that liveth, thal be mear for you;even as the green herb have Igiven you all things 4 Bur fleth with the life thereof, which is the bloud thereof, thall you not ear. And furely your bloud of your lives will Irequire: at the hand of every beaft will I require it, and at the hand of man,ar thehand of every mans brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whole fedeth mans bloud, by man fhall his blood be fhed: for in the image of God made he man 7 And you, be ye fruitful and multiply, bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. And God (pake unto Noah, and to his fons with him, faying, 9 And I, behold, I eftablish my covenant with you,and with your feed after you; 10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattel, and of every beaft of the earth with you, from all that go out of the ark, to every beaft of the earth. 11 And I will establish my covenant with you,neither fhall all fleth be cut off any more by the waters of a flood, neither shall there any more be a food to deftroy the earth. 12 And God fald, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living ereature that is with you, for perpetual generarions: 13 I do fer my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant be tween 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 eve. ry living creature of all Heth and the waters fhall no more become a flood to deftroy all defh. 36 And thesbowhall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlafting covenant betweenGod,and every living creature of all Heththaris upon the earth. 17 And God faid unto No-" ah,This is the token of the covenant, which I have eftablished between me and all Aefh 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: & of them was the whole earth over fpread. 20 And Noah began to be an husband man, and he planted a vineyard. 21 And he drank of the wine,and was drunken,and he was uncovered within his tent. 21 And Ham the father of Canaan faw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren withour. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid upon both their fhoulders. and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father;and their faces were backward, and they faw not thelrfathers nakednefs. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger fon had done unto him. 25 And he fald, Curfed be Canaan: a fervant of fervants fhall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he fald, Bleffed be the LordGOD of Shem,and Canaan fhall be his fervant. 17 God fhall enlarge Ja pheth,and he thall dwell in the rents of Shem, and Ca naan thall be his fervant. 28 And Noah lived af ter the flood three hun dred and fifty years. 29 And all the days of No ah were nine hundred and fitty years, and he died. CHAP. X. Now there are the genera tions Nons of the fons of Noah; Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were fons born after the flood. 2 The fons of Japheth Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal,and Methech,and Tiras 3 And the fons of Gomer; Afhkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the fons of Javan; Elihah, and Tarthith, Kittim, and Dodanim. By thefe were the ifles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their familles, in their nations 6 And the fons of Ham; Cath, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the fons of Cufh; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabrah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the fons of Raamah; Sheba,and Dedan SAnd 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 Acad, and Calneh, In the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth Athur, and bullded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 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 Cadnhim, (out of whom came Philiftim) and Caphtorim, 15And Canaan bega Sidon his firft-born, and Heth, 16 And the Jebnfire, and the Amorite, and the Girgafire. 17 And the Flvite, and 18 And the Arvadire,and the Zemarire, and the Ha mathite and afterward were the familles of thecanaanites pread abred 19 And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon; as thou comeft to Gerar unto Gaza,as thon goeft unro Sodom, and Gomorrah,and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Laffa. 20 Thefe are the fons of Ham, after their familles, after their tongues,in their countries, and their nations 21 Unto Shem atro the father of allthe children of Eber, the brother of Ja pheth the elder, even to him were chilaren born. 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Athur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and A ram. 23 And the children of A ram, Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mah.. 24 And Arphaxad begat Salah,and Salah begat Eber. 25 And unto Eber were born two fons: the name of the one warPeleg,for in his days was the earchdivided; and his brothers name was Joktan, 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmayeth, and Jerah. 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 23 And Obal,and Abimac, and Sheba," 29 And Ophir, and Havi lah, and Jubab all thefe were the fons of Joktan. 30And their dwelling was from Metha, as thou goeft unto Sephar, aucunt of the east.. 31 Thefe are the fons of Shem, after their families. after their tongues,in their lands, 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. ANd the whole earth was they they journeyed from the eaff,thas they found aplain In the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3 And they faid one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had prick for ftone, and 4ime had they for morter. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber. 15 And Salah lived after he begatEber, four hundred and three years, and begar fons and daughters. 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begac Peleg. 17 And Eber lived after 4 And they fald, Go to, he begar Peleg, four hunlet us build us a city, and dred and thirty years, and a tower, whofe top may begar fons and daughters.. reach unto heayen, and lef.18 And Peleg lived thirry us make us a name, left we be fcattered abroad upon theface of the whole earth. And the LORD came down to fee the city, and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the LORD fald, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language: and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be refrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their Language, that they may not understand one ano. thers fpeech, 8 So the LORD fcattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 19 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 LORDfcatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. 10 Thefe are the generarlons of Shem: Shemwas an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad, two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad, five Bundred years, and begat Tonsand daughters. 