The Holy Scriptures
also called Jewish Publication Society Translation
1917 Max Margolis editor
Gen 1:1 ¶ IN THE beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2 Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
Gen 1:3 ¶ And God said: ‘Let there be light.’ And there was light.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
Gen 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
Gen 1:6 ¶ And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’
Gen 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
Gen 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Gen 1:9 ¶ And God said: ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so.
Gen 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:11 And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.
Gen 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
Gen 1:14 ¶ And God said: ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
Gen 1:15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.’ And it was so.
Gen 1:16 And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.
Gen 1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon 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 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
Gen 1:20 ¶ And God said: ‘Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.’
Gen 1:21 And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl 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 fowl multiply in the earth.’
Gen 1:23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
Gen 1:24 ¶ And God said: ‘Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind.’ And it was so.
Gen 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon 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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.’
Gen 1:27 And God created 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 unto them: ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.’
Gen 1:29 ¶ And God said: ‘Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed—to you it shall be for food;
Gen 1:30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is a living soul, [I have given] every green herb for food.’ And it was so.
Gen 1:31 ¶ And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Gen 2:1 ¶ And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He 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 that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made.
Gen 2:4 ¶ These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
Gen 2:5 No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground;
Gen 2:6 but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Gen 2:7 Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Gen 2:8 ¶ And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.
Gen 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Gen 2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.
Gen 2:11 The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
Gen 2:12 and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Gen 2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
Gen 2:14 And the name of the third river is Tigris; {Heb. Hiddekel.} that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
Gen 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Gen 2:16 ¶ And the LORD God commanded the man, saying: ‘Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely 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 that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.’
Gen 2:18 ¶ And the LORD God said: ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.’
Gen 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them; and whatsoever the man would call every living creature, that was to be the name thereof.
Gen 2:20 And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him.
Gen 2:21 ¶ And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the place with flesh instead thereof.
Gen 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from the man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Gen 2:23 And the man said: ‘This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, {Heb. Isshah.} because she was taken out of Man.’ {Heb. Ish.}
Gen 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
Gen 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Gen 3:1 ¶ Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman: ‘Yea, hath God said: Ye shall not eat of any 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 surely die;
Gen 3:5 for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.’
Gen 3:6 ¶ And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.
Gen 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles.
Gen 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden toward the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Gen 3:9 ¶ And the LORD God called unto the man, and said unto him: ‘Where art thou?’
Gen 3:10 And he said: ‘I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.’
Gen 3:11 ¶ And He said: ‘Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?’
Gen 3:12 And the man said: ‘The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.’
Gen 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman: ‘What is this thou hast done?’ And the woman said: ‘The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.’
Gen 3:14 ¶ And the LORD God said unto the serpent: ‘Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel.’
Gen 3:16 ¶ Unto the woman He said: ‘I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.’
Gen 3:17 ¶ And unto Adam He said: ‘Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
Gen 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.’
Gen 3:20 ¶ And the man called his wife’s name Eve; {Heb. Havvah, that is, Life.} because she was the mother of all living.
Gen 3:21 ¶ And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.
Gen 3:22 ¶ And the LORD God said: ‘Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.’
Gen 3:23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Gen 3:24 So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim, and the flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way to the tree of life.
Gen 4:1 ¶ And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived and bore Cain, and said: ‘I have gotten {Heb. kanah, to get.} a man with the help of the LORD.’
Gen 4:2 And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Gen 4:3 ¶ And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
Gen 4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering;
Gen 4:5 but unto Cain and to his offering He had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Gen 4:6 ¶ And the LORD said unto Cain: ‘Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
Gen 4:7 If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou mayest rule over it.’
Gen 4:8 ¶ And Cain spoke unto Abel his brother. 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 ¶ And the LORD said unto Cain: ‘Where is Abel thy brother?’ And he said: ‘I know not; am I my brother’s keeper?’
Gen 4:10 And He said: ‘What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto Me from the ground.
Gen 4:11 And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand.
Gen 4:12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.’
Gen 4:13 ¶ And Cain said unto the LORD: ‘My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Gen 4:14 Behold, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.’
Gen 4:15 And the LORD said unto him: ‘Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.’ And the LORD set a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.
Gen 4:16 ¶ And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, {That is, Wandering.} on the east of Eden.
Gen 4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch; and he builded a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch.
Gen 4:18 And unto Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael {Heb. Mehijael.} begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.
Gen 4:19 ¶ And Lamech took unto him two wives; the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Gen 4:20 And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.
Gen 4:21 And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.
Gen 4:22 And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
Gen 4:23 ¶ And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech; for I have slain a man for wounding me, and a young man for bruising me;
Gen 4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Gen 4:25 ¶ And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: {Heb. Sheth.} ‘for God hath {Heb. shath.} appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.’
Gen 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh; then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
Gen 5:1 ¶ This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that 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 when they were created.
Gen 5:3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth.
Gen 5:4 And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.
Gen 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.
Gen 5:6 ¶ And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.
Gen 5:7 And Seth lived after he begot Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
Gen 5:8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.
