The Emphasised Bible
also called Rotherham Version
1902 by Joseph Rotherham
Gen 1:1 ¶ In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Gen 1:2 Now, the earth, had become waste and wild, and, darkness, was on the face of the roaring deep,––but, the Spirit of God, was brooding on the face of the waters.
Gen 1:3 ¶ And God said––Light, be. And light was.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was, good,––and God divided, the light, from the, darkness;
Gen 1:5 and God called, the light, day, but, the darkness, called he, night. So it was evening––and it was morning, one day.
Gen 1:6 ¶ And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters,––and let it be a means of dividing, between waters and waters.
Gen 1:7 And God made the expanse, and it divided between the waters that were under the expanse and the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.
Gen 1:8 And God called, the expanse, heavens. So it was evening––and it was morning, a, second day.
Gen 1:9 ¶ And God said––Let the waters under the heavens, be gathered together, into one place, and let the dry–ground appear. And it was so.
Gen 1:10 And God called, the dry–ground, land, but, the gathering together of the waters, called he, seas. And God saw that it was, good.
Gen 1:11 And God said––Let the land put–forth vegetation––herb yielding seed, fruit–tree, bearing fruit, after its kind, whose seed is within it on the land. And it was so.
Gen 1:12 And the land brought–forth vegetation––herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, whose seed is within it, after its kind. And God saw that it was, good.
Gen 1:13 So it was evening––and it was morning, a third day.
Gen 1:14 ¶ And God said––Let there be luminaries in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night,––and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
Gen 1:15 yea let them be for luminaries, in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.
Gen 1:16 And God made the two great luminaries,––the greater luminary to rule the day, and the lesser luminary to rule the night, also the stars.
Gen 1:17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens,––to give light on the earth;
Gen 1:18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was, good.
Gen 1:19 So it was evening––and it was morning, a fourth day.
Gen 1:20 ¶ And God said––Let the waters swarm [with] an abundance of living soul, and, birds, shall fly over the earth, over the face of the expanse of the heavens.
Gen 1:21 And God created the great sea–monsters,––and every living soul that moveth––[with] which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird––after its kind. And God saw that it was, good.
Gen 1:22 And God blessed them, saying,––Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let, the birds, multiply in the land.
Gen 1:23 So it was evening––and it was morning, a fifth day.
Gen 1:24 ¶ And God said––Let the land, bring forth, living soul, after its kind, tame–beast and creeping thing and wild–beast of the land, after its kind. And it was so.
Gen 1:25 And God made the wild–beast of the land, after its kind, and the tame–beast, after its kind, and every creeping thing of the ground, after its kind. And God saw that it was, good.
Gen 1:26 ¶ And God said––Let us make man in our image, after our likeness––and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens, and over the tame–beast––and over all the land, and over every creeping thing, that creepeth on the land.
Gen 1:27 And God created the man, in his own image, In the image of God, created he, him,––Male and female, created he, them.
Gen 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said to them––Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth, and subdue it,––and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.
Gen 1:29 ¶ And God said––Lo! I have given to you––every herb yielding seed which is on the face of all the land, and every tree wherein is the fruit of a tree, yielding seed,––to you, shall it be, for food;
Gen 1:30 and to every living thing of the land––and to every bird of the heavens, and to every thing that moveth on the land, wherein is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it was so.
Gen 1:31 ¶ And God saw every thing which he had made, and lo! it was, very good. So it was evening––and it was morning, the sixth day.
Gen 2:1 ¶ Thus were finished the heavens and the earth, and all their host.
Gen 2:2 Thus God finished, on the seventh day, his work which he had made, and rested, on the seventh day, from all his work which he had made.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it,––because, therein, rested he from all his work which God, by creating, had made.
Gen 2:4 ¶ These, are the geneses of the heavens and the earth, when they were created,––in the day when Yahweh God made earth and heavens.
Gen 2:5 Now, no bush of the field, as yet––was in the earth, and, no herb of the field, as yet had sprung up,––because Yahweh God had not sent rain on the earth, and, man, was there none to till the ground;
Gen 2:6 but, a vapour, went up from the earth,––and watered all the face of the ground.
Gen 2:7 So then Yahweh God formed man, [of the] dust of the ground, and breathed in his nostrils the breath of life––and man became a living soul.
Gen 2:8 ¶ And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, on the east,––and put there, the man whom he had formed.
Gen 2:9 And Yahweh God, caused to spring up, out of the ground, every tree pleasant to the sight 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 Now, a river, was coming forth out of Eden, to water the garden,––and, from thence, it parted, and became four heads.
Gen 2:11 The name of the one, is Pishon,––the same, is that which surroundeth all the land of Havilah, where is gold;
Gen 2:12 moreover, the gold of that land, is good,––there, is the bdellium, and the beryl stone.
Gen 2:13 And, the name of the second river, is Gihon,––the same, is that which surroundeth all the land of Cush.
Gen 2:14 And, the name of the third river, is Hiddekel, the same, is that which goeth in front of Assyria; and, the fourth river, is Euphrates.
Gen 2:15 So Yahweh God took the man,––and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it, and to keep it.
Gen 2:16 ¶ And Yahweh God laid command, on the man, saying,––Of every tree of the garden, thou mayest, eat;
Gen 2:17 but, of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it,––for, in the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt, die.
Gen 2:18 ¶ And Yahweh God said, It is, not good, that the man should remain alone,––I will make for him a helper, as his counterpart.
Gen 2:19 Now Yahweh God had formed from the ground every living thing of the field, and every bird of the heavens, which he brought in unto the man, that he might see what he should call it,––and, whatsoever the man should call it––any living soul, that, should be the name thereof.
Gen 2:20 So the man gave names to all the tame–beasts, and to the birds of the heavens, and to all the wild–beasts of the field,––but, for man, had there not been found a helper, as his counterpart.
Gen 2:21 ¶ So Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept,––and he took one of his ribs, and closed up flesh instead thereof.
Gen 2:22 And Yahweh God builded the rib which he had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her in unto the man.
Gen 2:23 And the man said, This, one, now, is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh! This, one shall be called Woman, for, out of a man, hath this one been taken.
Gen 2:24 For this cause, will a man leave his father, and his mother,––and cleave unto his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Gen 2:25 And they were both of them naked, the man and his wife,––and put not each other to shame.
Gen 3:1 ¶ Now, the serpent, was more crafty than any living thing of the field which Yahweh God had made,––so he said unto the woman, Can it really be, that God hath said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Gen 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent,––Of the fruit of the trees of the garden, we may eat;
Gen 3:3 but, of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it,––lest ye die.
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman,––Ye shall not, die.
Gen 3:5 For God doth know, that, in the day ye eat thereof, then shall your eyes be opened,––and ye shall become like God, knowing good and evil.
Gen 3:6 ¶ And, when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was desirable to the eyes, and the tree was pleasant to make one knowing, then took she of the fruit thereof, and did eat,––and she gave to her husband also, along with her, and he did eat.
Gen 3:7 Then were opened the eyes of them both, and they knew that, naked, they were,––so they tacked together fig–leaves, and made for themselves girdles.
Gen 3:8 Then heard they the sound of Yahweh God, walking to and fro in the garden, at the breeze of the day,––so he hid himself––the man with his wife, from the face of Yahweh God, amid the trees of the garden.
Gen 3:9 ¶ And Yahweh God called unto the man,––and said to him, Where art thou?
Gen 3:10 And he said, The sound of thee, heard I in the garden,––and I was afraid, for, naked, was I, so I hid myself.
Gen 3:11 ¶ And he said, Who told thee that, naked, thou wast? Of the tree whereof I commanded thee not to eat, hast thou eaten?
Gen 3:12 And the man said,––The woman whom thou didst put with me, she, gave me of the tree, so I did eat.
Gen 3:13 Then said Yahweh God to the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, the serpent, deceived me, so I did eat.
Gen 3:14 ¶ Then said Yahweh God unto the serpent––Because thou hast done this, Accursed, art thou above every tame–beast, and above every wild–beast of the field,––on thy belly, shalt thou go, and, dust, shalt thou eat, all the days of thy life.
Gen 3:15 And, enmity, will I put between thee, and the woman, and between thy seed, and her seed,––He, shall crush thy head, But, thou, shalt crush his heel.
Gen 3:16 ¶ Unto the woman, he said, I will, increase, thy pain of pregnancy, In pain, shalt thou bear children,––Yet, unto thy husband, shall be thy longing, Though, he, rule over thee.
Gen 3:17 ¶ And, to the man, he said, Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree as to which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, Accursed be the ground for thy sake, In pain, shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life;
Gen 3:18 Thorn also and thistle, shall it shoot forth to thee,––when thou hast come to eat of the herb of the field:
Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because, therefrom, wast thou taken,––For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.
Gen 3:20 ¶ So the man called the name of his wife, Eve,––in that, she, was made mother of every one living.
Gen 3:21 ¶ And Yahweh God made for the man––and for his wife––tunics of skin, and clothed them.
Gen 3:22 ¶ Then said Yahweh God––Lo! man, hath become like one of us, in respect of knowing good and evil,––Now, therefore, lest he thrust forth his hand, and take even of the tree of life, and eat, and live to times age–abiding,––––
Gen 3:23 So Yahweh God put him forth from the garden of Eden,––to till the ground wherefrom he had been taken.
Gen 3:24 So he expelled the man,––and caused to dwell––in front of the garden of Eden––cherubim, and a brandishing sword––flame, to keep the way to the tree of life.
Gen 4:1 ¶ Now, the man, having come to know Eve his wife,––she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a Man, even Yahweh!
Gen 4:2 And she went on to bear his brother, Abel,––and Abel became a feeder of sheep, whereas, Cain, was a tiller of the round.
Gen 4:3 ¶ So it came to pass, after certain days, that Cain brought in, of the fruit of the ground, a present to Yahweh:
Gen 4:4 Abel, also, even, he, brought in, of the firstlings of his sheep, and of their fat,––and Yahweh approved of Abel, and of his present;
Gen 4:5 but, of Cain and his present, he approved not,––and it angered Cain greatly, and his countenance fell.
Gen 4:6 ¶ So then Yahweh said unto Cain,––Wherefore hath it angered thee, and wherefore hath thy countenance fallen?
Gen 4:7 Shall it not, if thou do right, be lifted up? But, if thou do not right, at the entrance, a sin–bearer is lying,––Unto thee, moreover, shall be his longing, though, thou, rule over him.
Gen 4:8 ¶ And Cain said unto Abel his brother [Let us go into the field]. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Gen 4:9 ¶ Then said Yahweh unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not, the keeper of my brother, am, I?
Gen 4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed–blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground.
Gen 4:11 Now, therefore, accursed, art thou,––from the ground, which hath opened her mouth, to receive the shed–blood of thy brother at thy hand.
Gen 4:12 Though thou till the ground, it shall not go on to give its vigour to thee,––A wanderer and a fugitive, shalt thou be in the earth.
Gen 4:13 ¶ And Cain said unto Yahweh––Greater is my punishment than I can bear.
Gen 4:14 Lo! thou has driven me out, this day, from off the face of the ground, And, from thy face, shall I be hid,––So shall I become a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth, And it shall come to pass, whosoever findeth me, will slay me.
