The Holy Bible, The Authorized King James Version, 1611—A Reprint of the Original 1611 Edition (1833–1911)

Table of contents :
Dedication......Page 2
To The Reader......Page 5
Kalendar and Lessons......Page 13
Genesis......Page 33
Exodus......Page 91
Leviticus......Page 139
Numbers......Page 173
Deuteronomie......Page 223
Ioshua......Page 265
Iudges......Page 291
Ruth......Page 319
I Samuel......Page 323
2 Samuel......Page 359
I Kings......Page 391
2 Kings......Page 427
1 Chronicles......Page 461
2 Chronicles......Page 493
Ezra......Page 533
Nehemiah......Page 545
Esther......Page 561
Iob......Page 571
Psalmes......Page 601
Proverbes......Page 677
Ecclesiastes......Page 701
Song of Solomon......Page 709
Isaiah......Page 715
Ieremiah......Page 771
Lamentations......Page 833
Ezekiel......Page 839
Daniel......Page 895
Hosea......Page 911
Ioel......Page 919
Amos......Page 923
Obadiah......Page 929
Ionah......Page 931
Micah......Page 933
Nahum......Page 937
Habakkuk......Page 939
Zephaniah......Page 941
Haggai......Page 945
Zechariah......Page 947
Malachi......Page 955
1 Esdras......Page 959
2 Esdras......Page 977
Tobit......Page 1007
Iudeth......Page 1017
Rest of Esther......Page 1033
Wisedome of Solomon......Page 1037
Ecclesiasticus......Page 1055
Baruch......Page 1099
Song of Three Children......Page 1107
Historie of Susanna......Page 1109
Bel and the Dragon......Page 1111
I Maccabees......Page 1113
2 Maccabees......Page 1147
Newe Testament......Page 1171
S. Matthew......Page 1173
S. Marke......Page 1209
S.Luke......Page 1233
S. Iohn......Page 1271
Actes of the Apostles......Page 1301
Romanes......Page 1339
1 Corinthians......Page 1353
2 Corinthians......Page 1369
Galatians......Page 1379
Ephesians......Page 1383
Philippians......Page 1389
Colossians......Page 1393
1 Thessalonians......Page 1397
2 Thessalonians......Page 1401
1 Timothie......Page 1403
2 Timothie......Page 1407
Titus......Page 1409
Philemon......Page 1411
Hebrewes......Page 1413
Iames......Page 1423
1 Peter......Page 1427
2 Peter......Page 1431
1 Iohn......Page 1435
Iude......Page 1439
Revelation......Page 1441

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TO

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HIGH AND MIGHTIE Prince, Iames by the grace of God King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c-

THE TRANSLATORS OF THE BIBLE, wish Grace, Mercie, and Peace, through Iesvs

Christ our Lord.

Reat and manifold were the blessings (most dread Soueraigne) which Almighty God, the Father of all Mercies, bestowed vpon vs the people of England, when first he sent your Majesties

Royall person to rule and raigne ouer us. For whereas it was the expectation of many, who wished not well vnto our Sion, that vpon the setting of that bright Gcddeniall Starre Queene

Elizabeth of most happy memory, some thicke and palpable cloudes of darkenesse would so haue ouershadowed this land, that men should haue bene in doubt which way they were to walke, and that it should hardly be knowen, who was to direct the vnsetled

State: the appearance of your Maiestie, as of the Sunne in his strength, instantly dispelled those supposed and surmised mists, and gaue vnto all that were well affected, exceeding cause of comfort; especially when we be­ held the gouernment established in your Highnesse, and your hopefull Seed, by an vndoubted Title, and this also accompanied with Peace and tranquillitie, at home and abroad. But amongst all our Ioyes, there was no one that more filled our hearts, then the blessed continuance of the Preaching of Gods sacred word amongst vs, which is that inestimable treasure, whichexcelleth all the riches

ofthe earth, because the fruit thereofextendeth it selfe, not onely to the time spent in this transitory world, but directeth and disposeth men vnto that E tern all happinesse which is aboue in Heauen. Then, not to suffer this to fall to the ground, but rather to take it vp, and

to continue it in that state, wherein the famous predecessour of your High'.vesbe did leaue it; Nay, to goe forward with the confidence and reso1 lution

The Epiftle lution of a man in maintaining the trueth of Christ, and propagating it farre and neere, is that which hath so bound andfirmely knit the hearts of all your Maiesties loyall and Religious people vnto you, that your very Name is precious among them, their eye doeth behold you with comfort, and they blesse you in their hearts, as that sanctified person, who vnder God, is the immediate authour of their true happinesse. And this their contentment doeth not diminish or decay, but euery day increaseth and taketh strength, when they obserue that the zeale of your Maiestie to­ wards the house of God, doth not slackc or goc backward, but is more and more kindled, manifesting it selfe abroad in the furthest parts of Christendome, by writing in defence of the Trueth, (which hath giuen such a blow vnto that man of Sinne, as will not be healed) and euery day at home, by Religious and learned discourse, by frequenting the house of God, by hearing the word preached, by cherishing the teachers therof, by caring for the Church as a most tender and louing nourcing Father. There are infinite arguments of this right Christian and Religious af­ fection in your Maiestie : but none is more forcible to declare it to others, then the vehement andperpetuated desire of the accomplishing and publishing of this Worke, which now with all humilitie we present vnto your Maiestie. For when your Highnesse had once out of deepe iudgment apprehended, how conuenient it was, That out of the Originall sa­ cred tongues, together with comparing of the labours, both in our owne and other forreigne Languages, of many worthy men who went before vs, there should be one more exact Translation of the holy Scriptures into the English tongue; your Maiestie did neuer desist, to vrge and to excite those to whom it was commended, that the worke might be hastened, and that the businesse might be expedited in so decent a maner, as a matter of such importance might iustly require. And now at last, by the Mercy of God, and the continuance of our La­ bours, it being brought vnto such a conclusion, as that we haue great hope that the Church of England shall reape good fruit th ereby; we hold it our duety to offer it to your Maiestie, not onely as to our King and Soueraigne.but as to the principal! moouer and Author of the Worke. Hum­ bly crauingof your most Sacred Maiestie, that since things of this quality haue euer bene subiect to the censures of ill meaning and discontented per­ sons, it may receiue approbation and Patronage from so learned and iudicious a Prince as your Highnesse is, whose allowance and acceptance of our Labours, shall more honour and incourage vs, then all the calumniati­ ons and hard interpretations of other men shall dismay vs. So that, if on the one side we shall be traduced by Popish persons at home or abroad, who therefore will maligne vs, because wc are poore Instruments to make Gods holy Trueth to be yet more and more knowen vnto the people, whom they desire still to keepe in ignorance and darknesse: or if on the other

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other side, we shall be maligned by selfe-conceited brethren, who runne their owne wayes, and giue liking vnto nothing but what is framed by themselues,andhammeredon their Anuile; we may rest secure,supported within by the trueth and innocencie of a good conscience, hauing walked the wayes of simplicitie and integritie, as before the Lord; And sustained without., by the powerfull Protection of your Maiesties grace and fauottr, which will euer giue countenance to honest and Christian endeuours, against bitter censures, and vncharitable imputations. The Lord of Heaucn and earth blcsse your Maiestie with many and happy dayes, that as his Hcancnly hand hath enriched your Highnesse with many singular, and extraordinary Graces; so you may be the wonder of the world in this later age, for happinesse and true felicitie, to the honour of that Great God, and the ' good of his Church, through Iesvs Christ I

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THE TRANSLATORS TO THE READER. Eale to promote the common good, whether it be by deuising any

thing our seines, or reuising that which hath bene laboured by o- ,h nE, i.jvr

thers.descructh certainly much respect and esteeme.but yet findeth >*«* nHieroms timcrthe Consul of Aoaw and his wife were both Ethnicks,and about the same time the grea- to tbe vulgar test part of the Senate also) yet for all that the godly-learned were not content to haue the Scriptures

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in the Language which themselues vnderstood, Greek and Latin*, (as the good Lepers were not content to fare well themseluea, but acquainted their neighbours with the store that God had sent, that they also might provide for themselues) but also for the behoofe and edifying of the m’earned which hnngrod and thirsted after Righteousnesse.and had sonles to be saued aswell asthey.tbey pro-

uided Translations into the vulgar for their Countreymen, insomuch that most nations vader heaven did shortly after their conversion, beare Christ speaking vnto them in their mother tongue,

not by the voyce of their Minister onely,but also by the written word translated. If any doubt hereof, hemay be satisfied by examples enough, if enough wil serue cheturne. First S.Hierome saith^V^lM-

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rumgeidinlinguuScripturaanietrauslata,docet folia esse quxaddita sunt,&*c.i.Tbe Scripture being transla­

ted before m the languages of many Nations ,datb shew that those things that were added (by Lucian or Hesychitu)are false. So S.Hierame in that place. The same Hierome elsewhere affirmeth that he, the time was,had set forth the translation of the Seuenty, sux Itngux bominibus.i.for his countreymen of Dalma­

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tia. Which words not only Erasmus doth vndtrstand to purport, that 5. Hierome translated the Scrip­ ture into the Dalmatian tongue, but also Sixtus Scnensis ,and Alpbonsus a Castro (that we speakc of no more) men not to be excepted against by them of Rome, doe ingenuously confcssc as much. So, S.

Cbrysostome that Iiued in S.Hieromes time, giueth euidcncewilh him: TbcdoctrinecfS.LAnfsaith he)

did not in such sort (as the Philosophers did W».i-

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away: but the Syrians, Egyptians, Indians,Persians.

