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Genesis American Standard Version
Chapter 1 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens
and the earth. 1:2 And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of
the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 1:3 And God said,
Let there be light: and there was light. 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and
God divided the light from the darkness. 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness
he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide
the waters from the waters. 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which
were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second
day.
1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place,
and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and
the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 1:11
And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing
fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so. 1:12
And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit,
wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good. 1:13 And there
was evening and there was morning, a third day.
1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day
from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: 1:15
and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and
it was so. 1:16 And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 1:17 And God set them
in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, 1:18 and to rule over the day and
over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
1:19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
1:20 And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds
fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 1:21 And God created the great
sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after
their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good. 1:22 And
God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas,
and let birds multiply on the earth. 1:23 And there was evening and there was morning,
a fifth day.
1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle,
and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so. 1:25 And
God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and
everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good. 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over
all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 1:27 And God
created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created
he them. 1:28 And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,
and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 1:29
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face
of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you
it shall be for food: 1:30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens,
and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every
green herb for food: and it was so. 1:31 And God saw everything that he had made, and,
behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
2:1 And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2:2 And on the seventh
day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all
his work which he had made. 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because
that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.
2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in
the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven. 2:5 And no plant of the field was yet in the
earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain
upon the earth: and there was not a man to till the ground; 2:6 but there went up a mist
from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 2:7 And Jehovah God formed
man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and
man became a living soul. 2:8 And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and
there he put the man whom he had formed. 2:9 And out of the ground made Jehovah God to
grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in
the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 2:10 And a river
went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four
heads. 2:11 The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land
of Havilah, where there is gold; 2:12 and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium
and the onyx stone. 2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that
compasseth the whole land of Cush. 2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that
is it which goeth in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. 2:15 And
Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep
it. 2:16 And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest
freely eat: 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it:
for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
2:18 And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make
him a help meet for him. 2:19 And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the
field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would
call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
2:20 And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every
beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help meet for him. 2:21 And Jehovah
God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs,
and closed up the flesh instead thereof: 2:22 and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from
the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 2:23 And the man said, This
is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was
taken out of Man. 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall
cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 2:25 And they were both naked, the
man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made.
And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the
garden? 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we
may eat: 3:3 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. 3:4 And the serpent
said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 3:5 for God doth know that in the day ye eat
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.
3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to
the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof,
and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. 3:7 And the eyes
of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves
together, and made themselves aprons. 3:8 And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking
in the garden in the cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the
presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden.
3:9 And Jehovah God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou? 3:10 And he
said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid
myself. 3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree,
whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 3:12 And the man said, The woman
whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 3:13 And Jehovah
God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent
beguiled me, and I did eat. 3:14 And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast
done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy
belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 3:15 and I will
put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise
thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly
multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire
shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because
thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy 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 toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 3:18 thorns also and thistles
shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 3:19 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 art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 3:20 And the man called
his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. 3:21 And Jehovah God
made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.
3:22 And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil;
and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live
for ever— 3:23 therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till
the ground from whence he was taken. 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at
the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every
way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
4:1 And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have
gotten a man with the help of Jehovah. 4:2 And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel
was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 4:3 And in process of time
it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto Jehovah.
4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah
had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 4:5 but unto Cain and to his offering he had
not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 4:6 And Jehovah said
unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 4:7 If thou doest
well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door:
and unto thee shall be its desire, but do thou rule over it. 4:8 And Cain told Abel
his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against
Abel his brother, and slew him.
4:9 And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I
my brother’s keeper? 4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s
blood crieth unto me from the ground. 4:11 And now cursed art thou from the ground, which
hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; 4:12 when thou tillest
the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer
shalt thou be in the earth. 4:13 And Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater
than I can bear. 4:14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground;
and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth;
and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me. 4:15 And Jehovah said unto
him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Jehovah
appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.
4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on
the east of Eden. 4:17 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. 4:18
And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methushael; and
Methushael begat Lamech. 4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was
Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of
such as dwell in tents and have cattle. 4:21 And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was
the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe. 4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain,
the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain
was Naamah. 4:23 And Lamech said unto his wives:
Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech:
For I have slain a man for wounding me, And a young man for bruising me:
4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth. For,
said she, God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him. 4:26 And
to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh. Then began men
to call upon the name of Jehovah.
5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in
the likeness of God made he him; 5:2 male and female created he them, and blessed them,
and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 5:3 And Adam lived a hundred
and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his
name Seth: 5:4 and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred years: and
he begat sons and daughters. 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and
thirty years: and he died.
