The Leeser Bible
1853 by Isaac Leeser
Gen 1:1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God was waving over the face of the waters.
Gen 1:3 ¶ And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.
Gen 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And it was evening and it was morning, the first day.
Gen 1:6 ¶ And God said, Let there be an expansion in the midst of the waters, and let it divide between waters and waters.
Gen 1:7 And God made the expansion, and divided between the waters which were under the expansion and the waters which were above the expansion: and it was so.
Gen 1:8 And God called the expansion Heaven. And it was evening and it was morning, the second day.
Gen 1:9 ¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land be visible: and it was so.
Gen 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, herbs yielding seed, fruit–trees yielding fruit after their kind, in which its seed is upon the earth: and it was so.
Gen 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees yielding fruit, in which its seed is after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:13 And it was evening and it was morning, the third day.
Gen 1:14 ¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the expansion of the heaven to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years;
Gen 1:15 And let them be for lights in the expansion of the heaven, to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Gen 1:16 And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.
Gen 1:17 And God set them in the expansion of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
Gen 1:18 And to rule by day and by night, and to divide between the light and the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:19 And it was evening and it was morning, the fourth day.
Gen 1:20 ¶ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly moving creatures that have life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open expansion of the heaven.
Gen 1:21 And God created the great sea–monsters, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the fowl multiply on the earth.
Gen 1:23 And it was evening and it was morning, the fifth day.
Gen 1:24 ¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.
Gen 1:25 And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:26 ¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and they shall have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heaven, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Gen 1:27 And God created man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Gen 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heaven, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Gen 1:29 ¶ And God said, Behold I have given unto you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree on which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.
Gen 1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heaven, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, [I have given] every green herb for food: and it was so.
Gen 1:31 ¶ And God saw every thing that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And it was evening and it was morning, the sixth day.
Gen 2:1 ¶ Thus were finished the heavens and the earth, and all their host.
Gen 2:2 And God had finished on the seventh day his work which he had made, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because thereon he had rested from all his work which God had created in making it.
Gen 2:4 ¶ These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, on the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.
Gen 2:5 And every plant of the field was not yet on the earth, and every herb of the field had not yet grown; for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and man was not yet there to till the ground.
Gen 2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Gen 2:7 And the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.
Gen 2:8 ¶ And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden to the eastward, and he put there the man whom he had formed.
Gen 2:9 And the Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Gen 2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it was parted, and became four principal streams.
Gen 2:11 The name of the first is Pishon, the same which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Gen 2:12 And the gold of that land is good; there is the bdellium and the onyx stone.
Gen 2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon, the same which compasseth the whole land of Cush.
Gen 2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel, the same which floweth towards the east of Assyria; and the fourth river is the Euphrates.
Gen 2:15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to till it, and to keep it.
Gen 2:16 ¶ And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat;
Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for on the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Gen 2:18 ¶ And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help suitable for him.
Gen 2:19 And the Lord God had formed out of the ground every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heaven, and he brought them unto the man to see what he would call them; and whatsoever the man would call every living creature, that should be its name.
Gen 2:20 And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the heaven, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help suitable for him.
Gen 2:21 ¶ And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof.
Gen 2:22 And the Lord God formed the rib which he had taken from the man into a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Gen 2:23 And the man said, This time it is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; this shall be called Woman, [Ishah,] because out of Man [Ishi] was this one taken.
Gen 2:24 Therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they become one flesh.
Gen 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Gen 3:1 ¶ Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made; and he said unto the woman, Hath God indeed said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Gen 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;
Gen 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye will surely not die;
Gen 3:5 For God doth know, that, on the day ye eat thereof, your eyes will be opened, and ye will be as God, knowing good and evil.
Gen 3:6 ¶ And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.
Gen 3:7 And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they felt that they were naked; and they sewed fig–leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Gen 3:8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Gen 3:9 ¶ And the Lord God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou?
Gen 3:10 And he said, Thy voice I heard in the garden; and I was afraid, because I am naked; and I hid myself.
Gen 3:11 ¶ And he said, Who told thee that thou art naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Gen 3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Gen 3:13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Gen 3:14 ¶ And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all the cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt wound his heel.
Gen 3:16 ¶ Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and [the suffering of] thy conception; in pain shalt thou bring forth children; and for thy husband shall be thy desire, but he shall rule over thee.
Gen 3:17 ¶ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed be the ground for thy sake; in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
Gen 3:18 And thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herbs of the field.
Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground, for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Gen 3:20 ¶ And the man called his wife’s name Eve [Chavvah]; because she was the mother of all living [Chay].
Gen 3:21 ¶ And the Lord God made unto Adam and to his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.
Gen 3:22 ¶ And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever––
Gen 3:23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
Gen 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flaming sword which revolveth, to guard the way to the tree of life.
Gen 4:1 ¶ And the man knew Eve his wife: and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
Gen 4:2 And she bore again, his brother, Abel; and Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Gen 4:3 ¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground and offering unto the Lord.
Gen 4:4 And Abel––he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fattest thereof; and the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering;
Gen 4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had no respect; and it was very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance fell.
Gen 4:6 ¶ And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
Gen 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou canst rule over it.
Gen 4:8 ¶ And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Gen 4:9 ¶ And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel they brother? and he said, I know not; am I my brother’s keeper?
Gen 4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Gen 4:11 And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand:
Gen 4:12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield its strength unto thee; fugitive and vagabond shalt thou be on the earth.
Gen 4:13 ¶ And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Gen 4:14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground; and from thy face shall I be hid; and if I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, it will come to pass, that every one that findeth me will slay me.
Gen 4:15 And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him seven–fold. And the Lord set a sign unto Cain, that any one finding him should not kill him.
Gen 4:16 ¶ And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Gen 4:17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and bore Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch.
