GENESIS. 2 And the woman faid unto the ferpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: in 3 But of the fruit of the tree which the midft of the garden, God hath faid, Ye fhall not eat of it, neither fhall ye touch it, left ye die. 4 And the ferpent faid unto the woman, Ye fhall not furely die. 5 For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes fhall be opened: and ye fhall be as Gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman faw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleafant to the wife, and a tree to be defired to make one he took of the fruit there of, and did eat, and gave allo unto her hufband with her, and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked and they fewed fig-leaves together, and made themfelves aprons. Man and woman created. 6 But there went up a mift from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 And the LORD God formed man of the duft of the ground, and breathed into his noftrils the breath of life; and man became a living foul, 8. And the LORD God planted a garden eaft-ward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the fight, and good for food: the tree of life alin the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11 The name of the firft Pifon: that is it which compafleth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good: there bdeflium and the onyx-itone. 13 And the name of the fecond river Gihon the fame it that compaffeth the whole land of Ethiopia. 14 And the name of the third river Hid, dekel that it which goeth toward the east of Affyria. And the fourth river is Eu. phrates. 15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Edén, to drefs it and to keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, faying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayeft freely eat: 37 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou fhalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou halt furely die. not 18 And the LORD God faid, good that the man fhould be alone: I will make him an help meet for him. 19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air, and brought them unto A dam to fee what he would call them: And whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam gave names to all cattel, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beaft of the field: but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. 21 And the LORD God caufed a deep fleep to fall upon Adam, and he flept: and he took one of his ribs, and clofed up the flesh in ftead thereof.. 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 themfelves from the prefence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and faid unto him, Where art thou? 10 And he faid, I heard thy voice in the garden and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid my felf. II And he faid, Who told thee that thou waft naked? haft thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou fhouldft not eat? 12 And the man faid, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, fhe gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the LORD God faid unto the woman, What is this that thou haft done? And the woman faid, The ferpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 And the LORD God faid unto the ferpent, Becaufe thou haft done this, thou art curfed above all cattel, and above every beaft of the field: upon thy belly fhalt thou go, and duft fhalt thou eat all the days of thy life. 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy feed and her feed it fhall bruife thy head, and thou fhalt bruife his heel. 16 Unto the woman he faid, I will greatly multiply thy forrow and thy conception; in forrow thou fhalt bring forth children and thy defire shall be to thy husband, and he fhall rule over thee. 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam faid, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: fhe fhall be call ed Woman, because the was taken out of man. 24 Therefore fhall a man leave his father and his mother, and fhall cleave unto his wife and they fhall be one fiefh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not afhamed. CHA P. III. The ferpent deceiveth Eve. 6 Mans fall. 15 The promised feed. 16 Mans punishment, 22 and lofs of paradife. Nany beat of the held which the LORD bread, till thou return unto the ground; for Ow ferpent was more of thy out 17 And unto Adam he faid, Because thou haft hearkned unto the voice of thy wife, and haft eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, faying, Thou shalt not eat of it: curfed is the ground for thy fake; in forrow fhalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. 18 Thorns alfo and thistles fhall it bring forth to thee: and thou fhalt eat the herb of the field. Lamech and his two wives. Chap. iv, v. Cain killeth Bele out of it waft thou taken: for duft thou art, and unto duft fhalt thou return. 20 And Adam called his wifes name Eve, because the was the mother of all living. 21 Unto Adam alfo and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and cloathed them. 22 And the LORD God faid, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now left he put forth his hand, and take alfo of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 23 Therefore the LORD God fent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground, from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden, Cherabims, and a flaming fword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. 7 CHAP. IV. The birth of Cain and Abel. 8 The murder of Abel.11 Cain curfed. 19 Lamech and his two wives. A conceived, and bare Cain, and faid, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And the again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of theep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in process of time it came to pafs, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4 And Abel, he alfo brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel, and to his offering: 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not refpect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6 And the LORD faid unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou doeft well, fhalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doeft not well, fin lieth and thou tha Arc thou the shall be his defire, rule over him. 169 And Cain went out from the prefence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land, of Nod, on the east of Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife, and the con.ceived and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his fon, Enoch. 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael and Mehujael begat Methufael: and Methufael begat Lamech. 19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20 And Adah bare Jabal he was the father of fuch as dwell in tents, and of fuch as have cattel. 21 And his brothers name was Jubal: he was the father of all fuch as handle the harp and organ. 22 And Zillah, fhe alfo bare Tubal-cain, an and the fifter of Tubal-cain was Naamah. 23 And Lamech faid unto his wives, Adah. and Zillah, Hear my voice ye wives of Lamech, Hearken unto my fpeech; for I have flain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. 24 If Cain thall be avenged feven-fold truly Lamech feventy and feven fold. 25 And Adam knew his wife again, and the bare a fon, and called his name Seth: for God, faid he hath appointed me another feed inftead of Abel, whom Cain flew. 26-And to Seth, to him alfo there was born a fon; and he called his name Enos. Then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. CHAP. V. The genealogy, age, and death of the Patriarche from Adam unto Noah. 24 The godliness and tranflation of Enoch. His the book of the generations of Adam in the day that God man, in the likeness of God made he him: 2 Male and female created he them; and bleffed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 39 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a fon in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth. 4 And the days of Adam after he had be gotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat fons and daughters. 