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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

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11 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth .

12 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 .

13 And God said Let there be light and there was light .

14 And God saw the light that it was good and God divided the

light from the darkness .

15 And God called the light Day and the darkness he called

Night And the evening and the morning were the first day .

16 And God said Let there be a firmament in the midst of the

waters and let it divide the waters from the waters .

17 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 .

18 And God called the firmament Heaven And the evening and the

morning were the second day .

19 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 .

110 And God called the dry land Earth and the gathering

together of the waters called he Seas and God saw that it was

good .

111 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 .

112 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 .

113 And the evening and the morning were the third day .

114 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 .

115 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven

to give light upon the earth and it was so .

116 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 .

117 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give

light upon the earth .

118 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 .

119 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day .

120 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 .

121 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 .

122 And God blessed them saying Be fruitful and multiply and

fill the waters in the seas and let fowl multiply in the earth .

123 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day .

124 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 .

125 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 .

126 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 that creepeth upon the earth

127 So God created man in his own image in the image of God

created he him male and female created he them .

128 And God blessed them and God said unto them Be fruitful and

multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it and have dominion

over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over

every living thing that moveth upon the earth .

129 And God said Behold I have given you every herb bearing

seed which is upon the face of all the earth and every tree in

the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed to you it shall

be for meat .

130 And to every beast of the earth and to every fowl of the

air and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth wherein

there is life I have given every green herb for meat and it was

so .

131 And God saw every thing that he had made and behold it was

very good And the evening and the morning were the sixth day .

* 21 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all the

host of them .

22 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made

and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had

made .

23 And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because

that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and

made .

24 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth

when they were created in the day that the LORD God made the

earth and the heavens .

25 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth and

every herb of the field before it grew for the LORD God had not

caused it to rain upon the earth and there was not a man to till

the ground .

26 But there went up a mist from the earth and watered the

whole face of the ground .

27 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground and

breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a

living soul .

28 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden and there

he put the man whom he had formed .

29 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree

that is pleasant to the sight and good for food the tree of life

also in the midst of the garden and the tree of knowledge of

good and evil .

210 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden and from

thence it was parted and became into four heads .

211 The name of the first is Pison that is it which compasseth

the whole land of Havilah where there is gold .

212 And the gold of that land is good there is bdellium and the

onyx stone .

213 And the name of the second river is Gihon the same is it

that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia .

214 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel that is it

which goeth toward the east of Assyria And the fourth river is

Euphrates .

215 And the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden

of Eden to dress it and to keep it .

216 And the LORD God commanded the man saying Of every tree of

the garden thou mayest freely eat .

217 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou

shalt not eat of it for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou

shalt surely die .

218 And the LORD God said It is not good that the man should be

alone I will make him an help meet for him .

219 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of

the field and every fowl of the air and brought them unto Adam

to see what he would call them and whatsoever Adam called every

living creature that was the name thereof .

220 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 .

221 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 .

222 And the rib which the LORD God had taken from man made he a

woman and brought her unto the man .

223 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

224 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and

shall cleave unto his wife and they shall be one flesh .

225 And they were both naked the man and his wife and were not

ashamed .

* 31 Now the serpent was more subtle 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 .

32 And the woman said unto the serpent We may eat of the fruit

of the trees of the garden .

33 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 .

34 And the serpent said unto the woman Ye shall not surely die

35 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 .

36 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 .

37 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 .

38 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 .

39 And the LORD God called unto Adam and said unto him Where

art thou .

310 And he said I heard thy voice in the garden and I was

afraid because I was naked and I hid myself .

311 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 .

312 And the man said The woman whom thou gavest to be with me

she gave me of the tree and I did eat .

313 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 .

314 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 .

315 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 .

316 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 .

317 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 .

318 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee and

thou shalt eat the herb of the field .

319 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 .

320 And Adam called his wife's name Eve because she was the

mother of all living .

321 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats

of skins and clothed them .

322 And the LORD God said Behold the man is become as one of us

to know good and evil and now lest he put forth his hand and

take also of the tree of life and eat and live for ever .

323 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of

Eden to till the ground from whence he was taken .

324 So he drove out the man and he placed at the east of the

garden of Eden Cherubims and a flaming sword which turned every

way to keep the way of the tree of life .

* 41 And Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived and bare Cain

and said I have gotten a man from the LORD .

42 And she again bare his brother Abel And Abel was a keeper of

sheep but Cain was a tiller of the ground .

43 And in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of

the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD .

44 And Abel he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and

of the fat thereof And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his

offering .

45 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect And

Cain was very wroth and his countenance fell .

46 And the LORD said unto Cain Why art thou wroth and why is

thy countenance fallen .

47 If thou doest well shalt thou not be accepted and if thou

doest not well sin lieth at the door And unto thee shall be his

desire and thou shalt rule over him .

48 And Cain talked with Abel his brother and it came to pass

when they were in the field that Cain rose up against Abel his

brother and slew him .

49 And the LORD said unto Cain Where is Abel thy brother And he

said I know not Am I my brother's keeper .

410 And he said What hast thou done the voice of thy brother's

blood crieth unto me from the ground .

411 And now art thou cursed from the earth which hath opened

her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand .

412 When thou tillest the ground it shall not henceforth yield

unto thee her strength a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be

in the earth .

413 And Cain said unto the LORD My punishment is greater than I

can bear .

414 Behold thou hast driven me out this day from the face 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 .

415 And the LORD said unto him Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain

vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold And the LORD set a

mark upon Cain lest any finding him should kill him .

416 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and dwelt

in the land of Nod on the east of Eden .

417 And Cain knew his wife and she conceived and bare Enoch and

he builded a city and called the name of the city after the name

of his son Enoch .

418 And unto Enoch was born Irad and Irad begat Mehujael and

Mehujael begat Methusael and Methusael begat Lamech .

419 And Lamech took unto him two wives the name of the one was

Adah and the name of the other Zillah .

420 And Adah bare Jabal he was the father of such as dwell in

tents and of such as have cattle .

421 And his brother's name was Jubal he was the father of all

such as handle the harp and organ .

422 And Zillah she also bare Tubalcain an instructor of every

artificer in brass and iron and the sister of Tubalcain was

Naamah .

423 And Lamech said unto his wives Adah and Zillah Hear my

voice ye wives of Lamech hearken unto my speech for I have slain

a man to my wounding and a young man to my hurt .

424 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold truly Lamech seventy and

sevenfold .

425 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 .

426 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 .

* 51 This is the book of the generations of Adam In the day

that God created man in the likeness of God made he him .

52 Male and female created he them and blessed them and called

their name Adam in the day when they were created .

53 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years and begat a son

in his own likeness after his image and called his name Seth .

54 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight

hundred years and he begat sons and daughters .

55 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and

thirty years and he died .

56 And Seth lived an hundred and five years and begat Enos .

57 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven

years and begat sons and daughters .

58 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years

and he died .

59 And Enos lived ninety years and begat Cainan .

510 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and

fifteen years and begat sons and daughters .

511 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years

and he died .

512 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel .

513 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred

and forty years and begat sons and daughters .

514 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years

and he died .

515 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years and begat Jared .

516 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and

thirty years and begat sons and daughters .

517 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety

and five years and he died .

518 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years and he begat

Enoch .

519 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years

and begat sons and daughters .

520 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two

years and he died .

521 And Enoch lived sixty and five years and begat Methuselah .

522 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three

hundred years and begat sons and daughters .

523 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five

years .

524 And Enoch walked with God and he was not for God took him .

525 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years and

begat Lamech .

526 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred

eighty and two years and begat sons and daughters .

527 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and

nine years and he died .

528 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years and begat

a son .

529 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 .

530 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety

and five years and begat sons and daughters .

531 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and

seven years and he died .

532 And Noah was five hundred years old and Noah begat Shem Ham

and Japheth .

* 61 And it came to pass when men began to multiply on the face

of the earth and daughters were born unto them .

62 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were

fair and they took them wives of all which they chose .

63 And the LORD said My spirit shall not always strive with man

for that he also is flesh yet his days shall be an hundred and

twenty years .

64 There were giants in the earth in those days and also after

that when the sons of God 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 .

65 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the

earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart

was only evil continually .

66 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth

and it grieved him at his heart .

67 And the LORD said I will destroy 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 .

68 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD .

69 These are the generations of Noah Noah was a just man and

perfect in his generations and Noah walked with God .

610 And Noah begat three sons Shem Ham and Japheth .

611 The earth also was corrupt before God and the earth was

filled with violence .

612 And God looked upon the earth and behold it was corrupt for

all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth .

613 And God said unto Noah The end of all flesh is come before

me for the earth is filled with violence through them and behold

I will destroy them with the earth .

614 Make thee an ark of gopher wood rooms shalt thou make in

the ark and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch .

615 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of The

length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits the breadth of

it fifty cubits and the height of it thirty cubits .

616 A window shalt thou make to the ark and in a cubit shalt

thou finish it above and the door of the ark shalt thou set in

the side thereof with lower second and third stories shalt thou

make it .

617 And behold I even I do bring a flood of waters upon the

earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from

under heaven and every thing that is in the earth shall die .

618 But with thee will I establish my covenant and thou shalt

come into the ark thou and thy sons and thy wife and thy sons'

wives with thee .

619 And of every living thing of all flesh two of every sort

shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee they

shall be male and female .

620 Of fowls after their kind and of cattle after their kind of

every creeping thing of the earth after his kind two of every

sort shall come unto thee to keep them alive .

621 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten and thou

shalt gather it to thee and it shall be for food for thee and

for them .

622 Thus did Noah according to all that God commanded him so

did he .

* 71 And the LORD said unto Noah Come thou and all thy house

into the ark for thee have I seen righteous before me in this

generation .

72 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens the

male and his female and of beasts that are not clean by two the

male and his female .

73 Of fowls also of the air by sevens the male and the female

to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth .

74 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 .

75 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him

76 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters

was upon the earth .

77 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 .

78 Of clean beasts and of beasts that are not clean and of

fowls and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth .

79 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark the male

and the female as God had commanded Noah .

710 And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the

flood were upon the earth .

711 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 .

712 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights

713 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 .

714 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 .

715 And they went in unto Noah into the ark two and two of all

flesh wherein is the breath of life .

716 And they that went in went in male and female of all flesh

as God had commanded him and the LORD shut him in .

717 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

718 And the waters prevailed and were increased greatly upon

the earth and the ark went upon the face of the waters .

719 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth and all

the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered .

720 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail and the

mountains were covered .

721 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 .

722 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life of all that

was in the dry land died .

723 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 .

724 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and

fifty days .

* 81 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 .

82 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven

were stopped and the rain from heaven was restrained .

83 And the waters returned from off the earth continually and

after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were

abated .

84 And the ark rested in the seventh month on the seventeenth

day of the month upon the mountains of Ararat .

85 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 .

86 And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah

opened the window of the ark which he had made .

87 And he sent forth a raven which went forth to and fro until

the waters were dried up from off the earth .

88 Also he sent forth a dove from him to see if the waters were

abated from off the face of the ground .

89 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot and she

returned 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 .

810 And he stayed yet other seven days and again he sent forth

the dove out of the ark .

811 And the dove came in to him in the evening and lo in her

mouth was an olive leaf plucked off so Noah knew that the waters

were abated from off the earth .

812 And he stayed yet other seven days and sent forth the dove

which returned not again unto him any more .

813 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year in

the first month the first day of the month the waters were dried

up from off the earth and Noah removed the covering of the ark

and looked and behold the face of the ground was dry .

814 And in the second month on the seven and twentieth day of

the month was the earth dried .

815 And God spake unto Noah saying .

816 Go forth of the ark thou and thy wife and thy sons and thy

sons' wives with thee .

817 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee

of all flesh both of fowl and of cattle and of every creeping

thing that creepeth upon the earth that they may breed

abundantly in the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon the

earth .

818 And Noah went forth and his sons and his wife and his sons'

wives with him .

819 Every beast every creeping thing and every fowl and

whatsoever creepeth upon the earth after their kinds went forth

out of the ark .

820 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD and took of every

clean beast and of every clean fowl and offered burnt offerings

on the altar .

821 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour and the LORD said in

his heart I will 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 I have

done .

822 While the earth remaineth seedtime and harvest and cold and

heat and summer and winter and day and night shall not cease .

* 91 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said unto them Be

fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth .

92 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every

beast of the earth and upon every fowl of the air upon all that

moveth upon the earth and upon all the fishes of the sea into

your hand are they delivered .

93 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you even as

the green herb have I given you all things .

94 But flesh with the life thereof which is the blood thereof

shall ye not eat .

95 And surely your blood of your lives will I require at the

hand of every beast will I require it and at the hand of man at

the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man .

96 Whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed

for in the image of God made he man .

97 And you be ye fruitful and multiply bring forth abundantly

in the earth and multiply therein .

98 And God spake unto Noah and to his sons with him saying .

99 And I behold I establish my covenant with you and with your

seed after you .

910 And with every living creature that is with you of the fowl

of the cattle and of every beast of the earth with you from all

that go out of the ark to every beast of the earth .

911 And I will establish my covenant with you neither shall all

flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood neither shall

there any more be a flood to destroy the earth .

912 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 .

913 I do set my bow in the cloud and it shall be for a token of

a covenant between me and the earth .

914 And it shall come to pass when I bring a cloud over the

earth that the bow shall be seen in the cloud .

915 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 .

916 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 .

917 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 .

918 And the sons of Noah that went forth of the ark were Shem

and Ham and Japheth and Ham is the father of Canaan .

919 These are the three sons of Noah and of them was the whole

earth overspread .

920 And Noah began to be an husbandman and he planted a

vineyard .

921 And he drank of the wine and was drunken and he was

uncovered within his tent .

922 And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his

father and told his two brethren without .

923 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 .

924 And Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his younger son

had done unto him .

925 And he said Cursed be Canaan a servant of servants shall he

be unto his brethren .

926 And he said Blessed be the LORD God of Shem and Canaan

shall be his servant .

927 God shall enlarge Japheth and he shall dwell in the tents

of Shem and Canaan shall be his servant .

928 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty

years .

929 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years

and he died .

* 101 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah Shem

Ham and Japheth and unto them were sons born after the flood .

102 The sons of Japheth Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and

Tubal and Meshech and Tiras .

103 And the sons of Gomer Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah .

104 And the sons of Javan Elishah and Tarshish Kittim and

Dodanim .

105 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their

lands every one after his tongue after their families in their

nations .

106 And the sons of Ham Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan .

107 And the sons of Cush Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah

and Sabtechah and the sons of Raamah Sheba and Dedan .

108 And Cush begat Nimrod he began to be a mighty one in the

earth .

109 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD wherefore it is said

Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD .

1010 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and

Accad and Calneh in the land of Shinar .

1011 Out of that land went forth Asshur and builded Nineveh and

the city Rehoboth and Calah .

1012 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah the same is a great

city .

1013 And Mizraim begat Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and

Naphtuhim .

1014 And Pathrusim and Casluhim out of whom came Philistim and

Caphtorim .

1015 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn and Heth .

1016 And the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgasite .

1017 And the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite .

1018 And the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite and

afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad .

1019 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 .

1020 These are the sons of Ham after their families after their

tongues in their countries and in their nations .

1021 Unto Shem also the father of all the children of Eber the

brother of Japheth the elder even to him were children born .

1022 The children of Shem Elam and Asshur and Arphaxad and Lud

and Aram .

1023 And the children of Aram Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash .

1024 And Arphaxad begat Salah and Salah begat Eber .

1025 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 .

1026 And Joktan begat Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and

Jerah .

1027 And Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah .

1028 And Obal and Abimael and Sheba .

1029 And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab all these were the sons of

Joktan .

1030 And their dwelling was from Mesha as thou goest unto

Sephar a mount of the east .

1031 These are the sons of Shem after their families after

their tongues in their lands after their nations .

1032 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 .

* 111 And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech

112 And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east that

they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they dwelt there .

113 And they said one to another Go to let us make brick and

burn them thoroughly And they had brick for stone and slime had

they for mortar .

114 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 a name lest

we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth .

115 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which

the children of men builded .

116 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 they have imagined to do .

117 Go to let us go down and there confound their language that

they may not understand one another's speech .

118 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face

of all the earth and they left off to build the city .

119 Therefore is the name of it called Babel because the LORD

did there confound the language of all the earth and from thence

did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth

1110 These are the generations of Shem Shem was an hundred

years old and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood .

1111 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years

and begat sons and daughters .

1112 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years and begat Salah .

1113 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and

three years and begat sons and daughters .

1114 And Salah lived thirty years and begat Eber .

1115 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three

years and begat sons and daughters .

1116 And Eber lived four and thirty years and begat Peleg .

1117 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and

thirty years and begat sons and daughters .

1118 And Peleg lived thirty years and begat Reu .

1119 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine

years and begat sons and daughters .

1120 And Reu lived two and thirty years and begat Serug .

1121 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven

years and begat sons and daughters .

1122 And Serug lived thirty years and begat Nahor .

1123 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years and

begat sons and daughters .

1124 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years and begat Terah .

1125 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and

nineteen years and begat sons and daughters .

1126 And Terah lived seventy years and begat Abram Nahor and

Haran .

1127 Now these are the generations of Terah Terah begat Abram

Nahor and Haran and Haran begat Lot .

1128 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his

nativity in Ur of the Chaldees .

1129 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 .

1130 But Sarai was barren she had no child .

1131 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 .

1132 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years and

Terah died in Haran .

* 121 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 show thee .

122 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 .

123 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 .

124 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 .

125 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 .

126 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem

unto the plain of Moreh And the Canaanite was then in the land .

127 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 .

128 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 .

129 And Abram journeyed going on still toward the south .

1210 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 .

1211 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 .

1212 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 .

1213 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 .

1214 And it came to pass that when Abram was come into Egypt

the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair .

1215 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her and commended her

before Pharaoh and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house .

1216 And he entreated Abram well for her sake and he had sheep

and oxen and he asses and menservants and maidservants and she

asses and camels .

1217 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great

plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife .

1218 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 .

1219 Why saidst thou She is my sister so I might have taken her

to me to wife now therefore behold thy wife take her and go thy

way .

1220 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him and they sent

him away and his wife and all that he had .

* 131 And Abram went up out of Egypt he and his wife and all

that he had and Lot with him into the south .

132 And Abram was very rich in cattle in silver and in gold .

133 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel

unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning between

Bethel and Hai .

134 Unto the place of the altar which he had made there at the

first and there Abram called on the name of the LORD .

135 And Lot also which went with Abram had flocks and herds and

tents .

136 And the land was not able to bear them that they might

dwell together for their substance was great so that they could

not dwell together .

137 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's

cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle and the Canaanite and the

Perizzite dwelled then in the land .

138 And Abram said unto Lot Let there be no strife I pray thee

between me and thee and between my herdmen and thy herdmen for

we be brethren .

139 Is not the whole land before thee separate thyself I pray

thee from me if thou wilt take the left hand then I will go to

the right or if thou depart to the right hand then I will go to

the left .

1310 And Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the plain of

Jordan that it was well watered every where before the LORD

destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah even as the garden of the LORD like

the land of Egypt as thou comest unto Zoar .

1311 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan and Lot

journeyed east and they separated themselves the one from the

other .

1312 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan and Lot dwelled in the

cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom .

1313 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the

LORD exceedingly .

1314 And the LORD said unto Abram after that Lot was separated

from him Lift up now thine eyes and look from the place where

thou art northward and southward and eastward and westward .