Gen 4:18 And unto Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begat Mechujael: and Mechujael begat Methushael; and Methushael begat Lemech.
Gen 4:19 ¶ And Lemech took unto himself two wives, the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Gen 4:20 And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle.
Gen 4:21 And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all such as play on the harp and guitar.
Gen 4:22 And Zillah, she also bore Tubal–cain, an artificer in every article of copper and iron; and the sister of Tubal–cain was Naamah.
Gen 4:23 ¶ And Lemech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lemech, hearken unto my speech; for I have slain a man to my own wounding, and a young–man to my hurt.
Gen 4:24 If Cain shall be avenged seven–fold, truly Lemech seventy and seven–fold.
Gen 4:25 ¶ And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and called his name Sheth [Seth]; for God [said she] hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Gen 4:26 And to Sheth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.
Gen 5:1 ¶ This is the book of the generations of Adam. On the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him:
Gen 5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, on the day when they were created.
Gen 5:3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his likeness, after his image; and called his name Sheth.
Gen 5:4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Sheth were eight hundred years; and he begat sons and daughters.
Gen 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.
Gen 5:6 ¶ And Sheth lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enosh.
Gen 5:7 And Sheth lived after he had begotten Enosh eight hundred and seven years; and he begat sons and daughters.
Gen 5:8 And all the days of Sheth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.
Gen 5:9 And Enosh lived ninety years, and begat Kenan.
Gen 5:10 And Enosh lived after he had begotten Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years; and he begat sons and daughters.
Gen 5:11 And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.
Gen 5:12 And Kenan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalalel.
Gen 5:13 And Kenan lived after he had begotten Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years; and he begat sons and daughters
Gen 5:14 And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.
Gen 5:15 And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared.
Gen 5:16 And Mahalalel lived after he had begotten Jared eight hundred and thirty years; and he begat sons and daughters.
Gen 5:17 And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five years; and he died.
Gen 5:18 And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begat Enoch.
Gen 5:19 And Jared lived after he had begotten Enoch eight hundred years; and he begat sons and daughters.
Gen 5:20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years; and he died.
Gen 5:21 ¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methushelah.
Gen 5:22 And Enoch walked with God after he had begotten Methushelah three hundred years; and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years.
Gen 5:24 And Enoch walked with God, and he was no more; for God had taken him.
Gen 5:25 ¶ And Methushelah lived a hundred eighty and seven years and begat Lemech.
Gen 5:26 And Methushelah lived after he had begotten Lemech seven hundred eighty and two years; and he begat sons and daughters.
Gen 5:27 And all the days of Methushelah were nine hundred sixty and nine years; and he died.
Gen 5:28 ¶ And Lemech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son.
Gen 5:29 And he called his name Noach, [Noah,] saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.
Gen 5:30 And Lemech lived after he had begotten Noah five hundred ninety and five years; and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 5:31 And all the days of Lemech were seven hundred seventy and seven years; and he died.
Gen 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gen 6:1 ¶ And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
Gen 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair; and they took themselves wives of all whom they chose.
Gen 6:3 ¶ And the Lord said, My Spirit shall not always strive for the sake of man, for that he is but flesh; yet his days [of grace] shall be a hundred and twenty years.
Gen 6:4 ¶ The giants were on the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; these became the mighty men, who were of old the men of renown.
Gen 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Gen 6:6 ¶ And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Gen 6:7 And the Lord said, I will destroy the man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man and beast, and the creeping things and the fowls of the heaven; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Gen 6:8 ¶ But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
Gen 6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just, perfect man in his generation; Noah walked with God.
Gen 6:10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gen 6:11 ¶ And the earth was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence.
Gen 6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
Gen 6:13 ¶ And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them, and I will destroy them with the earth.
Gen 6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher–wood, rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Gen 6:15 And this is the manner in which thou shalt make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Gen 6:16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and thou shalt finish it above, to be one cubit broad, and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
Gen 6:17 And as regards myself, behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under the heavens; every thing that is on the earth shall perish.
Gen 6:18 But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
Gen 6:19 And of every living thing, of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee: male and female shall they be.
Gen 6:20 Of the fowls after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
Gen 6:21 And thou, for thy part, take unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be unto thee, and unto them for food.
Gen 6:22 ¶ Thus did Noah; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did.
Gen 7:1 ¶ And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy household into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Gen 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven pairs of each, the male and his female; and of beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female.
Gen 7:3 Also of the fowls of the heaven, seven pairs of each, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
Gen 7:4 For after only seven days more, I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights: and I will blot out every living substance that I have made from off the face of the earth.
Gen 7:5 ¶ And Noah did all just as the Lord had commanded him.
Gen 7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
Gen 7:7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
Gen 7:8 Of the clean beasts, and of the beasts that are not clean, and of the fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
Gen 7:9 One pair of each went in unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
Gen 7:10 And it came to pass, after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Gen 7:11 ¶ In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this same day, were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Gen 7:12 And the rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Gen 7:13 ¶ On that self–same day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
Gen 7:14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird, every thing that hath wings.
Gen 7:15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, one pair of each, of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
Gen 7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and then the Lord shut him in.
Gen 7:17 ¶ And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
Gen 7:18 And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark floated along upon the face of the waters.
Gen 7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that are under the whole heavens were covered.
Gen 7:20 Fifteen cubits above them did the waters prevail; and the mountains were [thus] covered.
Gen 7:21 ¶ And all flesh perished that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man.
Gen 7:22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that were on the dry land, died.
Gen 7:23 And it swept off every living substance which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and fowls of the heaven; and they were swept from the earth; and Noah only was left, together with those that were with him in the ark.
Gen 7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.
Gen 8:1 ¶ And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters were assuaged;
Gen 8:2 The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven were stopped; and the rain from heaven was restrained.
