The Apostles' Bible
2005 by Paul Esposito
Gen 1:1 In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2 But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.
Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness.
Gen 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night, and there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Gen 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it be a division between water and water, and it was so.
Gen 1:7 And God made the firmament, and God divided between the water which was under the firmament and the water which was above the firmament.
Gen 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Gen 1:9 And God said, Let the water which is under the heaven be collected into one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the water which was under the heaven was collected into its places, and the dry land appeared.
Gen 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering of the waters He called Seas; and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and it was so.
Gen 1:12 And the earth brought forth the herb of grass-bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth; and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
Gen 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, to divide between day and night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years.
Gen 1:15 And let them be for light in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth, and it was so.
Gen 1:16 And God made two great lights, the greater light for regulating the day, and the lesser light for regulating the night; the stars also.
Gen 1:17 And God placed them in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth,
Gen 1:18 and to regulate day and night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
Gen 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth reptiles having life, and winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of heaven, and it was so.
Gen 1:21 And God made great whales, and every living reptile, which the waters brought forth according to their kinds, and every creature that flies with wings according to its kind; and God saw that they were good.
Gen 1:22 And God blessed them saying, Increase and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the creatures that fly be multiplied on the earth.
Gen 1:23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
Gen 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind, cattle and reptiles and wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and it was so.
Gen 1:25 And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and cattle according to their kind, and all the reptiles of the earth according to their kind, and God saw that they were good.
Gen 1:26 And God said, Let Us make man according to Our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of heaven, and over the cattle and all the earth, and over all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
Gen 1:27 And God made man, according to the image of God He made him, male and female He made them.
Gen 1:28 And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
Gen 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given to you every seed-bearing herb sowing seed which is upon all the earth, and every tree which has in itself the fruit of seed that is sown, to you it shall be for food.
Gen 1:30 And to all the wild beasts of the earth, and to all the flying creatures of heaven, and to every reptile creeping on the earth, which has in itself the breath of life, even every green plant for food; and it was so.
Gen 1:31 And God saw all the things that He had made, and behold, they were very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day
Gen 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and the whole host of them.
Gen 2:2 And God finished on the sixth day His works which He made, and He ceased on the seventh day from all His works which He made.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He ceased from all His works which God began to do.
Gen 2:4 This is the book of the generations of heaven and earth, when they were made, in the day in which the Lord God made the heaven and the earth,
Gen 2:5 and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it.
Gen 2:6 But there rose a fountain out of the earth, and watered the whole face of the earth.
Gen 2:7 And God formed the man of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Gen 2:8 And God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and placed there the man whom He had formed.
Gen 2:9 And God made to spring up also out of the earth every tree beautiful to the eye and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Gen 2:10 And a river proceeded out of Eden to water the garden, and it divided itself there into four heads.
Gen 2:11 The name of the one is Pishon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Gen 2:12 And the gold of that land is good, there also is carbuncle and emerald.
Gen 2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia.
Gen 2:14 And the third river is Tigris, this is that which flows forth over against the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Gen 2:15 And the Lord God took the man whom He had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it.
Gen 2:16 And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden you may freely eat,
Gen 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil of it you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die.
Gen 2:18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, let Us make for him a helper suitable to him.
Gen 2:19 And God formed yet farther out of the earth all the wild beasts of the field, and all the birds of the sky, and He brought them to Adam, to see what he would call them, and whatever Adam called any living creature, that was the name of it.
Gen 2:20 And Adam gave names to all the cattle and to all the birds of the sky, and to all the wild beasts of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to himself.
Gen 2:21 And God brought a trance upon Adam, and he slept, and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
Gen 2:22 And God formed the rib which he took from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam.
Gen 2:23 And Adam said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of her husband.
Gen 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
Gen 2:25 (3:1) And the two were naked, both Adam and his wife, and were not ashamed
Gen 3:1 (3:2) Now the serpent was the most crafty of all the brutes on the earth, which the Lord God made. And the serpent said to the woman, Has God truly said, Eat not of every tree of the garden?
Gen 3:2 (3:3) And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden,
Gen 3:3 (3:4) but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.
Gen 3:4 (3:5) And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die!
Gen 3:5 (3:6) For God knew that in whatever day you should eat of it, your eyes would be opened, and you would be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Gen 3:6 (3:7) And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and beautiful to contemplate, and having taken of its fruit she ate, and she gave to her husband also with her, and they ate.
Gen 3:7 (3:8) And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they perceived that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves coverings to go around them.
Gen 3:8 (3:9) And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day; and both Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God in the midst of the trees of the garden.
Gen 3:9 (3:10) And the Lord God called Adam and said to him, Adam, where are you?
Gen 3:10 (3:11) And he said to Him, I heard Your voice as You walked in the garden, and I feared because I was naked and I hid myself.
Gen 3:11 (3:12) And God said to him, Who told you that you were naked, unless you have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?
Gen 3:12 (3:13) And Adam said, The woman whom You gave to be with me she gave me of the tree, and I ate.
Gen 3:13 (3:14) And the Lord God said to the woman, Why have you done this? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
Gen 3:14 (3:15) And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle and all the brutes of the earth; on your breast and belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
Gen 3:15 (3:16) And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her Seed, He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.
Gen 3:16 (3:17) And to the woman He said, I will greatly multiply your pains and your groanings; in pain you shall bring forth children, and your submission shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you.
Gen 3:17 (3:18) And to Adam He said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat of it of that you have eaten, cursed is the ground in your labors, in pain shall you eat of it all the days of your life.
Gen 3:18 (3:19) Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to you, and you shall eat the herb of the field.
Gen 3:19 (3:20) In the sweat of your face shall you eat your bread until you return to the ground out of which you were taken, for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
Gen 3:20 (3:21) And Adam called the name of his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
Gen 3:21 (3:22) And the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.
Gen 3:22 (3:23) And God said, Behold, Adam has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest at any time he stretch forth his hand, and take of the tree of life and eat, and so he shall live forever
Gen 3:23 (3:24) so the Lord God sent him forth out of the garden of Delight, to cultivate the ground out of which he was taken.
Gen 3:24 (3:25) And He cast out Adam and caused him to dwell over against the garden of Delight, and stationed the cherubim and the fiery sword that turns about to keep the way of the tree of life
Gen 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and brought forth Cain and said, I have gained a man through God.
Gen 4:2 And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Gen 4:3 And it was so after some time that Cain brought a sacrifice to the Lord of the fruits of the earth.
Gen 4:4 And Abel also brought of the firstborn of his sheep and of his fatlings. And God looked upon Abel and his gifts,
Gen 4:5 but Cain and his sacrifices He regarded not, and Cain was exceedingly sorrowful and his countenance fell.
Gen 4:6 And the Lord God said to Cain, Why are you downcast, and why has your countenance fallen?
Gen 4:7 Have you not sinned if you have brought it rightly, but not rightly divided it? Be still, to you shall be his submission, and you shall rule over him.
Gen 4:8 And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go out into the plain. And it came to pass, that when they were in the plain, Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him.
Gen 4:9 And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I do not know am I my brother's keeper?
Gen 4:10 And the Lord said, What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Gen 4:11 And now you are cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Gen 4:12 When you till the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to you: you shall be groaning and trembling on the earth.
Gen 4:13 And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime is too great for me to be forgiven.
Gen 4:14 If You cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from Your presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that anyone that finds me shall kill me.
Gen 4:15 And the Lord God said to him, Not so, anyone that slays Cain shall suffer a seven-fold vengeance; and the Lord God set a mark upon Cain, so that no one that found him would kill him.
Gen 4:16 So Cain went forth from the presence of God, and dwelt in the land of Nod over against Eden.
Gen 4:17 And Cain knew his wife, and having conceived she bore Enoch; and he built a city; and he named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
Gen 4:18 And to Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.
Gen 4:19 And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.
Gen 4:20 And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those that dwell in tents, feeding cattle.
Gen 4:21 And the name of his brother was Jubal; it was he who invented the psaltery and harp.
Gen 4:22 And Zillah also bore Tubal-Cain; he was a smith, a manufacturer both of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.
Gen 4:23 And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, you wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have slain a man to my sorrow and a youth to my grief.
Gen 4:24 Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain's behalf, on Lamech's it shall be seventy times seven.
Gen 4:25 And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Seth, saying, For God has raised up to me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.
Gen 4:26 And Seth had a son, and he called his name Enosh: he hoped to call on the name of the Lord God.
Gen 5:1 This is the genealogy of men in the day in which God made Adam; in the image of God He made him:
Gen 5:2 male and female He made them, and blessed them; and He called his name Adam, in the day in which He made them.
Gen 5:3 And Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and begot a son after his own form, and after his own image, and he called his name Seth.
Gen 5:4 And the days of Adam, which he lived after his begetting of Seth, were seven hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.
Gen 5:5 And all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.
Gen 5:6 Now Seth lived two hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.
Gen 5:7 And Seth lived seven hundred and seven years after his begetting of Enosh, and he begot sons and daughters.
Gen 5:8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
Gen 5:9 And Enosh lived one hundred and ninety years, and begot Cainan.
Gen 5:10 And Enosh lived seven hundred and fifteen years after his begetting of Cainan, and he begot sons and daughters.
Gen 5:11 And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.
Gen 5:12 And Cainan lived one hundred and seventy years, and he begot Mahalalel.
Gen 5:13 And Cainan lived seven hundred and forty years after his begetting of Mahalalel, and he begot sons and daughters.
Gen 5:14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
Gen 5:15 And Mahalalel lived one hundred and sixty five years, and he begot Jared.
Gen 5:16 And Mahalalel lived seven hundred and thirty years after his begetting of Jared, and he begot sons and daughters.
Gen 5:17 And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.
