THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED GENESIS. "John 1.1, 2. Is. 44. 24. Jer. 10. 12. & 51. 15. Zech. 12. 1. Acts 14. 15. & 17. 24. Col. 1. 16, 17. Heb. 11. 3. Rev. 4. 11. & 10. 6. Ps. 33. 6. Is. 40. 13, 14. d Ps. 33. 9. e 2 Cor. 4. 6. + Heb. between the light and between the darkness. Ps. 74. 16. & 104. 20. + Heb. And 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light 'Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the even the evening ing and the morning were the first day. was, and the morn ing was. * Job 37. 18. Ps. 136. 5. Jer. 10. 12. & 51. 15. + Heb. expansion. h 6¶ And God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and Prov. 8. 28. divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were i above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 1 Pg. 148. 4. *Job 26.10. & 38.8. Ps. 33. 7. & 95. 5. & 104. 9. & 136. 6. Prov. 8. 29. Jer. 5. 22. 2 Pet. 3. 5. 'Heb. 6. 7. 9¶ And God said, 'Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and Luke 6.44. the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth and it was so. + Heb. tender grass. Deut. 4. 19. Ps. 74. 16. & 136.7. m 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 14 ¶ And God said, Let there be "lights 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. r P tween the day and between the night. o Ps. 74. 17. & 104. 19. Ps. 136. 7. 3,5 the rule of 8, 9. & 148. + Heb. for day. 4 Ps. 8. 3. Job 38. 7. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over Jer. 31. 35. the night, and to divide the light from the darkness and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 20 And God said, Let the waters bring 24 ¶ And God said, Let the earth bring The first sabbath. $1 Cor. 11. 7. 'ch. 5. 2. Mal. 2. 15. Matt. 19. 4. ch 9. 1, 7. Lev. 26. 9. Ps. 127. 3. & 128.3, 4. + Heb. creepeth. in the image of God created he him; 10 And a river went out of Eden to water 28 And God blessed them, and God said ing seed. e ch. 9. 3. Job 36. 31. Ps. 104. 14, 15. & 136. 25. & 146. 7. Acts 14. 17. Ps. 145, 15, 16. & 147. 9. e Job 38. 41. ing soul. f Ps. 104. 24. 1 Tim. 4. 4. a Ps. 33. 6. Ex. 20. 11. & 31. 17. e с 31 And 'God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. CHAPTER II. 1 The first sabbath. 4 The manner of the creation. 8 TH HUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended Deut. 5. 14. his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. Heb. 4. 4. 5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew for the LORD God which went had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. 6 But there went up a mist from the earth, ch. 3. 19, 23. and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 And the LORD God formed man of the h dust of the ground, and breathed into his *nostrils the breath of life; and 'man became a living soul. 11 The name of the first is Pison: that 12 And the gold of that land is good: 14 And the name of the third river is 15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden toy dress it and to keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: God to grow every tree that is pleasant 1 The serpent deceiveth Eve. 6 Man's shameful fall. to the sight, and good for food; the tree Rev. 27. & of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. . ver. 17. 9 God arraigneth them. 14 The serpent is cursed. Eph. 5. 31. 1 ch. 3. 7 10 11. m Ex. 32. 25. Is. 47. 3. The serpent deceiveth Eve. NOW a GENESIS. W The punishment of mankind. OW the serpent was more subtile ly multiply thy sorrow and thy concepthan any beast of the field which tion; "in sorrow thou shalt bring forth the LORD God had made. And he said children; and thy desire shall be to thy Ps. 48.6. unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye husband, and he shall rule over thee. shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: C 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, 1 Tim. 2. 14. Ye shall not surely die: ever. 7. Acts 26. 18. + Heb. a desire. 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. a 1s. 13. 8. & 21.3. John 16. 21. 1 Tim. 2. 15. wch. 4. 7. 1Or, to thy husband. 1 Cor. 11. 3. & 14. 34. 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy or subject wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: 'cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; d C 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field: 23, 24. Eph. 5. 22, rim. 2. 11, 31,5 12. Tit. 2. 5. 1 Pet. 3. 6. y 1 Sam. 15. 23. ver. 6. a ch. 2. 17. b Ecc. 1. 2, 3. Is. 24. 5, 6. Rom. 8. 20. © Job 5. 7. d Job 31. 40. 19 'In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou Ps. 104. 14. art, and unto dust shalt thou return. f Ecc. 1. 13. 2 Thess. 3. 10. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree 20 And Adam called his wife's name ch. 2. 7. 1 Tim. 2.14. of, and did eat, and gave also unto her 7 And the eyes of them both were 22 And the LORD God said, 'Behold, k 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the Heb. wind. cool of the day and Adam and his wife 1hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was m ch. 2. 25. Ex. 3. 6. 1 John 3. 20. naked; and I hid myself. k 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, 'to till the ch.4.2.& ground from whence he was taken. n 20. m ch. 2. 8. 24 So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden 'cherubim, and a flaming sword which Ps. 104. 4. turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. CHAPTER IV. 1 The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and Abel. 8 AND Heb. 1. 7. ND Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and That is, said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was ta keeper of sheep, but Cain was "a tiller of the ground. 