisguiltyconsciencemadehimfearhisownbrothers and nephews; ofwhom, by this time, theremight be a good number upon theearth; which had now endured near 130 years; as may be gathered from Gen. 5.3,comparedwith chap. 4.25, though in the compendious account given in the scriptures,onlyCainandAbelarementioned.
4:15.AndtheLordsaidtohim:No,itshallnotsobe:butwhosoevershallkillCain,shallbe punished sevenfold.And theLord set amark uponCain, thatwhosoever foundhimshouldnotkillhim.
Setamark,etc…Themorecommonopinionoftheinterpretersofholywritsupposesthismark to have been a trembling of the body; or a horror and consternation in hiscountenance.
4:16.AndCainwentoutfromthefaceoftheLord,anddweltasafugitiveontheearthattheeastsideofEden.
4:17.AndCainknewhiswife,andsheconceived,andbroughtforthHenoch:andhebuiltacity,andcalledthenamethereofbythenameofhissonHenoch.
Hiswife…ShewasadaughterofAdam,andCain’sownsister;Goddispensingwithsuchmarriagesinthebeginningof theworld,asmankindcouldnototherwisebepropagated.He built a city, viz… In process of time, when his race was multiplied, so as to benumerousenoughtopeopleit.Forinthemanyhundredyearshelived,hisracemightbemultipliedeventomillions.
4:18.AndHenochbegotIrad,andIradbegotMaviael,andMaviaelbegotMathusael,andMathusaelbegotLamech,
4:19.Whotooktwowives:thenameoftheonewasAda,andthenameoftheotherSella.
4:20.AndAdabroughtforthJabel:whowasthefatherofsuchasdwell in tents,andofherdsmen.
4:21.Andhisbrother’snamewasJubal:hewasthefatherofthemthatplayupontheharpandtheorgans.
4:22.SellaalsobroughtforthTubalcain,whowasahammererandartificerineveryworkofbrassandiron.AndthesisterofTubalcainwasNoema.
4:23.AndLamechsaidtohiswivesAdaandSella:Hearmyvoice,yewivesofLamech,hearkentomyspeech:forIhaveslainamantothewoundingofmyself,andastriplingtomyownbruising.
Ihaveslainaman,etc…ItisthetraditionoftheHebrews,thatLamechinhuntingslewCain,mistakinghim for awildbeast; and thathavingdiscoveredwhathehaddone,hebeatsounmercifullytheyouth,bywhomhewasledintothatmistake,thathediedoftheblows.
4:24. Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy timessevenfold.
4:25.Adamalsoknewhiswifeagain:andshebrought forthason,andcalledhisnameSeth,saying:GodhathgivenmeanotherseedforAbel,whomCainslew.
4:26.ButtoSethalsowasbornason,whomhecalledEnos:thismanbegantocalluponthenameoftheLord.
Began tocallupon,etc…Not thatAdamandSethhadnotcalleduponGod,before thebirthofEnos;butthatEnosusedmoresolemnityintheworshipandinvocationofGod.
GenesisChapter5
Thegenealogy, age, anddeathof thePatriarchs, fromAdam toNoe.The translationofHenoch.
5:1.ThisisthebookofthegenerationofAdam.InthedaythatGodcreatedman,hemadehimtothelikenessofGod.
5:2.Hecreatedthemmaleandfemale;andblessedthem:andcalledtheirnameAdam,inthedaywhentheywerecreated.
5:3.AndAdamlivedahundredand thirtyyears,andbegotason tohisownimageandlikeness,andcalledhisnameSeth.
5:4.AndthedaysofAdam,afterhebegotSeth,wereeighthundredyears:andhebegotsonsanddaughters.
5:5.AndallthetimethatAdamlived,cametoninehundredandthirtyyears,andhedied.
5:6.Sethalsolivedahundredandfiveyears,andbegotEnos.
5:7.AndSeth livedafterhebegotEnos,eighthundredandsevenyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
5:8.AndallthedaysofSethwereninehundredandtwelveyears,andhedied.
5:9.AndEnoslivedninetyyears,andbegotCainan.
5:10. After whose birth he lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons anddaughters.
5:11.AndallthedaysofEnoswereninehundredandfiveyears,andhedied.
5:12.AndCainanlivedseventyyears,andbegotMalaleel.
5:13.AndCainanlivedafterhebegotMalaleel,eighthundredandfortyyears,andbegot
sonsanddaughters.
5:14.AndallthedaysofCainanwereninehundredandtenyears,andhedied.
5:15.AndMalaleellivedsixty-fiveyearsandbegotJared.
5:16.AndMalaleel livedafterhebegotJared,eighthundredandthirtyyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
5:17.AndallthedaysofMalaleelwereeighthundredandninety-fiveyears,andhedied.
5:18.AndJaredlivedahundredandsixty-twoyears,andbegotHenoch.
5:19.And Jared lived after he begotHenoch, eight hundred years, and begot sons anddaughters.
5:20.AndallthedaysofJaredwereninehundredandsixty-twoyears,andhedied.
5:21.AndHenochlivedsixty-fiveyears,andbegotMathusala.
5:22.AndHenochwalkedwithGod:and livedafterhebegotMathusala, threehundredyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
5:23.AndallthedaysofHenochwerethreehundredandsixty-fiveyears.
5:24.AndhewalkedwithGod,andwasseennomore:becauseGodtookhim.
5:25.AndMathusalalivedahundredandeighty-sevenyears,andbegotLamech.
5:26.AndMathlusalalivedafterhebegotLamech,sevenhundredandeighty-twoyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
5:27.AndallthedaysofMathusalawereninehundredandsixty-nineyears,andhedied.
5:28.AndLamechlivedahundredandeighty-twoyears,andbegotason.
5:29.AndhecalledhisnameNoe,saying:Thissameshallcomfortusfromtheworksandlaboursofourhandsontheearth,whichtheLordhathcursed.
5:30.AndLamechlivedafterhebegotNoe,fivehundredandninety-fiveyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
5:31.AndallthedaysofLamechcametosevenhundredandseventy-sevenyears,andhedied.AndNoe,whenhewasfivehundredyearsold,begotSem,Cham,andJapheth.
GenesisChapter6
Man’ssinisthecauseofthedeluge.Noeiscommandedtobuildtheark.
6:1.Andafterthatmenbegantobemultipliedupontheearth,anddaughterswereborntothem,
6:2.ThesonsofGodseeingthedaughtersofmen,thattheywerefair,tooktothemselveswivesofallwhichtheychose.
ThesonsofGod…ThedescendantsofSethandEnosareherecalledsonsofGodfromtheirreligionandpiety:whereastheungodlyraceofCain,whobytheircarnalaffectionslaygrovellingupontheearth,arecalledthechildrenofmen.Theunhappyconsequenceofthe former marrying with the latter, ought to be a warning to Christians to be very
circumspect in their marriages; and not to suffer themselves to be determined in theirchoicebytheircarnalpassion,totheprejudiceofvirtueorreligion.
6:3.AndGodsaid:Myspiritshallnotremaininmanforever,becauseheisflesh,andhisdaysshallbeahundredandtwentyyears.
His days shall be, etc…Themeaning is, thatman’s days,which before the floodwereusually900years,shouldnowbereducedto120years.Orrather,thatGodwouldallowmenthistermof120years,fortheirrepentanceandconversion,beforehewouldsendthedeluge.
6:4.Nowgiantswereupontheearthinthosedays.ForafterthesonsofGodwentintothedaughtersofmen,andtheybroughtforthchildren,thesearethemightymenofold,menofrenown.
Giants…It is likely thegeneralityofmenbefore the floodwereofagiganticstature incomparisonwithwhatmennoware.Buttheseherespokenofarecalledgiants,asbeingnotonlytallinstature,butviolentandsavageintheirdispositions,andmeremonstersofcrueltyandlust.
6:5.AndGodseeingthat thewickednessofmenwasgreatontheearth,andthatall thethoughtoftheirheartwasbentuponevilatalltimes,
6:6.Itrepentedhimthathehadmademanontheearth.Andbeingtouchedinwardlywithsorrowofheart,
It repentedhim,etc…God,whoisunchangeable, isnotcapableofrepentance,grief,oranyotherpassion.But theseexpressionsareused todeclare theenormityof the sinsofmen,whichwassoprovokingastodeterminetheirCreatortodestroythesehiscreatures,whombeforehehadsomuchfavoured.
6:7.Hesaid: Iwilldestroyman,whomIhavecreated, fromthe faceof theearth, frommaneventobeasts,fromthecreepingthingeventothefowlsoftheair,foritrepentethmethatIhavemadethem.
6:8.ButNoefoundgracebeforetheLord.
6:9.ThesearethegenerationsofNoe:Noewasajustandperfectmaninhisgenerations,hewalkedwithGod.
6:10.Andhebegotthreesons,Sem,Cham,andJapheth.
6:11.AndtheearthwascorruptedbeforeGod,andwasfilledwithiniquity.
6:12.AndwhenGodhadseenthattheearthwascorrupted(forallfleshhadcorrupteditswayupontheearth),
6:13. He said to Noe: The end of all flesh is come beforeme, the earth is filled withiniquitythroughthem,andIwilldestroythemwiththeearth.
6:14.Maketheeanarkoftimberplanks:thoushaltmakelittleroomsintheark,andthoushaltpitchitwithinandwithout.
6:15.Andthusshaltthoumakeit.Thelengthofthearkshallbethreehundredcubits:thebreadthofitfiftycubits,andtheheightofitthirtycubits.
Three hundred cubits, etc… The ark, according to the dimensions here set down,containedfourhundredandfiftythousandsquarecubits;whichwasmorethanenoughtocontainallthekindsoflivingcreatures,withallnecessaryprovisions:evensupposingthecubitsherespokenoftohavebeenonlyafootandahalfeach,whichwastheleastkingofcubits.
6:16.Thoushaltmakeawindowintheark,andinacubitshaltthoufinishthetopofit:andthedoorofthearkthoushaltsetintheside:withlower,middlechambers,andthirdstoriesshaltthoumakeit.