5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. 6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos. 7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and feven years, and begat ions and daughters. 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hun dred and twelve years: and he died. 99 And Enos lived ninety years, and be gat Cainan. ro And Enos lived after he begat Cainan fons and daughters. II And all the days of Enos were ninehundred and five years: and he died. 12 A4 And 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rofe up againft Abel his brother, and flew him. 94 And the LORD faid unto Cain, Where Abel thy brother? And he faid, I know not: Am I my brothers keeper? 10 And he faid, What haft thou done? the voice of thy brothers blood crieth unto me from the ground. 11 And now art thou curfed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brothers blood from thy hand. 12 When thou tilleft the ground, it fhall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength. A fugitive and a vagabond fhalt thou be in the earth. 13 And Cain faid unto the LORD, My punishment greater than I can bear. 14 Behold, thou haft driven me out this day from the face of the earth and from thy face fhall I be bid, and I had a fall a vagabond in the it come to pafs, that every one that findeth me hall flay me. 15. And the LORD faid unto him, There be genealogy of the Patriarchs. 12 And Cainan lived feventy years, and begat Mahalaleel. 13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahaaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat fons and daughters. 14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. 159 And Mahalaleel lived fixty and five years, and begat Jared. 16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat fons and daughters. 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and be died. GENESIS. 189 And Jared lived an hundred fixty and two years, and he begat Enoch. 19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat fons and daughters. 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred fixty and two years: and he died. 21 And Enoch lived fixty and five years, and begat Methuselah. 22 And Enech walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat fons and daughters. 23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred fixty and five years. 24 And Enoch walked with God, and he not for God took him. 25 4 And Methuselah lived an hundred sighty and feven years, and begat Lamech. 26 And Methulelah lived after, he begat Lamech feven hundred eighty and two years, and beat fons and daughters. 27 And all the days of menuician were nine hundred fixty and nine years: and he died. The ark built. man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved hint at his heart. 7 And the LORD faid, I will deftroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. 99 Thefe are the generations of Noah: Noah was a juft man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah begat three fons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 The earth alfo was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13 And God faid unto Noah, The end of all felh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them: and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make thee an ark of gopher-wood: room thalt thou make in the ark, and fhalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou fhalt make it of: The length of the ark fhall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window fhalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit fhalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark inait thou let in the fi thereof: with lower, fecond, and third flories fhalt thou make it. 284 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a fon. 29 And he called his name Noah, faying, This fame thall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, becaufe of the ground which the LORD hath curfed. 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat fons and daughters. 31 And all the days of Lamech were feven hundred feventy and feven years:and he died. 32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. CHAP. VI. The wickedness of the world caufeth the floud. 8 Noah findeth grace. 14 The order, form, and end of the ark. And it came to pafs, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the fons of God faw the daughters of men, that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chofe. 3 And the LORD faid, My fpirit fhall not always ftrive with man, for that he alfe is fleth yet his days fhall be an hundred and twenty 1 Noah with his family entreth into the ark. "There were giants in the earth in thofe A hot, and all thy houte into the ark: Come for thee have I feen righteous before me in this generation. days; and alio after that, when the fons 2 Of every clean beaft thou fhalt take to thee by fevens, the male and his female: and of beafts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 of 17 And behold, I, even I do bring a floud. of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein the breath of life, from under heaven and every thing that is in the earth hall die. 18 But with thee will I eftablifh my covenant: and thou fhalt come into the ark thou, and thy fons, and thy wife, and thy fons wives with thee. 19 And of every living, thing of all flesh, two of every fort fhalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee: they fhall be male and female. 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattel after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind two of every fort fhall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it fhall be for food for thee, and for them. 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, fo did her CHAP. VII. 4 For yet feven days, and I will caufe it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty living have made, will I deftroy from off the face of the earth. .& And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. 6 And Noah was fix hundred years old, when the floud of waters was upon the earth. 7 And Noah went in, and his fons, and his wife, and his fons wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the floud. 8 Of clean beafts, and of beafts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth up the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pals after feven days that the waters of the floud were upon the earth In the fixth hundredth year of Noahs life, in the fecond month, the feventeenth day of the month, the fame day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 114 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 In the felf-fame day entred Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the fons of Noah, and Noahs wife, and the three wives of his fons with them, into the ark: 14 They, and every beaft after his kind, and all the cattel 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 fort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as Ged had commanded him and the LORD fhut him in. 17 And the floud was forty days upon the earth and the waters increated, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 118 And the waters prevailed, and were increafed greatly upon the earth and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattel, and of beat and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man. 22 All if whofe noftrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry Ind, died. 23 And every living fubftance was deftroy ed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattel, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were deftroyed from the earth and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. The waters all wage. CHAP. VIII. The waters affwage. 