FROM-THE-L1BRARYOF TRINITYCOLLEGETORONTO
THE
HOLY SCRIPTURES,
TRANSLATED AND CORRECTED
BY" THE
SPIRIT OF REVELATION,
BY
JOSEPH SMITH, JR.,
THE SEER.
PUBLISHED BY THE
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS.
JOSEPH SMITH, I. L. KOGEKS, E. ROBINSON,
PUBLISHING COMMITTEE.
1867.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1807, by JOSEPH SMITH, I. L. ROGERS, AND E. ROBINSON,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois.
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PREFACE.
This work is given to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and to the public in pursuance of the commandment of God.
As concerning the manner of translation and correction, it is evident, from the MSS. and the testimony of those who were conversant with the facts, that it was done by direct revelation from God.
It was begun in June, 1830, and was finished July 2, 1833.
Joseph Smith was born in Dec., 1805, and was, at the finishing of the MSS. of this work, in the 28th year of his age.
The MSS., at his death, in 1844, were left in the hands of his widow, where they remained until the spring of 1866, when they were delivered to Wm. Marks, I. L. Rogers, and Wm. W. Blair, a Committee appointed by the Annual Conference, of April, 1866, to procure them for publication; and were, by them, delivered to the Committee of Publication, consisting of Joseph Smith, Israel L. Rogers, and Ebenezer Robinson, and are now pre sented as they came into our hands.
It is declared in the Book of Mormon that "many plain and precious parts" have been taken away from the Bible :
" For behold, they have taken away from the gospel of the Lamb, many parts which are plain and most precious ; and also many covenants of the Lord have been taken away ; and all this have they done, that they might pervert the right ways of the Lord ; that they might blind the eyes and harden the hearts of the children of men : wherefore, thou seest that after the book hath gone forth through the hands of the great and abominable church, that there are many plain and precious things taken away from the book, which is the book of the Lamb of God ; and after these plain and precious things were taken away, it goeth forth unto all the nations of the Gentiles."—! Book of Nephi, iii. 40— Book of Mormon.
This declaration is fully sustained by the following quotations from history, relative to the transmission of the Bible.
Prof. Wm. Whiston, in his translation of the works of Flavius Josephus, in a note to chap. 11 of Book 9, Ant. Jews, in reference to a quotation, pro fessedly from Nahurn, says :
"By which quotation we learn what he himself always asserts, viz: that he made use of the Hebrew original, (and not of the Greek version ;) as also we learn, that his Hebrew copy considerably differed from ours."
Dupin says in his " Complete History of the Canon and Writers of the Books of the Old and New Testament:"
" St. Jerome, in his commentary upon the 40th chapter of Ezekiel, says : 'When we translate the Hebrew words into Latin, we are sometimes guided by conjecture.'"
Again he says : " When Origen observed that there was less in the Greek than in the Hebrew, he did supply it from the version of Theodotion, and put an asterisk or star to it, to signify that this was to illustrate what was obscure. St. Jerome makes frequent mention of the addition*, corrections, and SUBTRACTIONS made in the versions of the Septuagint, by Origen. * * * St. Jerome says in the preface to his commentary on Daniel, that in all, both the Greek and Latin churches, both in those in Syria and in Egypt, the edition of Origen is made use of."
Again, Dupin says: "By the carelessness of *he transcribers, and some-
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times of those who set them at work, the asterisks being either misunder stood, or entirely left out in some places, the additions of Theodotion were CONFOUNDED with the vision of the Septuagint, which perhaps moved St. Jerome to say that Origen had corrupted and confounded the version of the Septuagint."
Dupin continues : "In short we must confess that there are many differ ences betwixt the Hebrew text and the version of the Septuagint, which arise from the corruption and confusion that are in the Greek version we now have. It is certain that it hath been revised divers times, and that several authors have taken liberty to add thereunto, to RETRENCH and correct divers things. That in the first centuries there were different editions, and that corrections have been inserted from the versions of Theodotion and others, which made St. Jerome say with reason, that in his time the version of the Septuagint was nowhere to be found in its purity. * * * It is mere superstition to assert, as some authors do, that the Hebrew text which we have at present is not corrupted in any place, and that there is no fault, nor any thing left out, and that we must indisputably follow it at all times. This is not only to speak without all evidence, and contrary to all proba bility, but we have very good proof to the contrary, for in the first place there are differences betwixt the oldest of the Hebrew copies which tho Massorites have observed, by that which they called Keri and Ketib, and putting one of the readings in the text and the other in the margin, we have the different readings of the Jews of the East and the Jews of the West, of the Ben Asher and Ben Naphtali, and the manuscript copies of the Bible are not always alike."
This " Complete History of the Canon," &c., says : " The Council of Trent, (held in 1540,) when it declared the vulgar version authentic, did not thereby declare it as done by divine inspiration, neither as a piece conformable in all respects to the original texts, or free from all errors. * * * Notwith standing the care and precaution of the Massorites and Jews who have wrote or printed the Hebrew Bibles, there are still a great many differences be tween the manuscripts and printed Bibles, as Buxtorfe has observed in his Rabbinical Library, and Capelle after him. There are differences in the punctuation about the consonants, and whole words and verses, which shows that let them be never so diligent, it is impossible but some faults will slip in, either in the copying or printing of a work. * * * Nor can it be said for certain that all those books which are cited in the Holy Scriptures were of divine inspiration. 'Tis a medium and middle way that ought to be followed, according to the opinion of the fathers, who have acknowledged that there may be some books divinely inspired, and others of human com position among those that are cited in the canonical books. * * * It can not be said that no fault has crept into the scriptures by the negligence or inadvertency of the transcribers, or even by the BOLDNESS of those who have ventured to strike out, ADD, or change some words which they thought neces sary to be omitted, added or changed. This is the common fate of all books, from which God has not thought fit to exempt even the sacred writings. From hence have proceeded those various and different lections between the Greek copies of the books of the New Testament, which began to appear in the first ages of the church, and are still continued."
Says Dupin : " We do not find that the two greatest men of the church, I mean Origen and St. Hierom, who had searched the ancient copies of the scriptures with so much care and dilligence, and have visited so many churches in the East, have ever spoken of the originals of the New Testa ment, written with the hands of the apostles, which they would not have failed to do if there had been any in their time." To account for this, Dupin continues, "But it hath been already made to appear, elsewhere, that it is no wonder that the primitive Christia.ns, who had not a regular body of a state in which they lived, and whose assemblies, on the contrary, were furi-
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ously disturbed by the Jews and pagans, had lost the originals of their books" From the same work we take the following : " In the primitive ages there was no talk of reading the Holy Scriptures in the originals; any copy whatever, provided it was used in the orthodox churches, might be relied upon as if it had been the first original, written with the hands of the apostles."
Dupin continues : " The critics have sometimes reformed the text, because they looked upon it as faulty; they have met with a sense that shocked them in the text, and which might be reformed by taking aicay one single word; they have determined that the text ought to read so and so, and have boldly corrected the text upon a mere conjecture. The copiers or the regulators of the copies have taken a great deal of liberty upon this respect being pur sued — that they should do some service in explaining it more clearly, but sometimes have determined the text by such words as give it quite another tense."
" St. Chrysostom observes : The Jews having been at some times careless and negligent, and at other times profane, they suffered some of the sacred books to be lost through their carelessness, and have burnt and destroyed others." — Simons' Grit. Hist. N. Test.
" The common version of the Bible was printed in A. D. 1611. The only printed editions of the Greek Testament at that time were Cardinal Ximenes', printed A. D. 1514; Erasmus', in 1516; Stephens', 1546, and Beza's, in 1562, with some editions taken from these ; substantially the same may be said of the Old Testament. King James' Translation was made from no uniform edition whatever. Although there is, by authority, a standard English edition of the Bible, there is no standard Hebrew or Greek text for the original of that version. That called the 'received text/ is the text of Erasmus, which is a version of the Latin Vulgate compared with the Greek text. This edition was corrected severally, by Stephens, Beza and Elzevir, and published by the latter, at Leyden, in Holland, in 1624, thirteen years after King James' translation was published. In the compilation of this 'received text,' Erasmus consulted but eight MSS., only one of Revelations ; all of which copies were later than the tenth century. The manuscript of Revelations was but a partial one. To supply what was wanting, he trans lated the Latin of the Vulgate into Greek, to supply the deficiencies, to make up the 'received text.'" — March's Introduction, Vol. 2, p. 846, and Penn's Annotations.
It is also declared in the Book of Mormon, touching the restoration of the Scriptures: "Wherefore the fruit of thy loins shall write; and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together, unto the confounding of false doctrines, and laying down of contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins, and bringing, them to the knowledge of their fathers in the latter days ; and also to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord." — 2 Nephi ii. 1.
And again: "And the angel spake unto me, saying, these last records which thou hast seen among the Gentiles, shall establish the truth of the first, which are of the twelve apostles of the Lamb, and shall make known the plain and precious things which have been taken away from them ; and shall make known to all kindreds, tongues and people, that the Lamb of God is the Son of the Eternal Father, and the Saviour of the world; and that all men must come unto him or they cannot be saved; and they must come according to the words which shall be established by the mouth of the Lamb."— 1 Nephi iii. 43.
In the Book of Doctrine and Covenants, Sec. 22, p. 9, we read as follows : "And now, Moses, my son, T will speak unto you concerning this earth upon which thou standest; and thou shalt write these things which I shall speak,
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and in a day when the children of men shall esteem my words as naught, and take many of them from the book which thou shalt writ*, behold I will raise up another like unto thee, and they shall be had again among the chil dren of men ; among as many as shall believe."
Again in Sec. 42, p. 15 : " Thou shalt ask, and my scriptures shall be given as I have appointed, and they shall be preserved in safety; and it is expedient that thou shouldst hold thy peace concerning them, and not teach them until ye have received them in full. And I give unto you a command ment, that then ye shall teach them unto all men j for they shall be taught unto all nations, kindreds, tongues and people."
A REVELATION, GIVEN TO JOSEPH THE SEER,
JUNE, A. D. 1830.
THE words of God which he spake unto Moses, at a time when Moses was caught up into an exceeding high mountain, and he saw God face to face, and he talked with him, and the glory of God was upon Moses ; there fore Moses could endure his presence.
2 And God spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, I am the Lord God Almighty, and endless is my name, for I am without beginning of days or end of years; and is not this endless ?
3 And behold, thou art my son, wherefore look, and I will show thee the workmanship of mine hands, but not all ; for my works are without end, and also my words, for they never cease ; wherefore, no man can behold all my works except he behold all my glory ; and no man can behold all my glory, and afterwards remain in the flesh, on the earth.
4 And I have a work for thee, Moses, my son ; and thou art in the simili tude of mine Only Begotten ; and my Only Begotten is and shall be the Sa viour, for he is full of grace and truth; but there is no God beside me; and all things are present with me, for I know them all.
5 And now, behold, this one thing I show unto thee, Moses, my son ; for thou art in the world, and now I show it unto thee.
6 And it came to pass, that Moses looked and beheld the world upon which he was created. And as Moses beheld the world,- and the ends thereof, and all the children of men, which are and which were created ; of the same he greatly marvelled, and wondered. And the presence of God withdrew from Moses, that his glory was not upon Moses ; and Moses was left unto him self; and as he was left unto himself, he fell unto the earth.
7 And it came to pass, that it was for the space of many hours before Moses did again receive his natural strength like unto man ; and he said unto himself, Now, for this cause, I know that man is nothing, which thing I never had supposed ; but now mine eyes have beheld God ; but not mine natural but my spiritual eyes, for mine natural eyes could not have beheld, for I should have withered and died in his presence ; but his glory was upon me, and I beheld his face, for I was transfigured before him.
8 And now it came to pass, that when Moses had said these words, behold, Satan came tempting him, saying, Moses, son of man, worship me. And it came to pass that Moses looked upon Satan, and said, Who art thou, for behold I am a son of God, in the similitude of his Only Begotten ; and where is thy glory, that I should worship thee ? For, behold, I could not look upon God except his glory should come upon me, and I were trans figured before him. But I can look upon thee in the natural man. Is it not so surely ?
9 Blessed be the name of my God, for his Spirit hath not altogether with drawn from me ; or else where is thy glory, for it is darkness unto me, and I can judge between thee and God; for God said unto me, Worship God, for him only shalt thou serve. Get thee hence, Satan, deceive me not ; for God said unto me, Thou art after the similitude of mine Only Begotten.
10 And he also gave unto me commandment, when he called unto me out of the burning bush, saying, Call upon God in the name of mine Only Be gotten, and worship me.
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11 And again, Moses said, I will not cease to call upon God. I other things to enquire of him ; for his glory has been upon me, and it is glory unto me ; wherefore, I can judge between him and thee. Depart hence, Satan.
12 And now, when Moses had said these words, Satan cried with a loud voice, and went upon the earth, and commanded, saying, I am the Only Begotten, worship me.
13 And it came to pass, that Moses began to fear exceedingly; and as he began to fear, he saw the bitterness of hell ; nevertheless, calling upon God he received strength, and he commanded, saying, Depart hence, Satan : for this one God only will I worship, which is the God of glory.