Gen 4:15 And Yahweh said to him––Not so! whosoever slayeth Cain, sevenfold, shall it be avenged. So Yahweh set, for Cain, a sign, that none finding him should smite him.
Gen 4:16 ¶ So Cain went forth from the presence of Yahweh,––and dwelt in the land of Nod, eastward of Eden.
Gen 4:17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and bare Enoch,––Now it happened that he was building a city, so he called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Gen 4:18 And there was born to Enoch, Irad, and, Irad, begat Mehujael,––and, Mehujael, begat Methusael,––and, Methusael, begat Lamech.
Gen 4:19 ¶ And Lamech took to himself two wives,––the name of the one, was Adah, and, the name of the second, Zillah.
Gen 4:20 And Adah bare Jabal,––he, was father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle;
Gen 4:21 and, the name of his brother, was Jubal,––he, was father of everyone handling lyre and flute.
Gen 4:22 And, as for Zillah, she also, bare Tubal–Cain, a sharpener of every cutting instrument of bronze and iron,––and, the sister of Tubal–Cain, was Naamah.
Gen 4:23 ¶ Then said Lamech to his wives, Adah and Zillah! hear ye my voice, Ye wives of Lamech! give ear to my tale,––For, a man, have I slain, in dealing my wounds, Yea, a youth, in smiting my blows:
Gen 4:24 If, sevenfold, be the avenging of, Cain, Then, of Lamech, seventy and seven.
Gen 4:25 ¶ And Adam again knew his wife, and she bare a son, and called his name Seth,––For God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, because, Cain, slew him!
Gen 4:26 And, to Seth––to him also, was born a son, and he called his name Enosh,––then, was a beginning made, to call on the name of Yahweh.
Gen 5:1 ¶ This, is the record of the generations of Adam,––In the day when God created man, In the likeness of God, made he, him;
Gen 5:2 Male and female, created he them,––and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day they were created.
Gen 5:3 And Adam lived, a hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his likeness, after his image,––and called his name, Seth:
Gen 5:4 and the days of Adam, after he begat Seth, were eight hundred years,––and he begat sons and daughters.
Gen 5:5 So all the days of Adam which he lived, were nine hundred and thirty years,––and he died.
Gen 5:6 ¶ And Seth lived, a hundred and five years,––and begat Enosh;
Gen 5:7 and Seth lived, after he begat Enosh, eight hundred and seven years,––and begat 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, ninety years,––and begat Kenan;
Gen 5:10 and Enosh lived, after he begat Kenan, eight hundred and fifteen years,––and begat 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 Kenan lived, seventy years,––and begat Mahalalel;
Gen 5:13 and Kenan lived, after he begat Mahalalel, eight hundred and forty years,––and begat sons and daughters;
Gen 5:14 and all the days of Kenan were, nine hundred and ten years,––and he died.
Gen 5:15 And Mahalalel lived, sixty–five years,––and begat Jared;
Gen 5:16 and Mahalalel lived, after he begat Jared, eight hundred and thirty years,––and begat 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, a hundred and sixty–two years, and begat Enoch;
Gen 5:19 and Jared lived, after he begat Enoch, eight hundred years,––and begat 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, sixty–five years,––and begat Methuselah;
Gen 5:22 and Enoch walked with God, after he begat Methuselah, three hundred years,––and begat sons and daughters;
Gen 5:23 and all the days of Enoch were, three hundred and sixty–five years;
Gen 5:24 and Enoch walked with God,––and was not, for God had taken him.
Gen 5:25 ¶ And Methuselah lived, a hundred and eighty–seven years,––and begat Lamech;
Gen 5:26 and Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred and eighty–two years,––and begat sons and daughters;
Gen 5:27 and all the days of Methuselah were, nine hundred and sixty–nine years,––and he died.
Gen 5:28 ¶ And Lamech lived, a hundred and eighty–two years,––and begat a son;
Gen 5:29 and he called his name Noah, saying,––This, one shall give us rest from our work, And from the grievous toil of our hands, By reason of the ground, which Yahweh hath cursed.
Gen 5:30 And Lamech lived, after he begat Noah, five hundred and ninety–five years,––and begat sons and daughters;
Gen 5:31 and all the days of Lamech were, seven hundred and seventy–seven years,––and he died.
Gen 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old,––and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gen 6:1 ¶ And it came to pass, when men had begun to multiply on the face of the ground and, daughters, had been born to them,
Gen 6:2 that, the sons of God, saw, the daughters of men, that they were, fair,––so they took to themselves wives of whomsoever they chose.
Gen 6:3 ¶ And Yahweh said––My spirit shall not rule in man to times age––abiding, for that, he also, is flesh,––Yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
Gen 6:4 ¶ The giants, were in the earth in those days, and also, after that, when the sons of God began to go in unto the daughters of men, and sons were born to them, the same, were the heroes that were from age–past times, the men of renown.
Gen 6:5 Then Yahweh saw that, great, was the wickedness of man in the earth, and that, every purpose of the devices of his heart, was only wicked all the day;
Gen 6:6 ¶ and it grieved Yahweh, that he had made man in the earth,––and he took sorrow unto his heart.
Gen 6:7 And Yahweh said––I must wipe off man whom I created, from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto the bird of the heavens,––for I am grieved that I made them.
Gen 6:8 ¶ But, Noah, had found favour, in the eyes of Yahweh.
Gen 6:9 These, are the generations of Noah, Noah, was, a righteous man, blameless, in his generations,––with God, did Noah walk.
Gen 6:10 And Noah begat three sons,––Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Gen 6:11 ¶ And the earth corrupted itself before God,––and the earth was filled with violence.
Gen 6:12 And God beheld the earth, and lo! it had corrupted itself,––surely all flesh had corrupted its way, on the earth.
Gen 6:13 ¶ So God said unto Noah: The end of all flesh, hath come in before me, for, filled, is the earth with violence, because of them,––behold me, then, destroying them with the earth.
Gen 6:14 Make for thee an ark of timbers of gopher, rooms, shalt thou make with the ark,––and––thou shalt cover it, within and without, with pitch.
Gen 6:15 And, this, is how thou shalt make it,––three hundred cubits, the length of the ark, fifty cubits, the breadth thereof, and, thirty cubits, the height thereof.
Gen 6:16 A place for light, shalt thou make to the ark, and, to a cubit, shalt thou finish it upwards, and, the opening of the ark––in the side thereof, shalt thou put,––with lower, second, and third [stories], shalt thou make it.
Gen 6:17 And, I, behold me! bringing in the flood––even waters, upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the spirit of life, from under the heavens,––everything that is in the earth, shall cease to breathe:
Gen 6:18 therefore will I establish my covenant with thee,––and thou shalt enter into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives, with thee.
Gen 6:19 Moreover, of all the living creatures of all flesh––two of each, shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep alive with thee,––male and female, shall they be.
Gen 6:20 Of the bird after its kind and of the beast after its kind, [and] of every creeping thing of the ground, after its kind, two of each, shall come in unto thee, for keeping alive.
Gen 6:21 But, thou, take to thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it unto thee,––and it shall be for thee and for them, for food.
Gen 6:22 ¶ And Noah did [so], ––according to all that God commanded him, so, did he.
Gen 7:1 ¶ And Yahweh said to Noah, Enter, thou and all thy house, into the ark,––for, thee, have I seen righteous before me, in this generation.
Gen 7:2 Of all the clean beasts, shalt thou take to thee, by sevens, a male and his female,––and, of the beasts that are not clean, shall be two, a male and his female.
Gen 7:3 Also, of the bird of the heavens, by sevens, male and female,––to keep alive a seed on the face of all the earth.
Gen 7:4 For, in seven days, more, I, am sending rain on the earth, forty days and forty nights,––so will I wipe out all the living things which I have made, from off the face of the ground.
Gen 7:5 ¶ And Noah did,––according to all that Yahweh commanded him.
Gen 7:6 Now, Noah, was six hundred years old,––when, the flood, came, even waters, on the earth.
Gen 7:7 So Noah entered, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark,––from before the waters of the flood.
Gen 7:8 Of the beasts that were clean, and of the beasts that were not clean,––and of the birds, and everything that creepeth on the ground,
Gen 7:9 two and two, went they in unto Noah, into the ark, male and female,––as God commanded Noah.
Gen 7:10 And it came to pass, in the seven days,––that, the waters of the flood, came on the earth.
Gen 7:11 ¶ In the six hundredth year, the year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month––on this day, were burst open, all the fountains of the great roaring deep, and, the windows of the heavens, were set open.
Gen 7:12 (And it came to pass, that the heavy rain was on the earth,––forty days and forty nights.)
Gen 7:13 ¶ On this selfsame day, entered Noah, and Shem and Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons,––and Noah’s wife, and his sons’ three wives with them, into the ark:
Gen 7:14 they, and all the wild–beasts after their kind, and all the tame–beasts after their kind, and all the creeping things that creep on the earth, after their kind,––and all the birds after their kind, every bird of every wing.
Gen 7:15 So they entered in unto Noah, into the ark,––two and two of all flesh, wherein was the spirit of life.
Gen 7:16 And, they that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered, as God commanded him,––and Yahweh shut him in round about.
Gen 7:17 ¶ And it came to pass, that the flood was forty days on the earth,––and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted high above the earth.
Gen 7:18 And the waters prevailed and increased greatly, on the earth,––and the ark went its way on the face of the waters.
Gen 7:19 Yea, the waters, prevailed very greatly, on the earth,––so that all the high mountains became covered, that were under all the heavens:
Gen 7:20 fifteen cubits upwards, prevailed the waters,––so that the mountains became covered.
Gen 7:21 ¶ And all flesh ceased to breathe that moved on the earth, of birds and of tame–beasts and of wild–beasts, and of all the swarming things that swarm on the earth,––and all mankind.
Gen 7:22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that were on the dry ground, died.
Gen 7:23 Thus was wiped out all that existed on the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto the bird of the heavens, thus were they wiped out from the earth,––so that there was left––only Noah and they that were with him in the ark.
Gen 7:24 Thus prevailed the waters on the earth,––a hundred and fifty days.
Gen 8:1 ¶ And God remembered Noah, and all the wild–beasts, and all the tame–beasts that were with him in the ark,––and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided;
Gen 8:2 and the fountains of the roaring–deep were shut, and the windows of the heavens,––and the heavy rain was restrained from the heavens;
Gen 8:3 and the waters returned from off the earth, they went on returning,––and so the waters decreased at the end of a hundred and fifty days.
Gen 8:4 ¶ And the ark rested, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month,––on the mountains of Ararat.
Gen 8:5 But, the waters, went on decreasing, until the tenth month,––in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, were seen the tops of the mountains.
Gen 8:6 ¶ And it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made;
Gen 8:7 and sent forth a raven,––and it kept going forth and returning, until the drying up of the waters from off the earth.
Gen 8:8 And he sent forth a dove from him,––to see whether the waters had abated, from off the face of the ground;
Gen 8:9 but the dove found no resting–place for the sole of her foot, so she returned unto him into the ark, for, waters, were on the face of all the earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him, into the ark.
