chapter, verse I,1G

1

THE FYRST BOKE
2OF MOSES CALLED GENESIS

3

THE FYRST CHAPITER.

4
5    In the begynnynge God created
6heaven and erth. The erth was
7voyde and emptie, a~d darcknesse
8was vpon the depe, and
9the spirite of god moved vpon the water
10    Than God sayd: let there be lyghte and
11there was lyghte. And God sawe the
12lyghte that it was good: & devyded
13the lyghte from the darcknesse, and
14called the lyghte daye, and the darcknesse
15nyghte: and so of the evenynge and
16mornynge was made the fyrst daye
17    And God sayd: let there be a fyrmament betwene
18the waters, a~d let it devyde the waters a sonder. Than
19God made the fyrmament and parted the waters which
20were vnder the fyrmament, from the waters that were
21above the fyrmament: And it was so. And God called
22the fyrmament heaven, And so of the evenynge and
23morninge was made the seconde daye
24    And God sayd, let the waters that are vnder heaven
25gether them selves vnto one place, that the drye londe
26may appere: And it came so to passe. And god called
27the drye lande the erth and the gatheringe togyther
28of waters called he the see, And God sawe that it was
29good
30    And God sayd: let the erth bringe forth herbe
31and grasse that sowe seed, and frutefull trees that bere
32frute every one in his kynde, havynge their seed in
33them selves vpon the erth. And it came so to passe:
34a~d the erth brought forth herbe and grasse sowenge
35seed every one in his kynde & trees berynge frute &
36havynge their seed in the~ selves, every one in his kynde.
37And God sawe that it was good: and the~ of the evenynge
38and mornynge was made the thyrde daye.
39    Than sayd God: let there be lyghtes in y^e firmament
40of heaven to devyde the daye fro~ the nyghte, that they
41may be vnto sygnes, seasons, days & yeares. And let
42them be lyghtes in the fyrmament of heave~, to shyne
43vpon the erth. & so it was. And God made two great
44lyghtes A greater lyghte to rule the daye, & a lesse
45lyghte to rule the nyghte, and he made sterres also. And
46God put them in the fyrmament of heaven to shyne
47vpon the erth, and to rule the daye & the nyghte,
48a~d to devyde the lyghte from darcknesse. And God
49sawe y^t it was good: and so of the evenynge a~d mornynge
50was made the fourth daye.

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51    And God sayd, let the water bryng forth creatures
52that move & have lyfe, & foules for to flee over the
53erth vnder the fyrmament of heaven.
54And God created
55greate whalles and all maner of creatures that lyve
56and moue, which the waters brought forth in their
57kindes, a~d all maner of federed foules in their kyndes.
58And God sawe that it was good: and God
59blessed them saynge. Growe and multiplye a~d fyll the
60waters of the sees, & let the foules multiplye vpo~ the
61erth. And so of the evenynge & morninge was made
62the fyfth daye.
63    And God sayd: let the erth bring forth lyvynge
64creatures in thir kyndes: catell & wormes & beastes
65of the erth in their kyndes, & so it came to passe. And
66god made the beastes of the erth in their kyndes, &
67catell in their kyndes, a~d all maner wormes of the erth
68in their kyndes: and God sawe that it was good.
69    And God sayd: let vs make man in oure symilitude
70a~ after oure lycknesse: that he may have rule over
71the fysh of the see, and over the foules of the ayre,
72and over catell, and over all the erth, and over all
73wormes that crepe on the erth. And God created man
74after hys lycknesse, after the lycknesse of god created
75he him: male & female created he them.
76    And God blessed them, and God sayd vnto them.
77Growe and multiplye and fyll the erth and subdue it,
78and have domynyon over the fysh of the see, and over
79the foules of the ayre, and over all the beastes that
80move on the erth.
81    And God sayd: se, I have geven yow all herbes that
82sowe seed which are on all the erth, and all maner
83trees that haue frute in them and sowe seed: to be
84meate for yow & for all beastes of the erth, and
85vnto all foules of the ayre, and vnto all that crepeth
86on the erth where in is lyfe, that they may haue all
87maner herbes and grasse for to eate, and even so it
88was.
89And God behelde all that he had made, a~d loo
90they were exceadynge good: and so of the evenynge
91and mornynge was made the syxth daye
92

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93

THE SECONDE CHAPTER.

94
95    Thus was heave~ & erth fynished
96wyth all their apparell: a~d i~ y^e
97seue~th daye god ended hys
98worke which he had made &
99rested in y^e seventh daye fro~ all his workes
100which he had made. And God blessed y^e
101seventh daye, and sanctyfyed it, for in it
102he rested from all his workes which he
103had created and made.
104    These are the generations of heaven
105& erth when they were created, in the
106tyme when the Lorde God created heaven
107and erth and all the shrubbes of the felde
108be fore they were in the erthe. And all
109the herbes of the felde before they sprange:
110for the Lorde God had yet sent no rayne
111vpon the erth, nether was there yet any
112man to tylle the erth. But there arose a
113myste out of the ground and watered all the face of
114the erth: Then the Lorde God shope
115man, even of the moulde of the erth and
116brethed into his face the breth of lyfe. So man was
117made a lyvynge soule.
118    The Lorde God also planted a garden in Eden
119from the begynnynge, and there he sette man
120whom he had formed. And the Lorde God made to
121sprynge out of the erth, all maner trees bewtyfull to
122the syghte and pleasant to eate, and the tree of lyfe
123in the middes of the garden: and also the tree of
124knowledge of good and euell.
125    And there spronge a rever out of Eden to water the
126garden, and thence devided it selfe, and grewe in to
127foure principall waters.
128The name of the one is Phison,
129he it is that compasseth all the lande of heuila, where
130gold groweth. And the gold of that contre ys precious,
131there is found bedellion and a stone called Onix. The
132name of the seconde ryver is Gihon, which compassyth
133all the lande of Inde. And the name of the thyrde
134river is Hidekell, which runneth on the easte syde of
135the assyryans. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
136    And the Lorde God toke Adam and put him in
137the garden of Eden, to dresse it and to kepe it: and
138the Lorde God co~maunded Ada~ saynge: of all the
139trees of the garde~ se thou eate. But of the tre of
140knowlege of good and badd se that thou eate not:
141for even y^e same daye thou eatest of it, thou shalt
142surely dye.
143    And the Lorde God sayd: it is not good that
144man shulde be alone, I will make hym an helper to
145beare him company: And after y^t the Lorde God had
146make of the erth all maner beastes of the felde, and all
147maner foules of the ayre, he brought them vnto Adam
148to see what he wold call them. And as Ada~ called
149all maner livynge beastes: eve~ so are their names.