1 And Arphaxad lived. five and thirty years, and pegar Salah, 13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah, four hundred and three years, and begat fons and daugh. years, and begat Reu. 19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu,two hundred and nine years, and begar fons and daughters. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, & begat Serug. 21 AndReu lived after he begar Serug, two hundred and feven years, and begat fons and daughters. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begar Nahor. 23 And Serug lived after he begar Nahor, two hundred years, and begar fons and daughters. 24 And Nahorlived nine. and twenty years, & begat Terah. 25 And Nahor lived after be begat Terah, an hun dred and nineteen years, 8c begat fons and daughters.. 26 And Terah lived feven ty years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran, 27 Now thefe are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran, & Haran begar Lor. 18 And Haran died before his father Terah, in the land of his nativity, In Ur of the Caldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives, the name of Abrams wife was Saral the name ofNahors wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, & the father of Ifcah. 39 Bursaral was barren; the had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his fon, and Lot the fon of Haran his fons fon, and saral his daughter in law, his fon Abrams wife, and they went went forth with them from, 9 And Abram joitrneyed, Ur of the Caldees, to go in- going on flll toward the fouth. to 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 diad in Haran. CHAP. XII. Now the LORD had fald unto Abram, Get thee out of thy countrey, and from thy kindred,and from thy fathers houfe, unto a land that I will fhew thee. a And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great and thot thalt be a bleffing. 3 And I will blefs them thar blefs thee, and curfe him that curfeth thee, and In thee thall all families of the earth be bleffed. 4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had fpoken unto him, and Lot went with him: and Abram was fevenry and five years old, when he departed out of Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother fons and all their fubfance that they had gathe. red, and the fouls that they had gotten in Haran, and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and intothe land of Canaan they came. 6 And Abram paffed through the land, unto the place of Shechem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 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 bim. 8 And he removed from thence unto amountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the weft, and Hai on the east and there he builded an alrar unto theLord, and called upon the Name of the LORD: 10 And there was a fa. mine in the land, & Abram went down into Egypt to fojourn there for the famine was grievous in the land. 11 And it came to pafs when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he faid untosarai his wife, Beholdnow,fknow that thou art a fair woman to look upon: 12 Therefore it fhal come to pafs, when the Egypti ans thall fee thee, that they thall fay, This is his wife: and they will kill me, buc they will fave thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my litter, that it may be well with me for thy fake; and my foul thall live becaufe of thee. 14 And It came to pass, that when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that the was very fair. 15 The princes alfo of Pharaoh faw her, and commended her before Pharaoh and the woman was taken IntoPharaohs houfe. 16 And he enrreared Abram well for her fake and he had theep and oxen, and he-afies, and men-fervants, and mald-fervants, and theaffes, and camels. 17 And theLORD plagued Pharaoh and hishoufe with great plagues, becaufe of Saral Abrams wife. 18 And Pharaoh calledAbram, and fald, What is this that thou haftdone unto me? why didit thou not tell me that he was thy wife? 19 Why faide thou, She my fifter? So I might have taken her to me to wife;now therefore behold thy wife, take ber, and go thy way. 20 And Pharaoh commanded bis men concerning) him: and they fent him a way, and his wife, and all that he had. СНАР. 12 Abram dwelt in the CHAP. XIII. And Abram went out land of Canaan, and Lot of Egypt, he and his dwelt in the cities of the wife, and all that he had, plain, and pitched his rent and Lot with him,into the toward Sodom. fourh. 2 And Abram was very rich in carrel, in fitver,and in gold. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, and finners before the LORD exceedingly. 3 And he went on his 14 And the LORD faid Journey from the fouth, e- unto Abram, after that Lot ven to Beth-el, unto the was feparated from him, place where his tent had Lift up now thine eyes, & been at the beginning, be look from the place where tween Beth-el and Hai; thou art, northward, and fouthward, and eastward, and weftward. 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the Name of the LORD. $ And Lot alfo which went with Abram had Rocks, and herds, & tents. 6 And the land was not able to bear them,that they might dwell together: for their fubftance was great, fo that theycould nordwell together. 7 And there was a ftrife becween the herdmen of Abrams cartel, and the herd. men of Lots carrel: and the Canaanire and the Pereztiredwelt then in the land, 8 And Abram faid unto Lot, Let there be no ftrife, pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thyherdmen: For we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thy elf, I pray thee, from me: fthou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the ight; or if thou aepart to heright hand, then I will to to the left. 15 For all the land which thou feeft, to thee will I give it, and to thy feed for ever. 16 And I will make tby feed as theduft of theearthr fo that if aman can number the duft of the earth, then thall thy feed alfo be num bred., 17 Arife, walk through the land,In the lengthofit, and in the breadth ofit for I will give it unto thee. 18 Then Abram removed his tent,and came anddwelt In the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. CHAP. XIV. ANd it came topals in the days of Amraphel kingof Shinar, Arloch king of Ellafar, Chedorlaomerking of Elam, and Tidal king of nations! 2 That there made war with Bera king of Sodom, and withBirtha king.ofGomorrah,Shinab king ofAd mah,and Shemeber king of. Zebolim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 10 And Lor lifted up his yes, and beheld all the lain of Jordan, that it was 3 All these were joyned vell watered every where, together in the vale of Sid efore theLORD deftroyed dim, which is the falt-fea. odom and Gomorrah, even 4 Twelve years they fers the garden oftheLORD, ved Chedorlaomer, and in ike the land of Egypt, as the thirteen year they re hou comeft unto Zo2r. belled. 111 Then Lot chofe him all And in the fourteenth the plain of Jordan and Lot Journeyed eafts and they feparated themfelves The one from the other. year came Chedorlaomer, & the kings that were with him, and fmote the Re phaims InAfhteroth karna÷ |