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THE BEST THINGS HAVE BEEN CULMINATED

Zeal to promote the common good, whether it be by devising anything ourselves, or revising that which hath been laboured

by others, deserveth certainly much respect and esteem, but yet findeth but cold entertainment in the world It is welcomedwith suspicion instead of love, and with emulation instead of thanks: and if there be any hole left for cavil to enter, (andcavil, if it do not find a hole, will make one) it is sure to be misconstrued, and in danger to be condemned This will easily

be granted by as many as know story, or have any experience For, was there ever any-projected, that savoured any way ofnewness or renewing, but the same endured many a storm of gainsaying, or opposition? A man would think that Civility,wholesome Laws, learning and eloquence, Synods, and Church-maintenance, (that we speak of no more things of this kind)should be as safe as a Sanctuary, and out of shot, as they say, that no man would lift up the heel, no, nor dog move histongue against the motioners of them For by the first, we are distinguished from brute beasts lead with sensuality; By thesecond, we are bridled and restrained from outrageous behaviour, and from doing of injuries, whether by fraud or byviolence; By the third, we are enabled to inform and reform others, by the light and feeling that we have attained untoourselves; Briefly, by the fourth being brought together to a parley face to face, we sooner compose our differences than bywritings which are endless; And lastly, that the Church be sufficiently provided for, is so agreeable to good reason andconscience, that those mothers are holden to be less cruel, that kill their children as soon as they are born, than those nursingfathers and mothers (wheresoever they be) that withdraw from them who hang upon their breasts (and upon whose breastsagain themselves do hang to receive the Spiritual and sincere milk of the word) livelihood and support fit for their estates.Thus it is apparent, that these things which we speak of, are of most necessary use, and therefore, that none, either withoutabsurdity can speak against them, or without note of wickedness can spurn against them

Yet for all that, the learned know that certain worthy men [Anacharsis with others] have been brought to untimely death fornone other fault, but for seeking to reduce their Countrymen to god order and discipline; and that in some Commonwealths[e.g Locri] it was made a capital crime, once to motion the making of a new Law for the abrogating of an old, though thesame were most pernicious; And that certain [Cato the elder], which would be counted pillars of the State, and patterns ofVirtue and Prudence, could not be brought for a long time to give way to good Letters and refined speech, but bare

themselves as averse from them, as from rocks or boxes of poison; And fourthly, that he was no babe, but a great clerk[Gregory the Divine], that gave forth (and in writing to remain to posterity) in passion peradventure, but yet he gave forth,that he had not seen any profit to come by any Synod, or meeting of the Clergy, but rather the contrary; And lastly, againstChurch-maintenance and allowance, in such sort, as the Ambassadors and messengers of the great King of Kings should befurnished, it is not unknown what a fiction or fable (so it is esteemed, and for no better by the reporter himself [Nauclerus],though superstitious) was devised; Namely, that at such a time as the professors and teachers of Christianity in the Church ofRome, then a true Church, were liberally endowed, a voice forsooth was heard from heaven, saying: Now is poison poureddown into the Church, etc Thus not only as oft as we speak, as one saith, but also as oft as we do anything of note orconsequence, we subject ourselves to everyone’s censure, and happy is he that is least tossed upon tongues; for utterly toescape the snatch of them it is impossible If any man conceit, that this is the lot and portion of the meaner sort only, andthat Princes are privileged by their high estate, he is deceived "As the sword devoureth as well one as the other," as it is inSamuel [2 Sam 11:25], nay as the great Commander charged his soldiers in a certain battle, to strike at no part of the enemy,but at the face; And as the King of Syria commanded his chief Captains to "fight neither with small nor great, save onlyagainst the King of Israel:" [1 Kings 22:31] so it is too true, that Envy striketh most spitefully at the fairest, and at thechiefest David was a worthy Prince, and no man to be compared to him for his first deeds, and yet for as worthy as act as

ever he did (even for bringing back the Ark of God in solemnity) he was scorned and scoffed at by his own wife [2 Sam6:16] Solomon was greater than David, though not in virtue, yet in power: and by his power and wisdom he built a Temple

to the Lord, such a one as was the glory of the land of Israel, and the wonder of the whole world But was that his

magnificence liked of by all? We doubt it Otherwise, why do they lay it in his son’s dish, and call unto him for easing theburden, "Make", say they, "the grievous servitude of thy father, and his sore yoke, lighter?" [1 Kings 12:4] Belike he hadcharged them with some levies, and troubled them with some carriages; Hereupon they raise up a tragedy, and wish in theirheart the Temple had never been built So hard a thing it is to please all, even when we please God best, and do seek toapprove ourselves to every ones conscience

If we will descend to later times, we shall find many the like examples of such kind, or rather unkind acceptance The firstRoman Emperor [C Caesar Plutarch] did never do a more pleasing deed to the learned, nor more profitable to posterity, forconserving the record of times in true supputation; than when he corrected the Calendar, and ordered the year according tothe course of the Sun; and yet this was imputed to him for novelty, and arrogance, and procured to him great obloguy Sothe first Christened Emperor [Constantine] (at the least-wise that openly professed the faith himself, and allowed others to dothe like) for strengthening the Empire at his great charges, and providing for the Church, as he did, got for his labour thename Pupillus, as who would say, a wasteful Prince, that had need of a Guardian or overseer [Aurel Victor] So the bestChristened Emperor [Theodosius], for the love that he bare unto peace, thereby to enrich both himself and his subjects, andbecause he did not see war but find it, was judged to be no man at arms [Zosimus], (though indeed he excelled in feats ofchivalry, and showed so much when he was provoked) and condemned for giving himself to his ease, and to his pleasure To

be short, the most learned Emperor of former times [Justinian], (at the least, the greatest politician) what thanks had he forcutting off the superfluities of the laws, and digesting them into some order and method? This, that he had been blotted bysome to be an Epitomist, that is, one that extinguishes worthy whole volumes, to bring his abridgments into request This isthe measure that hath been rendered to excellent Princes in former times, even, Cum bene facerent, male audire, For theirgood deeds to be evil spoken of Neither is there any likelihood, that envy and malignity died, and were buried with theancient No, no, the reproof of Moses taketh hold of most ages; "You are risen up in your fathers’ stead, and increase ofsinful men." [Num 32:14] "What is that that hath been done? that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under theSun," saith the wiseman: [Ecc 1:9] and S Stephen, "As your fathers did, so do you." [Acts 7:51]

HIS MAJESTY’S CONSTANCY, NOTWITHSTANDING CULMINATION, FOR THE SURVEY OF THE ENGLISHTRANSLATIONS

This, and more to this purpose, His Majesty that now reigneth (and long, and long may he reign, and his offspring forever,

"Himself and children, and children’s always) knew full well, according to the singular wisdom given unto him by God, andthe rare learning and experience that he hath attained unto; namely that whosoever attempteth anything for the public

(especially if it pertain to Religion, and to the opening and clearing of the word of God) the same setteth himself upon astage to be gloated upon by every evil eye, yea, he casteth himself headlong upon pikes, to be gored by every sharp tongue.For he that medleth with men’s Religion in any part, medleth with their custom, nay, with their freehold; and though theyfind no content in that which they have, yet they cannot abide to hear of altering Notwithstanding his Royal heart was notdaunted or discouraged for this that colour, but stood resolute, "as a statue immovable, and an anvil not easy to be beateninto plates," as one [Suidas] saith; he knew who had chosen him to be a Soldier, or rather a Captain, and being assured thatthe course which he intended made for the glory of God, and the building up of his Church, he would not suffer it to bebroken off for whatsoever speeches or practices

It doth certainly belong unto Kings, yea, it doth specially belong unto them, to have care of Religion, yea, it doth speciallybelong unto them, to have care of Religion, yea, to know it aright, yea, to profess it zealously, yea to promote it to theuttermost of their power This is their glory before all nations which mean well, and this will bring unto them a far most

excellent weight of glory in the day of the Lord Jesus For the Scripture saith not in vain, "Them that honor me, I willhonor," [1 Sam 2:30] neither was it a vain word that Eusebius delivered long ago, that piety towards God was the weaponand the only weapon, that both preserved Constantine’s person, and avenged him of his enemies [Eusebius lib 10 cap 8].THE PRAISE OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

But now what piety without truth? what truth (what saving truth) without the word of God? What word of God (whereof wemay be sure) without the Scripture? The Scriptures we are commanded to search John 5:39 Isa 8:20 They are commendedthat searched and studied them Acts 17:11 and 8:28,29 They are reproved that were unskillful in them, or slow to believethem Matt 22:29 Luke 24:25 They can make us wise unto salvation 2 Tim 3:15 If we be ignorant, they will instruct us;

if out of the way, they will bring us home; if out of order, they will reform us; if in heaviness, comfort us; if dull, quicken us;

if cold, inflame us

Tolle, lege; Tolle, lege, Take up and read, take up and read the Scriptures [S August confess lib 8 cap 12], (for unto themwas the direction) it was said unto S Augustine by a supernatural voice "Whatsoever is in the Scriptures, believe me," saiththe same S Augustine, "is high and divine; there is verily truth, and a doctrine most fit for the refreshing of men’s minds,and truly so tempered, that everyone may draw from thence that which is sufficient for him, if he come to draw with adevout and pious mind, as true Religion requireth." [S August de utilitcredendi cap 6] Thus S Augustine and S Jerome:

"Ama scripturas, et amabit te sapientia etc." [S Jerome ad Demetriad] Love the Scriptures, and wisdom will love thee.And S Cyril against Julian; "Even boys that are bred up in the Scriptures, become most religious, etc [S Cyril 7 contraIulianum] But what mention we three or four uses of the Scripture, whereas whatsoever is to be believed or practiced, orhoped for, is contained in them? or three or four sentences of the Fathers, since whosoever is worthy the name of a Father,from Christ’s time downward, hath likewise written not only of the riches, but also of the perfection of the Scripture? "Iadore the fulness of the Scripture," saith Tertullian against Hermogenes [Tertul advers Hermo.] And again, to Apelles anheretic of the like stamp, he saith; "I do not admit that which thou bringest in (or concludest) of thine own (head or store, detuo) without Scripture." [Tertul de carne Christi.] So Saint Justin Martyr before him; "We must know by all means," saith

he, "that it is not lawful (or possible) to learn (anything) of God or of right piety, save only out of the Prophets, who teach us

by divine inspiration." So Saint Basil after Tertullian, "It is a manifest falling way from the Faith, and a fault of presumption,either to reject any of those things that are written, or to bring in (upon the head of them) any of those things that are notwritten We omit to cite to the same effect, S Cyril B of Jerusalem in his 4::Cataches., Saint Jerome against Helvidius,Saint Augustine in his 3::book against the letters of Petilian, and in very many other places of his works Also we forebear

to descend to later Fathers, because we will not weary the reader The Scriptures then being acknowledged to be so full and

so perfect, how can we excuse ourselves of negligence, if we do not study them, of curiosity, if we be not content with them?Men talk much of [an olive bow wrapped about with wood, whereupon did hang figs, and bread, honey in a pot, and oil],how many sweet and goodly things it had hanging on it; of the Philosopher’s stone, that it turned copper into gold; ofCornucopia, that it had all things necessary for food in it, of Panaces the herb, that it was good for diseases, of Catholicon thedrug, that it is instead of all purges; of Vulcan’s armor, that it was an armor of proof against all thrusts, and all blows, etc.Well, that which they falsely or vainly attributed to these things for bodily god, we may justly and with full measure ascribeunto the Scripture, for spiritual It is not only an armor, but also a whole armory of weapons, both offensive and defensive;whereby we may save ourselves and put the enemy to flight It is not an herb, but a tree, or rather a whole paradise of trees

of life, which bring forth fruit every month, and the fruit thereof is for meat, and the leaves for medicine It is not a pot ofManna, or a cruse of oil, which were for memory only, or for a meal’s meat or two, but as it were a shower of heavenlybread sufficient for a whole host, be it never so great; and as it were a whole cellar full of oil vessels; whereby all ournecessities may be provided for, and our debts discharged In a word, it is a Panary of wholesome food, against fenowedtraditions; a Physician’s shop (Saint Basil called it) [S Basil in Psal primum.] of preservatives against poisoned heresies; aPandect of profitable laws, against rebellious spirits; a treasury of most costly jewels, against beggarly rudiments; finally a

fountain of most pure water springing up unto everlasting life And what marvel? The original thereof being from heaven,not from earth; the author being God, not man; the inditer, the holy spirit, not the wit of the Apostles or Prophets; the

Penmen such as were sanctified from the womb, and endued with a principal portion of God’s spirit; the matter, verity, piety,purity, uprightness; the form, God’s word, God’s testimony, God’s oracles, the word of truth, the word of salvation, etc.; theeffects, light of understanding, stableness of persuasion, repentance from dead works, newness of life, holiness, peace, joy inthe holy Ghost; lastly, the end and reward of the study thereof, fellowship with the Saints, participation of the heavenlynature, fruition of an inheritance immortal, undefiled, and that never shall fade away: Happy is the man that delighted in theScripture, and thrice happy that meditateth in it day and night

TRANSLATION NECESSARY

But how shall men meditate in that, which they cannot understand? How shall they understand that which is kept close in anunknown tongue? as it is written, "Except I know the power of the voice, I shall be to him that speaketh, a Barbarian, and hethat speaketh, shall be a Barbarian to me." [1 Cor 14] The Apostle excepteth no tongue; not Hebrew the ancientest, notGreek the most copious, not Latin the finest Nature taught a natural man to confess, that all of us in those tongues which we

do not understand, are plainly deaf; we may turn the deaf ear unto them

The Scythian counted the Athenian, whom he did not understand, barbarous; [Clem Alex 1 Strom.] so the Roman did theSyrian, and the Jew (even S Jerome himself called the Hebrew tongue barbarous, belike because it was strange to so many)[S Jerome Damaso.] so the Emperor of Constantinople [Michael, Theophili fil.] calleth the Latin tongue, barbarous, thoughPope Nicolas do storm at it: [2::Tom Concil ex edit Petri Crab] so the Jews long before Christ called all other nations,Lognazim, which is little better than barbarous Therefore as one complaineth, that always in the Senate of Rome, there wasone or other that called for an interpreter: [Cicero 5::de finibus.] so lest the Church be driven to the like exigent, it is

necessary to have translations in a readiness Translation it is that openeth the window, to let in the light; that breaketh theshell, that we may eat the kernel; that putteth aside the curtain, that we may look into the most Holy place; that removeth thecover of the well, that we may come by the water, even as Jacob rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, by whichmeans the flocks of Laban were watered [Gen 29:10] Indeed without translation into the vulgar tongue, the unlearned arebut like children at Jacob’s well (which is deep) [John 4:11] without a bucket or something to draw with; or as that personmentioned by Isaiah, to whom when a sealed book was delivered, with this motion, "Read this, I pray thee," he was fain tomake this answer, "I cannot, for it is sealed." [Isa 29:11]