Gen 8:10 Then stayed he yet seven days more,––and, again, sent forth the dove, out of the ark.
Gen 8:11 And the dove came in unto him at eventide, and lo! a newly sprouted olive–leaf, in her mouth,––so Noah knew that the waters had abated from off the earth.
Gen 8:12 And he stayed yet seven days more,––and sent forth the dove, but she returned not again unto him any more.
Gen 8:13 ¶ So it came to pass, in the six hundred and first year, at the beginning, on the first of the month, that the waters had dried up from off the earth,––and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and lo! the face of the ground was dried.
Gen 8:14 And, in the second month, on the twenty–seventh day of the month, was the earth dry.
Gen 8:15 ¶ So then, God spake to Noah, saying:
Gen 8:16 Come forth, out of the ark,––thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives, with thee.
Gen 8:17 All the living creatures that are with thee of all flesh, among birds, and among beasts, and among all the creeping things that creep on the earth, bring forth with thee,––and they shall swarm in the earth, and be fruitful and multiply, on the earth.
Gen 8:18 So Noah came forth,––and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives, with him:
Gen 8:19 All the living creatures, all that move along, and all birds, and all that moveth along over the earth––by their families, came forth out of the ark.
Gen 8:20 ¶ And Noah builded an altar to Yahweh,––and took of all the clean beasts, and of all the clean birds, and caused ascending sacrifices to go up on the altar.
Gen 8:21 And Yahweh smelled a satisfying odour, so Yahweh said to himself. I will not, again, curse any more the ground, for man’s sake, although, the device of the heart of man, be wicked from his youth,––neither will I, again, any more, smite every living thing, as I have done.
Gen 8:22 During all the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.
Gen 9:1 ¶ So God blessed Noah and his sons,––and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth;
Gen 9:2 and let, the fear of you and the dread of you, be upon every living creature of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens,––over everything that moveth along on the ground, and over all the fishes of the sea,––into your hand, have they been given.
Gen 9:3 As for every moving thing that hath life, yours, shall it be, for food,––Like the green herb, have I given you, all things.
Gen 9:4 Yet, flesh with the life thereof, the blood thereof, shall ye not eat;
Gen 9:5 And surely, your blood, of your lives, will I require, From the hand of every living creature, will I require it,––and from the hand of man, From the hand of each one’s brother, will I require the life of man:
Gen 9:6 He that sheddeth man’s blood, by man, shall his blood be shed,––For, in the image of God, made he man.
Gen 9:7 Ye, therefore, be fruitful and multiply,––swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.
Gen 9:8 ¶ And God spake unto Noah, and unto his sons with him, saying:
Gen 9:9 I, therefore, behold me! establishing my covenant with you,––and with your seed after you;
Gen 9:10 and with every living soul that is with you, of birds, of tame–beasts, and of all wild–beasts of the earth, that are with you,––of all coming forth out of the ark, even to all wild–beasts of the earth;
Gen 9:11 yea I will establish my covenant with you, so that all flesh shall not be cut off any more, by reason of the waters of a flood,––neither shall there be any more a flood, to destroy the earth.
Gen 9:12 ¶ And God said, This, is the sign of the covenant, which I am granting betwixt me and you, and every living soul that is with you,––to age–abiding generations:––
Gen 9:13 My bow, have I set in the cloud,––and it shall be for a sign of a covenant, betwixt me and the earth;
Gen 9:14 and it shall be, when I draw a veil of cloud over the earth,––and the bow in the cloud appeareth,
Gen 9:15 then will I remember my covenant, which is betwixt me and you, and every living soul, among all flesh,––that the waters may no more become a flood, to destroy all flesh:
Gen 9:16 so the bow shall be in the cloud,––and I will behold it, to remember an age–abiding covenant, between God, and every living soul, among all flesh that is on the earth.
Gen 9:17 And God said unto Noah,––This, is the sign of the covenant, which have established, between me, and all flesh that is on the earth.
Gen 9:18 ¶ And the sons of Noah who came forth out of the ark, were–Shem, and Ham, and Japheth,––now, Ham, was the father of Canaan.
Gen 9:19 These three, were the sons of Noah,––and, from these, was all the earth overspread.
Gen 9:20 And Noah began to be a husbandman,––so he planted a vineyard;
Gen 9:21 and dank of the wine, and became drunk,––and uncovered himself in the midst of his tent.
Gen 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s shame,––and told his two brethren, outside.
Gen 9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a mantle, and put it on the shoulder of them both, and went backwards, and covered the shame of their father,––but, their faces, were backwards, and, the shame of their father, saw they not.
Gen 9:24 ¶ And Noah awoke from his wine,––and came to know what, his youngest son, had done to him.
Gen 9:25 And he said, Accursed, be Canaan,––a servant of servants, shall he be to his brethren!
Gen 9:26 And he said, Blessed, be Yahweh, God of Shem,––And let Canaan be their servant:
Gen 9:27 God give extension to Japheth, But make his habitation in the tents of Shem,––And let Canaan be their servant.
Gen 9:28 ¶ And Noah lived, after the flood,––three hundred and fifty years:
Gen 9:29 so, 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 there were born to them sons, after the flood.
Gen 10:2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog, and Madai, and Javan and Tubal,––and Meshech, and Tiras.
Gen 10:3 And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath, and Togarmah.
Gen 10:4 And, the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish,––Kittim, and Rodanim.
Gen 10:5 From these, were dispersed [the inhabitants of] the coastlands of the nations, in their lands, each man by his tongue,––by their families, in their nations.
Gen 10:6 ¶ And, the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan.
Gen 10:7 And, the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah and Raamah, and Sabtechah,––And, the sons of Raamah, Sheba and Dedan.
Gen 10:8 And, Cush, begat Nimrod,––he, became a hero in the earth;
Gen 10:9 he, became a hero of hunting before Yahweh,––for this cause, it is said, Like Nimrod, a hero of hunting before Yahweh.
Gen 10:10 So the beginning of his kingdom came to be Babel, and Erech, and Accad and Calneh,––in the land of Shinar.
Gen 10:11 From that land, went forth Asshur,––and he built Nineveh, and Rehoboth–ir, and Calah;
Gen 10:12 and Resen, between Niveveh and Calah,––the same, is the great city.
Gen 10:13 And, Mizraim, begat Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim, and Naphtuchim;
Gen 10:14 and Pathrusim and Casluhim, whence came forth Philistim and Caphtorim.
Gen 10:15 ¶ And, Canaan, begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth;
Gen 10:16 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite;
Gen 10:17 and the Hivite and the Arkite, and the Sinite;
Gen 10:18 and the Arvadite and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite,––and, afterwards, were spread abroad the families of the Canaanite.
Gen 10:19 And it came to pass, that the boundary of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou enterest in towards Gerar, unto Gaza,––as thou enterest in towards Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboim, as far as Lasha.
Gen 10:20 These, are the sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues,––in their lands, in their nations.
Gen 10:21 ¶ Now, to Shem, father of all the sons of Eber, elder brother of Japheth, to him also, were children born.
Gen 10:22 The sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur,––and Arpachshad, and Lud and Aram.
Gen 10:23 And, the sons of Aram: Uz and Hul, and Gether and Mash.
Gen 10:24 Now, Arpachshad, begat Shelah,––and, Shelah, begat Eber.
Gen 10:25 And, to Eber, were born two sons,––the name of the one, was Peleg, for, in his days, was the earth divided, and, the name of his brother, was Joktan.
Gen 10:26 Now, Joktan, begat Almodad, and Sheleph,––and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah;
Gen 10:27 and Hadoram and Uzal, and Diklah;
Gen 10:28 and Obal and Abimael, and Sheba;
Gen 10:29 and Ophir and Havilah, and Jobab,––all these, were sons of Joktan.
Gen 10:30 And it came to pass that their dwelling was from Mesha,––as thou enterest in towards Sephar, the mountain of the east.
Gen 10:31 These, are the sons of Shem, by their families, by their tongues,––in their lands, by their nations.
Gen 10:32 These, are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations in their nations,––and, from these, were dispersed the nations in the earth, after the flood.
Gen 11:1 ¶ So it came to pass that, all the earth, was of one manner of speech,––and of one stock of words.
Gen 11:2 And it came to pass, as they brake away onwards, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
Gen 11:3 Then said they, each man to his friend, Come on! let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly,––So, the bricks, served them, for stone, and, bitumen, served them for mortar.
Gen 11:4 And they said, Come on! let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its head in the heavens, so let us make for ourselves a name,––lest we be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.
Gen 11:5 ¶ And Yahweh came down, to behold the city, and the tower,––which the sons of men had built.
Gen 11:6 Then said Yahweh: Lo! one people, and, one manner of speech, have they all, this, then is what they have begun to do,––now, therefore, nothing will be withholden from them, which they may plan to do.
Gen 11:7 Come on! let us go down, and there confuse their speech,––that they may not understand, each man the speech of his friend.
Gen 11:8 So Yahweh scattered them from thence, over the face of all the earth,––and so they left off building the city.
Gen 11:9 For this cause, was the name thereof called Babel[=" Confusion"]; because, there, did Yahweh confuse the speech of all the earth,––and, from thence, did Yahweh scatter them abroad, over the face of all the earth.
Gen 11:10 ¶ These, are the genealogies of Shem, Shem, was a hundred years old when he begat Arpachshad, two years after the flood;
Gen 11:11 and Shem lived, after he begat Arpachshad, five hundred years,––and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 11:12 And, Arpachshad, lived thirty–five years,––and begat Shelah;
Gen 11:13 and Arpachshad lived, after he begat Shelah, four hundred and three years,––and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 11:14 And, Shelah, lived thirty years,––and begat Eber;
Gen 11:15 and Shelah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years,––and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 11:16 And Eber lived, thirty–four years,––and begat Peleg;
Gen 11:17 and Eber lived, after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty years,––and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
Gen 11:19 and Peleg lived, after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years,––and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 11:20 And Reu lived thirty–two years,––and begat Serug;
Gen 11:21 and Reu lived, after he begat Serug, two hundred and seven years,––and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 11:22 And Serug lived thirty years,––and begat Nahor;
Gen 11:23 and Serug lived, after he begat Nahor, two hundred years,––and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 11:24 And Nahor lived twenty–nine years,––and begat Terah;
Gen 11:25 and Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, a hundred and nineteen years,––and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 11:26 And Terah lived seventy years,––and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Gen 11:27 ¶ These, then are the generations of Terah, Terah, begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran,––and, Haran, begat Lot;
Gen 11:28 and Haran died, in the presence of Terah his father,––in the land of his birth, in Ur 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 Nahor’s wife, Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.
Gen 11:30 And, Sarai, remained, barren,––she had no child.
Gen 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter–in–law, wife of Abram his son,––and came forth with them out of Ur of the Chaldees, that they might go their way towards the land of Canaan, and they came in as far as Haran, and dwelt there.
Gen 11:32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years,––and Terah died in Haran.