1315 For all the land which thou seest to thee will I give it

and to thy seed for ever .

1316 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 .

1317 Arise walk through the land in the length of it and in the

breadth of it for I will give it unto thee .

1318 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 .

* 141 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of

Shinar Arioch king of Ellasar Chedorlaomer king of Elam and

Tidal king of nations .

142 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom and with Birsha

king of Gomorrah Shinab king of Admah and Shemeber king of

Zeboiim and the king of Bela which is Zoar .

143 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim which

is the salt sea .

144 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer and in the thirteenth

year they rebelled .

145 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 .

146 And the Horites in their mount Seir unto Elparan which is

by the wilderness .

147 And they returned and came to Enmishpat which is Kadesh and

smote all the country of the Amalekites and also the Amorites

that dwelt in Hazezontamar .

148 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 .

149 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 .

1410 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 .

1411 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all

their victuals and went their way .

1412 And they took Lot Abram's brother's son who dwelt in Sodom

and his goods and departed .

1413 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

1414 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 .

1415 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 .

1416 And he brought back all the goods and also brought again

his brother Lot and his goods and the women also and the people

1417 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 .

1418 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine

and he was the priest of the most high God .

1419 And he blessed him and said Blessed be Abram of the most

high God possessor of heaven and earth .

1420 And blessed be the most high God which hath delivered

thine enemies into thy hand And he gave him tithes of all .

1421 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram Give me the persons

and take the goods to thyself .

1422 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 .

1423 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 .

1424 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 .

* 151 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 .

152 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 .

153 And Abram said Behold to me thou hast given no seed and lo

one born in my house is mine heir .

154 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 .

155 And he brought him forth abroad and said Look now toward

heaven and tell the stars if thou be able to number them and he

said unto him So shall thy seed be .

156 And he believed in the LORD and he counted it to him for

righteousness .

157 And he said unto him I am the LORD that brought thee out of

Ur of the Chaldees to give thee this land to inherit it .

158 And he said Lord GOD whereby shall I know that I shall

inherit it .

159 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 years old

and a turtledove and a young pigeon .

1510 And he took unto him all these and divided them in the

midst and laid each piece one against another but the birds

divided he not .

1511 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases Abram drove

them away .

1512 And when the sun was going down a deep sleep fell upon

Abram and lo an horror of great darkness fell upon him .

1513 And he said unto Abram Know of a surety that thy seed

shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs and shall serve

them and they shall afflict them four hundred years .

1514 And also that nation whom they shall serve will I judge

and afterward shall they come out with great substance .

1515 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace thou shalt be

buried in a good old age .

1516 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again

for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full .

1517 And it came to pass that when the sun went down and it was

dark behold a smoking furnace and a burning lamp that passed

between those pieces .

1518 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram saying

Unto thy seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt

unto the great river the river Euphrates .

1519 The Kenites and the Kenizzites and the Kadmonites .

1520 And the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Rephaims .

1521 And the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Girgashites

and the Jebusites .

* 161 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children and she had

an handmaid an Egyptian whose name was Hagar .

162 And Sarai said unto Abram Behold now the LORD hath

restrained me from bearing I pray thee go in unto my maid it may

be that I may obtain children by her And Abram hearkened to the

voice of Sarai .

163 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian

after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan and gave

her to her husband Abram to be his wife .

164 And he went in unto Hagar and she conceived and when she

saw that she had conceived her mistress was despised in her eyes

165 And Sarai said unto Abram My wrong be upon thee I have

given my maid into thy bosom and when she saw that she had

conceived I was despised in her eyes the LORD judge between me

and thee .

166 But Abram said unto Sarai Behold thy maid is in thy hand do

to her as it pleaseth thee And when Sarai dealt hardly with her

she fled from her face .

167 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water

in the wilderness by the fountain in the way to Shur .

168 And he said Hagar Sarai's maid whence camest thou and

whither wilt thou go And she said I flee from the face of my

mistress Sarai .

169 And the angel of the LORD said unto her Return to thy

mistress and submit thyself under her hands .

1610 And the angel of the LORD said unto her I will multiply

thy seed exceedingly that it shall not be numbered for multitude

1611 And the angel of the LORD said unto her Behold thou art

with child and shalt bear a son and shalt call his name Ishmael

because the LORD hath heard thy affliction .

1612 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 .

1613 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 .

1614 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi behold it is

between Kadesh and Bered .

1615 And Hagar bare Abram a son and Abram called his son's name

which Hagar bare Ishmael .

1616 And Abram was fourscore and six years old when Hagar bare

Ishmael to Abram .

* 171 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 .

172 And I will make my covenant between me and thee and will

multiply thee exceedingly .

173 And Abram fell on his face and God talked with him saying .

174 As for me behold my covenant is with thee and thou shalt be

a father of many nations .

175 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 .

176 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful and I will make

nations of thee and kings shall come out of thee .

177 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 .

178 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 .

179 And God said unto Abraham Thou shalt keep my covenant

therefore thou and thy seed after thee in their generations .

1710 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 .

1711 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin and it

shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you .

1712 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 .

1713 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 .

1714 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 .

1715 And God said unto Abraham As for Sarai thy wife thou shalt

not call her name Sarai but Sarah shall her name be .

1716 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 .

1717 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 .

1718 And Abraham said unto God O that Ishmael might live before

thee .

1719 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 .

1720 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

1721 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac which Sarah

shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year .

1722 And he left off talking with him and God went up from

Abraham .

1723 And Abraham took Ishmael his son and all that were born in

his house and all that were bought with his money every male

among the men of Abraham's house and circumcised the flesh of

their foreskin in the selfsame day as God had said unto him .

1724 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine when he was

circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin .

1725 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was

circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin .

1726 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised and Ishmael

his son .

1727 And all the men of his house born in the house and bought

with money of the stranger were circumcised with him .

* 181 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre and

he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day .

182 And he lift up his eyes and looked and lo three men stood

by him and when he saw them he ran to meet them from the tent

door and bowed himself toward the ground .

183 And said My Lord if now I have found favour in thy sight

pass not away I pray thee from thy servant .

184 Let a little water I pray you be fetched and wash your feet

and rest yourselves under the tree .

185 And I will fetch a morsel of bread and comfort ye your

hearts after that ye shall pass on for therefore are ye come to

your servant And they said So do as thou hast said .

186 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah and said Make

ready quickly three measures of fine meal knead it and make

cakes upon the hearth .

187 And Abraham ran unto the herd and fetched a calf tender and

good and gave it unto a young man and he hasted to dress it .

188 And he took butter and milk and the calf which he had

dressed and set it before them and he stood by them under the

tree and they did eat .

189 And they said unto him Where is Sarah thy wife And he said

Behold in the tent .

1810 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 .

1811 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age

and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women .

1812 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself saying After I am

waxed old shall I have pleasure my lord being old also .

1813 And the LORD said unto Abraham Wherefore did Sarah laugh

saying Shall I of a surety bear a child which am old .

1814 Is any thing too hard for the LORD At the time appointed I

will return unto thee according to the time of life and Sarah

shall have a son .

1815 Then Sarah denied saying I laughed not for she was afraid

And he said Nay but thou didst laugh .

1816 And the men rose up from thence and looked toward Sodom

and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way .

1817 And the LORD said Shall I hide from Abraham that thing

which I do .

1818 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty

nation and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him

1819 For I know him that he will command his children and his

household after him and they shall keep the way of the LORD to

do justice and judgment that the LORD may bring upon Abraham

that which he hath spoken of him .

1820 And the LORD said Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is

great and because their sin is very grievous .

1821 I will go down now and see whether they have done

altogether according to the cry of it which is come unto me and

if not I will know .

1822 And the men turned their faces from thence and went toward

Sodom but Abraham stood yet before the LORD .

1823 And Abraham drew near and said Wilt thou also destroy the

righteous with the wicked .

1824 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city wilt

thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty

righteous that are therein .

1825 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 .

1826 And the LORD said If I find in Sodom fifty righteous

within the city then I will spare all the place for their sakes

1827 And Abraham answered and said Behold now I have taken upon

me to speak unto the Lord which am but dust and ashes .

1828 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 .

1829 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 .

1830 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 .

1831 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 .

1832 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 .

1833 And the LORD went his way as soon as he had left communing

with Abraham and Abraham returned unto his place .

* 191 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 .

192 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 .

193 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 .

194 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 .

195 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 .

196 And Lot went out at the door unto them and shut the door

after him .

197 And said I pray you brethren do not so wickedly .

198 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 .

199 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 .

1910 But the men put forth their hand and pulled Lot into the

house to them and shut to the door .

1911 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 .

1912 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 .

1913 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 .

1914 And Lot went out and spake unto his sons in law which

married his daughters and said Up get you out of this place for

the LORD will destroy this city But he seemed as one that mocked

unto his sons in law .

1915 And when the morning arose then the angels hastened Lot

saying Arise take thy wife and thy two daughters which are here

lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city .

1916 And while he lingered the men laid hold upon his hand and

upon the hand of his wife and upon the hand of his two daughters

the LORD being merciful unto him and they brought him forth and

set him without the city .

1917 And it came to pass when they had brought them forth

abroad that he said Escape for thy life look not behind thee

neither stay thou in all the plain escape to the mountain lest

thou be consumed .

1918 And Lot said unto them Oh not so my Lord .

1919 Behold now thy servant hath found grace in thy sight and

thou hast magnified thy mercy which thou hast showed unto me in

saving my life and I cannot escape to the mountain lest some

evil take me and I die .

1920 Behold now this city is near to flee unto and it is a

little one Oh let me escape thither is it not a little one and

my soul shall live .

1921 And he said unto him See I have accepted thee concerning

this thing also that I will not overthrow this city for the

which thou hast spoken .

1922 Haste thee escape thither for I cannot do any thing till

thou be come thither Therefore the name of the city was called

Zoar .