THE TRANSLATION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT OUT OF THE HEBREW INTO GREEK

While God would be known only in Jacob, and have his Name great in Israel, and in none other place, while the dew lay onGideon’s fleece only, and all the earth besides was dry; then for one and the same people, which spake all of them thelanguage of Canaan, that is, Hebrew, one and the same original in Hebrew was sufficient [S August lib 12 contra Faustc32] But, when the fulness of time drew near, that the Sun of righteousness, the Son of God should come into the world,whom God ordained to be a reconciliation through faith in his blood, not of the Jew only, but also of the Greek, yea, of allthem that were scattered abroad; then lo, it pleased the Lord to stir up the spirit of a Greek Prince (Greek for descent andlanguage) even of Ptolemy Philadelph King of Egypt, to procure the translating of the Book of God out of Hebrew intoGreek This is the translation of the Seventy Interpreters, commonly so called, which prepared the way for our Saviouramong the Gentiles by written preaching, as Saint John Baptist did among the Jews by vocal For the Grecians being

desirous of learning, were not wont to suffer books of worth to lie moulding in Kings’ libraries, but had many of theirservants, ready scribes, to copy them out, and so they were dispersed and made common Again, the Greek tongue was well

known and made familiar to most inhabitants in Asia, by reason of the conquest that there the Grecians had made, as also bythe Colonies, which thither they had sent For the same causes also it was well understood in many places of Europe, yea,and of Africa too Therefore the word of God being set forth in Greek, becometh hereby like a candle set upon a candlestick,which giveth light to all that are in the house, or like a proclamation sounded forth in the market place, which most menpresently take knowledge of; and therefore that language was fittest to contain the Scriptures, both for the first Preachers ofthe Gospel to appeal unto for witness, and for the learners also of those times to make search and trial by It is certain, thatthat Translation was not so sound and so perfect, but it needed in many places correction; and who had been so sufficient forthis work as the Apostles or Apostolic men? Yet it seemed good to the holy Ghost and to them, to take that which theyfound, (the same being for the greatest part true and sufficient) rather than making a new, in that new world and green age ofthe Church, to expose themselves to many exceptions and cavillations, as though they made a Translations to serve their ownturn, and therefore bearing a witness to themselves, their witness not to be regarded This may be supposed to be somecause, why the Translation of the Seventy was allowed to pass for current Notwithstanding, though it was commendedgenerally, yet it did not fully content the learned, no not of the Jews For not long after Christ, Aquila fell in hand with anew Translation, and after him Theodotion, and after him Symmachus; yea, there was a fifth and a sixth edition, the Authorswhereof were not known [Epiphan de mensur et ponderibus.] These with the Seventy made up the Hexapla and wereworthily and to great purpose compiled together by Origen Howbeit the Edition of the Seventy went away with the credit,and therefore not only was placed in the midst by Origen (for the worth and excellency thereof above the rest, as Epiphaniusgathered) but also was used by the Greek fathers for the ground and foundation of their Commentaries Yea, Epiphaniusabove named doeth attribute so much unto it, that he holdeth the Authors thereof not only for Interpreters, but also forProphets in some respect [S August 2::de dectrin Christian c 15]; and Justinian the Emperor enjoining the Jews hissubjects to use especially the Translation of the Seventy, rendreth this reason thereof, because they were as it were

enlightened with prophetical grace Yet for all that, as the Egyptians are said of the Prophet to be men and not God, andtheir horses flesh and not spirit [Isa 31:3]; so it is evident, (and Saint Jerome affirmeth as much) [S Jerome de optimogenere interpret.] that the Seventy were Interpreters, they were not Prophets; they did many things well, as learned men; butyet as men they stumbled and fell, one while through oversight, another while through ignorance, yea, sometimes they may

be noted to add to the Original, and sometimes to take from it; which made the Apostles to leave them many times, whenthey left the Hebrew, and to deliver the sense thereof according to the truth of the word, as the spirit gave them utterance.This may suffice touching the Greek Translations of the Old Testament

TRANSLATION OUT OF HEBREW AND GREEK INTO LATIN

There were also within a few hundred years after CHRIST, translations many into the Latin tongue: for this tongue also wasvery fit to convey the Law and the Gospel by, because in those times very many Countries of the West, yea of the South,East and North, spake or understood Latin, being made Provinces to the Romans But now the Latin Translations were toomany to be all good, for they were infinite (Latini Interprets nullo modo numerari possunt, saith S Augustine.) [S Augustin

de doctr Christ lib 2 cap II] Again they were not out of the Hebrew fountain (we speak of the Latin Translations of the OldTestament) but out of the Greek stream, therefore the Greek being not altogether clear, the Latin derived from it must needs

be muddy This moved S Jerome a most learned father, and the best linguist without controversy, of his age, or of any thatwent before him, to undertake the translating of the Old Testament, out of the very fountain with that evidence of greatlearning, judgment, industry, and faithfulness, that he had forever bound the Church unto him, in a debt of special

remembrance and thankfulness

THE TRANSLATING OF THE SCRIPTURE INTO THE VULGAR TONGUES

Now through the Church were thus furnished with Greek and Latin Translations, even before the faith of CHRIST was

generally embraced in the Empire; (for the learned know that even in S Jerome’s time, the Consul of Rome and his wifewere both Ethnics, and about the same time the greatest part of the Senate also) [S Jerome Marcell.Zosim] yet for all thatthe godly-learned were not content to have the Scriptures in the Language which they themselves understood, Greek andLatin, (as the good Lepers were not content to fare well themselves, but acquainted their neighbors with the store that Godhad sent, that they also might provide for themselves) [2 Kings 7:9] but also for the behoof and edifying of the unlearnedwhich hungered and thirsted after righteousness, and had souls to be saved as well as they, they provided Translations intothe vulgar for their Countrymen, insomuch that most nations under heaven did shortly after their conversion, hear CHRISTspeaking unto them in their mother tongue, not by the voice of their Minister only, but also by the written word translated Ifany doubt hereof, he may be satisfied by examples enough, if enough will serve the turn First S Jerome saith, Multarumgentium linguis Scriptura ante translata, docet falsa esse quae addita sunt, etc i.e "The Scripture being translated before inthe languages of many Nations, doth show that those things that were added (by Lucian and Hesychius) are false." [S.Jerome praef in 4::Evangel.] So S Jerome in that place The same Jerome elsewhere affirmeth that he, the time was, hadset forth the translation of the Seventy suae linguae hominibus, i.e., for his countrymen of Dalmatia [S Jerome Sophronio.]Which words not only Erasmus doth understand to purport, that S Jerome translated the Scripture into the Dalmatian tongue,but also Sixtus Senensis [Six Sen lib 4], and Alphonsus a‘ Castro [Alphon lb 1 ca 23] (that we speak of no more) men not

to be excepted against by them of Rome, do ingenuously confess as much So, S Chrysostom that lived in S Jerome’s time,giveth evidence with him: "The doctrine of S John [saith he] did not in such sort [as the Philosophers’ did] vanish away: butthe Syrians, Egyptians, Indians, Persians, Ethiopians, and infinite other nations being barbarous people translated it into their[mother] tongue, and have learned to be [true] Philosophers," he meaneth Christians [S Chrysost in Johan cap.I hom.I.]

To this may be added Theodoret, as next unto him, both for antiquity, and for learning

His words be these, "Every Country that is under the Sun, is full of these words (of the Apostles and Prophets) and theHebrew tongue [he meaneth the Scriptures in the Hebrew tongue] is turned not only into the Language of the Grecians, butalso of the Romans, and Egyptians, and Persians, and Indians, and Armenians, and Scythians, and Sauromatians, and brieflyinto all the Languages that any Nation useth [Theodor 5 Therapeut.] So he In like manner, Ulfilas is reported by PaulusDiaconus and Isidor (and before them by Sozomen) to have translated the Scriptures into the Gothic tongue: [P Diacon li.12.] John Bishop of Sevil by Vasseus, to have turned them into Arabic, about the year of our Lord 717; [Vaseus in Chron.Hispan.] Bede by Cistertiensis, to have turned a great part of them into Saxon: Efnard by Trithemius, to have abridged theFrench Psalter, as Beded had done the Hebrew, about the year 800: King Alfred by the said Cistertiensis, to have turned thePsalter into Saxon: [Polydor Virg 5 histor.] Methodius by Aventinus (printed at Ingolstadt) to have turned the Scripturesinto Slavonian: [Aventin lib 4.] Valdo, Bishop of Frising by Beatus Rhenanus, to have caused about that time, the Gospels

to be translated into Dutch rhythm, yet extant in the Library of Corbinian: [Circa annum 900 B Rhenan rerum German lib2.] Valdus, by divers to have turned them himself into French, about the year 1160: Charles the Fifth of that name,

surnamed the Wise, to have caused them to be turned into French, about 200 years after Valdus his time, of which translationthere be many copies yet extant, as witnesseth Beroaldus Much about that time, even in our King Richard the second’sdays, John Trevisa translated them into English, and many English Bibles in written hand are yet to be seen with divers,translated as it is very probable, in that age So the Syrian translation of the New Testament is in most learned men’s

Libraries, of Widminstadius his setting forth, and the Psalter in Arabic is with many, of Augustinus Nebiensis’ setting forth

So Postel affirmeth, that in his travel he saw the Gospels in the Ethiopian tongue; And Ambrose Thesius allegeth the Pslater

of the Indians, which he testifieth to have been set forth by Potken in Syrian characters So that, to have the Scriptures in themother tongue is not a quaint conceit lately taken up, either by the Lord Cromwell in England, [Thuan.] or by the LordRadevile in Polony, or by the Lord Ungnadius in the Emperor’s dominion, but hath been thought upon, and put in practice ofold, even from the first times of the conversion of any Nation; no doubt, because it was esteemed most profitable, to causefaith to grow in men’s hearts the sooner, and to make them to be able to say with the words of the Psalms, "As we haveheard, so we have seen." [Ps 48:8]

THE UNWILLINGNESS OF OUR CHIEF ADVERSARIES, THAT THE SCRIPTURES SHOULD BE DIVULGED INTHE MOTHER TONGUE, ETC.

Now the Church of Rome would seem at the length to bear a motherly affection towards her children, and to allow them theScriptures in their mother tongue: but indeed it is a gift, not deserving to be called a gift, an unprofitable gift: [Sophecles]they must first get a licence in writing before they may use them, and to get that, they must approve themselves to theirConfessor, that is, to be such as are, if not frozen in the dregs, yet soured with the leaven of their superstition Howbeit, itseemed too much to Clement the Eighth that there should be any Licence granted to have them in the vulgar tongue, andtherefore he overruleth and frustrateth the grant of Pius the Fourth [See the observation (set forth by Clemen His authority)upon the 4 rule of Pius the 4 his making in the index, lib prohib pag 15 ver 5.] So much are they afraid of the light ofthe Scripture, (Lucifugae Scripturarum, as Tertulian speaketh) that they will not trust the people with it, no not as it is setforth by their own sworn men, no not with the Licence of their own Bishops and Inquisitors Yea, so unwilling they are tocommunicate the Scriptures to the people’s understanding in any sort, that they are not ashamed to confess, that we forcedthem to translate it into English against their wills This seemeth to argue a bad cause, or a bad conscience, or both

Sure we are, that it is not he that hath good gold, that is afraid to bring it to the touchstone, but he that hath the counterfeit;[Tertul de resur carnis.] neither is it the true man that shunneth the light, but the malefactor, lest his deeds should bereproved [John 3:20]: neither is it the plaindealing Merchant that is unwilling to have the weights, or the meteyard brought inplace, but he that useth deceit But we will let them alone for this fault, and return to translation

THE SPEECHES AND REASONS, BOTH OF OUR BRETHREN, AND OF OUR ADVERSARIES AGAINST THISWORK

Many men’s mouths have been open a good while (and yet are not stopped) with speeches about the Translation so long inhand, or rather perusals of Translations made before: and ask what may be the reason, what the necessity of the

employment: Hath the Church been deceived, say they, all this while? Hath her sweet bread been mingled with leaven, heresilver with dross, her wine with water, her milk with lime? (Lacte gypsum male miscetur, saith S Ireney,) [S Iren 3 lib.cap 19.] We hoped that we had been in the right way, that we had the Oracles of God delivered unto us, and that though allthe world had cause to be offended and to complain, yet that we had none Hath the nurse holden out the breast, and nothingbut wind in it? Hath the bread been delivered by the fathers of the Church, and the same proved to be lapidosus, as Senecaspeaketh? What is it to handle the word of God deceitfully, if this be not? Thus certain brethren Also the adversaries ofJudah and Jerusalem, like Sanballat in Nehemiah, mock, as we hear, both the work and the workmen, saying; "What do theseweak Jews, etc will they make the stones whole again out of the heaps of dust which are burnt? although they build, yet if afox go up, he shall even break down their stony wall." [Neh 4:3] Was their Translation good before? Why do they nowmend it? Was it not good? Why then was it obtruded to the people? Yea, why did the Catholics (meaning Popish

Romanists) always go in jeopardy, for refusing to go to hear it? Nay, if it must be translated into English, Catholics arefittest to do it They have learning, and they know when a thing is well, they can manum de tabula We will answer themboth briefly: and the former, being brethren, thus, with S Jerome, "Damnamus veteres? Mineme, sed post priorum studia indomo Domini quod possums laboramus." [S Jerome Apolog advers Ruffin.] That is, "Do we condemn the ancient? In nocase: but after the endeavors of them that were before us, we take the best pains we can in the house of God." As if he said,Being provoked by the example of the learned men that lived before my time, I have thought it my duty, to assay whether

my talent in the knowledge of the tongues, may be profitable in any measure to God’s Church, lest I should seem to laboured

in them in vain, and lest I should be thought to glory in men, (although ancient,) above that which was in them Thus S.Jerome may be thought to speak

