chapter, verse I,1G

1

CHAP. I.

2
3INTRODUCTION OMITTED
4    In the beginning
5God created the
6Heauen, and the
7Earth.
8    2 And the
9earth was without
10forme, and
11voyd, and darkenesse
12was vpon
13the face of the deepe: and the Spirit
14of God mooued vpon the face of the
15waters.
16    3 And God said, Let there be light:
17and there was light.
18    4 And God saw the light, that it was
19good: and God diuided the light from
20the darkenesse.
21    5 And God called the light, Day,
22and the darknesse he called Night: and
23the euening and the morning were the
24first day.
25    6 And God said, Let there be a
26firmament in the midst of the waters:
27and let it diuide the waters from the
28waters.
29    7 And God made the firmament;
30and diuided the waters, which were vnder
31the firmament, from the waters,
32which were aboue the firmament: and it
33was so.
34    8 And God called the firmament,
35Heauen: and the euening and the morning
36were the second day.
37    9 And God said, Let the waters
38vnder the heauen be gathered together
39vnto one place, and let the dry land appeare:
40and it was so.
41    10 And God called the drie land,
42Earth, and the gathering together of
43the waters called hee, Seas: and God
44saw that it was good.
45    11 And God said, Let the Earth bring
46foorth grasse, the herbe yeelding seed,
47and the fruit tree, yeelding fruit after his
48kinde, whose seed is in it selfe, vpon the
49earth: and it was so.
50    12 And the earth brought foorth
51grasse, and herbe yeelding seed after his
52kinde, and the tree yeelding fruit, whose
53seed was in it selfe, after his kinde: and
54God saw that it was good.
55    13 And the euening and the morning
56were the third day.
57    14 And God said, Let there bee
58lights in the firmament of the heauen,
59to diuide the day from the night: and
60let them be for signes and for seasons,
61and for dayes and yeeres.
62    15 And let them be for lights in the
63firmament of the heauen, to giue light
64vpon the earth: and it was so.
65    16 And God made two great lights:
66the greater light to rule the day, and
67the lesser light to rule the night: he made
68the starres also.
69    17 And God set them in the firmament
70of the heauen, to giue light vpon
71the earth:
72    18 And to rule ouer the day, and
73ouer the night, and to diuide the light
74from the darkenesse: and God saw that
75it was good.
76    19 And the euening and the morning
77were the fourth day.

chapter, verse I,20G

78    20 And God said, Let the waters
79bring foorth aboundantly the mouing
80creature that hath life, and foule that
81may flie aboue the earth in the open
82firmament of heauen.
83    21 And God created great whales,
84and euery liuing creature that moueth,
85which the waters brought forth aboundantly
86after their kinde, and euery winged
87foule after his kinde: and God saw
88that it was good.
89    22 And God blessed them, saying, Be
90fruitfull, and multiply, and fill the waters
91in the Seas, and let foule multiply
92in the earth.
93    23 And the euening and the morning
94were the fift day.
95    24 And God said, Let the earth
96bring forth the liuing creature after his
97kinde, cattell, and creeping thing, and
98beast of the earth after his kinde: and
99it was so.
100    25 And God made the beast of the
101earth after his kinde, and cattell after
102their kinde, and euery thing that creepeth
103vpon the earth, after his kinde:
104and God saw that it was good.
105    26 And God said, Let vs make
106man in our Image, after our likenesse:
107and let them haue dominion ouer the
108fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the
109aire, and ouer the cattell, and ouer all
110the earth, and ouer euery creeping thing
111that creepeth vpon the earth.
112    27 So God created man in his owne
113Image, in the Image of God created
114hee him; male and female created hee
115them.
116    28 And God blessed them, and God
117said vnto them, Be fruitfull, and multiply,
118and replenish the earth, and subdue
119it, and haue dominion ouer the fish
120of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire,
121and ouer euery liuing thing that mooueth
122vpon the earth.
123    29 And God said, Behold, I haue
124giuen you euery herbe bearing seede,
125which is vpon the face of all the earth,
126and euery tree, in the which is the fruit
127of a tree yeelding seed, to you it shall be
128for meat:
129    30 And to euery beast of the earth,
130and to euery foule of the aire, and to euery
131thing that creepeth vpon the earth,
132wherein there is life, I haue giuen euery
133greene herbe for meat: and it was so.
134    31 And God saw euery thing that
135hee had made: and behold, it was very
136good. And the euening and the morning
137were the sixth day.
138

chapter, verse II,1G

139

CHAP. II.

140
141INTRODUCTION OMITTED
142    Thus the heauens and the
143earth were finished, and
144all the hoste of them.
145    2 And on the seuenth
146day God ended his worke,
147which hee had made: And he rested on
148the seuenth day from all his worke,
149which he had made.
150    3 And God blessed the seuenth day,
151and sanctified it: because that in it he had
152rested from all his worke, which God
153created and made.
154    4 These are the generations of the
155heauens, & of the earth, when they were
156created; in the day that the LORD
157God made the earth, and the heauens,
158    5 And euery plant of the field, before
159it was in the earth, and euery herbe of
160the field, before it grew: for the LORD
161God had not caused it to raine vpon the
162earth, and there was not a man to till
163the ground.
164    6 But there went up a mist from
165the earth, and watered the whole face of
166the ground.
167    7 And the LORD God formed man
168of the dust of the ground, & breathed
169into this nostrils the breath of life;
170and man became a liuing soule.
171    8 And the LORD God planted
172a garden Eastward in Eden; and there
173he put the man whom he had formed.
174    9 And out of the ground made the
175LORD God to grow euery tree that
176is pleasant to the sight, and good for
177food: the tree of life also in the midst of
178the garden, and the tree of knowledge
179of good and euill.
180    10 And a riuer went out of Eden to
181water the garden, and from thence it
182was parted, and became into foure
183heads.
184    11 The name of the first is Pison:
185that is it which compasseth the whole
186land of Hauilah, where there is gold.
187    12 And the gold of that land is good:
188There is Bdellium and the Onix stone.
189    13 And the name of the second riuer
190is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth
191the whole land of Ethiopia.
192    14 And the name of the third riuer
193is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward
194the East of Assyria: and the fourth
195riuer is Euphrates.
196    15 And the LORD God tooke the
197man, and put him into the garden of Eden,
198to dresse it, and to keepe it.
199    16 And the LORD God commanded
200the man, saying, Of euery tree of the
201garden thou mayest freely eate.
202    17 But of the tree of the knowledge
203of good and euill, thou shalt not eate of
204it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof,
205thou shalt surely die.
206    18 And the LORD God said,
207It is not good that the man should be alone:
208I will make him an helpe meet
209for him.
210    19 And out of y^e ground the LORD
211God formed euery beast of the field, and
212euery foule of the aire, and brought them
213vnto Adam, to see what he would call
214them: and whatsoeuer Adam called
215euery liuing creature, that was the name
216thereof.

chapter, verse II,20G

217    20 And Adam gaue names to all
218cattell, and to the foule of the aire, and to
219euery beast of the fielde: but for Adam
220there was not found an helpe meete
221for him.
222    21 And the LORD God caused a
223deepe sleepe to fall vpon Adam, and hee
224slept; and he tooke one of his ribs, and
225closed vp the flesh in stead thereof.
226    22 And the rib which the LORD
227God had taken from man, made hee a
228woman, & brought her vnto the man.
229    23 And Adam said, This is now
230bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh:
231she shalbe called woman, because shee
232was taken out of man.
233    24 Therefore shall a man leaue his
234father and his mother, and shall cleaue
235vnto his wife: and they shalbe one flesh.
236    25 And they were both naked, the
237man & his wife, and were not ashamed.
238

chapter, verse III,1G

239

CHAP. III.