5:6 And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enosh: 5:7 and Seth lived after
he begat Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:8 and all
the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
5:9 And Enosh lived ninety years, and begat Kenan. 5:10 and Enosh lived after he begat
Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:11 and all the
days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
5:12 And Kenan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalalel: 5:13 and Kenan lived after he begat
Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:14 and all the
days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
5:15 And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: 5:16 And Mahalalel lived
after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:17
and all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
5:18 And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begat Enoch: 5:19 and Jared lived
after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:20 And all
the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 5:22 and Enoch walked
with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:23
and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 5:24 and Enoch walked
with God: and he was not; for God took him.
5:25 And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: 5:26 and
Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons
and daughters. 5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and
he died.
5:28 And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: 5:29 and he called
his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands,
which cometh because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed. 5:30 And Lamech lived after he
begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:31 And all
the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: And Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters
were born unto them, 6:2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were
fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose. 6:3 And Jehovah said, My spirit
shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a
hundred and twenty years. 6:4 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also
after that, when the sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and they bare children
to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
6:5 And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every
imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6:6 And it repented
Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 6:7 And Jehovah
said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and
beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made
them. 6:8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.
6:9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations:
Noah walked with God. 6:10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 6:11 And
the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 6:12 And God
saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon
the earth.
6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is
filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 6:14 Make
thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within
and without with pitch. 6:15 And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark
three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
6:16 A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and
the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third
stories shalt thou make it. 6:17 And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon this earth,
to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that
is in the earth shall die. 6:18 But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou
shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the
ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 6:20 Of the birds after
their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground
after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 6:21 And take
thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; and it shall be for
food for thee, and for them. 6:22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded
him, so did he.
7:1 And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have
I seen righteous before me in this generation. 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to
thee seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two,
the male and his female: 7:3 of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male
and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 7:4 For yet seven days,
and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living
thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground. 7:5 And Noah did
according unto all that Jehovah commanded him.
7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7:7
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark,
because of the waters of the flood. 7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean,
and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground, 7:9 there went in two and
two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah. 7:10 And it came to
pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 7:11 In
the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of
the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows
of heaven were opened. 7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah,
and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 7:14 they,
and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every
bird of every sort. 7:15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all
flesh wherein is the breath of life. 7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female
of all flesh, as God commanded him: and Jehovah shut him in. 7:17 And the flood was forty
days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up
above the earth. 7:18 And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and
the ark went upon the face of the waters. 7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly
upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.
7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 7:21
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 7:22 all in whose nostrils
was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died. 7:23 And every
living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle,
and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and
Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark. 7:24 And the waters prevailed
upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
8:1 And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the
ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; 8:2 the fountains
also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was
restrained; 8:3 and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end
of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. 8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month,
on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 8:5 And the waters
decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the
month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark
which he had made: 8:7 and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until
the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8:8 And he sent forth a dove from him, to
see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; 8:9 but the dove found
no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark; for the waters
were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought
her in unto him into the ark. 8:10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he
sent forth the dove out of the ark; 8:11 and the dove came in to him at eventide; and,
lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from
off the earth. 8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she
returned not again unto him any more.
8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first
day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering
of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dried. 8:14 And in the second
month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry. 8:15 And God spake
unto Noah, saying, 8:16 Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and
thy sons’ wives with thee. 8:17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with
thee of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon
the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply
upon the earth. 8:18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’
wives with him: 8:19 every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatsoever moveth upon
the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.
8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every
clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. 8:21 And Jehovah smelled the sweet
savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s
sake, for that the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will
I again smite any more everything living, as I have done. 8:22 While the earth remaineth,
seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall
not cease.
9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,
and replenish the earth. 9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon
every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; with all wherewith the ground
teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered. 9:3 Every moving
thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all. 9:4 But
flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 9:5 And surely
your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will
I require it. And at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will
I require the life of man. 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed:
for in the image of God made he man. 9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth
abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9:9 And I, behold, I establish
my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; 9:10 and with every living creature that
is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you. Of all that go
out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. 9:11 And I will establish my covenant with
you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall
there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. 9:12 And God said, This is the token of the
covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for
perpetual generations: 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token
of a covenant between me and the earth. 9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a
cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud, 9:15 and I will remember
my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the
waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 9:16 And the bow shall be in the
cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between
God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 9:17 And God said
unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all
flesh that is upon the earth.
9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth:
and Ham is the father of Canaan. 9:19 These three were the sons of Noah: and of these
was the whole earth overspread.