Ethiopians ^astd infinite other nations being barbarous people .translated it into tbeir{molber)longue,add haue learned tobe (true) Philosophers,he meanerh Christians. To (his may be added Tbeodorit,as next vnto

him, both for autiqvitie,and for learning. His words be these,Euery Countrey that isxmdertbe Sunne, is foil of these wordcs (of the Apostles and Prophets) and tbe Hebrew tongue ( he meaneth the Scrip­ tures in the Hebrew tongue) is tamed not onelytnla tbeLanguage ofthe Grecians, but also af tbe Romanes,

andEgyptinxsyusdPersians^nd Indians, and Armenians,and Scythians,and Sawomatians ,and briefly into

all tbe Languages that any Nation vsetb.

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So he. In like maner,FZprVar is reported by Paulus Diaconus

and Isidor (and before them by Salmen) to haue translated the Scriptures into the Gotbicke tongue: Iobn Bisbop of Sivil byVasseus, to haue turned them

about the yeere of our Lord 717:

Beda by Cistertiexsis, to haue turned a great part of them into Saxon: Efnard by Trilbemius, to haue

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abridged the French Psalter, as Beda had done the Hebrew, about the yeere 800: Kiug/f/urrfby the

said G'sfar/iflw'r.tohauc turned the Psalter into Saxant Methodius by Auentinus (printed at Ingolslad) J-Svtrr. nf StWSaridnitjlfrtie

nelius reporteth out of Radu!-

pbus de Riuc, that about the yeere of our Lord, 1277. Pope Nicclas the third remoued out of the Churches of Rome, the more ancient bookes (of Seruice) and brought into vse the Missals of the

Friers Minorites,and commaunded them to bee obserued there; insomuch that about an hundred

yeeres after, when the a bone named Raduiplms happeued to be at Rome, he found all the bookes to

be new,(of the new stampe.)

Neither was there this chopping and changing in the more ancient

limes onely, but also of late: Pius Quintus himselfe confessetli, that euery Bishopricke almost had .1 peculiar kind.ofseruice,most vnlike to that which others had: which nioued him to abolish all other

Breuiaries, though newer so ancient, and priuiledged and published by Bishops in their Dioccs$es, and to establish and ratifie that onely which was of his owne setting foorth, in the yeere 156 b. Now, when the father of their Church, who gladly would heale the scare of the daughter of hrs peo­

ple softly aitd sleightly ,and make the best of it, findeth so great fault with them for their oddes and iarring; we hope the children haue no great cause to vaunt of their vniformitie, Bur the difference

(bat appeareth betweene our Translations^nd our often correcting of them, is the thing that wee

are specially charged with; let vs see therefore whether they themselues bee without fault this way, (if it be to be counted a fault, to correct) and whether they bee fit men to throw stones at vs: 0 ia»- JL-rjJ,

detn motorparcas insane Minor*: they that are lesse sound themselues, ought not to object infirmities to others. If we should tell them that Valla,Stepuknsis, Erasmus, and I’iues found fault with their vulgar Translation^uid consequently wished tbe same to be mended,or a new one to be made, they would auswere peraduenture, that we produced their enemies for witnesses against them; albeit, they were in no other sort enemies,then as 5. Paul was to the Galatians,(os telling them the trueth: aud it were GaUt-i-iS. to be wished, that they had dared to tell it them plainlierand oftner. But what will they say to this, that Pope Leo the tenth allowed Erasmus Translation of the New Testament,so much different from

the vulgar, by his Apostolike Letter A Bull;that the-same Leo exhorted Pagnin to translate the whole Bible.

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Bible, and bare whatloeuer charges was necessary for the worke ? Surely, as rhe Apostle reasonetb

to the Hebrewes, that if tbe former Law vnd Testament bad bene sufficient,tber'e bad becne no need of tlx latler ‘ so we may say, that if tbe olde vulgar had bene at all points allowable, to sruaJ! purpose had labour and charges bene vndergone, about framing of a new.

If they say, it was one Popes priuate

opinion, and that he consulted nnely himselfe then wee are ahle to goe further with them, and to a*

uerre, that more of their chiefe men of all sorts, euen their owne Tre»/-champions Paiuadcl'/ga,anil their owne Inquisitors, Hieronymus ab Otarfro, and their own Bishop Isidarxt Clarius, and their owue

Cardinal! Tbemot a VioCaielan, doe either make new Translations themselues, or follow new ones

of other meo$ making, or note the vulgar Interpreter for halting; none of them feare tn di^nt from

him, nor yet to except against hint.

And call they this an vniforme tenour of text and judgement *-

bout the text,so many of their Worthies disclaiming the now received conceit? Nay,wewil yet come neerer the quicke: doth not thetr Panr-editiou differ from the Louaine,and Hentenius his from them

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both,and yet all of them allowed by authorise ? Nay, doth not Sixtus Quintus confesse , that cer­ ts ine Caiholikes (he rueanctlt certaine of his owne side) were in such an humor of translating the Scriptures into Latino, that Satan taking occasion by them, though they thought of no such matter,

did striue what he could, out of so vneertaine and manifold a varictie of Translations,so to mingle all things, that nothing might seeme to be left cectaine and firrae in them.&c? Nay further, did not the same Siximordainc by an inuiolable decree, and that with the counsel] and consent of his Cardinals, > that the Latino edition of the olde and new Testament,which the Couocill of Trent would haue to be

authcoticke,istbe same without cOntrouersie which he then set forth ,beiug diligently corrected and

printed in the Printtag-housc of Vatican I Thus$»x/irs in Ins Preface before his Bible. And yet Clement tbe eight his immediate successonr, publisbetb another edition of tbe Bible, containing^ it in­

finite differences from that of Six/ui,( and many of them waightie and material! )and yet this must be

authentike by al! meanes. What is to haue the faith of our glorious Lord Iesvs Christ with Yea and Nay, if this be not 2 Againe,what is sweet harmonic and consent,if this be? Therfore,a5D£inara-

tus of Corinth aduised a great King, before he talked nf the dissentions among the Grecians, to com­ pose his dotnesticke hroilesffor at that time hisQueene and his sonue and heire were ax deadly fuide

with him) so all the while that our aduersariesdoc nuke so many and so various editions themselues,

aud doe iarre so much about the worth and authorise of them, they can with no show of equine challenge vs for changing and correcting*

But it is high time to leaue them,aud to shew in briefe what wee proposed to our seines, and what The pttfpDtt course we held in this our perusal I and suruay of the Bible. Truly (good Christian Reader) weene- of the Tnn-

uer thought from the begiuning, that we should neede to make a new Translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one, ( for then the imputation of Sixtus had bene true tn some sort, that our peo­ ple had bene fed with gall of Dragons in stead of wine, with whey in stead of milke:) bat to nuke a

good one better,or out of many good ones,one principal! good one,not justly to be excepted against; that hath bene our indeauour, that our markc. To that purpose there were many chosen, that were

greater tn other mens eyes then in tbeir owne, and that sought the truth rather then tbeir own praise. Againe, they came or were thought to come to the worke, not exoreendi causa (as onesaith) but cxertiiatif that is, learned, not tn learne: Forthechiefe ouerseer and Ipyoiwcnp vnder his Maiestie, to whom

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not oncly we, but also our whole Church was much bound, knew by his wisedome, which thing also

Naiiatt^en taught so long agoe, that it is a preposterous order co teach first and to Icarnc after, yea

that ruervc^Kfpa^iaypcwAixif tolearneaod practise together .isneitlierconuucndible for die workeman, nor safe for the worke* Therefore such were thought vpon,as could say modestly with Sai nt Hierame, Ei Hebrxum Sersucnettt ex parte didicimus, & in Latino peui ab ipsis incuuabuiis &c. deirili sumns.

Both

we butte learned tbe Hebrew tongue in pari,and in tbe Latino wee bane beeue exercised almost from our verie

cradle. S. Hierome maketli no mention of the Greeke tongue, wherein yet hee did excell, because hee

translated not the old Testament ont of Greeke, but out of Hebrewe.

And in what sort did these as­

semble ? In tbe trust of their owne knowledge,or of their sbarpenesse of wit»or deepeuesse of iudgemen^as tt were iu ail arme of flesh ? At no hand. They trusted in him that hath the key of Dauid, opening and no uun shutting; (hey prayed to the Lord the Father of our Lord, to the effect that

S.-Jnpirfinedid; O let tby Scriptures be my pure delight,let me not he dcceined intbensTiuitber lei tnedeeeiue by them. In this confidence, and with this deuotion did they assenihle together; not toomanyjest one should trouble another, aud yet manyjest many things luply might escape them.

If you aske

what they had before them, truely it was the Hebrew text of the Olde Testament, rhe Greeke of tbe

New.

These are the two golden pipes,or rather conduits,where-tbrough tbe oliue branches emp­

ire themselues into the golde*

Saint Augustine callelb them precedent, Dr originall tongues; Saint

Hieratite, fountatnes* The same Saini Hierome affirmeth, and Gratian hath not spared to pui it into bis Decree, That as the credit of tbe olde Bookes{.he meaneth of the Old Tcsumeni)M to bee tryed by

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To the Reader. the Htbrewe 1'olnmes

ofIbe Newby tbe Greeke

he meaneth by the originall Greets If trueth

be to be tried by these tongues, then whence should a Translation be made, but out of them? These tongues therefore, the Scriptures wee say/in those tongues, wee set before vs tn translate, being the tongues wherein God was pleased to speake to his Church by his Prophets and Apostles. Neitherdtd

we run oner the worke with that posting haste that the Septuagint did , if that betrue which is repor­

ted of them.that they finished it in 72. dayes; neither were we barred or hindered from going oner it againe, barring once done it, like SJfrerornrJfthat be true which himselfe reporteth,that he could no

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sooner write any xhing.bnt presently it was caught from him, and published, and he could not haue

teaue to mend it: neither.to be short.were we tbe first that fell in hand with translating the Scripture

into English, and consequently destitute nf former hclpcs.as it is written of Origen, that hee was the

first tn a nuner.that put hts hand to write Commentaries vpon the Scriptures, and therefore no marnene,if he ouershot himselfe many times. None of these things : the worke noth not bene hudled vp

inpa.dayes, but hath cost xheworkemen, as light as it seemeth,the paines of twise seven timesseuen-

tic two dayes and more: matters of such weight and consequence are to bee speeded with matnritie: for in a businesse of moment a man feareth not the blame of conuenieut slacknesse.