14 And now, Satan began to tremble, and the earth shook, and Moses re ceived strength and called upon God in the name of the Only Begotten, saying to Satan, Depart hence.
15 And it came to pass, that Satan cried with a loud voice, with weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth, and departed hence ; yea, from the presence of Moses, that he beheld him not.
16 And now, of this thing Moses bore record ; but because of wickedness, it is not had among the children of men.
17 And it came to pass, that when Satan had departed from the presence of Moses, that Moses lifted up his eyes unto heaven, being filled with the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of the Father and the Son ; and calling upon the name of God, he beheld again his glory ; for it rested upon him, and he heard a voice, saying, Blessed art thou, Moses, for I, the Almighty, have chosen thee, and thou shalt be made stronger than many waters ; for they shall obey thy command even as if thou wert God.
18 And lo, I am with thee, even unto the end of thy days, for thou shalt deliver my people from bondage ; even Israel my chosen.
19 And it came to pass, as the voice was still speaking, he cast his eyes and beheld the earth ; yea, even all the face of it ; and there was not a parti cle of it which he did not. behold, discerning it by the Spirit of God. And he beheld also the inhabitants thereof, and there was not a soul which he beheld not, and he discerned them by the Spirit of God, and their numbers were great, even as numberless as the sand upon the sea shore. And he beheld many lands, and each land was called earth ; and there were inhabit ants on the face thereof.
20 And it came to pass, that Moses called upon God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, why these things are so, and by what thou niadest them? And behold the glory of God was upon Moses, so that Moses stood in the presence of God, and he talked with him face to face.
21 And the Lord God said unto Moses, For mine own purpose have I made these things. Here is wisdom, and it remaineth in me. And by the word of my power have I created them, which is mine Only Begotten Son, who is full of grace and truth. And worlds without number have I created, and I also created them for mine own purpose ; and by the Son I created them, which is mine Only Begotten. And the first man of all men have I called Adam, which is many. But only an account of this earth, and the inhabitants thereof, give I unto you; for behold there are many worlds which have passed away by the word of my power ; and there are many also which now stand, and numberless are they unto man ; but all things are numbered unto me ; for they are mine, and I know them.
22 And it came to pass, that Moses spake unto the Lord, saying, Be merci ful unto thy servant, 0 God, and tell me concerning this earth, and the in habitants thereof; and also the heavens, and then thy servant will be content.
23 And the Lord God spake unto Moses, saying, The heavens, they are many and they cannot be numbered unto man, but they are numbered unto ino, for they are mine ; and as one earth shall pass away, and the heavens
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thereof, even so shall another come; and there is no end to my works, neither ^o my words ; for this is my work and my glory, to bring to pass the immortality, and eternal life of man.
24- And now, Moses, my Son, I will speak unto you concerning this earth upon which you stand ; and you shall write the things which I shall speak. And in a day when the children of men shall esteem my words as naught, and take many of them from the book which you shall write, behold I will raise up another like unto you, and they shall be had again among the children of men, among even as many as shall believe.
25 These words were spoken unto Moses in the mount, the name of which shall not be known among the children of men. And now they are spoken unto you. Amen.
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CHAFIER I.
History of the creation.
AND it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Be hold, I reveal unto you concerning this heaven and this earth ; write the words which I speak.
2 I am the Beginning and the End; the Almighty God. By mine Only Begotten I created these things.
3 Yea, in the beginning I created the heaven, and the earth upon which thou standest.
4 And the earth was without form, and void ; and I caused darkness to come up upon the face of the deep.
5 And my Spirit moved upon the face of the water, for I am God.
6 And I, God, said, Let there be light, and there was light.
7 And I, God, saw the light, and that light was good. And I, God, divided the light from the darkness.
8 And I, God, called the light day, and the darkness I called night. And this I did by the word of my power ; and it was done as I spake. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
9 And again, I, God, said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water ; and it was so, even as I spake. And I said, Let it divide the waters from the waters; and it was done.
10 And I, God, made the firmament, and divided the waters; yea, the great waters under the firmament, from the waters which were above the firmament ; and it was so, even as I spake.
11 And I, God, called the firmament heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
12 And I, God, said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place ; and it was so. And I, God, said, Let there be dry land ; and it was so.
13 And I, God, called the dry land earth ; and the gathering together of the waters called I the sea.
14 And I, God, saw that all things which I had made were good.
15 And I, God, said, Let the earth bring forth grass ; the herb yielding seed; the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind ; and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed should be in itself, upon the earth ; and it was so, even as I spake.
16 And the earth brought forth grass ; every herb yielding seed after his kind ; and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed should be in itself, after his kind.
17 And I, God, saw that all things which I had made were good. And the evening and morning were the third day.
18 And I, 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 for years , and let them be for lights in the fir mament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth ; and it was so.
19 And I, God, made two great lights ; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night ; and the greater light was the sun, and the lesser light was the moon.
20 And the stars also were made, even according to my word; and 1, God, set them in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth ; and the sun to rule over the day, and the moon to rule over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness.
21 And I, God, saw that all things which I had made were good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
22 And I, God, said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly, the moving
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creature that hath life, and fowl which may fly above the earth, in the open firmament of heaven.
28 And I, 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.
24 And I, God, saw that all things which I had created were good ; and I, God, blessed them, saying, Be fruit ful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the sea, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
25 And I, God, said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature, after his kind ; cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth, after their kind ; and it was so.
26 And I, God, made the beasts of the earth, after their kind; and cattle after their kind ; and everything which ereepeth upon the earth, after his kind. And I, God, saw that all these things were good.
27 And I, God, said unto mine Only Begotten, which was with me from the beginning, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness ; and it was so.
28 And I, God, said, Let them have dominion over the fishes 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 ereep eth upon the earth.
29 And I, God, created man in mine own image, in the image of mine Only Begotten created I him ; male and female created I them.
30 And I, God, blessed them, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multi ply, 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.
31 And I, God, said unto man, Be hold, I have given you every herb, bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth ; and every tree in the which shall be the fruit of a tree, yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
32 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that ereepeth upon the earth, wherein I grant life, there
shall be given every clean herb for meat ; and it was so, even as I spake. 33 And I, God, saw everything that I had made, and behold, all things which I had made were very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
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The Jristory nf tlie creation continued — Mar riage instituted — The day of rest. THUS the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2 And on the seventh day, I, God, ended my work, and all things which I had made ; and I rested on the seventh day from all my work ; and all things which I had made were finished. And I, God, saw that they were good.
3 And I, God, blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it, because that in it I had rested from all my work, which I, God, had created and made.
4 And now, behold, I say unto you, that these are the generations of the heaven, and of the earth, when they were created in the day that I the Lord God made the heaven and the earth, and every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew ;
5 For I, the Lord God, created all things of which I have spoken, spiritually, before they were natu rally upon the face of the earth ; for I, the Lord God, had not caused it to rain upon the face of the earth.
6 And I, the Lord God, had created all the children of men, and not yet a man to till the ground, for in hea ven created I them, and there was not yet flesh upon the earth, neither in the water, neither in the air ;
7 But I, the Lord God, spake, and there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
8 And I, the Lord God, formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ; and man became a living soul ; the first flesh upon the earth, the first man also ;
9 Nevertheless, all things were be fore created, but spiritually were they created and made, according to my word.
10 And I, the Lord God, planted a
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garden eastward in Eden ; and there I put the man whom I had formed.
11 And out of the ground, made I, the Lord God, to grow every tree na turally, that is pleasant to the sight of man, and man could behold it, and it became also a Jiving soul ; for it was spiritual in the day that I created it; for it remaineth in the sphe :e in which I, God, created it ; yea, even all things which I prepared for the use of man ; and man saw that it was good for food.
12 And I, the Lord God, planted the tree of life also, in the midst of the garden ; and also the tree of knowledge of good and evil-
13 And I, the Lord God, caused a river to go out of Eden, to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
14 And I, the Lord God, called the name of the first Pison, and it com- passeth the whole land of Havilah, where I, the Lord, created much gold ; and the gold of that land was good, and there was bdellium, and the onyx stone.
15 And the name of the second river was called Gihon, the same that compasseth the whole land of Ethio pia.
16 And the name of the third river was Hiddekel, that which goeth to ward the east of Assyria.
17 And the fourth river was Eu phrates.
18 And I,' the Lord God, took the man, .and put him into -the garden of Eden, to dress it, and to keep it.
19 And I, the Lord God, com manded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat;
20 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it:
21 Nevertheless, thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee ; but remember that I forbid it :
22 For in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
23 And I, the Lord God, said unto mine Only Begotten, that it was not good that the man should be alone :
24 Wherefore, I will make an help meet for him.
25 And out of the ground, I the
Lord God, formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and commanded that they should come unto Adam, to see what he would call them.
26 And they were also living souls; for I, God, breathed into them the breath of life, and commanded that whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that should be the name thereof.
27 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field ; but as for Adam, there was not found an help meet for him.
28 And I, the Lord God, caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept, and I took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in the stead thereof; and the rib, which I, the Lord God had taken from man, made I a woman, and brought her unto the man.
29 And Adam said, This I know now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shall be cnlled wo man, because she was taken out of man.
30 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife ; and they shal) be one flesh.
31 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
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Rebellirm of Satan — Marts agt.ncy, te.mpta- tiim and faH.
AND I, the Lord God, spake unto Moses, saying, That Satan whom thou hast commanded in the name of mine Only Begotten, is the same which was from the beginning;
2 And he came before me, saying, Behold I, send me, I will be thy Son, and I will redeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely I will do it: wherefore, give me thine honour.
3 But behold, my beloved Son, which was my beloved and chosen from the beginning, said unto me; Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine for ever.
4 Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man. which I, the Lord God, had given him ; and
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also that I should give unto him mine own power; by the power of mine Only Begotten I caused that he should be cast down, and he be came Satan;
5 Yea, even the devil, the father of all lies, to deceive, and to blind men, and to lead them captive at his will, even as many as would not hearken unto my voice.
6 And now, the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field, which I, the Lord God, had made.
7 And Satan put it into the heart of the serpent, for he had drawn away many after him ; and he sought also to beguile Eve, for he knew not the mind of God; wherefore, he sought to destroy the world.
8 And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden. And he spake by the mouth of the serpent.
9 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden ; but of the fruit of the tree which thou beholdest in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, nei ther shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
10 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die ; 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.
11 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it became pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make her wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat ; and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.
12 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they had been naked ; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
13 And they heard the voice of the Lord God, as they were walking in the garden, in the cool of the day.
14 And Adam and his wife went to hide themselves from the presence of the Lord God, amongst the trees of the garden.
15 And I, the Lord God, called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where goest thou? And he said, I heard thy voice, in the garden, and I was
afraid, because I beheld that I was naked, and I hid myself.
16 And I, the Lord God, said unto Adam, Who told thee tnat thou wast naked ? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat, if so thou shouldst surely die ?
17 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest me, and com manded that she should remain with me, she gave me of the fruit of the tree, and I did eat.
18 And I, the Lord God, said unto the woman, What is this thing which thou hast done ?
19 And the woman said, The ser pent beguiled me, and I did eat.
20 And I, the Lord God, said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou shalt be 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 ;
21 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman ; between thy seed and her seed; and he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
22 Unto the woman, I, the Lord God, said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow, and thy conception ; in sor row thou shalt bring forth children, and thy desire shall be to thy hus band, and he shall rule over thee.
23 And unto Adam, I, the Lord God, said, Because thou hast heark ened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the fruit of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, cursed shall be the ground for thy sake ; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ;
24 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field ;
25 By the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou sbalt return unto the ground, for thou shalt surely die; for out of it wast thou taken, for dust thou wast, and unto dust shalt thou return.
26 And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living ; for thus have I, the Lord God, called the first of all women, which are manv
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27 Unto Adam, and also unto his wife, did I, the Lord God, make coats of skins, and clothed them.
28 And I, the Lord God, said unto mine Only Begotten, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil ; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and partake also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever;
29 Therefore, I, the Lord God, will send him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken ;
30 For, as I, the Lord God, liveth, even so my words cannot return void, for, as they go forth out of my mouth, they must be fulfilled.
31 So I drove out the man, and I placed at the east of the garden of Eden, cherubim, and a naming sword, which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
32 (And these are the words which I spake unto my servant Moses. And they are true, even as I will.
33 And I have spoken them unto you. See thou show them unto no man, until I command you, except they that believe.) Amen.
CHAPTER IV.
Sons and daughters born to Adam — Offering of sacrifices — Redemption declared — Satan estranges man from God.
AND it came to pass, that after I, the Lord God, had driven them out, that Adam began to till the earth, and to have dominion over all the beasts of the field, and to eat his bread by the sweat of his brow, as I, the Lord had commanded him ; and Eve also, his wife, did labour with him.
2 And Adam knew his wife, and she bare unto him sons and daugh ters, and they began to multiply, and to replenish the earth.
3 And from that time forth, the sons and daughters of Adam began to divide, two and two, in the land, and to till the land, and to tend flocks; and they also begat sons and daugh ters.
4 And Adam called upon the name of the Lord, and Eve also, his wife ; and they heard the voice of the Lord, from the way towards the garden of Eden, speaking unto them, and they saw him not; for they were shut out from his presence.