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150    And Adam gave names vnto all maner catell, and
151vnto the foules of the ayre, and vnto all maner beastes
152of the felde. But there was no helpe founde vnto Adam
153to beare him companye
154    Then the Lorde God cast a slomber on Adam, and
155he slepte. And then he toke out one of his rybbes,
156and in stede ther of he fylled vp the place with flesh.
157And the Lorde God made of the rybbe which he toke
158our of Adam, a woma~ and brought her vnto Adam.
159Then sayd Ada~ this is once bone of my
160boones, and flesh of my flesh. This shall
161be called woman: because she was take of the man.
162For this cause shall a man leve father and mother &
163cleve vnto his wyfe, & they shall be one flesh. And
164they were ether of them naked, both Adam and hys
165wyfe, a~d were not ashamed:
166

chapter, verse III,1G

167

THE .III. CHAPTER

168
169    But the serpent was sotyller than
170all the beastes of the felde
171which y^e Lorde God had
172made, and sayd vnto the woman.
173Ah syr, that God hath sayd, ye
174shall not eate of all maner trees in the
175garden. And the woman sayd vnto the
176serpent, of the frute of the trees in the garden
177we may eate, but of the frute of the
178tree y^t is in the myddes of the garden
179(sayd God) se that ye eate not, and se that ye touch
180it not: lest ye dye.
181    Then sayd the serpent vnto the woman:
182tush ye shall not dye: But God doth knowe, that
183whensoever ye shulde eate of it, youre eyes shuld be
184opened and ye shulde be as, God and knowe both good
185and evell. And the woman sawe that it was a good
186tree to eate of and lustie unto the eyes and
187a pleasant tre for to make wyse. And
188toke of the frute of it and ate, and gaue vnto hir husband
189also with her, and he ate. And the eyes of both
190of them were opened, that they vnderstode how that
191they were naked. Than they sowed fygge leves togedder
192and made them apurns.
193    And they herd the voyce of the Lorde God as
194he walked in the garde~ in the coole of the daye.
195And Adam hyd hymselfe and his wyfe also from the
196face of the Lorde God, amonge the trees of the
197garden. And the Lorde God called Adam and sayd
198vnto him where art thou? And he answered. Thy
199voyce I harde in the garden, but I was afrayd because
200I was naked, and therfore hyd myselfe.
201And he sayd:
202who told the that thou wast naked? hast thou eaten
203of the tree, of which I bade the that thou shuldest not
204eate? And Adam answered. The woman which thou
205gavest to bere me company she toke me of the tree, a~d
206I ate. And the Lorde God sayd vnto the woman:
207wherfore didest thou so? And the woman answered,
208the serpent deceaved me and I ate.
209    And the Lorde God sayd vnto the serpe~t
210because thou haste so done moste cursed be thou of
211all catell and of all beastes of the feld: vppo~ thy
212bely shalt thou goo: and erth shalt thou eate all dayes
213of thy lyfe. Morover I will put hatred betwene the
214and the woman, and betwene thy seed and hyr seed.
215And that seed shall tread the on the heed, a~d thou
216shalt tread hit on the hele.
217    And vnto the woman he sayd: I will suerly encrease
218thy sorow a~d make the oft with child, and with payne
219shalt thou be deleverd: And thy lustes shall pertayne
220vnto thy husbond and he shall rule the.
221    And vnto Ada~ he sayd: for as moch as thou hast
222obeyed the voyce of thy wyfe, and hast eaten of the
223tree of which I commaunded the saynge: se thou eate
224not therof: cursed be the erth for thy sake. In sorow
225shalt thou eate therof all dayes of thy life, And
226it shall beare thornes a~d thystels vnto the. And thou
227shalt eate the herbes of y^e feld: In the swete of thy
228face shalt thou eate brede, vntill thou returne vnto the
229erth whe~ce thou wast take~: for erth thou art, a~d vnto
230erth shalt thou returne.

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231    And Adam called his wyfe Heua, because she was
232the mother of all that lyveth
233And the Lorde God
234made Adam and hys wyfe garmentes of skynnes, and
235put them on them. And the Lorde God sayd: loo,
236Adam is become as it were one of vs, in knowlege of
237good and evell. But now lest he strech forth his hand
238and take also of the tree of lyfe and eate and
239lyve ever.
240    And the Lorde God cast him out of the garden of
241Eden, to tylle the erth whe~ce he was taken. And he
242cast Ada~ out, and sette at y^e enteringe of the garden
243Eden, Cherubin with a naked swerde
244movinge in and out, to kepe the way to the tree
245of lyfe.

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246

THE .VI. CHAPTER.

247
248    And it came to passe wha~ men
249bega~ to multiplye apo~ the erth
250a~d had begot them doughters,
251the sonnes of God sawe the
252doughters of men that they were fayre,
253and toke vnto them wyves, which they
254best liked amo~ge the~ all. And the Lord sayd: My
255spirite shall not all waye stryve withe man, for they are
256flesh. Nevertheles I wyll geue them yet space, and
257hundred and .xx. yeres
258    There were tirantes in the world in thos dayes.
259For after that the children of God had gone in vnto
260the doughters of men and had begotten them childern,
261the same childern were the mightiest of the world and
262men of renowne.
263And whan the Lorde sawe y^t the wekednesse of man
264was encreased apon the erth, and that all the ymaginacion
265and toughtes of his hert was
266only evell continually, he repented that
267he had made man apon the erth and
268sorowed in his hert. And sayd: I wyll destroy mankynde
269which I haue made, fro~ of the face of the erth:
270both man, beast, worme and foule of the ayre, for it
271repe~teth me that I haue made them. But yet Noe
272found grace in the syghte of the Lorde.
273    These are the generatio~s of Noe. Noe was a
274righteous man and vncorrupte in his tyme, &
275walked wyth god. And Noe begat .iii. sonnes: Sem,
276Ham and Iapheth.
277And the erth was corrupte in the
278syghte of god, and was full of mischefe. And God
279loked vpon the erth, a~d loo it was corrupte: for all
280flesh had corrupte his way vppon the erth.
281    Than sayd God to Noe: the end of all flesh is come
282before me, for the erth is full of there myschefe. And
283loo, I wyll destroy them with the erth. Make the
284an arcke of pyne tree, and make chaumbers in the
285arcke, and pytch it wythin and wythout wyth pytch.
286And of this facion shalt thou make it.
287    The lenth of the arcke shall be .iii. hundred cubytes,
288a~d the bredth of it .L. cubytes, and the heyth of it
289xxx. cubytes. A wyndow shalt thou make aboue in
290the arcke. And wythin a cubyte compasse shalt thou
291finysh it. And the dore of the arcke shalt thou sette
292in y^e syde of it: and thou shalt make it with .iii. loftes
293one aboue an other. For behold I will bringe in a
294floud of water apon the erth to destroy all flesh from
295vnder heaven, wherin breth of life is so that all that
296is in the erth shall perish. But I will make myne
297apoyntement with the, that both thou
298shalt come in to y^e arcke and thy sonnes,
299thy wyfe and thy sonnes wyves with the.
300    And of all that lyveth what soever flesh it be,
301shalt thou brynge in to the arcke, of every thynge
302a payre, to kepe tham a lyve wyth the. And male
303and female se that they be,

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304of byrdes in their kynde,
305and of beastes in their kynde, and of all maner of
306wormes of the erth in their kinde: a payre of every
307thinge shall come vnto the to kepe them a lyve.
308And take vnto the of all maner of meate y^t may be
309eaten & laye it vp in stoore by the, that it may be
310meate both for y^e and for the~: and Noe dyd acordynge
311to all that God commaunded hym.
312

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313

THE .VII. CHAPTER.