A SATISFACTION TO OUR BRETHREN

And to the same effect say we, that we are so far off from condemning any of their labors that travailed before us in thiskind, either in this land or beyond sea, either in King Henry’s time, or King Edward’s (if there were any translation, orcorrection of a translation in his time) or Queen Elizabeth’s of ever renowned memory, that we acknowledge them to havebeen raised up of God, for the building and furnishing of his Church, and that they deserve to be had of us and of posterity ineverlasting remembrance The judgment of Aristotle is worthy and well known: "If Timotheus had not been, we had not hadmuch sweet music; but if Phrynis [Timotheus his master] had not been, we had not had Timotheus." Therefore blessed bethey, and most honoured be their name, that break the ice, and giveth onset upon that which helpeth forward to the saving ofsouls Now what can be more available thereto, than to deliver God’s book unto God’s people in a tongue which theyunderstand? Since of a hidden treasure, and of a fountain that is sealed, there is no profit, as Ptolemy Philadelph wrote to theRabbins or masters of the Jews, as witnesseth Epiphanius: [S Epiphan loco ante citato.] and as S Augustine saith; "A manhad rather be with his dog than with a stranger (whose tongue is strange unto him)." [S Augustin lib 19 de civil Dei c 7.]Yet for all that, as nothing is begun and perfected at the same time, and the later thoughts are thought to be the wiser: so, if

we building upon their foundation that went before us, and being holpen by their labours, do endeavor to make that betterwhich they left so good; no man, we are sure, hath cause to mislike us; they, we persuade ourselves, if they were alive,would thank us The vintage of Abienzer, that strake the stroke: yet the gleaning of grapes of Ephraim was not to be

despised See Judges 8:2 Joash the king of Israel did not satisfy himself, till he had smitten the ground three times; and yet

he offended the Prophet, for giving over then [2 Kings 13:18-19] Aquila, of whom we spake before, translated the Bible ascarefully, and as skilfully as he could; and yet he thought good to go over it again, and then it got the credit with the Jews, to

be called accurately done, as Saint Jerome witnesseth [S Jerome in Ezech cap 3.] How many books of profane learninghave been gone over again and again, by the same translators, by others? Of one and the same book of Aristotle’s Ethics,there are extant not so few as six or seven several translations Now if this cost may be bestowed upon the gourd, whichaffordeth us a little shade, and which today flourisheth, but tomorrow is cut down; what may we bestow, nay what ought wenot to bestow upon the Vine, the fruit whereof maketh glad the conscience of man, and the stem whereof abideth forever?And this is the word of God, which we translate "What is the chaff to the wheat, saith the Lord?" [Jer 23:28] Tanti vitreum,quanti verum margaritum (saith Tertullian,) [Tertul ad Martyr.] if a toy of glass be of that reckoning with us, how ought we

to value the true pearl? [Jerome ad Salvin.] Therefore let no man’s eye be evil, because his Majesty’s is good; neither letany be grieved, that we have a Prince that seeketh the increase of the spiritual wealth of Israel (let Sanballats and Tobiahs do

so, which therefore do bear their just reproof) but let us rather bless God from the ground of our heart, for working thisreligious care in him, to have the translations of the Bible maturely considered of and examined For by this means it

cometh to pass, that whatsoever is sound already (and all is sound for substance, in one or other of our editions, and theworst of ours far better than their authentic vulgar) the same will shine as gold more brightly, being rubbed and polished;also, if anything be halting, or superfluous, or not so agreeable to the original, the same may be corrected, and the truth set inplace And what can the King command to be done, that will bring him more true honour than this? and wherein could theythat have been set a work, approve their duty to the King, yea their obedience to God, and love to his Saints more, than byyielding their service, and all that is within them, for the furnishing of the work? But besides all this, they were the principalmotives of it, and therefore ought least to quarrel it: for the very Historical truth is, that upon the importunate petitions of thePuritans, at his Majesty’s coming to this Crown, the Conference at Hampton Court having been appointed for hearing theircomplaints: when by force of reason they were put from other grounds, they had recourse at the last, to this shift, that theycould not with good conscience subscribe to the Communion book, since it maintained the Bible as it was there translated,which was as they said, a most corrupted translation And although this was judged to be but a very poor and empty shift; yeteven hereupon did his Majesty begin to bethink himself of the good that might ensue by a new translation, and presentlyafter gave order for this Translation which is now presented unto thee Thus much to satisfy our scrupulous Brethren

AN ANSWER TO THE IMPUTATIONS OF OUR ADVERSARIES

Now to the latter we answer; that we do not deny, nay we affirm and avow, that the very meanest translation of the Bible inEnglish, set forth by men of our profession, (for we have seen none of theirs of the whole Bible as yet) containeth the word

of God, nay, is the word of God As the King’s speech, which he uttereth in Parliament, being translated into French, Dutch,Italian, and Latin, is still the King’s speech, though it be not interpreted by every Translator with the like grace, nor

peradventure so fitly for phrase, nor so expressly for sense, everywhere For it is confessed, that things are to take theirdenomination of the greater part; and a natural man could say, Verum ubi multa nitent in carmine, non ego paucis offendormaculis, etc [Horace.] A man may be counted a virtuous man, though he have made many slips in his life, (else, there werenone virtuous, for in many things we offend all) [James 3:2] also a comely man and lovely, though he have some warts uponhis hand, yea, not only freckles upon his face, but also scars No cause therefore why the word translated should be denied

to be the word, or forbidden to be current, notwithstanding that some imperfections and blemishes may be noted in thesetting forth of it For whatever was perfect under the Sun, where Apostles or Apostolic men, that is, men endued with anextraordinary measure of God’s spirit, and privileged with the privilege of infallibility, had not their hand? The Romaniststherefore in refusing to hear, and daring to burn the Word translated, did no less than despite the spirit of grace, from whomoriginally it proceeded, and whose sense and meaning, as well as man’s weakness would enable, it did express Judge by anexample or two Plutarch writeth, that after that Rome had been burnt by the Gauls, they fell soon to build it again: butdoing it in haste, they did not cast the streets, nor proportion the houses in such comely fashion, as had been most slightlyand convenient; [Plutarch in Camillo.] was Catiline therefore an honest man, or a good patriot, that sought to bring it to acombustion? or Nero a good Prince, that did indeed set it on fire? So, by the story of Ezra, and the prophecy of Haggai itmay be gathered, that the Temple built by Zerubbabel after the return from Babylon, was by no means to be compared to theformer built by Solomon (for they that remembered the former, wept when they considered the latter) [Ezra 3:12]

notwithstanding, might this latter either have been abhorred and forsaken by the Jews, or profaned by the Greeks? The like

we are to think of Translations The translation of the Seventy dissenteth from the Original in many places, neither doth itcome near it, for perspicuity, gravity, majesty; yet which of the Apostles did condemn it? Condemn it? Nay, they used it, (as

it is apparent, and as Saint Jerome and most learned men do confess) which they would not have done, nor by their example

of using it, so grace and commend it to the Church, if it had been unworthy of the appellation and name of the word of God.And whereas they urge for their second defence of their vilifying and abusing of the English Bibles, or some pieces thereof,which they meet with, for that heretics (forsooth) were the Authors of the translations, (heretics they call us by the same rightthat they call themselves Catholics, both being wrong) we marvel what divinity taught them so We are sure Tertullian was

of another mind: Ex personis probamus fidem, an ex fide personas? [Tertul de praescript contra haereses.] Do we trymen’s faith by their persons? we should try their persons by their faith Also S Augustine was of another mind: for helighting upon certain rules made by Tychonius a Donatist, for the better understanding of the word, was not ashamed tomake use of them, yea, to insert them into his own book, with giving commendation to them so far forth as they were worthy

to be commended, as is to be seen in S Augustine’s third book De doctrina Christiana [S August 3 de doct Christ cap.30.] To be short, Origen, and the whole Church of God for certain hundred years, were of another mind: for they were so farfrom treading under foot, (much more from burning) the Translation of Aquila a Proselyte, that is, one that had turned Jew;

of Symmachus, and Theodotion, both Ebionites, that is, most vile heretics, that they joined together with the Hebrew

Original, and the Translation of the Seventy (as hath been before signified out of Epiphanius) and set them forth openly to beconsidered of and perused by all But we weary the unlearned, who need not know so much, and trouble the learned, whoknow it already

Yet before we end, we must answer a third cavil and objection of theirs against us, for altering and amending our

Translations so oft; wherein truly they deal hardly, and strangely with us For to whomever was it imputed for a fault (bysuch as were wise) to go over that which he had done, and to amend it where he saw cause? Saint Augustine was not afraid

to exhort S Jerome to a Palinodia or recantation; [S Aug Epist 9.] and doth even glory that he seeth his infirmities [S.Aug Epist 8.] If we be sons of the Truth, we must consider what it speaketh, and trample upon our own credit, yea, andupon other men’s too, if either be any way an hindrance to it This to the cause: then to the persons we say, that of all menthey ought to be most silent in this case For what varieties have they, and what alterations have they made, not only of theirService books, Portesses and Breviaries, but also of their Latin Translation? The Service book supposed to be made by S.Ambrose (Officium Ambrosianum) was a great while in special use and request; but Pope Hadrian calling a Council with theaid of Charles the Emperor, abolished it, yea, burnt it, and commanded the Service book of Saint Gregory universally to beused [Durand lib 5 cap 2.] Well, Officium Gregorianum gets by this means to be in credit, but doth it continue withoutchange or altering? No, the very Roman Service was of two fashions, the New fashion, and the Old, (the one used in oneChurch, the other in another) as is to be seen in Pamelius a Romanist, his Preface, before Micrologus the same Pameliusreporteth out Radulphus de Rivo, that about the year of our Lord, 1277, Pope Nicolas the Third removed out of the Churches

of Rome, the more ancient books (of Service) and brought into use the Missals of the Friers Minorites, and commanded them

to be observed there; insomuch that about an hundred years after, when the above name Radulphus happened to be at Rome,

he found all the books to be new, (of the new stamp) Neither were there this chopping and changing in the more ancienttimes only, but also of late: Pius Quintus himself confesseth, that every Bishopric almost had a peculiar kind of service,most unlike to that which others had: which moved him to abolish all other Breviaries, though never so ancient, and

privileged and published by Bishops in their Dioceses, and to establish and ratify that only which was of his own settingforth, in the year 1568 Now when the father of their Church, who gladly would heal the sore of the daughter of his peoplesoftly and slightly, and make the best of it, findeth so great fault with them for their odds and jarring; we hope the childrenhave no great cause to vaunt of their uniformity But the difference that appeareth between our Translations, and our oftencorrecting of them, is the thing that we are specially charged with; let us see therefore whether they themselves be withoutfault this way, (if it be to be counted a fault, to correct) and whether they be fit men to throw stones at us: O tandem maiorparcas insane minori: they that are less sound themselves, out not to object infirmities to others [Horat.] If we should tellthem that Valla, Stapulensis, Erasmus, and Vives found fault with their vulgar Translation, and consequently wished thesame to be mended, or a new one to be made, they would answer peradventure, that we produced their enemies for witnessesagainst them; albeit, they were in no other sort enemies, than as S Paul was to the Galatians, for telling them the truth [Gal4:16]: and it were to be wished, that they had dared to tell it them plainlier and oftener But what will they say to this, thatPope Leo the Tenth allowed Erasmus’ Translation of the New Testament, so much different from the vulgar, by his

Apostolic Letter and Bull; that the same Leo exhorted Pagnine to translate the whole Bible, and bare whatsoever charges wasnecessary for the work? [Sixtus Senens.] Surely, as the Apostle reasoneth to the Hebrews, that if the former Law and

Testament had been sufficient, there had been no need of the latter: [Heb 7:11 and 8:7] so we may say, that if the old vulgarhad been at all points allowable, to small purpose had labour and charges been undergone, about framing of a new If theysay, it was one Pope’s private opinion, and that he consulted only himself; then we are able to go further with them, and toaver, that more of their chief men of all sorts, even their own Trent champions Paiva and Vega, and their own Inquisitors,Hieronymus ab Oleastro, and their own Bishop Isidorus Clarius, and their own Cardinal Thomas a Vio Caietan, do eithermake new Translations themselves, or follow new ones of other men’s making, or note the vulgar Interpreter for halting;none of them fear to dissent from him, nor yet to except against him And call they this an uniform tenor of text and

judgment about the text, so many of their Worthies disclaiming the now received conceit? Nay, we will yet come nearer thequick: doth not their Paris edition differ from the Lovaine, and Hentenius his from them both, and yet all of them allowed byauthority? Nay, doth not Sixtus Quintus confess, that certain Catholics (he meaneth certain of his own side) were in such anhumor of translating the Scriptures into Latin, that Satan taking occasion by them, though they thought of no such matter, didstrive what he could, out of so uncertain and manifold a variety of Translations, so to mingle all things, that nothing mightseem to be left certain and firm in them, etc.? [Sixtus 5 praefat fixa Bibliis.] Nay, further, did not the same Sixtus ordain by

an inviolable decree, and that with the counsel and consent of his Cardinals, that the Latin edition of the old and new

Testament, which the Council of Trent would have to be authentic, is the same without controversy which he then set forth,

being diligently corrected and printed in the Printinghouse of Vatican? Thus Sixtus in his Preface before his Bible And yetClement the Eighth his immediate successor, published another edition of the Bible, containing in it infinite differences fromthat of Sixtus, (and many of them weighty and material) and yet this must be authentic by all means What is to have thefaith of our glorious Lord JESUS CHRIST with Yea or Nay, if this be not? Again, what is sweet harmony and consent, ifthis be? Therefore, as Demaratus of Corinth advised a great King, before he talked of the dissensions of the Grecians, tocompose his domestic broils (for at that time his Queen and his son and heir were at deadly feud with him) so all the whilethat our adversaries do make so many and so various editions themselves, and do jar so much about the worth and authority

of them, they can with no show of equity challenge us for changing and correcting

THE PURPOSE OF THE TRANSLATORS, WITH THEIR NUMBER, FURNITURE, CARE, ETC

But it is high time to leave them, and to show in brief what we proposed to ourselves, and what course we held in this ourperusal and survey of the Bible Truly (good Christian Reader) we never thought from the beginning, that we should need tomake a new Translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one, (for then the imputation of Sixtus had been true in somesort, that our people had been fed with gall of Dragons instead of wine, with whey instead of milk:) but to make a good onebetter, or out of many good ones, one principal good one, not justly to be excepted against; that hath been our endeavor, thatour mark To that purpose there were many chosen, that were greater in other men’s eyes than in their own, and that soughtthe truth rather than their own praise Again, they came or were thought to come to the work, not exercendi causa (as onesaith) but exercitati, that is, learned, not to learn: For the chief overseer and [NOTE: Greek letters omitted] under hisMajesty, to whom not only we, but also our whole Church was much bound, knew by his wisdom, which thing also