Gen 5:9 And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan.
Gen 5:10 And Enosh lived after he begot Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
Gen 5:11 And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.
Gen 5:12 And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.
Gen 5:13 And Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begot 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 and five years, and begot Jared.
Gen 5:16 And Mahalalel lived after he begot Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
Gen 5:17 And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five years; and he died.
Gen 5:18 And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begot Enoch.
Gen 5:19 And Jared lived after he begot Enoch eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
Gen 5:20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years; and he died.
Gen 5:21 ¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah.
Gen 5:22 And Enoch walked with God after he begot Methuselah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
Gen 5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years.
Gen 5:24 And Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took him.
Gen 5:25 ¶ And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begot Lamech.
Gen 5:26 And Methuselah lived after he begot Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begot sons and daughters.
Gen 5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years; and he died.
Gen 5:28 ¶ And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begot a son.
Gen 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying: ‘This same shall comfort {Heb. nahem, to comfort.} us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh from the ground which the LORD hath cursed.’
Gen 5:30 And Lamech lived after he begot Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begot sons and daughters.
Gen 5:31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years; and he died.
Gen 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gen 6:1 ¶ And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
Gen 6:2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives, whomsoever they chose.
Gen 6:3 ¶ And the LORD said: ‘My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for that he also is flesh; therefore shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.’
Gen 6:4 ¶ The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
Gen 6:5 And the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Gen 6:6 ¶ And it repented the LORD that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart.
Gen 6:7 And the LORD said: ‘I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and creeping thing, and fowl of the air; for it repenteth Me that I have made them.’
Gen 6:8 ¶ But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
Gen 6:9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was in his generations a man righteous and whole-hearted; Noah walked with God.
Gen 6:10 And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gen 6:11 ¶ And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Gen 6:12 And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
Gen 6:13 ¶ And God said unto Noah: ‘The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Gen 6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; with rooms shalt thou make the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Gen 6:15 And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Gen 6:16 A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
Gen 6:17 And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; every thing that is in the earth shall perish.
Gen 6:18 But I will establish My covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
Gen 6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
Gen 6:20 Of the fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
Gen 6:21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.’
Gen 6:22 ¶ Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Gen 7:1 ¶ And the LORD said unto Noah: ‘Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before Me in this generation.
Gen 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, each with his mate; and of the beasts that are not clean two [and two], each with his mate;
Gen 7:3 of the fowl also of the air, seven and seven, male and female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
Gen 7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I blot out from off the face of the earth.’
Gen 7:5 ¶ And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
Gen 7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
Gen 7:7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
Gen 7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the ground,
Gen 7:9 there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
Gen 7:10 And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Gen 7:11 ¶ In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Gen 7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Gen 7:13 ¶ In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
Gen 7:14 they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird of every sort.
Gen 7:15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.
Gen 7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.
Gen 7:17 ¶ And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
Gen 7:18 And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
Gen 7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.
Gen 7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Gen 7:21 ¶ And all flesh perished that moved upon the earth, both fowl, and cattle, and beast, and every swarming thing that swarmeth upon the earth, and every man;
Gen 7:22 all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, whatsoever was in the dry land, died.
Gen 7:23 And He blotted out every living substance which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping thing, and fowl of the heaven; and they were blotted out from the earth; and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark.
Gen 7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
Gen 8:1 ¶ And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;
Gen 8:2 the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
Gen 8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually; and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
Gen 8:4 ¶ And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Gen 8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
Gen 8:6 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
Gen 8:7 And he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Gen 8:8 And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.
Gen 8:9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark.
Gen 8:10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
Gen 8:11 And the dove came in to him at eventide; and lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly plucked; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Gen 8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.
Gen 8:13 ¶ And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dried.
Gen 8:14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.
Gen 8:15 ¶ And God spoke unto Noah, saying:
Gen 8:16 ‘Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
Gen 8:17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may swarm in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.’
Gen 8:18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him;
Gen 8:19 every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families; went forth out of the ark.
Gen 8:20 ¶ And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.
Gen 8:21 And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in His heart: ‘I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Gen 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.’
Gen 9:1 ¶ And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Gen 9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, and upon all wherewith the ground teemeth, and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered.
Gen 9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
Gen 9:4 Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Gen 9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it; and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.
Gen 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man.
Gen 9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.’
Gen 9:8 ¶ And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying:
Gen 9:9 ‘As for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
Gen 9:10 and with every living creature that is with you, the fowl, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.
Gen 9:11 And I will establish My covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.’
Gen 9:12 ¶ And God said: ‘This is the token of the covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
Gen 9:13 I have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth.
Gen 9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow is seen in the cloud,
Gen 9:15 that I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Gen 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.’
Gen 9:17 And God said unto Noah: ‘This is the token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is upon the earth.’
Gen 9:18 ¶ And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is the father of Canaan.
Gen 9:19 These three were the sons of Noah, and of these was the whole earth overspread.
Gen 9:20 And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard.
Gen 9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
Gen 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
Gen 9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
Gen 9:24 ¶ And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him.