1923 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into

Zoar .

1924 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah

brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven .

1925 And he overthrew those cities and all the plain and all

the inhabitants of the cities and that which grew upon the

ground .

1926 But his wife looked back from behind him and she became a

pillar of salt .

1927 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where

he stood before the LORD .

1928 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the

land of the plain and beheld and lo the smoke of the country

went up as the smoke of a furnace .

1929 And it came to pass when God destroyed the cities of the

plain that God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst

of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot

dwelt .

1930 And Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountain and

his two daughters with him for he feared to dwell in Zoar and he

dwelt in a cave he and his two daughters .

1931 And the firstborn said unto the younger Our father is old

and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the

manner of all the earth .

1932 Come let us make our father drink wine and we will lie

with him that we may preserve seed of our father .

1933 And they made their father drink wine that night and the

firstborn went in and lay with her father and he perceived not

when she lay down nor when she arose .

1934 And it came to pass on the morrow that the firstborn said

unto the younger Behold I lay yesternight with my father let us

make him drink wine this night also and go thou in and lie with

him that we may preserve seed of our father .

1935 And they made their father drink wine that night also and

the younger arose and lay with him and he perceived not when she

lay down nor when she arose .

1936 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their

father .

1937 And the firstborn bare a son and called his name Moab the

same is the father of the Moabites unto this day .

1938 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 .

* 201 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south

country and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur and sojourned in

Gerar .

202 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife She is my sister and

Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah .

203 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 .

204 But Abimelech had not come near her and he said Lord wilt

thou slay also a righteous nation .

205 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 .

206 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 .

207 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 .

208 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 .

209 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 .

2010 And Abimelech said unto Abraham What sawest thou that thou

hast done this thing .

2011 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 .

2012 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

2013 And it came to pass when God caused me to wander from my

father's house that I said unto her This is thy kindness which

thou shalt show unto me at every place whither we shall come say

of me He is my brother .

2014 And Abimelech took sheep and oxen and menservants and

womenservants and gave them unto Abraham and restored him Sarah

his wife .

2015 And Abimelech said Behold my land is before thee dwell

where it pleaseth thee .

2016 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 .

2017 So Abraham prayed unto God and God healed Abimelech and

his wife and his maidservants and they bare children .

2018 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house

of Abimelech because of Sarah Abraham's wife .

* 211 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said and the LORD

did unto Sarah as he had spoken .

212 For Sarah conceived and bare Abraham a son in his old age

at the set time of which God had spoken to him .

213 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto

him whom Sarah bare to him Isaac .

214 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old

as God had commanded him .

215 And Abraham was an hundred years old when his son Isaac was

born unto him .

216 And Sarah said God hath made me to laugh so that all that

hear will laugh with me .

217 And she said Who would have said unto Abraham that Sarah

should have given children suck for I have born him a son in his

old age .

218 And the child grew and was weaned and Abraham made a great

feast the same day that Isaac was weaned .

219 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian which she had

born unto Abraham mocking .

2110 Wherefore she said unto Abraham Cast out this bondwoman

and her son for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with

my son even with Isaac .

2111 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because

of his son .

2112 And God said unto Abraham Let it not be grievous in thy

sight because of the lad and because of thy bondwoman in all

that Sarah hath said unto thee hearken unto her voice for in

Isaac shall thy seed be called .

2113 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation

because he is thy seed .

2114 And Abraham rose up early in the morning and took bread

and a bottle of water and gave it unto Hagar putting it on her

shoulder and the child and sent her away and she departed and

wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba .

2115 And the water was spent in the bottle and she cast the

child under one of the shrubs .

2116 And she went and sat her down over against him a good way

off as it were a bowshot for she said Let me not see the death

of the child And she sat over against him and lift up her voice

and wept .

2117 And God heard the voice of the lad and the angel of God

called to Hagar out of heaven and said unto her What aileth thee

Hagar fear not for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he

is .

2118 Arise lift up the lad and hold him in thine hand for I

will make him a great nation .

2119 And God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water and

she went and filled the bottle with water and gave the lad drink

2120 And God was with the lad and he grew and dwelt in the

wilderness and became an archer .

2121 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran and his mother

took him a wife out of the land of Egypt .

2122 And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and

Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham saying

God is with thee in all that thou doest .

2123 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not

deal falsely with me nor with my son nor with my son's son but

according to the kindness that I have done unto thee thou shalt

do unto me and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned .

2124 And Abraham said I will swear .

2125 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water

which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away .

2126 And Abimelech said I wot not who hath done this thing

neither didst thou tell me neither yet heard I of it but to day

2127 And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them unto

Abimelech and both of them made a covenant .

2128 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves

2129 And Abimelech said unto Abraham What mean these seven ewe

lambs which thou hast set by themselves .

2130 And he said For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of

my hand that they may be a witness unto me that I have digged

this well .

2131 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba because there

they sware both of them .

2132 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba then Abimelech rose

up and Phichol the chief captain of his host and they returned

into the land of the Philistines .

2133 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba and called there

on the name of the LORD the everlasting God .

2134 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days .

* 221 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 .

222 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 .

223 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 .

224 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw

the place afar off .

225 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 .

226 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 .

227 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 .

228 And Abraham said My son God will provide himself a lamb for

a burnt offering so they went both of them together .

229 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 .

2210 And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took the knife to

slay his son .

2211 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven

and said Abraham Abraham and he said Here am I .

2212 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 .

2213 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 .

2214 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh as

it is said to this day In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen

2215 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of

heaven the second time .

2216 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 .

2217 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 .

2218 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be

blessed because thou hast obeyed my voice .

2219 So Abraham returned unto his young men and they rose up

and went together to Beersheba and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba .

2220 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 .

2221 Huz his firstborn and Buz his brother and Kemuel the

father of Aram .

2222 And Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel .

2223 And Bethuel begat Rebekah these eight Milcah did bear to

Nahor Abraham's brother .

2224 And his concubine whose name was Reumah she bare also

Tebah and Gaham and Thahash and Maachah .

* 231 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old

these were the years of the life of Sarah .

232 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba the same is Hebron in the

land of Canaan and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep

for her .

233 And Abraham stood up from before his dead and spake unto

the sons of Heth saying .

234 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you give me a

possession of a buryingplace with you that I may bury my dead

out of my sight .

235 And the children of Heth answered Abraham saying unto him .

236 Hear us my lord thou art a mighty prince among us in the

choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead none of us shall withhold

from thee his sepulchre but that thou mayest bury thy dead .

237 And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the

land even to the children of Heth .

238 And he communed with them saying If it be your mind that I

should bury my dead out of my sight hear me and entreat for me

to Ephron the son of Zohar .

239 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he hath

which is in the end of his field for as much money as it is

worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace

amongst you .

2310 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth and Ephron the

Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth

even of all that went in at the gate of his city saying .

2311 Nay my lord hear me the field give I thee and the cave

that is therein I give it thee in the presence of the sons of my

people give I it thee bury thy dead .

2312 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the

land .

2313 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 money for the field take it of me and I will bury

my dead there .

2314 And Ephron answered Abraham saying unto him .

2315 My lord hearken unto me the land is worth four hundred

shekels of silver what is that betwixt me and thee bury

therefore thy dead .

2316 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron and Abraham weighed to

Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons

of Heth four hundred shekels of silver current money with the

merchant .

2317 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah which was

before Mamre the field and the cave which was therein and all

the trees that were in the field that were in all the borders

round about were made sure .

2318 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the

children of Heth before all that went in at the gate of his city

2319 And after this Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave

of the field of Machpelah before Mamre the same is Hebron in the

land of Canaan .

2320 And the field and the cave that is therein were made sure

unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of

Heth .

* 241 And Abraham was old and well stricken in age and the LORD

had blessed Abraham in all things .

242 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house that

ruled over all that he had Put I pray thee thy hand under my

thigh .

243 And I will make thee swear by the LORD the God of heaven

and the God of the earth that thou shalt not take a wife unto my

son of the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I dwell .

244 But thou shalt go unto my country and to my kindred and

take a wife unto my son Isaac .

245 And the servant said unto him Peradventure the woman will

not be willing to follow me unto this land must I needs bring

thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest .

246 And Abraham said unto him Beware thou that thou bring not

my son thither again .

247 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 .

248 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 .

249 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his

master and sware to him concerning that matter .

2410 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

2411 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 .

2412 And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham I pray thee

send me good speed this day and show kindness unto my master

Abraham .

2413 Behold I stand here by the well of water and the daughters

of the men of the city come out to draw water .

2414 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 showed kindness unto my

master .

2415 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 .

2416 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 .

2417 And the servant ran to meet her and said Let me I pray

thee drink a little water of thy pitcher .

2418 And she said Drink my lord and she hasted and let down her

pitcher upon her hand and gave him drink .

2419 And when she had done giving him drink she said I will

draw water for thy camels also until they have done drinking .

2420 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 .

2421 And the man wondering at her held his peace to wit whether

the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not .

2422 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 .

2423 And said Whose daughter art thou tell me I pray thee is

there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in .

2424 And she said unto him I am the daughter of Bethuel the son

of Milcah which she bare unto Nahor .

2425 She said moreover unto him We have both straw and

provender enough and room to lodge in .

2426 And the man bowed down his head and worshipped the LORD .

2427 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 .

2428 And the damsel ran and told them of her mother's house

these things .

2429 And Rebekah had a brother and his name was Laban and Laban

ran out unto the man unto the well .

2430 And it came to pass when he saw the earring and bracelets

upon his sister's hands and when he heard the words of Rebekah

his sister saying Thus spake the man unto me that he came unto

the man and behold he stood by the camels at the well .

2431 And he said Come in thou blessed of the LORD wherefore

standest thou without for I have prepared the house and room for

the camels .

2432 And the man came into the house and he ungirded his camels

and gave straw and provender for the camels and water to wash

his feet and the men's feet that were with him .

