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Genesis 1
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of
the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the
darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And the evening
and the morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it
divide the waters from the waters.
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.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the
second day.
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.
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.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and]
the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon
the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind,
and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and
God saw that [it was] good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
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:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon
the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the
lesser light to rule the night: [He made] the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the
earth,
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.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that
hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of
heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which
the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl
after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters
in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind,
cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was
so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their
kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw
that [it was] good.
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.
27 So God created man in His [own] image, in the image of God created He him;
male and female created He them.
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 moveth upon the
earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is]
upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of
a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
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] life, [I have given]
every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, [it was] very good.
And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on
the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it He had
rested from all His work which God created and made.
4 These [are] the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were
created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens,
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of
the field before it grew: for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the
earth, and [there was] not a man to till the ground.
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the
ground.
7 And Yahweh God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 And Yahweh God planted a garden eastward in
9 And out of the ground made Yahweh 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 knowledge of good and evil.
10 And a river went out of
11 The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole
13 And the name of the second river [is] Gihon: the same [is] it that
compasseth the whole
14 And the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel: that [is] it which goeth
toward the east of
15 And Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it
and to keep it.
16 And Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou
mayest freely eat:
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.
18 And Yahweh God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will
make him an help meet for him.
19 And out of the ground Yahweh God formed every beast of the field, and every
fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see what he would call them:
and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof.
20 And Adam 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 an help meet for him.
21 And Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and He
took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from man, made He a woman, and
brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she
shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto
his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which Yahweh
God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat
of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of
the garden:
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.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be
opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was]
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of
the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he
did eat.
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 aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of
the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God
amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And Yahweh God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where [art] thou?
10 And he said, I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I
[was] naked; and I hid myself.
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?
12 And the man said, The woman whom Thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of
the tree, and I did eat.
13 And Yahweh God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast done?
And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 And Yahweh God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou
[art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy
belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and
her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto the woman He said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy
conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall
be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
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 sorrow shalt thou eat
[of] it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat
the herb of the field;
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.
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all
living.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did Yahweh God make coats of skins, and
clothed them.
22 And Yahweh 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:
23 Therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the
ground from whence he was taken.
24 So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the
1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I
have gotten a man from Yahweh.
2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain
was a tiller of the ground.
3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the
ground an offering unto Yahweh.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat
thereof. And Yahweh had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
5 But unto Cain and to his offering He had not respect. And Cain was very
wroth, and his countenance fell.
6 And Yahweh said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance
fallen?
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well,
sin lieth at the door. And unto thee [shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule
over him.
8 And Cain talked with 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.
9 And Yahweh said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know
not: [Am] I my brother's keeper?
10 And He said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth
unto Me from the ground.
11 And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to
receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her
strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
13 And Cain said unto Yahweh, My punishment [is] greater than I can bear.
14 Behold, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and
from Thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the
earth; and it shall come to pass, [that] every one that findeth me shall slay
me.
15 And Yahweh said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall
be taken on him sevenfold. And Yahweh set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding
him should kill him.
16 And Cain went out from the presence of Yahweh, and dwelt in the
17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a
city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat
Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the
name of the other Zillah.
20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and [of
such as have] cattle.
21 And his brother's name [was] Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle
the harp and organ.
22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in
brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain [was] Naamah.
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 to my wounding, and a
young man to my hurt.
24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth:
For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain
slew.
26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos:
then began [His] people to profanely call the name of Yahweh.
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;
2 Male and female created He them; and blessed them, and called their name
Adam, in the day when they were created.
3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his own
likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and
he begat sons and daughters:
5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he
died.
6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat
sons and daughters:
8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and
begat sons and daughters:
11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years,
and begat sons and daughters:
14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years,
and begat sons and daughters:
17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and
he died.
18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and
daughters:
20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he
died.
21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and
begat sons and daughters:
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him.
25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two
years, and begat sons and daughters:
27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and
he died.
28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning
our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which Yahweh hath cursed.
30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and
begat sons and daughters:
31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and
he died.
32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth,
and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they
took them wives of all which they chose.
3 And Yahweh said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also
[is] flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were lawless men in the earth in those days; and also after that, when
the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to
them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown.
5 And God 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.
6 And it repented Yahweh that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him
at His heart.
7 And Yahweh said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the
earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air;
for it repenteth Me that I have made them.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of Yahweh.
9 These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man [and] perfect in his
generations, [and] Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with
violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh
had corrupted his way upon the earth.