9:20 And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard: 9:21 and he drank of the
wine, and was drunken. And he was uncovered within his tent. 9:22 And Ham, the father
of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 9:23 And
Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward,
and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were backward, and they saw
not their father’s nakedness. 9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest
son had done unto him. 9:25 And he said,
Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his
brethren. 9:26 And he said,
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.
9:27 God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem;
And let Canaan be his servant. 9:28 And Noah lived after the flood three
hundred and fifty years. 9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years:
and he died.
10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, namely, of Shem, Ham, and Japheth:
and unto them were sons born after the flood.
10:2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech,
and Tiras. 10:3 And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 10:4 And the sons
of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 10:5 Of these were the isles of the
nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in
their nations.
10:6 And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan. 10:7 And the sons of
Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba,
and Dedan. 10:8 And Cush begat ***: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like *** a mighty hunter before
Jehovah. 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh,
in the land of Shinar. 10:11 Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh,
and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah, 10:12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the
great city). 10:13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 10:14
and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (whence went forth the Philistines), and Caphtorim.
10:15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth, 10:16 and the Jebusite, and the
Amorite, and the Girgashite, 10:17 and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 10:18
and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families
of the Canaanite spread abroad. 10:19 And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon,
as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward *** and Gomorrah and Admah
and Zeboiim, unto Lasha. 10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their
tongues, in their lands, in their nations.
10:21 And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth,
to him also were children born. 10:22 The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad,
and Lud, and Aram. 10:23 And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 10:24 And
Arpachshad begat Shelah; and Shelah begat Eber. 10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons:
the name of the one was Peleg. For in his days was the earth divided. And his brother’s
name was Joktan. 10:26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 10:27
and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 10:28 and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 10:29 and Ophir,
and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 10:30 And their dwelling was
from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. 10:31 These are the
sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their
nations.
10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations:
and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
11:1 And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. 11:2 And it came to pass,
as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt
there. 11:3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.
And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. 11:4 And they said, Come,
let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make
us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 11:5 And Jehovah
came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 11:6 And Jehovah
said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they
begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do. 11:7
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one
another’s speech. 11:8 So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all
the earth: and they left off building the city. 11:9 Therefore was the name of it called
Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence
did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
11:10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad
two years after the flood. 11:11 and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred
years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:12 And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelah. 11:13 and Arpachshad
lived after he begat Shelah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 11:15 and Shelah lived after he begat
Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: 11:17 and Eber lived after
he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: 11:19 and Peleg lived after he begat
Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: 11:21 and Reu lived after
he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: 11:23 and Serug lived after he begat
Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: 11:25 and Nahor lived after
he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
11:26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
11:27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran
begat Lot. 11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity,
in Ur of the Chaldees. 11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s
wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father
of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 11:30 And Sarai was barren; She had no child. 11:31
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his
daughter-in-law, his son 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. 11:32 And the
days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
12:1 Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred,
and from thy father’s house, unto the land that I will show thee: 12:2 and I will make
of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing;
12:3 and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and
in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 12:4 So Abram went, as Jehovah
had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when
he departed out of Haran. 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son,
and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls 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.
12:6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh.
And the Canaanite was then in the land. 12:7 And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said,
Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared
unto him. 12:8 And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el,
and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded
an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah. 12:9 And Abram journeyed,
going on still toward the South.
12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn
there; for the famine was sore in the land. 12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come
near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou
art a fair woman to look upon: 12:12 and it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall
see thee, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will
save thee alive. 12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me
for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee. 12:14 And it came to pass, that,
when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 12:15
And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into
Pharaoh’s house. 12:16 And he dealt well with Abram for her sake: and he had sheep,
and oxen, and he-***, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-***, and camels.
12:17 And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai,
Abram’s wife. 12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done
unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? 12:19 why saidst thou, She is
my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and
go thy way. 12:20 And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the
way, and his wife, and all that he had.
13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with
him, into the South. 13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 13:3
And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his
tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai, 13:4 unto the place of the altar,
which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.
13:5 And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 13:6 And the
land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance
was great, so that they could not dwell together. 13:7 And there was a strife between the herdsmen
of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite
dwelt then in the land. 13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee,
between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we are brethren. 13:9
Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. If thou wilt
take the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if thou take the right hand, then
I will go to the left. 13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the
Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed *** and Gomorrah,
like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar. 13:11 So
Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated
themselves the one from the other. 13:12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt
in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as ***. 13:13 Now the men of
*** were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly.
13:14 And Jehovah said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine
eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward:
13:15 for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number
the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered. 13:17 Arise, walk through the
land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it. 13:18
And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron,
and built there an altar unto Jehovah.