6:17.Behold,Iwillbringthewatersofagreatfloodupontheearth,todestroyallflesh,wherein is the breath of life under heaven. All things that are in the earth shall beconsumed.
6:18.AndIwillestablishmycovenantwiththee,andthoushaltenter intotheark, thouandthysons,andthywife,andthewivesofthysonswiththee.
6:19.Andofeverylivingcreatureofallflesh,thoushaltbringtwoofasortintotheark,thattheymaylivewiththee:ofthemalesex,andthefemale.
6:20.Offowlsaccordingtotheirkind,andofbeastsintheirkind,andofeverythingthatcreepethon theearthaccording to itskind: twoofeverysort shallgo inwith thee, thattheymaylive.
6:21.Thoushalttakeuntotheeofallfoodthatmaybeeaten,andthoushaltlayitupwiththee:anditshallbefoodfortheeandthem.
6:22.AndNoedidallthingswhichGodcommandedhim.
GenesisChapter7
Noewithhisfamilygointotheark.Thedelugeoverflowstheearth.
7:1.AndtheLordsaidtohim:Goin,thouandallthyhouse,intotheark:fortheeIhaveseenjustbeforemeinthisgeneration.
7:2.Ofallcleanbeaststakesevenandseven,themaleandthefemale.
Of all clean… The distintion of clean and unclean beasts appears to have been madebeforethelawofMoses,whichwasnotpromulgatedtilltheyearoftheworld2514.
7:3.Butofthebeaststhatareuncleantwoandtwo,themaleandthefemale.Ofthefowlsalsooftheairsevenandseven,themaleandthefemale:thatseedmaybesaveduponthefaceofthewholeearth.
7:4.Foryetawhile,andaftersevendays,Iwillrainupontheearthfortydaysandfortynights:andIwilldestroyeverysubstancethatIhavemade,fromthefaceoftheearth.
7:5.AndNoedidallthingswhichtheLordhadcommandedhim.
7:6.Andhewassixhundredyearsold,whenthewatersofthefloodoverflowedtheearth.
7:7.AndNoewentinandhissons,hiswifeandthewivesofhissonswithhimintotheark,becauseofthewatersoftheflood.
7:8.Andofbeastscleanandunclean,andoffowls,andofeverythingthatmovethupon
theearth,
7:9. Two and two went in to Noe into the ark, male and female, as the Lord hadcommandedNoe.
7:10.Andafterthesevendayswerepassed,thewatersofthefloodoverflowedtheearth.
7:11.InthesixhundredthyearofthelifeofNoe,inthesecondmonth,intheseventeenthdayofthemonth,allthefountainsofthegreatdeepwerebrokenup,andthefloodgatesofheavenwereopened:
7:12.Andtherainfellupontheearthfortydaysandfortynights.
7:13.IntheselfsamedayNoe,andSem,andCham,andJapheth,hissons:hiswife,andthethreewivesofhissonswiththem,wentintotheark.
7:14.Theyandeverybeastaccordingtoitskind,andallthecattleintheirkind,andeverything thatmovethupon theearth, according to itskind, andevery fowlaccording to itskind,allbirds,andallthatfly,
7:15.WentintoNoeintotheark,twoandtwoofallflesh,whereinwasthebreathoflife.
7:16.Andtheythatwentin,wentinmaleandfemaleofallflesh,asGodhadcommandedhim:andtheLordshuthiminontheoutside.
7:17.Andthefloodwasfortydaysupontheearth:andthewatersincreased,andliftedupthearkonhighfromtheearth.
7:18.Fortheyoverflowedexceedingly:andfilledallonthefaceoftheearth:andthearkwascarrieduponthewaters.
7:19.Andthewatersprevailedbeyondmeasureupontheearth:andallthehighmountainsunderthewholeheavenwerecovered.
7:20.Thewaterwasfifteencubitshigherthanthemountainswhichitcovered.
7:21.Andallfleshwasdestroyedthatmovedupontheearth,bothoffowlandofcattle,andofbeasts,andofallcreepingthingsthatcreepupontheearth:andallmen.
7:22.Andallthingswhereinthereisthebreathoflifeontheearth,died.
7:23.Andhedestroyedallthesubstancethatwasupontheearth,frommaneventobeast,andthecreepingthingsandfowlsoftheair:andtheyweredestroyedfromtheearth:andNoeonlyremained,andtheythatwerewithhimintheark.
7:24.Andthewatersprevailedupontheearthahundredandfiftydays.
GenesisChapter8
Thedelugeceaseth.Noegoethoutoftheark,andofferethasacrifice.God’scovenanttohim.
8:1.AndGodrememberedNoe,andallthelivingcreatures,andallthecattlewhichwerewithhimintheark,andbroughtawindupontheearth,andthewaterswereabated:
8:2.Thefountainsalsoof thedeep,andthefloodgatesofheaven,wereshutup,andtherainfromheavenwasrestrained.
8:3.Andthewatersreturnedfromofftheearthgoingandcoming:andtheybegantobeabatedafterahundredandfiftydays.
8:4.Andthearkrestedintheseventhmonth,thesevenandtwentiethdayofthemonth,uponthemountainsofArmenia.
8:5. And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenthmonth: for in the tenthmonth,thefirstdayofthemonth,thetopsofthemountainsappeared.
8:6.Andafterthatfortydayswerepassed,Noeopeningthewindowoftheark,whichhehadmade,sentfortharaven:
8:7.Whichwentforthanddidnotreturn,tillthewatersweredriedupupontheearth.
Didnotreturn…Theravendidnotreturnintotheark;but(asitmaybegatheredfromtheHebrew)wenttoandfro;sometimesgoingtothemountains,whereitfoundcarcassestofeedon:andothertimesreturning,torestuponthetopoftheark.
8:8.Hesentforthalsoadoveafterhim,toseeifthewatershadnowceaseduponthefaceoftheearth.
8:9.But shenot findingwhereher footmight rest, returned tohim into theark: for thewaterswereuponthewholeearth:andheputforthhishand,andcaughther,andbroughtherintotheark.
8:10.Andhavingwaitedyetsevenotherdays,heagainsentforththedoveoutoftheark.
8:11.Andshecametohimin theeveningcarryingaboughofanolive tree,withgreenleaves,inhermouth.Noethereforeunderstoodthatthewaterswereceasedupontheearth.
8:12.Andhestayedyetothersevendays:andhesentforththedove,whichreturnednotanymoreuntohim.
8:13. Therefore in the six hundredth and first year, the firstmonth, the first day of themonth,thewaterswerelessenedupontheearth,andNoeopeningthecoveringoftheark,looked,andsawthatthefaceoftheearthwasdried.
8:14.Inthesecondmonth,thesevenandtwentiethdayofthemonth,theearthwasdried.
8:15.AndGodspoketoNoe,saying:
8:16.Gooutoftheark,thouandthywife,thysonsandthewivesofthysonswiththee.
8:17.Alllivingthingsthatarewiththeeofallflesh,aswellinfowlsasinbeasts,andallcreepingthingsthatcreepupontheearth,bringoutwiththee,andgoyeupontheearth:increaseandmultiplyuponit.
8:18.SoNoewentout,heandhissons:hiswife,andthewivesofhissonswithhim.
8:19. And all living things, and cattle, and creeping things that creep upon the earth,accordingtotheirkindswentoutoftheark.
8:20.AndNoebuilt analtarunto theLord:and takingofall cattleand fowls thatwereclean,offeredholocaustsuponthealtar.
Holocausts,…orwholeburntofferings.InwhichthewholevictimwasconsumedbyfireuponGod’saltar,andnopartwasreservedfortheuseofpriestorpeople.
8:21.AndtheLordsmelledasweetsavour,andsaid:Iwillnomorecursetheearthforthesakeofman: for the imagination and thoughtofman’sheart areprone to evil fromhisyouth:thereforeIwillnomoredestroyeverylivingsoulasIhavedone.
Smelled, etc… A figurative expression, denoting that God was well pleased with thesacrificeswhichhisservantoffered.
8:22.All thedaysoftheearth,seedtimeandharvest,coldandheat,summerandwinter,nightandday,shallnotcease.
GenesisChapter9
God bessethNoe: forbiddeth blood, and promiseth nevermore to destroy theworld bywater.TheblessingofSemandJapheth.
9:1.AndGodblessedNoeandhissons.Andhesaidtothem:Increase,andmultiply,andfilltheearth.
9:2.Andletthefearanddreadofyoubeuponallthebeastsoftheearth,anduponallthefowlsoftheair,andallthatmoveupontheearth:allthefishesoftheseaaredeliveredintoyourhand.
9:3.Andeverythingthatmoveth,andlivethshallbemeatforyou:evenasthegreenherbshaveIdeliveredthemalltoyou:
9:4.Savingthatfleshwithbloodyoushallnoteat.
9:5.ForIwillrequirethebloodofyourlivesatthehandofeverybeast,andatthehandofman,atthehandofeveryman,andofhisbrother,willIrequirethelifeofman.
9:6.Whosoevershallshedman’sblood,hisbloodshallbeshed:formanwasmadetotheimageofGod.
9:7.Butincreaseyouandmultiply,andgoupontheearthandfillit.
9:8.ThusalsosaidGodtoNoe,andtohissonswithhim:
9:9.BeholdIwillestablishmycovenantwithyou,andwithyourseedafteryou:
9:10.Andwith every living soul that iswith you, aswell in all birds, as in cattle andbeastsoftheearth,thatarecomeforthoutoftheark,andinallthebeastsoftheearth.
9:11.Iwillestablishmycovenantwithyou,andallfleshshallbenomoredestroyedwiththewatersofaflood,neithershalltherebefromhenceforthafloodtowastetheearth.
9:12.AndGodsaid:Thisis thesignofthecovenantwhichIgivebetweenmeandyou,andtoeverylivingsoulthatiswithyou,forperpetualgenerations.
9:13.Iwillsetmybowintheclouds,anditshallbethesignofacovenantbetweenmeandbetweentheearth.