Neither did

wee thinke much to consult rhe Translators or Commentators, CMdee, Hebrrwe, Syrian, Greeke, or

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Laline,no nor the Spanish, French, Italian. or Dtftcb; neither did we disdaine to renise thar which we

had done, and to bring backe to the anuill that which we had hammered: but having and vsingns great he’pes as were need full,and fearing no reproch for slowjiesse.nor coveting praise for expedition,

wee haue at the length,through the good hand of the Lord vpon vs, brought the worke to that passe that you see. ftetsonc motfngt'mKt drom-tic of StfXM in the tnargin.whcre there is gre« probability for ach.

Some per id venture would haue no varietle ofsences to be t?‘. if! the margine.les! theauthoritieof

the Scriptures for deciding of controversies by that shew of vneertaintie, should sonic wh.it be shaken. Bat we. hold their iudgmet not to be so sou nd in this point.For though, u-botsoeuer things are necessary «rr« r« Jrty aremGuifesl, as 5. Cbrysostome saith, and as 5. Augustine, I'i those things that arg plains ly set dotene in tbe SjCbrrmlJn 2. Scriptures, all such matters are found that teneerne Faith,hope,and Cbaritie. Yet for all that it cannot be Tbertxap.i. S-^4sg.z. de dissembled, that partly to exercise and whet our wits, partly to weane the curious from loathing of them for their eoery-where-plainenesse, partly also to stint vp our devotion to crane the assistance eef.y.

of Gods spirit by prayer,and lastly.that we might be forward to seek* nyd of out brethren by confe­

rence, and ncuefscornethose thatbenot in all respects so complete as they should bee, being to seekc in many things our seines, it hath pleased God in his diuine providence, heerc and there to scatter wordes and sentences of that difficult]- and doubtfulnesse,not in doctrinall points that eonceme sal-

nation, (for in such it hath beene vouched that the Scriptures are plaine)but in matters of lesse mo­ ment, that fearefulnessc would better beseemevsthen confidence.and if we win resolve,to resolue vp­ on modestie with S. Augustine,(though not in this same case altogether, yet vpon tbe same ground) Mrliuscst dttbitarcdcoccultis.qudm [itigarede iucertis, it is better to make doubt of those things which S-Zvfnrf. I-’. Gcwr«. ad ar* secret, theu to striae about those things that are vneertaine. There be many words in the Scrip­

tures,which benener found there but once, (having neither brother nor neighbour, as the Hebrews speake)so that we cannot be hoi pen by conference of places. Againe, there be many rare names of

certaine birds, beastes and precious stones, &c. concerning which the Hrfrreuvrthemselues are so di­

vided among themselues for Judgement, that they may seeme to hane defined this or that.rather be­ cause they would saysomthing,the because they were snreofth.’.t which they snid.asS.Hrrranre some­

where saith of the Sefittraginl. Now in such aca$e,doth not a marginedowellto admonish the Render to seeke further,and not to conclude or dogma tizevpon this or that peremptorily? For as it is .i fault of incredulitic, to doubt of those things that are eujdent: sotodetennine of such things as the Spirit of God hath left (even in the judgment of theiudicious)qucstionablc.canhe no lesse then presumption. Therfofeas S.y^w^rfi’flrsaithrthatvariene n f Translations is profitable for the finding out ofthesense cep-u-

of the Scriptures: so diuersitie of signification and sense in the margin-,where the testis notsocleafe,

must needes doe good,yea,is necessary,as we are perswaded. We know that Sixius Quintut exptesly SrXttti > BAlit. forbiddeth,thit anyvarietie of readings of their vulgar edition,should be put in the margine,(which

though it be not altogether the same thing to that we haue in hand, yet it looketh that way ) but we thinke he hath notall of his owne side his favourers,for this conceit. They that are wise,had rather haue their judgements at libertie indifferences of readings.then to becaptiu.ited to one,when it may

be the other. If they were sure that their hie Priest had all laves shutvp in his hrest,as Paul the second Ptal.i- f1^-

bragged, and that he were as free from errour by speciall priuiledge.es the Dictators of Rome were made by law inuiolable,it were an other matter; then his word were an Oracle, bisopinion a decision. But the eyes of the world are now open, God be thanked,and haue bene a great while,they find that

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And whereas May .July, Auguft, O&obar, and December haue xxxj. dayes apiece: Ir is ordered that the Plalmesfhal be read the Uli day ofthe {aid Moneths, which were read the day beforc/o that the Pfaltermay begin agaiuc thefoft day ofthenexr ruoneth enduing.

Now to know what Pfolmes (hall be read euery day: Lookem the Kalender die number that is appointed for the Pfalmes,and then Hod the fame number in this Table, and vpou that number you fhall fee what Pfalines (hall be (ayd at Morning and Eucning prayer. And where the Cxix.Pfakne is diuided into xauj-portions, and is ouerlong to be read at coe time: it is fo ordered,that at one time (hall not be read aboue foureor fiueoftheEud pocrions, as you (hall perceiue to be noted in this Table following. And here is alfo to bee noted, that in this Table, and in all other parts ofthe Seruice whereany Pfalms are appoDted,che number is exprefled after the great Englrfh Bible,which bom theix.P(alme vnto the Cxviij.Pfalmc,(following the diuifon of theHebcewesJ doeth variein numbers from tbe common LarineTranflation.

He old Tcftament is appointed for the foil Leflons at Morning and Euening prayer, and(halbereadthrougheuery yeere once, except certaine Bookes audChapters, w hich be lead edifying^nd ought beft be ^ured^nd therfore are left vnread. The New Teftament is appointed for the (econd Leflons ar Morning and Euo. nfogprayer^nd (hall be read ouer orderly euery yeere thriftJbefides the EpdHes and Golpels: except the Apocalypfe,out ofthe which there be onely certaine Leflons appointed vpon diners proper Feaftes. And to know what Leflons (hall be read euery day,fnde the day ofthe Moncth in the Kalender? going before and there ye (hall perceiue rhe Bookes and Chapters that (hall be read for the Leflons bods at Morning and Euening prayer. And here is to be noted,that wheufoeuertherebe any proper Pfalmes or Leflons appointed for the Sundayes^r for any Feaft ,moueable or vnmoueable: then the Plakn« and Leflons appointed in the Kaiakder^hall be omitted for that time. YetDtdlnmeaKo,thattbeCofled>Epiftle^nd(ja(pel1appoinced for tbe Sunday, (hall feme all i the weeke after.except there foil focneFeafl dut hath nispropes.

When the yeeres ofour Lord may be diuided into toure euen parts, which is euery fourth yeere t then the Sunday letter leapetfaaod mat yeetedse Pfalmes and Leflons which feruc tor the xxii j. day ofFebruary, (ball be readagame the dayfaOowing, exerpeit be Sunday,which hath proper Leflons ofthe old Teftament^ppointcd in the Table fearing to mat purpole. Alfo.wherefbeuer the beginning of any Lefloa, EprfUe, or Golpel is not exprefled, there yee muft begin ar the beginning of the Chapter. And whereteuer is not exprefled how fare fhall be recd, there fhall you trade to the ende oftbe Chapter. Item,fooft aS the firft Chapter ofSaint Matthew isread either for Leflon or Golpel, ye fhall begin thefaneatOBoWttKtjtrtgofJtftlSCJjtflWaS thethi rd Chapter' ofS. Lukes Gofpel,(halberead vnto,SrtHfiMIbasfUppoftD,tt)t tbnntDf^Jofcpl),?:.

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C^tM4XtWe it. 16 And the L011D God commanded the man, saying, Of euery tree of the f Hebr. ttu garden thou mayest + freely eate. ting thou 17 But of the tree of the knowledge shall eate. of good and euill, thou shall not eate of it: for in the day that thou eatest theref Hebr. dg. of, thou shalt t surely die. shall die. 18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be a• Kcclus. lone: I will make him * an helpe fmcet for him. t Hebr. as before Atm. 19 And out of M nually. 6 And it repented the LORD 4*4 jT»a«r« that he had made man on the earth, and • Chap. 8. it grieued him at his heart. 91. mat 15. 18. 7 And the LORD said, I will t /Mr. eue. rf^f. destroy man, whom I haue created,

Noahs Arke.

from the face of the earth: + both man t Hcbr.from man vnto and beast, and the creeping thing, and beast. the foules of the aire: for it repenteth me that I haue made them. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. 9 5i These are the generations of 44 Noah: * Noah was a iust man, and •17.Errl'js. s. pet. || perfect in his generations, and Noah 9. 5. 1 Or, :.\n. walked with Goa. right. 10 And Noah begate three sonnes: Sem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 The earth also was corrupt be­ fore God; and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked vpon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupted his way vpon the earth. 13 And God said vnto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before mee; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them 1 Or. from || with the earth. the earth. 14 51 Make thee an Arke of Go­ pher-wood: troomes shalt thou make t Heb. nests. in the arke, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is thefashion, which thou shalt make it of: the length of the arke shalbe three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thir­ tie cubits. 16 A window shalt thou make to the arke, and in a cubite shalt thou fi­ nish it aboue; and the doore of the arke shalt thou set in the side thereof: With lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 And behold, I, euen I doe bring a flood of waters vpon the earth, to de­ stroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life from vnder heauen, and euery thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee wil I establish my Couenant: and thou shalt come into the Arke, thou, and thy sonnes, and thy wife, and thy sonnes wiues with thee. 19 And of euery liuing thing of all flesh, two of euery sort shalt thou bring into the Arke, to keepe them aliue with thee: they shall be male and female. 20 Of fewles after their kinde, and of cartel after their kinde: of euery cree­ ping thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euery sort shall come vnto thee, to keepe them aliue. 21 And take thou vnto thee of all food th^t is eaten, and thou shalt ga­ ther it to thee; and it Bhall be for food, for

Noah entreth • Heb. 11* 7.