240
241INTRODUCTION OMITTED
242    Now the serpent was more
243subtill then any beast of the
244field, which the LORD
245God had made, and he said
246vnto the woman, Yea,
247hath God said, Ye shall not eat of euery
248tree of the garden?
249    2 And the woman said vnto the serpent,
250Wee may eate of the fruite of the
251trees of the garden:
252    3 But of the fruit of the tree, which
253is in the midst of the garden, God hath
254said, Ye shal not eate of it, neither shall ye
255touch it, lest ye die.
256    4 And the Serpent said vnto the
257woman, Ye shall not surely die.
258    5 For God doeth know, that in the
259day ye eate thereof, then your eyes shalbee
260opened: and yee shall bee as Gods,
261knowing good and euill.
262    6 And when the woman saw, that
263the tree was good for food, and that it was
264pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired
265to make one wise, she tooke of the
266fruit thereof, and did eate, and gaue also
267vnto her husband with her, and hee
268did eate.
269    7 And the eyes of them both were
270opened, & they knew that they were naked,
271and they sewed figge leaues together,
272and made themselues aprons.
273    8 And they heard the voyce of the
274LORD God, walking in the garden
275in the coole of the day: and Adam and
276his wife hid themselues from the presence
277of the LORD God, amongst
278the trees of the garden.
279    9 And the LORD God called
280vnto Adam, and said vnto him, Where
281art thou?
282    10 And he said, I heard thy voice in
283the garden: and I was afraid, because
284I was naked, and I hid my selfe.
285    11 And he said, Who told thee, that
286thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the
287tre, whereof I commanded thee, that
288thou shouldest not eate?
289    12 And the man said, The woman
290whom thou gauest to be with mee, shee
291gaue me of the tree, and I did eate.
292    13 And the LORD God said vnto
293the woman, What is this that thou hast
294done? And the woman said, The Serpent
295beguiled me, and I did eate.
296    14 And the LORD God said vnto
297the Serpent, Because thou hast done
298this, thou art cursed aboue all cattel, and
299aboue euery beast of the field: vpon thy
300belly shalt thou goe, an dust shalt thou
301eate, all the dayes of thy life.
302    15 And I will put enmitie betweene
303thee and the woman, and betweene thy
304seed and her seed: it shal bruise thy head,
305and thou shalt bruise his heele.
306    16 Unto the woman he said, I will
307greatly multiply thy sorowe and thy
308conception. In sorow thou shalt bring
309forth children: and thy desire shall be to
310thy husband, and hee shall rule ouer
311thee.
312    17 And vnto Adam he said, Because
313thou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of
314thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of
315which I commaunded thee, saying,
316Thou shalt not eate of it: cursed is the
317ground for thy sake: in sorow shalt thou
318eate of it all the dayes of thy life.
319    18 Thornes also and thistles shall it
320bring forth to thee: and thou shalt eate
321the herbe of the field.
322    19 In the sweate of thy face shalt
323thou eate bread, till thou returne vnto
324the ground: for out of it wast thou taken,
325for dust thou art , and vnto dust shalt
326thou returne.

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327    20 And Adam called his wiues name
328Eue, because she was the mother of all
329liuing.
330    21 Unto Adam also, and to his wife,
331did the LORD God make coates of
332skinnes, and cloathed them.
333    22 And the LORD God said,
334Behold, the man is become as one of
335us, to know good & euill. And now lest
336hee put foorth his hand, and take also of
337the tree of life, and eate and liue for euer:
338    23 Therefore the LORD God
339sent him foorth from the garden of Eden,
340to till the ground, from whence he
341was taken.
342    24 So he droue out the man: and he
343placed at the East of the garden of Eden,
344Cherubims, and a flaming sword,
345which turned euery way, to keepe the
346way of the tree of life.

chapter, verse VI,1G

347

CHAP. VI.

348
349INTRODUCTION OMITTED
350    And it came to passe, when
351men began to multiply on
352the face of the earth, and
353daughters were borne vnto
354them:
355    2 That the sonnes of God saw the
356daughters of men, that they were faire,
357and they took them wiues, of all which
358they chose.
359    3 And the LORD said, My Spirit
360shall not alwayes striue with man;
361for that hee also is flesh: yet his dayes
362shalbe an hundred and twenty yeeres.
363    4 There were Giants in the earth
364in those daies: and also after that, when
365the sonnes of God came in vnto the
366daughters of men, & they bare children
367to them; the same became mightie men,
368which were of old, men of renowme.
369    5 And God saw, that the wickednes
370of man was great in the earth, and
371that euery imagination of the thoughts
372of his heart was onely euill continually.
373    6 And it repented the LORD
374that he had made man on the earth, and
375it grieued him at his heart.
376    7 And the LORD said, I will
377destroy man, whom I haue created,
378from the face of the earth: both man
379and beast, and the creeping thing, and
380the foules of the aire: for it repenteth me
381that I haue made them.
382    8 But Noah found grace
383in the eyes of the LORD.
384    9 These are the generations of
385Noah: Noah was a iust man, and
386perfect in his generations, and Noah
387walked with God.
388    10 And Noah begate three sonnes:
389Sem, Ham, and Japheth.
390    11 The earth also was corrupt before
391God; and the earth was filled with
392violence.
393    12 And God looked vpon the earth,
394and behold, it was corrupt: for all flesh
395had corrupted his way vpon the earth.
396    13 And God said vnto Noah, The
397end of all flesh is come before mee; for
398the earth is filled with violence through
399them; and behold, I will destroy them
400with the earth.
401    14 Make thee an Arke of Gopher-wood:
402roomes shalt thou make
403in the arke, and shalt pitch it within and
404without with pitch.
405    15 And this is the fashion , which thou
406shalt make it of: the length of the arke
407shalbe three hundred cubits, the breadth
408of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirtie
409cubits.
410    16 A window shalt thou make to
411the arke, and in a cubite shalt thou finish
412it aboue; and the doore of the arke
413shalt thou set in the side thereof: With
414lower, second, and third stories shalt
415thou make it.
416    17 And behold, I, euen I doe bring
417a flood of waters vpon the earth, to destroy
418all flesh, wherein is the breath of
419life from vnder heauen, and euery thing
420that is in the earth shall die.
421    18 But with thee wil I establish my
422Couenant: and thou shalt come into
423the Arke, thou, and thy sonnes, and thy
424wife, and thy sonnes wiues with thee.
425    19 And of euery liuing thing of all
426flesh, two of euery sort shalt thou bring
427into the Arke, to keepe them aliue with
428thee: they shall be male and female.

chapter, verse VI,20G

429    20 Of fowles after their kinde, and
430of cattel after their kinde: of euery creeping
431thing of the earth after his kinde,
432two of euery sort shall come vnto thee,
433to keepe them aliue.
434    21 And take thou vnto thee of all
435food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather
436it to thee; and it shall be for food,
437for thee, and for them.
438    22 Thus did Noah; according to
439all that God commanded him, so did he.
440

chapter, verse VII,1G

441

CHAP. VII.