9:14.AndwhenIshallcovertheskywithclouds,mybowshallappearintheclouds:
9:15.AndIwillremembermycovenantwithyou,andwitheverylivingsoulthatbearethflesh:andthereshallnomorebewatersofafloodtodestroyallflesh.
9:16. And the bow shall be in the clouds, and I shall see it, and shall remember the
everlastingcovenant,thatwasmadebetweenGodandeverylivingsoulofallfleshwhichisupontheearth.
9:17. And God said to Noe: This shall be the sign of the covenant, which I haveestablished,betweenmeandallfleshupontheearth.
9:18.AndthesonsofNoe,whocameoutoftheark,wereSem,Cham,andJapheth:andChamisthefatherofChanaan.
9:19.These threeare the sonsofNoe:and from thesewasallmankindspreadover thewholeearth.
9:20.AndNoeahusbandmanbegantotilltheground,andplantedavineyard.
9:21.Anddrinkingofthewinewasmadedrunk,andwasuncoveredinhistent.
Drunk…Noebythejudgmentofthefatherswasnotguiltyofsin,inbeingovercomebywine:becauseheknewnotthestrengthofit.
9:22. Which when Cham the father of Chanaan had seen, to wit, that his father’snakednesswasuncovered,hetoldittohistwobrethrenwithout.
9:23.ButSemandJaphethputacloakupontheirshoulders,andgoingbackward,coveredthe nakedness of their father: and their faceswere turned away, and they saw not theirfather’snakedness.
Coveredthenakedness…Thus,asSt.GregorytakesnoticeL.35;Moral.c.22,weoughttocoverthenakedness,thatis,thesins,ofourspiritualparentsandsuperiors.
9:24.AndNoeawaking from thewine,whenhehad learnedwhathisyounger sonhaddonetohim,
9:25.Hesaid:CursedbeChanaan,aservantofservantsshallhebeuntohisbrethren.
Cursed be Chanaan… The curses, as well as the blessings, of the partiarchs, wereprophetical:And this inparticular ishere recordedbyMoses, for thechildrenof Israel,whowere to possess the land of Chanaan. But why should Chanaan be cursed for hisfather’sfaults?TheHebrewsanswer,thathebeingthenaboy,wasthefirst thatsawhisgrandfather’snakedness,andtoldhisfatherChamofit;andjoinedwithhiminlaughingatit: which drew upon him, rather than upon the rest of the children of Cham, thispropheticalcurse.
9:26.Andhesaid:BlessedbetheLordGodofSem,beChanaanhisservant.
9:27.MayGodenlargeJapheth,andmayhedwellinthetentsofSem,andChanaanbehisservant.
9:28.AndNoelivedafterthefloodthreehundredandfiftyyears.
9:29.Andallhisdayswereinthewholeninehundredandfiftyyears:andhedied.
GenesisChapter10
ThegenealogyofthechildrenofNoe,bywhomtheworldwaspeopledaftertheflood.
10:1.These are thegenerationsof the sonsofNoe:Sem,Cham, and Japheth: anduntothemsonswerebornaftertheflood.
10:2.The sonsof Japheth:Gomer, andMagog, andMadai, and Javan, andThubal, andMosoch,andThiras.
10:3.AndthesonsofGomer:AscenezandRiphathandThogorma.
10:4.AndthesonsofJavan:ElisaandTharsis,CetthimandDodanim.
10:5.BytheseweredividedtheislandsoftheGentilesintheirlands,everyoneaccordingtohistongueandtheirfamiliesintheirnations.
Theislands…SotheHebrewscalledalltheremotecountries,towhichtheywentbyshipsfromJudea,toGreece,Italy,Spain,etc.
10:6.AndtheSonsofCham:Chus,andMesram,andPhuth,andChanaan.
10:7.AndthesonsofChus:Saba,andHevila,andSabatha,andRegma,andSabatacha.ThesonsofRegma:Saba,andDadan.
10:8.NowChusbegotNemrod:hebegantobemightyontheearth.
10:9.AndhewasastouthunterbeforetheLord.Hencecameaproverb:EvenasNemrodthestouthunterbeforetheLord.
A stout hunter…Not of beasts but ofmen:whomby violence and tyranny he broughtunderhisdominion.Andsuchhewas,notonlyintheopinionofmen,butbeforetheLord,thatis,inhissightwhocannotbedeceived.
10:10. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Arach, and Achad, andChalanneinthelandofSennaar.
10:11.OutofthatlandcameforthAssur,andbuiltNinive,andthestreetsofthecity,andChale.
10:12.ResenalsobetweenNiniveandChale:thisisthegreatcity.
10:13.AndMesraimbegotLudim,andAnamimandLaabim,Nephthuim.
10:14. And Phetrusim, and Chasluim; of whom came forth the Philistines, and theCapthorim.
10:15.AndChanaanbegotSidonhisfirstborn,theHethite,
10:16.AndtheJebusite,andtheAmorrhite,andtheGergesite.
10:17.TheHeviteandAracite:theSinite,
10:18.AndtheAradian,theSamarite,andtheHamathite:andafterwardsthefamiliesoftheChanaaniteswerespreadabroad.
10:19.AndthelimitsofChanaanwerefromSidonasonecomestoGeraraeventoGaza,untilthouenterSodomandGomorrha,andAdama,andSeboimeventoLesa.
10:20.ThesearethechildrenofChamintheirkindredsandtongues,andgenerations,andlands,andnations.
10:21.OfSemalso the fatherofall thechildrenofHeber, theelderbrotherof Japheth,sonswereborn.
10:22.ThesonsofSem:ElamandAssur,andArphaxad,andLud,andAram.
10:23.ThesonsofAram:Us,andHull,andGether;andMes.
10:24.ButArphaxadbegotSale,ofwhomwasbornHeber.
10:25.AndtoHeberwereborntwosons:thenameoftheonewasPhaleg,becauseinhisdayswastheearthdivided:andhisbrother’snameJectan.
10:26.WhichJectanbegotElmodad,andSaleph,andAsarmoth,Jare,
10:27.AndAduram,andUzal,andDecla,
10:28.AndEbal,andAbimael,Saba,
10:29.AndOphir,andHevila,andJobab.AllthesewerethesonsofJectan.
10:30.AndtheirdwellingwasfromMessaaswegoonasfarasSephar,amountainintheeast.
10:31. These are the children of Sem according to their kindreds and tongues, andcountriesintheirnations.
10:32.ThesearethefamiliesofNoe,accordingtotheirpeopleandnations.Bythesewerethenationsdividedontheearthaftertheflood.
GenesisChapter11
ThetowerofBabel.Theconfusionoftongues.ThegenealogyofSemdowntoAbram.
11:1.Andtheearthwasofonetongue,andofthesamespeech.
11:2.Andwhentheyremovedfromtheeast,theyfoundaplaininthelandofSennaar,anddweltinit.
11:3.Andeachonesaid tohisneighbour:Comeletusmakebrick,andbake themwithfire.Andtheyhadbrickinsteadofstones,andslimeinsteadofmortar:
11:4.Andtheysaid:Come,letusmakeacityandatower,thetopwhereofmayreachtoheaven;andletusmakeournamefamousbeforewebescatteredabroadintoalllands.
11:5.AndtheLordcamedowntoseethecityandthetower,whichthechildrenofAdamwerebuilding.
11:6.Andhesaid:Behold,itisonepeople,andallhaveonetongue:andtheyhavebeguntodothis,neitherwilltheyleaveofffromtheirdesigns,tilltheyaccomplishthemindeed.
11:7.Comeye,therefore,letusgodown,andthereconfoundtheirtongue,thattheymaynotunderstandoneanother’sspeech.
11:8.And so theLord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased tobuildthecity.
11:9.AndthereforethenamethereofwascalledBabel,becausetherethelanguageofthewholeearthwasconfounded:and from thence theLordscattered themabroadupon thefaceofallcountries.
Babel…Thatis,confusion.
11:10.These are the generations of Sem:Semwas a hundred years oldwhen he begot
Arphaxad,twoyearsaftertheflood.
11:11.AndSem livedafterhebegotArphaxad, fivehundredyears, andbegot sonsanddaughters.
11:12.AndArphaxadlivedthirty-fiveyears,andbegotSale.
11:13.AndArphaxadlivedafterhebegotSale,threehundredandthreeyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
11:14.Salealsolivedthirtyyears,andbegotHeber.
11:15.AndSalelivedafterhebegotHeber,fourhundredandthreeyears:andbegotsonsanddaughters.
11:16.AndHeberlivedthirty-fouryears,andbegotPhaleg.
11:17.AndHeber livedafterhebegotPhaleg, fourhundredand thirtyyears: andbegotsonsanddaughters.
11:18.Phalegalsolivedthirtyyears,andbegotReu.
11:19.AndPhaleglivedafterhebegotReu,twohundredandnineyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
11:20.AndReulivedthirty-twoyears,andbegotSarug.
11:21.AndReulivedafterhebegotSarug,twohundredandsevenyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
11:22.AndSaruglivedthirtyyears,andbegotNachor.
11:23.And Sarug lived after he begotNachor, two hundred years, and begot sons anddaughters.
11:24.AndNachorlivednineandtwentyyears,andbegotThare.
11:25.AndNachor livedafterhebegotThare,ahundredandnineteenyears,andbegotsonsanddaughters.
11:26.AndTharelivedseventyyears,andbegotAbram,andNachor,andAran.
11:27.And these are the generations of Thare: Thare begotAbram,Nachor, andAran.AndAranbegotLot.
11:28. And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of theChaldees.
11:29.AndAbramandNachormarriedwives:thenameofAbram’swifewasSarai:andthenameofNachor’swife,Melcha,thedaughterofAran,fatherofMelchaandfatherofJescha.
11:30.AndSaraiwasbarren,andhadnochildren.
11:31.AndTharetookAbramhisson,andLotthesonofAran,hisson’sson,andSaraihis daughter in law, the wife of Abram his son, and brought them out of Ur of theChaldees,togointothelandofChanaan:andtheycameasfarasHaran,anddweltthere.
11:32.AndthedaysofThareweretwohundredandfiveyears,andhediedinHaran.