314
315    And the Lorde sayd vnto Noe:
316goo into the arcke both thou
317and all thy houssold. For the
318haue I sene rightuous before
319me in thys generacion. Of all clene beastes
320take vnto the .vii. of every kynde the male
321and hys female And of vnclene
322beastes a payre, the male and hys female:
323lykewyse of the byrdes of the ayre .vii. of every kynde,
324male and female to save seed vppon all the erth. For
325vii. days hence wyll I send rayne vppo~ the erth. .XL
326dayes. & .XL. nyghtes and wyll dystroy all maner of
327thynges that I haue made, from of the face of the
328erth.
329    And Noe dyd acordynge to all y^t the lorde co~maunded
330hym: and Noe was .vi. hundred yere olde, when
331the floud of water came vppon the erth: and Noe went
332and his sonnes and his wyfe and his sonnes wyves wyth
333hym, in to the arke from the waters of the floud. And
334of clene beastes and of beastes that ware vnclene and
335of byrdes and of all that crepeth vppo~ the erth, came
336in by cooples of every kynde vnto Noe in to the arke:
337a male and a female: even as God commaunded Noe.
338And the seventh daye the waters of the floud came
339vppon the erth.
340    In the .vi. hundred yere of Noes lyfe, in the seco~de
341moneth, in the .xvii. daye of the moneth, y^t same daye
342were all the founteynes of the grete depe broken vp,
343& the wyndowes of heave~ were opened, a~d there fell
344a rayne vpon the erth .XL. dayes and .XL. nyghtes.
345    And the selfe same daye went Noe, Sem, Ham and
346Iapheth, Noes sonnes, and Noes wyfe and the .iii. wyves
347of his sonnes wyth them in to the arke: both they and
348all maner of beastes in their ki~de, & all maner of
349catell in their kynde & all maner of wormes that crepe
350vppon the erth in their kynde, and all maner of
351byrdes in there kynde. and all maner off foules what
352soever had feders. And they came vnto Noe in to the
353arke by cooples, of all flesh y^t had breth of lyfe in it.
354And they that came, came male a~d female of every
355flesh accordi~ge as God co~maunded hym: & y^e Lorde
356shytt the dore vppo~ him
357    And the floud came .XL. dayes & .XL. nyghtes
358vppon the erth, & the water increased and bare vp
359the arcke a~d it was lifte up from of the erth And
360the water prevayled and increased exceadingly vppon
361the erth: and the arke went vppo~ the toppe of the
362waters.
363    And the waters prevayled excedingly above mesure
364vppo~ the erth, so that all the hye hylles which are vnder
365all the partes of heaven, were covered:

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366eve~ .xv. cubytes hye prevayled the waters, so that the
367hylles were covered.
368    And the fleshe that moved on the earth, bothe birdes
369catell and beastes perisshed, with all that crepte on the
370erth and all men: so that all that had the breth of liffe
371in the nostrels of it thorow out all that was on drye
372lond dyed.
373    Thus was destroyed all that was vppo~ the erth, both
374man, beastes, wormes and foules of the ayre: so that
375they were destroyed from the erth: save Noe was
376reserved only and they that were wyth hym in the
377arke. And the waters prevayled vppon the erth, an
378hundred and fyftye dayes.
379

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380

THE .VIII. CHAPTER.

381
382    And god reme~bred Noe & all y^e
383beastes & all y^e catell y^t were
384with hi~ in y^e arke And god
385made a wynde to blow vppo~
386y^e erth, & y^e waters ceased: a~d y^e fountaynes
387of the depe a~d the wyndowes of heave~
388were stopte and the rayne of heaven was
389forbidde~, and the waters returned from of
390y^e erth a~d abated after the ende of an hundred and .L
391dayes.
392    And the arke rested vppo~ the mountayns of Ararat,
393the .xvii. daye of the .vii. moneth. And the waters
394went away a~d decreased vntyll the .x. moneth. And
395the fyrst daye of the tenth moneth, the toppes of the
396mounteyns appered.
397    And after the ende of .XL. dayes. Noe opened the
398wyndow of the arke which he had made, a~d sent forth
399a raven, which went out, ever goinge and cominge
400agayne, vntyll the waters were dreyed vpp vppon the
401erth
402    Then sent he forth a doue from hym,
403to wete whether the waters were fallen
404from of the erth. And when the doue coude fynde
405no restinge place for hyr fote, she returned to him
406agayne vnto the arke, for the waters were vppon the
407face of all the erth. And he put out hys honde and
408toke her and pulled hyr to hym in to the arke
409    And he abode yet .vii. dayes mo, and sent out the
410doue agayne out of the arke,
411And the doue came to
412hym agayne aboute eventyde, and beholde: There
413was in hyr mouth a lefe of an olyve tre which she had
414plucked wherby Noe perceaved that the waters were
415abated vppon the erth. And he taried yet .vii. other
416dayes, and sent forth the doue, which from thence
417forth came no more agayne to him.
418    And it came to passe, the syxte hundred and one
419yere and the fyrst daye of the fyrst moneth, that the
420waters were dryed vpp apon the erth. And Noe toke
421off the hatches of the arke and loked: And beholde,
422the face of the erth was drye. So by the .xxvii. daye
423of the seconde moneth the erth was drye.
424    And God spake vnto Noe saynge: come out of
425the arcke, both thou and thy wyfe a~d thy sonnes and
426thy sonnes wyues with the. And all the beastes that
427are with the whatsoever flesh it be, both foule and catell
428and all manner wormes that crepe on the erth, brynge
429out with the, and let them moue, growe a~d multiplye
430vppon the erth. And Noe came out, a~d his sonnes
431and his wyfe and his sonnes wyues with hym. And all
432the beastes, and all the wormes, and all the foules,
433and all that moved vppon the erth, came also out of
434the arke, all of one kynde together.

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435    And Noe made an aulter vnto the Lorde, and
436toke of all maner of clene beastes and all maner of
437clene foules, and offred sacrifyce vppon the aulter.
438And the Lorde smellyd a swete favoure and sayd in
439his hert: I wyll henceforth no more curse the erth for
440mannes sake, for the imagynacion of mannes hert is
441evell even from the very youth of hym.
442Moreouer I wyll not destroy from henceforth all that
443lyveth as I haue done. Nether shall sowynge tyme
444and harvest, colde, and hete, somere & wynter, daye
445and nyghte ceasse, as longe as the erth endureth.
446

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447

THE .IX. CHAPTER.

