Naab geeth out of the ark. Chap. ix. God's covenant with him. 17 Bring forth with thee every living from all that go out of the ark, to every thing that is with thee, of all flesh, boibbealt of the earth. of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creep- 11 And I will establish my covenant ing thing that creepeth upon the earth; with you: neither shall all feth be cut that they may breed abundantly in the off any more by the waters of a flood; earth, and be fruitful, and multiply up-neither mall there any more be a flood to on the earth. deftroy the earth. 18 And Noah went forth, and his fons, and his wife, and his fons' wives with him. 19 Every beaft, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatfoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. 204 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl,and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 12 And God faid, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpemal generations: 13 I do fet my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pafs, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow fhall be feen in the cloud: 15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the wa ters all no inore become a flood to deftroy all fleth. 16 And the bow fhall be in the cloud et And the LORD fmelled a fwee favour; and the LORD faid in his heart, I will not again curfe the ground any more for man's fake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again fmite any more every and I will look upon it, that I may rething living, as I have done. membertheeverlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all fleth that is upon the earth. While the earth remaineth, feedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and fummer and winter, and day and night, fhall not cease. CHAP. IX. God blessed Noab. ▲ Blood and murder are forbidden. God's covenant. 13Sig. nified by the rainbow. 21 Noah is drunken. 25 curfeth Canaan, 29 and dieth AND God bleffed Noah and his fons, and faid unto them, Be fruitful, and mul tiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you fall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the fea; into your hand are they delivered. 17 And God faid unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have eftablished between me and all flefh that is upon the earth 18 And the fons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. 19 Thefe are the three fons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overfpread. 20 And Noah began to be an hulbandman, and he planted a vineyard : 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, S Every moving thing that liveth fhall faw the nakednefs of his father, and told be meat for you; even as the green herb, his two brethren without. have I given you all things. 4 But fleth with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, fhall ye not eat. 5 And furely your blood of your lives will I require at the hand of every beaft will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whofo theddeth man's blood, by man fhall his blood be fhed: for in the image of God made he man. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their thoul ders, and went backward, and covered the nakednefs of their father; and their faces were backward, and they faw not their father's nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger fon had done unto him. 251 And he faid, Curfed be Canaan ; a fervant of fervants fhall he be unto his 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multi-brethren. ply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 81 And God fpake unto Noah, and to his fons with him, faying, 26 And he faid, Bieffed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan fhall be his fervant. 27 God fhall enlarge Japheth, and he fhall dwell in the tents of Shear; and Canaan fhall be his fervant. 28 And Noah lived after the food three hundred and fifty years. 9 And I,behold, I eftablish my covenant with you, and with your feed after you. 10 And with every living creature that ir with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, 29 And all the days of Noah were nine and of every beaft of the earth with you:hundred and fifty years: and he died. CHAP 14 The generations of Noab. CHAP. X. GENESIS. 1 Noah's g. nerations. 2 The fons of a beth, 6 and Ham. 8 Nimrod the first monarch. 21 The fens of Sbem. NOW these are the generations of the fons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were fons born after the Blood. 21 The fons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madan; and Javan, and Tubal, and Methech, and Tiras. 3 And the fons of Gomer; Afhkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah And the fons of Javan; Elifbah, and Tarthith, Kittin, and Dodanim. 5 By these were the ines of the Gentiles divided in their lands every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 64 And the fons of Ham; Cuth, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the fons of Cuth; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah. and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the fons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And Cuth begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is faid, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD: 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. The building of Bubel. 24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. 25 Aad unto Eber were born two sons; the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his broth¡er's name was Joktan. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27 AndHadoram,andUzal,and Diklah, 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all thefe were the fons of loktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Metha, as thou goeft unto Sephar, a mount of the eaft. 31 These are the fons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their ends, after their nations. 32 Thefe are the families of the fons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations and by thefe were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. CHAP. XI. 10ne language in the world. 3Babel built. 5 Languages confounded. 10 The genera tions of Shem. 27of Terah Abram's father. AND the whole earth was of one language, and of one fpeech. 2 And it came to país, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3 And they faid one to another, Go 11 Out of that land went forth Ashur, to, let us make brick, and burn them and builded Nineveh, and the city Reho-thoroughly. And they had brick for both, and Calah, ftone, and flime had they for mortar. 12 And Refen, between Nineveh and Calah: the fame is a great city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 14 And Pathrufim, and Cafluhim, (out) of whom came Philiftim,)and Caphtorim. 