CHAP.

VII.

1 Noah, with his familie, and the liuing crea­ tures, enter into the Arke. 17 The beginuing, increase, and continuance of the Flood• j. Pet 2.5.

t Hebr.seuen

t IleLr. blot

1 i

1 Or, on the seventh day.

lOr./oott

into the Arke.

Chap.vij.viij.

for thee, and for them. 22 *Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he-

Nd the * LORI) saide wySr vnto h>oali - Come thou and aH tli v house into the ^V^^iV^Arkc: for thee haue I scene righteous before me, in this generation. 2 Of euery cicane beast thou shalt take to thee t by scucns, the male and his female: and of beastes that are not eleanc, by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowjes also of the aire, by scuens, the male & the female; to keepe seed aliue vpon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet seuen dayes, and I will cause it to raine vpon the earth, fortie dayes, and forty nights: and euery liuing substance that I haue made, will I tdestroy, fro off the face of the earth. 5 And Noah did according vnto all that the LORD commanded him. 6 And Noah was sixe hundred yeeres old, when the flood of waters was vpon the earth. 7 5i And Noah went in, and his sonnes, and his wife, and his sonnes wiues with him, into the Arke, because of the waters of the Flood. 8 Of cleane beasts, & of beasts that are not cleane, & of Ibwles, and of eucry thing that creepeth vpon the earth, 9 There went in two and two vnto Noah into the Arke, the male & the female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And it came to passe j| after seuen dayes, that the waters of the Flood were vpon the earth. 11 In the sixe hundredth yeere of Noahs life, in the second moneth, the seuenteenth dav of the moneth, the same day, were al the fountaines of the great deepe broken vp, and the ||windowes of heauen were opened. 12 And the raine was vpon the earth, fortie dayes, and fortie nights. 13 In the selt'e same day entred No­ ah, and Sem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sonnes of Noah, and Noahs wife, and the three wiues of his sonnes with them, into the Arke, 14 They, and euery beast after his

kinde, & all the cattcll after their kinde: and euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth after his kinde, and cnery foule after his kinde, euery birde of et Heb. wing. uery tsort. 15 And they went in vnto Noah in­ to the Arke, 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 cominaunded him: and the LORD shut him in. 17 And the Flood was fortie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters increased, and bare vp the Arke, and it was lift vp aboue the earth. 18 And the waters preuailcd, and were enercased greatly vpon the earth : and the Arke went vpon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters preuailcd exceedingly vpon the earth, and all the high hils, that were vnder the whole heauen, were couered. 20 Fifteene cubits vpward, did the waters preuaile; and the mountaincs were coucrcd. 21 * And all flesh died, that mooued • Wisd. 10. vpon the earth, both of fowle, & of eattell, and of beast, and of euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon tne earth, and euery man. 22 All in whose nosethrils was the 1+breath of life, of all that was in the t Hebr. the breath of the dry land, died. spirit oflife. 23 And euery liuing substance was destroyed, which was vpon the face of the ground, both man and cattell, and the creeping things, and the foule of the heauen ; and they were destroyed from the earth : and * Noah onely remained * Wisd, in. *■ *. pet «. 5 aliue, and they that were with him in the Arke. 24 And the waters preuailed vpon the earth, an hundred and fifty dayes.

CHAP.

VIII.

1 The waters asswage. 4 The Arke resteth on Ararat 7 The rauen and the done. loNoah, being commanded, 18 goeth forth of the Arke. 20 He buildeth an Altarz and offereth sacrifice, 21 which God accepteth, and proroiseth to curse the earth no more. IfSKf^pBjNd God remembred Noah.and euery liuing thing. 1ehk and all the cattell that was with him in the Arke: and God made a winde to

The Arke refteth.

Noah facrificeth.

Genefis.

to passe ouer the earth, and the waters

2 The fountaines also of the deepe, and the windoves of heauen were stopped, and the raine from heauen was restrained. 8 And the waters returned from f Hrtr.ta ofTthe earth, fcontinually: and after the going and returning. end of the hundred and fiftie dayes, the waters were abated. 4 And the Arke rested in the se­ uenth moneth, on the seuenteenth day of the moneth, vpon the mountaines of Ararat. f Hebr. iren 5 And the waters + decreased conti­ in going and de&eastng. nually vntill the tenth moneth : in the tenth moneth, on the first day of the mo­ neth, were the tops of the mountaines seene. 6 51 And it came to passe at the end of forty dayes, that Noah opened the win­ dow of the Arke which he had made. 7 And he sent forth a Rauen, which t Hebr. In went foorth +to and fro, vntill the wa­ gntHf/oorfK and retur­ ters were dried vp from off the earth. ning. 8 Also hee sent foorth a doue from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground. 9 But the doue found no rest for the sole of her foote, and she returned vnto him into the Arke: for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put foorth his hand, and tooke her, and t Uebr. cau.l + pulled her in vnto him, into the Arke. ted her to 10 And hee stayed yet other seuen ■'O/ne. dayes; and againe hee sent foorth the doue out of the Arke. 11 And the doue came in to him in the euening, and loe, in her mouth was an Oliue Teafe pluckt off: So Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 12 And hee stayed yet other seuen dayes, and sent forth the doue, which re­ turned not againe vnto him any more. 13 51 And it came to passe in the sixe hundredth and one yeere, in the first mo­ neth, the first day of the moneth, the waters were dryed vp from off' Che earth: and Noah remooued the couering of the Arke, and looked, and be­ hold, the face of the ground was drie. 14 And in the second moneth, on the seuen and twentieth day ofthe moneth, was the earth dried. 15 51 And God spake vnto Noah, saying, 16 Goe foorth of the Arke, thou, and thy wife, and thy sonnes, and thy

sonnes wiues with thee: I 17 Bring foorth with thee euery li­ uing thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowle, and of eattell, and of euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, arid be fruitfull, and multi­ ply vpon the earth. 18 And Noah went foorth, and his sonnes, and his wife, and his sonnes wiues with him: 19 Euery beast, euery creeping thing, and euery fowle, and whatsoeuer cree­ peth vpon the earth, after their fkinds, t Hebr. fawent foorth out of the Arke. 20 51 And Noah builded an Altar vnto the LORD, and tooke of euery cleane beast, and of euery cleane fowle, and oflred burnt oflirings on the Altar. 21 And the LORD smelled a tsweete sauour, and the LORD said t Het>r. a sa­ vour of rest. in his heart, I will not againe curse the ground any more for mans sake; for the ’imagination of mans heart is euil from • Chap. G. 5. mitt-1 a. his youth : neither will I againe smite J 9. any more euery thing liuing, as I haue done. 22 +While the earth remaineth, seedtime and haruest, and cold, and heat, ofthe earth. and Summer, and Winter, aud day and night, shall not cease.

CHAP.

IX.

1 Go7.

• Chap. 1, • Ldih. i;. H.

The Rainbow.

• Mati.tB. 51. reud. 13. 10. • Chap, t. 27.

• Em. 34. 9.

• Ecclus. 43. ll.lf.

t Hrh. Cha. noon.

Cha p.x.

Noahs generations.

liues will I require: at the hand of eue­ 21 And he dranke of the wine, and ry beast will I require it, & at the hand was drunken, and hee was vneouered of man, at the hand of euery mans bro­ within his tent. ther will I require the life of man. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, 6 * Who so sheddeth mans blood, by saw the nakednesse of his father, and man shall his blood be shed: * for in the told his two brethren without. image of God made he man. 23 And Shem and Iaphet tooke a 7 And you, be ye fruitfull, and mul­ garment, and layed it vpon both their tiply, bring foorth aboundatitly in the shoulders, and went backward, and coearth, and multiply therein. uered the nakednesse of their father, 8 51 And God spake vnto Noah, and and their faces were backward, and they to his sonnes with him, saying . saw not their fathers nakednesse. 9 And 1, behold, I establish my co24 And Noah awoke from his ucnant with you, and with your scede wine, and knew what his yonger sonne after you: had done vnto him. 10 And with euery liuing creature 25 And he said, Cursed bee Canaan: that is with you, of the fowle, of the cat. a seruant of seruants shall hee be vnto tell, and of euery beast of the earth with his brethren. you, from all that goe out of the Arke, 26 And hee saide, Blessed bee the to euery beast of the earth. LORD God of Shem, and Canaan 11 And*I wil establish my couenant shalbe || his seruant. with you, neither shal all flesh be cut off 27 God shall || enlarge Iaphet, lOr.irniml to man. any more, by the waters of a flood, nei­ and he shal dwel in the tents of Shem, 1 Or,pertwade, ther shall there any more be a flood to and Canaan shalbe his seruant. destroy the earth. 28 51 And Noah liued after the flood, 12 And God said, This is the token three hundred and fifty yeeres. of the Couenant which I make be­ 29 And all the dayes of Noah were tweene mee and you, and euery liuing nine hundred & fifty yeeres, and he died. creature that is with you, for perpetual] CHAP. X. generations. 13 I doe set my bow in the cloud, and 1 The generations of Noah. S Tbe sonnes ol Iaphet 6 The sonnes of Ham. 8 Nimrod it shall be for a token of a couenant, bethe first Monarch. 21 The sonnes of Sbem. tweene me and the earth. 14 *And it shall come to passe, when Ow these are the geneI bring a cloud ouer the earth, that the Tations of the sonnes of bow shall be seene in the cloud. Noah ; Shem, Ham, and 15 And I will remember my coue. SRjNK Iaphet: and vnto them nant, which is betweene mee and you, were sonnes borne afand euery liuing creature of all flesh .2 • The sonnes of Iaphet: Go­ * i. Chron. and the waters shall no more become a mer, and Magog, and Madai, and la­ i.a. flood to destroy all flesh. 16 And the bow shalbe in the cloud; uan, & Tubal, and Meshech, & Tiras. and I will looke vpon it, that I may 3 And the sonnes of Gomer: Ash­ remember the euerlasting couenant be­ kenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of lauan: Elishah, tweene God and euery liuing creature, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. of all flesh that is vpon the earth. 5 By these were the Iles of the 17 And God said vnto Noah, This is the token of the couenant, which I Gentiles diuided in their lands, euery haue established betweene mee and all one after his tongue: after their fami­ flesh, that is vpon the earth. lies, in their nations. 6 51 * And the sonnes of Ham: Cush, • l Chron. 18 51 And the sonnes of Noah that l.l. went forth of the Arke, were Shem, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the sonnes of Cush, Seba, and Ham, and Iaphet: and Ham is and Hauilah, and Sabtah, and Raathe father of || Canaan. mah, and Sabtccha: and the sonnes of 19 These are the three sonnes of No­ ah : and of them was the whole earth Ilaamah : Sheba, and Dcdan. 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he be­ ouerspread. 20 And Noah began to bee an hus­ gan to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before bandman, and he planted a vineyard. the 13