Gen 9:25 And he said: Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Gen 9:26 And he said: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant.
Gen 9:27 God enlarge {Heb. japhth.} Japheth, and he shall dwell 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 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
Gen 10:1 ¶ Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were sons born 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 Dodanim.
Gen 10:5 Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Gen 10:6 ¶ And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
Gen 10:7 And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
Gen 10:8 And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
Gen 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said: ‘Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.’
Gen 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Gen 10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,
Gen 10:12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah—the same is the great city.
Gen 10:13 And Mizraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
Gen 10:14 and Pathrusim, and Casluhim—whence went forth the Philistines—and Caphtorim.
Gen 10:15 ¶ And Canaan begot 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 afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad.
Gen 10:19 And the border of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha.
Gen 10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.
Gen 10:21 ¶ And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the 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 And Arpachshad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber.
Gen 10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons; the name of the one was Peleg; {That is, Division.} for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
Gen 10:26 And Joktan begot 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 the sons of Joktan.
Gen 10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, unto the mountain of the east.
Gen 10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
Gen 10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations; and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Gen 11:1 ¶ And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
Gen 11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Gen 11:3 And they said one to another: ‘Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.’ And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
Gen 11:4 And they said: ‘Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, with its top in heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.’
Gen 11:5 ¶ And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Gen 11:6 And the LORD said: ‘Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.
Gen 11:7 Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.’
Gen 11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city.
Gen 11:9 Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound {Heb. balal, to confound.} the language of all the earth; and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Gen 11:10 ¶ These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arpachshad two years after the flood.
Gen 11:11 And Shem lived after he begot Arpachshad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
Gen 11:12 And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begot Shelah.
Gen 11:13 And Arpachshad lived after he begot Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
Gen 11:14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
Gen 11:15 And Shelah lived after he begot Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
Gen 11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begot Peleg.
Gen 11:17 And Eber lived after he begot Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
Gen 11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
Gen 11:19 And Peleg lived after he begot Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
Gen 11:20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begot Serug.
Gen 11:21 And Reu lived after he begot Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
Gen 11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.
Gen 11:23 And Serug lived after he begot Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
Gen 11:24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Terah.
Gen 11:25 And Nahor lived after he begot Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
Gen 11:26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Gen 11:27 ¶ Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.
Gen 11:28 And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Gen 11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Gen 11:30 And Sarai was barren; she had no child.
Gen 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto 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 ¶ Now the LORD said unto Abram: ‘Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto the land that I will show thee.
Gen 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
Gen 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse; and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’
Gen 12:4 ¶ So Abram went, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
Gen 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Gen 12:6 ¶ And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the terebinth of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Gen 12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said: ‘Unto thy seed will I give this land’; and he builded there an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
Gen 12:8 And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east; and he builded there an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
Gen 12:9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
Gen 12:10 ¶ And there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.
Gen 12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife: ‘Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon.
Gen 12:12 And it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say: This is his wife; and they will kill me, but thee they will keep alive.
Gen 12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.’
Gen 12:14 ¶ And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
Gen 12:15 And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
Gen 12:16 And he dealt well with Abram for her sake; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.
Gen 12:17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.
Gen 12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said: ‘What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
Gen 12:19 Why saidst thou: She is my sister? so that I took her to be my wife; now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.’
Gen 12:20 And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him; and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.
Gen 13:1 ¶ And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.
Gen 13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Gen 13:3 And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai;
Gen 13:4 unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first; and Abram called there on the name of the LORD.
Gen 13:5 ¶ And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
Gen 13:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together; for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Gen 13:7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.
Gen 13:8 And Abram said unto Lot: ‘Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren.
Gen 13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me; if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou take the right hand, then I will go to the left.’
Gen 13:10 ¶ And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.
Gen 13:11 So Lot chose him all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east; and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Gen 13:12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
Gen 13:13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the LORD exceedingly.
Gen 13:14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him: ‘Lift up now 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 seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
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, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Gen 13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it.’
Gen 13:18 And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
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 Goiim,
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 Zeboiim, and the king of Bela—the same is Zoar.
Gen 14:3 All these came as allies unto the vale of Siddim—the same is the Salt Sea.
Gen 14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Gen 14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, and 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, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
Gen 14:7 And they turned back, and came to En-mishpat—the same is Kadesh—and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
Gen 14:8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela—the same is Zoar; and they set the battle in array against them in the vale of Siddim;
Gen 14:9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.
Gen 14:10 Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain.
Gen 14:11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
Gen 14:12 And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
Gen 14:13 ¶ And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew—now he dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram.
Gen 14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led 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 unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
Gen 14:16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
Gen 14:17 ¶ And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh—the same is the King’s Vale.
Gen 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was priest of God the Most High.
Gen 14:19 And he blessed him, and said: ‘Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth;
Gen 14:20 and blessed be God the Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.’ And he gave him a tenth of all.
Gen 14:21 ¶ And the king of Sodom said unto Abram: ‘Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.’
Gen 14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom: ‘I have lifted up my hand unto the LORD, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth,
Gen 14:23 that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say: I have made Abram rich;
Gen 14:24 save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take their portion.’