15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, 16 And the Jebafite, and the Amorite, and the Girgalite, 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whofe top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, left we be fcattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 51 And the LORD came down to fee the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the LORD faid, Behold, the peo ple is one,and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the Go to, let us go down, and there confamilies of the Canaanites fpread abroad. found their language, that they may not 19 And the border of the Canaanites understand one another's fpeech. was froin Sidon, as thou comeft to Gerar, 8 So the LORD fcattered them abroad unto Gaza; as thou goeft, unto Sodom, from thence upon the face of all the and Gomorrah, and Ädmah, and Zeboi-earth: and they left off to build the city. im, even unto Lasha. 20 Thefe are the fons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; becaufe the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth and from thence did the LORD fcatter thein abroad upon the face of all the earth. 21 Unto Shem alfo, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth 10 Thefe are the generations of Shem; the elder,even to him were children born. Shem was an hundred years old, and be. 22 The children of Shem; Elam,andAs- gat Arphaxad two years after the flood: fhur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 11 And Shem lived after he begat Ar23 And the children of Aram; Uz,and phaxad five hundred years, and begat Hul, and Gether, and Mash. fons and daughters. The generations of Shem. Chap. xi. God calleth Abram. 15 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty, unto a land that I will thew thee. years, and begat Salah: 15 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and bezat fons and daughters. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat fons and daughters. 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: 17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat fons and daughters. 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: 19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat fons and daughters. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug : 21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug wo hundred and feven years, and begat fons and daughters. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: 23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat fons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah : 25 And Nahor lived after he begat Te rah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat fons and daughters. 36 And Terah lived feventy years and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 271 Now thefe are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 2 And I will make of thee a great na tion, and I will blefs thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blelling: 3 And I will blefs them that bless thee, and curte him that curfeth thee; and in thee thall all families of the earth be bleiled. 41 So Abram departed, as the Loan had fpoken unto him; and Lot went with him, and Abram was feventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. 5 And Abrani took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's fon, and all their fubftance that they had gathered, and the fouls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. 6. And Abrain paffed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. : 71 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and faid, Unto thy feed will I give this land and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the well, and Hai on the calt: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. 9 And Abram journeyed, going on Rill toward the fouth. 10 And there was a famine in the land: And Abram went down into Egypt to tojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. 11 And it came to, pafs, when he was 28 And Haran died before his father come near to enter into Egypt, that he laid Terah, in the land of his nativity, in Urunto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know of the Chaldees. that thou art a fair woman to look upon: 29 And Abram and Nahor took them 12 Therefore it fhall come to pals, when wives: and the name of Abram's wife, was the Egyptians thall fee thee that they thall Sarai and the name of Nahor's wife, fay, This 15 his wife: and they will kill Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the fame, but they will fave thee alive. ther of Milcah, and the father of Ifcah. 30 But Sarai was barren; the had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his fon, and Lot the fon of Haran, his fon's fon, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his fon Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. CHAP. XII. 3 Say, I pray thee, thou art my fifter: that it may be well with me for thy fake; and my foal fhall live because of thee. 14 And it came to país, that, when Abrain was come into Egypt, the Egyp tians beheld the woman that the was viry fair. 15 The Princes alfo of Pharaoh faw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's houfe. 16 And he entreated Abrain well for her fake: and he had fheep, and oxen, and he-affes,and men-fervants, and malulervants, and fhe-affes, and camels. 1 God calleth Abram. His departure prom Haran. 7 Cinaan is promised 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh NOW the LORD had faid unto Abram, and his houfe with great lagues becante get thee out of thy country, and from of Sarai Abram's wife. by kindred, and from thy father's houfe,| 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle,1 in filver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from the fouth even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the begining, between Bethel and Hai; 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. CHAP. XIV. Battle of the kings. 12 Lot taken, this refcued by Abram. 18 Melchizedek bleffeth Abram,20 who giveth him tithes. AND it came to pafs in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellafar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, 4 Unto the place of the altar, which and Tidal king of nations; he had made there at the firft: and theref 2 That thefe made war with Bera king Abram called on the name of the LORD. of Sodom, and with Birha king of Go 5 And Lot alfo, which went with A-morrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shebram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.meber king of Zeboiim, and the king of 6 And the land was not able to bear Bela, which is Zoar. them, that they might dwell together :) for their fubftance was great, fo that they could not dwell together. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the falt fea. 4 Twelve years they ferved Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they re 71 And there was a ftrife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herd-belled. amen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite 5 And in the fourteenth year came Cheand the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. 8 And Abram faid unto Lot, Let there be no ftrife I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before thee?! Separate thy felf, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. dorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and fmote the Rephaims in Afhteroth-Carnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh-Kiriathaim, 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderne. 7 And they returned, and came to ERmifhpat, which is Kadeth, and fmote all the country of the Amelekites, and alfo the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar. 8 And there went out the king of So10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and be-dom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the held all the plain of Jordan, that it was king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiwell watered every where, before the im, and the king of Bela, (the fame is LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, Zoar ;) and they joined battle with them even as the garden of the LORD, like in the vale of Siddim; the land of Ept, as thou comeft unto Zoar. 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and 11 Then Lot chofe him all the plain of Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch Jordan; and Lot journeyed eaft and king of Ellafar; four kings with five. they feparated themselves the one from 10 And the vale of Siddim was full of the other. Aime-pits: and the kings of Sodom and 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Ca-Gomorrah fled, and fell there: and they naan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the that remained fled to the mountain. plain, and pitched bis tent toward Sodom. 11 And they took all the goods of Sod13 But the men of Sodom were wick-om and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, ed and finners before the LORD exceed-and went their way. ingly. 12 And they took Lot, Abram's 141 And the LORD faid unto Abram, brother's fon who dwelt in Sodom, and after that Lot' was feparated from him, his goods, and departed. Lift up now thine eyes, and look from, 18 And there came one that had efcap Melchizedek bleffeth Abram. Chap. ed, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Efhcol, and brother of Aner: and thefe were confederate with Abram. 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained fervants, born in his own houfe, free hundred and eighteen, and purfued them into Dan. 15 And he divided himself against them. he and his fervants, by night, and fmote them, and purfued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damafcus. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and allo brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women alfo, and the people. xv, xvi. Canaan is again promised. 17 said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the ftars, if thou be able to number them: and he faid unto him, So fhall thy feed be. 6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 71. And he faid unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.. & And he faid, LORD God, whereby hal! I know that I fhall inherit it? 9 And he faid unto him, Take me an heiferofthree years old, and a fhe-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle dove,and a young pigeon. 10 And he took unto him all thefe,and divided them in the midft, and laid each 17 And the king of Sodom went out to piece one against another; but the birds meet him after his return from the flaugh-divided he not. ter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings 11. And when the fowls came down upthat were with him, at the valley of Sha-on the carcaffes, Abram drove them away. veh, which is the king's dale. 18 And Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God... 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blesfed be Abram of the moft high God,poffelfour of heaven and earth; 1, 20 And bleffed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. 21 And the king of Sodom faid unto Abram, Give me the perfons, and take the goods to thyfelf. 12 And when the fun was going down. a deep fleep fell upon Abram: and, to, an horrour of great darknefs fell upon him. 13. And he faid unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy feed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and fall ferve them; and they hall afflict them four hundred years; 14 And alfo that nation, whom they fhall ferve, will I judge and afterward hall they come out with great fubftance. 15 And thou fhalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old 22 And Abrain faid to the king of Sod-age. om, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the poffeffour of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a fhoe-latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, left thou fhoulded fay, I have made Abram rich 24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Ethcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. CHAP. XV. 1 Abram is encouraged. 4 A fon is prom. ifed. 6 He is juflified by jaith. 7 Canoan is promifed again... AFTER thefe things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, fay 16 But in the fourth generation they hall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. 17 And it came to país, that, when the fun went down, and it was dark, behold, a fmoking furnace, and a burning lamp that paffed between thofe pieces. 18 In that fame day the LORD made d covenant with Abrain, faying, Unto thy feed have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates; 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaan ing, Fear not Abram:. I am thy shield,[ites,and theGirgafhites,and the Jebutites. and thy exceeding great reward. 2 And Abram laid, LORD God, What¦ wilt thou give me, feeing I go childlefs, and the fteward of my house is this Eliezer of Damafcus ? 3 And Abram faid, Behold, to me thou haft given no feed ; and, lo, one born in my houfe is mine heir. 4 And,behold,the word of the LORD tame unto him, faying, This fhall not be thine heir; but he that hall come forth Out of thine own bowels fhall be thine heir, 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and 1 CHAP, XVI. Sarai giveth Hagar 10 Abram, 6 bo fying from her mistress, 9 is fent back by an angel. 15 Ihmael is born. NOW Sarai, Abram's wife,bate him no children: and the had an hand-maid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hag it. 2 And Sarai faid unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 3 And |