448
449    And God blessed Noe and his
450sonnes, and sayd vnto them:
451Increase and multiplye and fyll
452the erth.
453    The feare also and drede of yow be
454vppon all beasts of the erth, and vppon
455all foules of the ayre, a~d vppon all that
456crepeth on the erth, and vppon all fyshes
457of the see, which are geuen vnto youre
458handes And all that moveth vppon the
459erth havynge lyfe, shall be youre meate:
460Euen as y^e grene herbes, so geue I yow
461all thynge. Only the flesh with his life
462which is his bloud, se that ye eate not.
463    For verely the bloude
464of yow wherein youre lyves
465are wyll I requyre. Eue~ of
466the hande of all beastes wyll
467I require it, And of the hande
468of man and of the hand off
469euery mannes brother, wyll I requyre the
470lyfe of man: so y^t he which shedeth mannes
471bloude, shall haue hys bloud shed by man
472agayne: for God made man after hys awne
473lycknesse. See that ye encrease, and waxe,
474and be occupyde vppon the erth, & multiplye
475therein.
476    Farthermore God spake vnto Noe &
477to hys sonnes with hym saynge: see,
478I make my bo~d wyth you
479and youre seed after you, and
480wyth all lyvynge thinge that is wyth you:
481both foule and catell, and all maner beste of the erth
482that is wyth yow, of all that commeth out of the arke
483what soeuer beste of the erth it be.
484    I make my bonde wyth yow, that henceforth all
485flesh shall not be destroyed wyth y^e waters of any floud,
486a~d y^t henceforth there shall not be a floud to destroy
487the erth.
488    And God sayd. This is the token of my bo~de
489which I make betwene me and yow, a~d betwene all
490lyvynge thyng that is with yow for ever: I wyll sette
491my bowe in the cloudes, and it shall be a sygne of
492the appoyntment made betwene me and
493the erth: So that when I brynge in cloudes
494vpo~ y^e erth, the bowe shall appere in y^e cloudes.
495    And than wyll I thynke vppon my
496testament which I haue made betwene
497me and yow, and all that lyveth what soeuer flesh it
498be. So that henceforth there shall be no more waters
499to make a floud to destroy all flesh.
500    The bowe shalbe in the cloudes, and I wyll loke
501vpon it, to remembre the euerlastynge testament betwene
502God and all that lyveth vppon the erth, what
503soeuer flesh it be. And God sayd vnto Noe: This is
504the sygne of the testament which I have made betwene
505me and all flesh y^t is on the erth.
506    The sonnes of Noe that came out of the arcke were:
507Sem, Ham, and Iapheth. And Ham he is
508the father of Canaa~. These are the .iii. sonnes of Noe,
509and of these was all the world overspred.

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510    And Noe beynge an husba~d man, went furth and
511planted a vyneyarde
512and drancke of the wyne and was
513droncke, and laye vncouered in the myddest of his
514te~t. And Ham the father of Canaan sawe his fathers
515prevytees, & tolde his .ii. brethren that were wythout.
516And Sem and Iapheth toke a mantell and put it on
517both there shulders a~d went backward, a~d covered there
518fathers secrets, but there faces were backward So
519that they sawe not there fathers nakydnes. As soone
520as Noe was awaked fro~ his wyne and wyst what his
521yongest sonne had done vnto hym, he sayd: cursed be
522Canaan, a~d a seruante of all seruantes be he to his
523brethren. An he sayd: Blessed be the Lorde God of
524Se~, and Canaan be his seruante. God increase Iapheth
525that he may dwelle in the tentes of Sem. And Canaan
526be their seruante.
527    And Noe lyved after the floude .iii. hundred and .L
528yere: So that all the dayes of Noe were .IX. hundred
529and .L. yere, a~d than he dyed.

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530

THE .XII. CHAPTER.

531
532    Then the Lorde sayd vnto
533Abra~ Gett the out of thy
534contre and from thy kynred,
535and out of thy fathers house,
536into a londe which I wyll shewe the.
537And I wyll make of the a myghtie people,
538and wyll blesse the, and make thy
539name grete, that thou mayst be ala blessinge.
540And I wyll blesse the~ that blesse
541the, a~d curse the~ that curse the. And
542in the shall be blessed all the generations
543of the erth.
544    And Abram we~t as the Lorde badd
545hym, and Lot went wyth him.
546Abram was .LXXV. yere olde, when he
547went out of Haran. And Abram toke
548Sarai his wyfe a~d Lot his brothers sonne,
549wyth all their goodes which they had
550goten and soulles which they had begoten
551in Haran. And they departed to goo in to
552the la~de of Chanaan. And when they were come in
553to the lande of Chanaan, Abram went furth in to
554the la~de tyll he came vnto a place called Sychem,
555and vnto the oke of More. And the Canaanytes
556dwelled then in the lande.
557    Then the Lorde apeared vnto Abram a~d sayd:
558vnto thy seed wyll I geue thys la~de. And he buylded
559an aultere there vnto the Lorde which apeared to
560hym. Then departed he thence vnto a mountayne
561that lyeth on the east syde of Bethel and pytched
562hys tente: Bethel beynge on the west syde, and
563Ay on the east: And he buylded there an aulter vnto
564the Lorde & called on the name of y^e Lorde.
565And than Abram departed and toke his iourney
566southwarde
567    After thys there came a derth in the lande. And
568Abram went doune in to Egipte to soiourne there, for
569the derth was sore in the lande. And when he was
570come nye for to entre in to Egipte, he sayd vnto
571Sarai his wife. Beholde, I knowe that thou art a
572fayre woman to loke apo~. It wyll come to passe
573therfore whe~ the Egiptians see the, that they wyll
574say: she is his wyfe. And so shall they slay me and
575save the. Saye I praye the therfore that thou art
576my sister, that I maye fare the better by reason of the
577and that my soule maye lyue for thy sake.
578    As soon as he came in to Egipte, the Egiptia~s sawe
579the woman that she was very fayre. And Pharaos
580lordes sawe hir also, and praysed hir vnto Pharao: So
581that she was taken in to Pharaos house, which entreated
582Abram well for hir sake, so that he had shepe,
583oxsen a~d he asses, men seruantes, mayde serua~tes, she
584asses and camels.
585    But God plaged Pharao and his house wyth grete
586plages, because of Sarai Abrams wyfe. Then Pharao
587called Abram and sayd: why hast thou thus dealt with
588me? Wherfore toldest thou me not that she was thy
589wife? Why saydest thou that she was thy sister, and
590causedest me to take hyr to my wyfe? But now loo,
591there is the wife, take hir a~d be walkynge.

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592Pharao
593also gaue a charge vnto his men over Abram,
594to leade hym out, wyth his wyfe and all that he had.
595

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596

THE .XIII. CHAPTER.