Gen 15:1 ¶ After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying: ‘Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceeding great.’
Gen 15:2 ¶ And Abram said: ‘O Lord GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?’
Gen 15:3 And Abram said: ‘Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is to be mine heir.’
Gen 15:4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: ‘This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.’
Gen 15:5 And He brought him forth abroad, and said: ‘Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them’; and He said unto him: ‘So shall thy seed be.’
Gen 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.
Gen 15:7 ¶ And He said unto him: ‘I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.’
Gen 15:8 And he said: ‘O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?’
Gen 15:9 And He said unto him: ‘Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.’
Gen 15:10 And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other; but the birds divided he not.
Gen 15:11 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
Gen 15:12 ¶ And it came to pass, that, when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a dread, even a great darkness, fell upon him.
Gen 15:13 And He said unto Abram: ‘Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Gen 15:14 and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Gen 15:15 But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Gen 15:16 And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.’
Gen 15:17 ¶ And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and there was thick darkness, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.
Gen 15:18 In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: ‘Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto 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 ¶ Now Sarai Abram’s wife bore him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
Gen 16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram: ‘Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall be builded up through her.’ And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
Gen 16:3 And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
Gen 16:4 ¶ And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Gen 16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram: ‘My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.’
Gen 16:6 But Abram said unto Sarai: ‘Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes.’ And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
Gen 16:7 ¶ And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Gen 16:8 And he said: ‘Hagar, Sarai’s handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?’ And she said: ‘I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.’
Gen 16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her: ‘Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.’
Gen 16:10 ¶ And the angel of the LORD said unto her: ‘I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Gen 16:11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her: ‘Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, {That is, God heareth.} because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
Gen 16:12 And he shall be a wild ass of a man: his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the face of all his brethren.’
Gen 16:13 And she called the name of the LORD that spoke unto her, Thou art a {Heb. Elroi.} God of seeing; for she said: ‘Have I even here seen Him that seeth Me?’
Gen 16:14 Wherefore the well was called ‘Beer-lahai-roi; {That is, The well of the Living One who seeth me.} behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Gen 16:15 ¶ And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
Gen 16:16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
Gen 17:1 ¶ And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him: ‘I am God Almighty; walk before Me, and be thou wholehearted.
Gen 17:2 And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.’
Gen 17:3 And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying:
Gen 17:4 ¶ ‘As for Me, behold, My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the {Heb. Ab hamon.} father of a multitude of nations.
Gen 17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.
Gen 17:6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
Gen 17:7 ¶ And I will establish My covenant between Me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
Gen 17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.’
Gen 17:9 And God said unto Abraham: ‘And as for thee, thou shalt keep My covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.
Gen 17:10 This is My covenant, which ye shall keep, between Me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised.
Gen 17:11 And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt Me and you.
Gen 17:12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner, that is not of thy seed.
Gen 17:13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised; and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
Gen 17:14 And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken My covenant.’
Gen 17:15 ¶ And God said unto Abraham: ‘As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah {That is, Princess.} shall her name be.
Gen 17:16 And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her; yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.’
Gen 17:17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart: ‘Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?’
Gen 17:18 And Abraham said unto God: ‘Oh that Ishmael might live before Thee!’
Gen 17:19 And God said: ‘Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; {From the Heb. root meaning to laugh.} and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
Gen 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Gen 17:21 But My covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.’
Gen 17:22 And He left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
Gen 17:23 ¶ And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
Gen 17:24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, 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 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
Gen 17:27 And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
Gen 18:1 ¶ And the LORD appeared unto him by the terebinths of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
Gen 18:2 and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over against him; and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed down to the earth,
Gen 18:3 and said: ‘My lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant.
Gen 18:4 Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and recline yourselves under the tree.
Gen 18:5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and stay ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on; forasmuch as ye are come to your servant.’ And they said: ‘So do, as thou hast said.’
Gen 18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said: ‘Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.’
Gen 18:7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hastened to dress it.
Gen 18:8 And he took curd, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Gen 18:9 ¶ And they said unto him: ‘Where is Sarah thy wife?’ And he said: ‘Behold, in the tent.’
Gen 18:10 And He said: ‘I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son.’ And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.—
Gen 18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.—
Gen 18:12 And Sarah laughed within herself, saying: ‘After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?’
Gen 18:13 And the LORD said unto Abraham: ‘Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying: Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?
Gen 18:14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD. At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.’
Gen 18:15 Then 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 toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
Gen 18:17 And the LORD said: ‘Shall I hide from Abraham that which I am doing;
Gen 18:18 seeing that 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 known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which He hath spoken of him.’
Gen 18:20 And the LORD said: ‘Verily, the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and, verily, their sin is exceeding grievous.
Gen 18:21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto Me; and if not, I will know.’
Gen 18:22 And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
Gen 18:23 ¶ And Abraham drew near, and said: ‘Wilt Thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
Gen 18:24 Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt Thou indeed sweep away and not forgive the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
Gen 18:25 That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from Thee; shall not the judge of all the earth do justly?’
