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THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED

GENESIS.

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4 And God saw the light, that it was good and God divided light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light fDay, and the darkness he called Night. Is. 40. 13, 14 And the evening and the morning were the first day.

l Ps. 33. 9. e2 Cor. 4, 6. + IIeb, between the light and between the darkness, frs. 74, 16, & 104, 20. + Heb. And the evening was, and the morning

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67 And God said, Let there be a +firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firmament, hand divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 9 And God said, k Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

11 And God said, Let the earth 1bring forth f 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.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

14 T 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:

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God Pmade two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

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

20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the topen firmament of heaven.

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t Iob. be'ween the

day and be

tween the
night.

P. 74. 17. &

104. 10.

PP.136. 7, 8,

9. & 148.3, 5.

t Heb. for the rule of the day. q Ps. 8.3.

r Job 38. 7.
s Jer. 31, 35,

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Or, creeping. + Heb. soul. Hob, let fowl fly. + Heb. face

of the firma ment of Acaven.

21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and tch. 6. 20. & every winged fowl after his kind: 7.14. & 8. 19. Ps. 101. 26. and God saw that it was good.

22 And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill uch. 8. 17. the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

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

24 T 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.

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25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his xoh. 5. 1. & kind: and God saw that it was good.

9. 6. Ps. 100. 3. Eco. 7. 29. Acts 17. 26, 28, 29. 1 Cor. 11. 7. Eph. 4.24. Col. 3. 10. James 3. 9.

26 T 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 y ch. 9.2. the earth.

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Ps. 8. 6.

z 1 Cor. 11. 7.

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created ach. 5. 2. he him; male and female created he them.

Mal. 2. 15. Matt. 19. 4. Mark 10. 6.

The creation of man.

Before

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b ch. 9. 1, 7. Lev. 26. 9.

128, 3, 4.

GENESIS.

28 And God blessed them, and God CHRIST said unto them, bBe fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the P. 127. 3. & fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herbt 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.

↑ Heb. creepeth.

+ Heb. sealing seed.

c ch. 9. 3. Job 36. 31. Pa. 104. 14, 15. & 130.25. & 116. 7.

30 And to devery 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 Ps. 145, 15, given every green herb for meat: and it was 80.

Acta 14. 17.

16. & 147. 9.

e Job 38, 41. + Iob, a liv ing soul.

fPa. 104, 24. 1 Tim. 4. 4.

APs, 33, 6.

LEx. 20. 11.
& 91. 17.
Deut. 5, 14.
Heb. 4. 4.

eNeh. 9. 14.
Is. 58. 13.

† Heb. ereated to make. deh. 1. 1.

Pa. 90. 1, 2. ech. 1. 12. Ps. 101. 14. f Job 38, 20, 27, 28. g ch. 9. 23. Or, a mist which went up from, fo.

31 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.

CHAPTER II.

1 The first sabbath. 4 The manner of the creation. 8 The planting of the garden of Eden, 10 and the river thereof. 17 The tree of knowledge only forbidden. 19, 20 The naming of the creatures. 21 The making of woman, and institution of marriage.

THUS the heavens and the earth THUS were finished, and "all the host of them.

2 h 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.

3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God fcreated and made. 4 Td 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,

5 And every plant of the field be+Heb. dust of fore it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not fcaused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

theyround. heh. 3. 19, 23. Pa. 103. 14. Ecc. 12. 7. Ia. 61. 8.

1 Cor. 15.47. i Job 33. 4. Acts 17. 25. k ch. 7. 22. Is. 2. 22.

6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

7 And the LORD God formed man 11 Cor. 15. 45. of the dust of the ground, and i breathed into his knostrils the breath of life; and Iman became a living soul.

In ch. 13. 10.
Is. 51. 3.
Es. 28. 13.
Joel 2. 3.
n ch. 3. 24.

8 T And the LORD God planted ma garden "eastward in Eden; and 2 Kin. 19. 12. there he put the man whom he had

och. 4. 16.

Es. 27. 23.

p ver. 15.

Ex. 31. 8.
ch. S. 22.

. Prov. 3 18.

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formed.

9 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

11.37 & midst of the garden," and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

22. 2, 14. yer, 17.

10 And a river went out of Eden to

The garden of Eden.