GenesisChapter12
ThecallofAbram,andthepromisemadetohim.HesojournethinChanaan,andthenbyoccasionofafamine,goethdowntoEgypt.
12:1.AndtheLordsaidtoAbram:Goforthoutofthycountry,andfromthykindred,andoutofthyfather’shouse,andcomeintothelandwhichIshallshewthee.
12:2.AndIwillmakeoftheeagreatnation,andIwillblessthee,andmagnifythyname,andthoushaltbeblessed.
12:3.Iwillblessthemthatblessthee,andcursethemthatcursethee,andINTHEEshallallthekindredsoftheearthbeblessed.
12:4. So Abram went out as the Lord had commanded him, and Lot went with him:
Abramwasseventy-fiveyearsoldwhenhewentforthfromHaran.
12:5.AndhetookSaraihiswife,andLothisbrother’sson,andall thesubstancewhichtheyhadgathered,andthesoulswhichtheyhadgotteninHaran:andtheywentouttogointothelandofChanaan.Andwhentheywerecomeintoit,
12:6.AbrampassedthroughthecountryuntotheplaceofSichem,asfarasthenoblevale:nowtheChanaanitewasatthattimeintheland.
12:7.AndtheLordappearedtoAbram,andsaidtohim:TothyseedwillIgivethisland.AndhebuiltthereanaltartotheLord,whohadappearedtohim.
12:8.Andpassingonfromthencetoamountain,thatwasontheeastsideofBethel,hetherepitchedhistent,havingBethelonthewest,andHaiontheeast:hebuilttherealsoanaltartotheLord,andcalleduponhisname.
12:9.AndAbramwentforward,goingandproceedingontothesouth.
12:10.And there came a famine in the country: andAbramwent down into Egypt, tosojournthere:forthefaminewasverygrievousintheland.
12:11.Andwhenhewasneartoenter intoEgypt,hesaidtoSaraihiswife:Iknowthatthouartabeautifulwoman:
12:12.AndthatwhentheEgyptiansshallseethee,theywillsay:Sheishiswife:andtheywillkillme,andkeepthee.
12:13.Say,therefore,Ipraythee,thatthouartmysister:thatImaybewellusedforthee,andthatmysoulmayliveforthysake.
My sister…Thiswas no lie; because shewas his niece, being daughter to his brotherAran,andtherefore,inthestyleoftheHebrews,shemighttrulybecalledhissister,asLotiscalledAbram’sbrother,Gen.14.14.SeeGen.20.12.
12:14.AndwhenAbramwascomeintoEgypt,theEgyptianssawthewomanthatshewasverybeautiful.
12:15.AndtheprincestoldPharao,andpraisedherbeforehim:andthewomanwastakenintothehouseofPharao.
12:16.AndtheyusedAbramwellforhersake.Andhehadsheepandoxenandheasses,andmenservants,andmaidservants,andsheasses,andcamels.
12:17.ButtheLordscourgedPharaoandhishousewithmostgrievousstripesforSarai,Abram’swife.
12:18.AndPharaocalledAbram,andsaidtohim:Whatisthisthatthouhastdonetome?Whydidstthounottellmethatshewasthywife?
12:19.Forwhatcausedidstthousay,shewasthysister,thatImighttakehertomywife?Nowthereforethereisthywife,takeher,andgothyway.
12:20.AndPharaogavehismenordersconcerningAbram:andtheyledhimawayandhiswife,andallthathehad.
GenesisChapter13
AbramandLotpartfromeachother.God’spromisetoAbram.
13:1.AndAbramwentupoutofEgypt,heandhiswife,andallthathehad,andLotwithhimintothesouth.
13:2.Andhewasveryrichinpossessionofgoldandsilver.
13:3.Andhe returnedby theway, that he came, from the south toBethel, to theplacewherebeforehehadpitchedhistentbetweenBethelandHai,
13:4. In the place of the altarwhich he hadmade before, and there he called upon thenameoftheLord.
13:5.ButLotalso,whowaswithAbram,had flocksof sheep,andherdsofbeasts,andtents.
13:6. Neitherwas the land able to bear them, that theymight dwell together: for theirsubstancewasgreat,andtheycouldnotdwelltogether.
13:7.WhereuponalsotherearoseastrifebetweentheherdsmenofAbramandofLot.AndatthattimetheChanaaniteandthePherezitedwelledinthatcountry.
13:8.AbramthereforesaidtoLot:Lettherebenoquarrel,Ibeseechthee,betweenmeandthee,andbetweenmyherdsmenandthyherdsmen:forwearebrethren.
13:9.Beholdthewholelandisbeforethee:departfromme,Ipraythee:ifthouwiltgotothelefthand,Iwilltaketheright:ifthouchoosetherighthand,Iwillpasstotheleft.
13:10. And Lot lifting up his eyes, saw all the country about the Jordan, which waswateredthroughout,beforetheLorddestroyedSodomandGomorrha,astheparadiseoftheLord,andlikeEgyptasonecomestoSegor.
13:11.AndLotchosetohimselfthecountryabouttheJordan,andhedepartedfromtheeast:andtheywereseparatedonebrotherfromtheother.
13:12.AbramdweltinthelandofChanaan:andLotabodeinthetowns,thatwereabouttheJordan,anddweltinSodom.
13:13.AndthemenofSodomwereverywicked,andsinnersbeforethefaceoftheLordbeyondmeasure.
13:14.AndtheLordsaidtoAbram,afterLotwasseparatedfromhim:Liftupthyeyes,andlookfromtheplacewhereinthounowart,tothenorthandtothesouth,totheeastandtothewest.
13:15.Allthelandwhichthouseest,Iwillgivetothee,andtothyseedforever.
13:16.AndIwillmakethyseedasthedustoftheearth:ifanymanbeabletonumberthedustoftheearth,heshallbeabletonumberthyseedalso.
13:17.Ariseandwalk through the land in the length,and thebreadth thereof: for Iwillgiveittothee.
13:18.SoAbramremovinghistent,came,anddweltbythevaleofMambre,whichisinHebron:andhebuiltthereanaltartotheLord.
GenesisChapter14
Theexpeditionofthefourkings;thevictoryofAbram;heisblessedbyMelchisedech.
14:1.Anditcametopassatthattime,thatAmraphel,kingofSennaar,andArioch,kingofPontus,andChodorlahomor,kingoftheElamites,andThadal,kingofnations,
14:2.MadewaragainstBara,kingofSodom,andagainstBersa,kingofGomorrha,andagainstSennaab,kingofAdama,andagainstSemeber,kingofSeboim,andagainst thekingofBala,whichisSegor.
14:3.Allthesecametogetherintothewoodlandvale,whichnowisthesaltsea.
14:4. For they had servedChodorlahomor twelve years, and in the thirteenth year theyrevoltedfromhim.
14:5.AndinthefourteenthyearcameChodorlahomor,andthekingsthatwerewithhim:andtheysmotetheRaphaiminAstarothcarnaim,andtheZuzimwiththem,andtheEmiminSaveofCariathaim.
14:6.AndtheChorreansinthemountainsofSeir,eventotheplainsofPharan,whichisinthewilderness.
14:7.Andtheyreturned,andcametothefountainofMisphat,thesameisCades:andtheysmoteallthecountryoftheAmalecites,andtheAmorrheanthatdweltinAsasonthamar.
14:8.AndthekingofSodom,andthekingofGomorrha,andthekingofAdama,andthekingofSeboim,andthekingofBala,whichisSegor,wentout:andtheysetthemselvesagainsttheminbattlearray,inthewoodlandvale:
14:9.Towit,againstChodorlahomorkingoftheElamites,andThadalkingofnations,andAmraphelkingofSennaar,andAriochkingofPontus:fourkingsagainstfive.
14:10.Nowthewoodlandvalehadmanypitsofslime.AndthekingofSodom,andthekingofGomorrhaturnedtheirbacks,andwereoverthrownthere:andtheythatremained,fledtothemountain.
Ofslime.Bituminis…Thiswasakindofpitch,whichservedformortarinthebuildingofBabel,Gen.11.3,andwasusedbyNoeinpitchingtheark.
14:11.And they tookall thesubstanceof theSodomites,andGomorrhites,andall theirvictuals,andwenttheirway:
14:12.AndLotalso,thesonofAbram’sbrother,whodweltinSodom,andhissubstance.
14:13.Andbeholdone,thathadescaped,toldAbramtheHebrew,whodweltinthevaleofMambre theAmorrhite, the brother ofEscol, and the brother ofAner: for these hadmadealeaguewithAbram.
14:14.WhichwhenAbramhadheard,towit,thathisbrotherLotwastaken,henumberedoftheservantsborninhishouse,threehundredandeighteen,wellappointed:andpursuedthemtoDan.
14:15.Anddividinghiscompany,herushedupontheminthenight,anddefeatedthem:andpursuedthemasfarasHoba,whichisonthelefthandofDamascus.
14:16.Andhebroughtbackallthesubstance,andLothisbrother,withhissubstance,thewomenalso,andthepeople.
14:17.AndthekingofSodomwentouttomeethim,afterhereturnedfromtheslaughterofChodorlahomor,andofthekingsthatwerewithhiminthevaleofSave,whichistheking’svale.
14:18.ButMelchisedech,thekingofSalem,bringingforthbreadandwine,forhewasthepriestofthemosthighGod,
14:19. Blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abram by the most high God, who createdheavenandearth.
14:20.Andblessedbe themost highGod, bywhoseprotection, the enemies are in thyhands.Andhegavehimthetithesofall.
14:21.AndthekingofSodomsaidtoAbram:Givemethepersons,andtherest taketothyself.
14:22. And he answered him: I lift up my hand to the Lord God the most high, thepossessorofheavenandearth,
14:23.Thatfromtheverywoofthreaduntotheshoelatchet,Iwillnottakeofanythingsthatarethine,lestthousay:IhaveenrichedAbram.
14:24.Except such thingsas theyoungmenhaveeaten, and the sharesof themen thatcamewithme,Aner,Escol,andMambre:theseshalltaketheirshares.