2433 And there was set meat before him to eat but he said I

will not eat until I have told mine errand And he said Speak on

2434 And he said I am Abraham's servant .

2435 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly and he is

become great and he hath given him flocks and herds and silver

and gold and menservants and maidservants and camels and asses .

2436 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when

she was old and unto him hath he given all that he hath .

2437 And my master made me swear saying Thou shalt not take a

wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land

I dwell .

2438 But thou shalt go unto my father's house and to my kindred

and take a wife unto my son .

2439 And I said unto my master Peradventure the woman will not

follow me .

2440 And he said unto me The LORD before whom I walk will send

his angel with thee and prosper thy way and thou shalt take a

wife for my son of my kindred and of my father's house .

2441 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath when thou

comest to my kindred and if they give not thee one thou shalt be

clear from my oath .

2442 And I came this day unto the well and said O LORD God of

my master Abraham if now thou do prosper my way which I go .

2443 Behold I stand by the well of water and it shall come to

pass that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water and I say

to her Give me I pray thee a little water of thy pitcher to

drink .

2444 And she say to me Both drink thou and I will also draw for

thy camels let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath

appointed out for my master's son .

2445 And before I had done speaking in mine heart behold

Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder and she went

down unto the well and drew water and I said unto her Let me

drink I pray thee .

2446 And she made haste and let down her pitcher from her

shoulder and said Drink and I will give thy camels drink also so

I drank and she made the camels drink also .

2447 And I asked her and said Whose daughter art thou And she

said The daughter of Bethuel Nahor's son whom Milcah bare unto

him and I put the earring upon her face and the bracelets upon

her hands .

2448 And I bowed down my head and worshipped the LORD and

blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham which had led me in

the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his

son .

2449 And now 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 the left .

2450 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said The thing

proceedeth from the LORD we cannot speak unto thee bad or good .

2451 Behold Rebekah is before thee take her and go and let her

be thy master's son's wife as the LORD hath spoken .

2452 And it came to pass that when Abraham's servant heard

their words he worshipped the LORD bowing himself to the earth .

2453 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver and jewels

of gold and raiment and gave them to Rebekah he gave also to her

brother and to her mother precious things .

2454 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 .

2455 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 .

2456 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 .

2457 And they said We will call the damsel and inquire at her

mouth .

2458 And they called Rebekah and said unto her Wilt thou go

with this man And she said I will go .

2459 And they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse and

Abraham's servant and his men .

2460 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 .

2461 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 .

2462 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi for he

dwelt in the south country .

2463 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 .

2464 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes and when she saw Isaac she

lighted off the camel .

2465 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 veil and covered herself .

2466 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done .

2467 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 .

* 251 Then again Abraham took a wife and her name was Keturah .

252 And she bare him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian

and Ishbak and Shuah .

253 And Jokshan begat Sheba and Dedan And the sons of Dedan

were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim .

254 And the sons of Midian Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and

Abidah and Eldaah All these were the children of Keturah .

255 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac .

256 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 .

257 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which

he lived an hundred threescore and fifteen years .

258 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 .

259 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 .

2510 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth

there was Abraham buried and Sarah his wife .

2511 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham that God

blessed his son Isaac and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi .

2512 Now these are the generations of Ishmael Abraham's son

whom Hagar the Egyptian Sarah's handmaid bare unto Abraham .

2513 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 .

2514 And Mishma and Dumah and Massa .

2515 Hadar and Tema Jetur Naphish and Kedemah .

2516 These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names by

their towns and by their castles twelve princes according to

their nations .

2517 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael an hundred

and thirty and seven years and he gave up the ghost and died and

was gathered unto his people .

2518 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur that is before Egypt

as thou goest toward Assyria and he died in the presence of all

his brethren .

2519 And these are the generations of Isaac Abraham's son

Abraham begat Isaac .

2520 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife

the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram the sister to

Laban the Syrian .

2521 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife because she was

barren and the LORD was entreated of him and Rebekah his wife

conceived .

2522 And the children struggled together within her and she

said If it be so why am I thus And she went to inquire of the

LORD .

2523 And the LORD said unto her Two nations are in thy womb and

two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels and the

one people shall be stronger than the other people and the elder

shall serve the younger .

2524 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled behold

there were twins in her womb .

2525 And the first came out red all over like an hairy garment

and they called his name Esau .

2526 And after that came his brother out and his hand took hold

on Esau's heel and his name was called Jacob and Isaac was

threescore years old when she bare them .

2527 And the boys grew and Esau was a cunning hunter a man of

the field and Jacob was a plain man dwelling in tents .

2528 And Isaac loved Esau because he did eat of his venison but

Rebekah loved Jacob .

2529 And Jacob sod pottage and Esau came from the field and he

was faint .

2530 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 .

2531 And Jacob said Sell me this day thy birthright .

2532 And Esau said Behold I am at the point to die and what

profit shall this birthright do to me .

2533 And Jacob said Swear to me this day and he sware unto him

and he sold his birthright unto Jacob .

2534 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles and he

did eat and drink and rose up and went his way thus Esau

despised his birthright .

* 261 And there was a famine in the land beside the first

famine that was in the days of Abraham And Isaac went unto

Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar .

262 And the LORD appeared unto him and said Go not down into

Egypt dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of .

263 Sojourn in this land and I will be with thee and will bless

thee for unto thee and unto thy seed I will give all these

countries and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham

thy father .

264 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven

and will give unto thy seed all these countries and in thy seed

shall all the nations of the earth be blessed .

265 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge my

commandments my statutes and my laws .

266 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar .

267 And the men of the place asked him of his wife and he said

She is my sister for he feared to say She is my wife lest said

he the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah because she

was fair to look upon .

268 And it came to pass when he had been there a long time that

Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window and saw

and behold Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife .

269 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 .

2610 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 .

2611 And Abimelech charged all his people saying He that

toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death .

2612 Then Isaac sowed in that land and received in the same

year an hundredfold and the LORD blessed him .

2613 And the man waxed great and went forward and grew until he

became very great .

2614 For he had possession of flocks and possession of herds

and great store of servants and the Philistines envied him .

2615 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 .

2616 And Abimelech said unto Isaac Go from us for thou art much

mightier than we .

2617 And Isaac departed thence and pitched his tent in the

valley of Gerar and dwelt there .

2618 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 .

2619 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley and found there

a well of springing water .

2620 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 .

2621 And they digged another well and strove for that also and

he called the name of it Sitnah .

2622 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 .

2623 And he went up from thence to Beersheba .

2624 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 .

2625 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 .

2626 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar and Ahuzzath one of

his friends and Phichol the chief captain of his army .

2627 And Isaac said unto them Wherefore come ye to me seeing ye

hate me and have sent me away from you .

2628 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 .

2629 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 .

2630 And he made them a feast and they did eat and drink .

2631 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 .

2632 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 .

2633 And he called it Shebah therefore the name of the city is

Beersheba unto this day .

2634 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 .

2635 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah .

* 271 And it came to pass that when Isaac was old and his eyes

were dim so that he could not see he called Esau his eldest son

and said unto him My son and he said unto him Behold here am I .

272 And he said Behold now I am old I know not the day of my

death .

273 Now therefore take I pray thee thy weapons thy quiver and

thy bow and go out to the field and take me some venison .

274 And make me savoury meat such as I love and bring it to me

that I may eat that my soul may bless thee before I die .

275 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son And Esau

went to the field to hunt for venison and to bring it .

276 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son saying Behold I heard

thy father speak unto Esau thy brother saying .

277 Bring me venison and make me savoury meat that I may eat

and bless thee before the LORD before my death .

278 Now therefore my son obey my voice according to that which

I command thee .

279 Go now to the flock and fetch me from thence two good kids

of the goats and I will make them savoury meat for thy father

such as he loveth .

2710 And thou shalt bring it to thy father that he may eat and

that he may bless thee before his death .

2711 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother Behold Esau my

brother is a hairy man and I am a smooth man .

2712 My father peradventure will feel me and I shall seem to

him as a deceiver and I shall bring a curse upon me and not a

blessing .

2713 And his mother said unto him Upon me be thy curse my son

only obey my voice and go fetch me them .

2714 And he went and fetched and brought them to his mother and

his mother made savoury meat such as his father loved .

2715 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau

which were with her in the house and put them upon Jacob her

younger son .

2716 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his

hands and upon the smooth of his neck .

2717 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread which she had

prepared into the hand of her son Jacob .

2718 And he came unto his father and said My father and he said

Here am I who art thou my son .

2719 And Jacob said unto his father I am Esau thy firstborn I

have done according as thou badest me arise I pray thee sit and

eat of my venison that thy soul may bless me .

2720 And Isaac said unto his son How is it that thou hast found

it so quickly my son And he said Because the LORD thy God

brought it to me .

2721 And Isaac said unto Jacob Come near I pray thee that I may

feel thee my son whether thou be my very son Esau or not .

2722 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father and he felt him

and said The voice is Jacob's voice but the hands are the hands

of Esau .

2723 And he discerned him not because his hands were hairy as

his brother Esau's hands so he blessed him .

2724 And he said Art thou my very son Esau And he said I am .

2725 And he said Bring it near to me and I will eat of my son's

venison 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 .

2726 And his father Isaac said unto him Come near now and kiss

me my son .

2727 And he came near and kissed him and he smelled the smell

of his raiment and blessed him and said See the smell of my son

is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed .

2728 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven and the

fatness of the earth and plenty of corn and wine .

2729 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 .

2730 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 .

2731 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 .

2732 And Isaac his father said unto him Who art thou And he

said I am thy son thy firstborn Esau .

2733 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 .

2734 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 .

2735 And he said Thy brother came with subtlety and hath taken

away thy blessing .

2736 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 .

2737 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 .

2738 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 .

2739 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 .

2740 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 .

2741 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 .

2742 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 .