5 And he gave unto them command ments, that they should worship the Lord their God ; and should offer the firstlings of their flocks for an offer ing unto the Lord.
6 And Adam was obedient unto the commandments of the Lord. And after many days, an angel of the Lord appeared unto Adam, saying, Why dost thou offer sacrifices unto the Lord ? And Adam said unto him, I know not, save the Lord command ed me.
7 And then the angel spake, saying, This thing is a similitude of the sac rifice of the Only Begotten of the Father, which is full of grace and truth ;
8 Wherefore, thou shalt do all that thou doest, in the name of the Son. And thou shalt repent, and call upon God, in the name of the Son for ever more.
9 And in that day, the Holy Ghost fell upon Adam, which beareth re cord of the Father and the Son, say ing, I am the Only Begotten of the Father from the beginning, hence forth and for ever; that, as thou hast fallen, thou mayest be redeemed, and all mankind, even as many as will.
10 And in that day Adam blessed God, and was filled, and began to prophesy concerning all the families of the earth; saying, Blessed be the name of God, for, because of my transgression my eyes are opened, and in this life I shall have joy, and again, in the flesh I shall see God.
11 And Eve, his wife, heard all these things and was glad, saying, Were it not for our transgression, we never should have had seed, and never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient.
12 And Adam and Eve blessed the name of God ; and they made all things known unto their sons and their daughters.
13 And Satan came among them, saying, I am also a son of God, and he commanded them, saying, Believe it not. And they believed it not; and they loved Satan more than God. And men began from that time forth to be carnal, sensual and devilish.
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Sa/an f strait fl?s man from God — Salvation ]>reachvd — Sir Ik of Cain and Abel — Se- cret combinations — Abel slain, Cain cursed — Secrets revealed by Lamech's urives — Tfte far Hi cursed.
AND the Lord God called upon men, by the Holy Ghost, every where, and commanded them that they should repent;
2 And as many as believed in the Son, and repented of their sins, should be saved. And as many as believed not, and repented not, should be damned. And the words went forth out of the mouth of God, in a firm decree, wherefore they must be fulfilled.
3 And Adam ceased not to call upon God ; and Eve also his wife.
4 And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord ; wherefore he may not re ject his words. But, behold, also Cain hearkened not, saying, Who is the Lord, that I should know him ?
5 And she again conceived, and bare his brother Abel. And Abel hearkened unto the voice of the Lord. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
6 And Cain loved Satan more than God. And Satan commanded him, saying, Make an offering unto the Lord. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.
7 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; but unto Cain, and to his offering, he had not respect.
8 Now Satan knew this, and it pleased him. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? Why is thy counte nance fallen? If thou doest well thou shalt be accepted, and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door ; and Satan desireth to have thee, and except thou shalt hearken unto my commandments, I will deliver thee up, and it shall be unto thee accord ing to his desire; and thou shalt rule '•ver him, for from this time forth
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thou shalt be the father of his lies.
10 Thou shalt be called Perdition, for thou wast also before the world, and it shall be said in time to come, that these abominations were had from Cain, for he rejected the greater counsel, which was had from God; and this is a cursing which I will put upon thee, except thou repent.
11 And Cain was wroth, and listened not any more to the voice of the Lord, neither to Abel his brother, who walked in holiness before the Lord,
12 And Adam also, and his wife, mourned before the Lord, because of Cain and his brethren.
13 And it came to pass, that Cain took one of his brother's daughters to wife, and they loved Satan more than God.
14 And Satan said unto Cain, Swear unto me by thy throat, and if thou tell it thou shalt die ; and swear thy brethren by their heads, and by the living God, that they tell it not; tor if they tell it they shall surely die. and this that thy father may not know it ; and this day I will deliver thy brother Abel into thine hands.
15 And Satan swear unto Cain, that he would do according to his com mands. And all these things were done in secret.
16 And Cain saith, Truly I am Mahan, the master of this great secret, that I may murder and get gain. Wherefore Cain was called Master Mahan : and he gloried in his wickedness.
17 And Cain went into the field, and Cain talked with Abel his brother ; and it came to pass, that while they
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were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
18 And Cain gloried in that which he had done, saying, I am free ; surely the flocks of my brother falleth into my hands.
19 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel, thy brother ? And he said, I know not, am I my brother's keeper ?
20 And the Lord said, What hast thou done ? The voice of thy brother's blood cries unto me from the ground.
21 And now, thou shalt be cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thv hand.
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22 When thou tiilest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength ; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
23 And Cain said unto the Lord, Satan tempted me, because of my brother's nocks ; and I was wroth also, for his offering thou didst accept, and not mine.
24 My punishment is greater than I can bear ! Behold, thou hast driven rae out this day from the face of the Lord, 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 he that findeth me will slay me, because of mine in iquities, for these things are not hid from the Lord.
25 And I, the Lord, said unto him, Whosoever slayeth thee, vengeance shall be taken on him seven-fold; and I, the Lord, set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
20 And Cain was shut out from the presence of the Lord, and with his wife and many of his brethren, dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
27 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bare Enoch, and he also begat many sons and daughters. And he builded a city, and he called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch.
28 And unto Enoch was born Irad, and other sons and daughters, and Irad begat Mahujael, and other sons and daughters.
29 And Mahujael begat Methusael, and other sons and daughters. And Methusael begat Lamech.
30 And Lamech took unto himself two wives, the name of one being Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.
31 And Adah bare Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and they were keepers of cattle ; and his brother's name was Jubal, who was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
32 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal Cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron ; and the sister of Tubal Cain was called Naamah.
33 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech; hearken unto niy speech, for I have slain a man to my
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34 If Cain shall be avenged seven fold, truly Lamech shall be seventy and seven fold.
35 For, Lamech having entered into a covenant with Satan, after the man ner of Cain, wherein he became Master Mahan, master of that great secret which was administered unto Cain by Satan ;
36 And Irad, the son of Enoch, having known their secret, began to reveal it unto the sons of Adam ; wherefore, Lamech, being angry, slew him, not like unto Cain his brother Abel for the sake of getting gain ; but he slew him for the oath's sake ;
37 For, from the days of Cain, there was a secret combination, and their works were in the dark, and they knew every man his brother.
38 Wherefore the Lord cursed La mech and his house, and all they that had covenanted with Satan ; for they kept not the commandments of God. And it displeased God, and he ministered not unto them.
39 And their works were abomina tions, and began to spread among all the sons of men. And it was among the sons of men.
40 And among the daughters of men, these things were not spoken; be cause that Lamech had spoken the secret unto his wives, and they re belled against him, and declared these things abroad, and had not compassion.
41 Wherefore Lamech was despised, and cast out, and came not among the sons of men, lest he should die.
42 And thus the works of darkness began to prevail among all the sons of men.
43 And God cursed the earth with a sore curse, and was angry with the wicked, with all the sons of men whom he had made, for they would not hearken unto his voice, nor believe on his Only Begotten Son, even him whom he declared should come in the meridian of time ; who was prepared from before the foundation of the world.
44 And thus the gospel began to be preached from the beginning, being declared by holy angels, sent forth from the presence of God; and by
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his own voice, and by the gift of the Holy Ghost.
45 And thus all things were con firmed unto Adam by an holy ordi nance ; and the gospel preached ; and a decree sent forth that it should be in the world until the end thereof; and thus it was. Amen.
CHAPTER VI.
Adam warns men to repent — Seth is l>nrn — TJie priesthood is shown — Bonk nf genera tions kept — Satan has dominion — God's promise to Enoch — Enoch's vision — His preaching.
AND Adam hearkened unto the voice of God, and called upon his sons to repent.
2 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bare a son, and he called his name Seth.
3 And Adam glorified the name of God, for he said, God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel whom Cain slew.
4 And God revealed himself unto Seth, and he rebelled not, but offered an acceptable sacrifice like unto his brother Abel. And to him also was born a son, and he called his name Enos.
5 And then began these men to call upon the name of the Lord ; and the Lord blessed them ; and a book of remembrance was kept in the which was recorded in the language of Adam, for it was given unto as many as called upon God, to write by the Spirit of inspiration ;
6 And by them their children were taught to read and write, having a language which was pure and unde- filed.
7 Now this same priesthood which was in the beginning, shall be in the end of the world also.
8 Now this prophecy Adam spake, as he was moved upon by the Holy Ghost.
9 And a genealogy was kept of the children of God. And this was the book of the generations of Adam, saying, In the day that God created man, (in the likeness of God made he him,) in the image of his own body, male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created, and became living souls, in the land, upon the footstool of God.
10 And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his own image, and called his name Seth.
11 And the days of Adam, after he had begotten Seth, were eight hun dred years. And he begat many sons and daughters. And all the days that Adam lived, were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.
12 Seth lived one hundred and five years, and begat Enos, and prophe sied in all his days, and taught his son Enos in the ways of God. Where fore Enos prophesied also. And Seth lived after he begat Enos, eight hun dred and seven years, and begat many sons and daughters.
13 And the children of men were numerous upon all the face of the land. And in those days, Satan had great dominion among men, and raged in their hearts; and from thenceforth came wars and bloodshed.
14 And a man's hand was against his own brother in administering death, because of secret works, seek ing for power. And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years ; and he died.
15 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan. And Enos, and the residue of the people of God, came out from the land which was called Shulon, and dwelt in a land of pro mise, which he called after his own son, whom he had named Cainan.
16 And Enos lived, after he begat Cainan, eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat many sons and daughters. And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years ; and he died.
17 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel.
18 And Cainan lived after iie begat Mahalaleel, eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years ; and he died.
19 And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years, and begat Jared.
20 And Mahalaleel lived after he be gat Jared, eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred and ninety -five years; and he died.
21 And Jared lived one hundred and
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sixty-two years, and begat Enoch.
22 And Jared lived, after he begat Enoch, eight hundred years, and be gat sons and daughters. And Jared taught Enoch in all the ways of God.
23 And this is the genealogy of the sons of Adam, who was the son of God, with whom God himself con versed.
24 And they were preachers of righteousness, and spake and pro phesied, and called upon all men everywhere to repent. And faith was taught unto the children of men.
25 And it came to pass, that all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years ; and he died.
26 And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begat Methuselah. And it came to pass that Enoch journeyed in the land, among the people ; and as he journeyed, the Spirit of God descend ed out of heaven, and abode upon him ;
27 And he heard a voice from hea ven, saying, Enoch, my son, prophesy unto this people, and say unto them, Repent, for thus saith the Lord, I am angry with this people, and my fierce anger is kindled against them; for their hearts have waxed hard, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes cannot see afar off.
28 And for these many generations, even since the day that I created them, have they gone astray, and have denied me, and have sought their own counsels in the dark; and in their own abominations have they devised murder, and have not kept the commandments which I gave unto their father Adam.
29 Wherefore, they have forsworn themselves, and by their oaths they have brought upon themselves death.
30 And an hell I have prepared for them, if they repent not ;
31 And this is a decree which I have sent forth in the beginning of the world, from mine own mouth, from the foundation thereof; and by the mouths of my servants, thy fathers, have I decreed it ; even as it shall be sent forth in the world, unto the end thereof.
32 And when Enoch had heard these words, he bowed himself to the earth, before the Lord, and spake before the Lord, saying, Why is it
that I have found favour in thy sight, and am but a lad, and all the people hate me, for I am slow of speech ; wherefore am I thy servant ?
33 And the Lord said unto Enoch, Go forth, and do as I have com manded thee, and no man shall pierce thee.
34 Open thy mouth, and it shall be filled, and I will give thee utterance; for all flesh is in my hands, and I will do as seemeth me good.
35 Say unto this people, Choose ye this day to serve the Lord God who made you.
36 Behold, my Spirit is upon you; wherefore all thy words will I justify, and the mountains shall flee before you, and the rivers shall turn from their course ; and thou shalt abide in me, and I in you; therefore walk with me.
37 And the Lord spake unto Enoch, and said unto him, Anoint thine eyes with clay, and wash them, and thou shalt see ; and he did so.
38 And he beheld the spirits that God had created, and he beheld also things which were not visible to the natural eye ; and from thenceforth came the saying abroad in the land, A seer hath the Lord raised up unto his people.
39 And it came to pass, that Enoch went forth in the land, among the people, standing upon the hills, and the high places, and cried with a loud voice, testifying against their works.
40 And all men were offended be cause of him ; and- they came forth to hear him upon the high places, saying unto the tent-keepers, Tarry ye here and keep the tents, while we go yonder to behold the seer, for he prophesieth ; and there is a strange thing in the land, a wild man hath come among us.
41 And it came to pass when they heard him, no man laid hands on him, for fear came on all them that heard him, for he walked with God.
42 And there came a man unto him, whose name was Mahijah, and said unto him, Tell us plainly who thou art, and from whence thou comest.
43 And he said unto them, I came out from the land of Cainan, the
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land of my fathers, a land of right eousness unto this day; and iny father taught me in all the ways of God.
44 And it came to pass, as I jour neyed from the land of Cainan by the sea east, I beheld a vision ; and lo, the heavens I saw, and the Lord spake with me, and gave me com mandment ; wherefore for this cause, to keep the commandment, I speak forth these words.