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.
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt
pitch it within and without with pitch.
15 And this [is the fashion] which thou shalt make it [of]: The length of the
ark [shall be] three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the
height of it thirty cubits.
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it
above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; [with]
lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make it.
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to
destroy all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life, from under heaven; [and]
every thing that [is] in the earth shall die.
18 But with thee will I establish My covenant; and thou shalt come into the
ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
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.
20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping
thing of the earth after his kind, two of every [sort] shall come unto thee, to
keep [them] alive.
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather
[it] to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
1 And Yahweh said unto Noah, Come
thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before Me
in this generation.
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his
female: and of beasts that [are] not clean by two, the male and his female.
3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed
alive upon the face of all the earth.
4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and
forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from
off the face of the earth.
5 And Noah did according unto all that Yahweh commanded him.
6 And Noah [was] six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the
earth.
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.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that [are] not clean, and of fowls, and of
every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as
God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon
the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the
seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great
deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
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;
14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind,
and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every
fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein
[is] the breath of life.
16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had
commanded him: and Yahweh shut him in.
17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and
bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the
ark went upon the face of the waters.
19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills,
that [were] under the whole heaven, were covered.
20 Fifteen cubits upward did the
waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle,
and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and
every man:
22 All in whose nostrils [was] the breath of life, of all that [was] in the dry
[land], died.
23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the
ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the
heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained [alive],
and they that [were] with him in the ark.
24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that
[was] with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the
waters asswaged;
2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and
the rain from heaven was restrained;
3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of
the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month,
upon the mountains of Ararat.
5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth
[month], on the first [day] of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of
the ark which he had made:
7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were
dried up from off the earth.
8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off
the face of the ground;
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto
him into the ark, for the waters [were] on the face of the whole earth: then he
put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of
the ark;
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth [was] an
olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the
earth.
12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned
not again unto him any more.
13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first
[month], the first [day] of the month, the waters were dried up from off the
earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the
face of the ground was dry.
14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was
the earth dried.
15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives
with thee.
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh,
[both] of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon
the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and
multiply upon the earth.
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with
him:
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, [and] whatsoever creepeth
upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah builded an altar unto Yahweh; and took of every clean beast, and of
every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 And Yahweh smelled a sweet savour; and Yahweh 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.
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and
summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and replenish the earth.
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, upon all that moveth [upon] the earth, and upon
all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb
have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not
eat.
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; at the hand of every man's
brother will I require the life of man.
6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image
of God made He man.
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth,
and multiply therein.
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And I, behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after
you;
10 And with every living creature that [is] with you, of the fowl, of the
cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark,
to every beast of the earth.
11 And I will establish My covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut
off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood
to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This [is] the token of the covenant which I make between Me
and you and every living creature that [is] with you, for perpetual
generations:
13 I do set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant
between Me and the earth.
14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow
shall be seen in the cloud:
15 And I will remember My covenant, which [is] between Me and you and every
living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to
destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may
remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all
flesh that [is] upon the earth.
17 And God said unto Noah, This [is] the token of the covenant, which I have
established between Me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth.
18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and
Japheth: and Ham [is] the father of
19 These [are] the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth
overspread.
20 And Noah began [to be] an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his
tent.
22 And Ham, the father of
23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid [it] upon both their
shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and
their faces [were] backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto
him.
25 And he said, Cursed [be]
26 And he said, Blessed of Yahweh my God is Shem; and
27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and
28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
1 Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and
Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and
Meshech, and Tiras.
3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one
after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
6 And the sons of Ham;
7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and
Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah;
8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod
the mighty hunter before Yahweh.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was
11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded
12 And Resen between
13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
15 And Canaan begat
16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were
the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
19 And the border of the Canaanites was from
20 These [are] the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in
their countries, [and] in their nations.
21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of
Japheth the elder, even to him were [children] born.
22 The children of Shem;
23 And the children of
24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one [was] Peleg; for in his
days was the earth divided; and his brother's name [was] Joktan.
26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28 And Obal, and Abimael, and
29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these [were] the sons of Joktan.
30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the
east.
31 These [are] the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in
their lands, after their nations.
32 These [are] the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in
their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the
flood.
1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain
in the
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them
thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may
reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon
the face of the whole earth.
5 And Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men
builded.
6 And Yahweh said, Behold, the people [is] one, and they have all one language;
and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which
they have imagined to do.