442
443INTRODUCTION OMITTED
444    And the LORD saide
445vnto Noah, Come thou
446and all thy house into the
447Arke: for thee haue I
448seene righteous before me,
449in this generation.
450    2 Of euery cleane beast thou shalt
451take to thee by seuens, the male and
452his female: and of beastes that are not
453cleane, by two, the male and his female.
454    3 Of fowles also of the aire, by
455seuens, the male & the female; to keepe
456seed aliue vpon the face of all the earth.
457    4 For yet seuen dayes, and I will
458cause it to raine vpon the earth, fortie
459dayes, and forty nights; and euery liuing
460substance that I haue made, will
461I destroy, fro off the face of the earth.
462    5 And Noah did according vnto all
463that the LORD commanded him.
464    6 And Noah was sixe hundred
465yeeres old, when the flood of waters
466was vpon the earth.
467    7 And Noah went in, and his
468sonnes, and his wife, and his sonnes
469wiues with him, into the Arke, because
470of the waters of the Flood.
471    8 Of cleane beasts, & of beasts that
472are not cleane, & of fowles, and of euery
473thing that creepeth vpon the earth,
474    9 There went in two and two vnto
475Noah into the Arke, the male & the
476female, as God had commanded Noah.
477 10 And it came to passe after seuen
478dayes, that the waters of the Flood
479were vpon the earth.
480 11 In the sixe hundredth yeere of
481Noahs life, in the second moneth, the seuenteenth
482day of the moneth, the same
483day, were al the fountaines of the great
484deepe broken vp, and the windowes of
485heauen were opened.
486    12 And the raine was vpon the
487earth, fortie dayes, and fortie nights.
488    13 In the selfe same day entred Noah,
489and Sem, and Ham, and Japheth,
490the sonnes of Noah, and Noahs wife,
491and the three wiues of his sonnes with
492them, into the Arke,
493    14 They, and euery beast after his
494kinde, & all the cattell after their kinde:
495and euery creeping thing that creepeth
496vpon the earth after his kinde, and euery
497foule after his kinde, euery birde of euery
498sort.
499    15 And they went in vnto Noah into
500the Arke, two and two of all flesh,
501wherein is the breath of life.
502    16 And they that went in, went in
503male and female of all flesh, as God had
504commaunded him: and the LORD
505shut him in.
506    17 And the Flood was fortie dayes
507vpon the earth, and the waters increased,
508and bare vp the Arke, and it was
509lift vp aboue the earth.
510    18 And the waters preuailed, and
511were encreased greatly vpon the earth:
512and the Arke went vpon the face of the
513waters.
514    19 And the waters preuailed exceedingly
515vpon the earth, and all the high
516hils, that were vnder the whole heauen,
517were couered.

chapter, verse VII,20G

518    20 Fifteene cubits vpward, did the
519waters preuaile; and the mountaines
520were couered.
521    21 And all flesh died, that mooued
522vpon the earth, both of fowle, & of cattell,
523and of beast, and of euery creeping
524thing that creepeth vpon the earth,
525and euery man.
526    22 All in whose nosethrils was the
527breath of life, of all that was in the
528dry land, died.
529 23 And euery liuing substance was
530destroyed, which was vpon the face of
531the ground, both man and cattell, and
532the creeping things, and the foule of the
533heauen; and they were destroyed from
534the earth: and Noah onely remained
535aliue, and they that were with him in
536the Arke.
537    24 And the waters preuailed vpon
538the earth, an hundred and fifty dayes.
539

chapter, verse VIII,1G

540

CHAP. VIII.

541
542INTRODUCTION OMITTED
543    And God remembred Noah,
544and euery liuing thing,
545and all the cattell that was
546with him in the Arke:
547and God made a winde
548to passe ouer the earth, and the waters
549asswaged.
550    2 The fountaines also of the deepe,
551and the windowes of heauen were
552stopped, and the raine from heauen
553was restrained.
554    3 And the waters returned from
555off the earth, continually: and after the
556end of the hundred and fiftie dayes, the
557waters were abated.
558    4 And the Arke rested in the seuenth
559moneth, on the seuenteenth day
560of the moneth, vpon the mountaines of
561Ararat.
562    5 And the waters decreased continually
563vntill the tenth moneth: in the
564tenth moneth, on the first day of the moneth,
565were the tops of the mountaines
566seene.
567    6 And it came to passe at the end of
568forty dayes, that Noah opened the window
569of the Arke which he had made.
570    7 And he sent forth a Rauen, which
571went foorth to and fro, vntill the waters
572were dried vp from off the earth.
573    8 Also hee sent foorth a doue from
574him, to see if the waters were abated
575from off the face of the ground.
576    9 But the doue found no rest for the
577sole of her foote, and she returned vnto
578him into the Arke: for the waters were
579on the face of the whole earth. Then he
580put foorth his hand, and tooke her, and
581pulled her in vnto him, into the Arke.
582    10 And hee stayed yet other seuen
583dayes; and againe hee sent foorth the
584doue out of the Arke.
585    11 And the doue came in to him in
586the euening, and loe, in her mouth was
587an Oliue leafe pluckt off: So Noah
588knew that the waters were abated
589from off the earth.
590    12 And hee stayed yet other seuen
591dayes, and sent forth the doue, which returned
592not againe vnto him any more.
593    13 And it came to passe in the sixe
594hundredth and one yeere, in the first moneth ,
595the first day of the moneth, the
596waters were dryed vp from off the
597earth: and Noah remooued the couering
598of the Arke, and looked, and behold,
599the face of the ground was drie.
600    14 And in the second moneth, on the
601seuen and twentieth day of the moneth,
602was the earth dried.
603    15 And God spake vnto Noah,
604saying,
605    16 Goe foorth of the Arke, thou,
606and thy wife, and thy sonnes, and thy
607sonnes wiues with thee:
608    17 Bring foorth with thee euery liuing
609thing that is with thee, of all flesh,
610both of fowle, and of cattell, and of euery
611creeping thing that creepeth vpon the
612earth, that they may breed abundantly
613in the earth, and be fruitfull, and multiply
614vpon the earth.
615    18 And Noah went foorth, and his
616sonnes, and his wife, and his sonnes
617wiues with him:
618    19 Euery beast, euery creeping thing,
619and euery fowle, and whatsoeuer creepeth
620vpon the earth, after their kinds,
621went foorth out of the Arke.

chapter, verse VIII,20G

622    20 And Noah builded an Altar
623vnto the LORD, and tooke of euery
624cleane beast, and of euery cleane fowle,
625and offred burnt offrings on the Altar.
626    21 And the LORD smelled a
627sweete sauour, and the LORD said
628in his heart, I will not againe curse the
629ground any more for mans sake; for the
630imagination of mans heart is euil from
631his youth: neither will I againe smite
632any more euery thing liuing, as I haue
633done.
634    22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime
635and haruest, and cold, and heat,
636and Summer, and Winter, and day
637and night, shall not cease.
638

chapter, verse IX,1G

639

CHAP. IX.