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water the garden; and from thence Before it was parted, and became into four CHRIST heads. il The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the teh. 25. 18. whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

12 And the gold of that land is good: "there is bdellium and the Num. 11.7. onyx stone.

13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. + Heb. Cush. 14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the cast of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

172 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, a thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof bf thou shalt surely die. 18 T And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help † meet for him.

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GENESIS.

And he said unto the woman, † Yea, CHRIST hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

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+ Ieb. Yea, because, fc. c ch. 2. 17.

d ver. 13. 2 Cor. 11. 3. 1 Tim. 2. 14. e ver. 7. Acts 26. 18.

+ Heb.

a desire.

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye dic. 4 d And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely dic: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye cat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, f1 Tim. 2. 14. she took of the fruit thereof, fand did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did cat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

g ver. 12, 17. la ver. 5,

i ch. 2. 25, li Or, things to gird about. k Job 38. 1.

t Heb. wind. 1 Job 31, 33. Jer. 23. 21. Amos 9. 3. in chi. 2. 25. Ex. 3. 6.

1 John 3, 20, n ch. 2. 18.

Job 31. 33.

8 And they heard k 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.

9 And the LORD God called unto Prov. 28. 13. Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

o ver. 4.

2 Cor. 11. 3.

1 Tim. 2. 14.

Ex. 21. 29, 32

q Is. 65. 25,

Mic. 7. 17.

r Matt. 3. 7.

& 13. 38. &
23. 93.

John 8. 44,
Acts 13. 10.
1 John 3. 8.
Ps. 132. 11.
13. 7. 11.
Mic. 5. 3.
Matt. 1, 23,
25.

Luke 1. 31. 31, 35. Gal. 4. 4. t Rom. 16.20. Col. 2, 15. Heb. 2. 14. 1 Jolin 5. 5. Rev. 12.7,17. u Ps. 48. 6. 1. 13. 8. & 21. 3 John 16. 21. 1 Tim. 2. 15. w ch. 4. 7. | Or, subject to thy husLand.

x 1 Cor. 11. 3.

& 11. 31.
Eph. 5. 22,
23, 24.

1 Tim. 2. 11,
12.

Tit. 2. 5.

1 Pet. 3. 1, 5,
6.

y 1 Sam. 15,
23

10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou

a

Punishment of mankind.

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voice of thy wife, 2 and hast eaten of Before the tree, of which I commanded CHRIST thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: bcursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou cat of it all the days of thy life;

18 d Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field:

19 fIn the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: 5 for dust thou art, and kunto dust shalt thou return.

20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

22 TAnd the LORD God said, i Bchold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, kand take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

23 Therefore the LORD God senti him forth from the garden of Eden, 1to till the ground from whence he was taken.

24 So he drove out the man: and he placed at the cast of the garden of Eden "cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

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CHAPTER IV.

The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and Abel. 8 The murder of Abel. 11 The curse of Cain. 17 Enoch the first city. 19 Lamech and his two wives. 25 The birth of Seth, 26 and Enos.

of the tree, whereof I commanded AND Adam knew Eve his wife;

thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 And the man said, "The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did cat.

13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, "The serpent beguiled me, and I did

cat.

14 And the LORD God said Punto 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:

15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between rthy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the

and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought bof the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

z ver. 6.

a ch. 2. 17. b Ece. 1. 2, 3 Is. 24, 5, 6. Rom. 8. 20. c Job 5, 7. Ecc. 2. 23. d Job 31, 40. ↑ Keh, cause to bud.

e Ps. 104. 14. f Ecc. 1. 13. 2 Thess, 3. 10.

g ch. 2. 7. Job 21. 26, & 34. 15. Ps. 104. 29. Ecc. 3. 20. & 12. 7. Rom. 5. 12 Heb. 9. 27. + Heb. Chavah. [That is, Living. ver, 5. Like In. 19. 12. & 47, 12, 13.

Jer. 22. 23.

k ch. 2. 9.
1 ch. 4. 2. &

9. 20.

m ch. 2. 8. n Pa. 101. 4. Heb. 1. 7.

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That is,
Gotten, or,
Acquired.

+ Heb. Пebel.
↑ Heb.
a feeder.

a ch. 3. 23. & 9.20.

+ ITeb. at the end of days. b Num. 18.12. c Num. 18. 17. Prov. 3. 9.

+ Heb. sheep, or, goats.

4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had drespect unto Abel and to his offering: 5 But unto Cain and to his offering d Heb. 11. 4. he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

7 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.

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