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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

mys