Gen 8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth, gradually returning; and the waters were abated after the end of the hundred and fifty days.
Gen 8:4 ¶ And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Gen 8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen;
Gen 8:6 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;
Gen 8:7 And he sent forth a raven which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Gen 8:8 He then sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.
Gen 8:9 But the dove found no resting–place for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him unto the ark; for there was water on the face of the whole earth; then he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her into the ark.
Gen 8:10 And he stayed yet another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
Gen 8:11 And the dove came in to him at the time of the evening; and, lo, an olive–leaf plucked off was in her mouth; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Gen 8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned not again unto him any more.
Gen 8:13 ¶ And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Gen 8:14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth perfectly dried up.
Gen 8:15 ¶ And God spoke unto Noah, saying,
Gen 8:16 Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
Gen 8:17 Every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, bring forth with thee; that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
Gen 8:18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him.
Gen 8:19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.
Gen 8:20 ¶ And Noah built an altar unto the Lord, and he took of every clean cattle, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt–offerings on the altar.
Gen 8:21 And the Lord smelled the sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for the sake of man; although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth: neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Gen 8:22 All the while the earth remaineth, seed–time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.
Gen 9:1 ¶ And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Gen 9:2 And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the heaven; whatever is that moveth upon the earth, and all the fishes of the sea, are delivered into your hand.
Gen 9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be yours for food; even as the green herbs have I given you all things.
Gen 9:4 But flesh in which its life is, which is its blood, shall ye not eat.
Gen 9:5 Your blood, however, on which your lives depend, will I require: at the hand of every beast will I require it; and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
Gen 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made he man.
Gen 9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth, and multiply thereon.
Gen 9:8 ¶ And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
Gen 9:9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
Gen 9:10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you, from all those that go out of the ark, for every beast of the earth.
Gen 9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you; and all flesh shall not be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there be any more a flood to destroy the earth.
Gen 9:12 ¶ And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations.
Gen 9:13 My bow I do set in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of the covenant between me and the earth.
Gen 9:14 And it shall come to pass, that, when I bring a cloud over the earth, and the bow shall be seen in the cloud,
Gen 9:15 I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Gen 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature, of all flesh, that is upon the earth.
Gen 9:17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
Gen 9:18 ¶ And the sons of Noah that went forth from the ark, were Shem, Ham and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan.
Gen 9:19 These three were the sons of Noah, and of them was the whole earth overspread.
Gen 9:20 And Noah, who was a husbandman, began his work, and he planted a vineyard.
Gen 9:21 And he drank of the wine, and became drunken; and he uncovered himself within his tent.
Gen 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told it his two brothers without.
Gen 9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon the shoulders of both of them, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
Gen 9:24 ¶ And Noah awoke from his wine, and discovered what his younger son had done unto him.
Gen 9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Gen 9:26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem; and Canaan shall be a servant unto them.
Gen 9:27 May God enlarge the boundaries of Japheth, and may he dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be a servant unto them.
Gen 9:28 ¶ And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
Gen 9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
Gen 10:1 ¶ Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Gen 10:2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tirass.
Gen 10:3 And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
Gen 10:4 And Javan’s sons: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Gen 10:5 From these were separated the isles of the nations in their lands, every one after his tongue: after their families, in their nations.
Gen 10:6 ¶ And the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizrayim, Put and Canaan.
Gen 10:7 And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, Sabtah and Raamah, and Sabtecha; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
Gen 10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty man on the earth.
Gen 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.
Gen 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Gen 10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and built Nineveh, and the city of Rechoboth, and Calach.
Gen 10:12 And Ressen between Nineveh and Calach: the same is the great city.
Gen 10:13 And Mizrayim begat the Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuchim.
Gen 10:14 And the Pethrussim, and Casluchin, [out of whom came the Pelishtim,] and the Caphtorim.
Gen 10:15 ¶ And Canaan begat Sidon his first–born, and Heth,
Gen 10:16 And the Jebusite, and the Emorite, and the Girgashite,
Gen 10:17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
Gen 10:18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
Gen 10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gazzah; as thou goest unto Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboyim, even unto Lesha.
Gen 10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, in their nations.
Gen 10:21 ¶ But unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, were children born.
Gen 10:22 The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.
Gen 10:23 And the children of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
Gen 10:24 And Arpachshad begat Shelach; and Shelach begat Eber.
Gen 10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons; the name of one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
Gen 10:26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerach,
Gen 10:27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
Gen 10:28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba.
Gen 10:29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
Gen 10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar, the mount of the east.
Gen 10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
Gen 10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations; and from these were the nations separated on the earth after the flood.
Gen 11:1 ¶ And the whole earth was of one language, and of one kind of words.
Gen 11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed toward the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
Gen 11:3 And they said to one another, Go to, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. And thus the brick served them for stone, and slime served them for mortar.
Gen 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower, the top of which may reach unto heaven; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Gen 11:5 ¶ And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man were building.
Gen 11:6 And the Lord said, Behold, it is one people, and they have all one language, and this is the first thing they undertake to do; and now shall they not be restrained in all which they have imagined to do?
Gen 11:7 Go to, let us go down, and confound there their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
Gen 11:8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city.
Gen 11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth; and from there did the Lord scatter them abroad over the face of all the earth.
Gen 11:10 ¶ These are the generations of Shem: Shem, when a hundred years old, begat Arpachshad, two years after the flood.
Gen 11:11 And Shem lived after he had begotten Arpachshad five hundred years; and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 11:12 And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelach.
Gen 11:13 And Arpachshad lived after he had begotten Shelach four hundred and three years; and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 11:14 And Shelach lived thirty years, and begat Eber.
Gen 11:15 And Shelach lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years; and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg.
Gen 11:17 And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred and thirty years; and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu.
