Before | up against Abel his brother, and CHRIST fslew him. about 3876. f Matt. 23.35. 1 John 3. 12. Judo 11. g Ps. 9. 12. John 8. 44. + Heb. bloods. i Heb. 12. 24. Rev. 6. 10. Or, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven. 9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, hI know not: Am I my brother's keeper? 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood icrieth unto me from the ground. 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vaga bond shalt thou be in the earth. 13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. 14 kBehold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the Job 15. 20-earth; and Ifrom 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 24. 1 Ps. 51. 11. meh. 9. 5. Num. 35.19. findeth me shall slay me. 21, 27. 15 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. 16 And Cain Pwent out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 17 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. 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat † Lamech. 19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. 21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. 22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an t instructor of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. Genealogy of the patriarchs. seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. Before CHRIST 3874. 3769. 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name † Enos: then began men || w to call upon the name of the LORD. Or, to call themselves by the name of the LORD. WI Kings 18. 21. Ps. 116. 17. Joel 2. 32. Zeph. 3. 9. 1 Cor. 1. 2. CHAPTER V. 1 The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam unto Noah. 24 The godliness and translation of Enoch. HIS is the abook of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; C 2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. uch. 5. 6. † Heb. Enosh. 4004. al Chr. 1. 1. Luke 3. 38. bch. 1. 25. Eph. 4. 24. och. 1. 27. 3874. 31 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: 4°And the days of Adam after he ol Chr. 1. 1, had begotten Seth were cight hundred years: fand he begat sons and daughters: 5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. 6 And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and h begat Enos: 7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. 9T 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 T And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat + Jared: 16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel 23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my ❘ were eight hundred ninety and five speech: for || I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man || to my hurt. 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. 25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name || Seth: For God, + Hob. Shah. I said she, hath appointed me another Wickedness of the world. 21 T And Enoch lived sixty and | beast, and the creeping thing, and CHRIST five years, and begat † Methuselah: 3317. after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth CHRIST 9 These are the generations of Noah: iNoah was a just man and 25 And Methuselah lived a hund-1 red eighty and seven years, and be- | 11 The earth also was corrupt m be- 26 And Methuselah lived after he +Hob. Lemeer. begat Lamech seven hundred eighty 2948. 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine 28 And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begatason: 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 30 And Lamech lived after he be- gat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daugh- 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven 2 That the sons of God saw the 3 And the LORD said, My Spirit nation: The shall not always strive with man, dfor that he also is flesh: yet his 4 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 + Heb. from man unto beast. 5 And GOD saw that the wicked- ness of man was great in the earth, and that || every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil 6 And fit repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and 7 And the LORD said, I will destroy fore God; and the earth was filled 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way 13 And God said unto Noah, P The end of all flesh is come before me; 14 Make thee an ark of gopher 2448. Or, upright. 33.13, 14. & 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cu-q ver. 17. bits, 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 there- of; with lower, second, and third bring a flood of waters upon the carth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heav- 19 And of every living thing of all 20 Of fowls after their kind, and 21 And take thou unto thee of all 22 Thus did Noah; * according The flood. Before into the ark; for thee have I seen | ceedingly upon the earth; rand all CHRIST righteous before me in this generation. 2349. b ch. 6. 9. Р3. 33. 18, Prov. 10.9. 2 Pet. 2. 9. c ver. 8. Lev. ch. 11, † Heb, seven seven, d Lev. 10. 10. Ez. 44. 23. e ver. 12, 17. + Heb, blot out. f ch. 6, 22, 2349. g ver. 1. Or, on the seventh day. h ch. 8. 2. Prov. 8. 28. Or, flood gates. i ch. 1. 7. & 8. 2. Ps. 78. 23. k ver. 4, 17. I ver. 1, 7, ch. 6. 13. Heb. 11. 7. 1 Pet. 3. 20. 2 Pet. 2. 5. m ver. 2, 3, 8,9. 2. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by † sevens, the male and his female: dand 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. 