Gen 12:1 ¶ And Yahweh said unto Abram: Come thou on thy way, Out of thy land and out of the place of thy birth, and out of the house of thy father,––Unto the land that I will show thee;
Gen 12:2 That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee, and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing;
Gen 12:3 That I may bless them who bless thee, But, him who maketh light of thee, will I curse,––So shall be, blessed in thee, all the families of the ground.
Gen 12:4 ¶ And Abram came on his way, according to that which Yahweh had spoken unto him, and Lot came with him,––now, Abram, was seventy–five years old, when he came forth out of Haran.
Gen 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, with all the goods that they had gathered and the souls that they had gained in Haran,––and they came forth to go towards the land of Canaan, and came in to the land of Canaan.
Gen 12:6 ¶ And Abram passed along throughout the land, as far as the place of Shechem, as far as the Teacher’s Terebinth, the Canaanite, being, then, in the land.
Gen 12:7 And Yahweh appeared unto Abram, and said: To thy seed, will I give this land,––And he built there, an altar, unto Yahweh who appeared unto him.
Gen 12:8 And he moved on from thence towards the hill country, on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent,––with Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east, and built there an altar to Yahweh, and called on the name of Yahweh.
Gen 12:9 Thus Abram brake up, again and again, towards the South.
Gen 12:10 ¶ And it came to pass that there was a famine, in the land,––so Abram went down towards Egypt, to sojourn there, because, grievous, was the famine in the land.
Gen 12:11 And it came to pass, when he had come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife: Behold! I beseech thee, I know that, a woman fair to look on, thou art:
Gen 12:12 so will it come to pass, when the Egyptians behold thee, that they will say, His wife, this! and will slay me, while, thee, they preserve alive.
Gen 12:13 Say, I beseech thee, that, my sister, art thou,––to the end it may be well with me for thy sake, so shall my soul be preserved alive because of thee.
Gen 12:14 ¶ And so it was, when Abram entered into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman, that, fair, was she, exceedingly.
Gen 12:15 And the princes of Pharaoh beheld her, and praised her unto Pharaoh,––so the woman was taken to the house of Pharaoh;
Gen 12:16 and, with Abram, dealt he well for her sake,––so that he came to have flocks and herds, and he–asses, and men–servants, and maid–servants, and she–asses, and camels.
Gen 12:17 And Yahweh plagued Pharaoh with great plagues, also his house,––for the matter of Sarai, wife of Abram.
Gen 12:18 And Pharaoh called out to Abram, and said, What is this, thou hast done to me? Wherefore didst thou not tell me, that she was, thy wife?
Gen 12:19 Wherefore saidst thou, My sister, she; and so I was about to take her to me, to wife? But, now, lo! thy wife, take her and go thy way.
Gen 12:20 And Pharaoh gave command concerning him unto certain men,––and sent him away, with his wife, and all that he had.
Gen 13:1 ¶ So Abram came up out of Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, towards the South.
Gen 13:2 Now, Abram, was very rich,––in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Gen 13:3 And he went his way, by his removals, from the South, even as far as to Bethel,––as far as the place where his tent was at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai:
Gen 13:4 unto the place of the altar, which he made there at first,––and Abram called, there, on the name of Yahweh.
Gen 13:5 ¶ Now, Lot also, who was going with Abram, had flocks and herds, and tents.
Gen 13:6 And the land suffered them not to dwell together,––because, their substance, had become, great, so that they could not dwell together.
Gen 13:7 And there arose a strife betwixt the herdmen of Abram, and the herdmen of Lot. Now, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, were then dwelling in the land.
Gen 13:8 So then Abram said unto Lot, Pray let not cause of strife arise betwixt me and thee, or betwixt my herdmen and thy herdmen; for, brethren, are we.
Gen 13:9 Is not, all the land, before thee? I pray thee, separate thyself from me,––if to the left hand, then I will go to the right, if to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Gen 13:10 ¶ So Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the circuit of the Jordan, that, the whole of it, was well–watered,––before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the Garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as thou enterest into Zoar.
Gen 13:11 And Lot chose for himself all the circuit of the Jordan, so Lot brake up eastwards,––and they separated themselves, each man from his brother:
Gen 13:12 Abram, fixed his dwelling in the land of Canaan,––but, Lot, fixed his dwelling among the cities of the circuit, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
Gen 13:13 Now, the men of Sodom, were base and sinful,––against Yahweh, exceedingly.
Gen 13:14 ¶ And, Yahweh, said unto Abram, after that Lot had separated himself from him, Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look, from the place where thou art,––northward and southward, and eastward and westward;
Gen 13:15 for, all the land which thou art beholding––to thee, will I give it, and to thy seed, unto times age–abiding;
Gen 13:16 and I will make thy seed, as the dust of the earth,––so that, if a man can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also, may be numbered.
Gen 13:17 Rise! go up and down in the land, to the length thereof, and to the breadth thereof, for, to thee, will I give it.
Gen 13:18 So Abram moved his tent, and came in and dwelt among the oaks of Mamre, which were in Hebron,––and built there an altar to Yahweh.
Gen 14:1 ¶ And it came to pass, in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar,––Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goim,
Gen 14:2 that they made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah,––Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela––the same, is Zoar.
Gen 14:3 All these, joined together in the valley of the open fields, the same, is the Salt Sea.
Gen 14:4 Twelve years, had they served Chedorlaomer,––but, in the thirteenth year, had they rebelled;
Gen 14:5 and, in the fourteenth year, had Chedorlaomer come in, and the kings who were with him, so they smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth–karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham,––and the Emim, in Shaveh–kiriathaim;
Gen 14:6 and the Horites in their Mount Seir,––as far as El–paran, which is by the desert.
Gen 14:7 So they returned and came in unto En–mishpat, the same, is Kadish, and smote all the field of the Amalekites,––and the Amorites also, that dwelt in Hazazon–tamar.
Gen 14:8 Thus then went forth the King of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, the same, is Zoar––and set themselves in array against them for battle, in the valley of the open fields:
Gen 14:9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar,––four kings, against five.
Gen 14:10 Now, the valley of the open fields, had many pits of bitumen, so the king of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there,––while, they who remained, towards a mountain, fled.
Gen 14:11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.
Gen 14:12 And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, with his goods, and went their way,––he, being a dweller in Sodom.
Gen 14:13 ¶ Then came in a fugitive, and told Abram the Hebrew,––he, having his dwelling among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, they, also having a covenant with Abram.
Gen 14:14 So Abram, hearing that his brother had been taken captive, drew forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
Gen 14:15 And he divided himself against them by night, he, and his servants, and smote them,––and pursued them as far as Hobah, which was on the left of Damascus.
Gen 14:16 So he brought back all the goods,––yea, Lot also his brother, with his goods, did he bring back, and the women also, and the people.
Gen 14:17 ¶ Then came forth the king of Sodom to meet him, after his return from the smiting of Chedorlaomer, and the kings who were with him,––into the vale of Shaveh, the same, was the vale of the king.
Gen 14:18 Now, Melchizedek king of Salem, had brought forth bread and wine,––he, being priest of GOD Most High.
Gen 14:19 So he blessed him, and said,––Blessed be Abram, of GOD Most High, possessor of [the] heavens and earth;
Gen 14:20 And blessed be GOD Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. So he gave unto him a tenth of all.
Gen 14:21 ¶ Then said the king of Sodom unto Abram,––Give unto me the persons, but, the goods, take thou for thyself.
Gen 14:22 And Abram said unto the king of Sodom,––I have lifted up my hand unto Yahweh, GOD Most High, possessor of [the] heavens and earth:
Gen 14:23 That, not from a thread even unto a sandal–thong,––will I take, anything, that is thine,––Lest thou shouldst say, I, enriched Abram!
Gen 14:24 Save only, what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, they may take their share.
Gen 15:1 ¶ After these things, came the word of Yahweh unto Abram, in a vision, saying,––Do not fear, Abram, I, am a shield to thee, thine exceeding great reward.
Gen 15:2 ¶ And Abram said, My Lord Yahweh, what canst thou give me, when, I, am going on childless,––and, the heir of my house, is Eliezer, of Damascus.
Gen 15:3 And Abram said––Lo, to me, hast thou not given seed,––And lo! a son of my household, is mine heir!
Gen 15:4 And lo! the word of Yahweh [came] unto him, saying, This one, shall not be thine heir; But, one who cometh forth of thy body––he, shall be thine heir.
Gen 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said––Look steadfastly, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number, them, And he said to him, Thus, shall be thy seed.
Gen 15:6 And he had faith in Yahweh,––so he reckoned it to him, as righteousness.
Gen 15:7 ¶ And he said unto him,––I, am Yahweh, who brought thee forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land, to inherit it.
Gen 15:8 And he said: My Lord Yahweh, whereby, can I know, that I shall inherit it?
Gen 15:9 And he said unto him, Take for me a heifer, three years old, and a she–goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle–dove, and a young pigeon.
Gen 15:10 So he took for him all these, and divided, them, in the midst, and placed each piece over against its fellow,––but, the birds, divided he not.
Gen 15:11 Then came down the birds of prey upon the carcases,––and Abram drove them away.
Gen 15:12 ¶ And it came to pass, when, the sun, was about to go in, and, a deep sleep, had fallen upon Abram, lo! a terror––a great darkness, was falling upon him.
Gen 15:13 And he said to Abram––Thou, must surely know, that, sojourners, will thy seed become in a land not theirs, and shall serve them, and they will humble them, four hundred years;
Gen 15:14 moreover also, the nation whom they will serve, I, am going to judge, and, after that, shall they come forth with great substance.
Gen 15:15 But, thou, shalt go in unto thy fathers, in peace,––thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Gen 15:16 And, in the fourth generation, shall they return hither,––for, not complete, is the iniquity of the Amorites, as yet.
Gen 15:17 ¶ So it came to pass, when, the sun, had gone in, and, a thick darkness, had come on, that lo! there was a smoking hearth and torch of fire, which passed through between these pieces.
Gen 15:18 In that day, did Yahweh solemnise with Abram a covenant, saying,––To thy seed, have I given this land, from the river of Egypt, as far as the great river––the river Euphrates:
Gen 15:19 the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite;
Gen 15:20 and the Hittite and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim;
Gen 15:21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
Gen 16:1 ¶ But, Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children,––she had, however, an Egyptian handmaid, whose name was Hagar.
Gen 16:2 So then Sarai said unto Abram, Behold, I pray thee, Yahweh, hath restrained me, from bearing, go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid, peradventure I may be built up from her,––And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
Gen 16:3 So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, at the end of ten years of Abram’s dwelling in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband, to be to him as a wife.
Gen 16:4 ¶ And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived,––and, when she saw that she had conceived, lightly esteemed, was her lady, in her eyes.
Gen 16:5 Then said Sarai unto Abram: My wrong, is, on thee! I, gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and, when she seeth that she hath conceived, then am I lightly esteemed in her eyes! Yahweh judge betwixt me and her.
Gen 16:6 And Abram said unto Sarai, Lo! thy handmaid, is in thy hand, do to her, what is good in thine eyes. So Sarai humbled her, and she fled from her face.
Gen 16:7 ¶ And the messenger of Yahweh found her, by the fountain of water, in the desert,––by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Gen 16:8 So he said––Hagar! handmaid of Sarai! Whence hast thou come, and whither wouldst thou go? And she said: From the face of Sarai, my lady, am, I, fleeing.