Gen 5:18 And Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and begot Enoch:
Gen 5:19 and Jared lived eight hundred years after his begetting of Enoch, and he begot sons and daughters.
Gen 5:20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.
Gen 5:21 And Enoch lived one hundred and sixty-five years, and begat Methuselah.
Gen 5:22 And Enoch was well-pleasing to God. After his begetting of Methuselah, He walked with God two hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters.
Gen 5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.
Gen 5:24 And Enoch was well-pleasing to God, and was not found, because God translated him.
Gen 5:25 And Methuselah lived one hundred and sixty-seven years, and begot Lamech.
Gen 5:26 And Methuselah lived eight hundred and two years after his begetting of Lamech, and begot sons and daughters.
Gen 5:27 And all the days of Methuselah, which he lived, were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.
Gen 5:28 And Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-eight years, and begot a son.
Gen 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This one will cause us to cease from our works, and from the toils of our hands, and from the earth, which the Lord God has cursed.
Gen 5:30 And Lamech lived five hundred and sixty-five years after his begetting of Noah, and begot sons and daughters.
Gen 5:31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and fifty-three years, and he died.
Gen 5:32 (6:1) And Noah was five hundred years old, and he begot three sons; Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gen 6:1 (6:2) And it came to pass when men began to be numerous upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,
Gen 6:2 (6:3) that the sons of God, having seen the daughters of men, that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of all whom they chose.
Gen 6:3 (6:4) And the Lord God said, My Spirit shall certainly not remain among these men forever, because they are flesh, but their days shall be one hundred and twenty years.
Gen 6:4 (6:5) Now the giants were upon the earth in those days; and after that when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, they bore children to them, those were the giants of old, the men of renown.
Gen 6:5 (6:6) And the Lord God, having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that everyone in his heart was intently brooding over evil continually,
Gen 6:6 (6:7) that God took it to heart that He had made man upon the earth, and He pondered it deeply.
Gen 6:7 (6:8) And God said, I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man and beast, and reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am grieved that I have made them.
Gen 6:8 (6:9) But Noah found grace before the Lord God.
Gen 6:9 (6:10) And these are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man; being perfect in his generation; Noah was well pleasing to God.
Gen 6:10 (6:11) And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gen 6:11 (6:12) But the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with iniquity.
Gen 6:12 (6:13) And the Lord God saw the earth, that it was corrupted; because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.
Gen 6:13 (6:14) And the Lord God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before Me; because the earth has been filled with iniquity by them, and behold, I shall destroy them and the earth.
Gen 6:14 (6:15) Therefore make for yourself an ark of square timber; you shall make the ark in compartments, and you shall pitch it within and without with pitch.
Gen 6:15 (6:16) And thus shall you make the ark; three hundred cubits the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty cubits the height of it.
Gen 6:16 (6:17) You shall narrow the ark in making it, and in a cubit above you shall finish it, and the door of the ark you shall make on the side; with lower, second, and third stories you shall make it.
Gen 6:17 (6:18) And behold, I shall bring a flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven, and whatsoever things are upon the earth shall die.
Gen 6:18 (6:19) And I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall enter into the ark, and your sons and your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
Gen 6:19 (6:20) And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, you shall bring by pairs of all, into the ark, that you may feed them with yourself: male and female they shall be.
Gen 6:20 (6:21) Of all winged birds after their kind, and of all cattle after their kind, and of all reptiles creeping upon the earth after their kind, pairs of all shall come in to you, male and female, to be fed with you.
Gen 6:21 (6:22) And you shall take to yourself of all kinds of food which you eat, and you shall gather them to yourself, and it shall be for you and them to eat.
Gen 6:22 (6:23) And Noah did everything that the Lord God commanded him.
Gen 7:1 And the Lord God said to Noah, Enter therefore, you and all your family, into the ark, for I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
Gen 7:2 You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, male and female, and of the unclean animals take two each, male and female.
Gen 7:3 And also seven each of the clean flying creatures of the sky, male and female, and also pairs of all unclean flying creatures, male and female, to maintain seed on all the earth.
Gen 7:4 For yet seven days having passed I shall bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and I shall blot out every offspring which I have made from the face of all the earth.
Gen 7:5 And Noah did all things, whatever the Lord God commanded him.
Gen 7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of water came upon the earth.
Gen 7:7 And then Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, went into the ark, because of the water of the flood.
Gen 7:8 And of clean flying creatures and of unclean flying creatures, and of clean cattle and of unclean cattle, and of all things that creep upon the earth,
Gen 7:9 pairs went in to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
Gen 7:10 And it came to pass after the seven days that the water of the flood came upon the earth.
Gen 7:11 In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the flood gates of heaven were opened.
Gen 7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Gen 7:13 On that very day entered Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth, the sons of Noah, and the wife of Noah, and the three wives of his sons with him into the ark.
Gen 7:14 And all the wild beasts after their kind, and all cattle after their kind, and every reptile moving itself on the earth after its kind, and every flying bird after its kind,
Gen 7:15 went in to Noah into the ark, pairs, male and female of all flesh in which is the breath of life.
Gen 7:16 And they that entered went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded Noah, and the Lord God shut the ark outside of him.
Gen 7:17 And the flood was upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and the water abounded greatly and bore up the ark, and it was lifted on high from off the earth.
Gen 7:18 And the water prevailed and abounded exceedingly upon the earth, and the ark was borne upon the water.
Gen 7:19 And the water prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and covered all the high mountains which were under heaven.
Gen 7:20 Fifteen cubits upwards was the water raised, and it covered all the high mountains.
Gen 7:21 And all flesh that moved upon the earth died; of flying creatures and cattle, and of wild beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, and every man.
Gen 7:22 And all things which have the breath of life, and whatever was on the dry land, died.
Gen 7:23 And God blotted out every offspring which was upon the face of the earth, both man and beast, and reptiles, and birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth, and Noah was left alone, and those with him in the ark.
Gen 7:24 And the water was raised over the earth one hundred and fifty days.
Gen 8:1 And God remembered Noah, and all the wild beasts, and all the cattle, and all the birds, and all the reptiles that creep, as many as were with him in the ark, and God brought a wind upon the earth, and the water subsided.
Gen 8:2 And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the flood gates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld.
Gen 8:3 And the water subsided, and went off the earth, and after one hundred and fifty days the water was diminished, and the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
Gen 8:4 And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month.
Gen 8:5 And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.
Gen 8:6 And it came to pass after forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
Gen 8:7 And he sent forth a raven; and it went out, and did not return until the water was dried from off the earth.
Gen 8:8 And he sent a dove after it, to see if the water had ceased from off the earth.
Gen 8:9 And the dove, not having found rest for her feet, returned to him into the ark, because the water was upon all the face of the earth, and he stretched out his hand and took her in, and brought her to himself into the ark.
Gen 8:10 And waiting yet another seven days, he again sent forth the dove from the ark.
Gen 8:11 And the dove returned to him in the evening, and had a leaf of olive, a sprig in her mouth; and Noah knew that the water had ceased from off the earth.
Gen 8:12 And waiting yet another seven days, he again sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him again any more.
Gen 8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year of the life of Noah, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water subsided from off the earth, and Noah opened the covering of the ark which he had made, and he saw that the water had subsided from the face of the earth.
Gen 8:14 And in the second month the earth was dried, on the twenty-seventh day of the month.
Gen 8:15 And the Lord God spoke to Noah, saying,
Gen 8:16 Come out from the ark, you and your wife and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.
Gen 8:17 And all the wild beasts, as many as are with you, and all flesh, both of birds and beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, bring forth with you: be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
Gen 8:18 And Noah came forth, and his wife and his sons, and his sons' wives with him.
Gen 8:19 And all the wild beasts and all the cattle and every bird, and every reptile creeping upon the earth after their kind, came forth out of the ark.
Gen 8:20 And Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of all clean beasts, and of all clean birds, and offered a whole burnt offering upon the altar.
Gen 8:21 And the Lord God smelled an aroma of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will never again curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will never again smite all living flesh as I have done.
Gen 8:22 All the days of the earth, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and spring, shall not cease by day or night.
Gen 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and have dominion over it.
Gen 9:2 And the dread and the fear of you shall be upon all the wild beasts of the earth, on all the birds of the sky, and on all things moving upon the earth, and upon all the fish of the sea, I have placed them under your power.
Gen 9:3 And every reptile which is living shall be to you for food, I have given all things to you as the green herbs.
Gen 9:4 But flesh with its lifeblood you shall not eat.
Gen 9:5 For your lifeblood shall I require at the hand of all wild beasts, and I shall require a man's life at the hand of his fellow man.
Gen 9:6 He that sheds man's blood, instead of that blood shall his own be shed, for in the image of God I made man.
Gen 9:7 But as for you, be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and have dominion over it.
Gen 9:8 And God spoke to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
Gen 9:9 Behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you,
Gen 9:10 and with every living creature with you, of birds and of beasts, and with all the wild beasts of the earth, as many as are with you, of all that came out of the ark.
Gen 9:11 And I will establish My covenant with you: never again shall all flesh die by the water of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood of water to destroy all the earth.
Gen 9:12 And the Lord God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I set between Me and you, and between every living creature which is with you for perpetual generations.
Gen 9:13 I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of covenant between Me and the earth.
Gen 9:14 And it shall be when I gather clouds upon the earth, that My rainbow shall be seen in the cloud.
Gen 9:15 And I shall remember My covenant, which is between Me and you, and between every living soul in all flesh, and there shall no longer be water for a deluge, so as to blot out all flesh.
Gen 9:16 And My rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look to remember the everlasting covenant between Me and the earth, and between every living soul in all flesh, which is upon the earth.