Tbe firft Monarch.

Genefis.

Babel builded.

the LORD: wherefore it is aide, 30 And their dwelling was from Euen u Nimrod the mightie hunter Mesha, as thou guest vnto Sephar, before the LORD. a mount of the East. 10 And tbe beginning of his king31 These are the sonnes of Shem, af­ t Gr. Baby­ dome was + Babel, and Erech, and Acter their families, after their tongues, ton. cad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. in their lands after their nations. I Or.heteeni 11 Out of that land || went forth As32 These are the families of the out into Aishur, and builded Nineueh, and the || ci­ sonnes of Noah after their generati­ Syria. I Or« the tie Rehoboth, and Calab, ons, in their nations: and by these were xfreetetofthe IS And Resen betweene Nineueh the nations diuided in the earth after Citie. and Calah: the same is a great citie. the Flood. 13 And Mixraim begat Ludim, and Anamim , and Lehabun , and NaphCHAP. XI tuhim, 14 And Patlirusim, and Casluhim 1 One language in the world. 3 The building of Babel. 3 The confusion of tongues, to (out of whome came Philistiim) and The generations of Shem. 27 The genera­ Caphtorim. tions of Terah the father of Abram. 31 Tct Heh. Tti15 51 And Canaan begate + Sidon rah goeth from Vr to Haran. don. his first borne, and Heth, 16 And the Jebusite, and the Emo­ Nd *the whole earth was " Wis. 10. A. rite, and the Girgasite, of one ^language, and of t HebrAippe. \Hcb.wordt. 17 And the Hiuite, and the Arkite, one tspeach. and the Sinite, 2 And it came to passe 18 And the Aruadtte, and the Zeas they iourneyed from maritc, and the Hamathite: and after­ the East, that they found a plaine in the ward were the families of the Canaa­ land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. 3 And + they sayd one to another; t Hebo man nites spread abroad. tail tn hit 19 And the border of the Canaa­ Goe to, let vs make bricke, and + burne neighbour. nites, was from Sidon, as thou com- them thorowly. And they had bricke for I Heb. burne them to a t Hebr. Ae- mest to Gerar, vnto t Gaza, as thou go­ stone, and slime had they for morter. burning. KOh. es! vnto Sodoma and Gomorah, and 4 And they said; Goe to, let vs build Admah, & Zeboim, euen vnto Lasha. vs a city and a tower, whose top may 20 These are the sonnes of Ham, af­ reach vnto heauen, and let vs make vs a ter their families, after their tongues, name, lest we be scattered abroad vpon in their countries, and in their nations. the face of the whole earth. 21 H Vnto Shem also the father of 5 And the LORD came downe all the children of Eber, the brother of to see the city and the tower, which the Iaphet the elder, euen to him were children of men builded. children borne. 6 And the LORD said; Behold, * l.Chron22 The * children of Shem: Elam, the people m one, and they haue all one 1.17. language: and this they begin to doe: t Hebr. Ar* and Asshur, and t Arphaxad, and Lud, pacJuhad. and Aram. and now nothing will be restrained 23 And the children of Aram : Vz, from them, which they haue imagined and Hui, and Gether, and Mash. to doe. \ Heir. She24 And Arphaxad begate t Salah, 7 Goe to, let vs go downe, and there lah. and Salab begate Eber. cbfound their language, that they may * 1. Chita. 25 * And vnto Eber were borne two not vnderstand one anothers speech. I. 19. sonnes: the name of one snu Peleg, for 8 So the LORD scattered them in his dayes was the earth diuided, and abroad from thence, vpon the face of all his brothers name wu Joktan. tbe earth: and they left off* to build the 26 And Joktan begate Almodad, Citie. and Sheleph, and Hazarmaueth, and 9 Therefore is the name of it called lerah, t Babel, because the LORD did there t That w« 27 And Hadoram, and Vzal, and confound the language of all the earth: Confusion. Diklah, and from thence did the LORD scat28 And Obal, and Abimael, and ter them abroad vpon the face of all the Sheba, earth. 29 And Ophir, and Hauilah, & Io105 • These are the generations of * l-Chron. bab: all these were the sonnes of Ioktan. Shem. Shem woe an hundred yeres old, 17. and

The generations

Chap.xij.

and begate Arphaxad two yeeres after the Flood. 11 And Shem lined, after he beetle Arphaxad, hue hundred yeeres, ana be­ gate sonnes and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lined flue and thir­ tie yeeres, and begate Salah. 13 And Arphaxad liued, after he be­ gate Salah, foure hundred and three yeeres, and begate sonnes and daugh­ ters. 14 And Salah liued thirtie yeeres. and begate Eber. 15 And Salah liued, after hee begate Eber, foure hundred and three yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. * l.Chruo. 16 * And Eber liued foure and thirty Li 9. yeeres, and begate • Peleg. "Call'd Lake X 33. 17 And Eber liued, after hee begate Phalec. Peleg, foure hundred and thirtie yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 18 And Peleg liued thirtie yeeres, and begate lieu. 19 And Peleg liued, after hee begate Reu, two hundred and nine yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 20 And Reu liued two and thirtie * Lue.5.35 yeeres, and begate • Serug. Sarucb. 21 And Reu liued, after hee begate Serug, two hundreth and seuen yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 22 And Serug liued thirtie yeeres, and begate Nahor. 23 And Serug liued, after he begate Nahor, two hundred yeeres, and begat sonnes and daughters. 24 And Nahor liued nine and twen• Loe. A 34. tie yeeres, and begate • Terah. Than. 25 And Nahor hued, after he begate Terah, an hundred & nineteene yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. 26 And Terah liued seuenty yeeres, * Joab. 24. 2 and * begate Abram, Nahor, & Haran. I. Chirm 1. 27 U Now these are the generati­ 28. ons of Terah: Terah begate Abram, Nahor, and Haran: And Haran be­ gate Lot. 28 And Haran died, before his father Terah in the land of his natiuity, in Vr of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor tooke them wiues: the name of Abrams wife mu Sarai, and the name of Nahors wife, MUcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had do childe. 31 And Terah tooke Abram his

of Terah. Abram.

me, and Lot the sonne of Haran his

ines sonne, and Sarai his daughter lawe, his sonne Abrams wife, and ey went foorth with them from *Vr ■Ntlian. S.7. fodtth. die Chaldees, to goe into the land of J-7.MU7. inaan: and they came vnto Haran, «. d dwelt there. 32 And the dayes of Terah, were two hundred and hue yeres: and Te­ rah died in Haran.

CHAP. XII. 1 God calleth Abnun, and blesseth him with a promise of Christ, 4 He departeth with Lot from Haran. 6 He ionmeyeth through Ca­ naan, 7 which is promised him in a vision. 10 Hee is driuen by a famine into Era*. 11 Feare maketh him faint his wife to be his sister. 14 Pharaoh hauing taken her from him, by plagues is compelled to restore her.

Ow the • LORD had • ACU.7. x said vnto Abram, Get thee out of thy countrey, and from thy kinred, and from thy fathers house, vnto a land that I will shew thee. 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I wil hlesse thee, and make thy name great; and thou shall bee a blessing. 3 And I will blesse them that hlesse thee, aud curse him, that curseth thee: *and in thee shal all families of tbe earth be blessed. IX acts. X 4 So Abram departed , as the tXgalatX X LORD had spoken vnto him, and Lot went with him: And Abram was seuentie and fiue yeeres old when he de­ parted out of Haran. 5 And Abram tooke Sarai his wife, and Lot his brothers sonne, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the soules that they had gotten in Haran, and they went foorth to goe into the land of Canaan: and into the land of Canaan they came. 6 H And Abram passed through the land, vnto tbe place of Sichem, vnto the plaine of Moreh. And the Canaa­ nite war then in the land. 7 And the LORD appeared vn­ to Ahram, and said, * Vnto thy seed wil * Chap> IX IX I giue this land: and there builded hee an * altar vnto the LORD, who ap­ • Cbap.13 peared vnto him. 8 And he remoued from thence vn­ to a mountaine, on the East of Beth-el, and pitched his tent hauing Beth-el on the

Abram in Egypt.