Gen 16:9 And the messenger of Yahweh said to her, Return unto thy lady,––and humble thyself under her hands.
Gen 16:10 ¶ And the messenger of Yahweh said to her, I will, greatly multiply, thy seed––so that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Gen 16:11 And the messenger of Yahweh said to her, Behold thee! with child, and about bearing a son––and thou shalt call his name Ishmael[=" God hearkeneth"], for Yahweh hath hearkened unto thy humiliation.
Gen 16:12 But, he, will be a wild ass of a man, his hand, against every one, and, every one’s hand, against him––yet, in presence of all his brethren, shall he have his habitation.
Gen 16:13 And she called the name of Yahweh, who had spoken unto her, Thou GOD of vision! For she said, Do I, even here, retain my vision after a vision?
Gen 16:14 On this account, is the well called, The well of the life of vision,––lo! it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Gen 16:15 ¶ So Hagar bare to Abram a son,––and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael.
Gen 16:16 Now, Abram, was eighty–six years old,––when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
Gen 17:1 ¶ And it came to pass that, when Abram was ninety and nine years old, Yahweh appeared unto Abram, and said unto him, I, am GOD Almighty,––Walk thou before me, and become thou blameless:
Gen 17:2 That I may set my covenant betwixt me and thee, And may multiply thee, exceedingly.
Gen 17:3 And Abram fell on his face,––and God spake with him, saying:
Gen 17:4 ¶ As for me, lo! my covenant is with thee,––So shalt thou become––father of a multitude of nations;
Gen 17:5 And thy name shall no more be called Abram,––but thy name shall become Abraham, for, father of a multitude of nations, have I appointed thee;
Gen 17:6 And I will make thee fruitful, exceedingly, and grant thee to be nations,––Yea, kings, out of thee, shall come forth;
Gen 17:7 ¶ And I will confirm my covenant betwixt me and thee, and thy seed after thee to their generations, for an age–abiding covenant,––to become to thee a God, and to thy seed after thee;
Gen 17:8 And I will give, to thee and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings––all the land of Canaan, for an age–abiding possession,––And I will be to them, a God.
Gen 17:9 And God said unto Abraham, But, as for thee, my covenant, must thou keep, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations:––
Gen 17:10 This, is my covenant, which ye shall keep, betwixt me and you, and thy seed after thee,––To circumcise to you, every male:
Gen 17:11 So shall ye be circumcised, in the flesh of your foreskin,––So shall it become a sign of a covenant, betwixt me and you.
Gen 17:12 And, he that is eight days old, shall be circumcised to you, every male to your generations,––he that is born of the house, and he that is bought with silver, of any son of a stranger, who is, not of thy seed,
Gen 17:13 He must surely be circumcised, born of thy house, or bought with thy silver,––So shall my covenant be in your flesh, for an age–abiding covenant.
Gen 17:14 But, as for the uncircumcised male who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin,––that person shall be cut off from among his people,––my covenant, hath he made void.
Gen 17:15 ¶ And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name, Sarai,––but, Sarah, is her name;
Gen 17:16 And I will bless her, yea moreover will give––from her––to thee, a son,––And I will bless her, and she shall become nations. Kings of peoples, from her, shall arise.
Gen 17:17 And Abraham fell on his face, and laughed,––and said in his heart, To one a hundred years old, shall a child be born? And shall, even Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?
Gen 17:18 And Abraham said unto God,––Oh that, Ishmael, might live before thee!
Gen 17:19 And God said––Truly, Sarah thy wife, is about to bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name, Isaac,––and I will establish my covenant with him, as an age–abiding covenant, to his seed after him.
Gen 17:20 Yet, as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo! I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and multiply him, exceedingly,––twelve princes, shall he beget, and I will grant him to be a great nation;
Gen 17:21 But, my covenant, will I establish with Isaac,––whom Sarah shall bear, to thee, by this set time, in the next year.
Gen 17:22 And he left off speaking with him,––and God went up from Abraham.
Gen 17:23 ¶ So Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all born of his house, and all bought with his silver––every male among the men of the house of Abraham,––and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin, on this selfsame day, according to that which God had spoken with him.
Gen 17:24 Now, 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 On this selfsame day, was Abraham circumcised,––and Ishmael his son;
Gen 17:27 and, all the men of his house, born of his house, and bought with silver, from the son of a stranger, were circumcised with him.
Gen 18:1 ¶ And Yahweh appeared unto him, among the oaks of Mamre,––as, he, was sitting at the opening of the tent, in the heat of the day.
Gen 18:2 And he lifted up his eyes, and looked, and lo! three men, standing over against him,––so he looked, and ran to meet them from the opening of the tent, and bowed himself to the earth;
Gen 18:3 and said,––O My Lord! if, I pray thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, do not, I pray thee, pass on from thy servant.
Gen 18:4 Let there be fetched, I pray thee, a little water, and bathe ye your feet,––and rest yourselves under the tree.
Gen 18:5 And let me fetch a morsel of bread, and stay ye your heart, Afterwards, ye may pass on, For, on this account, have ye passed by, over against your servant. And they said, Thus, shalt thou do, as thou hast spoken.
Gen 18:6 So Abraham hastened towards the tent, unto Sarah,––and said, Hasten thou three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make hearth–cakes.
Gen 18:7 And, unto the herd, ran Abraham,––and took a calf, tender and good, and gave unto the young man, and he hastened to make it ready.
Gen 18:8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf that he had made ready, and set before them,––while, he, was standing near them under the tree, they did eat.
Gen 18:9 ¶ And they said unto him, As to Sarah thy wife. . . . And he said, Lo! [she is] in the tent.
Gen 18:10 And he said, I will, surely return, unto thee, at the quickening season,––and lo! a son, for Sarah thy wife. Now, Sarah, was hearkening at the opening of the tent, it, being behind him.
Gen 18:11 But, Abraham and Sarah, were old, far gone in days,––it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Gen 18:12 So then Sarah laughed within herself, saying: After I am past age, hath there come to me pleasure, my lord, also being old?
Gen 18:13 And Yahweh said unto Abraham,––Wherefore, now, did Sarah laugh, saying, Can it really and truly be that I should bear, seeing that, I, have become old?
Gen 18:14 Is anything, too wonderful for Yahweh? At the appointed time, I will return unto thee, at the quickening season, and, Sarah, shall have a son.
Gen 18:15 And Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not, For she was afraid. And he said––Nay! but thou didst laugh!
Gen 18:16 ¶ And the men rose up from thence, and looked out over the face of Sodom,––Abraham also, going with them, to set them on their way.
Gen 18:17 Now, Yahweh, had said,––Am I going to hide from Abraham what I do,
Gen 18:18 when, Abraham, shall, surely become, a great and mighty nation,––and all the nations of the earth, shall be blessed in him?
Gen 18:19 For I have become his intimate friend, To the end that he may command his sons and his house after him, so shall they keep the way of Yahweh, by doing righteousness and justice,––To the end that Yahweh may bring in for Abraham, what he hath spoken concerning him.
Gen 18:20 So Yahweh said, The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah, because it hath become great,––And their sin, because it hath become exceeding grievous,
Gen 18:21 Let me go down, pray, and let me behold, whether, according to their outcry which hath come in unto me, they have done altogether, And if not, I must know!
Gen 18:22 And the men turned from thence, and went their way, towards Sodom,––but, Yahweh, was yet standing before Abraham.
Gen 18:23 ¶ So then Abraham drew near, and said,––Wilt thou really sweep away, the righteous, with the lawless?
Gen 18:24 Peradventure there are fifty righteous, in the midst of the city, Wilt thou really sweep away, and not spare the place, for the sake of the fifty righteous, which are therein?
Gen 18:25 Far be it from thee! to do after this manner, to put to death the righteous with the lawless! Then should righteous and lawless be alike,––Far be it from thee! Shall, the Judge of all the earth, not do, justice?
Gen 18:26 And Yahweh said, If I find in Sodom, fifty righteous, in the midst of the city, then will I spare all the place for their sake.
Gen 18:27 And Abraham responded, and said,––Behold, I pray thee, I have ventured to speak unto My Lord, though, I, am dust and ashes:
Gen 18:28 Peradventure there may lack, of the fifty righteous, five, Wilt thou destroy, for five, all the city? And he said,––I will not destroy, if I find there, forty and five.
Gen 18:29 And he added, yet once more, to speak unto him, and said, Peradventure there may be found there––forty. And he said––I will not do it, for the sake of the forty.
Gen 18:30 And he said, Let it not, I pray thee, be vexing to My Lord, but let me speak, Peradventure there may be found there––thirty. And he said, I will not to it, if I find there––thirty.
Gen 18:31 And he said, Behold, I pray thee, I have ventured to speak unto My Lord, Peradventure there may be found there––twenty. And he said, I will not destroy [it], for the sake of the twenty.
Gen 18:32 And he said, Let it not, I pray thee, be vexing to My Lord, but let me speak, only this once, Peradventure there may be found there––ten. And he said, I will not destroy [it], for the sake of the ten!
Gen 18:33 And Yahweh went his way, when he had made an end, of speaking unto Abraham,––Abraham, also returned to his place.
Gen 19:1 ¶ So the two messengers went in towards Sodom, at eventide, Lot, being seated in the gate of Sodom,––so Lot beheld, and rose up to meet them, and bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Gen 19:2 And he said, Behold, I pray you, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into the house of your servant,––and tarry the night, and bathe your feet, so shall ye rise early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay, but, in the broadway, will we tarry the night.
Gen 19:3 But he became exceeding urgent with them, so they turned aside unto him, and entered into his house,––and he made for them a banquet, unleavened cakes, also did he bake, and they did eat.
Gen 19:4 ¶ Ere yet they lay down, the men of the city––the men of Sodom, had come round against the house, from youth, even unto age,––all the people from every quarter.
Gen 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said to him, Where are the men who have come in unto thee, tonight? Bring them forth unto us, and let us know them!
Gen 19:6 And Lot went forth unto them, to the entrance; but, the door, closed he behind him.
Gen 19:7 And he said,––Do not, I pray you, my brethren, act wickedly.
Gen 19:8 Behold, I pray you, I, have two daughters who have not known man, I must needs, now, bring, them, forth unto you, and do ye, to them, as may be good in your eyes,––Only, to these men, ye may do nothing; for, on this account, have they come under the shade of my roof.
Gen 19:9 And they said, Stand back, And they said, This one, by himself, hath come in to sojourn, and must always be acting the judge, Now, will we do more wickedly to thee, than to them. So they pressed sore upon the man––upon Lot––exceedingly, and drew near to break open the door.
Gen 19:10 And the men thrust forth their hand, and brought Lot in unto them, into the house––and, the door, they closed:
Gen 19:11 the men also who were at the entrance of the house, smote they with blindness, from small even unto great, so that they wearied themselves to find the entrance.
Gen 19:12 ¶ And the men said unto Lot, Whom, besides, hast thou here? Son–in–law, and thy sons and thy daughters, and all that thou hast in the city, bring thou forth out of the place;
Gen 19:13 For we are about to destroy this place,––for, great, is the outcry of them unto the face of Yahweh, so that Yahweh hath sent us to destroy it.