14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer
king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, 14:2 that they made war with Bera king of ***,
and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and
the king of Bela (the same is Zoar). 14:3 All these joined together in the vale of Siddim
(the same is the Salt Sea). 14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth
year they rebelled. 14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that
were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
14:6 and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
14:7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and smote all the country
of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar. 14:8 And there
went out the king of ***, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king
of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar); and they set the battle in array
against them in the vale of Siddim; 14:9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king
of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against
the five. 14:10 Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of ***
and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain. 14:11
And they took all the goods of *** and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
14:12 And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in ***, and his goods, and
departed.
14:13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew: now he dwelt by
the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were
confederate with Abram. 14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive,
he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued
as far as Dan. 14:15 And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants,
and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 14:16
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods,
and the women also, and the people.
14:17 And the king of *** went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of
Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh (the same is the
King’s Vale). 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and
he was priest of God Most High. 14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram
of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth: 14:20 and blessed be God Most High,
who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all. 14:21
And the king of *** said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
14:22 And Abram said to the king of ***, I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God
Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, 14:23 that I will not take a thread nor a
shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
14:24 save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went
with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion.
15:1 After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear
not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 15:2 And Abram said, O Lord
Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor
of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? 15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given
no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 15:4 And, behold, the word of Jehovah
came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir; But he that shall come forth
out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and
said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and
he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 15:6 And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned
it to him for righteousness. 15:7 And he said unto him, I am Jehovah that brought thee out
of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 15:8 And he said, O Lord Jehovah,
whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? 15:9 And he said unto him, Take me a heifer
three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove,
and a young pigeon. 15:10 And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst,
and laid each half over against the other: but the birds divided he not. 15:11 And the
birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of
great darkness fell upon him. 15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy
seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they
shall afflict them four hundred years; 15:14 and also that nation, whom they shall serve,
will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 15:15 But thou shalt
go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 15:16 And in the
fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet
full. 15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold,
a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces. 15:18 In that
day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from
the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: 15:19 the Kenite, and the
Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, 15:20 and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
15:21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
16:1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian,
whose name was Hagar. 16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained
me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain
children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 16:3 And Sarai, Abram’s
wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land
of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. 16:4 And he went in unto Hagar,
and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in
her eyes. 16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid
into they ***; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes:
Jehovah judge between me and thee. 16:6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is
in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with
her, and she fled from her face.
16:7 And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by
the fountain in the way to Shur. 16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s handmaid, whence
camest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress
Sarai. 16:9 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit
thyself under her hands. 16:10 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply
thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 16:11 And the angel of Jehovah
said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call
his name Ishmael, because Jehovah hath heard thy affliction. 16:12 And he shall be as a
wild *** among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against
him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren. 16:13 And she called the name of
Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God that seeth: for she said, Have I even here
looked after him that seeth me? 16:14 Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold,
it is between Kadesh and Bered.
16:15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare,
Ishmael. 16:16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to
Abram.
17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said
unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 17:2 And I will make
my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 17:3 And Abram
fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 17:4 As for me, behold, my covenant
is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations. 17:5 Neither shall
thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a
multitude of nations have I made thee. 17:6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and
I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 17:7 And I will establish
my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for
an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. 17:8 And
I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the
land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
17:9 And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and
thy seed after thee throughout their generations. 17:10 This is my covenant, which ye shall
keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised.
17:11 And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your ***; and it shall be a token
of a covenant betwixt me and you. 17:12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised
among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with
money of any foreigner that is not of thy seed. 17:13 He that is born in thy house,
and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall
be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 17:14 And the uncircumcised male who is not
circumcised in the flesh of his ***, that soul shall be cut off from his people;
he hath broken my covenant.
17:15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai,
but Sarah shall her name be. 17:16 And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a
son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples
shall be of her. 17:17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart,
Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety
years old, bear? 17:18 And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!
17:19 And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call
his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his
seed after him. 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed
him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall
he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 17:21 But my covenant will I establish with
Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
17:22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. 17:23 And Abraham
took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with
his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their
*** in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. 17:24 And Abraham was ninety years
old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his ***. 17:25 And Ishmael his
son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his ***. 17:26 In the
selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. 17:27 And all the men of
his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised
with him.