GenesisChapter15
GodpromisethseedtoAbram.Hisfaith,sacrificeandvision.
15:1.Nowwhenthesethingsweredone,thewordoftheLordcametoAbrambyavision,saying:Fearnot,Abram,Iamthyprotector,andthyrewardexceedinggreat.
15:2.AndAbramsaid:LordGod,whatwiltthougiveme?Ishallgowithoutchildren:andthesonofthestewardofmyhouseisthisDamascusEliezer.
15:3.AndAbramadded:Buttomethouhastnotgivenseed:andlomyservantborninmyhouse,shallbemyheir.
15:4.AndimmediatelythewordoftheLordcametohim,saying:Heshallnotbethyheir:buthethatshallcomeoutofthybowels,himshaltthouhaveforthyheir.
15:5.Andhebroughthimforthabroad,andsaidtohim:Lookuptoheavenandnumberthestarsifthoucanst.Andhesaidtohim:Soshallthyseedbe.
15:6.AbrambelievedGod,anditwasreputedtohimuntojustice.
15:7.Andhesaidtohim:IamtheLordwhobroughttheeoutfromUroftheChaldees,togivetheethisland,andthatthoumightestpossessit.
15:8.Buthesaid:LordGod,wherebymayIknowthatIshallpossessit?
15:9.AndtheLordanswered,andsaid:Takemeacowofthreeyearsold,andashegoatofthreeyearsandaramofthreeyears,aturtlealso,andapigeon.
15:10.Andhe tookall these, anddivided them in themidst, and laid the twopiecesofeachoneagainsttheother:butthebirdshedividednot.
15:11.Andthefowlscamedownuponthecarcasses,andAbramdrovethemaway.
15:12. And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great anddarksomehorrorseizeduponhim.
15:13.Anditwassaiduntohim:Knowthoubeforehandthatthyseedshallbeastrangerina landnot theirown,and theyshallbring themunderbondage,andafflict themfourhundredyears.
15:14.ButIwilljudgethenationwhichtheyshallserve,andafterthistheyshallcomeoutwithgreatsubstance.
15:15.Andthoushaltgotothyfathersinpeace,andbeburiedinagoodoldage.
15:16.Butinthefourthgenerationtheyshallreturnhither:forasyettheiniquitiesoftheAmorrhitesarenotatthefulluntilthispresenttime.
15:17.Andwhenthesunwasset,therearoseadarkmist,andthereappearedasmokingfurnace,andalampoffirepassingbetweenthosedivisions.
15:18.ThatdayGodmadeacovenantwithAbram, saying:To thyseedwill Igive thisland,fromtherivertoEgypteventothegreatriverEuphrates.
15:19.TheCineans,andCenezites,theCedmonites,
15:20.AndtheHethites,andthePherezites,theRaphaimalso,
15:21.AndtheAmorrhites,andtheChanaanites,andtheGergesites,andtheJebusites.
GenesisChapter16
AbrammarriethAgar,whobringethforthIsmael.
16:1. Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children: but having ahandmaid,anEgyptian,namedAgar,
16:2.Shesaid toherhusband:Behold, theLordhath restrainedme frombearing:go inuntomyhandmaid,itmaybeImayhavechildrenofheratleast.Andwhenheagreedtoherrequest,
16:3.ShetookAgartheEgyptianherhandmaid,tenyearsaftertheyfirstdweltinthelandofChanaan,andgavehertoherhusbandtowife.
Towife…Pluralityofwives,thoughcontrarytotheprimitiveinstitutionofmarriage,Gen.2.24,wasbydivinedispensationallowedtothepatriarchs:whichallowanceseemstohavecontinuedduringthetimeofthelawofMoses.ButChristourLordreducedmarriagetoitsprimitiveinstitution.Matt.19.
16:4. And hewent in to her. But she perceiving that shewaswith child, despised hermistress.
16:5.AndSaraisaidtoAbram:Thoudostunjustlywithme:Igavemyhandmaidintothybosom,andsheperceivingherselftobewithchild,despisethme.TheLordjudgebetweenmeandthee.
16:6.AndAbrammadeanswer,andsaidtoher:Beholdthyhandmaidisinthyownhand,useherasitpleaseththee.AndwhenSaraiafflictedher,sheranaway.
16:7.AndtheangeloftheLordhavingfoundher,byafountainofwaterinthewilderness,whichisinthewaytoSurinthedesert,
16:8.He said toher:Agar, handmaidofSarai,whence comest thou? andwhithergoestthou?Andsheanswered:IfleefromthefaceofSarai,mymistress.
16:9.And theangelof theLord said toher:Return to thymistress, andhumble thyselfunderherhand.
16:10. And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not benumberedformultitude.
16:11.Andagain:Behold,saidhe, thouartwithchild,and thoushaltbringforthason:andthoushaltcallhisnameIsmael,becausetheLordhathheardthyaffliction.
16:12. He shall be a wildman: his handwill be against all men, and all men’s handsagainsthim:andheshallpitchhistentsoveragainstallhisbrethren.
16:13.AndshecalledthenameoftheLordthatspokeuntoher:ThoutheGodwhohastseenme.Forshesaid:Verily,herehaveIseenthehinderpartsofhimthatseethme.
16:14.Thereforeshecalledthatwell,thewellofhimthatlivethandseethme.ThesameisbetweenCadesandBarad.
16:15.AndAgarbroughtforthasontoAbram:whocalledhisnameIsmael.
16:16.AbramwasfourscoreandsixyearsoldwhenAgarbroughthimforthIsmael.
GenesisChapter17
TheCovenantofcircumcision.
17:1.Andafterhebegantobeninetyandnineyearsold,theLordappearedtohim:andsaiduntohim:IamtheAlmightyGod:walkbeforeme,andbeperfect.
17:2. And I will make my covenant between me and thee: and I will multiply theeexceedingly.
17:3.Abramfellflatonhisface.
17:4.AndGodsaidtohim:Iam,andmycovenantiswiththee,andthoushaltbeafatherofmanynations.
17:5.NeithershallthynamebecalledanymoreAbram:butthoushaltbecalledAbraham:becauseIhavemadetheeafatherofmanynations.
Abram…intheHebrew,signifiesahighfather:butAbraham,thefatherofthemultitude;SaraisignifiesmyLady,butSaraabsolutelyLady.
17:6.And Iwillmake thee increase exceedingly, and Iwillmake nations of thee, andkingsshallcomeoutofthee.
17:7.AndIwillestablishmycovenantbetweenmeandthee,andbetweenthyseedafterthee in their generations, by aperpetual covenant: tobe aGod to thee, and to thy seedafterthee.
17:8.AndIwillgivetothee,andtothyseed,thelandofthysojournment,allthelandof
Chanaan,foraperpetualpossession,andIwillbetheirGod.
17:9.AgainGodsaid toAbraham:And thou thereforeshaltkeepmycovenant,and thyseedaftertheeintheirgenerations.
17:10.This ismycovenantwhichyoushallobservebetweenmeandyou,and thyseedafterthee:Allthemalekindofyoushallbecircumcised.
17:11.Andyoushallcircumcisethefleshofyourforeskin,thatitmaybeforasignofthecovenantbetweenmeandyou.
17:12.An infant of eight days old shall be circumcised among you, everymanchild inyour generations: he that is born in the house, as well as the bought servant, shall becircumcised,andwhosoeverisnotofyourstock:
17:13.Andmycovenantshallbeinyourfleshforaperpetualcovenant.
17:14.Themalewhose fleshofhis foreskinshallnotbecircumcised, that soul shallbedestroyedoutofhispeople:becausehehathbrokenmycovenant.
17:15.GodsaidalsotoAbraham:SaraithywifethoushaltnotcallSarai,butSara.
17:16.AndIwillblessher,andofherIwillgivetheeason,whomIwillbless,andheshallbecomenations,andkingsofpeopleshallspringfromhim.
17:17.Abrahamfelluponhisface,andlaughed,sayinginhisheart:Shallason,thinkestthou,beborn tohimthat isahundredyearsold?andshallSara that isninetyyearsoldbringforth?
17:18.AndhesaidtoGod:OthatIsmaelmaylivebeforethee.
17:19.AndGodsaidtoAbraham:Sarathywifeshallbeartheeason,andthoushaltcallhisnameIsaac,andIwillestablishmycovenantwithhimforaperpetualcovenant,andwithhisseedafterhim.
17:20.Andas for Ismael Ihavealsoheard thee.Behold, Iwillblesshim,and increase,andmultiplyhimexceedingly:heshallbegettwelvechiefs,andIwillmakehimagreatnation.
17:21.ButmycovenantIwillestablishwithIsaac,whomSarashallbringforthtotheeatthistimeinthenextyear.
17:22.Andwhenhehadleftoffspeakingwithhim,GodwentupfromAbraham.
17:23.AndAbraham took Ismael his son, and all thatwere born in his house: and allwhomhehadbought, everymale among themenofhishouse: andhe circumcised thefleshoftheirforeskinforthwiththeverysameday,asGodhadcommandedhim.
17:24. Abraham was ninety and nine years old, when he circumcised the flesh of hisforeskin.
17:25.AndIsmaelhissonwasfullthirteenyearsoldatthetimeofhiscircumcision.
17:26.TheselfsamedaywasAbrahamcircumcisedandIsmaelhisson.
17:27. And all themen of his house, as well they that were born in his house, as theboughtservantsandstrangers,werecircumcisedwithhim.
GenesisChapter18
AngelsareentertainedbyAbraham.TheyforetellthebirthofIsaac.Abraham’sprayerforthemenofSodom.
18:1.AndtheLordappearedtohiminthevaleofMambreashewassittingatthedoorofhistent,intheveryheatoftheday.
18:2.Andwhenhehadlifteduphiseyes,thereappearedtohimthreemenstandingneartohim:andassoonashesawthem,herantomeet themfromthedoorofhis tent,andadoreddowntotheground.
18:3. And he said: Lord, if I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away from thyservant.
18:4.ButIwillfetchalittlewater,andwashyeyourfeet,andrestyeunderthetree.