640
641INTRODUCTION OMITTED
642    And God blessed Noah,
643and his sonnes, and said
644vnto them, Bee fruitfull
645and multiply, and replenish
646the earth.
647    2 And the feare of you, & the dread
648of you shall be vpon euery beast of the
649earth, and vpon euery fowle of the aire,
650vpon all that mooueth vpon the earth,
651and vpon all the fishes of the sea; into
652your hand are they deliuered.
653    3 Euery mouing thing that liueth,
654shalbe meat for you; euen as the greene
655herbe haue I giuen you all things.
656    4 But flesh with the life thereof,
657which is the blood thereof, shall you not
658eate.
659    5 And surely your blood of your
660liues will I require: at the hand of euery
661beast will I require it, & at the hand
662of man, at the hand of euery mans brother
663will I require the life of man.
664    6 Who so sheddeth mans blood, by
665man shall his blood be shed: for in the
666image of God made he man.
667    7 And you, be ye fruitfull, and multiply,
668bring foorth aboundantly in the
669earth, and multiply therein.
670    8 And God spake vnto Noah, and
671to his sonnes with him, saying;
672    9 And I, behold, I establish my couenant
673with you, and with your seede
674after you:
675    10 And with euery liuing creature
676that is with you, of the fowle, of the cattell,
677and of euery beast of the earth with
678you, from all that goe out of the Arke,
679to euery beast of the earth.
680    11 And I wil establish my couenant
681with you, neither shal all flesh be cut off
682any more, by the waters of a flood, neither
683shall there any more be a flood to
684destroy the earth.
685    12 And God said, This is the token
686of the Couenant which I make betweene
687mee and you, and euery liuing
688creature that is with you, for perpetuall
689generations.
690    13 I doe set my bow in the cloud, and
691it shall be for a token of a couenant, betweene
692me and the earth.
693    14 And it shall come to passe, when
694I bring a cloud ouer the earth, that the
695bow shall be seene in the cloud.
696    15 And I will remember my couenant,
697which is betweene mee and you,
698and euery liuing creature of all flesh:
699and the waters shall no more become a
700flood to destroy all flesh.
701    16 And the bow shalbe in the cloud;
702and I will looke vpon it, that I may
703remember the euerlasting couenant betweene
704God and euery liuing creature,
705of all flesh that is vpon the earth.
706    17 And God said vnto Noah, This
707is the token of the couenant, which I
708haue established betweene mee and all
709flesh, that is vpon the earth.
710    18 And the sonnes of Noah that
711went forth of the Arke, were Shem,
712and Ham, and Iaphet: and Ham is
713the father of Canaan.
714    19 These are the three sonnes of Noah:
715and of them was the whole earth
716ouerspread.

chapter, verse IX,20G

717    20 And Noah began to bee an husbandman,
718and he planted a vineyard.
719    21 And he dranke of the wine, and
720was drunken, and hee was vncouered
721within his tent.
722    22 And Ham, the father of Canaan,
723saw the nakednesse of his father, and
724told his two brethren without.
725    23 And Shem and Iaphet tooke a
726garment, and layed it vpon both their
727shoulders, and went backward, and couered
728the nakednesse of their father,
729and their faces were backward, and they
730saw not their fathers nakednesse.
731    24 And Noah awoke from his
732wine, and knew what his yonger sonne
733had done vnto him.
734    25 And he said, Cursed bee Canaan:
735a seruant of seruants shall hee be vnto
736his brethren.
737    26 And hee saide, Blessed bee the
738LORD God of Shem, and Canaan
739shalbe his seruant.
740    27 God shall enlarge Iaphet,
741and he shal dwel in the tents of Shem,
742and Canaan shalbe his seruant.
743    28 And Noah liued after the flood,
744three hundred and fifty yeeres.
745    29 And all the dayes of Noah were
746nine hundred & fifty yeeres, and he died.

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747

CHAP. XII.

748
749INTRODUCTION OMITTED
750    Now the LORD had
751said vnto Abram, Get thee
752out of thy countrey, and
753from thy kinred, and from
754thy fathers house, vnto a
755land that I will shew thee.
756    2 And I will make of thee a great
757nation, and I wil blesse thee, and make
758thy name great; and thou shalt bee a
759blessing.
760    3 And I will blesse them that blesse
761thee, and curse him, that curseth thee:
762and in thee shal all families of the earth
763be blessed.
764    4 So Abram departed, as the
765LORD had spoken vnto him, and
766Lot went with him: And Abram was
767seuentie and fiue yeeres old when he departed
768out of Haran.
769    5 And Abram tooke Sarai his wife,
770and Lot his brothers sonne, and all
771their substance that they had gathered,
772and the soules that they had gotten in
773Haran, and they went foorth to goe into
774the land of Canaan: and into the land
775of Canaan they came.
776    6 And Abram passed through the
777land, vnto the place of Sichem, vnto
778the plaine of Moreh. And the Canaanite
779was then in the land.
780    7 And the LORD appeared vnto
781Abram, and said, Vnto thy seed wil
782I giue this land: and there builded hee
783an altar vnto the LORD, who appeared
784vnto him.
785    8 And he remoued from thence vnto
786a mountaine, on the East of Beth-el,
787and pitched his tent hauing Beth-el on
788the West, and Hai on the East: and
789there hee builded an altar vnto the
790LORD, and called vpon the Name
791of the LORD.
792    9 And Abram iourneyed, going on
793still toward the South.
794    10 And there was a famine in the
795land, and Abram went downe into Egypt,
796to soiourne there: for the famine
797was grieuous in the land.
798    11 And it came to passe when he was
799come neere to enter into Egypt, that he
800said vnto Sarai his wife, Behold now,
801I know that thou art a faire woman
802to looke vpon.
803    12 Therefore it shall come to passe,
804when the Egyptians shall see thee, that
805they shall say, This is his wife: and
806they will kill me, but they will saue thee
807aliue.
808    13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister,
809that it may be wel with me, for thy
810sake; and my soule shall liue, because of
811thee.
812    14 And it came to passe, that when
813Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians
814beheld the woman, that shee
815was very faire.
816    15 The Princes also of Pharaoh saw
817her, and commended her before Pharaoh:
818and the woman was taken into
819Pharaohs house.
820    16 And he entreated Abram well for
821her sake: and he had sheepe, and oxen,
822and hee asses, and men seruants, and
823maid seruants, and shee asses, and camels.
824    17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh
825& his house with great plagues,
826because of Sarai Abrams wife.
827    18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and
828said, What is this that thou hast done
829vnto me? Why diddest thou not tell me,
830that she was thy wife?
831    19 Why saidest thou, Shee is my sister?
832so I might haue taken her to mee
833to wife: now therfore behold, thy wife,
834take her and goe thy way.
835

chapter, verse XII,20G

836    20 And Pharaoh comanded his men
837concerning him: and they sent him away,
838and his wife, and all that he had.
839

chapter, verse XIII,1G

840

CHAP. XIII.