2743 Now therefore my son obey my voice and arise flee thou to

Laban my brother to Haran .

2744 And tarry with him a few days until thy brother's fury

turn away .

2745 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 .

2746 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 .

* 281 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 .

282 Arise go to Padanaram 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 .

283 And God Almighty bless thee and make thee fruitful and

multiply thee that thou mayest be a multitude of people .

284 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 .

285 And Isaac sent away Jacob and he went to Padanaram unto

Laban son of Bethuel the Syrian the brother of Rebekah Jacob's

and Esau's mother .

286 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him

away to Padanaram to take him a wife from thence and that as he

blessed him he gave him a charge saying Thou shalt not take a

wife of the daughters of Canaan .

287 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother and was

gone to Padanaram .

288 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not

Isaac his father .

289 Then went Esau unto Ishmael and took unto the wives which

he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son the sister

of Nebajoth to be his wife .

2810 And Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran .

2811 And he lighted upon a certain place and tarried there all

night because the sun was set and he took of the stones of that

place and put them for his pillows and lay down in that place to

sleep .

2812 And he dreamed and behold a ladder set up on the earth and

the top of it reached to heaven and behold the angels of God

ascending and descending on it .

2813 And behold the LORD stood above it and said I am the LORD

God of Abraham thy father and the God of Isaac the land whereon

thou liest to thee will I give it and to thy seed .

2814 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth and thou

shalt spread 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 the

families of the earth be blessed .

2815 And behold I am with thee and will keep thee in all places

whither thou goest and will bring thee again into this land for

I will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken

to thee of .

2816 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep and he said Surely the

LORD is in this place and I knew it not .

2817 And he was afraid and said How dreadful is this place this

is none other but the house of God and this is the gate of

heaven .

2818 And Jacob rose up early in the morning and took the stone

that he had put for his pillows and set it up for a pillar and

poured oil upon the top of it .

2819 And he called the name of that place Bethel but the name

of that city was called Luz at the first .

2820 And Jacob vowed a vow saying If God will be with me and

will keep me in this way that I go and will give me bread to eat

and raiment to put on .

2821 So that I come again to my father's house in peace then

shall the LORD be my God .

2822 And this stone which I have set for a pillar shall be

God's house and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely

give the tenth unto thee .

* 291 Then Jacob went on his journey and came into the land of

the people of the east .

292 And he looked and behold a well in the field and lo there

were three flocks of sheep lying by it for out of that well they

watered the flocks and a great stone was upon the well's mouth .

293 And thither were all the flocks gathered and they rolled

the stone from the well's mouth and watered the sheep and put

the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place .

294 And Jacob said unto them My brethren whence be ye And they

said Of Haran are we .

295 And he said unto them Know ye Laban the son of Nahor And

they said We know him .

296 And he said unto them Is he well And they said He is well

and behold Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep .

297 And he said Lo it is yet high day neither is it time that

the cattle should be gathered together water ye the sheep and go

and feed them .

298 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 .

299 And while he yet spake with them Rachel came with her

father's sheep for she kept them .

2910 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

2911 And Jacob kissed Rachel and lifted up his voice and wept .

2912 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 .

2913 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 .

2914 And Laban said to him Surely thou art my bone and my flesh

And he abode with him the space of a month .

2915 And Laban said unto Jacob Because thou art my brother

shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought tell me what shall

thy wages be .

2916 And Laban had two daughters the name of the elder was Leah

and the name of the younger was Rachel .

2917 Leah was tender eyed but Rachel was beautiful and well

favoured .

2918 And Jacob loved Rachel and said I will serve thee seven

years for Rachel thy younger daughter .

2919 And Laban said It is better that I give her to thee than

that I should give her to another man abide with me .

2920 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed

unto him but a few days for the love he had to her .

2921 And Jacob said unto Laban Give me my wife for my days are

fulfilled that I may go in unto her .

2922 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and

made a feast .

2923 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 .

2924 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for

an handmaid .

2925 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 .

2926 And Laban said It must not be so done in our country to

give the younger before the firstborn .

2927 Fulfil her week and we will give thee this also for the

service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years .

2928 And Jacob did so and fulfilled her week and he gave him

Rachel his daughter to wife also .

2929 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid

to be her maid .

2930 And he went in also unto Rachel and he loved also Rachel

more than Leah and served with him yet seven other years .

2931 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated he opened her

womb but Rachel was barren .

2932 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 .

2933 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 .

2934 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 .

2935 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 .

* 301 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 .

302 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel and he said Am

I in God's stead who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the

womb .

303 And she said Behold my maid Bilhah go in unto her and she

shall bear upon my knees that I may also have children by her .

304 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife and Jacob went

in unto her .

305 And Bilhah conceived and bare Jacob a son .

306 And Rachel said God hath judged me and hath also heard my

voice and hath given me a son therefore called she his name Dan

307 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again and bare Jacob a

second son .

308 And Rachel said With great wrestlings have I wrestled with

my sister and I have prevailed and she called his name Naphtali

309 When Leah saw that she had left bearing she took Zilpah her

maid and gave her Jacob to wife .

3010 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son .

3011 And Leah said A troop cometh and she called his name Gad .

3012 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son .

3013 And Leah said Happy am I for the daughters will call me

blessed and she called his name Asher .

3014 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found

mandrakes in the field and brought them unto his mother Leah

Then Rachel said to Leah Give me I pray thee of thy son's

mandrakes .

3015 And she said unto her 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 night

for thy son's mandrakes .

3016 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening and Leah

went out to meet him and said Thou must come in unto me for

surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes And he lay with

her that night .

3017 And God hearkened unto Leah and she conceived and bare

Jacob the fifth son .

3018 And Leah said God hath given me my hire because I have

given my maiden to my husband and she called his name Issachar .

3019 And Leah conceived again and bare Jacob the sixth son .

3020 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 name Zebulun .

3021 And afterwards she bare a daughter and called her name

Dinah .

3022 And God remembered Rachel and God hearkened to her and

opened her womb .

3023 And she conceived and bare a son and said God hath taken

away my reproach .

3024 And she called his name Joseph and said The LORD shall add

to me another son .

3025 And it came to pass when Rachel had born Joseph that Jacob

said unto Laban Send me away that I may go unto mine own place

and to my country .

3026 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served

thee and let me go for thou knowest my service which I have done

thee .

3027 And Laban said unto him I pray thee if I have found favour

in thine eyes tarry for I have learned by experience that the

LORD hath blessed me for thy sake .

3028 And he said Appoint me thy wages and I will give it .

3029 And he said unto him Thou knowest how I have served thee

and how thy cattle was with me .

3030 For it was little which thou hadst before I came and it is

now increased unto a multitude and the LORD hath blessed thee

since my coming and now when shall I provide for mine own house

also .

3031 And he said What shall I give thee And Jacob said Thou

shalt not give me any thing if thou wilt do this thing for me I

will again feed and keep thy flock .

3032 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 .

3033 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 .

3034 And Laban said Behold I would it might be according to thy

word .

3035 And he removed that day the he goats that were

ringstreaked 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 .

3036 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob

and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks .

3037 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar and of the hazel

and chestnut tree and pilled white streaks in them and made the

white appear which was in the rods .

3038 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 .

3039 And the flocks conceived before the rods and brought forth

cattle ringstreaked speckled and spotted .

3040 And Jacob did separate the lambs and set the faces of the

flocks toward the ringstreaked 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 .

3041 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 .

3042 But when the cattle were feeble he put them not in so the

feebler were Laban's and the stronger Jacob's .

3043 And the man increased exceedingly and had much cattle and

maidservants and menservants and camels and asses .

* 311 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 .

312 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban and behold it was

not toward him as before .

313 And the LORD said unto Jacob Return unto the land of thy

fathers and to thy kindred and I will be with thee .

314 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto

his flock .

315 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 .

316 And ye know that with all my power I have served your

father .

317 And your father hath deceived me and changed my wages ten

times but God suffered him not to hurt me .

318 If he said thus The speckled shall be thy wages then all

the cattle bare speckled and if he said thus The ringstreaked

shall be thy hire then bare all the cattle ringstreaked .

319 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father and

given them to me .

3110 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 ringstreaked speckled and

grisled .

3111 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream saying Jacob

And I said Here am I .

3112 And he said Lift up now thine eyes and see all the rams

which leap upon the cattle are ringstreaked speckled and grisled

for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee .

3113 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 .

3114 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him Is there

yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house .

3115 Are we not counted of him strangers for he hath sold us

and hath quite devoured also our money .

3116 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father

that is ours and our children's now then whatsoever God hath

said unto thee do .

3117 Then Jacob rose up and set his sons and his wives upon

camels .

3118 And he carried away all his cattle and all his goods which

he had gotten the cattle of his getting which he had gotten in

Padanaram for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan .

3119 And Laban went to shear his sheep and Rachel had stolen

the images that were her father's .

3120 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian in that

he told him not that he fled .

3121 So he fled with all that he had and he rose up and passed

over the river and set his face toward the mount Gilead .

3122 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled

3123 And he took his brethren with him and pursued after him

seven days' journey and they overtook him in the mount Gilead .

3124 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night and

said unto him Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good

or bad .

3125 Then Laban overtook Jacob Now Jacob had pitched his tent

in the mount and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of

Gilead .

3126 And Laban said to Jacob What hast thou done that thou hast

stolen away unawares to me and carried away my daughters as

captives taken with the sword .

3127 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly and steal away

from me and didst not tell me that I might have sent thee away

with mirth and with songs with tabret and with harp .

3128 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters

thou hast now done foolishly in so doing .

3129 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt but the God

of your father spake unto me yesternight saying Take thou heed

that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad .

3130 And now though thou wouldest needs be gone because thou

sore longedst after thy father's house yet wherefore hast thou

stolen my gods .

3131 And Jacob answered and said to Laban Because I was afraid

for I said Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy

daughters from me .