45 And Enoch continued his speech, saying, The Lord which spake with me, the same is the God of heaven, and he is my God and your God, and ye are my brethren; and why counsel ye yourselves, and deny the God of heaven ?
46 The heavens he made ; the earth is his footstool, and the foundation thereof is his ; behold, he laid it, and hosts of men hath he brought in upon the face thereof.
47 And death hath come upon our fathers ; nevertheless, we know them, and cannot deny, and even the first of all we know, even Adam; for a book of remembrance we have writ ten among vis, according to the pat tern given by the finger of God ; and it is given in our own language.
48 And as Enoch spake forth the words of God, the people trembled and could not stand in his presence.
49 And he said unto them, Because that Adam fell, we are ; and by his fall came death, and we are .made partakers of misery and woe.
50 Behold, Satan hath come among the children of men, and tempteth them to worship him ; and men have become carnal, sensual, and devilish, and are shut out from the presence of God.
51 But God hath made known unto our fathers, that all men must re pent.
52 And he called upon our father Adain, by his own voice, saying, I am God ; I made the world, and men before they were in the flesh.
53 And he also said unto him, If thou wilt, turn unto me and hearken unto my voice, and believe, and re pent of all thy transgressions, and be baptized, even in water, in the name of mine Only Begotten Son, who is full of grace and truth, which
is Jesus Christ, the only name which shall be given under heaven, whereby salvation shall come unto the chil dren of men ; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, asking all things in his name, and whatso ever ye shall ask it shall be given you.
54 And our father Adam spake unto the Lord, and said, Why is it that men must repent, and be bap tized in water ?
55 And the Lord said unto Adam, Behold, I have forgiven thee thy transgression in the garden of Eden.
56 Hence came the saying abroad among the people, that the Son of God hath atoned for original guilt, wherein the sins of the parents can not be answered upon the heads of the children, for they are whole from the foundation of the world.
57 And the Lord spake unto Adam, saying, Inasmuch as thy children are conceived in sin, even so, when they begin to grow up sin conceiveth in their hearts, and they taste the bitter, that they may know to prize the good.
58 And it is given unto them, to know good from evil; wherefore, they are agents unto themselves.
59 And I have given unto you an other law and commandment ; where fore teach it unto your children, that all men, everywhere, must repent, or they can in no wise inherit the king dom of God.
60 For no unclean thing can dwell there, or dwell in his presence ; for, in the language of Adam, Man of Holiness is his name ; and the name of his Only Begotten is the Son of Man, even Jesus Christ, a righteous judge, who shall come in the meridian of time.
61 Therefore I give unto you a com mandment, to teach these things freely unto your children, saying, that by reason of transgression cometh the fall, which fall bringeth death; and inasmuch as ye were born into the world by water and blood, and the spirit, which I have made, and so became of dust a living soul ;
62 Even so ye must be born again, into the kingdom of heaven, of water, and of the Spirit, and be cleansed by blood, even the blood of mine Only
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Begotten ; that ye might he sanctified from all sin; and enjoy the words of eternal life in this world, and eternal life in the world to come ; even im mortal glory.
63 For, by the water ye keep the commandment; by the Spirit ye are justified; and by the blood ye are sanctified.
64 Therefore it is given to abide in you, the record of heaven, the Com forter, the peaceable things of immor tal glory, the truth of all things, that which quickeneth all things, which maketh alive all things, that which knoweth all things, and hath all power according to wisdom, mercy, truth, justice and judgment.
65 And now, behold, I say unto you, This is the plan of salvation unto all men, through the blood of mine Only Begotten, who shall come in the me ridian of time.
66 And, behold, all things have their likeness ; and all things are created and made to bear record of me : both things which are temporal, and things which are spiritual ; things which are in the heavens above, and things which are on the earth, and things which are in the earth, and things which are under the earth, both above and beneath, all things bear record of me.
67 And it came to pass, when the Lord had spoken with Adam our father, that Adam cried unto the Lord, and he was caught away by the Spirit of the Lord, and was car ried down into the water, and was laid under the water, and was brought forth out of the water ; and thus he was baptized.
68 And the Spirit of God descended upon him, and thus he was born of the Spirit, and became quickened in the inner man.
69 And he heard a voice out of hea ven, saying, Thou art baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost ; this is the record of the Father and the Son, from henceforth and for ever;
70 And thou art after the order of him who was without beginning of days or end of years, from all eter nity to all eternity.
71 Behold, thou art one in me, a son of God : and thus may all become my sons. Anien.
CHAPTER VII.
Prophecy of Enoch, his preaching — The, heavens weep — Rest promised the earth — Zion is fled — Covenant continued in Me thuselah.
AND it came to pass, that Enoch continued his speech, saying, Behold, our father Adam taught these things, and many have be lieved, and become the sons of God ; and many have believed not, and have perished in their sins, and are looking forth with fear, in torment, for the fiery indignation of the wrath of God to be poured out upon them.
2 And from that time forth, Enoch began to prophesy, saying unto the people, that, as I was journeying, and stood in the place Mahujah, and cried unto the Lord, there came a voice out of heaven, saying, Turn ye and get ye upon the mount Simeon.
3 And it came to pass, that I turned and went up on the mount; and as I stood upon the mount, I beheld the heavens open, and I was clothed upon with glory.
4 And I saw the Lord, and he stood before my face, and he talked with me, even as a man talketh one with another, face to face; and he said unto me, Look, and I will show unto thee the world for the space of many generations.
5 And it came to pass, that I be held in the valley of Shum, and, lo ! a great people which dwelt in tents, which were the people of Shurn.
6 And again the Lord said unto me, Look, and I looked towards the north, and I beheld the people of Cainan, which dwelt in tents.
7 And the Lord said unto me, Pro phesy ; and I prophesied, saying,
8 Behold, the people of Cainan which are numerous, shall go forth in battle array against the people of Shum, and shall slay them, that they shall be utterly destroyed.
9 And the people of Cainan shall divide themselves in the land, and the land shall be barren and unfruit ful, and none other people shall dwell there, but the people of Cainan ; for, behold, the Lord shall curse the land with much heat, and the barrenness thereof shall go forth for ever.
10 And there was a blackness came upon all the children of Cainan, thai
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they were despised among all peo ple.
11 And it came to pass, that the Lord said unto me, Look, and I looked, and I beheld the land of Sharon, and the land of Enoch, and the land of Omner, and the land of Heni, and the land of Shem, and the land of Haner, and the land of Hanannihah, and all the inhabitants thereof.
12 And the Lord said unto me, Go forth to this people, and say unto them, Repent; lest I come out and smite them with a curse, and they die.
13 And he gave unto me a com mandment, that I should baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, who is full of grace and truth, and the Holy Ghost which beareth record of the Father and the Son.
14 And it came to pass, that Enoch continued to call upon all the people, save it were the people of Cainan, to repent.
15 And so great was the faith of Enoch, that he led the people of God, and their enemies came to battle against them, and he spake the word of the Lord, and the earth trembled, and the mountains fled, even accord ing to his command.
16 And the rivers of water were turned out of their course, and the roar of the lions was heard out of the wilderness.
17 And all nations feared greatly, so powerful was the word of Enoch, and so great was the power of the language which God had given him.
18 There also came up a land out of the depths of the sea; and so great was the fear of the enemies of the people of God, that they fled and stood afar off, and went upon the land which came up out of the depths of the sea.
19 And the giants of the land also stood afar off; and there went forth a curse upon all the people which fought against God.
20 And from that time forth, there were wars and bloodshed among them ; but the Lord came and dwelt with his people, and they dwelt in righteousness.
21 And the fear of the Lord was upon all nations, so great was the
glory of the Lord which was upon his people.
22 And the Lord blessed the land, and they were blessed upon the moun tains, and upon the high places, and did flourish.
23 And the Lord called his people, Zion ; because they were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in right eousness ; and there was no poor among them.
24 And Enoch continued his preach ing in righteousness unto the people of God.
25 And it came to pass in his days, that he built a city that was called the city of Holiness, even Zion.
26 And it came to pass, that Enoch talked with the Lord, and he said unto the Lord, Surely, Zion shall dwell in safety for ever. But the Lord said unto Enoch, Zion have I blessed, but the residue of the people have I cursed.
27 And it came to pass, that the Lord showed unto Enoch all the in habitants of the earth, and he beheld, and lo ! Zion in process of time was taken up into heaven.
28 And the Lord said unto Enoch, Behold mine abode for ever.
29 And Enoch also beheld the re sidue of the people which were the sons of Adam, and they were a mix ture of all the seed of Adam, save it were the seed of Cain : for the seed of Cain were black, and had not place among them.
30 And after that Zion was taken up into heaven, Enoch beheld, and lo, all the nations of the earth were before him ; and there came genera tion upon generation.
31 And Enoch was high and lifted up, even in the bosom of the Father, (and the Son of Man ;) and, behold, the powers of Satan were upon all the face of the earth ; and he saw angels descending out of heaven, and he heard a loud voice, saying, Woe! woe! be unto the inhabitants of the earth !
32 And he beheld Satan, and he had a great chain in his hand, and it veiled the whole face of the earth with darkness ; and he looked up and laughed, and his angels rejoiced.
33 And Enoch beheld angels de scending out of heaven, bearing testi-
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uiony of the Father, and of the Son.
34 And the Holy Ghost fell on many, and they were caught up by the power of heaven into Zion.
35 And it came to pass, that the God of heaven looked upon the re sidue of the people, and wept ; and Enoch bore record of it, saying, How is it that the heavens weep, and shed forth their tears as the rain upon the mountains? And Enoch said unto the Lord, How is it that thou canst weep, seeing thou art holy, and from all eternity to all eternity ?
36 And were it possible that man could number the particles of the earth, yea, and millions of earths like'this, it would not be a beginning to the number of thy creations ;
37 And thy curtains are stretched out still, and thou art there, and thy bosom is there ; and also, thou art just, thou art merciful and kind for ever ;
38 Thou hast taken Zion to thine own bosom, from all thy creations, from all eternity to all eternity ; and naught but peace, justice, and truth is the habitation of thy throne ; and mercy shall go before thy face and have no end. How is it that thou canst weep ?
39 The Lord said unto Enoch, Be hold, these thy brethren, they are the workmanship of mine own hands, and I gave unto them their knowledge in the day that I created them.
40 And in the garden of Eden gave I unto man his agency ; and unto thy brethren have I said, and also gave commandment, that they should love one another; and that they should choose me their Father.
41 But, behold, they are without affection, and they hate their own blood ; and the fire of mine indigna tion is kindled against them ; and in my hot displeasure will I send in the floods upon them ; for my fierce anger is kindled against them.
42 Behold, I am God ; Man of Holi ness is my name ; Man of Council is my name ; and Endless and Eter nal is my name also. Wherefore I can stretch forth my hands and hold all the creations which I have made, and mine eye can pierce them also.
43 And among all the workmanship
of my hands there has not been so great wickedness as among thy bre thren ; but, behold, their sins shall be upon the heads of their fathers ; Satan shall be their father, and mi sery shall be their doom ; and the whole heavens shall weep over them, even all the workmanship of my hands.
44 Wherefore should not the hea vens weep, seeing these shall suffer ? But, behold, these which thine eyes are upon shall perish in the floods ; and, behold, I will shut them up ; a prison have I prepared for them, and that which I have chosen has plead before my face ;
45 Wherefore he suffereth for their sins, inasmuch as they will repent, in the day that my chosen shall re turn unto me; and until that day they shall be in torment.
46 Wherefore for this shall the hea vens weep, yea, and all the work manship of my hands.
47 And it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Enoch, and told Enoch all the doings of the children of men.
48 Wherefore Enoch knew and looked upon their wickedness, and their misery ; and wept, and stretch ed forth his arms, and his hear-i swelled wide as eternity, and his bowels yearned, and all eternity shook.
49 And Enoch saw Noah also, and his family, that the posterity of all the sons of Noah should be saved with a temporal salvation.
50 Wherefore Enoch saw that Noah built an ark, and the Lord smiled upon it, and held it in his own hand ; but upon the residue of the wicked came the floods and swallowed them up.
51 And as Enoch saw thus, he had bitterness of soul, and wept over his brethren, and said unto the heavens, I will refuse to be comforted.
52 But the Lord said unto Enoch, Lift up your heart and be glad, and look. And it came to pass, that Enoch looked, and from Noah he be held all the families of the earth ; and he cried unto the Lord, saying, When shall the day of the Lord come ? When shall the blood of the righteous be shed, that all they that
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-mourn may be sanctified, and have eternal life ?
53 And the Lord said. It shall be in the meridian of time ; in the days of wickedness and vengeance.
54 And, behold, Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, •even in the flesh; and his soul re joiced, saying, The righteous is lifted •up ; and the Lamb is slain from the foundation of the world ; and through faith I am in the bosom of the Father; and behold, Zion is with me !
55 And it came to pass, that Enoch looked upon the earth, and he heard a voice from the bowels thereof, say ing, Woe ! woe ! is me, the mother of men ! I am pained, I am weary, because of the wickedness of my children ! When shall I rest, and be cleansed from the filthiness which has gone forth out of me ? When will my Creator sanctify me, that I may rest, and righteousness for a season abide upon my face.
