The ferpent deceiveth Eve. And the Lord God commanded the man, faying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayeft freely eat: 31 And God faw every thing that he 16 had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the fixth day. CHAP. II. i The first fabbath. & The garden of Eden. 16 The tree of knowledge. 19 The creatures named. 21 Woman made, and • marriage inflituted. THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the feventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he refted on the feventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God bleffed the feventh day, and fanctified it because that in it he had refted from all his work which God created and made. 4 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 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. 6 But there went up a mift from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his noftrils the breath of life; and man became a living foul. 8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the fight and good for food; the tree of life alfo in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pifon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx ftone. 13 And the name of the fecond river is Gihon: the fame is it that compaffeth the whole land of Ethiopia. 14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Affyria. 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. 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eateft thereof thou shalt furely die. 18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. 19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beaft of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to fee what he would call them and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beaft of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. 21 And the LORD God caused a deep fleep to fall upon Adam, and he flept: and he took one of his ribs, and clofed up the flesh inftead thereof; 21 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam faid, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. CHAP. III. I The ferpent deceiveth Eve. 6 Man's fall. 15 The promised feed. 16 The punishment of mankind. 22 The loss of paradise. N OW the ferpent was more fubtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he faid unto the woman, Yea, hath God faid, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden ? 2 And the woman faid unto the ferpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midft of the garden, God hath faid, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, left ye die. 4 And the ferpent faid unto the woman, Ye shall not furely die : 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman faw that the tree quas good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be defired to make one wife, the took of the 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. The murder of Abel. 22 And the LORD God faid, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, left he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever : 23 Therefore the LORD God fent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD the ground from whence he was taken. God walking in the garden in the cool of 24 So he drove out the man; and he the day: and Adam and his wife hid them-placed at the east of the garden of Eden selves from the prefence of the LORD God Cherubims, and a flaming sword which amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and faid unto him, Where art thou ? 10 And he faid, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 1 And he faid, Who told thee that thou waft naked? Haft thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded 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 eat. 13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman faid, The ferpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 And the LORD God faid unto the ferpent, Because thou haft done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beaft of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and duft shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy feed and her feed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy forrow and thy conception; in forrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy defire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 17 And unto Adam he faid, Because thou haft hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and haft eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, faying, Thou fhalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy fake; in forrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns alfo and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. CHAP. IV. I The birth of Cain and Abel. 8 The murder of Abel. II The curfe of Cain. 19 Lamech and his tawo wives. A ND Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and faid, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And the again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4 And Abel, he alfo brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had refpect unto Abel and to his offering: 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not refpect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6 And the LORD faid unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doeft not well, fin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his defire, and thou shalt rule over him. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up againft Abel his brother, and flew him. 9 And the Lord faid unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he faid, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? 10 And he faid, What haft thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. II And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; 19 In the fweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the 12 When thou tilleft the ground, it ground; for out of it wast thou taken: fhall not henceforth yield unto thee her for duft thou art, and unto dust shalt strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou return. thou be in the earth. 20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because the was the mother of all living. 13 And Cain faid unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall clothed them. A 4 be 14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and The punishment of Cain. GENESIS. Adam's genealogy unto Noah. be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pafs, that every one that findeth me shall flay me. 15 And the LORD faid unto him, Therefore whofoever flayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him fevenfold. And the LORD fet a mark upon Cain, left any finding him fhould kill him. 16 And Cain went out from the prefence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife; and the conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his fon, Enoch. 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methufael: and Methufael begat Lamech. 19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one avas Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of fuch as dwell in tents, and of fuch as have cattle. 21 And his brother's name avas Jubal : he was the father of all fuch as handle the harp and organ. 22 And Zillah, the alfo bare Tubalcain, an inftructer of every artificer in brafs and iron: and the fifter of Tubalcain quas Naamah. 23 And Lamech faid unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; yewives of Lamech, hearken unto my fpeech: for I have flain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt: 24 If Cain shall be avenged fevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. 25 And Adam knew his wife again: and she bare a fon, and called his name Seth. For God, faid she, hath appointed another feed instead of Abel, bel, whom Cain flew. me 4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years : and he begat fons and daughters: 5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. 6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: 7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and feven years, and begat fons and daughters: 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. 9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan : To And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat fous and daughters : II And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died. 12 And Cainan lived feventy years, and begat Mahalaleel. 13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat fons and daughters: 14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. 15 And Mahalaleel lived fixty and five years, and begat Jared : 16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat fons and daughters: 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. 18 And Jared lived an hundred fixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: 19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat fons and daughters: 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred fixty and two years: and he died. 21 And Enoch lived fixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat fons and daughters: 23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred fixty and five years: 24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. 25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and feven years, and begat Lamech: 26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech feven hundred eighty and two years, and begat fons and daughters: 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred fixty and nine years: and he died. 28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a fon : } Man's wickedness. Chap. vi, vii. Noah entereth into the ark. ing, This same shall comfort us concern- 30 And Lamech lived after he begat 31 And all the days of Lamech were feven hundred seventy and seven years, and he died. 32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. CHAP. VI. I The wickedness of the world caufeth the A ND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the fons of God faw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chofe. 3 And the LORD faid, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he alfo is fleih: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and alfo after that, when the fons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the fame became mighty men which quere of old, men of renown. 5 And God faw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 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. 16 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 fet in the fide thereof; with lower, fecond, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all fleth, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy fons, and thy wife, and thy fons' wives with thee. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every fort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every fort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, fo did he. CHAP. VII. I Noah with his family entereth into the ark. 17 The beginning, increase, and continuance of the flood. And the LORD faid, I will deftroy AND the Lord faid unto Noah, man whom of the earth; both man, and beaft, and 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes 9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah begat three fons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. II The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13 And God faid unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; fortheearth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I feen righteous before me in this generation. 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by fevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowls alfo of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep feed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet feven 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. 5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD Commanded him. 6 And Noah was fix hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 And Noah went in, and his fons, and his GENESIS. his wife, and his fons' wives with him, into CHAP. VIII. the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 1 The waters afswage. 18 Noah goeth The world drowned. The waters affwaze. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beafts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 two forth of the ark, 20 buildeth an altar, and offeretb facrifice, 21 God's promise to curse the earth no more. There went in the and two unto AND God remembered Noah, and male, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were 'upon the earth. II In the fix hundredth year of Noah's life, in the fecond month, the seventeenth day of the month, the fame day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 In the felf fame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the fons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his fons with them, into the ark; 14 They, and every beaft 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 fort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. 17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were mcreafed greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 23 And every living substance was deftroyed 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 deftroyed from the earth and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark and God made a wind to pafs over the earth, and the waters afswaged; 2 The fountains alfo of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was reftrained; 3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. 4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains feen. 6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: 7 And he fent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8 Alfo he fent forth a dove from him, to fee if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; 9 But the dove found no reft for the fole of her foot, and the 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. To And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he fent forth the dove out of the ark; II And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an o live leaf pluckt off: fo Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and fent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. 1.3 And it came to pafs in the fix hundredth and first year, in the first month, the firft 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. 14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 15 And God spake unto Noah, faying, 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy fons, and thy fons' wives with thee. 17 Bring |