Gen 9:17 And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant, which I have made between Me and all flesh, which is upon the earth.
Gen 9:18 Now the sons of Noah which came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
Gen 9:19 These three are the sons of Noah, of these were men scattered over all the earth.
Gen 9:20 And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
Gen 9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house.
Gen 9:22 And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he went out and told his two brothers outside.
Gen 9:23 And Shem and Japheth, having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face was backward, and they saw not the nakedness of their father.
Gen 9:24 And Noah recovered from the wine, and knew all that his younger son had done to him.
Gen 9:25 And he said, Cursed be the servant Canaan, a slave shall he be to his brothers.
Gen 9:26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant.
Gen 9:27 May God make room for Japheth, and let him dwell in the habitations of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.
Gen 9:28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
Gen 9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.
Gen 10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.
Gen 10:2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Elisa, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
Gen 10:3 And the sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
Gen 10:4 And the sons of Jovan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Gen 10:5 From these were the islands of the Gentiles divided in their land, each according to his tongue, in their tribes and in their nations.
Gen 10:6 And the sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Gen 10:7 And the sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah. And the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
Gen 10:8 And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth.
Gen 10:9 He was a giant hunter before the Lord God; therefore they say, As Nimrod the giant hunter before the Lord.
Gen 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Gen 10:11 Out of that land he came to Assyria, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth Ir, and Calah,
Gen 10:12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah: this is the great city.
Gen 10:13 And Mizraim begot the Ludim, and the Naphtuhim, and the Enemetim, and the Lehabim,
Gen 10:14 and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim (from whom came forth the Philistine) and the Caphtorim.
Gen 10:15 And Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and the Hittite,
Gen 10:16 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
Gen 10:17 and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Senite,
Gen 10:18 and the Aradian, and the Samarean, and the Amathite; and after this the tribes of the Canaanites were dispersed.
Gen 10:19 And the boundaries of the Canaanites were from Sidon till one comes to Gerar and Gaza, till one comes to Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Gen 10:20 These were the sons of Ham in their tribes according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
Gen 10:21 And to Shem himself also were children born, the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
Gen 10:22 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram, and Cainan.
Gen 10:23 The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mesech.
Gen 10:24 And Arphaxad begot Cainan, and Cainan begot Salah, and Salah begot Eber.
Gen 10:25 And to Eber were born two sons, the name of the one was Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother was Joktan.
Gen 10:26 And Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Sarmoth, Jerah,
Gen 10:27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
Gen 10:28 Ebal, Abimael, Sheba,
Gen 10:29 Ophir, Havila, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
Gen 10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, till one comes to Sephar, a mountain of the east.
Gen 10:31 These were the sons of Shem in their tribes, according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
Gen 10:32 These are the tribes of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, according to their nations: of them were the islands of the Gentiles scattered over the earth after the flood.
Gen 11:1 And all the earth had one language, and one speech.
Gen 11:2 And it came to pass as they moved from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
Gen 11:3 And a man said to his neighbor, Come, let us make bricks and bake them with fire. And the brick was to them for stone, and their mortar was asphalt.
Gen 11:4 And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Gen 11:5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built.
Gen 11:6 And the Lord said, Behold, there is one race, and one language of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they have undertaken to do.
Gen 11:7 Come, let Us go down and confound their language, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbor.
Gen 11:8 And the Lord scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower.
Gen 11:9 On this account its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and then the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.
Gen 11:10 And these are the generations of Shem: and Shem was one hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, the second year after the flood.
Gen 11:11 And Shem lived five hundred years after he had begotten Arphaxad, and begot sons and daughters, and died.
Gen 11:12 And Arphaxad lived one hundred and thirty-five years, and begot Cainan.
Gen 11:13 And Arphaxad lived four hundred years after he had begotten Cainan, and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Cainan lived one hundred and thirty years and begot Salah; and Canaan lived three hundred and thirty years after he had begotten Salah, and begot sons and daughters, and died.
Gen 11:14 And Salah lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot Heber.
Gen 11:15 And Salah lived three hundred and thirty years after he had begotten Eber, and begot sons and daughters, and died.
Gen 11:16 And Eber lived one hundred and thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.
Gen 11:17 And Eber lived two hundred and seventy years after he had begotten Peleg, and begot sons and daughters, and died.
Gen 11:18 And Peleg lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot Reu.
Gen 11:19 And Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he had begotten Reu, and begot sons and daughters, and died.
Gen 11:20 And Reu lived one hundred and thirty-two years, and begot Serug.
Gen 11:21 And Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he had begotten Serug, and begot sons and daughters, and died.
Gen 11:22 And Serug lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot Nahor.
Gen 11:23 And Serug lived two hundred years after he had begotten Nahor, and begot sons and daughters, and died.
Gen 11:24 And Nahor lived one hundred and seventy-nine years, and begot Terah.
Gen 11:25 And Nahor lived one hundred and twenty-five years after he had begotten Terah, and begot sons and daughters, and he died.
Gen 11:26 And Terah lived seventy years and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Gen 11:27 And these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.
Gen 11:28 And Haran died in the presence of Terah his father, in the land in which he was born, in the country of the Chaldees.
Gen 11:29 And Abram and Nahor took to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nachor's wife was Milcah, daughter of Haran, and he was the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Gen 11:30 And Sarai was barren, and did not bear children.
Gen 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot his grandson, the son of Haran, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and led them forth out of the land of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan, and they came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.
Gen 11:32 And all the days of Terah in the land of Haran were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.
Gen 12:1 And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of your land, and out from your family, and out of the house of your father, into the land which I will show you.
Gen 12:2 And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you shall be blessed.
Gen 12:3 And I will bless those that bless you, and curse those that curse you, and in you shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
Gen 12:4 And Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
Gen 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot the son of his brother, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and every soul which they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go into the land of Canaan.
Gen 12:6 And Abram traveled the land lengthwise as far as Shechem, to the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites then inhabited the land.
Gen 12:7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to your seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord who appeared to him.
Gen 12:8 And he departed from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and there he pitched his tent in Bethel near the sea, and Ai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.
Gen 12:9 And Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness.
Gen 12:10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.
Gen 12:11 And it came to pass when Abram approached Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, I know that you are a beautiful woman.
Gen 12:12 It shall come to pass then, that when the Egyptians shall see you, that they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall kill me, but they shall keep you alive.
Gen 12:13 Say, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of you, and my soul shall live because of you.
Gen 12:14 And it came to pass when Abram entered into Egypt the Egyptians having seen his wife that she was very beautiful
Gen 12:15 that the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh, and brought her into Pharaoh's house.
Gen 12:16 And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, calves, donkeys, male and female servants, mules, and camels.
Gen 12:17 And God afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great and severe afflictions, because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
Gen 12:18 And Pharaoh, having called Abram, said, What is this you have done to me, that you did not tell me that she was your wife?
Gen 12:19 Why then did you say, She is my sister? And I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, your wife is before you, take her and go quickly away.
Gen 12:20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning Abram, to join in sending him forward, and his wife, and all that he had.
Gen 13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the wilderness.
Gen 13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, and silver, and gold.
Gen 13:3 And he went to the place where he came, into the wilderness as far as Bethel, as far as the place where his tent was before, between Bethel and Ai,
Gen 13:4 to the place of the altar, which he built there at first, and Abram there called on the name of the Lord.
Gen 13:5 And Lot, who went out with Abram, had sheep, oxen, and tents.
Gen 13:6 And the land was not large enough for them to live together, because their possessions were great; and the land was not large enough for them to live together.
Gen 13:7 And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle, and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle, and the Canaanites and the Perizzites then inhabited the land.
Gen 13:8 And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.
Gen 13:9 Behold, is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me; if you go to the left, I will go to the right, and if you go to the right, I will go to the left.
Gen 13:10 And Lot, having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about the Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until you come to Zoar.
Gen 13:11 And Lot chose for himself all the country round the Jordan, and Lot went from the east, and they were separated each from his brother. And Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan.
Gen 13:12 And Lot dwelt in a city of the neighboring people, and pitched his tent in Sodom.
Gen 13:13 But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.
Gen 13:14 And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with your eyes, and behold from the place where you now are northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;
Gen 13:15 for all the land which you see, I will give to you and to your seed forever.
Gen 13:16 And I will make your seed like the dust of the earth; if anyone is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall your seed be numbered.
Gen 13:17 Arise, walk in the land, both in the length of it and in the breadth; for to you will I give it, and to your seed forever.
Gen 13:18 And Abram, having removed his tent, came and dwelt by the oak of Mamre, which was in Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
Gen 14:1 And it came to pass in the reign of Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, that Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations,
Gen 14:2 made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, and with Shinab, king of Adamah, and with Shemeber king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela, (that is, Zoar).
Gen 14:3 All these met with one accord at the Salt Valley; this is now the Salt Sea.
Gen 14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and the thirteenth year they revolted.
Gen 14:5 And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings with him, and they cut to pieces the giants in Astaroth, and Karnaim, and strong nations with them, and the Emim in the city Shaveh Kiriathaim.
Gen 14:6 And the Horites in the mountains of Seir, to the terebinth tree of El Paran, which is in the desert.
Gen 14:7 And having turned back, they came to the Well of Judgment; this is Kadesh, and they cut to pieces all the princes of Amalek, and the Amorites dwelling in Hazezon Tamar.
Gen 14:8 And the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrhah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, (that is, Zoar) went out, and they set themselves in battle array against them for war in the Salt Valley,
Gen 14:9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, the four kings against the five.
Gen 14:10 Now the Salt Valley consists of slime pits. And the king of Sodom fled and the king of Gomorrah, and they fell in there: and they that were left fled to the mountain country.
Gen 14:11 And they took all the cavalry of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and departed.