841
842INTRODUCTION OMITTED
843    And Abram went vp out
844of Egypt, he and his wife,
845and all that he had, and
846Lot with him, into the
847South.
848    2 And Abram was very rich in cattell,
849in siluer, and in gold.
850    3 And hee went on his iourneyes
851from the South, euen to Beth-el, vnto
852the place where his tent had bene at the
853beginning, betweene Beth-el and Hai:
854    4 Vnto the place of the altar, which
855ha had made there at the first: and there
856Abram called on the Name of the
857LORD.
858    5 And Lot also which went with
859Abram, had flocks and heards, & tents.
860    6 And the land was not able to
861beare them, that they might dwell together:
862for their substance was great,
863so that they could not dwell together.
864    7 And there was a strife betweene
865the heardmen of Abrams cattell, and
866the heardmen of Lots cattell: And the
867Canaanite, and the Perizzite dwelled
868then in the land.
869    8 And Abram said vnto Lot, Let
870there be no strife, I pray thee, betweene
871mee and thee, and betweene my heardmen
872and thy heardmen: for wee bee
873brethren.
874    9 Is not the whole land before
875thee? Separate thy selfe, I pray thee,
876from mee: if thou wilt take the left hand,
877then I will goe to the right: or if thou
878depart to the right hand, then I will
879goe to the left.
880    10 And Lot lifted vp his eyes, and
881beheld all the plaine of Iordane, that it
882was well watered euery where before
883the Lord destroyed Sodome and Gomorah,
884euen as the garden of the
885LORD, like the land of Egypt, as
886thou commest vnto Zoar.
887    11 Then Lot chose him all the plaine
888of Iordane: and Lot iourneyed East;
889and they separated themselues the one
890from the other.
891    12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan,
892and Lot dwelled in the cities of
893the plaine, and pitched his tent toward
894Sodome.
895    13 But the men of Sodome were
896wicked, and sinners before the LORD
897exceedingly.
898    14 And the LORD said vnto
899Abram, after that Lot was separated
900from him, Lift vp now thine eyes, and
901looke from the place where thou art,
902Northward, and Southward, and
903Eastward, and Westward.
904    15 For all the land which thou seest,
905to thee will I giue it, and to thy seede
906for euer.
907    16 And I will make thy seede as the
908dust of the earth: so that if a man can
909number the dust of the earth, then shall
910thy seed also be numbred.
911    17 Arise, walke through the land, in
912the length of it, and in the breadth of it:
913for I will giue it vnto thee.
914    18 Then Abram remoued his tent,
915and came and dwelt in the plaine of
916Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built
917there an altar vnto the LORD.
918

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919

CHAP. XIIII.

920
921INTRODUCTION OMITTED
922    And it came to passe in the
923dayes of Amraphel King
924of Shinar, Arioch King
925of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer
926King of Elam, and Tidal
927King of nations:
928    2 That these made warre with Bera
929King of Sodome, and with Birsha
930King of Gomorrah, Shinab King of
931Admah, and Shemeber King of Zeboiim,
932and the King of Bela, which
933is Zoar.
934    3 All these were ioyned together in
935the vale of Siddim; which is the salt Sea.
936    4 Twelue yeeres they serued Chedorlaomer,
937and in the thirteenth yeere
938they rebelled.
939    5 And in the fourteenth yeere came
940Chedorlaomer, and the Kings that
941were with him, and smote the Rephaims,
942in Ashteroth Karnaim, & the Zuzims
943in Ham, and the Emims in Shaueh
944Kiriathaim;
945    6 And the Horites in their mount
946Seir, vnto El-Paran, which is by the
947wildernesse.
948    7 And they returned, and came to
949En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, & smote
950all the countrey of the Amalekites, and
951also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.
952    8 And there went out the King of
953Sodome, and the King of Gomorrah,
954and the King of Admah, and the King
955of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, (the
956same is Zoar) and they ioyned battell
957with them, in the vale of Siddim,
958    9 With Chedorlaomer the King of
959Elam, and with Tidal King of nations,
960and Amraphel King of Shinar,
961and Arioch King of Ellasar; foure
962Kings with fiue.
963    10 And the vale of Siddim was full
964of slime-pits: and the Kings of Sodome
965& Gomorrah fled, and fell there:
966and they that remained, fled to the
967mountaine.
968    11 And they tooke all the goods of
969Sodome and Gomorrah, and all their
970victuals, and went their way.
971    12 And they tooke Lot, Abrams brothers
972sonne, (who dwelt in Sodome)
973and his goods, and departed.
974    13 And there came one that had
975escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew,
976for hee dwelt in the plaine of Mamre
977the Amorite, brother of Eschol, and brother
978of Aner: and these were confederate
979with Abram.
980    14 And when Abram heard that his
981brother was taken captiue, he armed
982his trained seruants borne in his owne
983house, three hundred and eighteene, and
984pursued them vnto Dan.
985    15 And hee diuided himselfe against
986them, he and his seruants by night, and
987smote them, and pursued them vnto
988Hoba, which is on the left hand of Damascus:
989    16 And hee brought backe all the
990goods, and also brought againe his brother
991Lot, and his goods, and the women
992also, and the people.
993    17 And the king of Sodome went
994out to meete him, (after his returne
995from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer,
996and of the Kings that were with him)
997at the valley of Saueh, which is the
998Kings dale.
999    18 And Melchizedek King of Salem
1000brought foorth bread and wine:
1001and he was the Priest of the most high
1002God.
1003    19 And hee blessed him, and saide;
1004Blessed bee Abram of the most high
1005God, possessour of heauen and earth,

chapter, verse XIV,20G

1006    20 And blessed bee the most high
1007God, which hath deliuered thine enemies
1008into thy hand: and hee gaue him
1009tithes of all.
1010

chapter, verse XXII,1G

1011

CHAP. XXII.

1012
1013INTRODUCTION OMITTED
1014    And it came to passe after
1015these things, that God
1016did tempt Abraham, and
1017said vnto him, Abraham.
1018And hee said, Beholde,
1019heere I am.
1020    2 And he said, Take now thy sonne,
1021thine onely sonne Isaac, whom thou louest,
1022and get thee into the land of Moriah:
1023and offer him there for a burnt
1024offering vpon one of the Mountaines
1025which I will tell thee of.
1026    3 And Abraham rose vp earely
1027in the morning, and sadled his asse, and
1028tooke two of his yong men with him,
1029and Isaac his sonne, and claue the
1030wood for the burnt offering, and rose
1031vp, and went vnto the place of which
1032God had told him.
1033     4 Then on the third day Abraham
1034lift vp his eyes, and saw the place afarre
1035off
1036    5 And Abraham said vnto his yong
1037men, Abide you here with the asse, and
1038I and the lad will goe yonder and worship,
1039and come againe to you.
1040    6 And Abraham tooke the wood of
1041the burnt offering, and layd it vpon Isaac
1042his sonne: and he tooke the fire in
1043his hand, and a knife: and they went
1044both of them together.
1045    7 And Isaac spake vnto Abraham
1046his father, and said, My father: and he
1047said, Here am I, my sonne. And hee
1048said, Behold the fire and wood: but
1049where is the lambe for a burnt offring?
1050    8 And Abraham said, My sonne,
1051God will prouide himselfe a lambe for a
1052burnt offering: so they went both of
1053them together.
1054    9 And they came to the place which
1055God had tolde him of, and Abraham
1056built an Altar there, and layd the wood
1057in order, and bound Isaac his sonne,
1058and layde him on the Altar vpon the
1059wood.
1060    10 And Abraham stretched foorth
1061his hand, and tooke the knife to slay his
1062sonne.
1063    11 And the Angel of the LORD
1064called vnto him out of heauen, and said,
1065Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here
1066am I.
1067    12 And he said, Lay not thine hand
1068vpon the lad, neither do thou any thing
1069vnto him: for now I know that thou
1070fearest God, seeing thou hast not withhelde
1071thy sonne, thine onely sonne
1072from mee.
1073    13 And Abraham lifted vp his eyes,
1074and looked, and beholde, behinde him a
1075Ramme caught in a thicket by his
1076hornes: And Abraham went and tooke
1077the Ramme, and offered him vp for a
1078burnt offering, in the stead of his sonne.
1079    14 And Abraham called the name of
1080that place Iehouah-ijreh, as it is said
1081to this day, In the Mount of the
1082LORD it shalbe seene.
1083    15 And the Angel of the LORD
1084called vnto Abraham out of heauen the
1085second time,
1086    16 And said, By my selfe haue I
1087sworne, saith the LORD, for because
1088thou hast done this thing, and hast not
1089withheld thy sonne, thine onely sonne,
1090    17 That in blessing I will blesse
1091thee, and in multiplying, I will multiply
1092thy seed as the starres of the heauen,
1093and as the sand which is vpon the
1094sea shore, and thy seed shall possesse the
1095gate of his enemies.
1096    18 And in thy seed shall all the nations
1097of the earth be blessed, because thou
1098hast obeyed my voice.
1099    19 So Abraham returned vnto his
1100yong men, and they rose vp, and went
1101together to Beer-sheba, and Abraham
1102dwelt at Beer-sheba.

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1103

CHAP XIII.

1104
1105INTRODUCTION OMITTED
1106    And the LORD spake
1107vnto Moses, saying,
1108    2 Send thou men, that
1109they may search the lande
1110of Canaan, which I giue
1111vnto the children of Israel: of euery
1112tribe of their fathers shal ye send a man,
1113euery one a ruler among them.
1114    3 And Moses by the commaundement
1115of the LORD, sent them from
1116the wildernes of Paran: all those men
1117were heads of the children of Israel.
1118    4 And these were their names. Of
1119the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the
1120sonne of Zaccur.
1121    5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat
1122the sonne of Hori.
1123    6 Of the tribe of Iudah, Caleb the
1124sonne of Iephunneh.
1125    7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal
1126the sonne of Ioseph.
1127    8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea
1128the sonne of Nun.
1129    9 Of the tribe of Beniamin, Palti
1130the sonne of Raphu.
1131    10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel
1132the sonne of Sodi.
1133    11 Of the tribe of Ioseph, namely of
1134the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the sonne
1135of Susi.
1136    12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the
1137sonne of Gemalli.
1138    13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the
1139sonne of Michael.
1140    14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi
1141the sonne of Vophsi.
1142    15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the
1143sonne of Machi.
1144    16 These are the names of the men
1145which Moses sent to spie out the land:
1146and Moses called Oshea the sonne of
1147Nun, Iehoshua.
1148    17 And Moses sent them to spie
1149out the land of Canaan, and said vnto
1150them, Get you vp this way Southward,
1151and goe vp into the mountaine:
1152    18 And see the lande what it is, and
1153the people that dwelleth therein, whether
1154they bee strong or weake, fewe or
1155many:
1156    19 And what the lande is that they
1157dwell in, whether it be good or bad, and
1158what cities they bee that they dwell in,
1159whether in tents, or in strong holds:

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1160    20 And what the land is , whether it
1161be fat or leane, whether there be wood
1162therin, or not. And be ye of good courage,
1163and bring of the fruit of the land:
1164(Now the time was the time of the first
1165ripe grapes)
1166    21 So they went vp, and searched
1167the land, from the wildernesse of Zin,
1168vnto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
1169    22 And they ascended by the South,
1170and came vnto Hebron: where Ahiman,
1171Sheshai, and Talmai, the children
1172of Anak were: Now Hebron
1173was built seuen yeeres before Zoan in
1174Egypt.
1175    23 And they came vnto the brooke
1176of Eshcol, and cut downe from thence
1177a branch with one cluster of grapes, and
1178they bare it betweene two vpon a staffe,
1179and they brought of the pomegranates
1180and of the figs.
1181    24 The place was called the brooke
1182Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes
1183which the children of Israel cut downe
1184from thence.
1185    25 And they returned from searching
1186of the land after fourty dayes.
1187    26 And they went and came to
1188Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the
1189Congregation of the children of Israel
1190vnto the wildernesse of Paran, to Kadesh,
1191and brought backe word vnto
1192them, and vnto all the Congregation,
1193and shewed them the fruit of the land.
1194    27 And they told him, and said, We
1195came vnto the land whither thou sentest
1196vs, & surely it floweth with milke
1197and honie; and this is the fruit of it.
1198    28 Neuerthelesse, the people bee
1199strong that dwell in the land, and the cities
1200are walled and very great: and
1201moreouer, we saw the children of Anak
1202there.
1203    29 The Amalekites dwell in the
1204land of the South: and the Hittites,
1205and the Iebusites, and the Amorites
1206dwell in the mountaines: and the Canaanites
1207dwell by the sea, and by the
1208coast of Iordane.
1209    30 And Caleb stilled the people before
1210Moses, and said, Let vs goe vp at
1211once, and possesse it, for we are well able
1212to ouercome it.
1213    31 But the men that went vp with
1214him, said, Wee be not able to goe vp against
1215the people, for they are stronger
1216then we.
1217    32 And they brought vp an euill report
1218of the land which they had searched,
1219vnto the children of Israel, saying,
1220The land through which we haue
1221gone, to search it, is a land that eateth
1222vp the inhabitants thereof, and all the
1223people that we saw in it, are men of a
1224great stature.
1225    33 And there we saw the giants, the
1226sonnes of Anak, which come of the giants:
1227and wee were in our owne sight
1228as grashoppers, and so wee were in
1229their sight.
1230

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1231

CHAP. XIIII.

1232
1233INTRODUCTION OMITTED
1234    And all the Congregation
1235lifted vp their voyce and
1236cried; and the people wept
1237that night.
1238    2 And all the children
1239of Israel murmured against Moses,
1240and against Aaron: and the whole
1241Congregation said vnto them, Would
1242God that we had died in the land of Egypt,
1243or would God we had died in this
1244wildernesse.
1245    3 And wherefore hath the LORD
1246brought vs vnto this land, to fall by the
1247sword, that our wiues, and our children
1248should be a pray? were it not better for
1249vs to returne into Egypt?
1250    4 And they saide one to another,
1251Let vs make a captaine, and let vs returne
1252into Egypt.
1253    5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on
1254their faces before all the assembly of the
1255Congregation of the children of Israel.
1256    6 And Ioshua the sonne of Nun,
1257and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh,
1258which were of them that searched the
1259land, rent their clothes.
1260    7 And they spake vnto all the company
1261of the children of Israel, saying,
1262The land which wee passed thorow to
1263search it, is an exceeding good land.
1264    8 If the LORD delight in vs,
1265then he will bring vs into this land, and
1266giue it vs, a land which floweth with
1267milke and hony.
1268    9 Onely rebell not yee against the
1269LORD, neither feare yee the people
1270of the land, for they are bread for vs:
1271their defence is departed from them,
1272and the LORD is with vs: feare
1273them not.
1274    10 But all the Congregation bade
1275stone them with stones: and the glory
1276of the LORD appeared in the Tabernacle
1277of the Congregation, before all
1278the children of Israel.
1279    11 And the LORD said vnto
1280Moses, How long will this people prouoke
1281me? and how long will it bee, yer
1282they beleeue me, for all the signes which
1283I haue shewed among them?
1284    12 I will smite them with the pestilence,
1285and disinherite them, and will
1286make of thee a greater nation, and
1287mightier then they.
1288    13 And Moses said vnto the
1289LORD, Then the Egyptians shall
1290heare it , (for thou broughtest vp this
1291people in thy might from among
1292them:)
1293    14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants
1294of this land: for they haue heard
1295that thou LORD art among this people,
1296that thou LORD art seene face to
1297face, and that thy cloud standeth ouer
1298them, and that thou goest before them,
1299by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in
1300a pillar of fire by night.
1301    15 Now if thou shalt kill all this
1302people, as one man, then the nations
1303which haue heard the fame of thee, will
1304speake, saying,
1305    16 Because the LORD was not able
1306to bring this people into the lande
1307which he sware vnto them, therefore he
1308hath slaine them in the wildernesse.
1309    17 And now, I beseech thee, let the
1310power of my LORD be great, according
1311as thou hast spoken, saying,
1312    18 The LORD is long suffering,
1313and of great mercie, forgiuing iniquitie
1314and transgression, and by no meanes
1315clearing the guiltie , visiting the iniquity
1316of the fathers vpon the children, vnto
1317the third and fourth generation.
1318    19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquitie
1319of this people, according vnto the
1320greatnesse of thy mercie, and as thou
1321hast forgiuen this people, from Egypt,
1322euen vntill now.