Gen 18:26 And the LORD said: ‘If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will forgive all the place for their sake.’
Gen 18:27 And Abraham answered and said: ‘Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
Gen 18:28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt Thou destroy all the city for lack of five?’ And He said: ‘I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.’
Gen 18:29 And he spoke unto Him yet again, and said: ‘Peradventure there shall be forty found there.’ And He said: ‘I will not do it for the forty’s sake.’
Gen 18:30 And he said: ‘Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Peradventure there shall thirty be found there.’ And He said: ‘I will not do it, if I find thirty there.’
Gen 18:31 And he said: ‘Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord. Peradventure there shall be twenty found there.’ And He said: ‘I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.’
Gen 18:32 And he said: ‘Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. Peradventure ten shall be found there.’ And He said: ‘I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.’
Gen 18:33 And the LORD went His way, as soon as He had left off speaking to Abraham; and Abraham returned unto his place.
Gen 19:1 ¶ And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he fell down on his face to the earth;
Gen 19:2 and he said: ‘Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way.’ And they said: ‘Nay; but we will abide in the broad place all night.’
Gen 19:3 And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
Gen 19:4 ¶ But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.
Gen 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him: ‘Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.’
Gen 19:6 And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him.
Gen 19:7 And he said: ‘I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.
Gen 19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes; only unto these men do nothing; forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.’
Gen 19:9 And they said: ‘Stand back.’ And they said: ‘This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs play the judge; now will we deal worse with thee, than with them.’ And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.
Gen 19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and the door they shut.
Gen 19:11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great; so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Gen 19:12 ¶ And the men said unto Lot: ‘Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city; bring them out of the place;
Gen 19:13 for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.’
Gen 19:14 And Lot went out, and spoke unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said: ‘Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy the city.’ But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that jested.
Gen 19:15 ¶ And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying: ‘Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here; lest thou be swept away in the iniquity of the city.’
Gen 19:16 But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him. And they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
Gen 19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said: ‘Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be swept away.’
Gen 19:18 And Lot said unto them: ‘Oh, not so, my lord;
Gen 19:19 behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evil overtake me, and I die.
Gen 19:20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one; oh, let me escape thither—is it not a little one?—and my soul shall live.’
Gen 19:21 And he said unto him: ‘See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
Gen 19:22 Hasten thou, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither.’—Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.— {That is, Little, see verse 20.}
Gen 19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar.
Gen 19:24 ¶ Then the LORD caused to rain upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
Gen 19:25 and He overthrow those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Gen 19:26 ¶ But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
Gen 19:27 ¶ And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
Gen 19:28 And he looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Gen 19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot 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; and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
Gen 19:31 And the first-born said unto the younger: ‘Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth.
Gen 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.’
Gen 19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night. And the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Gen 19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger: ‘Behold, I lay yesternight with my father. Let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.’
Gen 19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Gen 19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
Gen 19:37 And the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab—the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
Gen 19:38 And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi—the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
Gen 20:1 ¶ And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
Gen 20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: ‘She is my sister.’ And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Gen 20:3 ¶ But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him: ‘Behold, thou shalt die, because of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.’
Gen 20:4 Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said: ‘Lord, wilt Thou slay even a righteous nation?
Gen 20:5 Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she herself said: He is my brother. In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.’
Gen 20:6 And God said unto him in the dream: ‘Yea, I know that in the simplicity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against Me. Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
Gen 20:7 Now therefore restore the man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.’
Gen 20:8 ¶ And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears; and the men were sore afraid.
Gen 20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him: ‘What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.’
Gen 20:10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham: ‘What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?’
Gen 20:11 And Abraham said: ‘Because I thought: Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
Gen 20:12 And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and so she became my wife.
Gen 20:13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her: This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me: He is my brother.’
Gen 20:14 ¶ And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
Gen 20:15 And Abimelech said: ‘Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.’
Gen 20:16 And unto Sarah he said: ‘Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, it is for thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee; and before all men thou art righted.’
Gen 20:17 And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bore children.
Gen 20:18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
Gen 21:1 ¶ And the LORD remembered Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as He had spoken.
Gen 21:2 And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Gen 21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
Gen 21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Gen 21:5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
Gen 21:6 And Sarah said: ‘God hath made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of me.’
Gen 21:7 And she said: ‘Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age.’
Gen 21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
Gen 21:9 ¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, making sport.
Gen 21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham: ‘Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.’
Gen 21:11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.
Gen 21:12 And God said unto Abraham: ‘Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall seed be called to thee.
Gen 21:13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.’
Gen 21:14 ¶ And Abraham arose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away; and she departed, and strayed in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
Gen 21:15 And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
Gen 21:16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow-shot; for she said: ‘Let me not look upon the death of the child.’ And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
Gen 21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her: ‘What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
Gen 21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him fast by thy hand; for I will make him a great nation.’
Gen 21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Gen 21:20 And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
Gen 21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness 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 and Phicol the captain of his host spoke unto Abraham, saying: ‘God is with thee in all that thou doest.
Gen 21:23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son; but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.’