56 And when Enoch heard the earth mourn, he wept, and cried unto the Lord, saying, 0 Lord, wilt thou not have compassion upon the earth? wilt thou not bless the children of Noah?
57 And it came to pass, that Enoch continued his cry unto the Lord, say ing, I ask thee, 0 Lord, in the name of thine Only Begotten, even Jesus Christ, that thou wilt have mercy upon Noah, and his seed, that the earth might never more be covered by the floods.
58 And the Lord could not with hold ; and he covenanted with Enoch, and sware unto him with an oath, that he would stay the floods ; that he would call upon the children of Noah ; and he sent forth an unalter able decree, that a remnant of his seed should always be found among all nations, while the earth should stand.
59 And the Lord said, Blessed is he through whose seed Messiah shall come; for he saith, I ain Messiah, the King of Zion, the Rock of heaven, which is broad as eternity ; and whoso cometh in at the gate, and climbeth up by me shall never fall.
60 Wherefore blessed are they of whom I have spoken, for they shall
come forth with songs of everlasting
joy.
61 And it came to pass, that Enoch cried unto the Lord, saying, When the Son of Man cometh in the flesh shall the earth rest ? I pray thee show me these things.
62 And the Lord said unto Enoch, Look ; and he looked, and beheld the SOP of Man lifted up on the cross, after the manner of men.
63 And he heard a loud voice, and the heavens were veiled ; and all the creations of God mourned, and the earth groaned ; and the rocks were rent; and the saints arose, and were crowned at the right hand of the Son of Man, with crowns of glory.
64 And as many of the spirits as were in prison came forth and stood on the right hand of God. And the remainder were reserved in chains of darkness until the judgment of the great day.
65 And again Enoch wept, and cried unto the Lord, saying, When shall the earth rest ?
66 And Enoch beheld the Son of Man ascend up unto the Father; and he called unto the Lord, saying, Wilt thou not come again upon the earth ? for inasmuch as thou art God, and I know thee, and thou hast sworn unto me, and commanded me that I should ask in the name of thine Only Begot ten ; thou hast made me, and given me a right to thy throne, and not of myself, but through thine own grace ; wherefore I ask thee if thou wilt not come again on the earth ?
67 And the Lord said unto Enoch, As I live, even so will I come in the last days, in the days of wickedness and vengeance, to fulfil the oath which I made unto you concerning the children of Noah.
68 And the day shall come that the earth shall rest. But before that day the heavens shall be darkened, and a veil of darkness shall cover the earth ; and the heavens shall shake, and also the earth.
69 And great tribulations shall be among the children of men, but my people will I preserve; and right eousness will I send down out of heaven, and truth will I send forth out of the earth, to bear testimony of mine Only Begotten ; his resurrection
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from the dead; yea, and also the resurrection of all men.
70 And righteousness and truth will I cause to sweep the earth as with a flood, to gather out mine own elect from the four quarters of the earth, unto a place which I shall prepare ; an holy city, that my people may gird up their loins, and be looking forth for the time of my coming ; for there shall be my tabernacle, and it shall be called Zion ; a New Jerusalem.
71 And the Lord said unto Enoch, Then shalt thou and all thy city meet them there; and we will receive them into our bosom ; and they shall see us, and we will fall upon their necks, and they shall fall upon our necks, and we will kiss each other;
72 And there shall be mine abode, and it shall be Zion, which shall come forth out of all the creations which I have made ; and for the space of a thousand years shall the earth rest.
73 And it came to pass, that Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, in the last days, to dwell on the earth, in righteousness, for the space of a thousand years.
74 But before that day, he saw great tribulation among the wicked ; and he also saw the sea, that it was troubled, and men's hearts failing them, looking forth with fear for the judgment of the Almighty God, which should come upon the wicked.
75 And the Lord showed Enoch all things, even unto the end of the world. And he saw the day of the righteous, the hour of their re demption, and received a fulness of
joy-
76 And all the days of Zion, in the days of Enooh, were three hundred and sixty-five years.
77 And Enoch and all his people walked with God, and he dwelt in the midst of Zion.
78 And it came to pass, that Zion was not, for God received it up into his own bosom ; and from thence went forth the saying, Zion is fled. And all the days of Enoch were four hundred and thirty years.
79 And it came to pass, that Methuselah, the son of Enoch, was not taken, that the covenants of the Lord might be fulfilled which he made to Enoch ; for he truly covenanted
with Enoch, that Noah should be of the fruit of his loins.
80 And it came to pass, that Methuselah prophesied that from his loins should spring all the kingdoms of the earth; (through Noah,) and he took glory unto himself.
81 And there came forth a great famine into the land, and the Lord cursed the earth with a sore curse, and many of the inhabitants thereof died.
82 And it came to pass, that Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven j'ears, and begat La- mech ; and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech, seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.
83 And Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and begat a son, and he called his name Noah, saying, This son shall comfort us concerning our work, and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.
84 And Lamech lived after hebe-gat Noah, five hundred and ninety-five years, and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years ; and he died.
85 And Noah was four hundred and fifty years old, and begat Japheth, and forty-two years afterwards, he begat Shcm, of her who was the mother of Japheth, and when he was five hundred years old, he begat Ham.
CHAPTER VIII.
TJie, sons of God transgress by tal<~ing wivs nf the daughters of men — Noah declares the gospel — Tlie earth filled with violence — T/ie Jlond foretold — The ark made — Com mandment of Noali — Two by tivo, the male and his female saved — The ark rests, the waters abate.
AND Noah and his sons hearkened unto the Lord, and gave heed ; and they were called the sons of God.
2 And when these men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, the sons of men saw that their daugh ters were fair, and they took them wives even as they chose.
3 And the Lord said unto Noah, The daughters of thy sons have sold themselves, for behold, mine anger is
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Liudled against the sons of men, for they will not hearken to my voice.
4 And it came to pass, that Noah prophesied, and taught the things of God, even as it was in the beginning.
5 And the Lord said unto Noah, My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for he shall know that all flesh shall die, yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years ; and if men do not repent, I will send in the floods upon them.
6 And in those days there were giants on the earth, and they sought Noah to take away his life ;
7 But the Lord was with Noah, and the power of the Lord was upon him ; and the Lord ordained Noah after his own order, and commanded him that he should go forth and declare his gospel unto the children of men, even as it was given unto Enoch.
8 And it came to pass that Noah called upon the children of men, that they should repent, but they heark ened not unto his words.
9 And also, after that they had heard him, they came up before him, saying, Behold, we are the sons of God; have we not taken unto our selves the daughters of men ? and are we not eating and drinking, and marrying and given in marriage? and our wives bear unto us children, and the same are mighty men, which are like unto them of old, men of great renown. And they hearkened not unto the words of Noah.
10 And God saw that the wicked ness of man had become great in the earth ; and every man was lifted up in the imagination of the thoughts of his heart; being only evil continually.
11 And it came to pass, that Noah continued his preaching unto the people, saying, Hearken and give heed unto my words, believe and re pent of your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, even as our fathers did, and ye shall receive the Holy Ghost, that ye may have all things made manifest;
12 And if you do not this, the floods will come in upon you ; nevertheless, they hearkened not.
13 And it repented Noah, and his heart was pained, that the Lord made man on the earth, and it grieved him at the heart.
14 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created, from the face of the earth, both man and beast, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the air;
15 For it repenteth Noah that I have created them, and that I have made them ; and he hath called upon me, for they have sought his life.
16 And thus Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord ; for Noah was a just man, and perfect in his gene ration ; and he walked with God, and also his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
17 The earth was corrupt before God ; and it was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.
18 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence, and behold, I will destroy all flesh from off the earth.
19 Make thee therefore, an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and thou shalt pitch it within and without with pitch ;
20 And the length of the ark thou shalt make three hundred cubits ; the breadth of it fifty cubits ; and the height of it thirty cubits.
21 And windows 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; lower, second, and third chambers shalt thou make in it.
22 And behold, I, even I will bring in a flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; every thing that liveth on the earth shall die.
23 But with thee will I establish my covenant, even as I have sworn unto thy father Enoch, that of thy pos terity shall come all nations.
24 And thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
25 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every kind shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep alive with thee ; they shall be male and female.
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kind ; two of every kind shalt thou take into the ark, to keep alive.
27 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather fruit of every kind unto thee in the ark, and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
28 Thus did Noah, according to all that God commanded him.
29 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house, into the ark ; for thee only have I seen right eous before me, in this generation.
30 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 ;
31 Of fowls also of the air, by sevens, the male and his female ; to keep seed alive upon the face of the earth.
32 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.
33 And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him. And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
34 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.
35 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that were not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, there went in two and two, unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
36 And it came to pass, after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, and the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of hea ven were opened, and the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
37 In the self-same day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japh- eth, the sons of Noah; and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons
with them into the ark ; they, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth, after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, and every bird of every sort ;
38 And they went unto Noah, into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life; and they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had com manded him, and the Lord shut him in.
39 And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters in creased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
40 And the waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
41 And the waters prevailed ex ceedingly upon the face of the earth, and all the high hills, under the whole heavens were covered. Fif teen cubits and upward did the wa ters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
42 And all flesh died that moved upon the face of the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beasts, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man.
43 All in whose nostrils the Lord had breathed the breath of life, of all that were on the dry land, died.
44 And every living substance was destroyed, which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the air; and they were de stroyed from the earth ;
45 And Noah only remained, and they that were with him in the ark.
46 And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.
47 And God remembered Noah, and all that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged.
48 The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; and the waters re turned from off the earth.
49 And after the end of the hun dred and fifty days, the waters were
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abated. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountain of Ararat.
50 And the waters decreased until the tenth month; and in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
51 And it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made, and he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
52 He also sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground ; but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters had not receded from off the face of the whole earth ; then he put forth his hand and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
53 And he stayed yet other seven days, and again he sent the dove out of the ark, and the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth an olive leaf plucked off; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
54 And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth a dove, which returned not again unto him any more.
55 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.
56 And Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry. And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
CHAPTER IX.
Noah builds an altar — Commandment to not sJied blood — God's covenant, the token of it set in the clouds — Noah's folly, the results of it.
AND God spake unto Noah, say ing, Go forth out of the ark, thou and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
2 Bring forth with thee every liv ing 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.
3 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him. And every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
4 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; and gave thanks unto the Lord, and rejoiced in his heart.
5 And the Lord spake unto Noah, and he blessed him. And Noah smelled a sweet savour, and he said in his heart;
6 I will call on the name of the Lord, that he will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; and that he will not again smite any more every thing living, as he hath done, while the earth remaineth ;
7 And, that seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, may not cease with man.
8 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth. 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.
9 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you ; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
10 But, the blood of all flesh which I have given you for meat, shall be shed upon the ground, which taketh life thereof, and the blood ye shall not eat.
11 And surely, blood shall not be shed, only for meat, to save your lives; and the blood of every beast will I require at your hands.
12 And whoso shcddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for man shall not shed the blood of man.
13 For a commandment I give, that
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every man's brother shall preserve the life of man, for in mine own image have I made man.
14 And a commandment I give unto you, Be ye fruitful and mul tiply ; bring forth abundantly on the earth, and multiply therein.
15 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I will establish my covenant with you, which I made unto your father Enoch, concerning your seed after you.
16 And it shall come to pass, that every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, and of the cattle, and of the beast of the earth that is with you, which shall go out of the ark, shall not altogether perish : nei ther shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood : nei ther shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
17 And I will establish my cove nant with you, which I made unto Enoch, concerning the remnants of your posterity.
18 And God made a covenant with Noah, and said, This shall be the token of the covenant I make be tween me and you, and for every living creature with you, for per petual generations;
19 I will set my bow in the cloud; and it shall be for a token of a cove nant between me and the earth.
20 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud ; and I will remember my covenant, which I have made between me and you, for every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
21 And the bow shall be in the cloud j and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting cove nant, whi3h I made unto thy father Enoch ; that, when men should keep all my commandments, Zion should again come on the earth, the city of Enoch which I have caught up unto myself.
22 And this is mine everlasting covenant, that when thy posterity shall embrace the truth, and look upward, then shall Zion look down ward, and all the heavens shall
shake with gladness, and the earth shall tremble with joy;
23 And the general assembly of the church of the first-born shall come down out of heaven, and possess the earth, and shall have place until the end come. And this is mine ever lasting covenant, which I made with thy father Enoch.
24 And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will establish my cove nant unto thee, which I have made between me and thee, for every living creature of all flesh that shall ba upon the earth.
25 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and thee, for all flesh that shall be upon the earth.
26 And the sons of Noah that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth ; and Ham was the father of Canaan. These were the three sons of Noah, and of them was the whole earth overspread.
27 And Noah began to till the earth, and he was an husbandman ; and he planted a vineyard, and he drank of the wine, and was drunken ; and he was uncovered within his tent;
28 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his brethren without ; and Shem and Japheth, took a garment and laid upon both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
29 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him, and he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
30 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem ; and Canaan shall be his servant, and a veil of darkness shall cover him, that he shall be known among all men.
31 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
32 And Noah lived after the flood, three hundred and fifty years. And all the days of Noah were nine hun dred and fifty years; and he died.
CHAPTER X.