Gen 11:19 And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred and nine years; and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 11:20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug.
Gen 11:21 And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years; and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nachor.
Gen 11:23 And Serug lived after he had begotten Nachor two hundred years; and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 11:24 And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terach.
Gen 11:25 And Nachor lived after he had begotten Terach a hundred and nineteen years; and begat sons and daughters.
Gen 11:26 And Terach lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran.
Gen 11:27 ¶ Now these are the generations of Terach: Terach begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Gen 11:28 And Haran died before his father Terach in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Gen 11:29 And Abram and Nachor took themselves wives; the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nachor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Yiscah.
Gen 11:30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
Gen 11:31 And Terach took Abram his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter–in–law, the wife of his son Abram; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Charan, and dwelt there.
Gen 11:32 And the days of Terach were two hundred and five years; and Terach died in Charan.
Gen 12:1 ¶ Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and out of thy birthplace, and from thy father’s house, unto the land that I will show thee.
Gen 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Gen 12:3 And I will bless those that bless thee, and him that curseth thee, will I curse; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Gen 12:4 ¶ So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him, and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy and five years old at his departure out of Charan.
Gen 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had acquired, and the persons that they had obtained in Charan; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and they came into the land of Canaan.
Gen 12:6 ¶ And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the plain of Moreh; and the Canaanite was then in the land.
Gen 12:7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar unto the Lord, who had appeared unto him.
Gen 12:8 And he removed from there unto the mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, having Beth–el on the west, and ‘Ai on the east; and he built there an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.
Gen 12:9 And Abram journeyed farther, still going on toward the south.
Gen 12:10 ¶ And there arose a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
Gen 12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a woman of handsome appearance:
Gen 12:12 And it may come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife; and they may kill me, but thee they will save alive.
Gen 12:13 Say then, I pray thee, thou art my sister, that it may go well with me for thy sake, and my soul live because of thee.
Gen 12:14 ¶ And it came to pass, when Abram was come into Egypt, that the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
Gen 12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
Gen 12:16 And he did well to Abram for her sake; and he received sheep, and oxen, and he–asses, and men–servants, and maid–servants, and she–asses, and camels.
Gen 12:17 But the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
Gen 12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this thou hast done unto me? Why didst thou not tell me that she is thy wife?
Gen 12:19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? and so I took her to me for a wife; now, therefore, behold, here is thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
Gen 12:20 And Pharaoh commanded some men concerning him, who accompanied him and his wife, and all that he had.
Gen 13:1 ¶ And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
Gen 13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Gen 13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth–el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth–el and ‘Ai;
Gen 13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first; and Abram called there on the name of the Lord.
Gen 13:5 ¶ And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
Gen 13:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together; for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Gen 13:7 And there arose a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle, and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
Gen 13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are near relatives.
Gen 13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right, then I will go to the left.
Gen 13:10 ¶ And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere; before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [it was] like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, till thou comest unto Zoar.
Gen 13:11 Then Lot chose himself all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east; and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Gen 13:12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tents, till close to Sodom.
Gen 13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
Gen 13:14 ¶ And the Lord said unto Abram, after Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thy eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;
Gen 13:15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever.
Gen 13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth; so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Gen 13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it.
Gen 13:18 Then Abram pitched his tent, and came and dwelt in the grove of Mamre, which is in Hebron; and he built there an altar unto the Lord.
Gen 14:1 ¶ And it came to pass, in the day of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim;
Gen 14:2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
Gen 14:3 All these joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is now the salt sea.
Gen 14:4 Twelve years had they served Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Gen 14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Kedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and they smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth–karnayim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh–kiriathayim,
Gen 14:6 And the Horites in their mountain Seir, unto El–paran, which is by the wilderness.
Gen 14:7 And they returned and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Emorites, that dwelt in Hazezon–tamar.
Gen 14:8 And then went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela, [the same is Zoar;] and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
Gen 14:9 With Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and with Tidal king of Goyim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
Gen 14:10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slime–pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell therein; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
Gen 14:11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
Gen 14:12 And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
Gen 14:13 ¶ And there came one that had escaped, and told it to Abram the Hebrew; but he dwelt in the grove of Mamre the Emorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, and these were confederates of Abram.
Gen 14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants; born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them into Dan.
Gen 14:15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
Gen 14:16 And he brought back all the goods; and he also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and also the women, and the people.
Gen 14:17 ¶ And the king of Sodom went out to meet him [after his return from smiting Kedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him] at the valley of Shaveh, which is the kings’ dale.
Gen 14:18 And Malkizidek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was a priest of the most high God.
Gen 14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth.
Gen 14:20 And blessed he the most high God, who hath delivered thy enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
Gen 14:21 ¶ And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and the goods take to thyself.
Gen 14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
Gen 14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe–latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine; lest thou shouldst say, I have made Abram rich:
Gen 14:24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre––these may take their portion.
Gen 15:1 ¶ After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not Abram; I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceedingly great.
Gen 15:2 ¶ And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?
Gen 15:3 And Abram said, Behold to me thou hast given no seed; and lo, one born in my house will be my heir.
Gen 15:4 And behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This one shall not be thy heir; but he that shall come forth out of thy own bowels shall be thy heir.
Gen 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward the heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them; and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Gen 15:6 And he believed in the Lord; and he accounted it to him for righteousness.
Gen 15:7 ¶ And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give unto thee this land, to inherit it.
Gen 15:8 And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Gen 15:9 And he said unto him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she–goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle–dove, and a young pigeon.
Gen 15:10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one opposite the other; but the birds he did not divide.
Gen 15:11 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses; but Abram drove them away.
Gen 15:12 ¶ And when the sun was about going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror, dark and great, fell upon him.
Gen 15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land which is not theirs, and they will make them serve, and they will afflict them four hundred years.