597
598    Than Abram departed out of
599Egipte, both he and his wyfe
600and all that he had, and Lot
601wyth hym vnto the
602south. Abram was very rich in catell,
603syluer & gold. And he went on his iourney
604fro~ the south even vnto Bethel,
605a~d vnto the place where his tente was at
606the fyrst tyme betwene Bethel and
607Ay, and vnto the place of the aulter
608which he made before. And there called Abram vpon
609the name of the Lorde.
610    Lot also which went wyth him had shepe, catell
611and tentes: so that the londe was not abill to receaue
612them that they myght dwell to gether, for the substance
613of their riches was so greate, that they coude
614not dwell to gether And there fell a stryfe betwene
615the herdmen of Abrams catell, and the herdmen of
616Lots catell. Moreouer the Cananytes and the Pherysites
617dwelled at that tyme in the lande.
618    Than sayd Abram vnto Lot: let there be no stryfe
619I praye the betwene the and me and betwene my
620hermenherdmen and thyne, for we be brethren. Ys not all
621the hole lande before the? Departe I praye the fro~
622my. Yf thou wylt take the lefte hande, I wyll take
623the right: Or yf thou take the right hande I wyll take
624the left. And Lot lyft vp his eyes and beheld all the
625contre aboute Iordane, which was a plenteous contre
626of water every where, before the Lorde destroyed
627Sodoma and Gomorra. Even as the garden of the
628Lorde, & as the lande of Egipte tyll thou come to
629Zoar.
630    Than Lot chose all the costes of Iordane a~d toke
631hys iourney from the east. And so departed the one
632brother from the other.
633    Abram dwelled in the lande of Canaan. And lot
634in the cytes of the playne, & tented tyll he came to
635Sodome. But the men of sodome were wyked and
636synned exceadyngly agenst the Lorde.
637    And the Lorde sayed vnto Abram, after that Lot
638was departed from hym: lyfte vp thyne eyes & loke
639from y^e place where thou art, northward, southward,
640eastward and westward, for all the lande which thou
641seiste wyll I gyue the & thy seed for ever.
642    And I wyll make thy seed, as the dust of the erth;
643so that yf a ma~ can nombre the dust of the erth, than
644shall thy seed also be nombred. Aryse and walke
645aboute in the lande, in the length of it a~d in the
646bredth for I wyll geue it vnto the.
647    Than Abra~ toke downe hys tente, & went and
648dwelled in the okegrove of Mamre which is in Ebron
649and buylded there an altar to the Lorde.
650

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651

THE .XIIII. CHAPTER

652
653    And it chaunsed within a while,
654that Amraphel kynge of Synear,
655Arioch kungekynge of Ellasar,
656Kedorlaomer kynge of Elam
657and Thydeall kynge of the nations: made
658warre wyth Bera kynge of Sodo~e and
659with Birsa kynge of Gomorra. And wyt
he wythe
Original has line division
Sineab kynge of Adama,
660& with Semeaber kynge of Zeboim, and
661wyth the kynge of Bela Which Bela is
662called Zoar. All these came together
663vnto the vale of siddim which is now the
664salt see Twelve yere were they subiecte
665to kinge kedorlaomer, and in the .xiii
666yere rebelled.
667    Therefore in the .xiiii. yere came kedorlaomer and
668the kynges that were wyth hym, and smote the
669Raphayms in Astarath Karnaim, and the Susims in
670Ham, a~d the Emyms in Sabe Kariathaim, and the
671Horyms in their awne mounte Seir vnto the playne
672of Pharan, which bordreth vpon the wyldernesse. And
673then turned they and came to the well of iugmente
674which is Cades, and smote all the contre of the Amalechites,
675and also the amorytes that dwell in Hazezon
676Thamar.
677    Than went out the kynge of Sodome, and the
678kynge of Gomorra, and the kynge of Adama and the
679kynge of Zeboijm, and the kynge of Bela now called
680Zoar. And sette their men in aray to fyghte wyth
681them in the vale of siddim, that is to say, wyth
682kedorlaomer the kynge of Elam and with Thydeall
683kynge of the Nations, and wyth Amraphel kynge of
684Synear. And with Arioch kynge of Ellasar: foure
685kynges agenste v. And that vale of siddim was full of
686slyme pyttes.
687    And the kynges of Sodome and Gomorra fled,
688and fell there. And the resydue fled to the mountaynes.
689And they toke all the goodes of Sodome
690and Gomorra and all their vitalles, a~d went
691their waye. And they toke Lot also Abrams brothers
692sonne and his good (for he dwelled at Sodome) and
693departed
694    Than came one that had escaped, and tolde Abram
695the hebrue which dwelt in the okegrove of Mamre the
696Amoryte brother of Eschol and Aner: which were
697confederate wyth Abram. When Abram herde that
698his brother was taken, he harnessed his
699seruantes borne in his owne house .iii
700hundred & .xviii. a~d folowed tyll they came at Dan.
701And sette hymselfe a~d his seruantes in aray, & fell
702vpon them by nyght, & smote them, & chased them
703awaye vnto Hoba: which lyeth on the lefte hande of
704Damascos, and broughte agayne all the goodes & also
705his brother Lot, a~d his goodes, the weme~ also and
706the people.
707    And as he retourned agayne from the slaughter of
708kedorlaomer and of the kynges that were with hym,
709than came the kynge of Sodome agaynst hym vnto
710the vale of Saue which now is called kynges dale.
711    Than Melchisedech kinge of Salem brought forth
712breed and wyne. And he beynge the prest of the
713most hyghest God, blessed hym saynge. Blessed be
714Abram vnto the most hyghest God, possessor of heaven
715and erth.

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716And blessed be God the most hyghest,
717which hath delyvered thyne enimies in to thy handes.
718And Abra~ gaue hym tythes of all.

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719

THE .XXII. CHAPTER.

720
721    After these dedes, God dyd
722proue Abraham & sayde vnto
723him: Abraham. And he answered:
724here am I. And he
725sayde: take thy only sonne Isaac whome
726thou louest, & get the vnto the lande of
727Moria, and sacrifyce him there for a sacrifyce
728vpon one of the mountayns which I
729will shewe the Than Abraham rose vp
730early in the mornynge and sadled his
731asse, and toke two of his meyny wyth him, and Isaac
732his sonne: a~d clove wod for the sacrifyce, and rose vp
733and gott him to the place which God had appoynted
734him. The thirde daye Abraham lyfte vp his eyes
735and sawe the place a farr of, and sayde vnto his yong
736men: byde here with the asse. I and the lad will goo
737yonder and worshippe and come agayne vnto you
738And Abraham toke the wodd of the sacrifyce and
739layde it vpon Isaac his sonne, and toke fyre in his
740hande and a knyfe. And they went both of them
741together.
742    Than spake Isaac vnto Abraham his father & sayde:
743My father? And he answered here am I my sonne.
744And he sayde: se here is fyre and wodd, but where is
745the shepe for sacrifyce? And Abraham sayde: my
746sonne, God wyll prouyde him a shepe for sacrifyce. So
747went they both together.
748    And when they came vnto the place which God
749shewed him, Abraha~ made an aulter there and dressed
750the wodd, a~d bownde Isaac his sonne and layde him
751on the aulter, aboue apon the wodd. And Abraham
752stretched forth his hande, and toke the knyfe to haue
753kylled his sonne.
754    Than the angell of the Lorde called vnto him
755from heauen saynge: Abraham, Abraham. And he
756answered: here am I. And he sayde: laye not thy
757handes apon the childe nether do any thinge at all
758vnto him, for now I knowe that thou fearest God, in
759y^t thou haste not kepte thine only sonne fro~ me. And
760Abraham lyfted vp his eyes and loked aboute: and
761beholde, there was a ram caught by the hornes in a
762thykette. And he went and toke the ram and offred
763him vp for a sacrifyce in the steade of his sonne And
764Abraham called the name of the place, the Lorde
765will see: wherfore it is a come~ saynge this daye: in the
766mounte will the Lorde be sene.
767    And the Angell of the Lorde cryed vnto Abraham
768from heaven the seconde tyme saynge: by my
769selfe haue I sworne (sayth the Lorde) because thou
770hast done this thinge and hast not spared thy only
771sonne, that I will blesse the and multiplye thy seed as
772the starres of heaven and as the sonde vpo~ the see syde
773And thy seed shall possesse the gates of hys enymies.
774And in thy seed shall all the nations of the erth be
775blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voyce
776    So turned Abraham agayne vnto his yonge men,
777and they rose vp and we~t to gether to Berseba.
778And Abraham dwelt at Berseba

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779

THE .XIII. CHAPTER.