Genealogy of the sons of Noah. OW these were the generations of the sons of Noah ; Shem,
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Ham, and Japheth ; and unto them were sons born after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth ; Gomer, and Magog, Madai, and Javan, and Tu- bal, and Meschech, and Tiras.
3 And these are the sons of Gomer ; Ashkenas, and Riphath, and To- garmah. And the sons of Javan ; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after the same tongue, after their families, in their nations.
4 And the sons of Ham ; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah ; Sheba, and Dedan.
5 And Cush begat Nimrod ; he be gan to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter in the land. Wherefore, it is said ; Even as Nim rod, the mighty hunter in the land.
6 And he began a kingdom, and the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
7 Out of that land went forth As- shur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah ; the same was a great city.
8 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtu- him, and Pathrusim, and Casluhim, out of whom came Philistim and Caphtorim.
9 And Canaan begat Sidon, his first-born, and Heth, and the Jebu- site, and the Amorite, and Girgashite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and Zemarite, and the Hamathite ; and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
10 And the borders of the Canaan ites were from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar unto Gaza; as thou goest unto Sodom and Gomorrah, and Ad- inah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
11 These were the sons of Ham, after their families, after the same tongue, in their countries, and in their nations.
12 Unto Shem also, which was the elder, children were corn ; and he was the father of Eber, and even to him were children born.
13 And these are the children of Shem ; Eber, and Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
14 And these were the children of Aram ; Us, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
15 And Arphaxed begat Salah, and Salah begat Eber. And unto Eber were born two sons ; the name of one, Peleg, the other Joktan.
16 And Peleg was a mighty man, for in his days was the earth divided.
17 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Je- rah, and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, and Ophar, and Havilah, and Jobab ; and these were the sons of Joktan.
18 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar, a mount of the east.
19 These were the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
20 These were the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations ; and by these were the nations divided on the earth, after the flood.
CHAPTER XI.
Babel built — Language confounded — Cfene- rations o/" Shem — Abram born ; married, and goes into Canaan.
AND the whole earth was of the same language, and of the same speech. And it came to pass, that many journeyed from the east, and as they journeyed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there in the plain of Shinar.
2 And they said one to another, Come, go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had slime for mortar.
3 And they said, Come, go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top will be high, nigh unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
4 And the Lord came down, behold ing the city and the tower which the children of men were building ;
5 And the Lord said, Behold, the the people are the same, and they all have the same language; and thif
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tower they begin to build, and now, nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined, except I, the Lord, confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So I, the Lord, will scatter them abroad from thence, upon all the face of the land, and unto every quarter of the earth.
6 And they were confounded, and left off to build the city, and they hearkened not unto the Lord, there fore, is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord was displeased with their works, and did there confound the language of all the earth ; and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face thereof.
7 And these were the generations of Shem. And Shem being an hun dred years old, begat Arphaxad two years after the flood; and Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hun dred years, and begat sons and daugh ters.
8 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah ; and Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah, four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
9 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber; and Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
10 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg ; and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hun dred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
11 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu ; and Peleg lived after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daugh ters.
12 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug ; and Reu lived after he begat Serug two hun dred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
13 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor; and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daugh ters.
14 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah ; and Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hun dred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
15 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
16 Now these were the generations of Terah ; Terah begat Abrara, Nahor and Haran ; and Haran begat Lot.
17 And Haran died before his fa ther Terah, in the land of his nati vity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
18 And Abram and Nahor took them wives ; and the name of Abram's wife was Sarai ; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcha, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcha and the father of Iscah; but Sarai was barren, and she bear no child.
19 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 went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan ; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
20 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years ; and Terah died in Haran.
CHAPTER XII.
God's command to Abram — He by faith obeys — Covenant with Abram — Pharaoh plagued for Sarafs sake.
NOW, the Lord 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 show 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 ; and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee ; and in thee shall the families of the earth be blessed.
3 So Abram departed, 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.
4 And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their substance that they had ga thered, 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.
5 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, and the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanitea were then in the land
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6 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. And there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who ap peared unto him.
7 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, leaving Bethel on the west, and Hai was on the east. And there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord. And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
8 And there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine became grievous in the land.
9 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 thee to be a fair woman to look upon ; 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 ; say I pray thee unto them, I am his sister; that it may be well with me for tiny sake ; and my soul shall live because of thee.
10 And it came to pass, that when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman, that she was very fair.
11 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commanded her to be brought before Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
12 And he entreated Abram well for her sake; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and men servants, and inaid servants, and she asses, and camels.
13 And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, be cause of Sarai, Abram's wife.
14 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What hast thou done unto me in this thing ? Why didst thou not tell ine that she was thy wife ? Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her unto ine to wife; now therefore, behold I say unto thee, Take thy wife and go thy way.
15 And Pharaoh commanded men concerning him; and they sent him A way, and his wife, and all that he had.
CHAPTER XIII. Abram journeys out nf Egypt— Separation of Abram and Lot, witlt t/ieir substance — Abram dwdls in Mamre.. Lot in the filain toward Sodom.
A ND Abram went up out of Egypt, _A\_ he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, unto the south. And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
2 And he went on his journey from the south, even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai ; unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first ; and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.
3 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
4 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. And there was a strife between the herd- men of Abram's cattle, and the herd- men of Lot's cattle, that they could not dwell together.
o And the Canaanite, and the Per- rizzite dwelled then in the land.
0 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, be tween me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdinen ; for we are brethren.
7 Is not the whole land before thee ? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me; if thou go to the left hand, then I will go to the right ; if thou go to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
8 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, be fore the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt.
9 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east; and they separated themselves the one from the other.
10 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent to ward Sodom.
11 But the men of Sodom becoming sinners, and exceedingly wicked be fore the Lord, the Lord w:is angry with them.
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12 And the Lord said unto Abrain, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, north ward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;
13 And remember the covenant which I make with thee ; for it shall be an everlasting covenant ; and thou shalt remember the days of Enoch thy father;
14 For all the land which thou seest, will I give thee, and to thy seed for ever ; and I will make thy seed as the dust of. the earth; so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, thy seed shall also be num bered.
15 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it, and in the breadth of it, for I will give it unto thee. Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which was in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.
CHAPTER XIV.
Melchistedek blesses Abram, and gives him bread and wine — Lni taken captive, is res cued by Abram — The priesthood — Abram pays tithes Lo JUelcJiisedek, keeper of the Lord's storehouse.
AND it came to pass, in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, and Che- derlaomer king of Elain, and Tidal king of nations ;
2 That these kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Bersha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Adrnah, and Shemeber king of Zeboi- im, 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 Cheder laomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5 And in the fourteenth year came Chederlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Re- phaiins in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzitns in Ham, and the Einims in Shavch Kiriathaiin, and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which was by the wilderness.
6 And they returned and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalek-
C
ites, and also the Ainorites, in Haze- zontamar.
7 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, which is Zoar;
8 And they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim ; with Cheder laomer king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ella sar ; four kings with five.
9 And the vale of Siddim was filled with slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and fell there ; and they that remained fled to the mountain which was called Hana- bal.
10 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
11 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods and departed.
12 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew, the man of God, for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eschol, and brother of Ener ; and these were confederate with Abram.
13 And when Abram heard that Lot, his brother's son, was taken cap tive, he armed his trained men, and they which were born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued unto Dan.
14 And he divided himself against them, he and his men, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which was on the left hand of Damascus.
15 And he brought back Lot, his brother's son, and all his goods, and the women also, and the people.
16 And the king of Sodom also went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chederlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which was the king's dale.
17 And Mechisedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine; and he break bread and blest it ; and he blest the wine, he being the priest of the most high God,
18 And he gave to Abram, and he blessed him, and said, Blessed Abram, thou art a man of the most high
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God, possessor of heaven and of earth;
19 And blessed is the name of the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thine hand.
20 And Abram gave him tithes of all he had taken.
21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth.
23 And have sworn that I will not take of thee from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not take anything that is thine, (lest thou shouldst 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, Ener, Eschol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
25 And Melchisedek lifted up his voice and blessed Abram.
26 Now Melchisedek was a man of faith, who wrought righteousness; and when a child he feared God, and stopped the mouths of lions, and quenched the violence of fire.
27 And thus, having been approved of God, he was ordained an high priest after the order of the covenant which God made with Enoch,
28 It being after the order of the Son of God ; which order came, not by man, nor the will of man ; neither by father nor mother ; neither by be ginning of days nor end of years; but of God;
29 And it was delivered unto men by the calling of his own voice, ac cording to his own will, unto as many as believed on his name.
30 For God having sworn unto Enoch and unto his seed with an oath by himself; that every one being ordained after this order and calling should have power, by faith, to break mountains, to divide the seas, to dry up waters, to turn them out of their course;
31 To put at defiance the armies of nations, to divide the earth, to break every band, to stand in the presence of God ; to do all things according to his will, according to his command, subdue principalities and powers ;
and this by the will of the Son of God which was from before the foun dation of the world.
32 And men having this faith, com ing up unto this order of God, wore translated and taken up into heaven.
33 And now, Melchisedek was a priest of this order; therefore he obtained peace in Salem, and waa called the Prince of peace.
34 And his people wrought right eousness, and obtained heaven, and sought for the city of Enoch which God had before taken, separating it from the earth, having reserved it unto the latter days, or the end of the world ;
35 And hath said, and sworn with an oath, that the heavens and the earth should come together ; and the sons of God should be tried so as by fire.
36 And this Melchisedek, having thus established righteousness, was called the king of heaven by his people, or, in other words, the King of peace.
37 And he lifted up his voice, and he blessed Abram, being the high priest, and the keeper of the store house of God ;
38 Him whom God had appointed to receive tithes for the poor.
39 Wherefore, Abram paid unto him tithes of all that he had, of all the riches which he possessed, which God had given him more than that which he had need.
40 And it came to pass, that God blessed Abram, and gave unto him riches, and honor, and lands for an everlasting possession ; according to the covenant which he had made, and according to the blessing wherewith Melchisedek had blessed him.
CHAPTER XV.
God covenants with Abram — Abram' 's vision —The captivity foretold.
AND it came to pass, that after these things, the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, sayhsg;
2 Fear not, Abram ; I will be thy shield ; I will be thy exceeding great reward. And according to the bless ings of my servant, I will give unto the«.
3 And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go child-
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4 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed ; and lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
5 And behold, the word of the Lord came unto him again, saying,
6 This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
7 And he brought him forth abroad, and he said, Look now toward hea ven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them.
8 And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
9 And Abram said, Lord God, how wilt thou give me this land for an everlasting inheritance ?
10 And the Lord said, Though thou wast dead, yet am I not able to give it thee ?
11 And if thou shalt die, yet thou shalt possess it, for the day cometh, that the Son of Man shall live ; but how can he live if he be not dead ? he must first be quickened.
12 And it came to pass, that Abram looked forth and saw the days of the Son of Man, and was glad, and his soul found rest, and he believed in the Lord; and the Lord counted it unto him for righteousness.
13 And the Lord said unto him, I, the Lord, brought thee out of Ur, of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
14 And Abram said, Lord, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it ? yet he believed God. And the Lord 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.
15 And he took unto him all these, and he divided them in the midst, and he laid each piece one against the other; but the birds divided he not.
16 And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away. And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram ; and, lo, a great horror of darkness fell upon him.
17 And the Lord spake, and he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a
land which shall not be theirs, and shall serve strangers ; and they shall be afflicted, and serve them four hun dred years; and also that nation whom they shall serve will I judge; and afterwards shall they come out with great substance.
18 And thou shalt die, and go to thy fathers in peace ; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
19 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again ; for the ini quity of the Amorites is not yet full.
20 And it came to pass, that when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp which passed between those pieces which Abram had di vided.
21 And in that same 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 Euphrates ;
22 The Kenites, and the Kenazites, and the Kadmonites, and Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebu- sites.
CHAPTER XVI.
Sarafs gift to Abram — God does not ac knowledge Hagar as Abram's wife, — Ish- mad barn — Sarai is promised a child.
NOW Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children. And she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Be hold, now, the Lord 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 unto the voice of Sarai.
3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband, Abram, to be his wife.
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 is upon thee ; I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised ih her eyes ; the Lord judge between me and thee.
GENESIS.
6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Be hold, thy maid is in thy hands ; do to her as it pleaseth thee.
7 And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
8 And an angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
9 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence comest thou, and whither wilt thou go? and she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
10 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Eeturn to thy mistress, and submit thyself unto her hands.
11 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, The Lord will multiply thy seed exceedingly, so that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
12 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shait bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael ; because the Lord hath heard thy afflictions.
13 And he will be a wild man ; and 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.
14 And she called the name of the angel of the Lord.
15 And he spake unto her, say ing, Knowest thou that God seest thee?
16 And she said, I know that God secst me, for I have also here looked after him.
17 And there was a well between Kadesh and Bered, near where Ha gar saw the angel.
18 And the name of the angel was Beer-la-hai-roi ; wherefore the well was called Beer-la-hai-roi, for a memorial.
19 And Hagar bear Abram a son ; and Abram called • his son's name, which Hagar bear, Ishmael.
20 And Abram was four-score and six years old, when Hagar bare Ish mael to Abram.
CHAPTER XVIT. Abram' s new name—Oircumcisirm instituted.