Gen 15:14 And also that nation whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they go out with great substance.
Gen 15:15 But thou shalt come to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Gen 15:16 Yet the fourth generation shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Emorites will not be full until then.
Gen 15:17 ¶ And it came to pass, when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold a smoking furnace, and a burning flame, which passed between those pieces.
Gen 15:18 On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates;
Gen 15:19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
Gen 15:20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,
Gen 15:21 And the Emorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Gen 16:1 ¶ Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian handmaid, whose name was Hagar.
Gen 16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: go in, I pray thee, unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
Gen 16:3 And Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar, the Egyptian, her maid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
Gen 16:4 ¶ And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became of little esteem in her eyes.
Gen 16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram, I suffer wrong through thee; I have placed my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became of little esteem in her eyes; may the Lord judge between me and thee.
Gen 16:6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
Gen 16:7 ¶ And an angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
Gen 16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, From the face of my mistress Sarai I am fleeing.
Gen 16:9 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
Gen 16:10 ¶ And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Gen 16:11 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and wilt bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.
Gen 16:12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and in the presence of all his brethren shall he dwell.
Gen 16:13 And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her, Thou art an all–seeing God; for she said, Have I not also seen here a vision after he appeared to me?
Gen 16:14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlachai–roi: behold, it is between Kadesh and Bared.
Gen 16:15 ¶ And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
Gen 16:16 And Abram was eighty and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
Gen 17:1 ¶ And when Abram was ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Gen 17:2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly.
Gen 17:3 And Abram fell on his face, and God spoke with him, saying,
Gen 17:4 ¶ As for me, behold my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt become the father of a multitude of nations.
Gen 17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.
Gen 17:6 And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will cause thee to become nations; and kings shall come out of thee.
Gen 17:7 ¶ And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and between thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant: to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Gen 17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou sojournest, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Gen 17:9 And God said unto Abraham, But thou, for thy part, shalt keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, in their generations.
Gen 17:10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and between you, and between thy seed after thee: Every man–child among you shall be circumcised.
Gen 17:11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and this shall serve as the token of the covenant between me and you.
Gen 17:12 And at eight days old shall every man–child in your generations be circumcised among you, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, who is not of thy seed.
Gen 17:13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised; and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
Gen 17:14 And any uncircumcised male, who circumciseth not the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
Gen 17:15 ¶ And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
Gen 17:16 And I will bless her, and give thee also a son of her; yea I will bless her, and she shall become a mother of nations; kings of people shall spring from her.
Gen 17:17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed; and he said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?
Gen 17:18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
Gen 17:19 And God said, Truly, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, for his seed after him.
Gen 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make of him a great nation.
Gen 17:21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
Gen 17:22 And when he had left off talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
Gen 17:23 ¶ And Abraham now took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on the selfsame day, as God had spoken unto him.
Gen 17:24 And Abraham was ninety and nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Gen 17:25 And Ishmael his son, was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Gen 17:26 On the self–same day was Abraham circumcised, with Ishmael his son.
Gen 17:27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
Gen 18:1 ¶ And the Lord appeared unto him in the grove of Mamre; while he was sitting at the door of the tent in the heat of the day.
Gen 18:2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men stood near him; and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the door of the tent, and bowed himself to the ground;
Gen 18:3 And he said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in thy eyes, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant.
Gen 18:4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
Gen 18:5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your heart, after that ye may pass on; since ye have once passed by your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast spoken.
Gen 18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.
Gen 18:7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man, and he hastened to dress it.
Gen 18:8 And he took cream and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Gen 18:9 ¶ And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife! And he said, Behold, in the tent.
Gen 18:10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee at this time next year: and lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it at the door of the tent, which was behind him.
Gen 18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in years; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Gen 18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord also being old!
Gen 18:13 And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, since I am old?
Gen 18:14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, at this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.
Gen 18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid; but he said, Nay; indeed thou didst laugh.
Gen 18:16 ¶ And the men rose up from there and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
Gen 18:17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about doing?
Gen 18:18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Gen 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, that they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice; in order that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken concerning him.
Gen 18:20 And the Lord said, Because the cry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous:
Gen 18:21 I will go down now, and see if they have done according to the cry against them, which is come unto me, destruction [shall come upon them]; and if not, I will know it.
Gen 18:22 And the men turned their faces from there, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.
Gen 18:23 ¶ And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou then destroy the righteous also with the wicked?
Gen 18:24 Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt thou then also destroy and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are therein?
Gen 18:25 Far be it from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be this from thee; shall the Judge of all the earth not exercise justice?
Gen 18:26 And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then will I spare all of the place for their sake.
Gen 18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes:
Gen 18:28 Peradventure there will lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt thou then destroy all the city for the [lack of] these five? And he said, I will not destroy, if I find there forty and five.
Gen 18:29 And he spoke yet again unto him, and said, Peradventure there will be found there forty. And he said, I will not do it for the sake of the forty.
Gen 18:30 And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there will be found there thirty. And he said, I will not do it, if I find there thirty.
Gen 18:31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there will be found there twenty. And he said, I will not destroy for the sake of the twenty.
Gen 18:32 And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure there will be found there ten. And he said, I will not destroy, for the sake of the ten.
Gen 18:33 And the Lord went away, when he had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned unto his place.
Gen 19:1 ¶ And the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom; and when Lot saw them he rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face to the ground.
Gen 19:2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye can rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
Gen 19:3 And he pressed upon them greatly, and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they did eat.
Gen 19:4 ¶ But before they had lain down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
Gen 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men who came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
Gen 19:6 And Lot went out unto them, at the entrance [of the house], and shut the door after him.
Gen 19:7 And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not act wickedly.