7 Go to, let Us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not
understand one another's speech.
8 So Yahweh scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth:
and they left off to build the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called
10 These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [was] an hundred years old, and
begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons
and daughters.
12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and
begat sons and daughters.
14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat
sons and daughters.
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat
sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat
sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat
sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and
daughters.
24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and
begat sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and
27 Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and
28 And
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
30 But Sarai was barren; she [had] no child.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in
1 Now Yahweh had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy
kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy
name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and
in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4 So Abram departed, as Yahweh had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and
Abram [was] seventy and five years old when he departed out of
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
6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of
Moreh. And the Canaanite [was] then in the land.
7 And Yahweh appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land:
and there builded he an altar unto Yahweh, Who appeared unto him.
8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of
9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into
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:
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that
they shall say, This [is] his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save
thee alive.
13 Say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister: that it may be well with me for thy
sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. 14 And it came to pass, that,
when Abram was come into
15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and
the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he
asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
17 And Yahweh plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai
Abram's wife.
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?
19 Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might have taken her to me to
wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take [her], and go thy way.
20 And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him: and they sent him away, and
his wife, and all that he had.
1 And Abram went up out of
2 And Abram [was] very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to
4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there
Abram called on the name of Yahweh.
5 And
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.
7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen
of
8 And Abram said unto
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
depart] to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it
[was] well watered every where, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah,
[even] as the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto
Zoar.
11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and
12 Abram dwelled in the
13 But the men of
14 And Yahweh 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:
15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed
for ever.
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.
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it;
for I will give it unto thee.
18 Then Abram removed [his] tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre,
which [is] in
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 nations;
2 [That these] 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, which is Zoar.
3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they
rebelled.
5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that [were] with
him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and
the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which [is] by the
wilderness.
7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smote all
the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in
Hazezontamar.
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 joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and
Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
10 And the vale of Siddim [was full of] slimepits; and the kings of
11 And they took all the goods of
12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in
13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt
in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and
these [were] confederate with Abram.
14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his
trained [servants], born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and
pursued [them] unto Dan.
15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and
smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which [is] on the left hand of
16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother
17 And the king of
18 And Melchizedek king of
19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed [be] Abram of the Most High God,
Possessor of heaven and earth:
20 And blessed be the Most High God, Which hath delivered thine enemies into
thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
21 And the king of
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto Yahweh,
the Most High God, the Possessor of heaven and earth,
23 That I will not [take] from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will
not take any thing that [is] thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram
rich:
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.
1 After these things the word of Yahweh came unto Abram in a vision, saying,
Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.
2 And Abram said, Lord Yahweh, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go childless,
and the steward of my house [is] this Eliezer of Damascus?
3 And Abram said, Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in
my house is mine heir.
4 And, behold, the word of Yahweh [came] unto him, saying, This shall not be
thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine
heir.
5 And He brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell
the stars, if thou be able to number them: and He said unto him, So shall thy
seed be.
6 And he believed in Yahweh; and He counted it to him for righteousness.
7 And He said unto him, I [am] Yahweh That brought thee out of
8 And he said, Lord Yahweh, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9 And He said unto him, Take Me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of
three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young
pigeon.
10 And he took unto Him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each
piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an
horror of great darkness fell upon him.
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;
14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward
shall they come out with great substance.
15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good
old age.
16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity
of the Amorites [is] not yet full.
17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a
smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
18 In the same day Yahweh 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:
19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites.
1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an
Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar.
2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Yahweh hath restrained me from
bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children
by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had
dwelt ten years in the
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.
5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong [be] upon thee: I have given my maid into
thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes:
Yahweh judge between me and her.
6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid [is] in thy hand; do to her as it
pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
7 And the Angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness,
by the fountain in the way to Shur.
8 And He said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? And whither wilt thou
go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9 And the Angel of Yahweh said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit
thyself under her hands.
10 And the Angel of Yahweh said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly,
that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
11 And the Angel of Yahweh said unto her, Behold, thou [art] with child, and
shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because Yahweh hath heard
thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand [will be] against every man, and every
man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
13 And she called the name of Yahweh that spake unto her, Thou God seest me:
for she said, Have I also here looked after Him That seeth me?
14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, [it is] between Kadesh
and Bered.
15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar
bare, Ishmael.
16 And Abram [was] fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to
Abram.
1 And when Abram was ninety years
old and nine, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] GOD ALMIGHTY;
walk before Me, and be thou perfect.