AND when Abram was ninety and nine years old, the Lord ap peared to Abram, and said unto him, I, the Almighty God, give unto thee a commandment that thou shalt walk uprightly before me. and be perfect.
2 And I will make my covenant be tween, me and thee, and I will multi ply thee exceedingly.
3 And it came to pass, that Abraui fell on his face, and called upon the name of the Lord.
4 And God talked with him, saying, My people have gone astray from my precepts, and have not kept mine or dinances, which I gave unto their fathers ;
5 And they have not observed mine anointing, and the burial, or baptism wherewith I commanded them ;
6 But have turned from the com mandment, and taken unto them selves the washing of children, and the blood of sprinkling ;
7 And have said that the blood of the righteous Abel was shed for sins ; and have not known wherein they are accountable before me.
8 But as for thee, behold, I will make my covennat with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many na tions.
9 And this covenant I make, that thy children may be known among all nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be called Abraham ; for, a father of many nations have I made thee.
10 And I will make thee exceed ingly fruitful, and I will make na tions of thee, and kings shall come of thee, and of thy seed.
11 And I will establish a covenant of circumcision with thee, and it shall be my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations; that thou mayest know for ever that children are not accountable before me until they are eight years old.
12 And thou shalt observe to keep all my covenants wherein I cove nanted with thy fathers; and thou shalt keep the commandments which I have given thee with mine own mouth, and I will be a God unto thee and thy seed after thee.
13 And I will give unto thee and thy seed after thee, a land wherein thou art a stranger; all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting posses sion ; and I will be their God.
14 And God said unto Abraham, Therefore thou shalt keep my cove-
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Bant, thou and thy seed after thee, in their generations.
15 And this shall be my covenant which ye shall keep between me and thee and thy seed after thee; every man child among you shall be cir cumcised.
1 6 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me .and you.
17 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, •every man child in your generations;
18 He that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
19 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.
20 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.
21 And God said unto Abraham, as for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah thou shalt call her name.
22 And I will bless her, and I will give thee a son of her ; yea, I will bless her, and she shall be blessed, The mother of nations; kings and people shall be of her.
23 Then Abraham fell on his face and rejoiced, and said in his heart, There shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old, and Sarah that is ninety years old shall bear.
24 And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live uprightly before thee !
25 And God said, Sarah thy wife ghall bare thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him a.lso, for an everlasting covenant with his seed after him.
26 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly;
27 Twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
28 But my covenant will I establish T.ith Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear
unto thee at this set time in the next year.
29 And he left off talking with him ; and God went up from Abraham.
30 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 cir cumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the self-same day, as God had said unto him.
31 And Abraham was ninety and nine years old when he was circum cised in the flesh of his foreskin.
32 And Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
33 In the self-same day Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son ; and all the men of his house, which were born in his house, and bought with money of strangers, were also circumcised with him.
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Lord appears to Abraham— Lot being
warned of God, flees.
A ND the Lord appeared unto ^OL. Abraham in the plains of Mamre. And he sat in his tent door in the heat of the day ;
2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men stood by him ; and when he saw, he ran to meet them from his tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, and said ;
3 My brethren, if now I have found favour in your sight, pass not away I pray you from thy servant.
4 Let a little water I pray you be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree, and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts ; after that you shall pass on ; for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
5 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead, and make cakes upon the hearth.
6 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf, tender and good, and gave it unto a young man, and he hasted to dress it.
7 And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and
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set them beiore them, and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
8 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife ? And he said, Be hold, in the tent.
9 And one of them blessed Abraham, and he said, I will certainly return unto thee from my journey, and lo, according to the time of life, Sarah thy wife shall have a son.
10 And Sarah heard him, in the tent door.
11 And now Abraham and Sarah being old, and stricken in age ; there fore it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women ;
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also ?
13 And the angel of the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old ? Is any thing too hard for the Lord ?
14 At the time appointed, behold, I will return unto thee from my journey, which the Lord hath sent me; and according to the time of life thou mayest know that 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 angels rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom ; a-nd Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
17 And the angel of the Lord, said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which the Lord will do for him ; seeing that Abraham shall surely be come a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him ?
18 For I know him, that he will command his children, and his house hold after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoken of him.
19 And the angel of the Lord said unto Abraham, The Lord said unto us, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, I will destroy them.
20 And I will send you, and ye shall
go down now, and see that their iniquities are rewarded unto them.
21 And ye shall have all things- done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me.
22 And if ye do it not, it shall be upon your heads ; for I will destroy them, and you shall know that I will do it, for it shall be before your eyes.
23 And the angels which were holy men, and were sent forth after the order of God, turned their faces from thence and went toward Sodom.
24 But Abraham stood yet before the Lord, remembering the things which had been told him.
25 And Abraham drew near to Sodom, and said unto the Lord, calling upon his name, saying, Wilt thou de stroy the righteous with the wicked ? Wilt thou not spare them ?
26 Peradventure there may be fifty righteous within the city, wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that may be therein ?
27 0 may 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.
28 0 God, may that be far from thee, for shall not the Judge of all the earth do right ?
29 And the Lord said unto Abraham, If thou findest in Sodom, fifty right eous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
30 And Abraham answered and said, Behold, now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which is able to destroy the city, and lay all the people in dust and ashes ;
31 Will the Lord spare them per- adventure there lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt thou destroy all the city for their wickedness, if I find there forty and five righteous ?
32 And he said, I will not destroy, but spare them.
33 And he spake unto him again, and said, Peradventure there should be forty found there ?
34 And he said, I will not destroy it for forty's sake.
35 And he said again unto the Lord, 0, let not the Lord be angry, and 1 will speak ; Peradventure there shall thirty be found there ?
36 And he said, I will not destroy
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them if thou shalt find thirty there.
37 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord ; wilt thou destroy them if per- adventure there shall twenty be found there?
38 And he said, I will not destroy them for twenty's sake.
39 And Abraham said unto the Lord, 0, let not the Lord be angry, •and I will speak yet but this once, peradventure ten shall be found there ?
40 And the Lord said, I will not •destroy them for ten's sake. And the Lord ceased speaking with Abra ham.
41 And as soon as he had left com muning with the Lord, Abraham went his way.
42 And it came to pass that Abra ham returned unto his tent.
CHAPTER XIX.
Overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah — Lot's integrity — Mercy of God — Lot's flight — Lot's wife pei-ished — Iniquity of Lot's daughters.
AND it came to pass, that there came three angels to Sodom in the evening ; and Lot sat in the door of his house, in the city of Sodom.
2 And Lot, seeing the angels, rose up to meet them ; and he bowed him self with his face toward the ground;
3 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.
4 And they said, Nay ; but we will abide in the street all night.
5 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 unlea vened bread, and they did eat.
6 But before they lay down to rest, the men of the city of Sodom com passed the house round, even men which were both old and young, even the people from every quarter ;
7 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in unto thee this night ? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
8 And Lot went out of the door, unto them, and shut the door after him, and said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
9 And they said unto him, Stand
back. And they were angry with him.
10 And they said among them selves, This one man came in to sojourn among us, and he will need? now make himself to be a judge ; now we will deal worse with him than with them.
11 Wherefore they said unto the man, We will have the men, and thy daughters also; and we will do with them as seemeth us good.
12 Now this was after the wicked- nesss of Sodom.
13 And Lot said, Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, plead with my brethren that I may not bring them out unto you; and ye shall not do unto them as seemetb good in your eyes ;
14 For God will not justify his servant in this thing; wherefore, let me plead with my brethren, this once only, that unto these men ye do nothing, that they may have peace in my house ; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
15 And they were angry with Lot and came near to break the door, but the angels of God, which were holy men, put forth their hand and pulled Lot into the house unto them, and shut the door.
16 And they smote the men with blindness, both small and great, that, they could not come at the door.
17 And they were angry, so thai they wearied themselves to find the door, and could not find it.
18 And these holy men said unto Lot, Hast thou any here besides thy sons-in-law, and thy son's sons and thy daughters ?
19 And they commanded Lot, say ing, Whatsoever thou hast in the city, thou shalt bring out of this place, for we will destroy this place ;
20 Because the cry of them is waxen great, and their abominations have come up before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
21 And Lot went out and spake unto his sons-in-law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get ye out of this place, for the Lord will destroy this city.
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22 But he seemed as one that mocked, unto his sons-in-law.
23 And when the morning came, the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters which are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
24 And while he lingered the angels 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 them ; and they brought them forth, and set them down without the city.
25 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad that they said unto them, Escape for your lives ; look not behind you, neither stay you in all the plain ; escape to the mountain lest you be consumed.
26 And Lot said unto one of them, Oh, not so my Lord ! behold now, thy servant has found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life ; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil over take me, and I die.
27 Behold now, here is another city, and this is near to flee unto, and it is a little one ; oh, let me escape thither, and may not the Lord destroy it, and my soul shall live.
28 And the angel said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not over throw this city, for the which thou hast spoken ; haste thee, escape thither, for I cannot do anything until thou be come thither.
29 And the name of the city was called Zoar. Therefore the sun was risen upon the earth when Lot en tered into Zoar.
30 And the Lord did not destroy Sodom until Lot had entered into Zoar.
31 And then, when Lot had entered into Zoar, the Lord rained upon Sodom, and upon Gomorrah ; for the angels called upon the name of the Lord for brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
32 And thus they overthrew those cities and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
33 But it came to pass, when Lot fled, his wife looked back from be
hind him, and became a pillar of salt.
34 And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and behold, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
35 And it came to pass, when God had destroyed the cities of the plain, that God spake unto Abraham, say ing, I have remembered Lot, and sent him out of the midst of the overthrow, that thy brother might not be destroyed, when I overthrew the city in the which thy brother Lot dwelt.
36 And Abraham was comforted. 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.
37 And the first-born dealt wickedly, and said unto the younger, Our father has become old, and we have not a man on the earth to come in unto us, to live with us after the manner of al) that live on the earth ;
38 Therefore come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
39 And they did wickedly, and made their father drink wine that night ; and the first-born went in and lay with her father ; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
40 And it came to pass on the mor row, 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.
41 And they made their father drink wine that night also ; and the younger arose, and lay with him, and he per ceived not when she lay down, aor when she arose.
42 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
43 And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab ; the fa ther of the Moabitcs, the same which are unto this day.
44 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-amim ;
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the father of the children which are Ammonites ; the same which are unto this day.
CHAPTER XX.
Abraham goeth to Gerar — Abraham and Sarah reproved by Abimelech.
AND Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south coun try, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
2 And Abraham said again of Sarah his wife, She is my sister.
3 And Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah. But God came •to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said unto him, Behold, thou hast taken a woman which is not thine own, for she is Abraham's wife.
4 And the Lord said unto him, Thou shalt return her unto Abraham, for if thou do it n.ot thou shalt die.
5 And Abimelech had not come near her; for the Lord had not suffered •him.
6 And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay me, and also a righteous nation ? Behold, said he not unto me, She is my sister ? And she, even she her self said, He is my brother; and in the integrity of mine heart, and in the innocency of my hands have I done this.
7 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst do this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me ; therefore suffered I not thee to touch her.
8 Now, therefore, restore the man's wife to him, for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; and if thou return her not to him, know thou that thou shalt surely die ; thou and all that are thine.
9 Therefore, Abimelech arose early in the morning, and called his ser vants, and told all these things in their ears; and the men were sore afraid.
10 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us ? and in what have I offended thee that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin ?
11 Thou hast done things unto me that ought not to be done. And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this +hing?
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12 And Abraham said, Because I thought assuredly the fear of God was not in this place, and they would slay me for my wife's sake;
13 And yet indeed she was my sister; she was the daughter of iny father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
14 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my fa ther's house, that I said unto her, This shall be thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me, at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
15 And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men servants, and women servants, and gave unto Abraham, and restored unto him Sarah his wife.
16 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land lieth before thee; dwell where it pleaseth thee.
17 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver ; behold, he shall give unto thee a covering of the eyes, and it shall be a token unto all that thou mayest not be taken again from Abraham thy husband. And thus she was reproved.
18 So Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid servants, and they bare unto him children.
19 For because of Sarah, Abraham's wife, the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech.
CHAPTER XXI.
A son born to Abraham — Isaac named—' Bond-woman cast out — Covenant with Abi- melech.
AND the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken by the mouth of his angels; for Sarah conceived and bear Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which the angels of God had spoken to him.
2 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bear unto him, Isaac.
3 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, he being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
4 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was
i born unto him.
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me to rejoice ; and also all that know me will rejoice with me.
6 And she said unto Abraham, Who would have said that Sarah should have given children suck ? For I was barren, but the Lord promised, and I have borne unto Abraham a son in his old age.
7 And the child grew, and was weaned. And the day that Isaac was weaned, Abraham made a great feast, and Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which Hagar had borne unto Abraham, mocking ; and she was troubled.
8 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bond-woman and her son ; for the son of this bond-woman shall not be heir with my son, Isaac.
9 And this thing was very grievous unto Abraham because of his son.
10 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight, because of the lad, and because of thy bond-woman ,• in all that Sarah has said unto thee, hearken unto her voice ; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
11 And also of the son of the bond woman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
12 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave unto Hagar, and she took the child, and he sent her away ; and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer- sheba.