Nazianzen taught so long ago, that it is a preposterous order to teach first and to learn after, yea that [NOTE: Greek lettersomitted] to learn and practice together, is neither commendable for the workman, nor safe for the work [Idem in Apologet.]Therefore such were thought upon, as could say modestly with Saint Jerome, Et Hebreaeum Sermonem ex parte didicimus,

et in Latino pene ab ipsis incunabulis etc detriti sumus "Both we have learned the Hebrew tongue in part, and in the Latin

we have been exercised almost from our very cradle." S Jerome maketh no mention of the Greek tongue, wherein yet he didexcel, because he translated not the old Testament out of Greek, but out of Hebrew And in what sort did these assemble? Inthe trust of their own knowledge, or of their sharpness of wit, or deepness of judgment, as it were in an arm of flesh? At nohand They trusted in him that hath the key of David, opening and no man shutting; they prayed to the Lord the Father of ourLord, to the effect that S Augustine did; "O let thy Scriptures be my pure delight, let me not be deceived in them, neither let

me deceive by them." [S Aug lib II Confess cap 2.] In this confidence, and with this devotion did they assemble

together; not too many, lest one should trouble another; and yet many, lest many things haply might escape them If you askwhat they had before them, truly it was the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, the Greek of the New These are the twogolden pipes, or rather conduits, where-through the olive branches empty themselves into the gold Saint Augustine calleththem precedent, or original tongues; [S August 3 de doctr c 3 etc.] Saint Jerome, fountains [S Jerome ad Suniam etFretel.] The same Saint Jerome affirmeth, [S Jerome ad Lucinium, Dist 9 ut veterum.] and Gratian hath not spared to put itinto his Decree, That "as the credit of the old Books" (he meaneth of the Old Testament) "is to be tried by the HebrewVolumes, so of the New by the Greek tongue," he meaneth by the original Greek If truth be tried by these tongues, thenwhence should a Translation be made, but out of them? These tongues therefore, the Scriptures we say in those tongues, weset before us to translate, being the tongues wherein God was pleased to speak to his Church by the Prophets and Apostles.Neither did we run over the work with that posting haste that the Septuagint did, if that be true which is reported of them,that they finished it in 72 days; [Joseph Antiq lib 12.] neither were we barred or hindered from going over it again, havingonce done it, like S Jerome, if that be true which himself reporteth, that he could no sooner write anything, but presently itwas caught from him, and published, and he could not have leave to mend it: [S Jerome ad Pammac pro libr advers.Iovinian.] neither, to be short, were we the first that fell in hand with translating the Scripture into English, and consequentlydestitute of former helps, as it is written of Origen, that he was the first in a manner, that put his hand to write Commentaries

upon the Scriptures, [Sophoc in Elect.] and therefore no marvel, if he overshot himself many times None of these things:the work hath not been huddled up in 72 days, but hath cost the workmen, as light as it seemeth, the pains of twice seventimes seventy two days and more:

matters of such weight and consequence are to be speeded with maturity: for in a business of movement a man feareth notthe blame of convenient slackness [S Chrysost in II Thess cap 2.] Neither did we think much to consult the Translators orCommentators, Chaldee, Hebrew, Syrian, Greek or Latin, no nor the Spanish, French, Italian, or Dutch; neither did wedisdain to revise that which we had done, and to bring back to the anvil that which we had hammered: but having and using

as great helps as were needful, and fearing no reproach for slowness, nor coveting praise for expedition, we have at length,through the good hand of the Lord upon us, brought the work to that pass that you see

REASONS MOVING US TO SET DIVERSITY OF SENSES IN THE MARGIN, WHERE THERE IS GREAT

PROBABILITY FOR EACH

Some peradventure would have no variety of senses to be set in the margin, lest the authority of the Scriptures for deciding

of controversies by that show of uncertainty, should somewhat be shaken But we hold their judgment not to be sound inthis point For though, "whatsoever things are necessary are manifest," as S Chrysostom saith, [S Chrysost in II Thess.cap 2.] and as S Augustine, "In those things that are plainly set down in the Scriptures, all such matters are found thatconcern Faith, Hope, and Charity [S Aug 2 de doctr Christ cap 9.] Yet for all that it cannot be dissembled, that partly toexercise and whet our wits, partly to wean the curious from the loathing of them for their everywhere plainness, partly also

to stir up our devotion to crave the assistance of God’s spirit by prayer, and lastly, that we might be forward to seek aid ofour brethren by conference, and never scorn those that be not in all respects so complete as they should be, being to seek inmany things ourselves, it hath pleased God in his divine providence, here and there to scatter words and sentences of thatdifficulty and doubtfulness, not in doctrinal points that concern salvation, (for in such it hath been vouched that the

Scriptures are plain) but in matters of less moment, that fearfulness would better beseem us than confidence, and if we willresolve upon modesty with S Augustine, (though not in this same case altogether, yet upon the same ground) Melius estdebitare de occultis, quam litigare de incertis, [S Aug li S de Genes ad liter cap 5.] "it is better to make doubt of thosethings which are secret, than to strive about those things that are uncertain." There be many words in the Scriptures, which

be never found there but once, (having neither brother or neighbor, as the Hebrews speak) so that we cannot be holpen byconference of places

Again, there be many rare names of certain birds, beasts and precious stones, etc concerning the Hebrews themselves are sodivided among themselves for judgment, that they may seem to have defined this or that, rather because they would saysomething, than because they were sure of that which they said, as S Jerome somewhere saith of the Septuagint Now insuch a case, doth not a margin do well to admonish the Reader to seek further, and not to conclude or dogmatize upon this orthat peremptorily? For as it is a fault of incredulity, to doubt of those things that are evident: so to determine of such things

as the Spirit of God hath left (even in the judgment of the judicious) questionable, can be no less than presumption

Therefore as S Augustine saith, that variety of Translations is profitable for the finding out of the sense of the Scriptures: [S.Aug 2 De doctr Christian cap 14.] so diversity of signification and sense in the margin, where the text is no so clear, mustneeds do good, yea, is necessary, as we are persuaded We know that Sixtus Quintus expressly forbiddeth, that any variety

of readings of their vulgar edition, should be put in the margin, [Sixtus 5 praef Bibliae.] (which though it be not altogetherthe same thing to that we have in hand, yet it looketh that way) but we think he hath not all of his own side his favorers, forthis conceit They that are wise, had rather have their judgments at liberty in differences of readings, than to be captivated toone, when it may be the other If they were sure that their high Priest had all laws shut up in his breast, as Paul the Secondbragged, [Plat in Paulo secundo.] and that he were as free from error by special privilege, as the Dictators of Rome weremade by law inviolable, it were another matter; then his word were an Oracle, his opinion a decision But the eyes of the

world are now open, God be thanked, and have been a great while, they find that he is subject to the same affections andinfirmities that others be, that his skin is penetrable, and therefore so much as he proveth, not as much as he claimeth, theygrant and embrace.

REASONS INDUCING US NOT TO STAND CURIOUSLY UPON AN IDENTITY OF PHRASING

Another things we think good to admonish thee of (gentle Reader) that we have not tied ourselves to an uniformity ofphrasing, or to an identity of words, as some peradventure would wish that we had done, because they observe, that somelearned men somewhere, have been as exact as they could that way Truly, that we might not vary from the sense of thatwhich we had translated before, if the word signified that same in both places (for there be some words that be not the samesense everywhere) we were especially careful, and made a conscience, according to our duty But, that we should expressthe same notion in the same particular word; as for example, if we translate the Hebrew or Greek word once by PURPOSE,never to call it INTENT; if one where JOURNEYING, never TRAVELING; if one where THINK, never SUPPOSE; if onewhere PAIN, never ACHE; if one where JOY, never GLADNESS, etc Thus to mince the matter, we thought to savour more

of curiosity than wisdom, and that rather it would breed scorn in the Atheist, than bring profit to the godly Reader For is thekingdom of God to become words or syllables? why should we be in bondage to them if we may be free, use one preciselywhen we may use another no less fit, as commodiously? A godly Father in the Primitive time showed himself greatlymoved, that one of newfangledness called [NOTE: Greek omitted but was a dispute over the word for "a bed"] [Niceph.Calist lib.8 cap.42.] though the difference be little or none; and another reporteth that he was much abused for turning

"Cucurbita" (to which reading the people had been used) into "Hedera" [S Jerome in 4 Ionae See S Aug: epist 10.] Now

if this happens in better times, and upon so small occasions, we might justly fear hard censure, if generally we should makeverbal and unnecessary changings We might also be charged (by scoffers) with some unequal dealing towards a greatnumber of good English words For as it is written of a certain great Philosopher, that he should say , that those logs werehappy that were made images to be worshipped; for their fellows, as good as they, lay for blocks behind the fire: so if weshould say, as it were, unto certain words, Stand up higher, have a place in the Bible always, and to others of like quality,Get ye hence, be banished forever, we might be taxed peradventure with S James his words, namely, "To be partial inourselves and judges of evil thoughts." Add hereunto, that niceness in words was always counted the next step to trifling,and so was to be curious about names too: also that we cannot follow a better pattern for elocution than God himself;therefore he using divers words, in his holy writ, and indifferently for one thing in nature: [see Euseb li 12 ex Platon.] we,

if we will not be superstitious, may use the same liberty in our English versions out of Hebrew and Greek, for that copy orstore that he hath given us Lastly, we have on the one side avoided the scrupulosity of the Puritans, who leave the oldEcclesiastical words, and betake them to other, as when they put WASHING for BAPTISM, and CONGREGATION instead

of CHURCH: as also on the other side we have shunned the obscurity of the Papists, in their AZIMES, TUNIKE,

RATIONAL, HOLOCAUSTS, PRAEPUCE, PASCHE, and a number of such like, whereof their late Translation is full, andthat of purpose to darken the sense, that since they must needs translate the Bible, yet by the language thereof, it may be keptfrom being understood But we desire that the Scripture may speak like itself, as in the language of Canaan, that it may beunderstood even of the very vulgar

Many other things we might give thee warning of (gentle Reader) if we had not exceeded the measure of a Preface already

It remaineth, that we commend thee to God, and to the Spirit of his grace, which is able to build further than we can ask orthink He removeth the scales from our eyes, the vail from our hearts, opening our wits that we may understand his word,enlarging our hearts, yea correcting our affections, that we may love it to the end Ye are brought unto fountains of livingwater which ye digged not; do not cast earth into them with the Philistines, neither prefer broken pits before them with thewicked Jews [Gen 26:15 Jer 2:13.] Others have laboured, and you may enter into their labours; O receive not so greatthings in vain, O despise not so great salvation! Be not like swine to tread under foot so precious things, neither yet like dogs

to tear and abuse holy things Say not to our Saviour with the Gergesites, Depart out of our coast [Matt 8:34]; neither yetwith Esau sell your birthright for a mess of pottage [Heb 12:16] If light be come into the world, love not darkness morethan light; if food, if clothing be offered, go not naked, starve not yourselves Remember the advice of Nazianzene, "It is agrievous thing" (or dangerous) "to neglect a great fair, and to seek to make markets afterwards: also the encouragement of S.Chrysostom, "It is altogether impossible, that he that is sober" (and watchful) "should at any time be neglected:" [S.

Chrysost in epist ad Rom cap 14 oral 26.] Lastly, the admonition and menacing of S Augustine, "They that despiseGod’s will inviting them, shall feel God’s will taking vengeance of them." [S August ad artic sibi falso object Artic 16.]

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God; [Heb 10:31] but a blessed thing it is, and will bring us to

everlasting blessedness in the end, when God speaketh unto us, to hearken; when he setteth his word before us, to read it;when he stretcheth out his hand and calleth, to answer, Here am I, here we are to do thy will, O God The Lord work a careand conscience in us to know him and serve him, that we may be acknowledged of him at the appearing of our Lord JesusChrist, to whom with the holy Ghost, be all praise and thanksgiving

Amen

Old Testament

The First Book of Moses, called Genesis

{1:1} In the beginning God created the heaven and the

earth {1:2} And the earth was without form, 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

the evening and the morning were the first 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 the evening and the

morning were the second day

{1:9} And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be

gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land]

appear: and it was so {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 bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and]

the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in

itself, upon the earth: and it was so {1:12} And the earth

brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind,

and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after

his kind: and God saw that [it was] good {1:13} And the

evening and the morning were the third day

{1:14} And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament

of the 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 the

heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so {1:16}

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the

day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars

also {1:17} And God set them in the firmament of the

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 the

evening and the morning were the fourth day {1:20} And

God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving

creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the

earth in the open firmament of heaven {1:21} And God

created great whales, and every living creature that moveth,

which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind,

and every winged fowl after his 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

fowl multiply in the earth {1:23} And the evening and the

morning were the fifth day

{1:24} And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living

creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast

of the earth after his kind: and it was so {1:25} And God

made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after

their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after

his 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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle,

and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing thatcreepeth upon the earth {1:27} So God created man in his[own] image, in the image of God created he him; male andfemale created he them {1:28} And God blessed them, andGod said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenishthe earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish ofthe sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every livingthing that moveth upon the earth

{1:29} And God said, Behold, I have given you everyherb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth,and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yieldingseed; to you it shall be for meat {1:30} And to every beast

of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thingthat creepeth upon the earth, wherein [there is] life, [I havegiven] every green herb for meat: and it was so {1:31} AndGod saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was]very good And the evening and the morning were the sixthday

{2:1} Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, andall the host of them {2:2} And on the seventh day Godended his work which he had made; and he rested on theseventh day from all his work which he had made {2:3}And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: becausethat in it he had rested from all his work which God createdand made

{2:4} These [are] the generations of the heavens and ofthe earth when they were created, in the day that the LORDGod made the earth and the heavens, {2:5} And every plant

of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of thefield before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it torain upon the earth, and [there was] not a man to till theground {2:6} But there went up a mist from the earth, andwatered the whole face of the ground {2:7} And the LORDGod formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathedinto his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a livingsoul

{2:8} And the LORD God planted a garden eastward inEden; and there he put the man whom he had formed {2:9}And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow everytree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree

of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree ofknowledge of good and evil {2:10} And a river went out ofEden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted,and became into four heads {2:11} The name of the first[is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land ofHavilah, where [there is] gold; {2:12} And the gold of thatland [is] good: there [is] bdellium and the onyx stone.{2:13} And the name of the second river [is] Gihon: thesame [is] it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.{2:14} And the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel: that[is] it which goeth toward the east of Assyria And thefourth river [is] Euphrates {2:15} And the LORD God tookthe man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and

to keep it {2:16} And the LORD 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 thereofthou shalt surely die

{2:18} And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that theman should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.{2:19} And out of the ground the LORD God formed everybeast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought[them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: andwhatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was]

the name thereof {2:20} And Adam gave names to all

cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the

field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for

him {2:21} And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall

upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and

closed up the flesh instead thereof; {2:22} And the rib,

which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a

woman, and brought her unto the man {2:23} And Adam

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 subtil than any beast of

the field which the LORD God had made And he said unto

the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every

tree of the garden?