Gen 19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes, only unto these men do nothing, since they have once come under the shadow of my roof.
Gen 19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one man came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge; now will we deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed sorely upon the man Lot, and they came near to break the door.
Gen 19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot to them into the house, and the door they locked.
Gen 19:11 And the men that were at the entrance of the house they smote with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the entrance.
Gen 19:12 ¶ And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? a son–in–law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring out of this place.
Gen 19:13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry against them is waxed great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
Gen 19:14 And Lot went out and spoke unto his sons–in–law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, Arise, get yourselves out of this place, for the Lord will destroy this city; but he seemed as one that jesteth in the eyes of his sons–in–law.
Gen 19:15 ¶ And as the morning dawn arose, the angels urged Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here, lest thou be consumed for the iniquity of the city.
Gen 19:16 And while he yet lingered, the men laid hold of his hand, and of the hand of his wife, and of the hand of his two daughters, because the Lord desired to spare him; and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
Gen 19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life, look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Gen 19:18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my lord!
Gen 19:19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy eyes, and thou hast magnified thy kindness, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evil overtake me, and I die.
Gen 19:20 Behold now, this city is near to flee thereunto, and it is little; oh, let me, I pray thee, escape thither, [as it is but little,] that my life may be saved.
Gen 19:21 And he said unto him, See, I have favored thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, of which thou hast spoken.
Gen 19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou hast come thither. Therefore was the name of the city called Zoar.
Gen 19:23 The sun rose over the earth, when Lot entered into Zoar.
Gen 19:24 ¶ And the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire, from the Lord, out of heaven;
Gen 19:25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Gen 19:26 ¶ But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
Gen 19:27 ¶ And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the Lord:
Gen 19:28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and lo, smoke went up from the earth as the smoke of a furnace.
Gen 19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot away out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
Gen 19:30 ¶ And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cave, he, and his two daughters.
Gen 19:31 And the first–born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the country to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
Gen 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Gen 19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night; and the first–born went in, and lay with her father, and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Gen 19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first–born said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father; let us make him drink wine this night also, and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Gen 19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also; and the younger arose, and lay with him, and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Gen 19:36 And both the daughters of Lot became with child by their father.
Gen 19:37 And the first–born bore a son, and called his name Moab; the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
Gen 19:38 And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben–ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
Gen 20:1 ¶ And Abraham journeyed from there toward the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur and sojourned in Gerar.
Gen 20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister; and Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
Gen 20:3 ¶ But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou shalt die for the sake of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
Gen 20:4 But Abimelech had not come near to her; and he said, Lord, wilt thou then slay also a righteous nation?
Gen 20:5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself, said, He is my brother; in the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.
Gen 20:6 And God said unto him in the dream, Yea, I also well know that thou hast done this in the integrity of thy heart; therefore did I also withhold thee from sinning against me; for this cause I suffered thee not to touch her.
Gen 20:7 And now restore the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for thee, that thou mayest live; and if thou restore her not, know thou, that thou shalt surety die, thou and all that are thine.
Gen 20:8 ¶ And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were greatly afraid.
Gen 20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and in what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? deeds that ought not to be done thou hast done unto me.
Gen 20:10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou didst this thing?
Gen 20:11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will slay me for the sake of my wife.
Gen 20:12 And yet indeed she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Gen 20:13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
Gen 20:14 ¶ And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and men–servants, and women–servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored to him Sarah his wife.
Gen 20:15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it is pleasing in thy eyes.
Gen 20:16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, this is to thee a covering of the eyes unto all that are with thee; and with all others thou canst thus justify thyself.
Gen 20:17 And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid–servants, so that they could bear children.
Gen 20:18 For the Lord had fast closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Gen 21:1 ¶ And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
Gen 21:2 And Sarah conceived, and bore unto Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.
Gen 21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
Gen 21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, at eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Gen 21:5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
Gen 21:6 And Sarah said, God hath made me joy, whoever heareth it will laugh concerning me.
Gen 21:7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarai should have given children suck? yet I have born a son in his old age.
Gen 21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
Gen 21:9 ¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
Gen 21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bond–woman and her son; for the son of this bond–woman shall not be heir with my son, with Isaac.
Gen 21:11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s eyes, because of his son.
Gen 21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy eyes because of the lad, and because of thy bond–woman; in all that Sarah may say unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Gen 21:13 And also of the son of the bond–woman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
Gen 21:14 ¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it onto her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away; and she departed, and wandered astray in the wilderness of Beer–sheba.
Gen 21:15 And the water was spent from the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
Gen 21:16 And she went, and seated herself down at some distance, a good way off, about a bow–shot; for she said, I cannot look on when the child dieth; so she sat at a distance, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
Gen 21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and an angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad, there where he is.
Gen 21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and lay hold on him with thy hand; for I will make of him a great nation.
Gen 21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water: and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Gen 21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew up, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
Gen 21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Gen 21:22 ¶ And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, spoke unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
Gen 21:23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son; [but] according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, shalt thou do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
Gen 21:24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
Gen 21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
Gen 21:26 And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me; nor have I heard of it except this day.
Gen 21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
Gen 21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe–lambs of the flock, by themselves.
Gen 21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham; What mean these seven ewe–lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
Gen 21:30 And he said, For these seven ewe–lambs shalt thou take from my hand, that they may be a witness unto me that I have dug this well.
Gen 21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they swore, both of them.
Gen 21:32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba; then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
Gen 21:33 ¶ And Abraham planted an orchard in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the God of everlasting.
Gen 21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
Gen 22:1 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and he said unto him, Abraham, and he said, Behold, here am I.
Gen 22:2 And he said: Take now thy son, thy only one, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt–offering upon one of the mountains which I tell thee of.