13 And it came to pass that the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs, and she went and sat her down over against the child, a good way off, as it were a bowshot j for she said, Let me not see the death of the child.
14 And she sat over against the child, and lifted up her voice and wept.
15 And God heard the voice of the lad ; and the angel of the Lord called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her ;
16 What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not, for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he lieth ; arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand, for I will make of him a great nation.
17 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.
18 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dweltdn the wilderness, and became an archer ; and he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran, he and his mother.
19 And he took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
20 And it came to pass at the timer that Abimelech and Phicol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abra ham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.
21 Now therefore, sware unto me here, that, by the help of God thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son ; but,. that according to the kindness that I have shown unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the 'land wherein thou hast sojourned.
22 And Abraham said, I will swear.
23 And Abraham reproved Abi melech, because of a well of water which Abimelech's servants had re cently taken away.
24 And Abimelech said, Thou didst not tell me ; and I know not who hath done this thing ; neither yet have I heard that it was done until this day.
25 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
26 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
27 And Abimelech said unto Abra ham, What wilt thou do with these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves ?
28 And he said, Seven ewe lambs; shalt thou take at my hand, that they may be a witness unto me that I. have digged this well.
29 And because they sware, both of them, wherefore he called that place; Beer-sheba ;
30 And thus they made a covenant there at Beer-sheba.
31 Then Abimelech, and Phicol, the chief captain of his hosts, rose up, and they planted a grove in Beer- sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord; and they returned unto the land of the Philistines.
32 And Abraham worshipped the everlasting God, and sojourned in the.- land of the Philistines many days.
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CHAPTER XXII.
Abraham commanded to offer Isaac— His will ingness accepted — Relieved by divine, in terposition — Names of Nahors children. AND it came to pass after these things, that God did try Abra ham and said unto him, Abraham ; and Abraham said, Behold, here am I.
2 And the Lord said, Take now thy son, thine only Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering, upon one of the moun tains of which I will tell thee.
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,
4 And clave the wood for the burnt Coffering : arid rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
5 Then on the third day, Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off.
6 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide you here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come to you again.
7 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon his back; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and Isaac his son ; and they went both of them together.
8 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father ! And he said, Here am I, my son.
9 And he said, Behold the fire and the wood ; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering ?
10 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering. So they went both of them together : and they came to the place of which God had told him.
11 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.
12 And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
13 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham ! Abraham ! And Abraham «aid, Here am I.
14 And the angel said, Lay not thine
hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him ;
15 For now I know that thou fear- est God, seeing thou hast not with held thy son, thine only Isaac from me
16 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind a thicket, there was a ram caught in it by his horns.
17 And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering, in the stead of his son.
18 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah -jireh ,• as it ia said unto this day, In the moun tain of the Lord it shall be seen.
19 And the angel of the Lord call ed unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, and said,
20 Thus saith the Lord, I have sworn by myself, because that thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only Isaac from me ;
21 That in blessing I will bless thee; and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand upon the sea-shore.
22 And thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
23 So Abraham returned unto hii young men, and they rose up and went to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
24 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying,
25 Behold, Milcah, she hath also borne children unto thy brother Na- hor ; Huz is his first-born, and Buz is his brother,
26 And Kemuel is the father of Aram, and Chesed, and Haza, and Bildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel ;
27 And Bethuel begat Eebekah.
| 28 These eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother; and his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham Thahash, and Maachah.
CIIAPTKR XXIII.
Sarah's death and burial — Purchase of the field of Ephron.
AND Sarah was an hundred and twenty-seven years old, and she
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died ; and thus ended the years of the life of Sarah.
2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is now called Hebron, in the land of Canaan.
3 And Abraham came to mourn for • Sarah, and to weep for her, his wife
which was dead.
4 And Abraham stood up from be fore his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, lama 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.
5 And the children of Heth answer ed Abraham, saying unto him, Hear us, my lord; thou art a mighty prince among us ; in the choicest of our se pulchres bury thou thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou rnayest bury thy dead.
6 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, and to the children of Heth ; and he communed with them, saying,
7 If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat Ephron the son of Zohar for me, that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath in the end of his field;
8 For, as much money as it is worth he shall have, if he will give it me for a possession of a burying-place among you.
9 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth.
10 And Ephron, the Hittite, answer ed Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, among all of them that went in at the gates of the city, saying,
11 Hearken, my lord, and hear me ; the field I give thee, and the cave that is therein ; I give it thee in the presence of the sons of my people; and I give it thee ; therefore, bury thy dead.
12 And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land, and he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, I pray thee, hear me ;
13 If thou wilt take it of me, I will give thee money for the field, and I will bury my dead there, but I will give thee money for it.
14 And Ephron answered Abraham,. saying unto him, My lord, hearken unto me ; the land thou shalt have for four hundred shekels of silver; what shall that be betwixt me and thee ? Bury therefore thy dead.
15 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron ; and Abraham weighed unto Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, which was current with the merchant.
16 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, and that were in all the borders round about, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession, in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of the city.
17 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre ; the same is called Hebron, in the land of Canaan.
18 And the field and the cave that was therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a bury ing-place by the sons of Heth.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Oath of Abraham's servant — History of the betrothal and marriage of Isaac and Re- bekah.
AND now Abraham was old, being well striken in age; and the Lord 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 forth I pray thee thy hand under my hand, and I will make thee swear before tire Lord,, 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; but thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
3 And the servant said unto him, Perhaps the woman will not be will ing to follow me unto this land, then I must needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou. earnest.
4 And Abraham said unto him. Be-
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5 The Lord 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 swear unto me, saying, Unto thee will I give this land;
6 He sha.1! send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
7 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee. then thou shalt be 3lear from this thine oath, only bring not my son thither again.
8 And the servant put his hand un der the hand of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
9 And the servant took ten camels of his master, and departed ; for all the goods of his master were in his hand.
10 And be arose and went to Meso potamia, unto the city of Nahor.
11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city, by a well of water, at evening, the time that wo men go out to draw water.
12 And he said, 0 Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee this day, that thou wouldst show kind ness unto my master Abraham, and send me good speed.
13 Behold, I stand 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 her be the one whom thou hast ap pointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master.
15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that behold, Re- bekah 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 being a virgin, very fair to look upon, such as the servant of Abraham had not seen, neither had any man known the like unto 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
Sitcher upon her hand, and gave him rink.
19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw for t-hy 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, and drew for all his camels.
21 And the man, wondering at her, held his peace, pondering in his heart whether the Lord had made his jour ney prosperous or not.
22 And it came to pass, as the ca mels had done drinking, that the man took a gold ear-ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold, and said, Whose daughter art thou ? tell me, I pray thee ; and is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in ?
23 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Mil cah, which she bare unto Nahor.
24 She said moreover, unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
25 And the man bowed down his head and worshipped the Lord.
26 And he said, Blessed is the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left my master destitute of his mercy and his truth ; and when I was in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master's brethren.
27 And the damsel ran to the house, and told her mother these things.
28 And Rebekah had a brother, whose name was Laban ; and Laban ran out to the man, unto the well.
29 And it came to pass when he saw the ear-rings, and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the word of Rebekah his sister, say ing, Thus spake the man unto me, and I came unto the man, and be hold, he stood by the camels at the well.
30 And he said, Come in, thou bless ed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
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31 And the man came into the house.
32 And he unburdened his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that came with him.
33 And there was set before him food to eat ; but he said, I will not eat until I have told mine errand.
34 And Laban said, Speak on. And he said, I am Abraham's servant ;
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.
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, Per haps the woman will not follow me.
40 And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and he will prosper thy way ;
41 And thou shalt .take a wife for my son, of my kindred, and of my father's house ; then shalt thou be clear of my oath.
42 When thou comest to my kindred, and if they give thee not a wife for my son, thou shalt be clear from my oa'th.
43 And I came this day unto the well, and said, 0 Lord God of my master Abraham, if now thou wilt prosper my way which I go ;
44 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 ;
45 And if she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels ; the same is the woman whom the Lord hath appointed out for my master's son.
46 And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder, and she went down unto the well and drew water.
47 And I said unto her, Let me drink I pray thee j
48 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.
49 And I asked her and said, Whose daughter art thou ?
50 And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him.
51 And I gave the ear-rings unto her, to put into her ears, and the bracelets upon her hands.
52 And I bowed down my head, a-ud worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.
53 And now, if thou wilt 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.
54 Then Laban and Bethuel answer ed, and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord ; we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
55 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the Lord hath spoken.
56 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard these words, he worshipped the Lord, bowing him self to the earth.
57 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave to Rebekah. He gave also to her brother, and to her mother, precious things.
58 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night.
59 And they arose up in the morn ing, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
60 And her brother, and her mother, said, Let the damsel abide with us at the least ten days ; after that she shall go.
61 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath pros-
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fered my way ; send me away, that may go unto my master.
62 And they said, We will call the damsel and enquire at her mouth.
63 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man ?
64 And she said, I will go. And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's serv ant, and his men.
65 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, 0 thou, our sister, be thou blessed of thousands — of mil lions ; and let thy seed possess the gate of those who hate them.
66 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.
67 And Isaac came from the way of the well La-hai-roi ; for he dwelt in the south country.
68 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at eventide ; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and behold the camels coming.
69 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel; for she said unto the servant, What man is this that walk- eth in the field to meet us?
70 And the servant said, It is my master ; therefore she took a veil and covered herself.
71 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
72 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Re bekah, and she became his wife ; and he loved her.
73 And Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
CHAPTER XXV.
Abraham marneth Keturah — His deatfi — Ttie generations of Ishmaul — His death — The birth of Esau and Jacob — Esau setteth his birthright.
mHEN again Abraham took a wife,
1 and her name was Keturah.
2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushiin, and Leummim.
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 concu bines, which Abraham had, Abraham
fave gifts, and sent them away from saac his son, while he yet lived, east ward, unto the east country.
7 And these are the number of the years of Abraham's life, which he lived, a 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 cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre ;
10 The field which Abraham pur chased 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 Messed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well La-hai-roi.
12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's hand-maid, bare unto Abraham ;
13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations; the first-born of Ishmael, Nebajoth ; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam.
14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa.
15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Na- phish, 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.
1 7 And these are the number of the years of the life of Ishmael, a 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 Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria; and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
19 And ihese are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son ; Abraham be gat Isaac ;
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20 And Isaac was forty years oM when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife, that she might bare children, because she was barren. And the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children struggled to gether within her womb; and she said, If I am with child, why is it thus with me? And she went to enquire of the Lord.
23 And the Lord 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 de livered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like a 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 Ile bekah 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 Edom.
31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point of dying ; and what shall this birthright profit me ?
33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day ; and he swore unto him ; and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles ; an'd he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went
his way. Thus Esau despised MB
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CHAPTER XXVT.
Isaac goeth to Gerar — God blesseth him — He denieth his wife — Esau marrietk.
AND there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
2 And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall toll thee of.
3 Sojourn in this land, and I ,vill 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 aware unto Abraham thy father;
4 And I will make thy seed to mul tiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all the?e 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 com mandments, my statutes, and my laws.
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.
7 And the men of the place asked him concerning his wife ; and he said, She is my sister ; for he feared to say, She is my wife ; lest, the men of the place should kill him for to get Eebekah ; because she was fair to look upon.
8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abime lech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, be hold, Isaac was sporting with Rebe- kah his wife.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety Rebekah is thy wife ; and how saidst thou she is thy sister ? And Isaac said unto him, I said it because I feared lest I die for her.
10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us ? one of the people might lightly have lain 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 a hun-
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dred-fold j and the Lord blessed him.
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he be came very great;
14 For he had possession of flocks, and posssesion of herds, and great store of servants ; and the Philistines envied him.
15 For all the wells which his fa ther's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
16 And Abimelecb said unto Isaac, Go from us ; for thou art much might ier than we.
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
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 herdman of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdinen, 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 Rehoboth ; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
23 And he went up from thence to B«er-sheba.
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.
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.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his
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friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you ?
28 And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee ; and we said, Let there be now an oath be twixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
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.
30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another ; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
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.
33 And he called it Sheba ; there fore the name of the city is Beer- sheba unto this day.
34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite ;
35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
CHAPTER XXVII.
Jacob by stratagem obtaineth the blessing.
AND it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he call ed Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son j and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death ;
3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison ;
4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat ; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau
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went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
6 And Kebekat spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.
8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I com mand thee.
9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats ; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth;
10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man;
12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a de ceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son ; only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
15 And Rebekah took goodly rai ment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son ;
16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck ;
17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had pre pared, into the hand of her son Ja cob.
18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father; and he said, Here am I ; who art thou, my son ?
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.
20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son ? And he said, Be-
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cause the Lord thy God broug to me.
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.
22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
23 And he discerned him not, be cause his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.
24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's veni son, 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.
26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
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 ;
28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine;
29 Let people serve thee, and na tions 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 he that blesseth thee.
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.
31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau.
33 And Isaac trembled very ex ceedingly, and said. Who ? where is he that hath taken venison, and
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brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou earnest, and have blessed him ? yea, and he shall be blessed.
34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, 0 my father.
35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
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 ?
37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren