|| Or, a mist which went up 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 mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 And the LORD God formed man + of the dust from, &c. of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath dust of of life; and man became a living soul. + Heb. the 8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward ground. Ecclus. in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had 17.1. formed. 1 Corin. 15. 47. 9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to c1 Cor. 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. 15.45. d Ecclus. 24. 25. Cush. 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 Pison: 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-stone. 13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the + Heb. same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. 14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: || Or, that is it which goeth || toward the east of Assyria. castward And the fourth river is Euphrates. to Assyria. || Or, Adam. 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, + Heb. saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest eating freely eat; thou shalt eat. 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou + Heb. eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. dying thou 18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that shalt die. the man should be alone; I will make him an help + Heb. † meet for him. as before him. 19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air, and brought them unto || Adam, to see what he would call the man. them: and whatsoever Adam called every living crea || Or, + Heb. ture, that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam † gave names to all cattle, and to the called. fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field: but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. 21 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. 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken † Heb. from man, † made he a woman, and brought her unto builded. the man. Man's miserable fall. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his Before mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall H be one flesh. 4004. f Matth. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, 19.5. and were not ashamed. CHAP. III. Mark 10.7. 1 Corin. 5. 31. 1 The serpent deceiveth Eve. 6 Man's miserable fall. 6. 16. 9 God arraigneth them. 14 The serpent cursed; 15 the Ephes. promised seed. 16 The punishment of mankind: 21 their first clothing: 22 the casting them out of paradise. NOW the serpent was more subtile than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, † Heb. Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea, be. cause 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may &c. 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 die. 4a And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall a 2 Cor not surely die : 11.3. 1 Tim. 5 For God doth know, that in the day ye eat 2.14. thereof, then your eyes shall be opened; and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. a desire 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was + pleasant to the eyes, † Heb. and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and gave also unto b Ecclus. her husband with her, and he did eat. 25.24. 1 Tim. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and 2.14. they knew that they were naked; and they sewed figleaves together, and made themselves || aprons. || Ог, to gird 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walk-ord ing in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam about. and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the + Heb. LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 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 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 said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 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. 15 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. wind. 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 || Or, 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, ❘ thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man. e1 Cor. 11.8. 14.34. Before of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou | 4004. + Heb. cause to bud. + Heb. Chavah. 4003. in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life: 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till 21 Unto Adam also, and to his wife, did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 22 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; 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. CHAP. IV. 1 The birth, occupation, and religion of Cain and Abel. AND Adam knew Eve his wife: and she conceived, red. 2 And she again bare his brother + Abel. And + Heb. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of + Heb. the ground. Hebel. a feeder. The birth of Seth. 14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from Before the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be CHRIST 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. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore, whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him seven-fold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. 16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of || Nod, on the east of Thatis, Eden. Vagabond. || Or, I would 23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken slay a unto my speech: for || I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man || to my hurt. 24 If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold, truly La 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that ❘ mech seventy and seven-fold. + Heb. Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering of days. unto the LORD. attheend + Heb. sheep, or, goats. a Hebr. 11.4. || Or, excel 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not || be accepted? and have the if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And || unto thee shall be his desire, 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 * book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the 4004. al Chr 1.1. b Wisd 2 Male and female created he them and blessed 2. 23. them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, 3871 and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth. c 1 Chr of Adam, after he had begotten 1.1, Seth, were eight hundred years; and he begat sons 5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine 6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos. 7 And Seth lived, after he begat Enos, eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. 3760 el 11. Before 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and CHRIST twelve years: and he died. 3769. 3679. + Heb. Kenan. 3609. * Gr. Maleleel 3544. 9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat + Cainan. 10 And Enos lived, after he begat Cainan, eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters. 11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died. 12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat * Mahalaleel. 13 And Cainan lived, after he begat Mahalaleel, eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died, 15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, + Heb. and begat + Jared. Jered. 3382. 3317. Gr. Mathusala. d Ecclus. 44. 16. Hebr. 11.5. 3130. + Heb. Lemech. 2948. * Gr. Noc. 2353. 2448. 16 And Mahalaleel lived, after he begat Jared, eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. Man's wickedness the cause of the flood. 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men Before that they were fair; and they took them wives of all CHRIST which they chose. 3 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: 2448. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; 2469. 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. 5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that || every imagination of the || Or, thoughts of his heart was only evil + continually. 6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man tion. The on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hun-air: for it repenteth me that I have made them. but also dred ninety and five years: and he died. Make thee an ark of gopher-wood: rooms || Or, 25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and | shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within from the seven years, and begat + Lamech. 26 And Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters. 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. 28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son; 29 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. 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. 32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. CHAP. VI. 1 The wickedness of the world, which provoked God's wrath, and caused the flood. 38 Noah findeth grace. 14 The order, form, and end of the ark. AND it came to pass. when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, and without with pitch. earth. † Heb. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it nests. of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of i 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 earth, to destroy all flesh, 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 sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 19 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. 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 sort 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. Before 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. CHAP. VII. Hebr. 1 Noah with his family, and the living creatures, enter into the ark. 10 The beginning, increase, &c. of the flood. * Noah, Come thou, and 2349. a 2 Pet. 2.5. + Heb. seven seven. + Heb: blot out. 2349. || Or, on the seventh day. Or, Hoodgates. AND the LORD said unto a all thy house, into the ark: for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2 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. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 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 the earth. 5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 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. 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 || windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 In the self-same 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 kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every +Heb. fowl after his kind, every bird of every † sort. wing. 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 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. The ark resteth on mount Ararat. CHRIST 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, Before both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every 2349 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. b Wisd 10.4. + Heb. thebreate rit of lif 23 And every living substance was destroyed which of thespe 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. CHAP. VIII. 1 The waters asswage. 4 The ark resteth on Ararat. 6 The raven and the dove sent forth. 15 Noah, being commanded, goeth forth of the ark: 20 he buildeth an altar, and offereth sacrifice, which God accepteth. 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 : 2 The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven, were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained : c Wisd 10.4. 2 Pete 2.5. 13 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 hold, the face of the ground was dry. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, beand the mountains were covered. B 23 CHRIST 2348. twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 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 abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the 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 Heb. their kinds, went forth out of the ark. families. 20 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. a + Heb. 21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and ofrestr the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the a Chap. ground any more for man's sake; for the imagina6.5. tion of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. Matth. 15. 19. † Heb. Asyetall He replenisheth the world. CHRIST 2348. 11 And I will establish my covenant with you: Before 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. f Isaiah 54.9. 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 & Ecclus. over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 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. 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. 43.11,12. 18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the 2347 ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is 22+ While the earth remaineth, seed-time and ❘ the father of + Canaan. the days harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, of the earth. a Chap. 1.28. Verse 7, 19. and day and night, shall not cease. CHAP. IX. + Heb. 19 These are the three sons of Noah, and of them Chenaar was the whole earth overspread. 20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he 1 God blesseth Noah. 4 Blood and murder are forbidden. 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and mocked by Canaan: 25 he curseth Ham, 26 blesseth Shem, 27 and prophesieth of Japheth: 29 he dieth. AND God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, a 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. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for b Chap. you; even as the green herb have I given you all 1. 29. c Levit. 17. 14. things: 4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 5 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. d Matth. 6 d Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he 36.52. Revel 13.10. • Chap. 1.27. man. 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 8 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; 10 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. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, 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 backward, 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 LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his || servant. |