Gen 14:12 And they also took Lot, the son of Abram's brother, and his baggage, and departed, for he dwelt in Sodom.
Gen 14:13 And one of them that had been rescued came and told Abram the Hebrew; and he dwelt by the oak of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eschol, and the brother of Aner, who were confederates with Abram.
Gen 14:14 And Abram, having heard that Lot his nephew had been taken captive, numbered his own home-born servants three hundred and eighteen, and pursued after them to Dan.
Gen 14:15 And he came upon them by night, he and his servants, and he struck them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.
Gen 14:16 And he recovered all the cavalry of Sodom, and he recovered Lot his nephew, and all his possessions, and the women and the people.
Gen 14:17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and the kings with him, to the valley of Shaveh; this was the plain of the kings.
Gen 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth loaves and wine, and he was the priest of the Most High God.
Gen 14:19 And he blessed Abram, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, who made heaven and earth,
Gen 14:20 and blessed be the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your power. And Abram gave him a tithe of all.
Gen 14:21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the men, and take the horses to yourself.
Gen 14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I will stretch out my hand to the Lord, the Most High God, who made the heaven and the earth,
Gen 14:23 that I will not take from all your goods, from a string to a sandal strap, lest you should say, I have made Abram rich.
Gen 14:24 Except what things the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Eschol, Aner, Mamre, these shall take a portion.
Gen 15:1 And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am your shield. Your reward shall be very great.
Gen 15:2 And Abram said, Master and Lord, what shall You give me? Seeing I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus is my heir.
Gen 15:3 And Abram said, I am grieved since You have given me no seed, but my home-born servant shall succeed me.
Gen 15:4 And immediately the voice of the Lord came to him, saying, This shall not be your heir; but he that shall come out of you shall be your heir.
Gen 15:5 And He brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if you shall be able to number them fully, and He said, Thus shall your seed be.
Gen 15:6 And Abram believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Gen 15:7 And He said to him, I am God that brought you out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give you this land to inherit.
Gen 15:8 And he said, Master and Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Gen 15:9 And He said to him, Take for Me a heifer in her third year, and a female goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a pigeon.
Gen 15:10 So he took to Him all these, and divided them in the midst, and set them opposite to each other, but the birds he did not divide.
Gen 15:11 And birds came down upon the bodies, even upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.
Gen 15:12 And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and behold, a great gloomy terror fell upon him.
Gen 15:13 And it was said to Abram, You shall surely know that your decendants shall be sojourners in a land not their own, and they shall enslave them, and afflict them, and humble them four hundred years.
Gen 15:14 And the nation whom they shall serve I will judge; and after this, they shall come forth with much property.
Gen 15:15 But you shall depart to your fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.
Gen 15:16 And in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now.
Gen 15:17 And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold, a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces.
Gen 15:18 In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your seed I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates.
Gen 15:19 The Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites,
Gen 15:20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
Gen 15:21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Gen 16:1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian maid, whose name was Hagar.
Gen 16:2 And Sarai said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get children for myself through her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
Gen 16:3 So Sarai, Abram's wife, having taken Hagar the Egyptian her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, gave her to Abram her husband as a wife to him.
Gen 16:4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived, and saw that she was with child, and her mistress was dishonored before her.
Gen 16:5 Then Sarai said to Abram, I am injured by you; I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when I saw that she was with child, I was dishonored before her. The Lord judge between me and you.
Gen 16:6 And Abram said to Sarai, Behold your handmaid is in your hands, use her as it may seem good to you. And Sarai afflicted her, and she fled from her face.
Gen 16:7 And the Angel of the Lord found her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Gen 16:8 And the Angel of the Lord said to her, Hagar, Sarai's maid, from where do you come, and where are you going? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.
Gen 16:9 And the Angel of the Lord said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.
Gen 16:10 And the Angel of the Lord said to her, I will surely multiply your seed, so that they shall not be numbered for multitude.
Gen 16:11 And the Angel of the Lord said to her, Behold you are with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael, for the Lord has hearkened to your humiliation.
Gen 16:12 He shall be a wild man, his hands against all, and the hands of all against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Gen 16:13 And she called the name of the Lord God who spoke to her, You are the God who sees; for she said, For I have openly seen Him that appeared to me.
Gen 16:14 Therefore she called the well, The well of Him whom I have openly seen; behold it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Gen 16:15 And Hagar bore a son to Abram; and Abram called the name of his son which Hagar bore to him, Ishmael.
Gen 16:16 And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
Gen 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am your God, be well-pleasing before Me, and be blameless.
Gen 17:2 And I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.
Gen 17:3 And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying,
Gen 17:4 And I, behold! My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of a many nations.
Gen 17:5 And your name shall no longer be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
Gen 17:6 And I will increase you very exceedingly, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you.
Gen 17:7 And I will establish My covenant between you and your seed after you, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be your God, and the God of your seed after you.
Gen 17:8 And I will give to you and to your seed after you the land in which you sojourn, even all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God.
Gen 17:9 And God said to Abraham, You also shall fully keep My covenant, you and your seed after you for their generations.
Gen 17:10 And this is the covenant which you shall fully keep between Me and you, and between your seed after you for their generations; every male of you shall be circumcised.
Gen 17:11 And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and you.
Gen 17:12 And the child of eight days old shall be circumcised by you, every male throughout your generations, and the servant born in the house and he that is bought with money, of every son of a stranger, who is not of your seed.
Gen 17:13 He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with money shall surely be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
Gen 17:14 And the uncircumcised male, who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from his family, for he has broken My covenant.
Gen 17:15 And God said to Abraham, Sarai, your wife her name shall not be called Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
Gen 17:16 And I will bless her, and give you a son by her, and I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations shall be of him.
Gen 17:17 And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed; and said in his heart, Shall there be a child to one who is a hundred years old, and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?
Gen 17:18 And Abraham said to God, Let this Ismael live before You.
Gen 17:19 And God said to Abraham, Yea, behold, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to him and to his seed after him.
Gen 17:20 And concerning Ishmael, behold, I have heard you, and behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Gen 17:21 But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time, in the next year.
Gen 17:22 And He left off speaking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
Gen 17:23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all his home-born servants, and all those bought with money, and every male of the men in the house of Abraham, and he circumcised their foreskins in the time of that day, according as God spoke to him.
Gen 17:24 And Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Gen 17:25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Gen 17:26 And at the period of that day, Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son,
Gen 17:27 and all the men of his house, both those born in the house, and those bought with money of foreign nations.
Gen 18:1 And God appeared to him by the oak of Mamre, as he sat by the door of his tent in the heat of the day.
Gen 18:2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood before him; and having seen them, he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and bowed himself to the ground.
Gen 18:3 And he said, Lord, if indeed I have found grace in Your sight, pass not by Your servant.
Gen 18:4 Let water now be brought, and let them wash your feet, and refresh yourselves under the tree.
Gen 18:5 And I will bring bread, and you shall eat, and after this you shall depart on your journey, on account of which refreshment you have turned aside to your servant. And he said, So do, as you have said.
Gen 18:6 And Abraham hastened to the tent to Sarah, and said to her, Quickly, knead three measures of fine flour, and make cakes.
Gen 18:7 And Abraham ran to the herd, and took a young calf, tender and good, and gave it to his servant, and he hastened to prepare it.
Gen 18:8 And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had prepared; and he set them before them, and they did eat, and he stood by them under the tree.
Gen 18:9 And He said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he answered and said, Behold, in the tent.
Gen 18:10 And He said, I will return and come to you according to this period seasonably, and Sarah your wife shall have a son; and Sarah heard at the door of the tent, being behind him.
Gen 18:11 And Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in days, and the custom of women ceased with Sarah.
Gen 18:12 And Sarah laughed in herself, saying, The thing has not as yet happened to me, even until now, and my lord is old.
Gen 18:13 And the Lord said to Abraham, Why is it that Sarah has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? But I have grown old.
Gen 18:14 Shall anything be impossible with the Lord? At the appointed time I shall return to you, and Sarah shall have a son.
Gen 18:15 But Sarah denied it, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid. And He said to her, No, but you did laugh!
Gen 18:16 And the men, having risen up from there, looked towards Sodom and Gomorrah. And Abraham went with them, attending to them on their journey.
Gen 18:17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham My servant what things I intend to do?
Gen 18:18 But Abraham shall become a great and populous nation, and in him shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.
Gen 18:19 For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham all things whatsoever He has spoken to him.
Gen 18:20 And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has been increased towards Me, and their sins are very great.
Gen 18:21 I will therefore go down and see, if they completely correspond with the cry which comes to Me, and if not, I will know.
Gen 18:22 And the men, having departed from there, came to Sodom; and the Lord stood before Abraham.
Gen 18:23 And Abraham drew near and said, Would You destroy the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked?
Gen 18:24 Should there be fifty righteous in the city, will You destroy them? Will You not spare the whole place for the sake of the fifty righteous, if they be in it?
Gen 18:25 Far be it from You to do such at thing, so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the wicked: far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Gen 18:26 And the Lord said, If there should be in Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole city, and the whole place for their sakes.
Gen 18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am but dust and ashes.
Gen 18:28 But if the fifty righteous should be diminished to forty-five, will You destroy the whole city because of the five that are lacking? And He said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there forty-five.
Gen 18:29 And he continued to speak to Him still, and said, But if there should be found there forty? And He said, I will not destroy it for the forty's sake.
Gen 18:30 And he said, Will there be anything against me, Lord, if I shall speak? But if there be found there thirty? And He said, I will not destroy it for the thirty's sake.
Gen 18:31 And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty? And He said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty.
Gen 18:32 And he said, Will there be anything against me, Lord, if I speak yet once more? But if there should be found there ten? And He said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.