18:5.AndIwillsetamorselofbread,andstrengthenyeyourheart,afterwardsyoushallpasson:forthereforeareyoucomeasidetoyourservant.Andtheysaid:Doasthouhastspoken.
18:6. Abraham made haste into the tent to Sara, and said to her: Make haste, tempertogetherthreemeasuresofflour,andmakecakesuponthehearth.
18:7.Andhehimselfran to theherd,andtookfromthenceacalf,very tenderandverygood,andgaveittoayoungman,whomadehasteandboiledit.
18:8.Hetookalsobutterandmilk,andthecalfwhichhehadboiled,andsetbeforethem:buthestoodbythemunderthetree.
18:9.Andwhentheyhadeaten,theysaidtohim:WhereisSarathywife?Heanswered:Losheisinthetent.
18:10.Andhesaidtohim:Iwillreturnandcometotheeatthistime,lifeaccompanying,andSara,thywife,shallhaveason.WhichwhenSaraheard,shelaughedbehindthedoorofthetent.
18:11.Nowtheywerebothold,andfaradvancedinyears,andithadceasedtobewithSaraafterthemannerofwomen.
18:12.Andshelaughedsecretly,saying:AfterIamgrownold,andmylordisanoldman,shallIgivemyselftopleasure?
18:13.AndtheLordsaidtoAbraham:WhydidSaralaugh,saying:ShallI,whoamanoldwoman,bearachildindeed?
18:14.Is thereanythinghardtoGod?AccordingtoappointmentIwillreturntotheeatthissametime,lifeaccompanying,andSarashallhaveason.
18:15.Saradenied,saying:Ididnotlaugh:forshewasafraid.ButtheLordsaid:Nay;butthoudidstlaugh.
18:16.Andwhenthemenroseupfromthence,theyturnedtheireyestowardsSodom:andAbrahamwalkedwiththem,bringingthemontheway.
18:17.AndtheLordsaid:CanIhidefromAbrahamwhatIamabouttodo:
18:18.Seeingheshallbecomeagreatandmightynation,andinhimallthenationsoftheearthshallbeblessed?
18:19.ForIknowthathewillcommandhischildren,andhishouseholdafterhim,tokeepthewayoftheLord,anddojudgmentandjustice:thatforAbraham’ssake,theLordmaybringtoeffectallthethingshehathspokenuntohim.
18:20.AndtheLordsaid:ThecryofSodomandGomorrhaismultiplied,andtheirsinisbecomeexceedinglygrievous.
18:21.Iwillgodownandseewhethertheyhavedoneaccordingtothecrythatiscometome;orwhetheritbenotso,thatImayknow.
Iwillgodown,etc…TheLordhereaccommodateshisdiscoursetothewayofspeakingandactingamongstmen;forheknowethall things,andneedethnot togoanywhereforinformation.Notehere, that twoof the threeangelswentawayimmediatelyforSodom;whilstthethird,whorepresentedtheLord,remainedwithAbraham.
18:22. And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom: butAbrahamasyetstoodbeforetheLord.
18:23.Anddrawingnigh,hesaid:Wiltthoudestroythejustwiththewicked?
18:24. If there be fifty justmen in the city, shall they perishwithal? andwilt thou notsparethatplaceforthesakeofthefiftyjust,iftheybetherein?
18:25.Farbeitfromtheetodothisthing,andtoslaythejustwiththewicked,andforthejusttobeinlikecaseasthewicked;thisisnotbeseemingthee:thouwhojudgestalltheearth,wiltnotmakethisjudgment.
18:26.AndtheLordsaidtohim:IfIfindinSodomfiftyjustwithinthecity,Iwillsparethewholeplacefortheirsake.
18:27.AndAbrahamanswered,andsaid:SeeingIhaveoncebegun, Iwillspeak tomyLord,whereasIamdustandashes.
18:28.Whatiftherebefivelessthanfiftyjustpersons?wiltthouforfiveandfortydestroythewholecity:Andhesaid:Iwillnotdestroyit,ifIfindfiveandforty.
18:29.Andagainhesaidtohim:Butiffortybefoundthere,whatwiltthoudo?Hesaid:Iwillnotdestroyitforthesakeofforty.
18:30.Lord,saithhe,benotangry,Ibeseechthee,ifIspeak:Whatifthirtyshallbefoundthere?Heanswered:Iwillnotdoit,ifIfindthirtythere.
18:31.Seeing, saithhe, Ihaveoncebegun, Iwill speak tomyLord:What if twentybefoundthere?Hesaid:Iwillnotdestroyitforthesakeoftwenty.
18:32.Ibeseechthee,saithhe,benotangry,Lord,ifIspeakyetoncemore:Whatiftenshallbefoundthere?Andhesaid:Iwillnotdestroyitforthesakeoften.
18:33. And the Lord departed, after he had left speaking to Abraham: and Abrahamreturnedtohisplace.
GenesisChapter19
Lot, entertainingAngels inhishouse, isdelivered fromSodom,which isdestroyed:hiswifeforlookingbackisturnedintoastatueofsalt.
19:1.AndthetwoangelscametoSodomintheevening,andLotwassittinginthegateofthecity.Andseeingthem,heroseupandwenttomeetthem:andworshippedprostratetotheground.
19:2.Andsaid:Ibeseechyou,mylords, turnintothehouseofyourservant,andlodgethere:washyourfeet,andinthemorningyoushallgoonyourway.Andtheysaid:No,butwewillabideinthestreet.
19:3.Hepressedthemverymuchtoturninuntohim:andwhentheywerecomeintohishouse,hemadethemafeast,andbakedunleavenedbread,andtheyate:
19:4.Butbeforetheywenttobed,themenofthecitybesetthehouse,bothyoungandold,allthepeopletogether.
19:5.And they calledLot, and said to him:Where are themen that came in to thee atnight?bringthemouthither,thatwemayknowthem:
19:6.Lotwentouttothem,andshutthedoorafterhim,andsaid:
19:7.Donotso,Ibeseechyou,mybrethren,donotcommitthisevil.
19:8.Ihavetwodaughterswho,asyet,havenotknownman;Iwillbringthemouttoyou,andabuseyou themas itshallpleaseyou,so thatyoudonoevil to thesemen,becausetheyarecomeinundertheshadowofmyroof.
19:9. But they said: Get thee back thither. And again: Thou camest in, said they, as astranger,was it to be a judge? thereforewewill afflict theemore than them.And theypressed very violently uponLot: and theywere even at the point of breaking open thedoors.
19:10.Andbehold themenputout theirhand,anddrewinLotunto them,andshut thedoor.
19:11. And them, that were without, they struck with blindness from the least to thegreatest,sothattheycouldnotfindthedoor.
19:12.AndtheysaidtoLot:Hastthouhereanyofthine?soninlaw,orsons,ordaughters,allthatarethinebringthemoutofthiscity:
19:13.Forwewilldestroythisplace,becausetheircryisgrownloudbeforetheLord,whohathsentustodestroythem.
19:14.SoLotwentout,andspoketohissonsinlawthatweretohavehisdaughters,andsaid: Arise: get you out of this place, because the Lord will destroy this city. And heseemedtothemtospeakasitwereinjest.
19:15.Andwhenitwasmorning,theangelspressedhim,saying:Arise,takethywife,andthetwodaughtersthatthouhast:lestthoualsoperishinthewickednessofthecity.
19:16.Andashe lingered, they tookhishand,and thehandofhiswife,andofhis twodaughters,becausetheLordsparedhim.
19:17.Andtheybroughthimforth,andsethimwithoutthecity:andtheretheyspoketo
him,saying:Save thy life: looknotback,neitherstay thou inall thecountryabout:butsavethyselfinthemountain,lestthoubealsoconsumed.
19:18.AndLotsaidtothem:Ibeseechthee,myLord,
19:19. Because thy servant hath found grace before thee, and thou hast magnified thymercy, which thou hast shewn to me, in saving my life, and I cannot escape to themountain,lestsomeevilseizeme,andIdie.
19:20.Thereisthiscityhereathand,towhichImayflee,itisalittleone,andIshallbesavedinit:isitnotalittleone,andmysoulshalllive?
19:21.Andhesaidtohim:Beholdalsointhis,Ihaveheardthyprayers,nottodestroythecityforwhichthouhastspoken.
19:22. Make haste, and be saved there: because I cannot do any thing till thou go inthither.ThereforethenameofthatcitywascalledSegor.
Segor…Thatis,alittleone.
19:23.Thesunwasrisenupontheearth,andLotenteredintoSegor.
19:24.AndtheLordraineduponSodomandGomorrhabrimstoneandfirefromtheLordoutofheaven.
19:25.Andhedestroyedthesecities,andallthecountryabout,all theinhabitantsofthecities,andallthingsthatspringfromtheearth.
19:26.Andhiswifelookingbehindher,wasturnedintoastatueofsalt.
Andhiswife…AsastandingmemorialtotheservantsofGodtoproceedinvirtue,andnottolookbacktoviceoritsallurements.
19:27.AndAbrahamgotupearly in themorning, and in theplacewherehehad stoodbeforewiththeLord:
19:28.HelookedtowardsSodomandGomorrha,andthewholelandofthatcountry:andhesawtheashesriseupfromtheearthasthesmokeofafurnace.
19:29. NowwhenGod destroyed the cities of that country, remembering Abraham, hedeliveredLotoutofthedestructionofthecitieswhereinhehaddwelt.
19:30.AndLotwentupoutofSegor,andabodeinthemountain,andhistwodaughterswith him (for he was afraid to stay in Segor) and he dwelt in a cave, he and his twodaughterswithhim.
19:31.Andtheeldersaidtotheyounger:Ourfatherisold,andthereisnomanleftontheearth,tocomeinuntousafterthemannerofthewholeearth.
19:32. Come, let usmake him drunkwithwine, and let us lie with him, that wemaypreserveseedofourfather.
19:33.And theymade their fatherdrinkwine thatnight: and theelderwent in, and laywithherfather:butheperceivednot,neitherwhenhisdaughterlaydown,norwhensheroseup.
19:34.And thenext day the elder said to theyounger:Behold I lay last nightwithmy
father,letusmakehimdrinkwinealsotonight,andthoushaltliewithhim,thatwemaysaveseedofourfather.
19:35.Theymadetheirfatherdrinkwinethatnightalso,andtheyoungerdaughterwentin,andlaywithhim:andneitherthendidheperceivewhenshelaydown,norwhensheroseup.
19:36.SothetwodaughtersofLotwerewithchildbytheirfather.
19:37.And the elderbore a son, and she calledhis nameMoab:he is the fatherof theMoabitesuntothisday.
19:38.Theyoungeralsoboreason,andshecalledhisnameAmmon;thatis,thesonofmypeople:heisthefatheroftheAmmonitesuntothisday.
GenesisChapter20
Abrahamsojourned inGerara:Sara is taken intokingAbimelech’shouse,butbyGod’scommandmentisrestoreduntouched.
20:1.Abrahamremovedfromthencetothesouthcountry,anddweltbetweenCadesandSur,andsojournedinGerara.
20:2.AndhesaidofSarahiswife:Sheismysister.SoAbimelechthekingofGerarasent,andtookher.
20:3.AndGodcametoAbimelechinadreambynight,andhesaidtohim:Lothoushaltdieforthewomanthatthouhasttaken:forshehathahusband.
20:4.NowAbimelechhadnottouchedher,andhesaid:Lord,wiltthouslayanationthatisignorantandjust?
20:5. Did not he say to me: She is my sister: and she say, He is my brother? in thesimplicityofmyheart,andcleannessofmyhandshaveIdonethis.
20:6. And God said to him: And I know that thou didst it with a sincere heart: andthereforeIwithheldtheefromsinningagainstme,andIsufferedtheenottotouchher.
20:7.Now therefore restore themanhiswife, forhe is aprophet: andhe shallpray forthee,andthoushaltlive:butifthouwiltnotrestoreher,knowthatthoushaltsurelydie,thouandallthatarethine.
20:8.AndAbimelechforthwithrisingupinthenight,calledallhisservants:andspokeallthesewordsintheirhearing,andallthemenwereexceedinglyafraid.
20:9.AndAbimelechcalledalsoforAbraham,andsaidtohim:Whathast thoudonetous?whathaveweoffendedtheein,thatthouhastbroughtuponmeanduponmykingdomagreatsin?thouhastdonetouswhatthououghtestnottodo.
20:10.And againhe expostulatedwithhim, and said:What sawest thou, that thouhastdonethis?
20:11.Abrahamanswered:Ithoughtwithmyself,saying:PerhapsthereisnotthefearofGodinthisplace:andtheywillkillmeforthesakeofmywife:
20:12.Howbeit,otherwisealsosheis trulymysister, thedaughterofmyfather,andnot
thedaughterofmymother,andItookhertowife.
20:13.AndafterGodbroughtmeoutofmyfather’shouse,Isaidtoher:Thoushaltdomethiskindness:Ineveryplace,towhichweshallcome,thoushaltsaythatIamthybrother.
20:14.AndAbimelech took sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and gave toAbraham:andrestoredtohimSarahiswife,
20:15.Andsaid:Thelandisbeforeyou,dwellwheresoeveritshallpleasethee.
20:16.AndtoSarahesaid:BeholdIhavegiventhybrotherathousandpiecesofsilver,thisshallservetheeforacoveringofthyeyestoallthatarewiththee,andwhithersoeverthoushaltgo:andrememberthouwasttaken.
20:17. And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and hishandmaids,andtheyborechildren:
20:18.FortheLordhadclosedupeverywombofthehouseofAbimelech,onaccountofSara,Abraham’swife.
GenesisChapter21
Isaacisborn.AgarandIsmaelarecastforth.
21:1.AndtheLordvisitedSara,ashehadpromised:andfulfilledwhathehadspoken.
21:2.Andsheconceivedandboreasoninheroldage,atthetimethatGodhadforetoldher.
21:3.AndAbrahamcalledthenameofhisson,whomSaraborehim,Isaac.
Isaac…Thiswordsignifieslaughter.
21:4.Andhecircumcisedhimtheeighthday,asGodhadcommandedhim,
21:5.Whenhewasahundredyearsold:foratthisageofhisfather,wasIsaacborn.
21:6.AndSara said:Godhathmade a laughter forme:whosoever shall hear of itwilllaughwithme.
21:7.Andagain she said:Whowouldbelieve thatAbrahamshouldhear thatSaragavesucktoason,whomsheboretohiminhisoldage?
21:8.Andthechildgrew,andwasweaned:andAbrahammadeagreatfeastonthedayofhisweaning.
21:9.AndwhenSarahadseenthesonofAgar,theEgyptian,playingwithIsaac,herson,shesaidtoAbraham:
21:10.Castoutthisbondwomanandherson;forthesonofthebondwomanshallnotbeheirwithmysonIsaac.
21:11.Abrahamtookthisgrievouslyforhisson.
21:12.AndGod said to him:Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thybondwoman:inallthatSarahathsaidtothee,hearkentohervoice:forinIsaacshallthyseedbecalled.
21:13.ButIwillmakethesonalsoof thebondwomanagreatnation,becausehe is thy
seed.
21:14.SoAbrahamroseupinthemorning,andtakingbreadandabottleofwater,putitupon her shoulder, and delivered the boy, and sent her away. And she departed, andwanderedinthewildernessofBersabee.
21:15.Andwhenthewaterinthebottlewasspent,shecasttheboyunderoneofthetreesthatwerethere.
21:16.Andshewentherway,andsatoveragainsthimagreatwayoff,asfarasabowcancarry, for she said: Iwill not see the boy die: and sitting overagainst, she lifted up hervoiceandwept.
21:17.AndGod heard the voice of the boy: and an angel ofGod called toAgar fromheaven,saying:Whatartthoudoing,Agar?fearnot;forGodhathheardthevoiceoftheboy,fromtheplacewhereinheis.
21:18. Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand, for I will make him a greatnation.
21:19.AndGodopenedher eyes: and she sawawellofwater, andwent and filled thebottle,andgavetheboytodrink.
21:20.AndGodwaswithhim:andhegrew,anddwelt in thewilderness,andbecameayoungman,anarcher.
21:21.AndhedweltinthewildernessofPharan,andhismothertookawifeforhimoutofthelandofEgypt.
21:22.AtthesametimeAbimelech,andPhicolthegeneralofhisarmy,saidtoAbraham:Godiswiththeeinallthatthoudost.
21:23.SwearthereforebyGod,thatthouwiltnothurtme,normyposterity,normystock:butaccordingtothekindnessthatIhavedonetothee,thoushaltdotome,andtothelandwhereinthouhastlivedastranger.
21:24.AndAbrahamsaid:Iwillswear.
21:25.AndhereprovedAbimelechforawellofwater,whichhisservantshadtakenawaybyforce.
21:26.AndAbimelechanswered: Iknewnotwhodid this thing:and thoudidstnot tellme,andIheardnotofittilltoday.
21:27. ThenAbraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them toAbimelech: and both ofthemmadealeague.
21:28.AndAbrahamsetapartsevenewelambsoftheflock.
21:29.AndAbimelechsaidtohim:Whatmeanthesesevenewelambswhichthouhastsetapart?
21:30. But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewelambs at my hand: that they may be atestimonyforme,thatIdugthiswell.
21:31.ThereforethatplacewascalledBersabee;becausetherebothofthemdidswear.
Bersabee…Thatis,thewellofoath.
21:32.Andtheymadealeagueforthewellofoath.
21:33.AndAbimelechandPhicol,thegeneralofhisarmy,aroseandreturnedtothelandof the Palestines.ButAbrahamplanted a grove inBersabee, and there called upon thenameoftheLordGodeternal.
21:34.AndhewasasojournerinthelandofthePalestinesmanydays.
GenesisChapter22
ThefaithandobedienceofAbrahamisprovedinhisreadinesstosacrificehissonIsaac.Heisstayedfromtheactbyanangel.Formerpromisesarerenewedtohim.HisbrotherNachor’sissue.
22:1. After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham.Andheanswered:HereIam.
Godtempted,etc…Godtemptethnomantoevil,James1.13;butbytrialandexperimentmaketh known to the world, and to ourselves, what we are, as here by this trial thesingularfaithandobedienceofAbrahamwasmademanifest.
22:2.Hesaidtohim:TakethyonlybegottensonIsaac,whomthoulovest,andgointothelandofvision;andtherethoushaltofferhimforanholocaustupononeofthemountainswhichIwillshewthee.
22:3.SoAbrahamrisingup in thenight, saddledhisass,and tookwithhim twoyoungmen,andIsaachisson:andwhenhehadcutwoodfortheholocaust,hewenthiswaytotheplacewhichGodhadcommandedhim.
22:4.Andonthethirdday,liftinguphiseyes,hesawtheplaceafaroff.
22:5.Andhesaidtohisyoungmen:Stayyouherewiththeass;Iandtheboywillgowithspeedasfarasyonder,andafterwehaveworshipped,willreturntoyou.
22:6. And he took the wood for the holocaust, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and hehimselfcarriedinhishandsfireandasword.Andastheytwowentontogether,
22:7.Isaacsaidtohisfather:Myfather.Andheanswered:Whatwiltthou,son?Behold,saithhe,fireandwood:whereisthevictimfortheholocaust?
22:8.AndAbrahamsaid:Godwillprovidehimselfavictimforanholocaust,myson.Sotheywentontogether.
22:9.AndtheycametotheplacewhichGodhadshewnhim,wherehebuiltanaltar,andlaidthewoodinorderuponit;andwhenhehadboundIsaachisson,helaidhimonthealtaruponthepileofwood.
22:10.Andheputforthhishand,andtookthesword,tosacrificehisson.
22:11.And behold, an angel of theLord from heaven called to him, saying:Abraham,Abraham.Andheanswered:HereIam.
22:12.Andhesaidtohim:Laynot thyhandupontheboy,neitherdothouanythingtohim:nowIknowthatthoufearestGod,andhastnotsparedthyonlybegottensonformy
sake.