Gen 21:24 And Abraham said: ‘I will swear.’
Gen 21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
Gen 21:26 And Abimelech said: ‘I know not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.’
Gen 21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant.
Gen 21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.
Gen 21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham: ‘What mean these seven ewe-lambs which thou hast set by themselves?’
Gen 21:30 And he said: ‘Verily, these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.’
Gen 21:31 Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.
Gen 21:32 So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba; and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
Gen 21:33 ¶ And Abraham planted a tamarisk-tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.
Gen 21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
Gen 22:1 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him: ‘Abraham’; and he said: ‘Here am I.’
Gen 22:2 And He said: ‘Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.’
Gen 22:3 ¶ And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he cleaved the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Gen 22:4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
Gen 22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men: ‘Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come back to you.’
Gen 22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together.
Gen 22:7 And Isaac spoke unto Abraham his father, and said: ‘My father.’ And he said: ‘Here am I, my son.’ And he said: ‘Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering?’
Gen 22:8 And Abraham said: ‘God will provide {Heb. jireh; that is, see for Himself.} Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son.’ So they went both of them together.
Gen 22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
Gen 22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Gen 22:11 ¶ And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said: ‘Abraham, Abraham.’ And he said: ‘Here am I.’
Gen 22:12 And he said: ‘Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou art a God-fearing man, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from Me.’
Gen 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son.
Gen 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Adonai-jireh; {That is, The LORD seeth.} as it is said to this day: ‘In the mount where the LORD is seen.’
Gen 22:15 ¶ And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven,
Gen 22:16 and said: ‘By Myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,
Gen 22:17 that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Gen 22:18 and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast hearkened to My voice.’
Gen 22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at 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 children unto thy brother Nahor:
Gen 22:21 Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram;
Gen 22:22 and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.’
Gen 22:23 And Bethuel begot Rebekah; these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
Gen 22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
Gen 23:1 ¶ And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.
Gen 23:2 And Sarah died in Kiriatharba—the same is Hebron—in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Gen 23:3 ¶ And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke unto the children of Heth, saying:
Gen 23:4 ‘I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.’
Gen 23:5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him:
Gen 23:6 ‘Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.’
Gen 23:7 And Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
Gen 23:8 And he spoke with them, saying: ‘If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
Gen 23:9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a burying-place.’
Gen 23:10 Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying:
Gen 23:11 ‘Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee; bury thy dead.’
Gen 23:12 And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.
Gen 23:13 And he spoke unto Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying: ‘But if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me: I will give the price of the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.’
Gen 23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him:
Gen 23:15 ‘My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.’
Gen 23:16 ¶ And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
Gen 23:17 So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the border thereof round about, were made sure
Gen 23:18 unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
Gen 23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre—the same is Hebron—in the land of Canaan.
Gen 23:20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Heth.
Gen 24:1 ¶ And Abraham was old, well stricken in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
Gen 24:2 And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had: ‘Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh.
Gen 24:3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.
Gen 24:4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son, even for Isaac.’
Gen 24:5 And the servant said unto him: ‘Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land; must I needs bring thy son back unto the land from whence thou camest?’
Gen 24:6 And Abraham said unto him: ‘Beware thou that thou bring not my son back thither.
Gen 24:7 The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spoke unto me, and who swore unto me, saying: Unto thy seed will I give this land; He will send His angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence.
Gen 24:8 And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only thou shalt not bring my son back thither.’
Gen 24:9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
Gen 24:10 ¶ And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed; having all goodly things of his master’s in his hand; and he arose, and went to Aram-naharaim, {That is, Mesopotamia.} unto the city of Nahor.
Gen 24:11 And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
Gen 24:12 And he said: ‘O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray Thee, good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.
Gen 24:13 Behold, I stand by the fountain of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.
Gen 24:14 So let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say: Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also; let the same be she that Thou hast appointed for Thy servant, even for Isaac; and thereby shall I know that Thou hast shown kindness unto my master.’
Gen 24:15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
Gen 24:16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her; and she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
Gen 24:17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said: ‘Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher.’
Gen 24:18 And she said: ‘Drink, my lord’; and she hastened, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
Gen 24:19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said: ‘I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.’
Gen 24:20 And she hastened, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.
Gen 24:21 And the man looked stedfastly on her; holding his peace, to know whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
Gen 24:22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
Gen 24:23 and said: ‘Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?’
Gen 24:24 And she said unto him: ‘I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore unto Nahor.’
Gen 24:25 She said moreover unto him: ‘We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.’
Gen 24:26 And the man bowed his head, and prostrated himself before the LORD.
Gen 24:27 And he said: ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master; as for me, the LORD hath led me in the way to the house of my master’s brethren.’
Gen 24:28 And the damsel ran, and told her mother’s house according to these words.
Gen 24:29 ¶ And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban; and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain.
Gen 24:30 And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying: ‘Thus spoke the man unto me,’ that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the fountain.
Gen 24:31 And he said: ‘Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have cleared the house, and made room for the camels.’
Gen 24:32 And the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels; and he gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men that were with him.