Gen 18:33 And the Lord departed, when He left off speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
Gen 19:1 And the two angels came to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat by the gate of Sodom. And Lot, having seen them, rose up to meet them, and he worshipped with his face to the ground, and said,
Gen 19:2 Lo! My lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and rest from your journey, and wash your feet, and having risen early in the morning you shall depart on your journey. And they said, No, but we will lodge in the street.
Gen 19:3 And he constrained them, and they turned aside to him, and they entered into his house, and he made a feast for them, and baked unleavened cakes for them, and they did eat.
Gen 19:4 But before they went to sleep, the men of the city, the Sodomites, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people together.
Gen 19:5 And they called out Lot, and said to him, Where are the men that came to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may be with them.
Gen 19:6 And Lot went out to them to the porch, and he shut the door after him,
Gen 19:7 and said to them, By no means, brethren, do not act so wickedly.
Gen 19:8 But I have two daughters, who have not known a man. I will bring them out to you, and use them as it may please you, only do no injury to these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shelter of my roof.
Gen 19:9 And they said to him, Stand back! You came here to sojourn, was it also to judge? Now then we would harm you more than them. And they pressed hard on the man, even Lot, and they drew near to break down the door.
Gen 19:10 And the men stretched forth their hands and drew Lot in to them into the house, and shut the door of the house.
Gen 19:11 And they struck the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, and they were wearied with seeking the door.
Gen 19:12 And the men said to Lot, Have you anyone else here? Son-in-law, or sons or daughters, or if you have any other friend in the city, bring them out of this place.
Gen 19:13 For we are going to destroy this place; for their cry has been raised up before the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.
Gen 19:14 And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law who had married his daughters, and said, Rise up, and depart out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city; but he seemed to be speaking absurdly before his sons-in-law.
Gen 19:15 But when it was morning, the angels urged Lot, saying, Arise and take your wife, and your two daughters whom you have, and go forth; lest you also be destroyed with the iniquities of the city.
Gen 19:16 And they were troubled, and the angels laid hold on his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, in that the Lord spared him.
Gen 19:17 And it came to pass when they brought them out, that they said, Save your own life by all means; look not round to that which is behind, nor stay in all the country round about, escape to the mountain, lest perhaps you be overtaken together with them.
Gen 19:18 And Lot said to them, I pray, my lords,
Gen 19:19 since your servant has found mercy before you, and you have magnified your righteousness, in what you do towards me that my soul may live, but I shall not be able to escape to the mountain, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die.
Gen 19:20 Behold, this city is near for me to escape to, which is a small one, and there shall I be preserved, is it not little? And my soul shall live because of you.
Gen 19:21 And he said to him, Behold, I have had respect to you also about this thing, that I should not overthrow the city about which you have spoken.
Gen 19:22 Hurry, therefore, to escape there, for I shall not be able to do anything until you arrive there; therefore he called the name of that city, Zoar.
Gen 19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth, when Lot entered into Zoar.
Gen 19:24 And the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
Gen 19:25 And He overthrew these cities, and all the country round about, and all that dwelt in the cities, and the plants springing out of the ground.
Gen 19:26 And his wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
Gen 19:27 And Abraham rose up early to go to the place where he had stood before the Lord.
Gen 19:28 And he looked towards Sodom and Gomorrah, and towards the surrounding country, and saw, and behold, a flame went up from the earth, as the smoke of a furnace.
Gen 19:29 And it came to pass, that when God destroyed all the cities of the region round about, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when the Lord overthrew those cities in which Lot dwelt.
Gen 19:30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, he and his two daughters with him, for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters with him.
Gen 19:31 And the elder said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is no one on the earth who shall come in to us, as it is fit in all the earth.
Gen 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us sleep with him, and let us raise up seed from our father.
Gen 19:33 So they made their father drink wine in that night, and the elder went in and lay with her father that night, and he knew not when he slept and when he rose up.
Gen 19:34 And it came to pass on the next day, that the elder said to the younger, Behold, I slept last night with our father, let us make him drink wine in this night also, and you go in and sleep with him, and let us raise up seed of our father.
Gen 19:35 So they made their father drink wine in that night also, and the younger went in and slept with her father, and he knew not when he slept, nor when he arose.
Gen 19:36 And the two daughters of Lot conceived by their father.
Gen 19:37 And the elder bore a son and called his name Moab, saying, He is of my father. This is the father of the Moabites to this present day.
Gen 19:38 And the younger also bore a son, and called his name Ammon, saying, The son of my family. This is the father of the Ammonites to this present day.
Gen 20:1 And Abraham journeyed from there to the southern country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
Gen 20:2 And Abraham said concerning Sarah his wife, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the city should kill him for her sake. So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
Gen 20:3 And God came to Abimelech by night in his sleep, and said, Behold, you'll die for the woman whom you have taken, for she has lived with a husband.
Gen 20:4 But Abimelech had not touched her, and he said, Lord, will You destroy an ignorantly sinning and just nation?
Gen 20:5 Did he not say to me, She is my sister, and she, even she herself said, He is my brother? With a pure heart and in the righteousness of my hands have I done this.
Gen 20:6 And God said to him in his sleep, Yes, I knew that you did this with a pure heart, and I spared you, so that you should not sin against Me, therefore I did not let you touch her.
Gen 20:7 But now return the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live; but if you restore her not, know that you and all yours shall die.
Gen 20:8 And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and he spoke all these words in their ears, and all the men feared exceedingly.
Gen 20:9 And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, What is this that you have done to us? Have we sinned against you, that you have brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me a deed, which no one ought to do.
Gen 20:10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What have you seen in me that you have done this?
Gen 20:11 And Abraham said, Why I said, Surely there is not the worship of God in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife.
Gen 20:12 For truly she is my sister by my father, but not by my mother, and she became my wife.
Gen 20:13 And it came to pass when God brought me forth out of the house of my father, that I said to her, This righteousness you shall perform to me, in every place into which we may enter, say of me, He is my brother.
Gen 20:14 And Abimelech took a thousand pieces of silver, and sheep, and calves, and servants, and maid servants, and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him.
Gen 20:15 And Abimelech said to Abraham, Behold, my land is before you, dwell wherever it may please you.
Gen 20:16 And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver, those shall be to you for the price of your countenance, and to all the women with you, and speak the truth in all things.
Gen 20:17 And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women servants, and they bore children.
Gen 20:18 Because the Lord had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
Gen 21:1 And the Lord visited Sarah, as He said, and the Lord did to Sarah, as He spoke.
Gen 21:2 And she conceived and bore to Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time according as the Lord spoke to him.
Gen 21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him whom Sarah bore to him Isaac.
Gen 21:4 And Abraham circumcised Isaac on the eighth day, as God commanded him.
Gen 21:5 And Abraham was one hundred years old when Isaac his son was born to him.
Gen 21:6 And Sarah said, The Lord has made laughter for me, for whoever shall hear shall rejoice with me.
Gen 21:7 And she said, Who shall say to Abraham that Sarah suckles a child? For I have born a child in my old age.
Gen 21:8 And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast the day that his son Isaac was weaned.
Gen 21:9 And Sarah, having seen the son of Hagar the Egyptian, who was born to Abraham, sporting with Isaac her son,
Gen 21:10 that she said to Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bondwoman shall not inherit with my son Isaac.
Gen 21:11 But the word appeared very distressing before Abraham concerning his son.
Gen 21:12 But God said to Abraham, Let it not be distressing before you concerning the child, and concerning the bondwoman; whatever Sarah shall say to you, listen to her voice, for in Isaac shall your seed be called.
Gen 21:13 And moreover, I will make the son of this bondwoman a great nation, because he is your seed.
Gen 21:14 And Abraham rose up in the morning and took loaves and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar, and he put the child on her shoulder, and sent her away, and she, having departed, wandered in the wilderness near the Well of the Oath.
Gen 21:15 And the water failed out of the skin, and she cast the child under a fir tree.
Gen 21:16 And she departed, and sat down opposite him at a distance, as it were about a bowshot, for she said, Surely I cannot see the death of my child: and she sat opposite him, and the child cried aloud and wept.
Gen 21:17 And God heard the voice of the child from the place where he was, and an angel of God called Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, What is it, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the child from the place where he is.
Gen 21:18 Rise up, and take the child, and hold him in your hand, for I will make him a great nation.
Gen 21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of springing water; and she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the child a drink.
Gen 21:20 And God was with the child, and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
Gen 21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness, and his mother took him a wife out of Paran of Egypt.
Gen 21:22 And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech, and Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the chief captain of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all things, in all that you do.
Gen 21:23 Now therefore, swear to me by God that you will not injure me, nor my seed, nor my name, but according to the righteousness which I have performed with you, you shall deal with me, and with the land in which you have sojourned.
Gen 21:24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
Gen 21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the wells of water, which the servants of Abimelech took away.
Gen 21:26 And Abimelech said to him, I know not who has done this thing to you, neither did you tell it to me, neither did I hear it until today.
Gen 21:27 And Abraham took sheep and calves, and gave them to Abimelech, and they both made a covenant.
Gen 21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs by themselves.
Gen 21:29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What are these seven ewe lambs which you have set alone?
Gen 21:30 And Abraham said, You shall receive the seven ewe lambs from me, that they may be for me as a witness, that I dug this well.
Gen 21:31 Therefore he named the name of that place, The Well of the Oath, for there they both swore.
Gen 21:32 And they made a covenant at the Well of the Oath. And there rose up Abimelech, Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the commander-in-chief of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.
Gen 21:33 And Abraham planted a field at the Well of the Oath, and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.
Gen 21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
Gen 22:1 And it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham, Abraham; and he said, Behold! I am here.