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1323    20 And the LORD said, I haue
1324pardoned, according to thy word.
1325    21 But as truely as I liue, all the
1326earth shalbe filled with the glory of the
1327LORD.
1328    22 Because all those men which
1329haue seene my glory, and my miracles
1330which I did in Egypt, and in the wildernesse,
1331and haue tempted mee now
1332these ten times, and haue not hearkened
1333to my voice,
1334    23 Surely they shall not see the
1335land which I sware vnto their fathers,
1336neither shall any of them that
1337prouoked me, see it.
1338    24 But my seruant Caleb, because
1339hee had another spirit with him, (and
1340hath followed mee fully) him will I
1341bring into the land, whereinto he went,
1342and his seed shall possesse it.
1343    25 (Now the Amalekites, and the
1344Canaanites dwelt in the valley) to morrow
1345turne you and get you into the
1346wildernesse, by the way of the Red sea.
1347    26 And the LORD spake vnto
1348Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying,
1349    27 How long shall I beare with this euil
1350congregation which murmure against
1351mee? I haue heard the murmurings
1352of the children of Israel, which they
1353murmure against mee.
1354    28 Say vnto them, As truely as I
1355liue, saith the LORD, as ye haue spoken
1356in mime eares, so will I doe to you:
1357    29 Your carcases shall fall in this
1358wildernesse, and all that were numbred
1359of you, according to your whole
1360number from twentie yeeres old and
1361vpward, which haue murmured against
1362mee,
1363    30 Doubtlesse ye shall not come into
1364the land concerning which I sware to
1365make you dwell therein, saue Caleb the
1366sonne of Iephunneh, and Ioshua the
1367sonne of Nun.
1368    31 But your little ones, which yee
1369said should be a pray, them will I bring
1370in, and they shall know the land which
1371ye haue despised.
1372    32 But as for you, your carkases,
1373they shall fall in this wildernesse.
1374    33 And your children shall wander
1375in the wildernes forty yeres, and beare
1376your whoredomes, vntill your carkases
1377be wasted in the wildernesse.
1378    34 After the number of the dayes in
1379which ye searched the land, euen fortie
1380dayes (each day for a yeere) shall yee
1381beare your iniquities, euen forty yeeres,
1382and yee shall know my breach of promise.
1383    35 I the LORD haue said, I will
1384surely doe it vnto all this euill Congregation,
1385that are gathered together against
1386mee: in this wildernesse they
1387shalbe consumed, & there they shall die.
1388    36 And the men which Moses sent
1389to search the land, who returned, and
1390made all the Congregation to murmure
1391against him, by bringing vp a
1392slander vpon the land,
1393    37 Euen those men that did bring vp
1394the euill report vpon the land, died by
1395the plague, before the LORD.
1396    38 But Ioshua the sonne of Nun,
1397and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh,
1398which were of the men that went to
1399search the land, liued still .
1400    39 And Moses told these sayings vnto
1401all the children of Israel, and the
1402people mourned greatly.

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1403    40 And they rose vp early in the
1404morning, and gate them vp into the
1405top of the mountaine, saying, Loe, we
1406be here, and will goe vp vnto the place
1407which the LORD hath promised: for
1408we haue sinned.
1409    41 And Moses said, Wherefore now
1410doe you transgresse the commaundement
1411of the LORD? but it shall not
1412prosper.
1413    42 Goe not vp, for the LORD is
1414not among you, that ye be not smitten
1415before your enemies.
1416    43 For the Amalekites, and the Canaanites
1417are there before you, and yee
1418shall fall by the sword, because yee are
1419turned away from the LORD; therefore
1420the LORD will not bee with
1421you.
1422    44 But they presumed to go vp vnto
1423the hill top: neuertheles the Arke of
1424the Couenant of the LORD, and Moses
1425departed not out of the campe.
1426    45 Then the Amalekites came
1427downe, and the Canaanites which
1428dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and
1429discomfited them, euen vnto Hormah.

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1430

CHAP. XVI.

1431
1432INTRODUCTION OMITTED
1433    Now Korah the sonne of
1434Izhar, the sonne of Kohath,
1435the sonne of Leui,
1436and Dathan, and Abiram
1437the sonnes of Eliab, and
1438On the sonne of Peleth, sonnes of Reuben,
1439tooke men .
1440    2 And they rose vp before Moses,
1441with certaine of the children of Israel,
1442two hundred and fiftie Princes of the
1443assembly, famous in the Congregation,
1444men of renowne.
1445    3 And they gathered themselues together
1446against Moses, and against Aaron,
1447and said vnto them, Ye take too
1448much vpon you, seeing all the Congregation
1449are holy euery one of them,
1450and the LORD is among them:
1451wherfore then lift you vp your selues aboue
1452the Congregation of the LORD?
1453    4 And when Moses heard it, he fell
1454vpon his face.
1455    5 And hee spake vnto Korah, and
1456vnto all his company, saying, Euen to
1457morrow the LORD will shew who
1458are his, and who is holy, and will cause
1459him to come neere vnto him: euen him
1460whom he hath chosen, will he cause to
1461come neere vnto him.
1462    6 This doe: take you censers, Korah,
1463and all his company:
1464    7 And put fire therein, and put incense
1465in them, before the LORD to
1466morrow; And it shall be, that the man
1467whom the LORD doeth choose, hee
1468shall be holy: yee take too much vpon
1469you, ye sonnes of Leui.
1470    8 And Moses saide vnto Korah,
1471Heare, I pray you, ye sonnes of Leui.
1472    9 Seemeth it but a small thing vnto
1473you, that the God of Israel hath separated
1474you from the Congregation of
1475Israel, to bring you neere to himselfe,
1476to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of
1477the LORD, and to stand before the
1478Congregation to minister vnto them?
1479    10 And he hath brought thee neere
1480to him , and all thy brethren the sonnes of
1481Leui with thee: and seeke ye the Priesthood
1482also?
1483    11 For which cause both thou, and all
1484thy company are gathered together against
1485the LORD: and what is Aaron,
1486that ye murmure against him?
1487    12 And Moses sent to call Dathan
1488and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab:
1489which said, We will not come vp.
1490    13 Is it a small thing that thou hast
1491brought vs vp out of a land that floweth
1492with milke and hony, to kill vs in
1493the wildernesse, except thou make thy
1494selfe altogether a prince ouer vs?
1495    14 Moreouer, thou hast not brought
1496vs into a land that floweth with milke
1497and hony, or giuen vs inheritance of
1498fields and vineyards: wilt thou put
1499out the eyes of these men? we will not
1500come vp.
1501    15 And Moses was very wroth, and
1502said vnto the LORD, Respect not
1503thou their offering: I haue not taken
1504one asse from them, neither haue I
1505hurt one of them.
1506    16 And Moses said vnto Korah, Be
1507thou and all thy company before the
1508LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron to
1509morrow.
1510    17 And take euery man his censer,
1511and put incense in them, and bring yee
1512before the LORD euery man his censer,
1513two hundred and fiftie censers, thou
1514also and Aaron, each of you his censer.
1515    18 And they tooke euery man his
1516censer, and put fire in them, and laide
1517incense thereon, and stood in the doore
1518of the Tabernacle of the Congregation
1519with Moses and Aaron.
1520    19 And Korah gathered all the Congregation
1521against them, vnto the doore
1522of the Tabernacle of the Congregation:
1523and the glory of the LORD appeared
1524vnto all the Congregation.

