25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, f Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be 'his servant. 27 God shall 10 enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. CHAPTER X. The generations of Noah. 2 The sons of Japheth. 6 The sons of Ham. 8 Nimrod the first monarch. 21 The sons of Shem. [B. C. 1998.] Now OW these are the generations of the sons of Noah; Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and 'Dodanim. 5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their The descendants of Shem was 2 Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 3 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and 'the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, ("out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. 15¶ And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, 5 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 21 ¶ Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and 'Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. 25 m And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was 'Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, &c. 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, e Jer. 16. 16. Mic. 7. 2. 3 Or, he went out into Assyria. 1 ch. 11. 12. f ch. 6. 11. g Mic. 5, 6. • Or, the streets of the city. Heb. Tridon. i ch. 13. 12, 14, 15, 17. & 15. 18-21. 12. 7, 8. Heb. Azzah. k 1 Chr. 1. 17, &c. Heb. Shelah. That is, Division. 2 Gr. Babylon. h 1 Chr. 1. 12. Num. 34. 2-12. Josh. Heb. Arpachshad. m 1 Chr. 1. 19 The confusion of tongues. GENESIS, XI. The generations of She 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: | found the language of all the earth: a all these were the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar, a mount of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. CHAPTER XI. from thence did the LORD scatter them abro upon the face of all the earth. 10 These are the generations of Sher Shem was a hundred years old, and beg Arphaxad two years after the flood: 11 And Shem lived after he begat 4 phaxad five hundred years, and begat so and daughters.. 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thir years, and begat Salah : 13 And Arphaxad lived after he beg Salah four hundred and three years, a One language in the world. 3 The building of Babel. 6 The 14 And Salah lived thirty years, a begat Eber: 15 And Salah lived after he begat El four hundred and three years, and be sons and daughters. 16 " And Eber lived four and thirty yea and begat Peleg: 17 And Eber lived after he begat Pe four hundred and thirty years, and be sons and daughters. 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and gat Reu: 19 And Peleg lived after he begat H two hundred and nine two hundred and nine years, and begat s and daughters. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty yea and begat P Serug: 21 And Reu lived after he begat Se two hundred and seven years, and be sons and daughters. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, begat Nahor: rg 23 And Serug lived after he begat Na two hundred years, and begat sons daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twe years, and begat-9 Terah: 25 And Nahor lived after he begat Te a hundred and nineteen years, and be sons and daughters. 26 And Terah lived seventy years, begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 3 I t t -u or 27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 8 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. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 And Terah w 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. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. CHAPTER XII. God calleth Abram, and blesseth him. 3 A promise of Messiah. 4 Abram departeth with Lot from Haran. 6 He journeyeth through the land of Canaan, 7 which is promised him in a vision. 10 he is driven by a famine into Egypt. 11 Fear maketh him feign his wife to be his sister. 14 Pharaoh, having taken her NOW from him, is compelled by plagues to restore her. [B. c. 1921.] W 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 show thee: 2 b And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy nd name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 e And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: fand in nd thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. 4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had tv spoken unto him; and Lot went with him : and Abram was seventy and five years old h when he departed out of Haran. ty ah 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 ch. 17. 15. & 20. 12. t ch. 22. 20. u ch. 16. 1, 2. 18. 11, 12. Acts 7. 4. 1 Neh. 9. 7. y ch. 10. 19. CHAP. XII.a ch. 15. 7. Neh. 9. 7. Isai. 41. 2. Acts 7.3. b. 17. 6. & 18. 18. Deut. 26. 5. 1 Kings 3. 8. c ch. 24. 35. val. 3. 14. e cb. 27. 29. Ex. 23. 22. Num. 24. 9. f ch. 18. 20. 4. PB. 72. 17. Acts 3. 25. Gal. 3. 8. g ch. 14. 14 3 w ch. 12. 1. Heb. 11. 8. Abram goeth into Egypt. they had gotten hin Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. 6 And Abram ipassed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 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. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and Pcalled upon the name of the LORD. 9 And Abram journeyed, 14going on still toward the south. 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. 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 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. W 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. 14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians y beheld the woman that she was very fair. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 And he a entreated Abram well for her sake and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and d ch. 28. 4. t ch. 43. 1. u ver. 14. ch. 26. 7. 1 ch. 10. 18, 19. & 13. 7. y ch. 39. 7. Matt. 5. b ch. 20. 18. 1 Chr. 16, 21. Ps. 105. 14. |