2 And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee
exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4 As for Me, behold, My covenant
[is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be
Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and
kings shall come out of thee.
7 And I will establish My covenant between Me and thee and thy seed after thee
in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to
thy seed after thee.
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou
art a stranger, all the
9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep My covenant therefore, thou, and
thy seed after thee in their generations.
10 This [is] My covenant, which ye shall keep, between Me and you and thy seed
after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token
of the covenant betwixt Me and you.
12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man
child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money
of any stranger, which [is] not of thy seed.
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.
14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not
circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken My
covenant.
15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her
name Sarai, but Sarah [shall] her name [be].
16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless
her, and she shall be [a mother] of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall
[a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that
is ninety years old, bear?
18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before Thee!
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt
call his name Isaac: and I will establish My covenant with him for an
everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him.
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.
21 But My covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto
thee at this set time in the next year.
22 And He left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
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.
24 And Abraham [was] ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the
flesh of his foreskin.
25 And Ishmael his son [was] thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the
flesh of his foreskin.
26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of
the stranger, were circumcised with him.
1 And Yahweh appeared unto him in
the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when
he saw [them], he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward
the ground,
3 And said, O Yahweh, if now I have found favour in Thy sight, pass not away, I
pray Thee, from Thy servant:
4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest
yourselves under the tree:
5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye
shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do,
as thou hast said.
6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly
three measures of fine meal, knead [it], and make cakes upon the hearth.
7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave
[it] unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
8 And he took butter, 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.
9 And they said unto him, Where [is] Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in
the tent.
10 And He said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of
life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard [it] in the
tent door, which [was] behind Him.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah [were] old [and] well stricken in age; [and] it ceased
to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I
have pleasure, my lord being old also?
13 And Yahweh said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of
a surety bear a child, which am old?
14 Is any thing too hard for Yahweh? At the time appointed I will return unto
thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And He said,
Nay; but thou didst laugh.
16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward
17 And Yahweh said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all
the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after
him, and they shall keep the way of Yahweh, to do justice and judgment; that
Yahweh may bring upon Abraham that which He hath spoken of him.
20 And Yahweh said, Because the cry of
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.
22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward
23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt Thou also destroy the righteous with
the wicked?
24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt Thou also
destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that [are] therein?
25 That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with
the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from
Thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
26 And Yahweh said, If I find in
27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak
unto Yahweh, which [am but] dust and ashes:
28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt Thou destroy
all the city for [lack of] five? And He said, If I find there forty and five, I
will not destroy [it].
29 And he spake unto Him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty
found there. And He said, I will not do [it] for forty's sake.
30 And he said [unto Him], Oh let not Yahweh 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.
31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto Yahweh:
Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And He said, I will not destroy
[it] for twenty's sake.
32 And he said, Oh let not Yahweh 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
ten's sake.
33 And Yahweh went His way, as soon as He had left communing with Abraham: and
Abraham returned unto his place.
1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of
Sodom: and Lot seeing [them] rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his
face toward the ground;
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, 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 ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
3 And he pressed upon 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.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, [even] the men of Sodom,
compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every
quarter:
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where [are] the men which came
in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
6 And
7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I have two daughters which 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; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said [again], This one [fellow] came in
to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee,
than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, [even]
10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled
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.
12 And the men said unto
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great
before the face of Yahweh; and Yahweh hath sent us to destroy it.
14 And
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened
16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of
his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; Yahweh being merciful unto
him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
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 consumed.
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, Yahweh:
19 Behold now, Thy servant hath found grace in Thy sight, and Thou hast
magnified Thy mercy, which Thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I
cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
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.
21 And He said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also,
that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come
thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when
24 Then Yahweh rained upon
25 And He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of
the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before
Yahweh:
28 And he looked toward
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 the which
30 And
31 And the firstborn 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:
32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we
may preserve seed of our father.
33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in,
and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, but when she
arose.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn 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.
35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger
arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, but when she
arose.
36 Thus were both the daughters of
37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name
38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same
[is] the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
1 And Abraham journeyed from thence
toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in
Gerar.
2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of
Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou
[art but] a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she [is] a man's
wife.
4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Yahweh, wilt Thou slay also
a righteous nation?
5 Said he not unto me, She [is] my sister? and she, even she herself said, He
[is] my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I
done this.
6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the
integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against Me:
therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
7 Now therefore restore the man [his] 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.
8 Therefore 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.
9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto
us? and what have I offended 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.