Gen 19:14 And Lot went forth and spake unto his sons–in–law who were about to take his two daughters, and said, Arise, come forth out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city. And it came to pass, that he was as one that laughed, in the eyes of his sons–in–law.
Gen 19:15 ¶ But, as soon as, the dawn, had sprung up, the messengers hastened Lot, saying,––Arise! take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are at hand, lest thou be swept away in the punishment of the city.
Gen 19:16 And he lingered––so the men laid hold of his hand and of the hand of his wife, and of the hand of his two daughters, in the tenderness of Yahweh towards him,––and they brought him out, and led him forth outside the city.
Gen 19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth outside, that they said, Escape for thy life, Look not behind thee, neither stand still in all the vale,––To the mountain, escape thou, lest thou be swept away.
Gen 19:18 And Lot said unto them,––No, I pray thee, My Lord!
Gen 19:19 Behold, I pray thee, thy servant hath found favour in thine eyes, so that thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness which thou hast performed with me, in keeping alive my soul.––But, I, cannot escape to the mountain, lest calamity overtake me, so shall I die.
Gen 19:20 Behold, I pray thee, this city, is near, for fleeing thither, And, it, is a little one,––let me, I pray thee, escape thither––is it not a, little, one? That my soul may live!
Gen 19:21 And he said unto him, Behold! I have lifted up thy countenance, even as to this thing,––so that I will not overthrow the city, of which thou hast spoken.
Gen 19:22 Haste thee, escape thither, for I cannot do anything, until thou have come in thither. For this cause, was the name of the city called, Zoar.
Gen 19:23 When, the sun, had come forth on the earth, Lot, had entered into Zoar.
Gen 19:24 ¶ And, Yahweh, rained, upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire,––from Yahweh, out of the heavens:
Gen 19:25 so he overthrew these cities, and all the circuit,––and all the inhabitants of the cities, and the produce of the ground.
Gen 19:26 ¶ But his wife looked from behind him,––and became––a pillar of salt.
Gen 19:27 ¶ And Abraham gat up early in the morning,––unto the place, where he had stood before Yahweh;
Gen 19:28 and he looked out over the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and over all the face of the land of the circuit,––and beheld, and lo! the smoke of the land went up, like the smoke of a furnace.
Gen 19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the circuit, that God remembered Abraham,––and sent forth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities wherein Lot had dwelt.
Gen 19:30 ¶ And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he feared to dwell in Zoar,––so he dwelt in a cave, he, and his two daughters.
Gen 19:31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father, is old,––and, a man, there is not in the earth, to come in unto us, after the way of all the earth.
Gen 19:32 Come on! let us cause our father to drink wine, and let us lie with him,––that we may keep alive, from our father, a seed.
Gen 19:33 So they caused their father to drink wine, that night,––and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father, but he noticed not her lying down nor her rising up.
Gen 19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Lo! I lay, last night, with my father,––let us cause him to drink wine, this night also, and go thou in––lie with him, that we may keep alive, from our father, a seed.
Gen 19:35 So they caused their father, on that night also, to drink wine,––and the younger arose, and lay with him, but he noticed not her lying down, nor her rising up.
Gen 19:36 Thus did, the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father.
Gen 19:37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab,––the same, is the father of Moab, unto this day.
Gen 19:38 And, the younger––she also, bare a son, and called his name Ben–ammi,––the same, is the father of the sons of Ammon––unto this day.
Gen 20:1 ¶ And Abraham brake up from thence, towards the land of the South, and fixed his dwelling between Kadesh and Shur,––so he sojourned in Gerar.
Gen 20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: My, sister, is she,––So Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Gen 20:3 ¶ Then God went in unto Abimelech, in a dream of the night,––and said to him, Behold thee––dead! because of the woman whom thou hast taken, seeing that, she, is a married woman.
Gen 20:4 Now, Abimelech, had not come near unto her,––so he said, O My Lord! a nation––even a righteous one, wilt thou slay?
Gen 20:5 Had not, he himself, said to me, My sister, is she? and, even she herself, said, My brother, is he? In the integrity of my heart and in the pureness of my hand, have I done this!
Gen 20:6 And God said unto him in a dream, I also, knew, that, in the integrity of thy heart, thou didst this, so then, even I myself, withheld thee from sinning against me,––for this reason, have I not suffered thee to touch her.
Gen 20:7 Now, therefore, restore the man’s wife, for, a prophet, is he, that he may pray for thee, and live thou,––But, if thou art not going to restore her, know, that thou, shalt die, thou––and all that are thine.
Gen 20:8 ¶ So Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and spake all these words in their ears,––and the men feared greatly.
Gen 20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What hast thou done to us? and wherein had I sinned against thee, that thou shouldst have brought in over me and over my kingdom, a sin so great? Deeds which should not be done, hast thou done with me.
Gen 20:10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham,––What hadst thou seen, that thou shouldst have done this thing?
Gen 20:11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely there is no fear of God, in this place,––therefore will they slay me for the sake of my wife.
Gen 20:12 Moreover also, in truth, my sister, daughter of my father, she is, only not daughter of my mother,––so she became my wife.
Gen 20:13 And so it came to pass, when the Gods caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said to her, This, is thy lovingkindness, wherewith thou shalt deal with me,––Into whatsoever place we enter, say of me, My brother, is he.
Gen 20:14 ¶ Then took Abimelech sheep and oxen, and men–servants and maid–servants, and gave to Abraham,––and restored to him Sarah his wife.
Gen 20:15 And Abimelech said, Lo! my land, is before thee,––wherever it may seem good in thine eyes, dwell.
Gen 20:16 And, to Sarah, he said, Lo! I have given a thousand of silver unto thy brother: Lo! that, is for thee, as a covering of eyes, to all who are with thee,––And so, in every way, hath right been done.
Gen 20:17 And Abraham prayed unto God,––and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid–servants, so that they bare children.
Gen 20:18 For Yahweh, had restrained from bearing, every female of the house of Abimelech,––because of Sarah, wife of Abraham.
Gen 21:1 ¶ Now, Yahweh, visited Sarah, as he had said,––And Yahweh did for Sarah, as he had spoken.
Gen 21:2 So, Sarah, conceived and bare, to Abraham, a son, for his old age,––at the set time, of which God had spoken with him.
Gen 21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom, Sarah, bare to him, Isaac.
Gen 21:4 And Abraham circumcised Isaac his son, when eight days old,––as God commanded him.
Gen 21:5 Now Abraham was a hundred years old,––when Isaac his son was born to him.
Gen 21:6 And Sarah said, A laughing, hath God made for me,––Everyone that heareth, will laugh with me!
Gen 21:7 And she said––Who would have announced to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled children? yet have I borne a son, for his old age!
Gen 21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned,––and Abraham made a great banquet, on the day of the weaning of Isaac.
Gen 21:9 ¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian woman, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing!
Gen 21:10 So she said to Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son,––for the son of this bondwoman must not inherit, with my son, with Isaac.
Gen 21:11 And the word was very grievous in the eyes of Abraham,––on account of his son.
Gen 21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thine eyes concerning the boy and concerning thy bondwoman, In all that Sarah may say unto thee, hearken to her voice,––For, in Isaac, shall there be called to thee––a seed.
Gen 21:13 Yet, even the son of the bondwoman, will I appoint to become, a nation, because, thy seed, he is.
Gen 21:14 ¶ So Abraham rose up early in the morning––and took bread and a skin of water, and gave unto Hagar,––putting them on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her forth,––so she went her way and wandered, in the desert of Beer–sheba.
Gen 21:15 And the water out of the skin was spent,––so she cast the child under one of the shrubs;
Gen 21:16 and went and sat her down over against him, at a distance like as of such as draw the bow, for she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child,––So she sat down over against him, and the boy lifted up his voice, and wept.
Gen 21:17 And God heard the voice of the boy, and a messenger of God called unto Hagar out of the heavens, and said to her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Do not fear, for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the boy, where he is.
Gen 21:18 Arise, lift up the boy, and hold him up with thy hand,––for, a great nation, will I make him.
Gen 21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water,––and went and filled the skin with water, and gave drink unto the boy.
Gen 21:20 And it came to pass, that God was with the boy, and he grew,––and dwelt in the desert, and he became, as he grew up, an archer.
Gen 21:21 And he dwelt in the desert of Paran,––and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Gen 21:22 ¶ And it came to pass, at that time, that Abimelech, with Phicol chieftain of his host, spake unto Abraham, saying,––God, is with thee in all that, thou, art doing.
Gen 21:23 Now, therefore, swear to me by God, here, that thou wilt not deal falsely by me, nor by mine offspring, nor by my descendants,––according to the lovingkindness wherewith I have dealt with thee, shalt thou deal with me, and with the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
Gen 21:24 And Abraham said, I, will swear.
Gen 21:25 But Abraham reproved Abimelech,––on account of the well of water, which the servants of Abimelech had seized.
Gen 21:26 And Abimelech said, I know not, who hath done this thing,––nor hast, even thou, ever told me, nor have, even I, ever heard, save today.
Gen 21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave to Abimelech,––and they two solemnised a covenant.
Gen 21:28 So then Abraham set seven young sheep of the flock, by themselves.
Gen 21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What, then, mean these seven young sheep, here, which thou hast set by themselves?
Gen 21:30 And he said, The seven young sheep, shalt thou take at my hand,––that they may serve as my witness, that I digged this well.
Gen 21:31 On this account, was the name of that place called Beer–sheba[=" oath well"], ––because, there, had they two sworn.
Gen 21:32 And when they had solemnised a covenant in Beer–sheba,––then arose Abimelech, with Phicol chief of his host, and returned unto the land of the Philistines.
Gen 21:33 ¶ Then planted he a tamarisk tree in Beer–sheba,––and called there on the name of Yahweh, the age–abiding GOD.
Gen 21:34 So Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
Gen 22:1 ¶ And it came to pass, after these things, that, God, did prove Abraham,––and he said unto him, Abraham! And he said, Behold me!
Gen 22:2 And he said––Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou lovest, even, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah,––and cause him to ascend there, as an ascending–sacrifice, on one of the mountains, which I shall name unto thee.
Gen 22:3 ¶ So Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took his two young men with him, and Isaac his son,––and clave the pieces of wood for an ascending–sacrifice, and mounted and went his way unto the place which God had named to him.
Gen 22:4 It was, on the third day, that Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place, afar off.
Gen 22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men––Tarry by yourselves here, with the ass, but, I and the young man, must go yonder,––that we may bow ourselves down, and return unto you.
Gen 22:6 So Abraham took the pieces of wood for the ascending–sacrifice, and laid them on Isaac his son, and took in his own hand, the fire and the knife,––and they went on their way, both of them, together.
Gen 22:7 Then said Isaac unto Abraham his father, then said he: My father! And he said, Behold me, my son,––And he said, Behold––the fire, and the pieces of wood,––but where is the lamb, for an ascending–sacrifice?
Gen 22:8 And Abraham said, God, will provide for himself the lamb, for an ascending–sacrifice, my son! So they went on their way, both of them, together.