{3:2} And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat

of the fruit of the trees of the garden: {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 gods, knowing good and evil {3:6} And when the

woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it

[was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make

[one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and

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

the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day:

and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of

the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden {3:9} And

the LORD God called unto Adam, 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 the

LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou

hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me,

and I did eat {3:14} And the LORD God said unto the

serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed

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; it shall bruise

thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel {3:16} Unto the

woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy

conception; in sorrow 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 sorrow 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 Adam called his wife’s name Eve;

because she was the mother of all living {3:21} Unto Adam

also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins,and clothed them {3:22} And the LORD God said, Behold,the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: andnow, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree oflife, and eat, and live for ever: {3:23} Therefore the LORDGod sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till theground from whence he was taken {3:24} So he drove outthe man; and he placed at the east of the garden of EdenCherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, tokeep the way of the tree of life

{4:1} And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived,and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from theLORD {4:2} And she again bare his brother Abel AndAbel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of theground {4:3} And in process of time it came to pass, thatCain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto theLORD {4:4} And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings ofhis flock and of the fat thereof And the LORD had respectunto Abel and to his offering: {4:5} But unto Cain and tohis offering he had not respect And Cain was very wroth,and his countenance fell {4:6} And the LORD said untoCain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenancefallen? {4:7} If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted?and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door And untothee [shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule over him {4:8}And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass,when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abelhis brother, and slew him

{4:9} And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thybrother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother’skeeper? {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 [art] thou cursed from the earth, whichhath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood fromthy hand; {4:12} When thou tillest the ground, it shall nothenceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and avagabond shalt thou be in the earth {4:13} And Cain saidunto the LORD, My punishment [is] greater than I can bear.{4:14} Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from theface of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall

be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come

to pass, [that] every one that findeth me shall slay me.{4:15} And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoeverslayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding himshould kill him

{4:16} And Cain went out from the presence of theLORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.{4:17} And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, andbare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name ofthe city, after the name of his son, Enoch {4:18} And untoEnoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: andMehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael 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 asdwell in tents, and [of such as have] cattle {4:21} And hisbrother’s name [was] Jubal: he was the father of all such ashandle the harp and organ {4:22} And Zillah, she also bareTubal- cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron:and the sister of Tubal-cain [was] Naamah {4:23} AndLamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear myvoice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for Ihave slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to myhurt {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 God, [said she,] hath

appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain

slew {4:26} And to Seth, to him also there was born a son;

and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon

the name of the LORD

{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 an 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 had

begotten 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 an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: {5:7} And

Seth lived after he begat Enos 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 Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:

{5:10} And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred

and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: {5:11} And

all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and

he died

{5:12} And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat

Mahalaleel: {5:13} And Cainan lived after he begat

Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons

and daughters: {5:14} And all the days of Cainan were nine

hundred and ten years: and he died

{5:15} And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and

begat Jared: {5:16} And Mahalaleel lived after he begat

Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and

daughters: {5:17} And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight

hundred ninety and five years: and he died

{5:18} And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years,

and he 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 an 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 an hundred eighty and two

years, and begat a son: {5:29} And he called his name

Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our

work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the

LORD 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} AndNoah 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 earth, and daughters were born unto them,{6:2} That the sons of God saw the daughters of men thatthey [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which theychose {6:3} And the LORD said, My spirit shall not alwaysstrive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall

be an hundred and twenty years {6:4} There were giants inthe earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons ofGod came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare[children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which[were] of old, men of renown

{6:5} And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was]great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of thethoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually {6:6} And

it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth,and it grieved him at his heart {6:7} And the LORD said, Iwill destroy man whom I have created from the face of theearth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and thefowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.{6:8} But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.{6:9} These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was ajust man [and] perfect in his generations, [and] Noahwalked with God {6:10} And Noah begat three sons,Shem, Ham, and Japheth {6:11} The earth also was corruptbefore God, and the earth was filled with violence {6:12}And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt;for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth {6:13}And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is comebefore me; for the earth is filled with violence throughthem; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.{6:14} Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shaltthou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and withoutwith pitch {6:15} And this [is the fashion] which thou shaltmake it [of:] The length of the ark [shall be] three hundredcubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of itthirty cubits {6:16} A window shalt thou make to the ark,and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of theark shalt thou set in the side thereof; [with] lower, second,and third [stories] shalt thou make it {6:17} And, behold, I,even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroyall flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life, from under heaven;[and] every thing that [is] in the earth shall die {6:18} Butwith thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt comeinto the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’wives with thee {6:19} And of every living thing of allflesh, two of every [sort] shalt thou bring into the ark, tokeep [them] alive with thee; they shall be male and female.{6:20} Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after theirkind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his 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, andthou shalt gather [it] to thee; and it shall be for food forthee, and for them {6:22} Thus did Noah; according to allthat God commanded him, so did he

{7:1} And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and allthy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before

me in this generation {7:2} Of every clean beast thou shalttake to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and ofbeasts that [are] not clean by two, the male and his female.{7:3} Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and thefemale; 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 substance

that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the

earth {7:5} And Noah did according unto all that the

LORD 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 fowls, and of every thing that creepeth

upon the earth, {7:9} There went in two and two unto Noah

into the ark, the male and the female, as God had

commanded Noah {7:10} And it came to pass after 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, the seventeenth day of the month, 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 his kind, and all the cattle after their kind,

and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after

his kind, and every fowl after his 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 had commanded him: and the LORD 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 lift up

above the earth {7:18} And the waters prevailed, and were

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 hills, 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 of fowl, and of cattle, and of

beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the

earth, and every man: {7:22} All in whose nostrils [was] the

breath of life, of all that [was] in the dry [land,] died {7:23}

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon

the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the

creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were

destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained [alive,]

and they that [were] with him in the ark {7:24} And the

waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days

{8:1} And God remembered Noah, and every living thing,

and all the cattle that [was] with him in the ark: and God

made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters

asswaged; {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 the hundred and fifty

days the waters were abated {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, which went forth to and

fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth {8:8}

Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters wereabated from off the face of the ground; {8:9} But the dovefound no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned untohim into the ark, for the waters [were] on the face of thewhole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, andpulled her in unto him into the ark {8:10} And he stayedyet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out ofthe ark; {8:11} And the dove came in to him in the evening;and, lo, in her mouth [was] an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noahknew that the waters were abated from off the earth {8:12}And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove;which returned not again unto him any more

{8:13} And it came to pass in the six hundredth and firstyear, in the first [month,] the first [day] of the month, thewaters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removedthe covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face ofthe ground was dry {8:14} And in the second month, on theseven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.{8:15} And God spake unto Noah, saying, {8:16} Goforth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thysons’ wives with thee {8:17} Bring forth with thee everyliving thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, [both] of fowl,and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth uponthe earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and

be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth {8:18} And Noahwent forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wiveswith him: {8:19} Every beast, every creeping thing, andevery fowl, [and] whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, aftertheir kinds, went forth out of the ark

{8:20} And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; andtook of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, andoffered burnt offerings on the altar {8:21} And the LORDsmelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, Iwill not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake;for the imagination of man’s heart [is] evil from his youth;neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as Ihave done {8:22} While the earth remaineth, seedtime andharvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and dayand night shall not cease

{9:1} And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said untothem, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.{9:2} And the fear of you and the dread of you shall beupon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of theair, upon all that moveth [upon] the earth, and upon all thefishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered {9:3}Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even

as the green herb have I given you all things {9:4} Butflesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall

ye not eat {9:5} And surely your blood of your lives will Irequire; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and atthe hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will Irequire the life of man {9:6} Whoso sheddeth man’s blood,

by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of Godmade 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 withhim, saying, {9:9} And I, behold, I establish my covenantwith you, and with your seed after you; {9:10} And withevery living creature that [is] with you, of the fowl, of thecattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that

go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth {9:11} And Iwill establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh

be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shallthere 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 of the ark,

were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of

Canaan {9:19} These [are] the three sons of Noah: and of

them was the whole earth overspread {9:20} And Noah

began [to be] an husbandman, and he 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 younger 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] the

LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant

{9:27} God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the

tents of Shem; and Canaan shall 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, 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} By these were the isles of the Gentiles 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

Phut, and Canaan {10:7} And the sons of Cush; Seba, and

Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the

sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan {10:8} And Cush begat

Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth {10:9}

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is

said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD

{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 went forth Asshur, and builded

Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, {10:12} And

Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same [is] a great

city {10:13} And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and

Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, {10:14} And Pathrusim, and

Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim

{10:15} And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

{10:16} And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the

Girgasite, {10:17} And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and theSinite, {10:18} And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and theHamathite: and afterward were the families of theCanaanites spread abroad {10:19} And the border of theCanaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, untoGaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, andAdmah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha {10:20} These [are]the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, intheir countries, [and] in their nations

{10:21} Unto Shem also, the father of all the children ofEber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were[children] born {10:22} The children of Shem; Elam, andAsshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram {10:23} Andthe children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.{10:24} And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.{10:25} And unto Eber were born two sons: the name ofone [was] Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; andhis brother’s name [was] Joktan {10:26} And Joktan begatAlmodad, and Sheleph, and Hazar-maveth, and Jerah,{10:27} And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, {10:28} AndObal, and Abimael, and Sheba, {10:29} And Ophir, andHavilah, and Jobab: all these [were] the sons of Joktan.{10:30} And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goestunto Sephar a mount of the east {10:31} These [are] thesons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, intheir lands, after their nations {10:32} These [are] thefamilies of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in theirnations: and by these were the nations divided in the earthafter the flood

{11:1} And the whole earth was of one language, and ofone speech {11:2} And it came to pass, as they journeyedfrom the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar;and they dwelt there {11:3} And they said one to another,

Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly And theyhad brick for stone, and slime had they for morter {11:4}And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower,whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us aname, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of thewhole earth {11:5} And the LORD came down to see thecity and the tower, which the children of men builded.{11:6} And the LORD said, Behold, the people [is] one,and they have all one language; and this they begin to do:and now nothing will be restrained from them, which theyhave imagined to do {11:7} Go to, let us go down, andthere confound their language, that they may not understandone another’s speech {11:8} So the LORD scattered themabroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and theyleft off to build the city {11:9} Therefore is the name of itcalled Babel; because the LORD did there confound thelanguage of all the earth: and from thence did the LORDscatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth

{11:10} These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [was]

an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years afterthe flood: {11:11} And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxadfive hundred years, and begat sons and daughters {11:12}And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:{11:13} And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah fourhundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.{11:14} And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:{11:15} And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundredand three years, and begat sons and daughters {11:16} AndEber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: {11:17}And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirtyyears, and begat sons and daughters {11:18} And Peleglived thirty years, and begat Reu: {11:19} And Peleg livedafter 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 an 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} But 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 the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out

of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s

house, unto a land that I will shew thee: {12:2} And I will

make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make

thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: {12:3} And I

will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth

thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed

{12:4} So Abram departed, as the LORD 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 Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh And the Canaanite

[was] then in the land {12:7} And the LORD appeared unto

Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and

there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared

unto him {12:8} And he removed from thence unto a

mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent,

[having] Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there

he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the

name of the LORD {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]

grievous 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} Therefore it shall come to pass, when

the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall 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 my soul shall 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} The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and

commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was takeninto Pharaoh’s house {12:16} And he entreated Abram wellfor her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, andmenservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.{12:17} And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his housewith 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] mysister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: nowtherefore behold thy wife, take [her,] and go thy way.{12:20} And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerninghim: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that hehad

{13:1} And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and hiswife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.{13:2} And Abram [was] very rich in cattle, in silver, and ingold {13:3} And he went on his journeys from the southeven to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at thebeginning, between Bethel and Hai; {13:4} Unto the place

of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and thereAbram called on the name of the LORD

{13:5} And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks,and herds, and tents {13:6} And the land was not able tobear them, that they might dwell together: for theirsubstance was great, so that they could not dwell together.{13:7} And there was a strife between the herdmen ofAbram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and theCanaanite and the Perizzite dwelled 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 herdmen and thyherdmen; for we [be] brethren {13:9} [Is] not the wholeland 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 depart] to the right hand, then I will go to the left.{13:10} And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain

of Jordan, that it [was] well watered every where, before theLORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [even] as thegarden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comestunto Zoar {13:11} Then Lot chose him all the plain ofJordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separatedthemselves the one from the other {13:12} Abram dwelled

in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of theplain, and pitched [his] tent toward Sodom {13:13} But themen of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners before the LORDexceedingly

{13:14} And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lotwas separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and lookfrom the place where thou art northward, and southward,and eastward, and westward: {13:15} For all the land whichthou 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]shall thy seed also be numbered {13:17} Arise, walkthrough the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it;for I will give it unto thee {13:18} 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.{14:1} And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king

of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king ofElam, and Tidal king of nations; {14:2} [That these] madewar with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king ofGomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king ofZeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar {14:3} Allthese were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which 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 Rephaims in

Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims

in Shaveh Kiriathaim, {14:6} And the Horites in their

mount Seir, unto El-paran, which [is] by the wilderness

{14:7} And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which

[is] Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites,

and also the Amorites that dwelt in Hazezon- tamar {14:8}

And there went out the king of Sodom, 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

joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; {14:9} With

Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of

nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of

Ellasar; four kings with five {14:10} And the vale of

Siddim [was full of] slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and

Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to

the mountain {14:11} And they took all the goods of

Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their

way {14:12} And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son,

who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed

{14:13} And there came one that had escaped, and told

Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain 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 armed his

trained [servants,] born in his own house, three hundred and

eighteen, and pursued [them] unto Dan {14:15} And he

divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night,

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 again his brother Lot, and

his goods, and the women also, and the people

{14:17} And the king of Sodom went out to meet him

after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of

the kings that [were] with him, at the valley of Shaveh,

which [is] the king’s dale {14:18} And Melchizedek king

of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he [was] the

priest of the most high God {14:19} And he blessed him,

and said, Blessed [be] Abram of the most high God,

possessor of heaven and earth: {14:20} And blessed be the

most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy

hand And he gave him tithes of all {14:21} And the king

of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take

the goods to thyself {14:22} And Abram said to the king of

Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most

high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, {14:23} That I

will not [take] from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I

will not take any thing 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 which

went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their

portion

{15:1} After these things the word of the LORD came

unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy

shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward {15:2} And

Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go

childless, and the steward of my house is this 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 the LORD [came]

unto him, saying, This 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 tell the stars, if thou be able tonumber them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.{15:6} And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it tohim for righteousness {15:7} And he said unto him, I [am]the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, togive thee this land to inherit it {15:8} And he said, LordGOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? {15:9}And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old,and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three yearsold, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon {15:10} And hetook unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, andlaid each piece one against another: but the birds divided henot {15:11} And when the fowls came down upon thecarcases, Abram drove them away {15:12} And when thesun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo,

an horror of great darkness fell upon him {15:13} And hesaid unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be astranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them;and they shall afflict them four hundred years; {15:14} Andalso that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: andafterward shall they come out with great substance {15:15}And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt beburied in a good old age {15:16} But in the fourthgeneration they shall come hither again: for the iniquity ofthe Amorites [is] not yet full {15:17} And it came to pass,that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold asmoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed betweenthose pieces {15:18} In the same day the LORD made acovenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I giventhis land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, theriver Euphrates: {15:19} The Kenites, and the Kenizzites,and the Kadmonites, {15:20} And the Hittites, and thePerizzites, and the Rephaims, {15:21} And the Amorites,and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.{16:1} Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children:and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name [was]Hagar {16:2} And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, theLORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go inunto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her.And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai {16:3} AndSarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, afterAbram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gaveher to her husband Abram 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 wasdespised in her eyes {16:5} And Sarai said unto Abram,