Gen 22:2 And He said, Take your son, the beloved one, whom you have loved Isaac, and go into the high land, and offer him there for a whole burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.
Gen 22:3 And Abraham rose up in the morning and saddled his donkey, and he took with him two servants, and Isaac his son, and having split wood for a whole burnt offering, he arose and departed, and came to the place of which God spoke to him,
Gen 22:4 on the third day; and Abraham, having lifted up his eyes, saw the place afar off.
Gen 22:5 And Abraham said to his servants, Sit here with the donkey, and I and the lad will proceed thus far, and having worshipped, we will return to you.
Gen 22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the whole burnt offering, and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took into his hands both the fire and the knife, and the two went together.
Gen 22:7 And Isaac said to Abraham his father, Father. And he said, What is it, son? And he said, Behold the fire and the wood, but where is the sheep for a whole burnt offering?
Gen 22:8 And Abraham said, God will provide for Himself a sheep for a whole burnt offering, my son. And both, having gone together,
Gen 22:9 came to the place which God spoke to him of; and there Abraham built the altar, and laid the wood on it, and having bound the feet of Isaac his son together, he laid him on the altar upon the wood.
Gen 22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand to take the knife to kill his son.
Gen 22:11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Behold, I am here.
Gen 22:12 And He said, Lay not your hand upon the child, neither do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, and for My sake you have not spared your beloved son.
Gen 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! A ram caught by his horns in a plant of Sabek; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a whole burnt offering in the place of Isaac his son.
Gen 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place, The Lord Has Seen; that they might say today, In the mount the Lord was seen.
Gen 22:15 Then the Angel of the Lord called Abraham the second time out of heaven, saying,
Gen 22:16 I have sworn by Myself, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and on My account have not spared your beloved son,
Gen 22:17 surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and your seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.
Gen 22:18 And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.
Gen 22:19 And Abraham returned to his servants, and they arose and went together to the Well of the Oath; and Abraham dwelt at the Well of the Oath.
Gen 22:20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was reported to Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah herself too has born sons to Nahor your brother,
Gen 22:21 Huz the firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of the Syrians, and Chesed,
Gen 22:22 Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, Bethuel, and Bethuel begot Rebecca;
Gen 22:23 these are eight sons which Milcah bore to Nahor, the brother of Abraham.
Gen 22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah, Gaham, Thahash, and Maachah.
Gen 23:1 And the life of Sarah was one hundred and twenty-seven years.
Gen 23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjath Arba, which is in the valley, this is Hebron in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to lament for Sarah and to mourn.
Gen 23:3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead; and Abraham spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
Gen 23:4 I am a sojourner and a stranger among you. Therefore give me possession of a burying-place among you, and I will bury my dead away from me.
Gen 23:5 And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying, Not so, sir,
Gen 23:6 but hear us; you are in the midst of us a prince of God; bury your dead in our choice tombs, for none of us will by any means withhold his tomb from you, so that you should not bury your dead there.
Gen 23:7 And Abraham rose up and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth.
Gen 23:8 And Abraham spoke to them, saying, If you have it in your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, listen to me, and speak to Ephron the son of Zohar for me.
Gen 23:9 And let him give me the double cave which he has, which is in a part of his field, let him give it to me for the money it is worth for possession of a burying-place among you.
Gen 23:10 Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham and spoke in the hearing of the sons of Heth, and of all who entered the city, saying,
Gen 23:11 Attend to me, my lord, and hear me, I give to you the field and the cave which is in it; I have given it to you before all my countrymen; bury your dead.
Gen 23:12 And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.
Gen 23:13 And he said in the ears of Ephron before the people of the land, Since you are on my side, hear me; take the price of the field from me, and I will bury my dead there.
Gen 23:14 But Ephron answered Abraham, saying,
Gen 23:15 No, my lord, I have heard indeed, the land is worth four hundred silver shekels, but what can this be between me and you? So bury your dead.
Gen 23:16 And Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham rendered to Ephron the money, which he mentioned in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver approved with merchants.
Gen 23:17 And the field of Ephron, which was in Double Cave, which is opposite Mamre, the field and the cave, which was in it, and every tree which was in the field, and whatever is in its borders round about, were deeded
Gen 23:18 to Abraham for a possession, before the sons of Heth, and all that entered into the city.
Gen 23:19 After this Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the Double Cave of the field, which is opposite Mamre, this is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
Gen 23:20 So the field and the cave which was in it were deeded to Abraham for possession of a burying place, by the sons of Heth.
Gen 24:1 And Abraham was old, advanced in days, and the Lord blessed Abraham in all things.
Gen 24:2 And Abraham said to his servant the elder of his house, who had rule over all his possessions, Put your hand under my thigh,
Gen 24:3 and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that you take not a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites, with whom I dwell, in the midst of them.
Gen 24:4 But you shall go instead to my country, where I was born, and to my tribe, and you shall take from there a wife for my son Isaac.
Gen 24:5 And the servant said to him, Shall I carry back your son to the land from which you came from, if the woman should not be willing to return happily with me to this land?
Gen 24:6 And Abraham said to him, See that you do not carry my son back there.
Gen 24:7 The Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, who took me out of my father's house, and out of the land from which I sprang, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, I will give this land to you and to your seed, He shall send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife to my son from there.
Gen 24:8 And if the woman should not be willing to come with you into this land, you shall be clear from my oath, only do not carry my son there again.
Gen 24:9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham, and swore to him concerning this matter.
Gen 24:10 And the servant took ten camels of his master's camels, and he took of all the goods of his master with him, and he arose and went into Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor.
Gen 24:11 And he rested his camels outside the city by the well of water towards evening, when women go forth to draw water.
Gen 24:12 And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, prosper my way before me today, and deal mercifully with my master Abraham.
Gen 24:13 Behold, I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of them that inhabit the city come forth to draw water.
Gen 24:14 And it shall be, the virgin to whomsoever I shall say, Let down your water pot, that I may drink, and she shall say, Drink, and I will give your camels a drink, until they have finished drinking even this one You have prepared for Your servant Isaac, and hereby shall I know that You have dealt mercifully with my master Abraham.
Gen 24:15 And it came to pass before he had done speaking in his mind, that behold, Rebecca the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came forth, having a water pot on her shoulders.
Gen 24:16 And the virgin was very beautiful in appearance, she was a virgin, a man had not known her; and she went down to the well, and filled her water pot, and came up.
Gen 24:17 And the servant ran up to meet her, and said, Give me a little water to drink out of your pitcher;
Gen 24:18 and she said, Drink, sir; and she quickly let down the pitcher upon her arm, and gave him to drink, till he ceased drinking.
Gen 24:19 And she said, I will also draw water for your camels, till they shall all have drunk.
Gen 24:20 And she quickly emptied the water pot into the trough, and ran to the well to draw again, and drew water for all the camels.
Gen 24:21 And the man took great notice of her, and remained silent to know whether the Lord had made his way prosperous or not.
Gen 24:22 And it came to pass when all the camels ceased drinking, that the man took golden earrings, each weighing half a shekel, and he put two bracelets on her hands, their weight was ten pieces of gold.
Gen 24:23 And he asked her, and said, Whose daughter are you? Tell me if there is room for us to lodge with your father.
Gen 24:24 And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.
Gen 24:25 And she said to him, We have both straw and much feed, and a place for resting.
Gen 24:26 And the man, being well pleased, worshipped the Lord,
Gen 24:27 and said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not allowed His righteousness to fail, nor His truth from my master, and the Lord has brought me prosperously to the house of the brother of my lord.
Gen 24:28 And the woman ran and reported to the house of her mother according to these words.
Gen 24:29 And Rebecca had a brother whose name was Laban; and Laban ran out to meet the man, by the well.
Gen 24:30 And it came to pass when he saw the earrings and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heard the words of Rebecca his sister, saying, Thus the man spoke to me, that he went to the man, as he stood by the camels at the well.
Gen 24:31 And he said to him, Come in here, you blessed of the Lord, why do you stand outside, whereas I have prepared the house and a place for the camels?
Gen 24:32 And the man entered into the house, and unloaded the camels, and gave the camels straw and feed, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were with him.
Gen 24:33 And he set before them loaves to eat; but he said, I will not eat, until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on.
Gen 24:34 And he said, I am a servant of Abraham;
Gen 24:35 and the Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him sheep, calves, silver, gold, male and female servants, camels, and donkeys.
Gen 24:36 And Sarah my master's wife bore one son to my master after he had grown old; and he gave him whatever he had.
Gen 24:37 And my master caused me to swear, saying, You shall not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I sojourn in their land.
Gen 24:38 But you shall go to the house of my father, and to my tribe, and you shall take from there a wife for my son.
Gen 24:39 And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not happily go with me.
Gen 24:40 And he said to me, The Lord God Himself, to whom I have been acceptable in His presence, shall send out His angel with you, and shall prosper your journey, and you shall take a wife for my son of my tribe, and of the house of my father.
Gen 24:41 Then shall you be clear from my oath, for whenever you have come to my tribe, and they shall not give her to you, then shall you be clear from my oath.
Gen 24:42 And having come this day to the well, I said, Lord God of my master Abraham, if You prosper my journey on which I am now going,
Gen 24:43 behold, I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water, and it shall be that the woman to whom I shall say, Give me a little water to drink out of your pitcher,
Gen 24:44 and she shall say to me, Drink, and I will draw water for your camels, also; this shall be the wife whom the Lord has prepared for His own servant Isaac; and hereby shall I know that You have shown mercy to my master Abraham.
Gen 24:45 And it came to pass before I had done speaking in my mind, that Rebecca came forth, having her pitcher on her shoulders; and she went down to the well, and drew water; and I said to her, Give me a drink.