18 Noah goeth forth of the ark. 20 Baildeth an altar, and offere facrifice. 21 Gods promift to curfe the earth 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. no more. Ad God remembred Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattel that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters affwaged. 2 The fountains alfo of the deep, and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was reftrained. 3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. 4 And the ark refted in the feventh month, on the feventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. And the waters decreafed continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the firft day of the month, were the tops of the mountains feen. 6 And it came to pafs at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made. 7 And he fent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dri ed up from off the earth. 8.Allo he fent forth a dove from him, to fee if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground. 9 But the dove found no reft for the fole of her foot, and the retarned unto him into the ark: for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. 10 And he stayed yet other feven days, and again he fent forth the dove out of the ark. ir And the dove came in to him in the evening, and lo, in her mouth was an oliveleaf pluckt off: So Noah knew that the wa ters were abated from off the earth. 12 And he stayed yet other leven days,and fent forth the dove; which returnedinot a gain unto him any more. 139 And it came to pafs in the fix hun dredth and firft year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and be hold, the face of the ground was dry. 14 And in the fecond month, on the feven and twentieth day of the month was the earth dried. 15 And God fpake unto Noah, faying, 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy fons, and thy fans wives with thee. 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattel, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruit ful, and multiply upon the earth. 18 And Noah went forth,and his fons, and his wife, and his fons wives with hin: 19 Every beaft, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatfoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. 20 9 And Noah builded an altar unto the AS LORD, Gods covenant by the rainbow. LORD, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. GENESIS. 21 And the LORD fmelled a fweet favour; and the LORD faid in his heart, I will not again curfe the ground any more for mans fake for the imagination of mans heart is evil from his youth neither will I again fmite any more every thing living, as I have done. 22 While the earth remaineth, feed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and fummer and winter, and day and night thall not ceafe. CHAP. IX. God bleffeth Noah. 4 Blood and murder are forbidden. 8 Gods covenant, 13 by the rainbow. 21 Noah is drunken, 25 Curfeth Canaan, 29 and dieth. F A faid unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you fhall be upon every beaft of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the fea; into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth fhall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things: 4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, fhall you not eat. 5 And furely your blood of your lives will I require at the hand of every beaft will I require it; at the hand of man, at the hand of every mans brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whofo fheddeth mans. blood, by man fhall his blood be fhed: for in the image of God made he man. 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply, bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 8.4 And God fpake unto Noah, and to his fons with him, faying, 9 And I, behold I'eftablish my covenant with you, and with your feed after you; 10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattel, and of every beast of the earth with you, from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. II And I will eftablish my covenant with you, neither fhall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a floud: neither fhall there any more be a floud to deftroy the earth. 12 And God faid, This is the token of the Covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I do fet my bow in the cloud, and it thall be for a token of a covenant.between me and the earth. 34 And it fhall come to país, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow fhall be feen in the cloud: The generations of Noahi 17 And God faid unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have eftablished between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. 18 And the fons of Noah that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth and Ham is the father of Canaan. 19 Thefe are the three fons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread. 20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard. 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he was uncovered within his 15And I will remember my covenant,which between me and you, and every living ereature of all flesh; and the waters fhall no more become a floud to destroy all flesh. 16 And the bow fhall 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. tent. 22 And Ham the father of Canaan faw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23. And Shem and Japhet took a garment, backward,and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they faw not their fathers nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger fon had done unto him. 25 And he faid, Curfed be Canaan; a fervant of fervants thall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he faid, Bleffed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan fhall be his fervant.. 27 God fhall enlarge Japheth, and he fhall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan fhall be his fervant. 28 q And Noah lived after the floud three hundred and fifty years. 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. CHAP. X. 1 Noahs generations. 2 The fons of Japheth, 6 and Ham. 8 Nimrod the first monarch. 21 The fons of shem. N Ow thefe are the generations of the fons of Noah; Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were fons born after the flond. 2 The fons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Methech and Tiras. 3 And the fons of Gomer; Afhkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the fons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. By there were the ifles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their familes, in their nations. 64 And the fons of Ham; Cufh, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the fons of Cufh; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the fons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And Cuth begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is faid, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth Alhur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 12 And Refen between Nineveh and Galah: the fame is a great city.. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Ana mim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, $4 And |