5fAnd 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. 711 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 hthe fountains of the great deep broken. up, and the iwindows of heaven were opened. 12 k And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 In the selfsame day lentered 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 m 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 † Heb. wing. kind, every bird of every †sort. n ch. 0. 20, over, 2, 3. p ver, 4, 12. q Ps. 101. 26. 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 PAnd the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted 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 ex Before the high hills, that were under the CHRIST 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 twhose 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 a hundred and fifty days. CHAPTER VIII. 1 The waters assuage. 4 The ark resteth on Ararat. 7 The raven and the dove. 15 Noah, being commanded, 18 goeth forth of the ark. 20 He buildeth an altar, and offereth sacrifice, 21 which God accepteth, and promiseth to curse the earth no more. 3 And the waters returned from off the earth † continually: and after 1 Heb. in go 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 seen. 6T And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: her to come, 2848. gch. 7. 13. h ch. 7. 15, 1 ch. 1. 22. 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 plucked 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. 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. 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 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. 17 Bring forth with thee hevery 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 ibe 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, fami- their kinds, went forth out of the lies. ark. A ND God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, * Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. God's covenant with him. 2 bAnd 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. Before CHRIST 2348. bch. 1. 28, Hos, 2, 18. & 11. 3,9, 11. Acts 10. 12, 13. 3 Every moving thing that liveth Deut. 12. 15. shall be meat for you; even as the dgreen herb have I given you call things.. 4 f But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. d ch. 1. 29. e Rom. 14. 14, 20. 1 Cor. 10, 23, 26. Col. 2. 16. 1 Tim. 4.3, 4. 5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require at the hand of every beast will I require it, and hat Lev. 17.10, the hand of man; at the hand of every i man's brother will I require the life of man. 6 k Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: 1for in the image of God made he man. 7 And you, mbe 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 P 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. 11. 14. & 19. 26. Deut. 12. 23. 1 Saım, 11.33, 34. Acts 15, 20, 29. g Ex. 21. 28. h ch. 4. 9, 10. Ps. 9. 12. i Acts 17. 26. k Ex. 21. 12, Lev. 24, 17. 1 ch. 1. 27. m ver. 1, 19. ch. 1. 28. nch. 6. 18, o Is. 54. 9. p Ps. 145. 9, 11 And I will establish my cov- 118.54. 9. enant 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 reh. 17. 11. of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with 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: 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. s Nov. 4. 3, t Ex. 28. 12. Lev. 26, 42, 45. Ez. 16. 60. u eh. 17, 13, 19. 2347. 18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: Xand Ham is the father of + Canaan. 19 These are the three sons of yeh. 5.32. a ch. 1. 28. ver, 7, 19. ch. 10. 32, x ch. 10.6. † Heb. Chemaan, Generations of Noah. GENESIS. d Deut. 27.16. e Josh. 9. 23. 1 Kings 9. 20, 21. fP3. 144. 15. Heb. 11. 16. | Or, servant to them. Or, persuade. g Eph. 2. 13, 14. & 3.6. 1998. ach. 9. 1, 7. 19. bl Chr. 1.5, &c. Or, as some read it, Kodanim. c Ps. 72. 10. Jer. 2. 10. & 25, 22. Zeph. 2. 11. d1 Chr. 1. 8, &u. about 2218. e Jer. 16. 16. Mic. 7. 2. fch. 6. 11. g Mic. 5. 6. + Gr.Babylon, Or, he went out into As syria. within his tent. 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. The sons of Shem. Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and 14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (hout of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. 15 And Canaan begat † Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, 16 And the Jebusite, and the 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. Before CHRIST about 2218. Or, the streets of the city. h1 Chr. 1. 12. Heb. Tzidon. 19 i And the border of the Canaan-ich. 13. 12, 25 And he said, d Cursed be Ca-ites was from Sidon, as thou comest 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 || Dodanim. 5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 6d And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Ca naan. 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter fbefore the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10g And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land || went forth 22 The k children of Shem; Elam, kl Chr. 1. 17, and Asshur, and † Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arphaxad begat +1 Salah; and Salah begat Eber. 25 m 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. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 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. |