Gen 24:33 And there was set food before him to eat; but he said: ‘I will not eat, until I have told mine errand.’ And he said: ‘Speak on.’
Gen 24:34 And he said: ‘I am Abraham’s servant.
Gen 24:35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great; and He hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and asses.
Gen 24:36 And Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master when she was old; and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
Gen 24:37 And my master made me swear, saying: Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell.
Gen 24:38 But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.
Gen 24:39 And I said unto my master: Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
Gen 24:40 And he said unto me: The LORD, before whom I walk, will send His angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house;
Gen 24:41 then shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give her not to thee, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
Gen 24:42 And I came this day unto the fountain, and said: O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, if now Thou do prosper my way which I go:
Gen 24:43 behold, I stand by the fountain of water; and let it come to pass, that the maiden that cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say: Give me, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher to drink;
Gen 24:44 and she shall say to me: Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels; let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed for my master’s son.
Gen 24:45 And before I had done speaking to my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the fountain, and drew. And I said unto her: Let me drink, I pray thee.
Gen 24:46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said: Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. So I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
Gen 24:47 And I asked her, and said: Whose daughter art thou? And she said: The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore unto him. And I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands.
Gen 24:48 And I bowed my head, and prostrated myself before the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter for his son.
Gen 24:49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.’
Gen 24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said: ‘The thing proceedeth from the LORD; we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
Gen 24:51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the LORD hath spoken.’
Gen 24:52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto the LORD.
Gen 24:53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah; he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
Gen 24:54 ¶ And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said: ‘Send me away unto my master.’
Gen 24:55 And her brother and her mother said: ‘Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.’
Gen 24:56 And he said unto them: ‘Delay me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.’
Gen 24:57 And they said: ‘We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.’
Gen 24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her: ‘Wilt thou go with this man?’ And she said: ‘I will go.’
Gen 24:59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.
Gen 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her: ‘Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them.’
Gen 24:61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man. And the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
Gen 24:62 ¶ And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South.
Gen 24:63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.
Gen 24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel.
Gen 24:65 And she said unto the servant: ‘What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us?’ And the servant said: ‘It is my master.’ And she took her veil, and covered herself.
Gen 24:66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
Gen 24:67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted for his mother.
Gen 25:1 ¶ And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.
Gen 25:2 And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
Gen 25:3 And Jokshan begot 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 children of Keturah.
Gen 25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
Gen 25:6 But unto the sons of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
Gen 25:7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Gen 25:8 And Abraham expired, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
Gen 25:9 And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
Gen 25:10 the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth; there was Abraham buried, and 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, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bore unto Abraham.
Gen 25:13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the first-born 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 Kedem;
Gen 25:16 these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations.
Gen 25:17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years; and he expired and died; and was gathered unto his people.
Gen 25:18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Asshur: over against all his brethren he did settle.
Gen 25:19 ¶ And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begot Isaac.
Gen 25:20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean, of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.
Gen 25:21 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD let Himself be entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Gen 25:22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said: ‘If it be so, wherefore do I live?’ And she went to inquire of the LORD.
Gen 25:23 And the LORD said unto her: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
Gen 25:24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
Gen 25:25 And the first came forth ruddy, all over like a hairy mantle; and they called his name Esau.
Gen 25:26 And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob. {That is, One who takes by the heel, or, supplants.} And Isaac was threescore years old when she bore them.
Gen 25:27 And the boys grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.
Gen 25:28 Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison; and Rebekah loved Jacob.
Gen 25:29 ¶ And Jacob sod pottage; and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint.
Gen 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob: ‘Let me swallow, I pray thee, some of this red, red pottage; for I am faint.’ Therefore was his name called Edom. {That is, Red.}
Gen 25:31 And Jacob said: ‘Sell me first thy birthright.’
Gen 25:32 And Esau said: ‘Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall the birthright do to me?’
Gen 25:33 And Jacob said: ‘Swear to me first’; and he swore unto him; and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
Gen 25:34 And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.
Gen 26:1 ¶ And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
Gen 26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said: ‘Go not down unto Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.
Gen 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father;
Gen 26:4 and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and by thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves;
Gen 26:5 because that Abraham hearkened to My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.’
Gen 26:6 ¶ And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.
Gen 26:7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said: ‘She is my sister’; for he feared to say: ‘My wife’; ‘lest the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she is fair to look upon.’
Gen 26:8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
Gen 26:9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said: ‘Behold, of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst thou: She is my sister?’ And Isaac said unto him: ‘Because I said: Lest I die because of her.’
Gen 26:10 And Abimelech said: ‘What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.’
Gen 26:11 And Abimelech charged 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; and the LORD blessed him.
Gen 26:13 And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great.
Gen 26:14 And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household; and the Philistines envied him.
Gen 26:15 Now all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
Gen 26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac: ‘Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.’
Gen 26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Gen 26:18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had 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 strove with Isaac’s herdmen, saying: ‘The water is ours.’ And he called the name of the well Esek; {That is, Contention.} because they contended with him.