My wrong [be] upon thee: I have given my maid into thybosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I wasdespised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.{16:6} But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid [is] inthy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee And when Sarai dealthardly with her, she fled from her face

{16:7} And the angel of the LORD found her by afountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in theway to Shur {16:8} And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid,whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And shesaid, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai {16:9} Andthe angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress,and submit thyself under her hands {16:10} And the angel

of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seedexceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.{16:11} And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold,thou [art] with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call hisname Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.{16:12} And he will be a wild man; his hand [will be]against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and

he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren {16:13}

And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her,

Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also 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

his son’s name, which 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,

the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the

Almighty God; 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 a

father of many nations {17:5} Neither shall thy name any

more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for

a father of many 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 in 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

wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an

everlasting possession; and I will be their God

{17:9} And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my

covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their

generations {17:10} This [is] my covenant, which ye shall

keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every

man child among you shall be circumcised {17:11} And ye

shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a

token of the covenant betwixt me and you {17:12} And he

that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every

man child in your generations, he that is born in the house,

or bought with money of any stranger, which [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 man child whose flesh of

his foreskin is not circumcised, 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 give thee a

son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be [a

mother] of nations; kings of people 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 an hundred

years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

{17:18} And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might

live before thee! {17:19} And God said, Sarah thy wife

shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name

Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an

everlasting covenant, [and] with 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, which 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 thatwere born in his house, and all that were bought with hismoney, every male among the men of Abraham’s house;and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsameday, 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 foreskin {17:25} And Ishmael his son[was] thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in theflesh of his foreskin {17:26} In the selfsame day wasAbraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son {17:27} And allthe men of his house, born in the house, and bought withmoney of the stranger, were circumcised with him

{18:1} And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains ofMamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;{18:2} And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, threemen stood by him: and when he saw [them,] he ran to meetthem from the tent door, and bowed himself toward theground, {18:3} And said, My Lord, if now I have foundfavour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thyservant: {18:4} Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, andwash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: {18:5}And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye yourhearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come

to your servant And they said, So do, as thou hast said.{18:6} And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, andsaid, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal,knead [it,] and make cakes upon the hearth {18:7} AndAbraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender andgood, and gave [it] unto a young man; and he hasted todress it {18:8} And he took butter, and milk, and the calfwhich 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 thywife? And he said, Behold, in the tent {18:10} And he said,

I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life;and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son And Sarah heard[it] in the tent door, which [was] behind him {18:11} NowAbraham and Sarah [were] old [and] well stricken in age;[and] it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.{18:12} Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying,After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord beingold also? {18:13} And the LORD said unto Abraham,Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear achild, which am old? {18:14} Is any thing too hard for theLORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee,according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.{18:15} Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for shewas afraid And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh

{18:16} And the men rose up from thence, and lookedtoward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them

on the way {18:17} And the LORD said, Shall I hide fromAbraham that thing which I do; {18:18} Seeing thatAbraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation,and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?{18:19} For I know him, that he will command his childrenand his household after him, and they shall keep the way ofthe LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD maybring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.{18:20} And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom andGomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;{18:21} I will go down now, and see whether they havedone altogether according to the cry of it, which is comeunto me; and if not, I will know {18:22} And the menturned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: butAbraham stood yet before the LORD {18:23} AndAbraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the

righteous with the wicked? {18:24} Peradventure there be

fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy 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: and that 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 the LORD

said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I

will spare all the place for their sakes {18:27} And

Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken

upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [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, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy

[it ]{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 forty’s sake {18:30} And he said [unto

him,] 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 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 ten’s sake {18:33} And the

LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing

with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place

{19:1} And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and

Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing [them] rose up

to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward

the ground; {19:2} And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn

in, 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 ways And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the

street all night {19:3} And he pressed upon 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 Sodom, compassed the house round, both

old and young, all the people from every quarter: {19:5}

And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where [are]

the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out

unto us, that we may know them {19:6} And Lot went out

at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, {19:7}

And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly {19:8}

Behold now, I have two daughters which 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; for therefore came they under the shadow of my

roof {19:9} And they said, Stand back And they said

[again,] 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 came near to break the door {19:10} But the men put

forth their hand, and pulled 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

whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring [them] out of this

place: {19:13} For we will destroy this place, because the

cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD;

and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it {19:14} And Lot

went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married hisdaughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for theLORD will destroy this city But he seemed as one thatmocked unto his sons in law

{19:15} And when the morning arose, then the angelshastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy twodaughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in theiniquity of the city {19:16} And while he lingered, the menlaid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, andupon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD beingmerciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set himwithout the city

{19:17} And it came to pass, when they had brought themforth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look notbehind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to themountain, lest thou be consumed {19:18} And Lot saidunto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: {19:19} Behold now, thyservant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hastmagnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me insaving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lestsome evil take me, and I die: {19:20} Behold now, this city

is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escapethither, ([is] it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.{19:21} And he said unto him, See, I have accepted theeconcerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow thiscity, for the which thou hast spoken {19:22} Haste thee,escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be comethither Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.{19:23} The sun was risen upon the earth when Lotentered into Zoar {19:24} Then the LORD rained uponSodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from theLORD out of heaven; {19:25} And he overthrew thosecities, 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, andshe became a pillar of salt

{19:27} And Abraham gat up early in the morning to theplace where he stood before the LORD: {19:28} And helooked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all theland of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of thecountry went up as the smoke of a furnace

{19:29} And it came to pass, when God destroyed thecities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sentLot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrewthe cities in the which Lot dwelt

{19:30} And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in themountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared todwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his twodaughters {19:31} And the firstborn said unto the younger,Our father [is] old, and [there is] not a man in the earth tocome in unto us after the manner of all the earth: {19:32}Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will liewith him, that we may preserve seed of our father {19:33}And they made their father drink wine that night: and thefirstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceivednot when she lay down, nor when she arose {19:34} And itcame to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto theyounger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let usmake 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 nightalso: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he

perceived 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 firstborn 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 Benammi: the same [is] the father of

the children of Ammon unto this day

{20:1} And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the

south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and

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 by night, and said to him, Behold, thou [art but] a

dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she [is]

a man’s wife {20:4} But Abimelech had not come near her:

and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

{20:5} Said he not unto me, She [is] my sister? and she,

even she herself said, He [is] my brother: in the integrity of

my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this

{20:6} And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that

thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also

withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I

thee not to touch her {20:7} Now therefore restore the man

[his] 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} Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and

called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears:

and the men were sore afraid {20:9} Then Abimelech

called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done

unto us? and what have I offended 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 yet

indeed [she is] my sister; she [is] 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 shew 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

menservants, and womenservants, 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, he [is] to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all

that [are] with thee, and with all [other:] thus she was

reproved

{20:17} So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed

Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they

bare [children ]{20:18} For the LORD had fast closed up

all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah

Abraham’s wife

{21:1} And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and

the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken {21:2} For

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 being eight days old, as God had

commanded him {21:5} And Abraham was an hundred

years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him

{21:6} And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [sothat] all that hear will laugh with me {21:7} And she said,Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah shouldhave given children suck? for I have born [him] a son in hisold age {21:8} And the child grew, and was weaned: andAbraham made a great feast the [same] day that Isaac wasweaned

{21:9} And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian,which she had born unto Abraham, mocking {21:10}Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out thisbondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwomanshall not be heir with my son, [even] with Isaac {21:11}And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sightbecause of his son

{21:12} And God said unto Abraham, Let it not begrievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thybondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearkenunto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called {21:13}And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation,because he [is] thy seed {21:14} And Abraham rose upearly in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water,and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, andthe child, and sent her away: and she departed, andwandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba {21:15} And thewater was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child underone of the shrubs {21:16} And she went, and sat her downover against [him] a good way off, as it were a bowshot: forshe said, Let me not see the death of the child And she satover against [him,] and lift up her voice, and wept {21:17}And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of Godcalled Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileththee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of thelad where he [is ]{21:18} Arise, lift up the lad, and holdhim in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.{21:19} And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well ofwater; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, andgave the lad drink {21:20} And God was with the lad; and

he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.{21:21} And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and hismother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt

{21:22} And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelechand Phichol the chief captain of his host spake untoAbraham, saying, God [is] with thee in all that thou doest:{21:23} Now therefore swear unto me here by God thatthou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, norwith my son’s son: [but] according to the kindness that Ihave done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the landwherein thou hast sojourned {21:24} And Abraham said, Iwill swear {21:25} And Abraham reproved Abimelechbecause of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants hadviolently taken away {21:26} And Abimelech said, I wotnot who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me,neither yet heard I [of it,] but to day {21:27} And Abrahamtook sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; andboth of them made a covenant {21:28} And Abraham setseven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves {21:29} AndAbimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean] these sevenewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? {21:30} And

he said, For [these] seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of myhand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have diggedthis well {21:31} Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them {21:32} Thusthey made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose

up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and theyreturned into the land of the Philistines

{21:33} And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beer-sheba,

and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting

God {21:34} And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’

land many days

{22:1} And it came to pass after these things, that God did

tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said,

Behold, [here] I [am ]{22:2} And he said, Take now thy

son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, 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 up early in the morning, and

saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him,

and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering,

and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told

him {22:4} Then 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 ass; and I and

the lad will go yonder and 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 the fire in his

hand, and a 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, My son, God

will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they

went both of them together {22:9} And they came to the

place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an

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 the LORD called unto

him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he

said, Here [am] I {22:12} And he said, Lay not thine hand

upon the lad, neither do thou any thing 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 a 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 the LORD it shall be seen

{22:15} And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham

out of heaven the second time, {22:16} And said, By myself

have I sworn, saith the LORD, for 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

heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; 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 hath also born

children unto thy brother Nahor; {22:21} Huz his firstborn,

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 Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother {22:24}

And his concubine, whose name [was] Reumah, she bare

also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah

{23:1} And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twentyyears old: [these were] the years of the life of Sarah {23:2}And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same [is] Hebron in theland of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and

to weep for her

{23:3} And Abraham stood up from before his dead, andspake unto the sons of Heth, saying, {23:4} I [am] astranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of aburyingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of mysight {23:5} And the children of Heth answered Abraham,saying unto him, {23:6} Hear us, my lord: thou [art] amighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchresbury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee hissepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead {23:7} AndAbraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of theland, [even] to the children of Heth {23:8} And hecommuned with them, saying, If it be your mind that Ishould bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreatfor me to Ephron the son of Zohar, {23:9} That he may give

me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which [is] in theend of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shallgive it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.{23:10} And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: andEphron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of thechildren of Heth, [even] of all that went in at the gate of hiscity, saying, {23:11} Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give Ithee, and the cave that [is] therein, I give it thee; in thepresence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thydead {23:12} And Abraham bowed down himself beforethe 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 give it,] I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee moneyfor 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: the land [is worth] fourhundred shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me andthee? bury therefore thy dead {23:16} And Abrahamhearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephronthe silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons

of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current [money]with the merchant

{23:17} And the field of Ephron, which [was] inMachpelah, which [was] before Mamre, the field, and thecave which [was] therein, and all the trees that [were] in thefield, that [were] in all the borders round about, were madesure {23:18} Unto Abraham for a possession in thepresence of the children of Heth, before all that went in atthe gate of his city {23:19} And after this, Abraham buriedSarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah beforeMamre: the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan.{23:20} And the field, and the cave that [is] therein, weremade sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace

by the sons of Heth

{24:1} And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age:and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things {24:2}And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, thatruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under

my thigh: {24:3} And I will make thee swear by the LORD,the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shaltnot take a wife unto my son of the daughters of theCanaanites, among whom I dwell: {24:4} But thou shalt gounto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto

my son Isaac {24:5} And the servant said unto him,Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow meunto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto theland from whence thou camest? {24:6} And Abraham said

unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither

again

{24:7} The LORD God of heaven, which took me from

my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and

which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto

thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before

thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence

{24:8} And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee,

then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not

my son thither again {24:9} And the servant put his hand

under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him

concerning that matter

{24:10} And the servant took ten camels of the camels of

his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master

[were] in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia,

unto the city of Nahor {24:11} And he made his camels to

kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of

the evening, [even] the time that women go out to draw

[water ]{24:12} And he said, O LORD God of my master

Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and

shew kindness unto my master Abraham {24:13} Behold, I

stand [here] by the well of water; and the daughters of the

men of the city come out to draw water: {24:14} And let it

come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down

thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say,

Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: [let the same

be] she [that] thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and

thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto

my master

{24:15} And it came to pass, before he had done

speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to

Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s

brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder {24:16} And

the damsel [was] very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither

had any man known her: and she went down to the well,

and filled her pitcher, and came up {24:17} And the

servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink

a little water of thy pitcher {24:18} And she said, Drink,

my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her

hand, and gave him drink {24:19} And when she had done

giving him drink, she said, I will draw [water] for thy

camels also, until they have done drinking {24:20} And she

hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran

again unto the well to draw [water,] and drew for all his

camels {24:21} And the man wondering at her held his

peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey

prosperous or not {24:22} And it came to pass, as the

camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden

earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her

hands of ten [shekels] weight of gold; {24:23} And said,

Whose daughter [art] thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there

room [in] thy father’s house for us to lodge in? {24:24} And

she said unto him, I [am] the daughter of Bethuel the son of

Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor {24:25} She said

moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender

enough, and room to lodge in {24:26} And the man bowed

down his head, and worshipped the LORD {24:27} And he

said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of my master Abraham,

who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his

truth: I [being] in the way, the LORD led me to the house of

my master’s brethren {24:28} And the damsel ran, and told

[them of] her mother’s house these things

{24:29} And Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was]

Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well

{24:30} And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and

bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard thewords of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the manunto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood

by the camels at the well {24:31} And he said, Come in,thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thouwithout? for I have prepared the house, and room for thecamels

{24:32} And the man came into the house: and heungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for thecamels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that[were] with him {24:33} And there was set [meat] beforehim to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mineerrand And he said, Speak on {24:34} And he said, I [am]Abraham’s servant {24:35} And the LORD hath blessed

my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hathgiven him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, andmenservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.{24:36} And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to mymaster when she was old: and unto him hath he given allthat he hath {24:37} And my master made me swear,saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of thedaughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: {24:38}But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to mykindred, and take a wife unto my son {24:39} And I saidunto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow

me {24:40} And he said unto me, The LORD, beforewhom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thyway; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred,and of my father’s house: {24:41} Then shalt thou be clearfrom [this] my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and

if they give not thee [one,] thou shalt be clear from my oath.{24:42} And I came this day unto the well, and said, OLORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper

my way which I go; {24:43} Behold, I stand by the well ofwater; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgincometh forth to draw [water,] and I say to her, Give me, Ipray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink; {24:44} Andshe say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thycamels: [let] the same [be] the woman whom the LORDhath appointed out for my master’s son {24:45} And before