Genefis.

Abram and Lot.

Nd Abram went vp out the West, and Hai on the East: and there hee builded an altar vnto the of Egypt, he and his wife, LORD, and called vpon the Name and all that he had, and Lot with him , into the of the LORD. 9 And Abram iourneyed, II going on South. 2 And Abram was very rich in cat­ still toward the South. 10 5 And there was a famine in the tell, in silticr, and in gold. land, and Abram went downe into E3 And hee went on his iourncyes gypt, to soiourne there: for the famine from the South, euen to Bcth-el, vnto the place where his tent bad bene at the was grieuous in the land. 11 And it came to passe when he was beginning, betweene Bcth-cl and Ilai: 4 Vnto the ’place of the altar, which come necre to enter into Egypt, that he said vnto Sarai his wife, Behold now, he bad made there at the first: and there I know that thou art a faire woman Abram called on the Name of the LORD. to looke vpon. 5 5 And Lot also which went with 12 Therefore it shall come to passe, when the Egyptians shall sec thee, that Abram, had flocks and heards, & tents. 6 And the land was not able to they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will saue thee beare them, that they might dwell to­ gether: for their substance was great, aliue. IS Say, I pray thee, thou art my si­ so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife betweene ster, that it may be wel with me, for thy sake: and my soule shall liue, because of the heardmen of Abrams cattell, and the heardmen of Lots cattell: And the thee. 14 5 And it came to passe, that when Canaanite, and the Pcrizzitc dwelled Abram was come into Egypt, the E- then iu the land. 8 And Abram said vnto Lot, Let gyptians beheld the woman, that shee there be no strife, I pray thee, betweene was very faire. 15 The Princes also of Pharaoh saw mee and thee, and betweene my heard­ her, and commended her before Pha­ men and thy heardtnen: for wee bee raoh : and the woman was taken into t brethren. Pharaohs house. 9 Is not the whole land before 16 And he entreated Abram well for thee ? Separate thy selfe, I pray thee, her sake: and he had sheepe, and oxen, from mee: if thou wilt take the left hand, and hee asses, and men seruants, and then I will goe to the right: or if thou maid seruants, and shee asses, and ca­ depart to the right hand, then I will goe to the left. mels. 10 And Lot lifted vp his eyes, and 17 And the LORD plagued Pha­ raoh & his house with great plagues, beheld all the plaine of Iordanc, that it because of Sarai Abrams wife. was well watered euery where before 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and the Lord destroyed Sodome and Gosaid, What is this that thou hast done morah, euen as the garden of the vnto me ? Why diddest thou not tell me, LORD, like the land of Egypt, as that she was thy wife f thou commest vnto Zoar. 19 Why saidest thon, Shee is my si­ 11 Then Lot chose him all the plaine ster? so I might haue taken her to mee of Iordanc: and Lot iourneyed East: to wife: now therfore behold, thy wife, and they separated themselues the one take her and goe thy way. from the other. 20 And Pharaoh comanded hie men 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Ca­ concerning him: and they sent him a- naan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of way, and his trife, and all that he had. the plaine, and pitched his tent toward Sodome. 13 But the men of Sodome were CHAP. XIII. wicked, and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. 1 Abram and Lot returne out of Egypt 1 By 14 5 And the LORD said vnto disagreement they part asunder. 10 Lol go­ Abram, after that Lot was separated eth to wicked Sodom. 14 God renueth tbe promise to Abram. 18 He rcmoueth to Ilc- from him, Lift vp now thine eyes, and looke from the place where thou art, bron, and there buildeth an Altar. North-

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f Hrbr mitl brethren.

Gods promife.

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Chap.xiiij.

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I Or, the phuue^fKi. rialhaim. I Or, the plaine of Parun.

Melchizedek.

and the King of Admah, and the King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, (the same is Zoar) and they ioyned battell with them, in the vale of Siddim, 9 With Chedorlaomer the King of Elam, and with Tidal King of nati­ ons, and Amraphel King of Shiner, and Arioch King of Ellasar; foure Kings with fiue. 10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slime-pits: and the Kings of So­ dome & Gomorrah fled, and fell there: and they that remained, fled to the mountaine. 11 And they tooke all the goods of Sodome and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 12 And they tooke Lot, Abrams bro­ chap xun. thers sonne, (who dwelt in Sodome) 1 The battell of foure Kings against fiue. 11 and his goods, and departed13 V And there came one that had Lot is taken prisoner. 14 Abram rescueth him. 18 Melchi-zedek blesseth Abram. 20 escaped , and told Abram the Hebrew, Abram giueth him tithe. 22 Tbe rest of the for hee dwelt in the plaine of Mamre spoile,his partners hauing bad their portions, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and bro­ he restoreth to the King of Sodom. ther of Aner: and these were confede­ Nd it came to passe in the rate with Abram. dayes of Amraphel King 14 And when Abram heard that his of Shinar, Arioch King brother was taken captiue, he || armed I Or, ted joorih. of EUasar, Chedorlaomer his || trained seruants borne in his owne i Or, tn^rKKing of Elam, and Ti­ house, three hundred and eighteene,and cted. dal King of nations: pursued them vnto Dan. 2 That these made warre with Be­ 15 Aud hee diuided himselfe against ra King of Sodome, and with Birsha them, he and his seruants hy night, and King of Gomorrah, Shinab King of smote them, and pursued them vnto Admah, and Shemeber King of Ze­ Hoba, whieh is on the left hand of Da­ boiim , and the King of Bela, which mascus : 16 And hee brought backe all the is Zoar. 3 All these were ioyned together in goods, and also brought againe his bro­ the vale of Siddim; which is the salt ther Lot, and his goods, and the wo­ men also, and the people. Sea. 4 Twclue yeeres they scrued Che­ 17 U And the king of Sodome went dorlaomer, and in the thirteenth yeere out to meete him, (after his returne they rebelled. from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, 5 And in the fourteenth yeere came and of the Kings that were with him) Chedorlaomer, and the Kings that at the valley of Saueh, which ts the * 2. Sam. 18. were with him, and smote the Repha- • Kings dale. 18. 18 And * Melchizedek King of Sa­ • HcM'I. ims, in Ashterolh Karnaim, & the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in || Sha- lem brought foorth bread and wine: ueh Kiriathaim; and he was the Priest of the most high 6 And the Horites in their mount God. Seir, vnto ||E1-Paran, which is by the 19 And hee Messed him, and saide; Blessed bee Abram of the most high wildernesse. 7 And they returned, and came to God, possessour of heauen and earth, En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, & smote 20 And blessed bee the most high all the countrey of the Amalekitcs, and God, which hath deliuered thine ene­ also the Amontes, that dwelt in Hazc- mies into thy hand: and hee gaue him • Heb-7-«. • tithes of all. zon-tamar. 8 And there went out the King of 21 And the King of Sodome said Sodome, and the King of Gomorrah, vnto Abram, giue me the 1 persons, and t Hebf. iMikStake

Northward, and Southward, and Eastward, and Westward.. 15 For all the land which thou seest, •to thee will I giue it, and to tliy seedc for euer. 16 And I will make thy secde as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbred. 17 Arise, walke through the land, in the length of it, and in the breadth of it: for I will giue it vnto thee. 18 Then Abram remoued his tent, and came and dwelt in the t plaine of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and huilt there an altar vnto the LORD.

Gods promire.

Genefis.

Abrams vifion.

10 And he tooke vnto him all these, take tbe goods tp thy selfe. 22 Ana Abram Baid to the King of and diuided them in the midst, and layd Sodome, I bane lift vp my hind vnto each peece one against another: but the the LORD, the most high God, the lards diuided he not 11 And when the fowles came possesBour of heauen and earth,

23 That I wil not take from a threed euen to a shoe latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I haue made Abram rich: 24 Saue onely that which the yong men haue eaten, and the portion of the men which went with mee, Aner, Eschol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. CHAP. XV. 1 God encourageth Abram, 9 Abram eomplaineth fat want of an heire. 4 God promiaeth bim a soone, and a multiplying of his seed. 6 Abram is lustified by faith. T Ca­ naan is promised againe, and confirmed by a eigne, IS and a naan. Fter these things, the word of tile LORD came vnto Abram in a vi­ sion, saying; Feare not, Abram: 1 am thy shield, * Pud. is is and thy exceeding * great reward. 2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou giue me, seeing I goe childlesse? and the steward of my house it this Elieser of Damascus. 3 And Abram said: Behold, to mee thou hast giuen no seed: and loe, one borne in my house is mine heire. 4 And behold, the word of the LORD came vnto him, saving; This shall not be thine heire: but ne that shall come foorth out of thy owne bowels, shalbe thine heire. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Looke now towards hea­ uen, and tell the starres, if thou be able to number them. And hee said vnto him, *So shall thy seed be. * Rons. IB. 6 And he *beleeued in the LORD; * Ron.«. x BB1W.XS. and hee counted it to him for rightebulb rx ousnesse. 7 And he said vnto him; I am the LORD that brought thee out of Vr of the Caldees, to giue thee this land, to inherit it. 8 And he said. Lord GOD, where­ by shal I know that I shall inherit it ? 9 And he said vnto him. Take me an heifer of three yeeres old, and a shee goat of three yeeres old, and a ramme of three yeeres old, and a turtle doue, and a yong pigeon.

downe vpon tbe carcases, Abram droue them away. 12 And when the Sunne was go­ ing downe, a deepe sleepe fell vpon Abram: and loc, an horrour of great darkenesse fell vpon him. IS And he said vnto Abram, Know of a surety, *that thy seed shalbe a stran­ • Acta 7.X ger, in a land that is not theirs, and shal serue them, and they shall afflict them foure hundred yeeres. 14 And also that nation whom they shall serue, wil I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great sub­ stance. 15 And thou shalt goe to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe-. for the iniquitie of the Amorites is not yet full. 17 And it came to passe that when the Sunne went downe, and it was darJce, behold, a smoking furnace, and a t burning lampe that passed betweene 1 Heftrnae, a lampe 0/ those pieces.fire. 18 In that same day the LORD made a couenant with Abram, saying; * Vnto thy seed haue I giuen this land * Chapu 12. 7. and 13. from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great )£& 2&d» dent 34.4. riuer, the riuer Euphrates: 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites: 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Reph aims, 21 And the Amorites, and the Ca­ naanites, and the Girgashites, and the lebusites. CHAP. XVI. 1 Sarai, being barren, giueth Hagar to Abram. 4 Hagar being afflicted for despising her miatnaae, runneth away. 7 An Angd sendeth her backe to submit her selfe, 11 and telleth her of her child. 15 Ishmael is borne.