Gen 24:46 And she quickly let down her pitcher on her arm from her head, and said, Drink, and I will give your camels a drink, also; and I drank, and she gave the camels a drink.
Gen 24:47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter are you? Tell me; and she said, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him; and I put on her the earrings, and the bracelets on her hands.
Gen 24:48 And being well-pleased, I worshipped the Lord, and I blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has prospered me in a true way, so that I should take the daughter of my master's brother for his son.
Gen 24:49 If then you will deal mercifully and justly with my lord, tell me, and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.
Gen 24:50 And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, This matter has come forth from the Lord, we shall not be able to answer you bad or good.
Gen 24:51 Behold, Rebecca is before you, take her and go away, and let her be the wife to the son of your master, as the Lord has said.
Gen 24:52 And it came to pass when the servant of Abraham heard these words, he worshipped the Lord, bowing down to the earth.
Gen 24:53 And the servant, having brought forth jewels of silver and gold and raiment, gave them to Rebecca, and gave gifts to her brother, and to her mother.
Gen 24:54 And both he and the men with him ate and drank and went to sleep. And he arose in the morning and said, Send me away, that I may go to my master.
Gen 24:55 And her brothers and her mother said, Let the virgin remain with us about ten days, and after that she shall depart.
Gen 24:56 But he said to them, Hinder me not, for the Lord has prospered my journey for me; send me away, that I may depart to my master.
Gen 24:57 And they said, Let us call the woman, and ask her personally.
Gen 24:58 And they called Rebecca, and said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go.
Gen 24:59 So they sent forth Rebecca their sister, and her goods, and the servant of Abraham, and his attendants.
Gen 24:60 And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, You are our sister; may you become the mother of thousands and thousands, and let your seed possess the cities of their enemies.
Gen 24:61 And Rebecca rose up and her maidens, and they mounted the camels and went with the man. And the servant, having taken up Rebecca, departed.
Gen 24:62 And Isaac went through the wilderness to the Well of the Vision, and he dwelt in the land toward the south.
Gen 24:63 And Isaac went forth into the plain toward evening to meditate; and having lifted up his eyes, he saw camels coming.
Gen 24:64 And Rebecca lifted up her eyes, and saw Isaac; and she dismounted briskly from the camel,
Gen 24:65 and said to the servant, Who is that man that walks in the plain to meet us? And the servant said, This is my master; and she took her veil and covered herself.
Gen 24:66 And the servant told Isaac all that he had done.
Gen 24:67 And Isaac went into the house of his mother, and took Rebecca, and she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted over Sarah his mother.
Gen 25:1 And Abraham again took a wife, whose name was Keturah.
Gen 25:2 And she bore to him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Gen 25:3 And Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Assurians, the Letushim, and the Leummim.
Gen 25:4 And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah; all these were sons of Keturah.
Gen 25:5 But Abraham gave all his possessions to Isaac his son.
Gen 25:6 But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and he sent them away from his son Isaac, while he was yet living, to the country of the east.
Gen 25:7 And these were the years of the days of the life of Abraham, as many as he lived, one hundred and seventy-five years.
Gen 25:8 Then Abraham breathed his last, and died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and was added to his people.
Gen 25:9 And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the double cave, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is over against Mamre,
Gen 25:10 even the field and the cave which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth; there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife.
Gen 25:11 And it came to pass after Abraham was dead, that God blessed Isaac his son, and Isaac dwelt by the Well of the Vision.
Gen 25:12 And these are the generations of Ishmael the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, the handmaid of Sarah, bore to Abraham.
Gen 25:13 And these are the names of the sons of Ismael, according to the names of their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael was Nabajoth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
Gen 25:14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
Gen 25:15 Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
Gen 25:16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their towns and in their camps, twelve princes according to their nations.
Gen 25:17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last and died, and was added to his fathers.
Gen 25:18 And he dwelt from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt, until one comes to the Assyrians; he dwelt in the presence of all his brethren.
Gen 25:19 And these are the generations of Isaac the son of Abraham:
Gen 25:20 Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebecca as wife, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, out of Syrian Mesopotamia, sister of Laban the Syrian.
Gen 25:21 Now Isaac prayed to the Lord concerning Rebecca his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord heard him, and his wife Rebecca conceived in her womb.
Gen 25:22 And the babes leaped within her; and she said, If it will be so with me, why is this to me? And she went to inquire of the Lord.
Gen 25:23 And the Lord said to her, There are two nations in your womb, and two peoples shall be separated from your body, and one people shall be stronger than the other, and the older shall serve the younger.
Gen 25:24 And the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered, and she had twins in her womb.
Gen 25:25 And the first came out red, hairy all over like a garment; and she called his name Esau.
Gen 25:26 And after this his brother came forth, and his hand took hold of the heel of Esau; and she called his name Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when Rebecca bore them.
Gen 25:27 And the lads grew, and Esau was a man skilled in hunting, dwelling in the country, and Jacob a simple man, dwelling in a house.
Gen 25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, because his venison was his food, but Rebecca loved Jacob.
Gen 25:29 And Jacob cooked a stew, and Esau came from the plain, and he was weary.
Gen 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, Let me taste of that red stew, because I am fainting; therefore his name was called Edom.
Gen 25:31 And Jacob said to Esau, Sell me this day your birthright.
Gen 25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and for what good does this birthright belong to me?
Gen 25:33 And Jacob said to him, Swear to me this day; and he swore to him; and Esau sold his birthright to Jacob.
Gen 25:34 And Jacob gave bread to Esau, and a stew of lentiles; and he ate and drank, and he arose and departed; thus Esau despised his birthright.
Gen 26:1 And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine, which was in the time of Abraham; and Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines to Gerar.
Gen 26:2 And the Lord appeared to him and said, Do not go down to Egypt, but dwell in the land which I shall tell you of.
Gen 26:3 And sojourn in this land; and I will be with you, and bless you, for I will give to you and to your seed all this land; and I will establish My oath which I swore to your father Abraham.
Gen 26:4 And I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven; and I will give to your seed all this land, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in your seed.
Gen 26:5 Because Abraham your father listened to My voice, and kept My injunctions, My commandments, My ordinances, and My statutes.
Gen 26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.
Gen 26:7 And the men of the place questioned him concerning Rebecca his wife, and he said, She is my sister (for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the place should kill him because of Rebecca, because she was beautiful).
Gen 26:8 And he remained there a long time, and Abimelech the king of Gerar leaned to look through the window, and saw Isaac sporting with Rebecca his wife.
Gen 26:9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said to him, Is she then your wife? Why have you said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, I did so, for I said, Lest at any time I should die on her account.
Gen 26:10 And Abimelech said to him, Why have you done this to us? One of my kindred might soon have lain with your wife, and you would have brought a sin of ignorance upon us.
Gen 26:11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, Every man that touches this man and his wife shall be liable to death.
Gen 26:12 And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found barley in that year, and reaped one hundred fold, and the Lord blessed him.
Gen 26:13 And the man prospered, and continued prospering, till he became very great.
Gen 26:14 And he had herds of sheep, and herds of oxen, and many tilled lands, and the Philistines envied him.
Gen 26:15 And all the wells which the servants of his father had dug in the time of his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
Gen 26:16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Depart from us, for you have become much greater than us.
Gen 26:17 And Isaac departed from there, and rested in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Gen 26:18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which the servants of his father Abraham had dug, and the Philistines had stopped them up, after the death of his father Abraham; and he gave them names, according to the names by which his father named them.
Gen 26:19 And the servants of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerar, and they found there a well of living water.
Gen 26:20 And the shepherds of Gerar quarreled with the shepherds of Isaac, saying that the water was theirs; and they called the name of the well, Injury, for they injured him.
Gen 26:21 And having departed from there he dug another well, and they fought also for that; and he named the name of it, Enmity.
Gen 26:22 And he departed from there and dug another well; and they did not quarrel about that one; and he named the name of it, Room, saying, Because now the Lord has made room for us, and has increased us upon the earth.
Gen 26:23 And he went up from there to the Well of the Oath.
Gen 26:24 And the Lord appeared to him in that night and said, I am the God of Abraham your father; fear not, for I am with you, and I will bless you, and multiply your seed for the sake of Abraham your father.
Gen 26:25 And he built an altar there, and called on the name of the Lord, and there he pitched his tent, and there the servants of Isaac dug a well in the valley of Gerar.
Gen 26:26 And Abimelech came to him from Gerar, and so did Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol the commander of his army.
Gen 26:27 And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me? Seeing that you hated me, and sent me away from you.
Gen 26:28 And they said, We have surely seen that the Lord was with you, and we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and we will make a covenant with you,
Gen 26:29 that you shall do us no harm, as we have not abhorred you, and since we have treated you well, and have sent you forth peaceably; and now you are blessed of the Lord.
Gen 26:30 And he made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
Gen 26:31 And they arose in the morning, and swore each to his neighbor; and Isaac sent them forth, and they departed from him in safety.
Gen 26:32 And it came to pass in that day, that the servants of Isaac came and told him of the well which they had dug; and they said, We have not found water.
Gen 26:33 And he called it, Oath: therefore he called the name of that city, the Well of Oath, until this day.
Gen 26:34 And Esau was forty years old; and he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Gen 26:35 And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebecca.
Gen 27:1 And it came to pass after Isaac was old, that his eyes were dimmed so that he could not see; and he called Esau, his older son, and said to him, My son; and he said, Behold, I am here.
Gen 27:2 And he said, Behold, I have grown old, and know not the day of my death.
Gen 27:3 Now then take the weapons, both your quiver and your bow, and go into the plain, and get me some venison,
Gen 27:4 and prepare some meats for me, as I like them, and bring them to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.