22:13.Abraham lifteduphis eyes, and sawbehindhis back a ram, amongst thebriers,stickingfastbythehorns,whichhetookandofferedforaholocaustinsteadofhisson.
22:14.Andhecalledthenameofthatplace,TheLordseeth.Whereupon,eventothisday,itissaid:InthemountaintheLordwillsee.
22:15.AndtheangeloftheLordcalledtoAbrahamasecondtimefromheaven,saying:
22:16.BymyownselfhaveIsworn,saiththeLord:becausethouhastdonethisthing,andhastnotsparedthyonlybegottensonformysake:
22:17.Iwillblessthee,andIwillmultiplythyseedasthestarsofheaven,andasthesandthatisbytheseashore;thyseedshallpossessthegatesoftheirenemies.
22:18. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hastobeyedmyvoice.
22:19.Abrahamreturned tohisyoungmen,and theywent toBersabee together,andhedweltthere.
22:20.After these things, itwas toldAbraham, thatMelcha also had borne children toNachorhisbrother.
22:21.Hus,thefirstborn,andBuz,hisbrother,andCamuelthefatheroftheSyrians,
22:22.AndCased,andAzau,andPheldas,andJedlaph,
22:23.AndBathuel,ofwhomwasbornRebecca:theseeightdidMelchabeartoNachor,Abraham’sbrother.
22:24.Andhisconcubine,namedRoma,boreTabee,andGaham,andTahas,andMaacha.
GenesisChapter23
Sara’sdeathandburialinthefieldboughtofEphron.
23:1.AndSaralivedahundredandtwenty-sevenyears.
23:2.And she died in the city ofArbeewhich isHebron, in the land ofChanaan: andAbrahamcametomournandweepforher.
23:3.Andafterheroseupfromthefuneralobsequies,hespoketothechildrenofHeth,saying:
23:4.Iamastrangerandsojourneramongyou:givemetherightofaburyingplacewithyou,thatImayburymydead.
23:5.ThechildrenofHethanswered,saying:
23:6.Mylord,hearus,thouartaprinceofGodamongus:burythydeadinourprincipalsepulchres: and noman shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in hissepulchre.
23:7.Abrahamroseup,andboweddowntothepeopleoftheland,towit,thechildrenofHeth:
Boweddowntothepeople…Adoravit,literallyadored.Butthiswordhere,aswellasin
manyotherplaces in theLatinscriptures, isused tosignifyonlyan inferiorhonourandreverencepaidtomen,expressedbyabowingdownofthebody.
23:8.Andsaid to them:If itpleaseyoursoul that Ishouldburymydead,hearme,andintercedeformetoEphronthesonofSeor.
23:9.Thathemaygivemethedoublecave,whichhehathintheendofhisfield:Forasmuchmoneyasit isworthheshallgiveitmebeforeyou,forapossessionofaburyingplace.
23:10.NowEphrondweltinthemidstofthechildrenofHeth.AndEphronmadeanswertoAbrahaminthehearingofallthatwentinatthegateofthecity,saying:
23:11. Let it not be so,my lord, but do thou rather hearken towhat I say: The field Idelivertothee,andthecavethatistherein;inthepresenceofthechildrenofmypeople,burythydead.
23:12.Abrahamboweddownbeforethepeopleoftheland.
23:13.AndhespoketoEphron,inthepresenceofthepeople:Ibeseechtheetohearme:Iwillgivemoneyforthefield;takeit,andsowillIburymydeadinit.
23:14.AndEphronanswered:
23:15.Mylord,hearme.Thegroundwhichthoudesirest,isworthfourhundredsiclesofsilver:thisisthepricebetweenmeandthee:butwhatisthis?burythydead.
23:16.AndwhenAbrahamhad heard this, heweighed out themoney thatEphron hadasked, in the hearing of the children ofHeth, four hundred sicles of silver, of commoncurrentmoney.
23:17. And the field that before was Ephron’s, wherein was the double cave, lookingtowardsMambre, both it and the cave, and all the trees thereof, in all its limits roundabout,
23:18.WasmadesuretoAbrahamforapossession,inthesightofthechildrenofHeth,andofallthatwentinatthegateofhiscity.
23:19.AndsoAbrahamburiedSara,hiswife,inthedoublecaveofthefield,thatlookedtowardsMambre,thisisHebroninthelandofChanaan.
23:20. And the field was made sure to Abraham, and the cave that was in it, for apossessiontoburyin,bythechildrenofHeth.
GenesisChapter24
Abraham’sservant,sentbyhimintoMesopotamia,bringethfromthenceRebecca,whoismarriedtoIsaac.
24:1.NowAbrahamwasold,andadvanced inage;and theLordhadblessedhiminallthings.
24:2.Andhesaidtotheelderservantofhishouse,whowasruleroverallhehad:Putthyhandundermythigh,
24:3.ThatImaymaketheeswearbytheLord,theGodofheavenandearth,thatthoutake
notawifeformyson,ofthedaughtersoftheChanaanites,amongwhomIdwell:
24:4.Butthatthougotomyowncountryandkindred,andtakeawifefromthenceformysonIsaac.
24:5.Theservantanswered: If thewomanwillnotcomewithme into this land,must Ibringthysonbackagaintotheplacefromwhencethoucamestout?
24:6.AndAbrahamsaid:Bewarethouneverbringmysonbackagainthither.
24:7. TheLordGod of heaven,who tookme out ofmy father’s house, and out ofmynativecountry,who spoke tome, and swore tome, saying:To thy seedwill I give thisland:hewillsendhisangelbeforethee,andthoushalttakefromthenceawifeformyson.
Hewillsendhisangelbeforethee…ThisshowsthattheHebrewsbelievedthatGodgavethemguardianangelsfortheirprotection.
24:8.But if thewomanwill not follow thee, thou shalt not beboundby theoath: onlybringnotmysonbackthitheragain.
24:9.Theservant,therefore,puthishandunderthethighofAbraham,hislord,andsworetohimuponhisword.
24:10.Andhetooktencamelsofhismaster’sherd,anddeparted,carryingsomethingofall his goodswithhim, andhe set forward andwent on toMesopotamia, to the cityofNachor.
24:11.Andwhenhehadmadethecamelsliedownwithoutthetown,nearawellofwater,intheevening,atthetimewhenwomenarewonttocomeouttodrawwater,hesaid:
24:12.OLord,theGodofmymaster,Abraham,meetmetoday,Ibeseechthee,andshewkindnesstomymaster,Abraham.
24:13.Behold,Istandnighthespringofwater,andthedaughtersoftheinhabitantsofthiscitywillcomeouttodrawwater:
24:14.Now, therefore, themaid towhom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher that Imaydrink:andsheshallanswer,Drink,andIwillgivethycamelsdrinkalso:letitbethesamewhomthouhastprovidedfor thyservant Isaac:andby this, Ishallunderstand that thouhastshewnkindnesstomymaster.
24:15.Hehadnotyetendedthesewordswithinhimself,andbeholdRebeccacameout,thedaughterofBathuel,sonofMelcha,wifetoNachorthebrotherofAbraham,havingapitcheronhershoulder:
24:16.Anexceedingcomelymaid, andamostbeautifulvirgin, andnotknown toman:andshewentdowntothespring,andfilledherpitcher,andwascomingback.
24:17.And the servant ran tomeether, andsaid:Givemea littlewater todrinkof thypitcher.
24:18.Andsheanswered:Drink,mylord.Andquicklysheletdownthepitcheruponherarm,andgavehimdrink.
24:19.Andwhenhehaddrunk,shesaid:Iwilldrawwaterforthycamelsalso,tilltheyalldrink.
24:20. And pouring out the pitcher into the troughs, she ran back to the well to drawwater;andhavingdrawn,shegavetoallthecamels.
24:21.But hemusing, beheld herwith silence, desirous to knowwhether theLord hadmadehisjourneyprosperousornot.
24:22.Andafter that thecamelshaddrunk, themantookoutgoldenearrings,weighingtwosicles;andasmanybracelets,oftensiclesweight.
24:23.And he said to her:Whose daughter art thou? tellme: is there any place in thyfather’shousetolodge?
24:24.And she answered: I am the daughter ofBathuel, the son ofMelcha,whom sheboretoNachor.
24:25.Andshesaid,moreover,tohim:Wehavegoodstoreofbothstrawandhay,andalargeplacetolodgein.
24:26.Themanbowedhimselfdown,andadoredtheLord,
24:27.Saying:BlessedbetheLordGodofmymasterAbraham,whohathnottakenawayhismercyandtruthfrommymaster,andhathbroughtmethestraightwayintothehouseofmymaster’sbrother.
24:28.Thenthemaidran,andtoldinhermother’shouseallthatshehadheard.
24:29.AndRebeccahadabrother,namedLaban,whowentoutinhastetotheman,tothewell.
24:30. Andwhen he had seen the earrings and bracelets in his sister’s hands, and hadheardallthatsherelated,saying,Thusandthusthemanspoketome:hecametothemanwhostoodbythecamels,andneartothespringofwater,
24:31.Andsaidtohim:Comein,thoublessedoftheLord;whystandestthouwithout?Ihavepreparedthehouse,andaplaceforthecamels.
24:32.And he brought him into his lodging; and he unharnessed the camels, and gavestrawandhay,andwater towashhis feet,and the feetof themen thatwerecomewithhim.
24:33.Andbreadwassetbeforehim.Buthesaid:Iwillnoteat,tillItellmymessage.Heansweredhim:Speak.
24:34.Andhesaid:IamtheservantofAbraham:
24:35.AndtheLordhathblessedmymasterwonderfully,andheisbecomegreat:andhehathgivenhimsheepandoxen,silverandgold,menservantsandwomenservants,camelsandasses.
24:36.AndSara,mymaster’swife,hathbornemymasterasoninheroldage,andhehathgivenhimallthathehad.
24:37.Andmymastermademeswear,saying:ThoushaltnottakeawifeformysonoftheChanaanites,inwhoselandIdwell:
24:38.Butthoushaltgotomyfather’shouse,andshalttakeawifeofmyownkindredfor
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