I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah cameforth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went downunto the well, and drew [water:] and I said unto her, Let medrink, I pray thee {24:46} And she made haste, and letdown her pitcher from her [shoulder,] and said, Drink, and Iwill give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she madethe camels drink also {24:47} And I asked her, and said,Whose daughter [art] thou? And she said, The daughter ofBethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and Iput the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon herhands {24:48} And I bowed down my head, andworshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of mymaster Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take

my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son {24:49} Andnow if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me:and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to theleft {24:50} Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said,The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speakunto thee bad or good {24:51} Behold, Rebekah [is] beforethee, take [her,] and go, and let her be thy master’s son’swife, as the LORD hath spoken {24:52} And it came topass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, heworshipped the LORD, [bowing himself] to the earth.{24:53} And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, andjewels of gold, and raiment, and gave [them] to Rebekah: hegave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.{24:54} And they did eat and drink, he and the men that[were] with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in

the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

{24:55} And her brother and her mother said, Let the

damsel abide with us [a few] days, at the least ten; after that

she shall go {24:56} And he said unto them, Hinder me

not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me

away that I may go to my master {24:57} And they said,

We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth {24:58}

And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go

with this man? And she said, I will go {24:59} And they

sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and

Abraham’s servant, and his men {24:60} And they blessed

Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art] our sister, be thou

[the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed

possess the gate of those which hate them

{24:61} And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they

rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the

servant took Rebekah, and went his way {24:62} And Isaac

came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the

south country {24:63} And Isaac went out to meditate in

the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw,

and, behold, the camels [were] coming {24:64} And

Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she

lighted off the camel {24:65} For she [had] said unto the

servant, What man [is] this that walketh in the field to meet

us? And the servant [had] said, It [is] my master: therefore

she took a vail, and covered herself {24:66} And the

servant told Isaac all things that he had done {24:67} And

Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took

Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and

Isaac was comforted after his mother’s [death

]{25:1} Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name

[was] Keturah {25:2} And she bare him Zimran, and

Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah

{25:3} And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan And the sons

of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim

{25:4} And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and

Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah All these [were] the

children of Keturah

{25:5} And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac

{25:6} But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham

had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his

son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country

{25:7} And these [are] the days of the years of Abraham’s

life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years

{25:8} Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good

old age, an old man, and full [of years;] and was gathered to

his people {25:9} And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried

him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son

of Zohar the Hittite, which [is] before Mamre; {25:10} The

field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there

was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife

{25:11} And it came to pass after the death of Abraham,

that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well

Lahai-roi

{25:12} Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael,

Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s

handmaid, bare unto Abraham: {25:13} And these [are] the

names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to

their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and

Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, {25:14} And Mishma, and

Dumah, and Massa, {25:15} Hadar, and Tema, Jetur,

Naphish, and Kedemah: {25:16} These [are] the sons of

Ishmael, and these [are] their names, by their towns, and by

their castles; twelve princes according to their nations

{25:17} And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, anhundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up theghost and died; and was gathered unto his people {25:18}And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is] beforeEgypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: [and] he died in thepresence of all his brethren

{25:19} And these [are] the generations of Isaac,Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac: {25:20} And Isaacwas forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, thedaughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister toLaban the Syrian {25:21} And Isaac intreated the LORDfor his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD wasintreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived {25:22}And the children struggled together within her; and she said,

If [it be] so, why [am] I thus? And she went to enquire ofthe LORD {25:23} And the LORD said unto her, Twonations [are] in thy womb, and two manner of people shall

be separated from thy bowels; and [the one] people shall bestronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall servethe younger

{25:24} And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled,behold, [there were] twins in her womb {25:25} And thefirst came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and theycalled his name Esau {25:26} And after that came hisbrother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and hisname was called Jacob: and Isaac [was] threescore years oldwhen she bare them {25:27} And the boys grew: and Esauwas a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob [was] aplain man, dwelling in tents {25:28} And Isaac loved Esau,because he did eat of [his] venison: but Rebekah lovedJacob

{25:29} And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from thefield, and he [was] faint: {25:30} And Esau said to Jacob,Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage;] for I[am] faint: therefore was his name called Edom {25:31}And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright {25:32}And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and whatprofit shall this birthright do to me? {25:33} And Jacobsaid, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and hesold his birthright unto Jacob {25:34} Then Jacob gaveEsau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink,and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised [his]birthright

{26:1} And there was a famine in the land, beside the firstfamine that was in the days of Abraham And Isaac wentunto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar {26:2}And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not downinto Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:{26:3} Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and willbless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give allthese countries, and I will perform the oath which I swareunto Abraham thy father; {26:4} And I will make thy seed

to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thyseed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations

of the earth be blessed; {26:5} Because that Abrahamobeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments,

my statutes, and my laws

{26:6} And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: {26:7} And the men ofthe place asked [him] of his wife; and he said, She [is] mysister: for he feared to say, [She is] my wife; lest, [said he,]the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; becauseshe [was] fair to look upon {26:8} And it came to pass,when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king ofthe Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and,

behold, Isaac [was] sporting with Rebekah his wife {26:9}

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety

she [is] thy wife: and how saidst thou, She [is] my sister?

And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her

{26:10} And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou hast done

unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy

wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us

{26:11} And Abimelech charged all [his] people, saying,

He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to

death {26:12} Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received

in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed

him {26:13} And the man waxed great, and went forward,

and grew until he became very great: {26:14} For he had

possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great

store of servants: and the Philistines envied him {26:15}

For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in

the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped

them, and filled them with earth {26:16} And Abimelech

said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than

we

{26:17} And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in

the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there {26:18} And Isaac

digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in

the days of Abraham his father; for the philistines had

stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called

their names after the names by which his father had called

them {26:19} And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley,

and found there a well of springing water {26:20} And the

herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying,

The water [is] ours: and he called the name of the well

Esek; because they strove with him {26:21} And they

digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called

the name of it Sitnah {26:22} And he removed from

thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove

not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For

now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be

fruitful in the land {26:23} And he went up from thence to

Beer-sheba {26:24} And the LORD appeared unto him the

same night, and said, I [am] the God of Abraham thy father:

fear not, for I [am] with thee, and will bless thee, and

multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake {26:25}

And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of

the LORD and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s

servants digged a well

{26:26} Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and

Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain

of his army {26:27} And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore

come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away

from you? {26:28} And they said, We saw certainly that the

LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath

betwixt us, [even] betwixt us and thee, and let us make a

covenant with thee; {26:29} That thou wilt do us no hurt, as

we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee

nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou

[art] now the blessed of the LORD {26:30} And he made

them a feast, and they did eat and drink {26:31} And they

rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another:

and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in

peace {26:32} And it came to pass the same day, that

Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well

which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found

water {26:33} And he called it Shebah: therefore the name

of the city [is] Beer-sheba unto this day

{26:34} And Esau was forty years old when he took to

wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath

the daughter of Elon the Hittite: {26:35} Which were a grief

of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah

{27:1} And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, andhis eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esauhis eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said untohim, Behold, [here am] I {27:2} And he said, Behold now,

I am old, I know not the day of my death: {27:3} Nowtherefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thybow, and go out to the field, and take me [some] venison;{27:4} And make me savoury meat, such as I love, andbring [it] to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless theebefore I die {27:5} And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake

to Esau his son And Esau went to the field to hunt [for]venison, [and] to bring [it

]{27:6} And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying,Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother,saying, {27:7} Bring me venison, and make me savourymeat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before

my death {27:8} Now therefore, my son, obey my voiceaccording to that which I command thee {27:9} Go now tothe flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of thegoats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father,such as he loveth: {27:10} And thou shalt bring [it] to thyfather, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before hisdeath {27:11} And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother,Behold, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I [am] asmooth man: {27:12} My father peradventure will feel me,and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring acurse upon me, and not a blessing {27:13} And his mothersaid unto him, Upon me [be] thy curse, my son: only obey

my voice, and go fetch me [them ]{27:14} And he went,and fetched, and brought [them] to his mother: and hismother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.{27:15} And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest sonEsau, which [were] with her in the house, and put themupon Jacob her younger son: {27:16} And she put the skins

of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon thesmooth of his neck: {27:17} And she gave the savoury meatand the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of herson Jacob

{27:18} And he came unto his father, and said, My father:and he said, Here [am] I; who [art] thou, my son? {27:19}And Jacob said unto his father, I [am] Esau thy firstborn; Ihave done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee,sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.{27:20} And Isaac said unto his son, How [is it] that thouhast found [it] so quickly, my son? And he said, Becausethe LORD thy God brought [it] to me {27:21} And Isaacsaid unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feelthee, my son, whether thou [be] my very son Esau or not.{27:22} And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and hefelt him, and said, The voice [is] Jacob’s voice, but thehands [are] the hands of Esau {27:23} And he discernedhim not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’shands: so he blessed him {27:24} And he said, [Art] thou

my very son Esau? And he said, I [am ]{27:25} And hesaid, Bring [it] near to me, and I will eat of my son’svenison, that my soul may bless thee And he brought [it]near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and

he drank {27:26} And his father Isaac said unto him, Comenear now, and kiss me, my son {27:27} And he came near,and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, andblessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son [is] as thesmell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: {27:28}Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and thefatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: {27:29}Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be

lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down

to thee: cursed [be] every one that curseth thee, and blessed

[be] he that blesseth thee

{27:30} And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made

an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out

from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother

came in from his hunting {27:31} And he also had made

savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto

his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison,

that thy soul may bless me {27:32} And Isaac his father

said unto him, Who [art] thou? And he said, I [am] thy son,

thy firstborn Esau {27:33} And Isaac trembled very

exceedingly, and said, Who? where [is] he that hath taken

venison, and brought [it] me, and I have eaten of all before

thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, [and] he shall be

blessed {27:34} And when Esau heard the words of his

father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and

said unto his father, Bless me, [even] me also, O my father

{27:35} And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and

hath taken away thy blessing {27:36} And he said, Is not

he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these

two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he

hath taken away my blessing And he said, Hast thou not

reserved a blessing for me? {27:37} And Isaac answered

and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and

all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with

corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do

now unto thee, my son? {27:38} And Esau said unto his

father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me,

[even] me also, O my father And Esau lifted up his voice,

and wept {27:39} And Isaac his father answered and said

unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the

earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; {27:40} And

by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and

it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion,

that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck

{27:41} And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing

wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart,

The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I

slay my brother Jacob {27:42} And these words of Esau

her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called

Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy

brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself,

[purposing] to kill thee {27:43} Now therefore, my son,

obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to

Haran; {27:44} And tarry with him a few days, until thy

brother’s fury turn away; {27:45} Until thy brother’s anger

turn away from thee, and he forget [that] which thou hast

done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence:

why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

{27:46} And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life

because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the

daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the

daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

{28:1} And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and

charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife

of the daughters of Canaan {28:2} Arise, go to

Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take

thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy

mother’s brother {28:3} And God Almighty bless thee, and

make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a

multitude of people; {28:4} And give thee the blessing of

Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou

mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which

God gave unto Abraham {28:5} And Isaac sent away

Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of

Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s andEsau’s mother

{28:6} When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, andsent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife fromthence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge,saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters ofCanaan; {28:7} And that Jacob obeyed his father and hismother, and was gone to Padan-aram; {28:8} And Esauseeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac hisfather; {28:9} Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took untothe wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of IshmaelAbraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.{28:10} And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and wenttoward Haran {28:11} And he lighted upon a certain place,and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and hetook of the stones of that place, and [put] them for hispillows, and lay down in that place to sleep {28:12} And hedreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and thetop of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of Godascending and descending on it {28:13} And, behold, theLORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God ofAbraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereonthou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; {28:14}And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shaltspread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north,and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all thefamilies of the earth be blessed {28:15} And, behold, I[am] with thee, and will keep thee in all [places] whitherthou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I willnot leave thee, until I have done [that] which I have spoken

to thee of

{28:16} And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said,Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew [it] not.{28:17} And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful [is] thisplace! this is none other but the house of God, and this [is]the gate of heaven {28:18} And Jacob rose up early in themorning, and took the stone that he had put [for] hispillows, and set it up [for] a pillar, and poured oil upon thetop of it {28:19} And he called the name of that placeBethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at thefirst {28:20} And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will

be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and willgive me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, {28:21} So that

I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall theLORD be my God: {28:22} And this stone, which I haveset [for] a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thoushalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee

{29:1} Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into theland of the people of the east {29:2} And he looked, andbehold a well in the field, and, lo, there [were] three flocks

of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered theflocks: and a great stone [was] upon the well’s mouth.{29:3} And thither were all the flocks gathered: and theyrolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered thesheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in hisplace {29:4} And Jacob said unto them, My brethren,whence [be] ye? And they said, Of Haran [are] we {29:5}And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor?And they said, We know [him ]{29:6} And he said untothem, [Is] he well? And they said, [He is] well: and, behold,Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep {29:7} And hesaid, Lo, [it is] yet high day, neither [is it] time that thecattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and

go [and] feed [them ]{29:8} And they said, We cannot,until all the flocks be gathered together, and [till] they roll

the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.