3 And fin of time it came to pass,+Heb. at the process that Cain brought of the fruit of the Num. 18. 12. ground an offering unto the LORD. C 14 And the LORD God said Punto the 1 John 3.8 shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all Ps. 132. 11. Is. 7. 14. Mic. 5. 3. Matt. 1. 23, 25. Luke 1. 31. 34, 35. Gal. 4. 4. r 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed Rom. 16. 20. and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Col. 2. 15. 1 John 5. 5. Rev. 12. 7, 17. 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why 16 Unto the woman he said, I will great-nance fallen? b a feeder. ach. 3. 23. & 9.20. end of days. Num. 18. 17. Prov. 3. 9. or, goats. +Heb. sheep, Heb. 11.4 * ch. 31. 2. Rev. 6. 10. 1 Or, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven. Job 15. 2024. IPs. 51. 11. m ch. 9. 6. Num. 35. 19, 21, 27. Ps. 79. 12. • Ez. 9. 4, 6. 2 Kings 13. 23. & 24. 20. Jer. 23. 39. & 52. 3. + Heb. Chanoch. 4 Ps. 49. 11. + Heb. Lemech. 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. 13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. 14 * Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and 'from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. m 15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him "sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. The genealogy of the patriarchs I would slay a man in my wound, &c. [Or, in my hurt. speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, or. truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. 25 ¶ And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and 'called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom That is, Cain slew. * ver. 15. tch. 5. 3. Appointed, or, Put. + Heb. Sheth. "ch. 5. 6. + Heb. Enosh. 26 And to Seth, "to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon call the name of the LORD. W CHAPTER V. 1 The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam unto Noah. 24 The godliness and translation of Enoch. C themselves w1 Kings HIS is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in 'the likeness of God made he him; ch. 1. 25. 2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: 4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he ch. 3. 19 died. 6 And Seth lived a hundred and five 16 ¶ And Cain went out from the pres-years, and "begat Enos: ence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael and Mehujael begat Methusael and Methusael begat Lamech. 19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. 7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. 9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan : 10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: 11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died. 12 ¶ And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel : 13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: 14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. 15 ¶ And Mafialaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: 16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were Heb. 9. 27. h ch. 4. 26. + Heb. Kenan. + Gr. Maleleel. + Heb. Jered. 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. 21 ¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah : 22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, Ps. 16. 8. & and begat sons and daughters: 2 Kings 20. 3. 116. 9. & 128. 1. Mic. 6. 8. Mal. 2. 6. 12 Kings 2. 11. Heb. 11. 5. & 23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years : 24 And 'Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. 25 And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech : 26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters : 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. 28 ¶ And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son : 29 And he called his name t Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. 32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat "Shem, Ham, and Japheth. CHAPTER VI. 1 The wickedness of the world, which provoked God's wrath, and caused the flood. 8 Noah findeth grace. 14 The order, form, and end of the ark. AN a ND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, b 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. с 3 And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. The wickedness of the world. 5 ¶ And GoD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that "every imagination of the thoughts of his or, the heart was only evil continually. 6 And fit repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. whole imagination: The Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires. e ch. 8. 21. Deut. 29. 19. Prov. 6. 18. Matt. 15. 19. +Heb. every day. 7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. Num. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. 23. 19. Mal. 3. 6. James 1. 17. # Is. 63. 10. Eph. 4. 30. +Heb. from man unto beast. h ch. 19. 19. "Ex. 33. 12, 13, 16, 17. Ez. 14. 20. Rom. 1. 17. 2 Pet. 2. 5. ¡Or, up * ch. 5. 22. 1 ch. 5. 32. m ch. 7. 1. & 13. 2 Chr. 34. 27. Luke 1. 6. & 3. 19. n Ez. 8. 17. & 28. 16. Hab. 2. 8, 13 And God said unto Noah, "The end of 10. 9. & 13. all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, Rom. 2. 18. behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 ¶ Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and ch. 18. 21. shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 17. Ps. 14. 2. & 33. 13, 14. & 53. 2, 3. P Jer. 51. 13. Ez. 7. 2, 3, 6. Amos 8. 2. 1 Pet. 4. 7. Or, from the earth. + Heb. nests. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be ver. 17. three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above: and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. |