780
781    And the Lorde spake vnto Moses
782sayenge: sende men out to
783serche the londe of Canaan,
784which I geue vnto the childern
785of Israel: of euery trybe of their fathers a
786man and let them all be soche as are ruelars
787amonge them. And Moses at the commaundement
788of the Lorde sent forth out of
789the wildernesse of Pharan: soche men as were all heedes
790amonge the childern of Israel, whose names are these.
791    In the trybe of Ruben, Sammua y^e sonne of Zacur: In
792the trybe of Symeon, Saphat the sonne of Hori. In the
793trybe of Iuda Caleph the sonne of Iephune. In the trybe
794of Isachar, Igeal the sonne of Ioseph. In the tybe of
795Ephraim, Hosea the sonne of Nun. In the trybe of
796Ben Iamin, Palti the sonne of Raphu. In the trybe
797of Zabulon, Gadiel the sonne of Sodi.
798In the trybe of
799Ioseph: In the trybe of Manasse, Gaddi the sonne of
800Susi. In the trybe of Dan, Amiel the sonne of Gemali.
801In the trybe of Asser, Sethur the sonne of Micheel.
802In the trybe of Nephtali, Nahebi the sonne of Vaphsi.
803In the trybe of Gad, Guel the sonne of Machi. These
804are the names of the men whiche Moses sent to
805spie out the londe. And Moses called the
806name of Hosea the sonne of Nun, Iosua.
807    And Moses sent them forth to spie out the lande of
808Canaan, and sayed vnto them: get you southwarde and
809goo vpp in to the hye contre, and se the londe what
810maner thynge it is a~d the people that dwelleth therein:
811whether they be stronge or weke, ether fewe or many,
812and what the londe is that they dwell in whether it
813be good or bad, and what maner of cities they dwell
814in: whether they dwell in tentes or walled townes,

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815a~d
816what maner of londe it is: whether isit be fatt or leane,
817& whether there be trees therein or not. And be of
818a good corage, and brynge of the frutes of the londe.
819And it was aboute the tyme that grapes are first rype.
820    And they went vp and serched our the lande from
821the wildernesse of Zin vnto Rehob as men goo to Hemath,
822and they ascended vnto the south and came vnto
823Hebron, where Ahiman was and Sesai and Thalmani
824the sonnes of Enacke. Hebron was bylt .vii. yere before
825Zoan in Egipte. And they came vnto the ryuer of
826Escol and they cutte doune there a braunch with one
827clouster of grapes & bare it apo~ a staffe betwene twayne,
828& also of the pomgranates & of the fygges of the place.
829The ryuer was called Escol, because of the clouster of
830grapes whiche the childern of Israel cutt doune there.
831    And they turned backe agayne from serchinge the
832londe, at .xl. dayes ende. And thei went and came to
833Moses and Aaron & vnto all the multitude of the childern
834of Israel, vnto the wildernesse of Pharan: euen vnto
835Cades, and broughte them worde and also vnto all the
836congregacion, and shewed them the frute of the lande.
837And they tolde him sayenge: we came vnto the londe
838wether thou sendedst vs, & surely it is a lo~de that floweth
839with milke & honye & here is of the frute of it Neuerthelesse
840the people be stronge y^t dwell in the londe, and
841the cities are walled and exceadinge greate, and moreouer
842we sawe the childre~ of Enack there. The amaleckes
843dwel in the south cuntre, and the Hethites, Iebusites and
844the Amorites dwell in the mou~taynes, and the Cananites
845dwell by the see a~d alonge by the coste of Iordayne.
846    And Caleb stylled the murmure of the people agenst
847Moses sayenge: let vs goo vp and conquere it, for we
848be able to ouercome it.
849But the men that went vpp
850with him, sayde: We be not able to goo vpp agenst
851the people, for they are stronger then we: And they
852broughte vpp an euell reporte of the londe which they
853had serched, vnto the childern of Israel sayenge. The
854londe which we haue gone thorowe to serche it out, is a
855londe that eateth vpp the inhabiters thereof, and the people
856that we sawe in it are men of stature.
857And there we sawe also geantes, the childre~ of Enack
858which are of the geau~tes. And we semed in oure syght
859as it were greshoppers and so we dyd in their sighte.
860

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861

THE .XIIII. CHAPTER.

862
863    And the multitude cryed out, &
864the people wepte thorow out
865that nyght, all the childern
866of Ysrael murmured agenst
867Moses & Aaron. And the hole congregacion
868sayed vnto them: wolde god that
869we had dyed in the lond of Egipte, ether
870we wolde that we had dyed in thys
871wildernesse. Wherfore hath the Lorde
872broughte vs vnto this londe to fall apon
873the swerde, that both oure wyues, & also
874oure childre~ shulde be a praye? is it not
875better that we returne vnto Egipte agayne? And
876they sayde one to another: let vs make a captayne and
877returne vnto Egipte agayne.
878    And Moses & Aaron fell on their faces before all the
879congregacion of the multitude of the childern of Ysrael.
880And Iosua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of
881Iephune which were of them that serched the londe
882rent their clothes and spake vnto all the companye of
883the childern of Ysrael saynge: The londe which we
884walked thorowe to serche it, is a very good lande. Yf
885the Lorde haue lust to vs, he will bring vs
886in to this londe & geue it vs, which is a
887lond y^t floweth with mylke & hony. But in any wise
888rebell not agenst the Lorde, Moreouer feare ye not
889the people of the londe, for they are but bred for vs.
890Their shylde is departed from them, & the Lorde is
891with vs: feare them not therfore.
892    And all the whole multitude bade stone them with
893stones. But the glorie of the Lorde appered in the
894tabernacle of witnesse, vnto all the childern of Israel.
895And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses: Howe longe shall
896thys people rayle apon me, and how longe will it be,
897yer they beleue me, for all my signes whiche I haue
898shewed amonge them? I will smyte them with the
899pestilence & destroy the~, and will make of the a greatter
900nacion and a mightier then they.
901    And Moses sayed vnto the Lorde: then
902the Egiptians shall heare it, for thou
903broughtest this people with thy mighte
904from amonge them. And it wilbe tolde
905to the inhabiters of this lande also, for they haue herde
906likewise, that thou the Lorde art amo~ge this people,
907a~d y^t thou art sene face to face, & y^t thy cloude stondeth
908ouer them & that thou goest before them by daye tyme
909in a piler of cloude, & in a piler of fyre by nyght. Yf
910thou shalt kill all this people as thei were but one ma~
911then the nacions which haue herde the fame of the,
912will speake sayenge: because y^e Lorde was not able to
913bringe in this people in to y^e londe he swore vnto
914them, therfore he slewe them in the wildernesse.
915    So now lat the power of my Lord
916be greate, acordynge as thou hast spoken sayenge: the
917Lorde is longe yer he be angrye, a~d full of mercy, and
918suffereth synne and trespace, and leaueth no man innocent,
919and visiteth the vnryghtuousnesse of the fathers vppon
920y^e childern, eue~ vpo~ y^e thirde & fourth generacion. be
921mercyfull I beseche y^e therfore, vnto y^e synne of this
922people acordinge vnto thi greate mercy, & acordinge
923as thou hast forgeue~ this people from Egipte euen vnto
924this place.