10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this
thing?
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.
12 And yet indeed [she is] my
sister; she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother;
and she became my wife.
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 shew unto me; at
every place whither we shall come, say of me, He [is] my brother.
14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and
gave [them] unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land [is] before thee: dwell where it
pleaseth thee.
16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand [pieces]
of silver: behold, he [is] to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that [are]
with thee, and with all [other]: thus she was reproved.
17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his
maidservants; and they bare [children].
18 For Yahweh had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech,
because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
1 And Yahweh visited Sarah as He had said, and Yahweh did unto Sarah as He
had spoken.
2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time
of which God had spoken to him.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah
bare to him, Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had
commanded him.
5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh
with me.
7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given
children suck? for I have born [him] a son in his old age.
8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the [same]
day that Isaac was weaned.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham,
mocking.
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.
11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
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 hath said unto thee,
hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he [is]
thy seed.
14 And Abraham rose 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 wandered in the wilderness of
15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of
the shrubs.
16 And she went, and sat her down over against [him] a good way off, as it were
a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat
over against [him], and lift up her voice, and wept.
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].
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a
great nation.
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.
20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and
became an archer.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out
of the
22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief
captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God [is] with thee in all that
thou doest:
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.
24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's
servants had violently taken away.
26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou
tell me, neither yet heard I [of it], but to day.
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of
them made a covenant.
28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe lambs which
thou hast set by themselves?
30 And he said, For [these] seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that
they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
31 Wherefore he called that place
32 Thus they made a covenant at
33 And [Abraham] planted a grove in
34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and
said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, [here] I [am].
2 And He said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, 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.
3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two
of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt
offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and
the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid [it] upon Isaac his
son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them
together.
7 And Isaac spake 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?
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide Himself a lamb for a burnt
offering: so they went both of them together.
9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an
altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him
on the altar upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And the Angel of Yahweh called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham,
Abraham: and he said, Here [am] I.
12 And He said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto
him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy
son, thine only [son] from Me.
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind [him] a ram
caught in a 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.
14 And Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh-yireh: as it is said [to]
this day, In the mount of Yahweh it shall be seen.
15 And the Angel of Yahweh called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 And said, By Myself have I sworn, saith Yahweh, for because thou hast done
this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:
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 sea shore;
and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou
hast obeyed My voice.
19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together
to
20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying,
Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's
brother.
24 And his concubine, whose name [was] Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham,
and Thahash, and Maachah.
1 And Sarah was an hundred and
seven and twenty years old: [these were] the years of the life of Sarah.
2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan:
and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3 And Abraham stood up from before
his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4 I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a
buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
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.
7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, [even] to
the children of Heth.
8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my
dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which [is] in the
end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a
possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered
Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, [even] of all that went in at
the gate of his city, saying,
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.
12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying,
But if thou [wilt give it], I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for
the field; take [it] of me, and I will bury my dead there.
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred shekels of
silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? Bury therefore thy dead.
16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver,
which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of
silver, current [money] with the merchant.
17 And 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 borders round about, were made sure
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.
19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of
Machpelah before Mamre: the same [is]
20 And the field, and the cave that [is] therein, were made sure unto Abraham
for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
1 And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age: and Yahweh had blessed Abraham
in all things.
2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all
that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
3 And I will make thee swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven, and the God of the
earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the
Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my
son Isaac.
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 again unto the land from
whence thou camest?
6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither
again.
7 Yahweh, God of heaven, Which took me from my father's house, and from the land
of my kindred, and Which spake unto me, and That sware unto me, saying, Unto
thy seed will I give this land; He shall send His angel before thee, and thou
shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear
from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware
to him concerning that matter.
10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed;
for all the goods of his master [were] in his hand: and he arose, and went to
Mesopotamia, unto the city of
11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at
the time of the evening, [even] the time that women go out to draw [water].
12 And he said, O Yahweh, God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good
speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
13 Behold, I stand [here] by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of
the city come out to draw water:
14 And 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 Isaac; and thereby shall I know that Thou hast shewed kindness unto
my master.
15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came
out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's
brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
16 And the damsel [was] very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man
known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a
little water of thy pitcher.
18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon
her hand, and gave him drink.
19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw [water] for
thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto
the well to draw [water], and drew for all his camels.
21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether Yahweh had made
his journey prosperous or not.