Gen 22:3 ¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burnt–offering, and arose, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Gen 22:4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
Gen 22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder, and we will worship, and then come again to you.
Gen 22:6 And Abraham took the wood for the burnt–offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together.
Gen 22:7 And Isaac spoke unto Abraham his father, and said, My father; and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, here is the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt–offering?
Gen 22:8 And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt–offering, my son; so they went both of them together.
Gen 22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built there an altar, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar above the wood.
Gen 22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Gen 22:11 ¶ But the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.
Gen 22:12 And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou the least unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing that thou hast not withheld thy son, thy only one, from me.
Gen 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, there was a ram that was afterward caught in a thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt–offering in the stead of his son.
Gen 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place, Adonai–yireh: as it is said to this day, On the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.
Gen 22:15 ¶ And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham the second time out of heaven,
Gen 22:16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, since, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thy only one:
Gen 22:17 That I will greatly bless thee, and I will exceedingly multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Gen 22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because that thou hast obeyed my voice.
Gen 22:19 And Abraham returned unto his young men; and they rose up, and went together to Beer–sheba; and Abraham dwelt in Beer–sheba.
Gen 22:20 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that it was told to Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also, hath born children unto Nachor thy brother;
Gen 22:21 ‘Uz his first born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
Gen 22:22 And Kesed, and Chazo, and Pildash, and Yidlaph, and Bethuel.
Gen 22:23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah; these eight did Milcah bear to Nachor, Abraham’s brother.
Gen 22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebach, and Gacham, and Thachash, and Maachah.
Gen 23:1 ¶ And the lifetime of Sarah was a hundred and twenty–seven years; [these] were the years of the life of Sarah.
Gen 23:2 And Sarah died in Kiryath–arba, the same in Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Gen 23:3 ¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke unto the sons of Heth, saying,
Gen 23:4 A stranger and a sojourner I am with you; give me a possession for a burying–place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Gen 23:5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him:
Gen 23:6 Hear us, my lord; a prince of God thou art among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, so that thou mayest bury thy dead.
Gen 23:7 And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.
Gen 23:8 And he spoke with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and intercede for me with Ephron the son of Zochar,
Gen 23:9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which is his, which is at the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me, for a possession as a burying–place amongst you.
Gen 23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Gen 23:11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field I give to thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it to thee; in the presence of the sons of my people do I give it to thee; bury thy dead.
Gen 23:12 And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
Gen 23:13 And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wouldst only hear me; I will give the money for the field, take it off me, and I will bury my dead there.
Gen 23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
Gen 23:15 My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and thee? only bury thy dead.
Gen 23:16 ¶ And Abraham understood the meaning of Ephron; and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant.
Gen 23:17 And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all its borders round about, were made sure
Gen 23:18 Unto Abraham for a bought possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
Gen 23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which is Hebron, in the land of Canaan.
Gen 23:20 And the field, with the cave that is therein, was made sure unto Abraham for a possession as a burying–place by the sons of Heth.
Gen 24:1 ¶ And Abraham was old, well stricken in years; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
Gen 24:2 And Abraham said unto his servant, the eldest of his house, who ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
Gen 24:3 And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.
Gen 24:4 But unto my country, and to my birthplace shalt thou go, and take a wife unto my son, unto Isaac.
Gen 24:5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I then bring thy son again unto the land from which thou camest?
Gen 24:6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou, that thou bring not my son thither again.
Gen 24:7 The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my birth, and who spoke unto me, and who swore unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land: he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from there.
Gen 24:8 But if the woman should not be willing to follow thee, then shalt, thou be clear from this my oath: only my son thou shalt not bring thither again.
Gen 24:9 And the put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
Gen 24:10 ¶ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed, with all kinds of precious things of his master in his hand; and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nachor.
Gen 24:11 And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, at the time that the women go out to draw water.
Gen 24:12 And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and deal kindly with my master Abraham.
Gen 24:13 Behold, I stand by the well of water: and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.
Gen 24:14 And let it come to pass that the maiden to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and to thy camels also will I give drink, be the one thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shown kindness unto my master.
Gen 24:15 And it came to pass, before he had yet finished speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, the son of Milcah, the wife of Nachor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
Gen 24:16 And the maiden was of a very handsome appearance, a virgin, neither had any man known her; and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
Gen 24:17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water out of thy pitcher.
Gen 24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord; and she hastened, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him to drink.
Gen 24:19 And when she had finished giving him drink, she said, Also for thy camels will I draw water, until they have finished drinking.
Gen 24:20 And she hastened, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
Gen 24:21 And the man was wondering at her; remaining silent, to discover whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.
Gen 24:22 And it came to pass, as the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden earring, half a shekel in weight, and two bracelets for her hands, ten gold shekels in weight;
Gen 24:23 And he said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee; is there room in thy father’s house for us to stay this night in?
Gen 24:24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore unto Nachor.
Gen 24:25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender in plenty, as also room to lodge in.
Gen 24:26 And the man bowed down his head, and prostrated himself before the Lord.
Gen 24:27 And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not withdrawn his mercy and his truth from my master; I being on the way, which the Lord hath led me, to the house of the brethren of my master.
Gen 24:28 And the maiden ran, and told at her mother’s house these things.
Gen 24:29 ¶ And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban; and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
Gen 24:30 And this came to pass, when he saw the earring and the bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spoke the man unto me; and he came unto the man; and, behold, he was standing by the camels at the well.
Gen 24:31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without? while I have prepared the house and room for the camels.
Gen 24:32 And the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels; and he gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were with him.
Gen 24:33 And there was set food before him to eat; but he said, I will not eat, until I have spoken my words. And he said, Speak on.
Gen 24:34 And he said, I am Abraham’s servant.
Gen 24:35 And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and men–servants, and maid–servants, and camels, and asses.
