5 hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. B. C. 2948. CHAP. 5. chap. 3. 17. chap. 4, 11. CHAP. 6. The form of the ark. 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 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 32 ¶ And Noah was five hundred 2 Cor. 6, 18. destroy them with the earth. years old; and Noah begat Shem, Deut. 7,3,4. CHAPTER VI. Luke 19, 42. Gal. 5,16,17. 1 Pet. 3, 20. d Ps. 78, 39. e Rom. 1, 2831. 1 the whole imagination, with the purposes and desires of the heart. 3 And the LORD said, My Spirit chap 8, 21. shall not always strive with man,dfor that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. Deut. 29,19. Prov. 6, 18. Matt. 15,19. 2 every day. wood; rooms shalt thou make in 14 Make thee an ark of gopher 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 set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the 4 There were giants in the earth Num. 23,19. earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein 1 Sam. 15, 11, 29. Eph. 4, 30. in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare Isa. 63, 10. children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. e $ from man unto beast. 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 sons, 5 ¶ And GOD saw that the wick-chap. 19, 19. and thy wife, and thy sons' wives 1 Noah enters the ark. GENESIS, VIII. 4 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 Heb. 6, 18. the earth. 5 And Noah did according unto all "that the LORD commanded him. 6And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 3 Or, on the seventh day. chap. 8, 2. Prov. 8, 28. Ezek. 26, 19. ↳ Ps. 78, 23. Isa. 24, 18. Mal. 3, 10. 4 Or, flood gates. 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of wing. the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 11 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 4 windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. i Ps. 91. Ps. 104, 26. * Ps. 104, 6. chap. 6, 13, 17. Matt. 24.39. 2 Pet. 3, 6. 6 the breath " Ezek. 14, 14. 18. • chap. 8,3,4. CHAP. 8. a chap. 19, 29. Ex. 2, 24. 1 Sam. 1, 19. Ps. 105, 42. Ps. 136, 23. 13 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; 14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their Ex. 14, 21. kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 5 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. Ex. 15, 10. Ps. 104, 7. chap. 7, 11. 1 Ki. 8, 35. Job 38, 37. in going and return. ing. The flood. 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 increased 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 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. 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. CHAPTER VIII. 1 The waters asswage. 4 The ark resteth on Ararat. 13 The earth dried. 15 Noah goeth forth of the ark, 20 buildeth an altar, and offereth sacrifice. 21 God promiseth to curse the earth no more. ND God remembered Noah, A 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; 2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the drain from heaven was restrained; 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 chap. 7, 24.month, on the seventeenth day of The ark rests on Ararat. GENESIS, IX. to come. 7 And he sent forth a raven, which caused her went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; 9 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. 10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; 11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. 13 T 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 ¿ Luke 2, 14. chap. 7, 13. Ps. 121, 8. * chap. 1, 22. 5 families. Lev. 11. rest. Lev. 1, 9. m chap. 3, 17. Noah goeth forth of the ark. abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful,and multiply uponthe earth. 18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth outof the ark. 20 T 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. 21 And the LORD smelled a "sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again M 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. 8 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and chap. 6, 17. heat, and summer and winter, and P day and night shall not cease. Isa. 54, 9. 7 Or, though. " chap. 6, 5. Ps. 51, 5. Job 14, 4. Job 15, 14. Jer. 17, 9. Rom. 1, 21. Rom. 3, 23. Eph. 2, 1-3. ⚫ chap. 9, 15. 8 As yet all the days of the earth. P Jer. 33, 20, 25. CHAP. 9. a chap. 1, 28. b Hosea 2, 18. Jas. 3, 7. CHAPTER IX. 1 God blesseth Noah. 4 Blood and murder are forbidden. 8 God's covenant, 13 signified by the rainbow. 23 Noah is drunken, and mocked by Ham: 25 he pronounceth a curse on Canaan, and blessings on Shem and on Japheth: 29 he dieth. ANDO ND a God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 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. с 3 Every moving thing that liveth looked, and, behold, the face of the Deut. 12, 15. shall be meat for you; even as 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, saying, 16 Goforth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons'Num. 35,31. every beast will I require it, and wives with thee. 17 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 9 Acts 17, 26. h Ex. 21, 12, 14. Lev. 24, 17. Matt. 26,52. Rev. 13, 10. í chap. 1, 27. 1 Cor. 11, 7. at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. God's covenant with Noah. GENESIS, X. 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 8 T And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; B. C. 2347. CHAP. 9. j chap. 8, 1. 2 Pet. 3, 5. Matt. 26,26 28. Lev. 26, 42, 45. Ezek. 16,60. 10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the Ex. 28, 12. earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. 11 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. 12 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: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: " chap. 17, 13, The generations of Noah. saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 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 back-.. ward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 25 And he said, 'Cursed be Canaan; a servant of "servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, "Blessed be the 2 Sam. 23, 5. LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. • chap. 10, 6. 1 Chenaan. P chap. 10, 32. ? chap. 3, 19. * chap. 19, 32, 36. Ex. 20, 12. 15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; Deut. 27, 16. and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 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. 17 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. 18 T And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of 1Canaan. 19 These are the three sons of Noah: and P of them was the whole earth overspread. 20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, Matt. 25, 41. " Jos. 9, 23. OW these are the generations the sons of Noah; Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and 2Dodanim. 5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, 1 Cor. 15, 21. and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim. 14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. 15 And Canaan begat his first-born, and Heth, Sidon B. C. 2218. CHAP. 10. chap. 6, 11. Or, Baby- 4 Or, he went Or, the ₫ 1 Chr. 1, 12. chap. 13, 12, The building of Babel. 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest, unto Sephar, a mount of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in Num. 34, 2, the earth after the flood. chap. 15, 18 21. 12. 16 And the Jebusite, and the 1Chr. 1, 17. Amorite, and the Girgasite, 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto 'Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 21 T Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 8 Arpach- 9 Shelah, 1Chr. 1, 19. 10 That is, 1Chr. 1, 4. j chap. 9, 19. CHAP. 11. 2 words. 3 Or, east- Dan. 1, 2. to his burn them to a burn- & may be very Luke 1, 61. chap. 18, 21. Ps. 53, 2. 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arphaxad "begat 'Salah; | Ps. 2, 1, 4. and Salah begat Eber. 25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was 10 Peleg for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, k chap. 1, 26. i chap. 42, 23. Deut. 28, 49. Jer. 5, 15. Acts 2, 4-11. 1 Cor. 14, 2, j chap. 10, 25 32. Ps. 92, 9. Pro. 19, 29. 7 That is. Confusion. 4 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 da name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 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. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it * 1 Cor. 14, 23. called 7 Babel; *because the LORD |