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925    And the Lorde sayed: I haue forgeue~ it, acordynge
926to thy request.
927But as trulye as I lyue, all the erth
928shalbe fylled with my glorye. For of all those me~
929whiche haue sene my glorye & my miracles which I dyd
930in Egipte & in y^e wildernesse, & yet haue tempted me
931now this .x. tymes & haue not herkened vnto my voyce,
932there shall not one se the lond whiche I sware vnto
933their fathers, nether shall any of the~ that rayled apo~
934me, se it. But my servau~te Caleb. because there is another
935maner sprite with hi~, & because he hath folowed
936me vnto the vttmost: him I will bringe in to the lond
937which he had walked in, & his seed shall conquere it,
938& also the Amalechites a~d Cananites which dwell in
939the lowe contrees Tomorowe turne you and gete you in
940to the wildernesse: euen the waye towarde the red see.
941    And the Lorde spake vnto Moses a~d Aaron sayenge:
942how longe shall this euell multitude murmure agenst
943me? I haue herde y^e murmurynges of y^e childern of
944Ysrael whyche they murmure agenste me. Tell them,
945y^t the Lorde sayeth. As truely as I lyue, I wil do vnto
946you euen as ye haue spoken in myne eares. Youre
947carkasses shall lye in this wildernesse, nether shall any
948of these numbres which were numbred from .xx. yere
949& aboue of you which haue murmured agenst me
950come in to the londe ouer which I lifted myne hande
951to make you dwell therein, saue Caleb the sonne of
952Iephune, and Iosua the sonne of Nun.
953    And youre childern whiche ye sayed shuld be a
954praye, the~ I will bringe in, & they shall knowe the
955londe which ye haue refused, and youre carkesses shall
956lye in this wildernesse And youre childern shall wa~dre
957in this wildernesse .xl. yeres & suffre for youre whoredome
958vntill your carkasses be wasted in the wildernesse,
959after the numbre of the dayes in which ye serched out
960y^e londe .xl. dayes, & euery daye a yere: so that they
961shall bere your vnrightuousnes .xl. yere, & ye shall fele
962my vengeaunce I the Lorde haue sayed y^t I will do it
963vnto all this euell congregacion y^t are gathered together
964agenst me: euen in thys wildernesse ye shalbe consumed,
965and here ye shall dye.
966    And the men which Moses sent to
967serche the londe, and which (when they came agayne)
968made all the people to murmure agenst it in that they
969broughte vpp a slaunder apon y^e londe: dyed for their
970bryngenge vp that euell slaunder apon it, and were
971plaged before the Lorde. But Iosua the sonne of Nun
972and Caleb the sonne of Iephune which were of y^e me~
973that went to serche the londe, lyued still. And Moses
974tolde these sayenges vnto all the childern of Ysrael,
975and the people toke great sorowe.

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976    And they rose vp yerlee in the mornynge
977& gatt them vpp in to the toppe
978of the mountayne sayenge: lo we be here,
979a~d will goo vpp vnto the place of which
980the Lorde sayed, for we haue synned.
981And Moses sayed: wherfore will ye goo
982on this maner beyonde the worde of the
983Lorde? it will not come well to passe goo not vpp for
984the Lorde is not amonge you that ye be not slayne before
985youre enemyes. For the Amalechytes and the
986Cananites are there before you, & ye will fall apon the
987swerde: because ye are turned a waye from y^e Lorde,
988and therfore the Lorde wyll not be wyth you.
989    But they were blynded to goo vpp in
990to y^e hylltoppe: Neuer the lather, the arke
991of the testament of the Lorde and Moses
992departed not out of the hoste. Then the Amalekytes
993a~d the Cananites which dwelt in that hill, came
994doune and smote them and hewed the~: euen vnto
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996

THE .XVI. CHAPTER.

997
998    And Corah the sonne of Iezehar
999the sonne of Cahath the sonne
1000of Leui: Dathan & Abiram
1001the sonne of Eliab, and On
1002the sonne of Peleth, the sonne of Ruben:
1003stode vpp before Moses, with other of the
1004childern of Israel .ii. hundred and fyftie,
1005heedes of the congregacion, and councelers, and men
1006of fame, and they gathered the~ selues together agenst
1007Moses and Aaron & sayed vnto them: ye haue done
1008ynough. For all the multitude are holy euery one of
1009them, and the Lorde is amonge them. Why therfore
1010heue ye youre selues vpp aboue the congregacion
1011of the Lorde.
1012    When Moses herde it, he fell apon his face and
1013spake vnto Corah and vnto all his companye sayenge:
1014tomorow the Lorde will shewe who is his and who is
1015holy, and will take them vnto him, and whom so euer
1016he hath chosen, he will cause to come
1017to him. This doo: take fyrepannes, thou Corah and
1018all thi companye, and do fyre therein a~d put ce~s thereto
1019before the Lorde tomorowe: And then whom soeuer
1020the Lorde doeth chose, the same is holy. Ye make
1021ynough to doo ye childern of Leui.
1022    And Moses sayed vnto Corah: heare ye childern of
1023leui, Semeth it but a small thynge vnto you, that y^e
1024God of Israel hath separated you fro~ the multitude of
1025Israel to brynge you to him, to doo the seruyce of the
1026dwellynge place of the Lorde, and to stonde before the
1027people to minystre vnto them? he hath taken the to
1028him and all thi brethern the sonnes of leui with the,
1029and ye seke the office of y^e preast also.
1030For which cause
1031both thou and all thi companye are gathered together
1032agenst the Lorde: for what is Aaron, that ye shulde
1033murmure agenst him.
1034    And Moses sent to call Dathan a~d Abiram the
1035sonnes of Eliab, and they answered: we will not come.
1036Semeth it a small thynge vnto the that thou hast
1037broughte us out of a londe that floweth with mylke
1038and honye, to kyll us in y^e wildernesse. But that thou
1039shuldest reygne ouer us also? More ouer thou hast
1040broughte us vnto no londe that floweth with mylke
1041and honye, nether hast geuen us possessions of feldes or
1042of vynes. Ether wilt thou pull out the eyes of these
1043men? we wyll not come.
1044    And Moses waxed very angrye and sayed vnto the
1045Lorde: Turne not vnto their offerynges. I haue not
1046taken so moch as an asse from them, nether
1047haue vexed any of them. Then
1048Moses sayed vnto Corah: Be thou a~d all thy companye
1049before the Lorde: both thou, they and Aaron to
1050morowe. And take euery man his censer and put cens
1051in them, & come before the Lorde euery man with hys
1052censer: two hundred and fyftie censers, and Aaron with
1053his censer. And they toke euery man his censer and
1054put fyre in them & layed cens thereon, and stode in
1055the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse, and Moses &
1056Aaron also. And Corah gathered all the congregacyon
1057agenst them vnto the dore of the tabernacle of
1058witnesse.
1059    And the glorye of the Lorde appered vnto all the
1060congregacion.