3132 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods let him not live

before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me and take

it to thee For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them .

3133 And Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent and

into the two maidservants' tents but he found them not Then went

he out of Leah's tent and entered into Rachel's tent .

3134 Now Rachel had taken the images and put them in the

camel's furniture and sat upon them And Laban searched all the

tent but found them not .

3135 And she said to her father Let it not displease my lord

that I cannot rise up before thee for the custom of women is

upon me And he searched but found not the images .

3136 And Jacob was wroth and chided with Laban and Jacob

answered and said to Laban What is my trespass what is my sin

that thou hast so hotly pursued after me .

3137 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff what hast thou

found of all thy household stuff set it here before my brethren

and thy brethren that they may judge betwixt us both .

3138 This twenty years have I been with thee thy ewes and thy

she goats have not cast their young and the rams of thy flock

have I not eaten .

3139 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee I

bare the loss of it of my hand didst thou require it whether

stolen by day or stolen by night .

3140 Thus I was in the day the drought consumed me and the

frost by night and my sleep departed from mine eyes .

3141 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 .

3142 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 .

3143 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 .

3144 Now therefore come thou let us make a covenant I and thou

and let it be for a witness between me and thee .

3145 And Jacob took a stone and set it up for a pillar .

3146 And Jacob said unto his brethren Gather stones and they

took stones and made an heap and they did eat there upon the

heap .

3147 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha but Jacob called it

Galeed .

3148 And Laban said This heap is a witness between me and thee

this day Therefore was the name of it called Galeed .

3149 And Mizpah for he said The LORD watch between me and thee

when we are absent one from another .

3150 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 .

3151 And Laban said to Jacob Behold this heap and behold this

pillar which I have cast betwixt me and thee .

3152 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 .

3153 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 .

3154 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 .

3155 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 .

* 321 And Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him .

322 And when Jacob saw them he said This is God's host and he

called the name of that place Mahanaim .

323 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother

unto the land of Seir the country of Edom .

324 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 .

325 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 .

326 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 .

327 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 .

328 And said If Esau come to the one company and smite it then

the other company which is left shall escape .

329 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 .

3210 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all

the truth which thou hast showed unto thy servant for with my

staff I passed over this Jordan and now I am become two bands .

3211 Deliver me I pray thee from the hand of my brother from

the hand of Esau for I fear him lest he will come and smite me

and the mother with the children .

3212 And thou saidst I will surely do thee good and make thy

seed as the sand of the sea which cannot be numbered for

multitude .

3213 And he lodged there that same night and took of that which

came to his hand a present for Esau his brother .

3214 Two hundred she goats and twenty he goats two hundred ewes

and twenty rams .

3215 Thirty milch camels with their colts forty kine and ten

bulls twenty she asses and ten foals .

3216 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants every

drove by themselves and said unto his servants Pass over before

me and put a space betwixt drove and drove .

3217 And he commanded the foremost saying When Esau my brother

meeteth thee and asketh thee saying Whose art thou and whither

goest thou and whose are these before thee .

3218 Then thou shalt say They be thy servant Jacob's it is a

present sent unto my lord Esau and behold also he is behind us .

3219 And so commanded he the second and the third and all that

followed the droves saying On this manner shall ye speak unto

Esau when ye find him .

3220 And say ye moreover Behold thy servant Jacob is behind us

For he said I will appease him with the present that goeth

before me and afterward I will see his face peradventure he will

accept of me .

3221 So went the present over before him and himself lodged

that night in the company .

3222 And he rose up that night and took his two wives and his

two womenservants and his eleven sons and passed over the ford

Jabbok .

3223 And he took them and sent them over the brook and sent

over that he had .

3224 And Jacob was left alone and there wrestled a man with him

until the breaking of the day .

3225 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him he

touched the hollow of his thigh and the hollow of Jacob's thigh

was out of joint as he wrestled with him .

3226 And he said Let me go for the day breaketh And he said I

will not let thee go except thou bless me .

3227 And he said unto him What is thy name And he said Jacob .

3228 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 and

hast prevailed .

3229 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 blessed him there .

3230 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel for I have

seen God face to face and my life is preserved .

3231 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him and he

halted upon his thigh .

3232 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew

which shrank which is upon the hollow of the thigh unto this day

because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that

shrank .

* 331 And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked and behold Esau

came and with him four hundred men And he divided the children

unto Leah and unto Rachel and unto the two handmaids .

332 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost and

Leah and her children after and Rachel and Joseph hindermost .

333 And he passed over before them and bowed himself to the

ground seven times until he came near to his brother .

334 And Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his

neck and kissed him and they wept .

335 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 hath graciously given thy servant .

336 Then the handmaidens came near they and their children and

they bowed themselves .

337 And Leah also with her children came near and bowed

themselves and after came Joseph near and Rachel and they bowed

themselves .

338 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 .

339 And Esau said I have enough my brother keep that thou hast

unto thyself .

3310 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 .

3311 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 .

3312 And he said Let us take our journey and let us go and I

will go before thee .

3313 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 .

3314 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 .

3315 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 .

3316 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir .

3317 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 .

3318 And Jacob came to Shalem a city of Shechem which is in the

land of Canaan when he came from Padanaram and pitched his tent

before the city .

3319 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 .

3320 And he erected there an altar and called it Elelohe-Israel

* 341 And Dinah the daughter of Leah which she bare unto Jacob

went out to see the daughters of the land .

342 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 .

343 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob and he

loved the damsel and spake kindly unto the damsel .

344 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor saying Get me this

damsel to wife .

345 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 .

346 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to

commune with him .

347 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 .

348 And Hamor communed with them saying The soul of my son

Shechem longeth for your daughter I pray you give her him to

wife .

349 And make ye marriages with us and give your daughters unto

us and take our daughters unto you .

3410 And ye shall dwell with us and the land shall be before

you dwell and trade ye therein and get you possessions therein .

3411 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 .

3412 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

3413 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his

father deceitfully and said because he had defiled Dinah their

sister .

3414 And they said unto them We cannot do this thing to give

our sister to one that is uncircumcised for that were a reproach

unto us .

3415 But in this will we consent unto you If ye will be as we

be that every male of you be circumcised .

3416 Then will we give our daughters unto you and we will take

your daughters to us and we will dwell with you and we will

become one people .

3417 But if ye will not hearken unto us to be circumcised then

will we take our daughter and we will be gone .

3418 And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem Hamor's son .

3419 And the young man deferred not to do the thing because he

had delight in Jacob's daughter and he was more honourable than

all the house of his father .

3420 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their

city and communed with the men of their city saying .

3421 These men are peaceable with us therefore let them dwell

in the land and trade therein for the land behold it is large

enough for them let us take their daughters to us for wives and

let us give them our daughters .

3422 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with

us to be one people if every male among us be circumcised as

they are circumcised .

3423 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast

of theirs be ours only let us consent unto them and they will

dwell with us .

3424 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that

went out of the gate of his city and every male was circumcised

all that went out of the gate of his city .

3425 And it came to pass on the third day when they were sore

that two of the sons of Jacob Simeon and Levi Dinah's brethren

took each man his sword and came upon the city boldly and slew

all the males .

3426 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of

the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem's house and went out .

3427 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and spoiled the city

because they had defiled their sister .

3428 They took their sheep and their oxen and their asses and

that which was in the city and that which was in the field .

3429 And all their wealth and all their little ones and their

wives took they captive and spoiled even all that was in the

house .

3430 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi Ye have troubled me to

make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land among the

Canaanites and the Perizzites and I being few in number they

shall gather themselves together against me and slay me and I

shall be destroyed I and my house .

3431 And they said Should he deal with our sister as with an

harlot .

* 351 And God said unto Jacob Arise go up to Bethel and dwell

there and make there an altar unto God that appeared unto thee

when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother .

352 Then Jacob said unto his household and to all that were

with him Put away the strange gods that are among you and be

clean and change your garments .

353 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 .

354 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in

their hand and all their earrings which were in their ears and

Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem .

355 And they journeyed and the terror of God was upon the

cities that were round about them and they did not pursue after

the sons of Jacob .

356 So Jacob came to Luz which is in the land of Canaan that is

Bethel he and all the people that were with him .

357 And he built there an altar and called the place Elbethel

because there God appeared unto him when he fled from the face

of his brother .

358 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died and she was buried beneath

Bethel under an oak and the name of it was called Allonbachuth .

359 And God appeared unto Jacob again when he came out of

Padanaram and blessed him .

3510 And God said unto him Thy name is Jacob thy name shall not

be called any more Jacob but Israel shall be thy name and he

called his name Israel .

3511 And God said unto him I am God Almighty be fruitful and

multiply a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee and

kings shall come out of thy loins .

3512 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac to thee I will

give it and to thy seed after thee will I give the land .

3513 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with

him .

3514 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked

with him even a pillar of stone and he poured a drink offering

thereon and he poured oil thereon .

3515 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake

with him Bethel .

3516 And they journeyed from Bethel and there was but a little

way to come to Ephrath and Rachel travailed and she had hard

labour .

3517 And it came to pass when she was in hard labour that the

midwife said unto her Fear not thou shalt have this son also .

3518 And it came to pass as her soul was in departing for she

died that she called his name Benoni but his father called him

Benjamin .

3519 And Rachel died and was buried in the way to Ephrath which

is Bethlehem .

3520 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave that is the pillar

of Rachel's grave unto this day .

3521 And Israel journeyed and spread his tent beyond the tower

of Edar .

3522 And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land that

Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine and

Israel heard it Now the sons of Jacob were twelve .

3523 The sons of Leah Reuben Jacob's firstborn and Simeon and

Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun .

3524 The sons of Rachel Joseph and Benjamin .

3525 And the sons of Bilhah Rachel's handmaid Dan and Naphtali

3526 And the sons of Zilpah Leah's handmaid Gad and Asher these

are the sons of Jacob which were born to him in Padanaram .