Gen 22:9 Then came they into the place which God had named to him, and Abraham built there the altar, and laid in order the pieces of wood,––and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, above the pieces of wood.
Gen 22:10 And Abraham put forth his hand, and took the knife,––to slay his son.
Gen 22:11 ¶ Then called out unto him the messenger of Yahweh, out of the heavens, and said, Abraham, Abraham! And he said, Behold me!
Gen 22:12 Then he said, Do not put forth thy hand, unto the young man, neither do to him––anything at all,––for, now, know I that, one who reverest God, thou art, when thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from me.
Gen 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and lo! a ram, behind, caught in a thicket by his horns,––and Abraham went, and took the ram, and caused him to ascend as an ascending–sacrifice, instead of his son.
Gen 22:14 So Abraham called the name of that place, Yahweh–yireh,––as to which it is still said today, In the mountain of Yahweh, will provision be made.
Gen 22:15 ¶ Then called out the messenger of Yahweh, unto Abraham,––a second time, out of the heavens;
Gen 22:16 and said, By myself, have I sworn is the oracle of Yahweh,––Because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one,
Gen 22:17 That I will, richly bless, thee, and, abundantly multiply, thy seed, as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the lip of the sea,––that thy seed may take possession of the gate of his foes:
Gen 22:18 So shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves in thy seed,––Because thou didst hearken unto my voice.
Gen 22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they mounted, and went on their way together, unto Beer–sheba,––and Abraham dwelt in Beer–sheba.
Gen 22:20 ¶ And it came to pass, after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying,––Behold! Milcah––she also, hath borne sons, to Nahor thy brother:
Gen 22:21 Uz his firstborn, and Buz his brother,––and Kemuel, father of Aram––
Gen 22:22 and Chesed and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph,––and Bethuel;
Gen 22:23 And, Bethuel, hath begotten Rebekah,––These eight, hath Milcah borne to Nahor, brother of Abraham.
Gen 22:24 And, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also, hath borne Tebah and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
Gen 23:1 ¶ And the life of Sarah came to be, a hundred and twenty–seven years,––the years of the life of Sarah.
Gen 23:2 And Sarah died in Kiriath–arba, the same, is Hebron, in the land of Canaan,––and Abraham went in to wail for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Gen 23:3 ¶ And Abraham rose up from over the face of his dead,––and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying;
Gen 23:4 A sojourner and settler, am I with you,––Give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, That I may bury my dead, from before me.
Gen 23:5 And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him:
Gen 23:6 Hear us, my lord! A prince of God, art thou in our midst, In the choice of our buryingplaces, bury thy dead,––Not, a man from among us, his buryingplace, will withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.
Gen 23:7 And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth;
Gen 23:8 and spake with them, saying,––If it is with the consent of your minds, that I should bury my dead from before me, hear me, and intercede for me, with Ephron son of Zohar:
Gen 23:9 That he would give me, the cave of Machpelah, which pertaineth unto him, which is within the bounds of his field,––For full silver, let him give it me, in your midst, For a possession of a buryingplace.
Gen 23:10 Now, Ephron, was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth,––so Ephron the Hittite responded to Abraham, in the ears of the sons of Heth, even all that were entering the gate of his city, saying:
Gen 23:11 Nay, my lord, hear me, The field, have I given to thee, And, the cave that is therein, to thee, have I given it,––In the eyes of the sons of my people, have I given it thee, Bury thy dead.
Gen 23:12 So Abraham boweth himself down, before the people of the land:
Gen 23:13 and spake unto Ephron, in the ears of the people of the land, saying, Only if, thou, wouldst, hear me,––I have given the silver of the field, Take it of me, That I may bury my dead here.
Gen 23:14 And Ephron responded to Abraham, saying to him,
Gen 23:15 My lord, hear me,––Land worth four hundred shekels of silver––betwixt me and thee, what is that? And, thy dead, bury thou.
Gen 23:16 ¶ And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver of which he had spoken in the ears of the sons of Heth,––four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant.
Gen 23:17 So was confirmed the field of Ephron, which is in Machpelah, which is before Mamre,––the field, and the cave which is therein, and all the timber which was in the field, which was in all the boundary thereof round about,
Gen 23:18 to Abraham as a purchase, in the eyes of the sons of Heth,––with all who were entering the gate of his city.
Gen 23:19 And, after this, did Abraham bury Sarah his wife, within the cave of the field of Machpelah, over against Mamre, the same, is Hebron,––in the land of Canaan.
Gen 23:20 So was confirmed the field, with the cave which was therein, to Abraham, for a possession of a buryingplace,––from the sons of Heth.
Gen 24:1 ¶ Now, Abraham, was old, far gone in days,––and, Yahweh, had blessed Abraham, in all things.
Gen 24:2 So Abraham said unto his servant, elder of his house, ruler of all that he had,––Place, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh;
Gen 24:3 that I may put thee on oath, by Yahweh God of the heavens, and God of the earth––That thou wilt not take a wife for my son, from among the daughters of the Canaanites, in the midst of whom, I, am dwelling:
Gen 24:4 but, unto my own land and unto my own kindred, wilt go,––So shalt thou take a wife, for my son––for Isaac.
Gen 24:5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman may not be willing to follow me into this land,––May I, take back, thy son, into the land from whence thou camest?
Gen 24:6 And Abraham said unto him,––Beware, that thou do not take back my son thither!
Gen 24:7 Yahweh, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, who took me out of the house of my father, and out of the land of my kindred, and who spake to me, and who sware to me, saying, To thy seed, will I give this land, he, will send his messenger, before thee, so shalt thou take a wife for my son, from thence.
Gen 24:8 But, if unwilling be the woman to follow thee, then shalt thou be clear, from this mine oath,––Only, my son, shalt thou not take back thither!
Gen 24:9 So the servant placed his hand, under the thigh of Abraham, his lord,––and sware to him, over this thing.
Gen 24:10 ¶ Then took the servant ten camels, from among the camels of his lord, and went his way,––all the goods of his master, being in his hand,––so be mounted, and went his way unto Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Gen 24:11 And he made the camels kneel down outside the city, against the well of water,––at the time of evening, at the time of the coming forth of the women that drew water.
Gen 24:12 Then he said, O Yahweh, God of my lord Abraham! I pray thee, cause it to fall out before me today,––that thou deal in lovingkindness, with my lord Abraham.
Gen 24:13 Here am, I, stationed by the fountain of water,––and, the daughters of the men of the city, are coming forth to draw water:
Gen 24:14 so it shall come to pass that, the young woman unto whom I shall say, Let down, pray, thy pitcher, that I may drink, and she shall say, Drink, and, to thy camels also, will I give to drink, that, her, hast thou appointed for thy servant, for Isaac, And, hereby, shall I get to know, that thou hast dealt in lovingkindness with my lord!
Gen 24:15 And it came to pass, ere yet, he, had done speaking, that lo! Rebekah, was coming forth, who had been born to Bethuel son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, brother of Abraham,––with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
Gen 24:16 Now, the young woman, was of very pleasing appearance, a virgin whom, no man, had known,––and she went down unto the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
Gen 24:17 And the servant ran to meet her,––and said, I pray thee, let me drink a little water, out of thy pitcher.
Gen 24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord,––And she hastened, and lowered her pitcher on her hand, and let him drink.
Gen 24:19 And, when she had done giving him drink,––she said, For thy camels also, will I draw, until they have done drinking.
Gen 24:20 So she hastened, and emptied her pitcher into the drinking–trough, and ran again unto the well, to draw,––and she drew for all his camels.
Gen 24:21 Now, the man, was eagerly watching her,––keeping silence, to see––whether Yahweh had prospered his way, or not.
Gen 24:22 And it came to pass, when the camels had done drinking, that the man took a ring of gold, half a shekel its weight,––and two bracelets, for her hands, ten of gold their weight;
Gen 24:23 and said, Whose daughter art, thou? I pray thee, tell me. Is there, in the house of thy father, a place for us to tarry the night?
Gen 24:24 And she said unto him, Daughter of Bethuel, am, I,––[Bethuel] son of Milcah, whom she bare to Nahor.
Gen 24:25 And she said unto him, Both straw and fodder in plenty, have we,––also a place, to tarry the night.
Gen 24:26 Then the man bowed his head, and bent himself down unto Yahweh;
Gen 24:27 and said, Blessed be Yahweh, God of my lord Abraham, who hath not withdrawn his lovingkindness and his faithfulness, from my lord,––I––being in the way, Yahweh led me unto the house of the brethren of my lord!
Gen 24:28 And the young woman ran, and told the household of her mother,––according to these words.
Gen 24:29 ¶ Now, Rebekah, had a brother, whose name, was Laban,––so Laban ran unto the man, outside, unto the fountain.
Gen 24:30 And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister saying, Thus, did the man speak unto me, that he came unto the man, and lo! he was standing by the camels, near the fountain;
Gen 24:31 and he said, Come in, thou blessed of Yahweh,––Wherefore shouldst thou stand outside, when, I, have made ready the house and a place for the camels?
Gen 24:32 So the man came in towards the house, and ungirded the camels,––and there was given him straw and fodder for the camels, and water for bathing his own feet, and the feet of the men who were with him;
Gen 24:33 and [food] was set before him to eat, But he said, I cannot eat, until I have spoken my words. And he said––Speak!
Gen 24:34 Then said he,––Servant of Abraham, am I.
Gen 24:35 Now, Yahweh, having blessed my lord exceedingly, and made him great,––and given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men–servants and maid–servants, and camels, and asses,
Gen 24:36 then did Sarah, wife of my lord, bear a son to my lord, after she had become old,––so he gave to him all that he had;
Gen 24:37 And my lord put me on oath, saying,––Thou shalt not take a wife for my son, of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land, I, am dwelling;
Gen 24:38 but, unto the house of my father, shalt thou go, and unto my family,––and take a wife for my son.
Gen 24:39 So I said unto my lord,––Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
Gen 24:40 And he said unto me,––Yahweh, before whom I have walked to and fro, will send his messenger with thee, so shall he prosper thy way, and thou shalt take a wife for my son out of my kindred, and out of the house of my father.
Gen 24:41 Then, shalt thou clear thyself from mine oath, for thou shalt go in unto my kindred,––and, if they will not grant her unto thee, then shalt thou be clear from mine oath.
Gen 24:42 So I came in today, unto the fountain,––and I said, O Yahweh, God of my lord Abraham! if, I pray thee, thou art prospering my way whereon, I, am going,
Gen 24:43 here am I, stationed by the fountain of water,––so then it shall come to pass that, the maiden that is coming forth to draw, and I shall say unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee, a little water out of thy pitcher;
Gen 24:44 and she shall say unto me, Both, thou, drink, and, for thy camels also, will I draw, the same, shall be the woman whom Yahweh hath appointed for the son of my lord.
Gen 24:45 Ere yet, I, could make an end of speaking unto mine own heart, lo! then, Rebekah, coming forth, with her pitcher on her shoulder, and she went down to the fountain, and drew,––and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee!
Gen 24:46 So she hastened, and lowered her pitcher from off her, and said, Drink! and, to thy camels also, will I give to drink,––So I drank, and, the camels also, she let drink.
Gen 24:47 Then I asked her, and said, Whose daughter, art, thou? And she said, Daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom, Milcah, bare to him,––Then put I the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands;
Gen 24:48 and bowed my head and bent myself down, unto Yahweh,––and I blessed Yahweh, God of my lord Abraham, who had led me, in a way of faithfulness, to take the daughter of the brother of my lord, for his son.
Gen 24:49 Now, therefore, if ye are dealing in lovingkindness and faithfulness with my lord, tell me,––and, if not, tell me, that I may turn unto the right hand, or unto the left.
Gen 24:50 Then answered Laban and Bethuel, and said, from Yahweh, hath come forth the word,––we cannot speak unto thee, ill or well.
Gen 24:51 Lo! Rebekah, is before thee, Take [her] and go thy way,––And let her become wife unto the son of thy lord, as Yahweh hath spoken.
Gen 24:52 And it came to pass, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, that he bowed himself down towards the earth unto Yahweh.
Gen 24:53 Then the servant brought forth jewels of silver and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave unto Rebekah,––and, precious things, gave he to her brother, and to her mother.
Gen 24:54 ¶ And they did eat and drink, he, and the men who were with him, and they tarried the night,––and when they arose in the morning, he said, Let me go unto my lord!
Gen 24:55 Then said her brother and her mother, Let the young woman remain with us some days, or rather ten,––After that, she shall go.
Gen 24:56 And he said unto them, Do not hinder me, when, Yahweh, hath prospered my journey,––Let me go, that I may take my journey unto my lord!
Gen 24:57 Then said they, We must call the young woman, and ask at her mouth.
Gen 24:58 So they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
Gen 24:59 So they let go Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.
Gen 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Our sister! become, thou, thousands of ten thousands,––And let thy seed take possession of the gate of them that hate them!
Gen 24:61 Then mounted Rebekah and her young woman, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man,––so the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
Gen 24:62 ¶ Now, Isaac, had come in at the entrance, of Beer–lahai–roi,––for, he, was dwelling in the land of the South:
Gen 24:63 and Isaac came forth to meditate in the field, at the approach of evening,––so he lifted up his eyes, and looked, and lo! camels, coming in.
Gen 24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and saw Isaac,––so she alighted with haste from off the camel;
Gen 24:65 and said unto the servant, Who, is this man that is walking in the field, to meet us? And the servant said, That, is my lord. So she took the veil, and covered herself.
Gen 24:66 And the servant recounted to Isaac,––all the things which he had done.
Gen 24:67 And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother; thus he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her,––and Isaac consoled himself, for the loss of his mother.
Gen 25:1 ¶ And Abraham took another wife, and, her name, was Keturah;
Gen 25:2 and she bare to him Zimran, and Yokshan, and Medan, and Midian,––and Ishbak, and Shuah.
Gen 25:3 And, Yokshan, begat Sheba and Dedan,––and, the sons of Dedan, were Asshurim and Letushim, and Leummim.
Gen 25:4 And, the sons of Midian, Ephah and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah,––all these, were the sons of Keturah.
Gen 25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac;
Gen 25:6 but, to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts,––and then sent them away from Isaac his son, while he himself yet lived, eastward, unto the land of the east.
Gen 25:7 Now, these, are the days of the years of the life of Abraham, which he lived,––a hundred and seventy–five years.
Gen 25:8 So Abraham breathed his last, and died, in a fine old age, old and satisfied,––and was gathered unto his people.
Gen 25:9 And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him, in the cave of Machpelah,––in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, which is over against Mamre;
Gen 25:10 the field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth,––there, was buried Abraham, with Sarah his wife.
Gen 25:11 ¶ And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son,––and Isaac dwelt by Beer–lahai–roi.
Gen 25:12 Now, these, are the generations of Ishmael, son of Abraham,––whom Hagar the Egyptian woman, the handmaid of Sarah, bare to Abraham;
Gen 25:13 and, these, are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, after their generations,––the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar and Adbeel, and Mibsam;
Gen 25:14 and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa;
Gen 25:15 Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
Gen 25:16 these same, are the sons of Ishmael, and, these, their names, by their villages, and by their encampments,––twelve princes, after their tribes.
Gen 25:17 And, these, are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty–seven years,––and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered unto his people.
Gen 25:18 And they stretched their habitations, from Havilah as far as to Shur, which is over against Egypt, as thou goest in towards Assyria,––over against all his brethren, he settled down.
Gen 25:19 ¶ And, these, are the generations of Isaac, son of Abraham,––Abraham, begat Isaac;
Gen 25:20 and it came to pass, that, Isaac, was forty years old, when he took Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, of the Plain of Syria,––sister of Laban the Syrian, to himself to wife.
Gen 25:21 So then Isaac made entreaty unto Yahweh, in behalf of his wife, for she was, barren,––and Yahweh suffered himself to be entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Gen 25:22 And the sons within her struggled together, so she said––If so, wherefore now am, I, [thus]? And she went to seek Yahweh.
Gen 25:23 And Yahweh said to her, Two nations, are in thy womb, And, two races, from thy body, shall be parted,––And, one race, shall be stronger, than the other race, And, the elder, shall serve the younger.
Gen 25:24 Then were fulfilled her days to bring forth,––and lo! twins, in her womb.
Gen 25:25 And the first came forth red, all over, as a mantle of hair,––so they called his name, Esau.
Gen 25:26 And, after that, came forth his brother, with his hand fast hold of the heel of Esau, so they called his name, Jacob,––Now, Isaac, was sixty years old, when she bare them.
Gen 25:27 And, when the youths grew up, it came to pass that, Esau, was a man skilled in game, a man of the field,––but, Jacob, was a ready man, dwelling in tents.
Gen 25:28 And, Isaac, loved, Esau, because of the game [he put] in his mouth,––but, Rebekah, was a lover of, Jacob.
Gen 25:29 ¶ And Jacob had boiled pottage,––when Esau came in from the field, he, being famished.
Gen 25:30 So Esau said unto Jacob, Do let me devour some of the red––this red, for, famished, I am. For this cause, was his name called Edom.
Gen 25:31 And Jacob said,––Come sell, just now, thy birthright, unto me.
Gen 25:32 And Esau said, Here am, I, on the point of dying,––wherefore, then, should I, have, a birthright?
Gen 25:33 And Jacob said, Come swear to me, just now! And he sware to him,––and sold his birthright, to Jacob.
Gen 25:34 And, Jacob, having given to Esau bread and a dish of lentils, he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way,––thus Esau despised, his birthright!
Gen 26:1 ¶ And there came to be a famine in the land, besides the first famine, which happened in the days of Abraham,––so Isaac went his way unto Abimelech, king of the Philistines, towards Gerar;
Gen 26:2 and Yahweh appeared unto him, and said, Do not go down towards Egypt,––Make thy habitation in the land, which I may name unto thee:
Gen 26:3 Sojourn in this land, that I may be with thee, and bless thee,––for, to thee, and to thy seed, will I give all these lands, So will I establish the oath which I sware to Abraham, thy father;
Gen 26:4 and will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and will give to thy seed, all these lands,––And all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves in thy seed:
Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham hearkened unto my voice,––and so kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes and my laws.
Gen 26:6 ¶ So Isaac dwelt in Gerar.
Gen 26:7 Then asked the men of the place, as to his wife, and he said, My sister, is she,––For he feared to say, My wife, lest [said he] the men of the place should slay me, on account of Rebekah, for, fair to look on, she is.
Gen 26:8 And it came to pass, when the days had lengthened out to him there, that Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out through the lattice of a window,––and he beheld, and lo! Isaac––laughing with Rebekah his wife.
Gen 26:9 So Abimelech called for Isaac, and said, But lo! she is, thy wife! How, then, saidst thou, She is, my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die on her account.
Gen 26:10 Then said Abimelech, What, is this, thou hast done to us? A little more, and one of the people might have lien with thy wife, so shouldst thou have brought upon us, guilt.
Gen 26:11 And Abimelech commanded all the people, saying,––He that toucheth this man or his wife, shall, surely be put to death.
Gen 26:12 ¶ And Isaac sowed in that land, and found, in the same year, a hundredfold,––seeing that Yahweh had blessed him.
Gen 26:13 So the man waxed great,––and went on and on waxing great, until that he had waxed exceeding great.
Gen 26:14 So he came to have possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a large body of servants,––and the Philistines envied him.
Gen 26:15 And, as for all the wells, which the servants of his father digged, in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them up, and filled them with dust.
Gen 26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac,––Get thee from us, for thou hast become far mightier than we.
Gen 26:17 So Isaac went from thence,––and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Gen 26:18 And Isaac again digged the wells of water which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father, and which the Philistines stopped up after the death of Abraham,––and he called their names, after the names which his father called them.
Gen 26:19 And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley,––and found, there, a well of living water.
Gen 26:20 And the herdmen of Gerar disputed with the herdmen of Isaac, saying, Ours, is the water! So he called the name of the well, Esek, because they had stirred up a quarrel with him.
Gen 26:21 And they digged another well, and they disputed over that also,––so he called the name thereof, Sitnah.
Gen 26:22 And he moved on from thence, and digged another well, and they disputed not for it,––so he called the name thereof, Rehoboth, and said, For, now, hath Yahweh made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
Gen 26:23 And he went up from thence, to Beer–sheba.
Gen 26:24 And Yahweh appeared unto him the same night, and said, I, am the God of Abraham thy father,––Do not fear, for, with thee, am, I, And I will bless thee, and multiply thy seed, For the sake of Abraham my servant.
Gen 26:25 So he builded there all altar, and called on the name of Yahweh, and spread out there, his tent,––and the servants of Isaac cut out there, a well.
Gen 26:26 ¶ And, Abimelech, came unto him from Gerar,––with Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol, commander of his host.
Gen 26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore have ye come in mite me,––seeing that, ye, hated me, and sent me away from you?
Gen 26:28 And they said: We, saw plainly, that Yahweh was with thee, so we said, Let there be, we pray thee, an oath betwixt us both, betwixt us and thee,––and let us solemnise a covenant with thee:––
Gen 26:29 That thou wilt not do wrong by us, according as we touched not thee, and according as we did by thee, nothing but good, and then sent thee away in peace, thee, who, now, art blessed of Yahweh!
Gen 26:30 So he made for them a banquet, and they did eat and drink,––
Gen 26:31 and rose up early in the morning, and took an oath, each man to his brother,––so Isaac let them go, and they departed from him, in peace.
Gen 26:32 And it came to pass, on the same day, that the servants of Isaac came in, and told him concerning the well, which they had digged,––and said to him, We have found water!
Gen 26:33 So he called it, Shibah. For this cause, hath, the name of the city, been Beer–sheba, unto this day.
Gen 26:34 ¶ And, when Esau was forty years old, he took to wife Judith, daughter of Beeri, the Hittite; and Basemath, daughter of Elon, the Hittite;
Gen 26:35 and they became a bitterness of spirit,––to Isaac and to Rebekah.
Gen 27:1 ¶ And it came to pass that Isaac, was old, and his eyes became too dim to see, so he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him,–R