22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a
golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten
[shekels] weight of gold;
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?
24 And she said unto him, I [am] the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah,
which she bare unto Nahor.
25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and
room to lodge in.
26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped Yahweh.
27 And he said, Blessed [be] Yahweh, God of my master Abraham, Who hath not
left destitute my master of His mercy and His truth: I [being] in the way,
Yahweh led me to the house of my master's brethren.
28 And the damsel ran, and told [them of] her mother's house these things.
29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was] Laban: and Laban ran out unto
the man, unto the well.
30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's
hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake
the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels
at the well.
31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of Yahweh; wherefore standest thou
without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw
and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet
that [were] with him.
33 And there was set [meat] before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat,
until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
34 And he said, I [am] Abraham's servant.
35 And Yahweh hath blessed my master greatly; and He is become great: and He
hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and
maidservants, and camels, and asses.
36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and
unto him hath he given all that he hath.
37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of
the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife
unto my son.
39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
40 And he said unto me, Yahweh, 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:
41 Then shalt thou be clear from [this] my oath, when thou comest to my
kindred; and if they give not thee [one], thou shalt be clear from my oath.
42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Yahweh, God of my master
Abraham, if now Thou do prosper my way which I go:
43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when
the virgin cometh forth to draw [water], and I say to her, Give me, I pray
thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels:
[let] the same [be] the woman whom Yahweh hath appointed out for my master's
son.
45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth
with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew
[water]: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
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.
47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter [art] thou? And she said, The
daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the
earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, God of
my master Abraham, Which had led me in the right way to take my master's
brother's daughter unto his son.
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.
50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from Yahweh:
we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
51 Behold, Rebekah [is] before thee, take [her], and go, and let her be thy
master's son's wife, as Yahweh hath spoken.
52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he
worshipped Yahweh, [bowing himself] to the earth.
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.
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.
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.
56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing Yahweh hath prospered my way;
send me away that I may go to my master.
57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And
she said, I will go.
59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's
servant, and his men.
60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art] our sister, be thou
[the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of
those which hate them.
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.
62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south
country.
63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted
up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels [were] coming.
64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the
camel.
65 For she [had] said unto the servant, What man [is] this that walketh in the
field to meet us? And the servant [had] said, It [is] my master: therefore she
took a vail, and covered herself.
66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
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 after his
mother's [death].
1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name [was] Keturah.
2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and
3 And Jokshan begat
4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah.
All these [were] the children of Keturah.
5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts,
and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the
east country.
7 And these [are] the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an
hundred threescore and fifteen years.
8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and
full [of years]; and was gathered to his people.
9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the
10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham
buried, and Sarah his wife.
11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son
Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
12 Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the
Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
13 And these [are] the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according
to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and
Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
16 These [are] the sons of Ishmael, and these [are] their names, by their
towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
17 And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and
seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his
people.
18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is] before
19 And these [are] the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat
Isaac:
20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of
Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated Yahweh for his wife, because she [was] barren: and
Yahweh was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so,
why [am] I thus? And she went to enquire of Yahweh.
23 And Yahweh said unto her, Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two manner of
people shall be separated from thy bowels; and [the one] people shall be
stronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, [there were] twins
in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called
his name Esau.
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel;
and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac [was] threescore years old when she
bare them.
27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and
Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents.
28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of [his] venison: but Rebekah loved
Jacob.
29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint:
30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage];
for I [am] faint: therefore was his name called
31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
32 And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what profit shall
this birthright do to me?
33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his
birthright unto Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and
drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised [his] birthright.
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.
2 And Yahweh appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the
land which I shall tell thee of:
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 countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto
Abraham thy father;
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give
unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the
earth be blessed;
5 Because that Abraham obeyed My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My
statutes, and My laws.
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
7 And the men of the place asked [him] of his wife; and he said, She [is] my
sister: for he feared to say, [She is] my wife; lest, [said he], the men of the
place should kill me for Rebekah; because she [was] fair to look upon.
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.
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 for her.
10 And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou hast done unto us? one of the people
might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought
guiltiness upon us.
11 And Abimelech charged all [his] people, saying, He that toucheth this man or
his wife shall surely be put to death.
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold:
and Yahweh blessed him.
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very
great:
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of
servants: and the Philistines envied him.
15 For 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.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than
we.
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the
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.
19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of
springing water.
20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water
[is] ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with
him.
21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the
name of it Sitnah.
22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they
strove not: and he called the name of it R