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1061And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge:
1062separate youre selues from this congregacion,
1063that I maye consume them atonce. And
1064they fell apon their faces and sayed: O most myghtie
1065God of the spirites of all fleshe, one ma~ hath synned,
1066and wylt thou be wroth with all the multitude? And
1067the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge: speake vnto the
1068congregacion and saye: Gett you awaye from aboute the
1069dwellynge of Corah, Dathan & Abiram.
1070    And Moses rose vpp and went vnto Dathan
1071& Abira~, & the elders of Israel folowed
1072him. And he spake vnto the congregacyon sayenge:
1073departe from the tentes of these weked men and twyche
1074nothinge of theres: lest ye peryshe in all there synnes.
1075And they gate them from the dwellynge of Corah,
1076Dathan and Abiram, on euery side. And Dathan and
1077Abiram came out & stode in y^e dore of there te~tes with
1078their wyues, their sonnes and their childern.
1079    And Moses sayed: Hereby ye shall knowe that the
1080Lorde hath sent me to doo all these workes, and that
1081I haue not done them of myne awne mynde: Yf these
1082men dye the comon deth of all men or yf they be
1083visyted after the visitacion of all men, then the Lorde
1084hath not sent me. But and yf the Lorde make a new
1085thinge, and the erth open hir mouthe and swalowe
1086them and all that pertayne vnto them, so that they
1087doo doune quycke in to hell: then ye shall vndersto~d,
1088that these me~ haue rayled apon the Lorde.
1089    And as soone as he had made an ende of speakynge
1090all these wordes, the grounde cloue asunder that was
1091vnder thenthem, and y^e erth opened hir mouthe and
1092swalowed them and their housses and all the me~ that
1093were with Corah and all their goodes. And they
1094and all that pertayned vnto them, went doune alyue
1095vnto hell, and the erthe closed apon them, and they
1096peryshed from amonge the congregacyon. And all
1097Israel that were aboute them, fledde at the crye of them.
1098    For they sayed: The erthe myghte happelye swalowe
1099vs also. And there came oute a fyre from the Lorde and
1100consumed the two hundred and fyftye men that offred cens.
1101    And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge: Speake
1102vnto Eleazer the sonne of Aaron the preaste and
1103let him take vppe the censers oute of the burnynge
1104and scater the fyre here and there, for the censers
1105of these synners are halowed in theyr deethes: and
1106let them be beten in to thyne plates
1107and fastened apon the altare. For they offred the~ before
1108the Lorde, and therfore they are holye and they
1109shalbe a sygne vnto the childern of Israel.
1110    And Eleazar the preast toke the brasen censers
1111which they that were burnt had offered, and bet them
1112and fastened them vppon the altare,

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1113to be a remembraunce
1114vnto the childern of Israel, that no straunger
1115whiche is not of the seed of Aaron, come nere to offer
1116cens before the Lorde, that he be not made like vnto
1117Corah and his companye: as the Lorde sayed vnto him
1118by the hande of Moses.
1119    And on the morowe all the multitude of the childern
1120of Israell murmured agenste Moses and Aaron sayenge:
1121ye haue kylled the people of
1122the Lorde. And when the multitude was gathered
1123agenste Moses and Aaron, they loked towarde the tabernacle
1124of witnesse. And beholde, the cloude had
1125couered it and the glorye of the Lorde appeared.
1126And Moses and Aaron went before the tabernacle of
1127witnesse. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge:
1128Gett you from this congregacyon, that I maye consume
1129them quyckelye. And they fell apon theyr faces.
1130    And Moses sayde vnto Aaron: take a censer and put
1131fyre therein out of the alter, and poure on cens, and goo
1132quyckly vnto the co~gregacion and make an attonement
1133for the~. For there is wrath gone oute from the
1134Lorde, and there is a plage begone. And Aaron toke
1135as Moses commaunded him, and ran vnto the congregacion:
1136and beholde, the plage was begone amonge
1137the people, and he put on cens, and made an attonement
1138for the people. And the stode betwene the deed,
1139and them that were alyue, and the plage ceased. And
1140the numbre of them that dyed in the plage, were
1141xiiii. thousande and seuen hundred: besyde them that
1142dyed aboute the busynes of Corah. And Aaron went
1143agayne vnto Moses vnto the dore off the tabernacle of
1144witnesse, and the plage ceased.
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1146

XVII. CHAPTER.

1147
1148    And the Lorde spake vnto Moses
1149sayenge: speake vnto the
1150childern of Israel and take
1151of them, for euery pryncypall
1152housse a rod, of their princes ouer the housses of their
1153fathers: euen .xii. roddes, and wryte euery mans name
1154apon his rod. And wryte Aarons name apon the staffe
1155of Leui: for euery heedman ouer the housses of their
1156fathers shall haue a rod. And put the~ in the tabernacle
1157of witnesse where I wyll mete you. And his
1158rod whom I chose, shall blossome: So I wyll make cease
1159from me the grudgynges of the childern of Israel which
1160they grudge agenst you.
1161    And Moses spake vnto the childern off Israel, and
1162all the prynces gaue him for euery prynce ouer their
1163fathers housses, a rod: euen .xii. roddes, and the rod
1164of Aaron was amonge the rodes. And Moses put y^e
1165roddes before the Lorde in the tabernacle of witnesse.
1166And on the morowe, Moses went in to the tabernacle:
1167and beholde, the rod of Aaron of the housse of Leui
1168was budded & bare blosomes and almondes. And
1169Moses broughte out all the staues from before the
1170Lorde, vnto all the childern of Israel, & thei loked
1171apon them, and toke euery man his staffe.
1172    And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses: Brynge Aarons
1173rod agayne before the witnesse to be kepte for a token
1174vnto the childern of rebellyon, that
1175their murmurynges maye ceasse fro me, that they
1176dye not.
1177And Moses dyd as the Lorde commaunded
1178him. And the childern of Israel spake vnto Moses
1179sayenge: beholde, we are destroyed and all come to
1180nought: for whosoeuer cometh nye the dwellynge of
1181the Lord, dyeth. Shall we vtterly consume awaye?