3527 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre unto the

city of Arbah which is Hebron where Abraham and Isaac sojourned

3528 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years

3529 And Isaac gave up the ghost and died and was gathered unto

his people being old and full of days and his sons Esau and

Jacob buried him .

* 361 Now these are the generations of Esau who is Edom .

362 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan Adah the

daughter of Elon the Hittite and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah

the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite .

363 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter sister of Nebajoth .

364 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz and Bashemath bare Reuel .

365 And Aholibamah bare Jeush and Jaalam and Korah these are

the sons of Esau which were born unto him in the land of Canaan

366 And Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters and

all the persons of his house and his cattle and all his beasts

and all his substance which he had got in the land of Canaan and

went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob .

367 For their riches were more than that they might dwell

together and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear

them because of their cattle .

368 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir Esau is Edom .

369 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the

Edomites in mount Seir .

3610 These are the names of Esau's sons Eliphaz the son of Adah

the wife of Esau Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau .

3611 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman Omar Zepho and Gatam

and Kenaz .

3612 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son and she bare

to Eliphaz Amalek these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife .

3613 And these are the sons of Reuel Nahath and Zerah Shammah

and Mizzah these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife .

3614 And these were the sons of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah

the daughter of Zibeon Esau's wife and she bare to Esau Jeush

and Jaalam and Korah .

3615 These were dukes of the sons of Esau the sons of Eliphaz

the firstborn son of Esau duke Teman duke Omar duke Zepho duke

Kenaz .

3616 Duke Korah duke Gatam and duke Amalek these are the dukes

that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom these were the sons of

Adah .

3617 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son duke Nahath

duke Zerah duke Shammah duke Mizzah these are the dukes that

came of Reuel in the land of Edom these are the sons of

Bashemath Esau's wife .

3618 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife duke

Jeush duke Jaalam duke Korah these were the dukes that came of

Aholibamah the daughter of Anah Esau's wife .

3619 These are the sons of Esau who is Edom and these are their

dukes .

3620 These are the sons of Seir the Horite who inhabited the

land Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah .

3621 And Dishon and Ezer and Dishan these are the dukes of the

Horites the children of Seir in the land of Edom .

3622 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam and Lotan's

sister was Timna .

3623 And the children of Shobal were these Alvan and Manahath

and Ebal Shepho and Onam .

3624 And these are the children of Zibeon both Ajah and Anah

this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness as he

fed the asses of Zibeon his father .

3625 And the children of Anah were these Dishon and Aholibamah

the daughter of Anah .

3626 And these are the children of Dishon Hemdan and Eshban and

Ithran and Cheran .

3627 The children of Ezer are these Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan

3628 The children of Dishan are these Uz and Aran .

3629 These are the dukes that came of the Horites duke Lotan

duke Shobal duke Zibeon duke Anah .

3630 Duke Dishon duke Ezer duke Dishan these are the dukes that

came of Hori among their dukes in the land of Seir .

3631 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom

before there reigned any king over the children of Israel .

3632 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom and the name of

his city was Dinhabah .

3633 And Bela died and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned

in his stead .

3634 And Jobab died and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in

his stead .

3635 And Husham died and Hadad the son of Bedad who smote

Midian in the field of Moab reigned in his stead and the name of

his city was Avith .

3636 And Hadad died and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead

3637 And Samlah died and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned

in his stead .

3638 And Saul died and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in

his stead .

3639 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died and Hadar reigned in

his stead and the name of his city was Pau and his wife's name

was Mehetabel the daughter of Matred the daughter of Mezahab .

3640 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau

according to their families after their places by their names

duke Timnah duke Alvah duke Jetheth .

3641 Duke Aholibamah duke Elah duke Pinon .

3642 Duke Kenaz duke Teman duke Mibzar .

3643 Duke Magdiel duke Iram these be the dukes of Edom

according to their habitations in the land of their possession

he is Esau the father of the Edomites .

* 371 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a

stranger in the land of Canaan .

372 These are the generations of Jacob Joseph being seventeen

years old was feeding the flock with his brethren and the lad

was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah his

father's wives and Joseph brought unto his father their evil

report .

373 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children because

he was the son of his old age and he made him a coat of many

colours .

374 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more

than all his brethren they hated him and could not speak

peaceably unto him .

375 And Joseph dreamed a dream and he told it his brethren and

they hated him yet the more .

376 And he said unto them Hear I pray you this dream which I

have dreamed .

377 For behold we were binding sheaves in the field and lo my

sheaf arose and also stood upright and behold your sheaves stood

round about and made obeisance to my sheaf .

378 And his brethren said to him Shalt thou indeed reign over

us or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us And they hated him

yet the more for his dreams and for his words .

379 And he dreamed yet another dream and told it his brethren

and said Behold I have dreamed a dream more and behold the sun

and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me .

3710 And he told it to his father and to his brethren and his

father rebuked him and said unto him What is this dream that

thou hast dreamed Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed

come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth .

3711 And his brethren envied him but his father observed the

saying .

3712 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in

Shechem .

3713 And Israel said unto Joseph Do not thy brethren feed the

flock in Shechem come and I will send thee unto them And he said

to him Here am I .

3714 And he said to him Go I pray thee see whether it be well

with thy brethren and well with the flocks and bring me word

again So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron and he came to

Shechem .

3715 And a certain man found him and behold he was wandering in

the field and the man asked him saying What seekest thou .

3716 And he said I seek my brethren tell me I pray thee where

they feed their flocks .

3717 And the man said They are departed hence for I heard them

say Let us go to Dothan And Joseph went after his brethren and

found them in Dothan .

3718 And when they saw him afar off even before he came near

unto them they conspired against him to slay him .

3719 And they said one to another Behold this dreamer cometh .

3720 Come now therefore and let us slay him and cast him into

some pit and we will say Some evil beast hath devoured him and

we shall see what will become of his dreams .

3721 And Reuben heard it and he delivered him out of their

hands and said Let us not kill him .

3722 And Reuben said unto them Shed no blood but cast him into

this pit that is in the wilderness and lay no hand upon him that

he might rid him out of their hands to deliver him to his father

again .

3723 And it came to pass when Joseph was come unto his brethren

that they stripped Joseph out of his coat his coat of many

colours that was on him .

3724 And they took him and cast him into a pit and the pit was

empty there was no water in it .

3725 And they sat down to eat bread and they lifted up their

eyes and looked and behold a company of Ishmeelites came from

Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh

going to carry it down to Egypt .

3726 And Judah said unto his brethren What profit is it if we

slay our brother and conceal his blood .

3727 Come and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites and let not

our hand be upon him for he is our brother and our flesh And his

brethren were content .

3728 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen and they drew

and lifted up Joseph out of the pit and sold Joseph to the

Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver and they brought Joseph

into Egypt .

3729 And Reuben returned unto the pit and behold Joseph was not

in the pit and he rent his clothes .

3730 And he returned unto his brethren and said The child is

not and I whither shall I go .

3731 And they took Joseph's coat and killed a kid of the goats

and dipped the coat in the blood .

3732 And they sent the coat of many colours and they brought it

to their father and said This have we found know now whether it

be thy son's coat or no .

3733 And he knew it and said It is my son's coat an evil beast

hath devoured him Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces .

3734 And Jacob rent his clothes and put sackcloth upon his

loins and mourned for his son many days .

3735 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort

him but he refused to be comforted and he said For I will go

down into the grave unto my son mourning Thus his father wept

for him .

3736 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar an

officer of Pharaoh's and captain of the guard .

* 381 And it came to pass at that time that Judah went down

from his brethren and turned in to a certain Adullamite whose

name was Hirah .

382 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose

name was Shuah and he took her and went in unto her .

383 And she conceived and bare a son and he called his name Er

384 And she conceived again and bare a son and she called his

name Onan .

385 And she yet again conceived and bare a son and called his

name Shelah and he was at Chezib when she bare him .

386 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn whose name was

Tamar .

387 And Er Judah's firstborn was wicked in the sight of the

LORD and the LORD slew him .

388 And Judah said unto Onan Go in unto thy brother's wife and

marry her and raise up seed to thy brother .

389 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his and it came

to pass when he went in unto his brother's wife that he spilled

it on the ground lest that he should give seed to his brother .

3810 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD wherefore

he slew him also .

3811 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law Remain a

widow at thy father's house till Shelah my son be grown for he

said Lest peradventure he die also as his brethren did And Tamar

went and dwelt in her father's house .

3812 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife

died and Judah was comforted and went up unto his sheepshearers

to Timnath he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite .

3813 And it was told Tamar saying Behold thy father in law

goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep .

3814 And she put her widow's garments off from her and covered

her with a veil and wrapped herself and sat in an open place

which is by the way to Timnath for she saw that Shelah was grown

and she was not given unto him to wife .

3815 When Judah saw her he thought her to be an harlot because

she had covered her face .

3816 And he turned unto her by the way and said Go to I pray

thee let me come in unto thee for he knew not that she was his

daughter in law And she said What wilt thou give me that thou

mayest come in unto me .

3817 And he said I will send thee a kid from the flock And she

said Wilt thou give me a pledge till thou send it .

3818 And he said What pledge shall I give thee And she said Thy

signet and thy bracelets and thy staff that is in thine hand And

he gave it her and came in unto her and she conceived by him .

3819 And she arose and went away and laid by her veil from her

and put on the garments of her widowhood .

3820 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the

Adullamite to receive his pledge from the woman's hand but he

found her not .

3821 Then he asked the men of that place saying Where is the

harlot that was openly by the way side And they said There was

no harlot in this place .

3822 And he returned to Judah and said I cannot find her and

also the men of the place said that there was no harlot in this

place .

3823 And Judah said Let her take it to her lest we be shamed

behold I sent this kid and thou hast not found her .

3824 And it came tnd let thy seed possess the gate of those

which hate them .