18:1 And Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door
in the heat of the day; 18:2 and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men
stood over against him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and
bowed himself to the earth, 18:3 and said, My lord, if now I have found favor in thy
sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 18:4 let now a little water be fetched,
and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: 18:5 and I will fetch a morsel of
bread, and strengthen ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on: forasmuch as ye are
come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. 18:6 And Abraham hastened
into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead
it, and make cakes. 18:7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good,
and gave it unto the servant; and he hasted to dress it. 18:8 And he took butter, and
milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under
the tree, and they did eat.
18:9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
18:10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh round; and,
lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be
with Sarah after the manner of women. 18:12 And Sarah laughed within herself, saying,
After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 18:13 And Jehovah
said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child,
who am old? 18:14 Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto
thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son. 18:15 Then Sarah denied,
saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
18:16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward ***: and Abraham went with
them to bring them on the way. 18:17 And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which
I do; 18:18 seeing that Abraham had surely become a great and mighty nation, and all
the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 18:19 For I have known him, to the
end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the
way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham
that which he hath spoken of him. 18:20 And Jehovah said, Because the cry of *** and
Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; 18:21 I will go down now, and
see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and
if not, I will know.
18:22 And the men turned from thence, and went toward ***: but Abraham stood yet before
Jehovah. 18:23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with
the wicked? 18:24 Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume
and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? 18:25 That be far from thee
to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should
be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 18:26
And Jehovah said, If I find in *** fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare
all the place for their sake. 18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken
upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes: 18:28 peradventure there shall
lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And
he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five. 18:29 And he spake unto
him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I
will not do it for the forty’s sake. 18:30 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry,
and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will
not do it, if I find thirty there. 18:31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me
to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said,
I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake. 18:32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be
angry, and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shall be found there. And
he said, I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake. 18:33 And Jehovah went his way, as soon
as he had left off communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
19:1 And the two angels came to *** at even; and Lot sat in the gate of ***: and Lot
saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth;
19:2 and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant’s house,
and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way.
And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. 19:3 And he urged them greatly;
and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did
bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. 19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city,
even the men of ***, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people
from every quarter; 19:5 and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men
that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 19:6 And
Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him. 19:7 And he said, I pray
you, my brethren, do not so wickedly. 19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters that have
not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good
in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing, forasmuch as they are come under the shadow
of my roof. 19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to
sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them.
And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door. 19:10 But
the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut to the
door. 19:11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both
small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
19:12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons,
and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of the place:
19:13 for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah:
and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it. 19:14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law,
who married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for Jehovah will destroy
the city. But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that mocked. 19:15 And when the morning
arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters
that are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 19:16 But he lingered;
and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of
his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful unto him; and they brought him forth, and
set him without the city. 19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth
abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in
all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 19:18 And Lot said unto
them, Oh, not so, my lord: 19:19 behold now, thy servant hath found favor in thy sight,
and thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my
life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die: 19:20 behold
now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape thither
(is it not a little one?), and my soul shall live. 19:21 And he said unto him, See, I have
accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which
thou hast spoken. 19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou
be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar. 19:24 Then Jehovah rained
upon *** and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven; 19:25 and
he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and
that which grew upon the ground. 19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and
she became a pillar of salt. 19:27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where
he had stood before Jehovah: 19:28 and he looked toward *** and Gomorrah, and toward
all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke
of a furnace.
19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered
Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities
in which Lot dwelt.
19:30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with
him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
19:31 And the first-born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man
in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: 19:32 come, let us
make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our
father. 19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in,
and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 19:34 And
it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight
with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with
him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 19:35 And they made their father drink wine
that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay
down, nor when she arose. 19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their
father. 19:37 And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the
father of the Moabites unto this day. 19:38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and
called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this
day.
20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh
and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar. 20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is
my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 20:3 But God came to Abimelech
in a dream of the night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, because of
the woman whom thou hast taken. For she is a man’s wife. 20:4 Now Abimelech had not
come near her. And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation? 20:5 Said he
not himself unto me, She is my sister? And she, even she herself said, He is my brother.