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1525    20 And the LORD spake vnto Moses,
1526and vnto Aaron, saying,
1527    21 Separate your selues from among
1528this Congregation, that I may
1529consume them in a moment.
1530    22 And they fell vpon their faces,
1531and said, O God, the God of the spirits
1532of all flesh, shal one man sinne, and wilt
1533thou be wroth with all the Congregation?
1534    23 And the LORD spake vnto
1535Moses, saying,
1536    24 Speake vnto the Congregation,
1537saying, Get you vp from about the tabernacle
1538of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
1539    25 And Moses rose vp, and went vnto
1540Dathan and Abiram: and the Elders
1541of Israel followed him.
1542    26 And hee spake vnto the Congregation,
1543saying, Depart, I pray you,
1544from the tents of these wicked men, and
1545touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed
1546in all their sinnes.
1547    27 So they gate vp from the tabernacle
1548of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram,
1549on euery side: and Dathan and Abiram
1550came out, and stood in the doore of their
1551tents, and their wiues, & their sonnes,
1552and their little children.
1553    28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall
1554know that the LORD hath sent me to
1555doe all these workes: for I haue not done
1556them of mine owne mind.
1557    29 If these men die the common
1558death of all men, or if they be visited after
1559the visitation of all men, then the
1560LORD hath not sent me:
1561    30 But if the LORD make a new
1562thing, and the earth open her mouth,
1563and swallow them vp, with all that appertaine
1564vnto them, and they go downe
1565quicke into the pit: then ye shall vnderstand
1566that these men haue prouoked the
1567LORD.
1568    31 And it came to passe as he had
1569made an ende of speaking all these
1570words, that the ground claue asunder
1571that was vnder them:
1572    32 And the earth opened her mouth,
1573and swallowed them vp, and their houses,
1574and all the men that appertained
1575vnto Korah, and all their goods.
1576    33 They, and all that appertained
1577to them, went downe aliue into the pit,
1578and the earth closed vpon them: and
1579they perished from among the Congregation.
1580    34 And all Israel that were round
1581about them, fled at the crie of them: for
1582they said, Lest the earth swallow vs vp
1583also .
1584    35 And there came out a fire from the
1585LORD, and consumed the two hundred
1586and fiftie men that offered incense.
1587    36 And the LORD spake vnto
1588Moses, saying,
1589    37 Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne
1590of Aaron the Priest, that he take vp the
1591censers out of the burning, and scatter
1592thou the fire yonder, for they are hallowed.
1593    38 The censers of these sinners against
1594their owne soules, let them make
1595them broad plates for a couering of the
1596Altar: for they offered them before the
1597LORD, therefore they are hallowed,
1598and they shall be a signe vnto the children
1599of Israel.
1600    39 And Eleazar the Priest tooke the
1601brasen censers, wherewith they that
1602were burnt had offered, and they were
1603made broad plates for a couering of the
1604Altar:

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1605    40 To bee a memoriall vnto the children
1606of Israel, that no stranger, which
1607is not of the seed of Aaron, come neere
1608to offer incense before the LORD, that
1609he be not as Korah, and as his company,
1610as the LORD said to him by the
1611hand of Moses.
1612    41 But on the morrow, all the
1613Congregation of the children of Israel
1614murmured against Moses and against
1615Aaron, saying, Ye haue killed the people
1616of the LORD.
1617    42 And it came to passe when the
1618Congregation was gathered against
1619Moses and against Aaron, that they
1620looked toward the Tabernacle of the
1621Congregation: and behold, the cloud
1622couered it, and the glory of the LORD
1623appeared.
1624    43 And Moses and Aaron came before
1625the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
1626    44 And the LORD spake vnto
1627Moses, saying,
1628    45 Get you vp from among this
1629Congregation, that I may consume
1630them, as in a moment: and they fell vpon
1631their faces.
1632    46 And Moses said vnto Aaron,
1633Take a censer, and put fire therein from
1634off the Altar, and put on incense, and
1635goe quickly vnto the Congregation,
1636and make an atonement for them: for
1637there is wrath gone out from the
1638LORD; the plague is begun.
1639    47 And Aaron tooke as Moses
1640commanded, and ranne into the midst
1641of the Congregation: and behold, the
1642plague was begun among the people,
1643and he put on incense, and made an atonement
1644for the people.
1645    48 And he stood betweene the dead
1646and the liuing, and the plague was
1647stayed.
1648    49 Now they that died in the plague,
1649were foureteene thousand and seuen
1650hundred, beside them that died about
1651the matter of Korah.
1652    50 And Aaron returned vnto Moses,
1653vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of
1654the Congregation; and the plague was
1655stayed.
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1657

CHAP. XVII.

1658
1659INTRODUCTION OMITTED
1660    And the LORD spake
1661vnto Moses, saying,
1662    2 Speake vnto the children
1663of Israel, and take of
1664euery one of them a rod,
1665according to the house of their fathers,
1666of all their princes, according to the
1667house of their fathers, twelue rods:
1668write thou euery mans name vpon his
1669rodde.
1670    3 And thou shalt write Aarons
1671name vpon the rod of Leui: for one rod
1672shall be for the head of the house of their
1673fathers.
1674    4 And thou shalt lay them vp in the
1675Tabernacle of the Congregation, before
1676the Testimony, where I will
1677meet with you.
1678    5 And it shall come to passe, that the
1679mans rod whom I shall choose, shall
1680blossome: and I will make to cease
1681from mee the murmurings of the children
1682of Israel, whereby they murmure
1683against you.
1684    6 And Moses spake vnto the children
1685of Israel, and euery one of their
1686Princes gaue him a rod a piece, for each
1687Prince one, according to their fathers
1688houses, euen twelue rods: and the rod of
1689Aaron was among their rods.
1690    7 And Moses layd vp the rods before
1691the LORD, in the Tabernacle of
1692Witnesse.
1693    8 And it came to passe that on the
1694morrow Moses went into the Tabernacle
1695of Witnesse, and behold, the rod of
1696Aaron for the house of Leui was budded,
1697and brought forth buds, and bloomed
1698blossomes, and yeelded almonds.
1699    9 And Moses brought out all the
1700rods from before the LORD, vnto all
1701the children of Israel: and they looked,
1702and tooke euery man his rod.
1703    10 And the LORD said vnto
1704Moses, Bring Aarons rod againe before
1705the Testimony, to be kept for a token
1706against the rebels, and thou shalt
1707quite take away their murmurings
1708from me, that they die not.
1709    11 And Moses did so: as the LORD
1710commanded him, so did he.
1711    12 And the children of Israel spake
1712vnto Moses, saying, Behold, wee die,
1713we perish, we all perish.
1714    13 Whosoeuer commeth any thing
1715neere vnto the Tabernacle of the
1716LORD, shall die: Shall wee be consumed
1717with dying?