Gen 26:21 And they digged another well, and they strove for that also. And he called the name of it Sitnah. {That is, Enmity.}
Gen 26:22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not. And he called the name of it Rehoboth; {That is, Room.} and he said: ‘For now the LORD hath 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 the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said: ‘I am the God of Abraham thy father. Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for My servant Abraham’s sake.’
Gen 26:25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
Gen 26:26 ¶ Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host.
Gen 26:27 And Isaac said unto them: ‘Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?’
Gen 26:28 And they said: ‘We saw plainly that the LORD was with thee; and we said: Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
Gen 26:29 that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace; thou art now the blessed of the LORD.’
Gen 26:30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
Gen 26:31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
Gen 26:32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him: ‘We have found water.’
Gen 26:33 And he called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
Gen 26:34 ¶ And when Esau was forty years old, he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Gen 26:35 And they were a bitterness of spirit unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Gen 27:1 ¶ And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him: ‘My son’; and he said unto him: ‘Here am I.’
Gen 27:2 And he said: ‘Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death.
Gen 27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison;
Gen 27:4 and make me savoury food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.’
Gen 27:5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
Gen 27:6 ¶ And Rebekah spoke unto Jacob her son, saying: ‘Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying:
Gen 27:7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury food, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
Gen 27:8 Now therefore, my son, hearken to my voice according to that which I command thee.
Gen 27:9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury food for thy father, such as he loveth;
Gen 27:10 and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.’
Gen 27:11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother: ‘Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
Gen 27:12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a mocker; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.’
Gen 27:13 And his mother said unto him: ‘Upon me be thy curse, my son; only hearken to my voice, and go fetch me them.’
Gen 27:14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savoury food, such as his father loved.
Gen 27:15 And Rebekah took the choicest garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son.
Gen 27:16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck.
Gen 27:17 And she gave the savoury food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
Gen 27:18 ¶ And he came unto his father, and said: ‘My father’; and he said: ‘Here am I; who art thou, my son?’
Gen 27:19 And Jacob said unto his father: ‘I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.’
Gen 27:20 And Isaac said unto his son: ‘How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son?’ And he said: ‘Because the LORD thy God sent me good speed.’
Gen 27:21 And Isaac said unto Jacob: ‘Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.’
Gen 27:22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said: ‘The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.’
Gen 27:23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.
Gen 27:24 And he said: ‘Art thou my very son Esau?’ And he said: ‘I am.’
Gen 27:25 And he said: ‘Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee.’ And he brought it near to him, and he did eat; and he brought him wine, and he drank.
Gen 27:26 And his father Isaac said unto him: ‘Come near now, and kiss me, my son.’
Gen 27:27 And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said: See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed.
Gen 27:28 So God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fat places of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine.
Gen 27:29 Let peoples serve thee, and nations bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee. Cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be every one that blesseth thee.
Gen 27:30 ¶ And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Gen 27:31 And he also made savoury food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father: ‘Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.’
Gen 27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him: ‘Who art thou?’ And he said: ‘I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau.’
Gen 27:33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said: ‘Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.’
Gen 27:34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father: ‘Bless me, even me also, O my father.’
Gen 27:35 And he said: ‘Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.’
Gen 27:36 And he said: ‘Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing.’ And he said: ‘Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?’
Gen 27:37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau: ‘Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him; and what then shall I do for thee, my son?’
Gen 27:38 And Esau said unto his father: ‘Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father.’ And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
Gen 27:39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him: Behold, of the fat places of the earth shall be thy dwelling, and of the dew of heaven from above;
Gen 27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, that thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.
Gen 27:41 ¶ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him. And Esau said in his heart: ‘Let the days of mourning for my father be at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.’
Gen 27:42 And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah; and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him: ‘Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
Gen 27:43 Now therefore, my son, hearken to my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
Gen 27:44 and tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;
Gen 27:45 until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him; then I will send, and fetch thee from thence; why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?’
Gen 27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac: ‘I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?’
Gen 28:1 ¶ And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him: ‘Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Gen 28:2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
Gen 28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a congregation of peoples;
Gen 28:4 and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham.’
Gen 28:5 And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
Gen 28:6 ¶ Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying: ‘Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan’;
Gen 28:7 and that Jacob hearkened to his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram;
Gen 28:8 and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Gen 28:9 so Esau went unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives that he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
Gen 28:10 ¶ And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
Gen 28:11 And he lighted upon the place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Gen 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Gen 28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood beside him, and said: ‘I am the LORD, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
Gen 28:14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Gen 28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee back into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.’
Gen 28:16 ¶ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said: ‘Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.’
Gen 28:17 And he was afraid, and said: ‘How full of awe is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.’
Gen 28:18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Gen 28:19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el, {That is, The house of God.} but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
Gen 28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying: ‘If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Gen 28:21 so that I come back to my father’s house in peace, then shall the LORD be my God,
Gen 28:22 and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house; and of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto Thee.’
Gen 29:1 ¶ Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.
Gen 29:2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it.—For out of that well they watered the flocks. And the stone upon the well’s mouth was great.
Gen 29:3 And t