Ow Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaide, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Be­ hold now, the LORD hath restrai­ ned me from bearing: I pray thee go in vnto my maid: it may bee that I may tobtaine

Hagar fleeth.

Chap.xvij.

Abraham.

tobtaine children by her: and Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. CHAP XVII. her. 3 And Sarai Abrams wife, tooke 1 God reneweth the Couenant. 5 Abram his Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Aname is changed, in token of a greater bles­ bram had dwelt ten yeeres in the land sing. 10 Circumcision ia instituted. 15 Sa­ rai her name is changed, and she blessed. 17 of Canaan, and gaue her to her hus­ Izsaac is promised. 23 Abram and Ishmael band Abram, to be his wife. are circumcised. 4 T And he went in vnto Hagar, and she concerned: And when shee saw Nd when Abram was that shee had concerned, her mistresse ninetie yeres old and nine, was despised in her eyes. the LORD appeared 5 And Sarai said vnto Abram, My to Abram, and said vnto wrong be vpon thee: I haue giuen my him, I am the almightic maid into thy bosome, and when shee God, *walke before me, and be thou - Chap. s. as. saw that she had concerned, I was de­ || perfect ;I Or-vprigbt spised in her eyes : the LORD iudge 2 And I wil make my couenant be­ or eineere. Ix-tweenc me and thee. tweene me and thee, and wil) multiply 6 But Ahram said vnto Sarai, Be­ thee exceedingly. hold, thy maid is in thy hand; doe to her 3 And Abram fell on his face, and f HA that + as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai God talked with him, saying, tehichugood 4 As for me, behold, my couenant in thg eyet. + dealt hardly with her, shee fled from f Heb. affli­ her face. is with thee, and thou shalt be a * father cted her. t HA mul­ 7 proud it 58 Rebekah consenteth to goe. 62 Isaac meeteth her. Nd Abraham was olde ♦ Hcbr.gotu tnio dajttf.

* Chap. 47. 29.

•Chap. I j. 7. and is. >&-and is. 18.UM12S.

t Or, And

CrpA *r£a and twell stricken in age:

And ^e LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said vnto his eldest seruant of his house, that ruled ouer all that he had, *Put, I pray thee, thy hand voder my thigh: 3 And I will make thee sweare by the LORD the God of heauen, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites amongst whom I dwell. 4 But thou shalt go vnto my conntrey, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne Isaac. 5 And the seruant said vnto him, Peraduenture the woman will not bee willing to fellow mee vnto this land: must I needes bring thy sonne againe, vnto the land from whence thou camest? 6 And Abraham said vnto bim, Beware thou, that thou bring not my sonne thither againe. 7 The LORD God of heauen which tooke mee from my fathers house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake vnto me, and that sware vnto me, saying, * Vnto thy seed will 1 giue this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife vnto my sonne from tbence. 8 And if the woman wil not be wil­ ling to follow thee, then thou shalt bee cleare from this my othe: onely bring not my sonne thither againe. 9 And the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter. 10 If And the seruant tooke ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed, (||for all the goods of his master were in his hand) and he arose, and

a wife for Ifaac.

went to Mesopotamia, vnto the dti< 1 of Nahor. 11 And he made his camels to kneel)a downe without the citie, by » well ol water, at tbe time of the euening, everI the time tthat women goe out to draw t Hdr.Oui water. water. 12 And he said. O LORD. God of my master Abraham, I pray thee sem me good speed this day, and shew kindnesse vnto my master Abraham. 13 Behold, * I stand here by the wel ■Verso. of water; and the daughters of the men of the Citie come out to draw water: 14 And let it come to passe, that the damsell to whom I snail say, Lei downe tby pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drinke, and she shall say, Drinke, and I will giue thy camels drinke also let the same be shee that thou hast ap­ pointed for thy seruant Isaac: anc thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kinduesse vnto my master. 15 V And it came to passe before hee bad done speaking, that behold, Rebe­ kah came out, who was borne to Bethuel, sonne of Milcah, the wife of Nahor Abrahams brother, with her pitcher vpon her shoulder. 16 And the damsell was tvery faire i Hebr. good ofcowle. to looke vpon, a virgine, neither had a- nonet. ny man knowen her; and shee went downe to the wel, and filled her pitcher, and came vp. 17 And the seruant ranne to meete her, and said, Let mee (I pray thee) drinke a little water of thy pitcher. 18 And she said, Drinke, my lord: and she basted, and let downe her pitcher vpon her hand, and gaue him drinke. 19 And when shee had done giuing him drinke, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, vntill they haue done drinking. 20 And she hasted and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ranne againe vnto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. 21 And the man wondering at her, helde his peace, to wit, whether the LORD bad made his iourney pros­ perous, or not. 22 And it came to passe as the camels had done drinking, that the man tooke a golden || eare-ring, of halfe a shekel Or,.*** weight, & two bracelets for her handes, of ten ehdede weight of gold, 23 And said, Whose daughter art thou?

Abrahams feruaut,

Genefis.

thou t tell mee, I pray thee: is there roome in thy fathers house for vs to lodge in ? 1 24 And |sbe said vnto Piim, I am the daughter of Bethuel the sonne of MiL cah, which she bare vnto Nahor: 25 She said moreoner vnto him, We haue both straw 4 prouender ynough, and roome to lodge in. 26 And the man bowed downe his head, and worshipped the LORD. 27 And hee saide, Blessed bee the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy, and his trueth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my masters brethren. 28 And the damsell ranne, and told them ofher mothers house, these things. 29 < And Rebekah had a brother, and his name soar Laban : and Laban ranne out vnto the man, vnto the well. 50 And it came to passe when he saw the eare-ring, and bracelets vpon his sisters hands, and when hee heard the wordcs of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man vnto me, that he came vnto the man; and behold, hee stood by the camels, at the well. 51 And be said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD, wherefore standest thou without ? for I haue prepared the house, and roome for the camels. 32 4 And tbe man came into the house: and he vngirded his camels, and gaue straw and prouender for the ca­ mels, and water to wash his feet, and the mens feet that were with him. S3 And there was set meat before him to eate: but he said, I will not eate, vn­ till I haue tolde mine errand. And hee said, Speake on. 34 And he said, I am Abrshams ser­ uant. 35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly, and hee is become great: and nee hath giuen him flocks, and beards, and siluer, and gold, and men seruants, and mayd seruants, and camels, and asses. 36 And Sarah my masters wife bare a sonne to my master when shee was old: and vnto nim hath hee giuen all that he hath. 37 And my master made me sweare, saying, Thou sbalt not take a wife to my sonne, of the daughters of the Ca­ naanites, in whose land I dwell: 88 But thou shalt goe vnto my fe-|

aud Rebekah.

there house, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne. 39 And I said vnto my master, Peraduepture the woman will not fellowe me. 40 And hee saide vnto me, The LORD, before whom I walke, will send his Angel with thee, and prosper thy way: and thou shalt take a wife for my sonne, of my kinred, and of my fa­ thers bouse. 41 Then shalt thou bee cleare from this my oath, when thou commest to my kinred, and if they giue not thee one, thou sbalt be cleare from my oath. 42 And I came this day vnto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou doe pros­ per my way, which I goe: 43 * Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to passe, that when the virgine commeth foorth to drew water, and I say to ber, Giue me, I pray thee, a title water of thy pitcher to dnnke; 44 And she say to me, Both drinke thou, apd I will also drew for thy ca­ mels : let tbe same be tbe woman, who the LORD hath appointed out for my masters sonne. 45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth, with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went downe vnto the well, and drew water: and I said vnto her, Let me drinke, I pray thee. 46 And she made haste, & let downe her pitcher from her ehouldcr, and saide, Drinke, and I will giue thy camels drinke also: so I drenke, and she made tbe camels drinke also. 47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou ? and she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahors sonne, whom Milcah bare vnto him: and I put the earering vpon her face, and the bracelets vpon her hands. 48 And I bowed downe my head, and worshipped the LORD, and Mes­ sed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led mce in the right way to take my masters brothers daughter vnto his sonne. 49 And now if you wil deale kindly and truelv with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me, that 1 may turne to the right hand, or to the left. 50 Then Laban and Bethuel an­ swered and said, The thing proceeded) from

* Vene tl

She becommeth

wife to Ifaac.