Gen 27:5 And Rebecca heard Isaac speaking to Esau his son; and Esau went to the plain to procure venison for his father.
Gen 27:6 And Rebecca said to Jacob her younger son, Behold, I heard your father speaking to Esau your brother, saying,
Gen 27:7 Bring me some venison, and prepare some meats for me, that I may eat and bless you before the Lord, before I die.
Gen 27:8 Now then, my son, listen to me, as I command you.
Gen 27:9 Go now to the cattle and bring me from there two choice kids, tender and good, and I will prepare the meats for your father, as he likes.
Gen 27:10 And you shall bring them in to your father, and he shall eat, that your father may bless you before he dies.
Gen 27:11 And Jacob said to his mother Rebecca, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man.
Gen 27:12 Perhaps my father may feel me, and I shall be before him as one ill-intentioned, and I shall bring upon me a curse, and not a blessing.
Gen 27:13 And his mother said to him, On me be your curse, my son; only listen to my voice, and go and bring them for me.
Gen 27:14 So he went and took and brought them to his mother; and his mother prepared the meats, as his father liked them.
Gen 27:15 And Rebecca, having taken the fine clothing of her elder son Esau which was with her in the house, put it on Jacob her younger son.
Gen 27:16 And she put on his arms the skins of the kids of the goats, and on the bare parts of his neck.
Gen 27:17 And she gave the meats, and the loaves which she had prepared, into the hands of Jacob her son.
Gen 27:18 And he brought them to his father, and said, Father; and he said, Behold I am here; who are you, son?
Gen 27:19 And Jacob said to his father, I, Esau your firstborn, have done as you told me: come, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.
Gen 27:20 And Isaac said to his son, What is this which you have quickly found? And he said, That which the Lord your God presented before me.
Gen 27:21 And Isaac said to Jacob, Come close to me, and I will feel you, son, if you are my son Esau or not.
Gen 27:22 And Jacob came close to his father Isaac, and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
Gen 27:23 And he knew him not, for his hands were as the hands of his brother Esau, hairy; and he blessed him,
Gen 27:24 and he said, Are you my son Esau? And he said, I am.
Gen 27:25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of your venison, my son, that my soul may bless you. And he brought it near to him, and he ate, and he brought him wine, and he drank.
Gen 27:26 And Isaac his father said to him, Come close to me, and kiss me, my son.
Gen 27:27 And he came close and kissed him, and smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of an abundant field, which the Lord has blessed.
Gen 27:28 And may God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of grain and wine.
Gen 27:29 And let nations serve you, and princes bow down to you, and be master over your brother, and the sons of your father shall reverence you; accursed is he that curses you, and blessed is he that blesses you.
Gen 27:30 And it came to pass after Isaac had ceased blessing his son Jacob, just when Jacob had gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Gen 27:31 And he also had prepared meats and brought them to his father; and he said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me.
Gen 27:32 And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am Esau, your firstborn son.
Gen 27:33 And Isaac was amazed with very great amazement, and said, Who then is it that has procured venison for me and brought it to me? And I have eaten all of it before you came, and I have blessed him, and he shall be blessed.
Gen 27:34 And it came to pass when Esau heard the words of his father Isaac, he cried out with a great and very bitter cry, and said, Bless me me also, father!
Gen 27:35 And he said to him, Your brother has come with subtlety, and has taken your blessing.
Gen 27:36 And he said, Rightly was his name called Jacob, for behold, this second time has he supplanted me; he has both taken my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing! And Esau said to his father, Have you not a blessing left for me, father?
Gen 27:37 And Isaac answered and said to Esau, If I have made him your master, and have made all his brethren his servants, and have strengthened him with grain and wine, what then shall I do for you, son?
Gen 27:38 And Esau said to his father, Have you only one blessing, father? Bless me me also, O my father! And Isaac being troubled, Esau cried aloud and wept.
Gen 27:39 And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, your dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above.
Gen 27:40 And you shall live by your sword, and shall serve your brother; and there shall be a time when you shall break and loosen his yoke from off your neck.
Gen 27:41 And Esau was angry with Jacob because of the blessing, with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his mind, Let the days of my father's mourning draw near, that I may kill my brother Jacob.
Gen 27:42 And the words of Esau her elder son were reported to Rebecca, and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, Esau your brother threatens you, to kill you.
Gen 27:43 Now then, my son, hear my voice, and rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia to Laban my brother, into Haran.
Gen 27:44 And dwell with him certain days, until your brother's anger
Gen 27:45 and rage toward you departs, and he forget what you have done to him; and I will send and bring you from there, lest at any time I should be bereaved of you both in one day.
Gen 27:46 And Rebecca said to Isaac, I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of the sons of Heth; if Jacob shall take a wife of the daughters of this land, where then should I live?
Gen 28:1 And Isaac, having called for Jacob, blessed him, and charged him, saying, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of the Canaanites.
Gen 28:2 Rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia, to the house of Bethuel the father of your mother, and take to yourself a wife of the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.
Gen 28:3 And may my God bless you, and increase you, and multiply you, and you shall become an assembly of nations.
Gen 28:4 And may He give you the blessing of my father Abraham, even to you and to your seed after you, to inherit the land of your sojourning, which God gave to Abraham.
Gen 28:5 So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went into Mesopotamia, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebecca the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Gen 28:6 And Esau saw that Isaac blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Mesopotamia of Syria as he blessed him, to take to himself a wife from there, and that he charged him, saying, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of the Canaanites;
Gen 28:7 and that Jacob listened to his father and his mother, and went to Mesopotamia of Syria.
Gen 28:8 And Esau, also having seen that the daughters of Canaan were evil before his father Isaac,
Gen 28:9 went to Ishmael, and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, the sister of Nebajoth, for a wife, in addition to his other wives.
Gen 28:10 And Jacob went forth from the Well of the Oath, and departed into Haran.
Gen 28:11 So he came to a certain place and slept there, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it at his head, and lay down to sleep in that place,
Gen 28:12 and dreamed. And behold, a ladder fixed on the earth, whose top reached to heaven, and the angels of God ascended and descended on it.
Gen 28:13 And the Lord stood upon it, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham, and the God of Isaac; fear not, the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your seed.
Gen 28:14 And your seed shall be as the sand of the earth; and it shall spread abroad to the sea, and the south, and the north, and to the east; and in you and in your seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
Gen 28:15 And behold, I am with you, to preserve you continually wherever you shall go; and I will bring you back to this land; for I will not desert you, until I have done all that I have said to you.
Gen 28:16 And Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and said, The Lord is in this place, and I knew it not.
Gen 28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Gen 28:18 And Jacob rose up in the morning, and took the stone he had laid there by his head, and he set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.
Gen 28:19 And he called the name of that place, the House of God; and the name of the city before was Luz.
Gen 28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If the Lord God will be with me, and guard me throughout on this journey, on which I am going, and give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,
Gen 28:21 and bring me back in safety to the house of my father, then shall the Lord be my God.
Gen 28:22 And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be to me a house of God; and of everything You shall give me, I will tithe a tenth to You.
Gen 29:1 So Jacob started on his journey and came to the land of the east to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Syrian, and the brother of Rebecca, mother of Jacob and Esau.
Gen 29:2 And he looked, and behold, a well in the plain; and there were three flocks of sheep resting at it, for out of that well they watered the flocks, but there was a great stone at the mouth of the well.
Gen 29:3 And there were all the flocks gathered, and they used to roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, and water the flocks, and set the stone again in its place on the mouth of the well.
Gen 29:4 And Jacob said to them, Brothers, where are you from? And they said, We are from Haran.
Gen 29:5 And he said to them, Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
Gen 29:6 And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well. And behold Rachel his daughter came with the sheep.
Gen 29:7 And Jacob said, it is yet high day, it is not yet time that the flocks be gathered together. Water the flocks, and go and feed them.
Gen 29:8 And they said, We shall not be able, until all the shepherds are gathered together, and they shall roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, then we will water the flocks.
Gen 29:9 While he was yet speaking to them, behold, Rachel the daughter of Laban came with her father's sheep, for she fed the sheep of her father.
Gen 29:10 And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob came and rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother.
Gen 29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and cried with a loud voice and wept.
Gen 29:12 And he told Rachel that he was the near relative of her father, and the son of Rebecca; and she ran and reported to her father according to these words.
Gen 29:13 And it came to pass when Laban heard the name of Jacob, his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and embraced and kissed him, and brought him into his house; and he told Laban all these sayings.
Gen 29:14 And Laban said to him, You are of my bones and of my flesh; and he was with him a full month.
Gen 29:15 And Laban said to Jacob, Surely you shall not serve me for nothing, because you are my brother; tell me what your reward is to be.
Gen 29:16 Now Laban had two daughters, the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
Gen 29:17 And the eyes of Leah were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in appearance, and exceedingly fair in countenance.
Gen 29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.
Gen 29:19 And Laban said to him, It is better that I should give her to you, than that I should give her to another man; dwell with me.
Gen 29:20 And Jacob served for Rachel seven years, and they seemed only a few days, because of the love that he had for her.
Gen 29:21 And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.
Gen 29:22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a marriage feast.
Gen 29:23 And so it was, that he took his daughter Leah, and brought her in to Jacob, and Jacob went in to her.
Gen 29:24 And Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah, as a maid for her.
Gen 29:25 So it came to pass in the morning, that behold, it was Leah; and Jacob said to Laban, What is this that you have done to me? Did I not serve you for Rachel? And why have you deceived me?
Gen 29:26 And Laban answered, It is not done thus in our country, to give the younger before the elder.
Gen 29:27 Fulfill then her week, and I will give her to you also in return for your service, which you serve with me, ye