{29:9} And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came

with her father’s sheep: for she kept them {29:10} And it

came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban

his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s

brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the

well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s

brother {29:11} And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his

voice, and wept {29:12} And Jacob told Rachel that he

[was] her father’s brother, and that he [was] Rebekah’s son:

and she ran and told her father {29:13} And it came to

pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son,

that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him,

and brought him to his house And he told Laban all these

things {29:14} And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art]

my bone and my flesh And he abode with him the space of

a month

{29:15} And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou [art]

my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought?

tell me, what [shall] thy wages [be? ]{29:16} And Laban

had two daughters: the name of the elder [was] Leah, and

the name of the younger [was] Rachel {29:17} Leah [was]

tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured

{29:18} And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee

seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter {29:19} And

Laban said, [It is] better that I give her to thee, than that I

should give her to another man: abide with me {29:20}

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed

unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her

{29:21} And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife,

for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her {29:22}

And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and

made a feast {29:23} And it came to pass in the evening,

that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and

he went in unto her {29:24} And Laban gave unto his

daughter Leah Zilpah his maid [for] an handmaid {29:25}

And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it [was]

Leah: and he said to Laban, What [is] this thou hast done

unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore

then hast thou beguiled me? {29:26} And Laban said, It

must not be so done in our country, to give the younger

before the firstborn {29:27} Fulfil her week, and we will

give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve

with me yet seven other years {29:28} And Jacob did so,

and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter

to wife also {29:29} And Laban gave to Rachel his

daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid {29:30} And

he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more

than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years

{29:31} And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated,

he opened her womb: but Rachel [was] barren {29:32} And

Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name

Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon

my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me

{29:33} And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said,

Because the LORD hath heard that I [was] hated, he hath

therefore given me this [son] also: and she called his name

Simeon {29:34} And she conceived again, and bare a son;

and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me,

because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name

called Levi {29:35} And she conceived again, and bare a

son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore

she called his name Judah; and left bearing

{30:1} And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no

children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give

me children, or else I die {30:2} And Jacob’s anger waskindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in God’s stead,who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? {30:3}And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; andshe shall bear upon my knees that I may also have children

by her {30:4} And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid towife: and Jacob went in unto her {30:5} And Bilhahconceived, and bare Jacob a son {30:6} And Rachel said,God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, andhath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.{30:7} And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, andbare Jacob a second son {30:8} And Rachel said, Withgreat wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I haveprevailed: and she called his name Naphtali {30:9} WhenLeah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah hermaid, and gave her Jacob to wife {30:10} And ZilpahLeah’s maid bare Jacob a son {30:11} And Leah said, Atroop cometh: and she called his name Gad {30:12} AndZilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son {30:13} AndLeah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call meblessed: and she called his name Asher

{30:14} And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest,and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto hismother Leah Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I praythee, of thy son’s mandrakes {30:15} And she said untoher, [Is it] a small matter that thou hast taken my husband?and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also?And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to nightfor thy son’s mandrakes {30:16} And Jacob came out ofthe field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, andsaid, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hiredthee with my son’s mandrakes And he lay with her thatnight {30:17} And God hearkened unto Leah, and sheconceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son {30:18} And Leahsaid, God hath given me my hire, because I have given mymaiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.{30:19} And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob thesixth son {30:20} And Leah said, God hath endued me[with] a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me,because I have born him six sons: and she called his nameZebulun {30:21} And afterwards she bare a daughter, andcalled her name Dinah

{30:22} And God remembered Rachel, and Godhearkened to her, and opened her womb {30:23} And sheconceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away

my reproach: {30:24} And she called his name Joseph; andsaid, The LORD shall add to me another son

{30:25} And it came to pass, when Rachel had bornJoseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that Imay go unto mine own place, and to my country {30:26}Give [me] my wives and my children, for whom I haveserved thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my servicewhich I have done thee {30:27} And Laban said unto him,

I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, [tarry: for] Ihave learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed mefor thy sake {30:28} And he said, Appoint me thy wages,and I will give [it ]{30:29} And he said unto him, Thouknowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle waswith me {30:30} For [it was] little which thou hadst before

I [came,] and it is [now] increased unto a multitude; and theLORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now whenshall I provide for mine own house also? {30:31} And hesaid, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt notgive me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I willagain feed [and] keep thy flock: {30:32} I will pass through

all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled

and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep,

and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and [of such]

shall be my hire {30:33} So shall my righteousness answer

for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire

before thy face: every one that [is] not speckled and spotted

among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be

counted stolen with me {30:34} And Laban said, Behold, I

would it might be according to thy word {30:35} And he

removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and

spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and

spotted, [and] every one that had [some] white in it, and all

the brown among the sheep, and gave [them] into the hand

of his sons {30:36} And he set three days journey betwixt

himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks

{30:37} And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of

the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them,

and made the white appear which [was] in the rods {30:38}

And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in

the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to

drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink

{30:39} And the flocks conceived before the rods, and

brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted

{30:40} And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces

of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the

flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves,

and put them not unto Laban’s cattle {30:41} And it came

to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that

Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the

gutters, that they might conceive among the rods {30:42}

But when the cattle were feeble, he put [them] not in: so the

feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s {30:43}

And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle,

and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses

{31:1} And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying,

Jacob hath taken away all that [was] our father’s; and of

[that] which [was] our father’s hath he gotten all this glory

{31:2} And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and,

behold, it [was] not toward him as before {31:3} And the

LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers,

and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee {31:4} And

Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his

flock, {31:5} And said unto them, I see your father’s

countenance, that it [is] not toward me as before; but the

God of my father hath been with me {31:6} And ye know

that with all my power I have served your father {31:7}

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages

ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me {31:8} If he

said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the

cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked

shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked {31:9}

Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and

given [them] to me {31:10} And it came to pass at the time

that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw

in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the

cattle [were] ringstraked, speckled, and grisled {31:11}

And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, [saying,]

Jacob: And I said, Here [am] I {31:12} And he said, Lift up

now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the

cattle [are] ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have

seen all that Laban doeth unto thee {31:13} I [am] the God

of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, [and] where thou

vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this

land, and return unto the land of thy kindred {31:14} And

Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, [Is there] yet

any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

{31:15} Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath

sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money {31:16}For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that[is] ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever Godhath said unto thee, do

{31:17} Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and hiswives upon camels; {31:18} And he carried away all hiscattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle ofhis getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go toIsaac his father in the land of Canaan {31:19} And Labanwent to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the imagesthat [were] her father’s {31:20} And Jacob stole awayunawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that hefled {31:21} So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up,and passed over the river, and set his face [toward] themount Gilead {31:22} And it was told Laban on the thirdday that Jacob was fled {31:23} And he took his brethrenwith him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; andthey overtook him in the mount Gilead {31:24} And Godcame to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said untohim, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good orbad

{31:25} Then Laban overtook Jacob Now Jacob hadpitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethrenpitched in the mount of Gilead {31:26} And Laban said toJacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen awayunawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives[taken] with the sword? {31:27} Wherefore didst thou fleeaway secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell

me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and withsongs, with tabret, and with harp? {31:28} And hast notsuffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hastnow done foolishly in so doing {31:29} It is in the power

of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spakeunto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speaknot to Jacob either good or bad {31:30} And now, [though]thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedstafter thy father’s house, [yet] wherefore hast thou stolen mygods? {31:31} And Jacob answered and said to Laban,Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldesttake by force thy daughters from me {31:32} Withwhomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: beforeour brethren discern thou what [is] thine with me, and take[it] to thee For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.{31:33} And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’stent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he found[them] not Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and enteredinto Rachel’s tent {31:34} Now Rachel had taken theimages, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat uponthem And Laban searched all the tent, but found [them]not {31:35} And she said to her father, Let it not displease

my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom ofwomen is upon me And he searched, but found not theimages

{31:36} And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: andJacob answered and said to Laban, What [is] my trespass?what [is] my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?{31:37} Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hastthou found of all thy household stuff? set [it] here before

my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt

us both {31:38} This twenty years [have] I [been] withthee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young,and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten {31:39} Thatwhich was torn [of beasts] I brought not unto thee; I barethe loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, [whether]stolen by day, or stolen by night {31:40} [Thus] I was; inthe day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night;

and my sleep departed from mine eyes {31:41} Thus have I

been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years

for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou

hast changed my wages ten times {31:42} Except the God

of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac,

had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now

empty God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my

hands, and rebuked [thee] yesternight

{31:43} And Laban answered and said unto Jacob,

[These] daughters [are] my daughters, and [these] children

[are] my children, and [these] cattle [are] my cattle, and all

that thou seest [is] mine: and what can I do this day unto

these my daughters, or unto their children which they have

born? {31:44} Now therefore come thou, let us make a

covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me

and thee {31:45} And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for]

a pillar {31:46} And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather

stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they

did eat there upon the heap {31:47} And Laban called it

Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed {31:48} And

Laban said, This heap [is] a witness between me and thee

this day Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

{31:49} And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch

between me and thee, when we are absent one from another

{31:50} If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt

take [other] wives beside my daughters, no man [is] with us;

see, God [is] witness betwixt me and thee {31:51} And

Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold [this]

pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee; {31:52} This

heap [be] witness, and [this] pillar [be] witness, that I will

not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass

over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm {31:53}

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of

their father, judge betwixt us And Jacob sware by the fear

of his father Isaac {31:54} Then Jacob offered sacrifice

upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and

they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount

{31:55} And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed

his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban

departed, and returned unto his place

{32:1} And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God

met him {32:2} And when Jacob saw them, he said, This

[is] God’s host: and he called the name of that place

Mahanaim {32:3} And Jacob sent messengers before him

to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of

Edom {32:4} And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall

ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I

have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:

{32:5} And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and

menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my

lord, that I may find grace in thy sight

{32:6} And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We

came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee,

and four hundred men with him {32:7} Then Jacob was

greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that

[was] with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels,

into two bands; {32:8} And said, If Esau come to the one

company, and smite it, then the other company which is left

shall escape

{32:9} And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and

God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me,

Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal

well with thee: {32:10} I am not worthy of the least of all

the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed

unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan;

and now I am become two bands {32:11} Deliver me, Ipray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand ofEsau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, [and]the mother with the children {32:12} And thou saidst, Iwill surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand ofthe sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude {32:13}And he lodged there that same night; and took of that whichcame to his hand a present for Esau his brother; {32:14}Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundredewes, and twenty rams, {32:15} Thirty milch camels withtheir colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, andten foals {32:16} And he delivered [them] into the hand ofhis servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto hisservants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixtdrove and drove {32:17} And he commanded the foremost,saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and askeththee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? andwhose [are] these before thee? {32:18} Then thou shalt say,[They be] thy servant Jacob’s; it [is] a present sent unto mylord Esau: and, behold, also he [is] behind us {32:19} And

so commanded he the second, and the third, and all thatfollowed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speakunto Esau, when ye find him {32:20} And say yemoreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us For hesaid, I will appease him with the present that goeth before

me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he willaccept of me {32:21} So went the present over before him:and himself lodged that night in the company {32:22} And

he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his twowomenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over theford Jabbok {32:23} And he took them, and sent them overthe brook, and sent over that he had

{32:24} And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled aman with him until the breaking of the day {32:25} Andwhen he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touchedthe hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh wasout of joint, as he wrestled with him {32:26} And he said,Let me go, for the day breaketh And he said, I will not letthee go, except thou bless me {32:27} And he said untohim, What [is] thy name? And he said, Jacob {32:28} And

he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel:for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, andhast prevailed {32:29} And Jacob asked [him,] and said,Tell [me,] I pray thee, thy name And he said, Wherefore[is] it [that] thou dost ask after my name? And he blessedhim there {32:30} And Jacob called the name of the placePeniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life ispreserved {32:31} And as he passed over Penuel the sunrose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh {32:32}Therefore the children of Israel eat not [of] the sinew whichshrank, which [is] upon the hollow of the thigh, unto thisday: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in thesinew that shrank

{33:1} And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and,behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men And hedivided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and untothe two handmaids {33:2} And he put the handmaids andtheir children foremost, and Leah and her children after, andRachel and Joseph hindermost {33:3} And he passed overbefore them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times,until he came near to his brother {33:4} And Esau ran tomeet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, andkissed him: and they wept {33:5} And he lifted up his eyes,and saw the women and the children; and said, Who [are]those with thee? And he said, The children which God hathgraciously given thy servant {33:6} Then the handmaidenscame near, they and their children, and they bowed

themselves {33:7} And Leah also with her children came

near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near

and Rachel, and they bowed themselves {33:8} And he

said, What [meanest] thou by all this drove which I met?

And he said, [These are] to find grace in the sight of my

lord {33:9} And Esau said, I have enough, my brother;

keep that thou hast unto thyself {33:10} And Jacob said,

Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then

receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy

face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast

pleased with me {33:11} Take, I pray thee, my blessing

that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously

with me, and because I have enough And he urged him, and

he took [it ]{33:12} And he said, Let us take our journey,

and let us go, and I will go before thee {33:13} And he said

unto him, My lord knoweth that the children [are] tender,

and the flocks and herds with young [are] with me: and if

men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die

{33:14} Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his

servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that

goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I

come unto my lord unto Seir {33:15} And Esau said, Let

me now leave with thee [some] of the folk that [are] with

me And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the

sight of my lord

{33:16} So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir

{33:17} And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an

house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of

the place is called Succoth

{33:18} And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem,

which [is] in the land of Canaan, when he came from

Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city {33:19} And he

bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at

the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an

hundred pieces of money {33:20} And he erected there an

altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel

{34:1} And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare

unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land {34:2}

And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of

the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and

defiled her {34:3} And his soul clave unto Dinah the

daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake

kindly unto the damsel {34:4} And Shechem spake unto

his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife

{34:5} And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his

daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and

Jacob held his peace until they were come

{34:6} And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto

Jacob to commune with him {34:7} And the sons of Jacob

came out of the field when they heard [it:] and the men were

grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought

folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing

ought not to be done {34:8} And Hamor communed with

them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your

daughter: I pray you give her him to wife {34:9} And make

ye marriages with us, [and] give your daughters unto us, and

take our daughters unto you {34:10} And ye shall dwell

with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye

therein, and get you possessions therein {34:11} And

Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me

find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will

give {34:12} Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I

will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the

damsel to wife {34:13} And the sons of Jacob answered

Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said,

because he had defiled Dinah their sister: {34:14} And theysaid unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister toone that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach untous: {34:15} But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will

be as we [be,] that every male of you be circumcised;{34:16} Then will we give our daughters unto you, and wewill take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you,and we will become one people {34:17} But if ye will nothearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take ourdaughter, and we will be gone {34:18} And their wordspleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son {34:19} Andthe young man deferred not to do the thing, because he haddelight in Jacob’s daughter: and he [was] more honourablethan all the house of his father

{34:20} And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto thegate of their city, and communed with the men of their city,saying, {34:21} These men [are] peaceable with us;therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; forthe land, behold, [it is] large enough for them; let us taketheir daughters to us for wives, and let us give them ourdaughters {34:22} Only herein will the men consent unto

us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every maleamong us be circumcised, as they [are] circumcised.{34:23} [Shall] not their cattle and their substance andevery beast of theirs [be] ours? only let us consent untothem, and they will dwell with us {34:24} And unto Hamorand unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of thegate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all thatwent out of the gate of his city

{34:25} And it came to pass on the third day, when theywere sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi,Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came uponthe city boldly, and slew all the males {34:26} And theyslew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of thesword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and wentout {34:27} The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, andspoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.{34:28} They took their sheep, and their oxen, and theirasses, and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was]

in the field, {34:29} And all their wealth, and all their littleones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even allthat [was] in the house {34:30} And Jacob said to Simeonand Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink amongthe inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and thePerizzites: and I [being] few in number, they shall gatherthemselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall bedestroyed, I and my house {34:31} And they said, Should

he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

{35:1} And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel,and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, thatappeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face ofEsau thy brother {35:2} Then Jacob said unto hishousehold, and to all that [were] with him, Put away thestrange gods that [are] among you, and be clean, and changeyour garments: {35:3} And let us arise, and go up to Bethel;and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me

in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which

I went {35:4} And they gave unto Jacob all the strangegods which [were] in their hand, and [all their] earringswhich [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under theoak which [was] by Shechem {35:5} And they journeyed:and the terror of God was upon the cities that [were] roundabout them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.{35:6} So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land ofCanaan, that [is,] Bethel, he and all the people that [were]