Chap.xxv.

from the LORD: we cannot speake vnto thee bad or good. 51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and goe, and let ber be thy ma­ sters sonnes wife, as the LORD hath spoken. 52 And it came to passe, that when Abrahams seruant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himselfe to the earth. 53 And the seruant brought foorth • Heir. tv*. + jewels of siluer, and iewels of gold, uU. and raiment, and gaue them to Rebe­ kah : He gaue also to her brother, and to her mother precious things. 54 And they did eate and drinke, he and the men that were with him, and taried all night, and they rose vp in the • Vm. 36. morning, and he said, * Send me away and 39. vnto my master. 55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsell abide with vs • Or, afgH II afew dayes,at the least ten; after that, reere,or,fca she shall goe. moneths. 56 And he said vnto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath pros­ pered my way: send me away, that I may goe to my master. 57 And they said, Wee will call the Damsell, and enquire at her mouth. 58 And they called Rebekah, and said vnto her, Wilt thou go with this man? and she said, I will goe. 59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abra­ hams seruant, and his men. 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said vnto her, Thou art our sister, bee thou the mother of thousands of milli­ ons, and let thy seed possesse the gate of those which hate them. 61 5 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, & they rode vpon the camels, and followed the man: and the seruant tooke Rebekah, and went his way. 62 And Isaac came from the way • Chap. 16. of the *well Lahai-roi, for he dwelt in 14. and 25. the South countrey. II. 63 And Isaac went out, to ||meditate •Or.tojrqy. in the field, at tbe euentide: and hee lift vp his eyes, and saw, and behold, the camels were comming. 64 And Rebekah lift vp ber eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off tbe cameL 65 For sbe had said vnto the seruant, What man is this that walketh in the ield to meet us ? and the seruant had said, It is my master: therefore shee

tooke a vaile and centered her selfe. 66 And the seruant tolde Isaac all things that he had done. 67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarahs tent, and tooke Rebe­ kah, and she became his wife, and he lo­ tted her: and Isaac was comforted af­ ter his mothers death. CHAP.

XXV

I The sonnes of Abraham by Keturah. S The diuision of his goods. 7 His age and death 9 His buriali. 12 The generations of IshmaeL IT His age, ana death. 19 Isaac prayeth for Rebekah bring barren. 22 The children striue in her woinbe. 24 The birth of Esan and Iacob. 27 Their difference. 29 Esau selicth his birthright. fl KS BS E Hen againe Abraham jgfig tooke a wife, & her name was keturah. 2 And shee bare him Zimran, and Iokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 And * Iokshan begat Sheba, and ♦l.Chro. I. 32. Dedan. And the sonnes of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 4 And the sonnes of Midian, Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah: all these were tbe children of Keturah. 5 V And Abraham gaue all that he had, vnto Isaac. 6 But vnto the sonnes of the con­ cubines which Abraham had, Abra­ ham gaue gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his sonne (while he yet hued) Eastward, vnto the East country. 7 And these are the dayes of the yeres of Abrahams life which he liued; an hundred, threescore & fifteene yeeres. 8 Then Abraham gaue vp the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full ofyeeres, and was gathered to his people 9 And his sonnesj Isaac and Ish­ mael buried him in the caue of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the sonne of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mam re; 10 ’The field which Abraham pur­ • ChAp. 23. chased of the sonnes of Heth: there was 16 Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. II V And it came to passe after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his sonne Isaac, and Isaac dwelt * Chap. is. by the’well Lahai-roi. 4. and 94. 12 U Now! S2,

IAmael dieth.

Genefis.

Efaus birthright fold.

12 < No* these are the generations 1 27 And the boyes grew; and Esau of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, whom (was a cunning hunter, a man of the M.Chrao. 1. M.

t Hebr. fell.

• Rom. 9. it

• Ost t?. 3.

Hagar the Egyptian Sarahs hand, mayd, bare vnto Abraham.: IS And • these are the names of the

fielde: and lacob was a plaine man dwelling in tents. 28 And Isaac loued Esau, because the t Hebr. orsonnes of Ishmael, by their names, sc- did eate of his venison: but Rebekah ANMcmirasm wnwWA. cording to their generations; The first loued Jacob. borne of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Ke29 3 And lacob sod pottage: ant dar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, Esau came from the field, and hee was 14 And Muhma, and Dumah, and faint 90 And Esau said to lacob, Feed me, Massa, 15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Na- I pray thee, twith that same red pot- ijfcbr-vnih Out ret, phiah, and Kedemah. loge: for I am faint; therefore was his potu«e. 16 These are the sonnes of I th ma- name called Edom. el, and these are their names, by their SI And lacob said, Sell me this day townes and by tbeir castels; twelue thy birthright princes according to their nations. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am tat t 17 And these are the yeeres of the life the point to die: and what profit shall cafiorfae. of Ishmael; an hundred and thirty and this birthright doe to me ? seuen yeeres: and he gaue vp the ghost 33 And lacob said, Sweare to mee and died, and was gathered vnto his this day: and he sware to him: and *be • Hebf. It. 16. people. sold his birthright vnto lacob. 34 Then lacob gaue Esau bread 18 And they dwelt from Htudsh vnto Shur, that is before Egypt, as and pottage of lentiles; and he did eate thou goest towards Assyria: ana hee and drinke, and rose vp, and went his + died tn the presence of all his brethren. way: thus Esau despised hu birthright. 1# f And these are the generations of Isaac, Abrahams sonne: Ahraham CHAP. XXVI. begate Isaac. 1 Isaac because of famine went to Gerar- 2God 20 And Isaac was fortie yeeres old lnstruetethr and blecsetb him. 7 Hee u rewhen hee tooke Rebekah to wife, the proued by Abimelech for denying his wife. daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of PaIS He groweth rich. 18 He diggeth Eaek, SitTiah, and dehoboth. S3 Abimelech madan Aram, the sister to Laban the keth a couenant with him at Beersheba. 34 Syrian. Eiaus wiues. 21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she war barren: and Nd there was a famine in the LORD was intreated of him, the land, besides the first SgiBawStt famine that was in the and Rebekah his wife concerned. 22 And the children struggled toge­ HWnNg dayes of Abraham. And ther within her; and she said, If it be Isaac went vnto Abimeso, why am I thus ? and shee went to lech King of the Philistims, vnto enquire of the LORD. Gerar. 23 And the LORD said vnto her, 2 And the LORD appeared vnTwo nations are in thy wombe, and to him and said, Goe not downe into two maner of people shall be separated Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall from thy bowels: and the one people tell thee of. shalbe stronger then the other people: 3 Soiourne in this land, and I wil and * the elder shall serue the yonger. be with thee, and will blesse thee: for 24 f And when her dayes to be de- vnto thee, and vnto thy seed *1 will * Chap. 13and u. liuered were fulfilled, behold, there were giue all these countreys, and I wil per- is. •. twinnes in her wombe. 'orme the othe, which I sware vnto A35 And the first came out red, all o- braham thy father. uer like an haiiy garment: and they cal­ 4 And I wil make thy seed to mul­ led his name, Esau. tiply as the starres of heauen, and will 26 And after that came his brother giue vnto thy seed all these countreys: out, and 'bis hand tooke holde on E- and in thy Seed shall all the nations of saus heele; and his name was called the earth be * blessed: • Chap. u. Land 15Jacob: and Isaac was threescore yeres 5 Because that Abraham obeyed t. and n. old, when shee bare them. mv vovce, and kept my charge , my a. Com-

faac foiourneth -ommandements, my Lawes.

Chap.xxvj. my

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6 2 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 7 And the men of the place asked lim of his wife: and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say,A'Acirmy wife; cst, said he, the men of the place should rill me for Rebekah, because shee was Faire to looke vpon. 8 And it came to passe when he had bene there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistims looked out at a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. 9 And Abimelech called Isaac and said, Behold, of a suretie she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister ? And Isaac said vnto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. 10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done vnto vs ? one of the peo­ ple might lightly haue lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest haue brought guiltinesse vpon vs. 11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, Hee that toucheth this man or his wife, shall surely bee put to death. 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and treceiued in the same yeere an hun. dred fold: & the LORD blessed him. 13 And the man waxed great, and t BA. went twent forward, and grew vntill he ber>«rcame very great. 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of heards, and great store of || seruants, and the Philistims 1 Or* ksu* btmdr?. enuied him. 15 For all the wels which his fathers seruants had digged in the dayes of Abraham his father, the Philistims had stopped them, & filled them with earth. 16 And Ahimelech said vnto Isaac, Goe from vs: for thou art much migh­ tier then we. 17 U And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Ge­ rar, and dwelt there. 18 And Isaac digged againe the wels of water, which they had digged in the dayes of Abraham his father: for the Philistims had stopped them after the death of Abraham, and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19 And Isaacs seruants digged in the valley, and found there a well of < BA tiutn^ t springing water. 20 And the heardmen of Gerar did

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striue with Isaacs heardmen, saying, Tbe water is ours; and hee called the name of the well, ||Esek, because they That to* Contention. stroue with him. 21 And they digged another well, and stroue for that also: and hee called the That is, name of it, ||Sitnah. Haired. 22 And he remoued from thence, and digged another well, and for that they stroue not: and he called the name of it ||Rchoboth: and he said, For now the i That is. room?. LORD hath made roome for vs, and we shall be fruitfull in the land. 23 And he went vp from thence to Beer-sheba. 24 And the LORD appeared vn­ to him the same night, and saide, I am the God of Abraham thy father: feare not, for I am with thee, and will blesse thee, and multiply thy seede, for my ser­ uant Abrahams sake. 25 And he builded an altar there, and called vpon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaacs seruants digged a well. 26 U Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chiefe captaine of his armie. 27 And Isaac saide vnto them, Wherefore come ye to me,seeingye hate me, and haue sent me away from you ? 28 And they said, +We saw certainly lfleb. seeing tec sare. that the LORD was with thee: and wee said, Let there be now an othe be­ twixt vs, euen betwixt vs and thee, and let vs make a couenant with thee, 29 tThat thou wilt doe vs no hurt, t Heb.iflhou as we haue not touched thee, and as we Aali