In the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this. 20:6 And God
said unto him in the dream, Yea, I know that in the integrity of thy heart thou has done
this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against me. Therefore suffered I thee not
to touch her. 20:7 Now therefore restore the man’s wife. For he is a prophet, and he
shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live. And if thou restore her not, know thou that
thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
20:8 And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all
these things in their ear. And the men were sore afraid. 20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham,
and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? And wherein have I sinned against thee,
that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? Thou hast done deeds unto me
that ought not to be done. 20:10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that
thou hast done this thing? 20:11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of
God is not in this place. And they will slay me for my wife’s sake. 20:12 And moreover
she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother;
and she became my wife: 20:13 and it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from
my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show
unto me. At every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. 20:14 And Abimelech
took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham,
and restored him Sarah his wife. 20:15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before
thee. Dwell where it pleaseth thee. 20:16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given
thy brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for thee a covering of the eyes to all
that are with thee. And in respect of all thou art righted. 20:17 And Abraham prayed
unto God. And God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants. And they bare
children. 20:18 For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech,
because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
21:1 And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
21:2 And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which
God had spoken to him. 21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him,
whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight
days old, as God had commanded him. 21:5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his
son Isaac was born unto him. 21:6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh. Every one
that heareth will laugh with me. 21:7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham,
that Sarah should give children suck? For I have borne him a son in his old age.
21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that
Isaac was weaned. 21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne
unto Abraham, mocking. 21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid
and her son. For the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
21:11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son. 21:12 And God
said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because
of thy handmaid. In all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice. For in Isaac
shall thy seed be called. 21:13 And also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation,
because he is thy seed. 21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread
and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and gave her the
child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
21:15 And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
21:16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot.
For she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him,
and lifted up her voice, and wept. 21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad. And the angel
of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear
not. For God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 21:18 Arise, lift up the lad,
and hold him in thy hand. For I will make him a great nation. 21:19 And God opened her
eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went, and filled the bottle with water, and
gave the lad drink. 21:20 And God was with the lad, and he grew. And he dwelt in the
wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer. 21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness
of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host
spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest. 21:23 Now therefore
swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor
with my son’s son. But according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou
shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 21:24 And Abraham said,
I will swear. 21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s
servants had violently taken away. 21:26 And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this
thing. Neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day. 21:27 And Abraham
took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech. And they two made a covenant. 21:28 And Abraham
set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What
mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? 21:30 And he said, These
seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have
digged this well. 21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they
sware both of them. 21:32 So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. And Abimelech rose up, and
Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 21:33 And
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the
Everlasting God. 21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto
him, Abraham. And he said, Here am I. 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only
son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah. And offer him
there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 22:3
And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ***, and took two of his young
men with him, and Isaac his son. And he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose
up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 22:4 On the third day Abraham lifted
up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide
ye here with the ***, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come again
to you. 22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac
his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. And they went both of them
together. 22:7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father. And he said,
Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood. But where is the lamb for
a burnt-offering? 22:8 And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering,
my son. So they went both of them together.
22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham built the altar
there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar,
upon the wood. 22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay
his son. 22:11 And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham,
Abraham. And he said, Here I am. 22:12 And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither
do thou anything unto him. For now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not
withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and
looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went
and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son. 22:14
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh. As it is said to this day,
In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided. 22:15 And the angel of Jehovah called unto
Abraham a second time out of heaven, 22:16 and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah,
because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, 22:17
that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the
stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore. And thy seed shall possess
the gate of his enemies. 22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed. Because thou hast obeyed my voice. 22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men,
and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
22:20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold,
Milcah, she also hath borne children unto thy brother Nahor. 22:21 Uz his first-born,
and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram. 22:22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash,
and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 22:23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight did Milcah bear
to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. 22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also
bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
23:1 And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years. These were the years
of the life of Sarah. 23:2 And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the
land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 23:3 And Abraham
rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying, 23:4 I am a
stranger and a sojourner with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you,
that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 23:5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham,
saying unto him, 23:6 Hear us, my lord. Thou art a prince of God among us. In the choice
of our sepulchres bury thy dead. None of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but
that thou mayest bury thy dead. 23:7 And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of
the land, even to the children of Heth. 23:8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be
your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron
the son of Zohar, 23:9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which
is in the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you
for a possession of a burying-place. 23:10 Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the
children of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of
Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, 23:11 Nay, my lord, hear
me. The field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee. In the presence
of the children of my people give I it thee. Bury thy dead. 23:12 And Abraham bowed himself
down before the people of the land. 23:13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of
the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me. I will give the
price of the field. Take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. 23:14 And Ephron answered
Abraham, saying unto him, 23:15 My lord, hearken unto me. A piece of land worth four hundred
shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? Bury therefore thy dead. 23:16 And
Abraham hearkened unto Ephron. And Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had
named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money
with the merchant.
23:17 So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field,
and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in
all the border thereof round about, were made sure 23:18 unto Abraham for a possession in
the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah
before Mamre (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. 23:20 And the field, and the
cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place
by the children of Heth.
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