Gen 24:36 And Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master after she was become old: and he hath given unto him all that he hath.
Gen 24:37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
Gen 24:38 But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
Gen 24:39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
Gen 24:40 And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I have walked will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; that thou mayest take a wife for my son from my kindred, and from my father’s house.
Gen 24:41 Then shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they do not give thee one, [then] shalt thou be clear from my oath.
Gen 24:42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if thou wouldst but prosper my way on which I am going.
Gen 24:43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall be the young woman who cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water out of thy pitcher to drink;
Gen 24:44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and also for thy camels will I draw: this shall be the wife whom the Lord hath destined for my master’s son.
Gen 24:45 And before I had yet finished speaking to my own heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water; and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
Gen 24:46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and also to thy camels I will give drink; and I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
Gen 24:47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nachor’s son, whom Milcah bore unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
Gen 24:48 And I bowed down my head, and prostrated myself before the Lord; and I blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take the daughter of my master’s brother for his son.
Gen 24:49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right, or to the left.
Gen 24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing hath proceeded from the Lord; we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
Gen 24:51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be the wife of thy master’s son, as the Lord hath spoken.
Gen 24:52 And it came to pass, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, that he prostrated himself to the earth unto the Lord.
Gen 24:53 And the servant brought forth vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; and precious things he gave to her brother and to her mother.
Gen 24:54 ¶ And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried the night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
Gen 24:55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the maiden abide with us, a year or ten months; after that she shall go.
Gen 24:56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
Gen 24:57 And they said, We will call the maiden, and inquire her own decision.
Gen 24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
Gen 24:59 And thereupon they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.
Gen 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of myriads, and let thy seed possess the gate of those who hate them.
Gen 24:61 And Rebekah arose with her maidens, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man; and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
Gen 24:62 ¶ And Isaac came from a walk to the well Lachai–roi; for he dwelt in the south country;
Gen 24:63 And Isaac was gone out to meditate in the field toward evening; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, camels were coming.
Gen 24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and she saw Isaac; and she alighted off the camel.
Gen 24:65 And she said unto the servant, Who is yonder man that walketh in the field toward us? And the servant said, This is my master; therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
Gen 24:66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
Gen 24:67 And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Gen 25:1 ¶ Then Abraham took again a wife, and her name was Keturah.
Gen 25:2 And she bore him Zimran, and Yokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Yishbak, and Shuach.
Gen 25:3 And Yokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
Gen 25:4 And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Chanoch, and Abida’, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
Gen 25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
Gen 25:6 But unto the sons of the concubines that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he was yet living, eastward, unto the east country.
Gen 25:7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, one hundred seventy and five years.
Gen 25:8 Then Abraham departed this life, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
Gen 25:9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zochar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
Gen 25:10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, with Sarah his wife.
Gen 25:11 ¶ And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lachai–roi.
Gen 25:12 Now theses are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bore unto Abraham.
Gen 25:13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the first–born of Ishmael, Nebayoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
Gen 25:14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
Gen 25:15 Chadad, and Tema, Yetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
Gen 25:16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
Gen 25:17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred and thirty and seven years: and he departed this life and died; and was gathered unto his people.
Gen 25:18 And they dwelt from Chavilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: he dwelt in the presence of all his brethren.
Gen 25:19 ¶ And these are the generations of Isaac, the son of Abraham: Abraham begat Isaac.
Gen 25:20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, of Padan–aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian, to himself as wife.
Gen 25:21 And Isaac entreated the Lord in behalf of his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Gen 25:22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why did I desire this? And she went to inquire of the Lord.
Gen 25:23 And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
Gen 25:24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
Gen 25:25 And the first came out red, all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
Gen 25:26 And after that came his brother out, his hand holding on to Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
Gen 25:27 And the boys grew up: and Esau was an expert hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
Gen 25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Gen 25:29 ¶ And Jacob at one time boiled pottage, and Esau came from the field, and he was faint.
Gen 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, Let me swallow down, I pray thee, some of that yonder red pottage, for I am faint; therefore was his name called Edom.
Gen 25:31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy right of first–born.
Gen 25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die; and what profit then can the right of first–born be to me?
Gen 25:33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he swore unto him, and he sold his right of first–born unto Jacob.
Gen 25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he did eat and drink, and he rose up, and went his way; thus Esau despised the birthright.
Gen 26:1 ¶ And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham; and Isaac went unto Abimelech, the king of the Philistines, unto Gerar.
Gen 26:2 And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.
Gen 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, will I give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father;
Gen 26:4 And I will cause thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and I will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves.
Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Gen 26:6 ¶ And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.
Gen 26:7 And the men of the place asked [him] concerning his wife; and he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, [said he,] the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she is of a handsome appearance.
Gen 26:8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech, the king of the Philistines, looked out at a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
Gen 26:9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I thought, Perhaps I may die for her.
Gen 26:10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? How easily might one of the people have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldst have brought guiltiness upon us.
Gen 26:11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
Gen 26:12 ¶ Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundred–fold: so the Lord blessed him.
Gen 26:13 And the man became great, and went forward and grew, until he became very great;
Gen 26:14 And he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants; and the Philistines envied him.
Gen 26:15 And all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, these the Philistines stopped, and filled them with earth.
Gen 26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go away from us; for thou hast become much mightier than we.
Gen 26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Gen 26:18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
Gen 26:19 And the servants of Isaac dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
Gen 26:20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Essek; because they strove with him.
Gen 26:21 And they dug another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
Gen 26:22 And he removed from there, and dug another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rechoboth, and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall increase in the land.
Gen 26:23 And he went up from there to Beer–sheba.
Gen 26:24 And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father; fear not, for I am with thee, and I will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for the sake of Abraham my servant.
Gen 26:25 And he built there an altar, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched there his tent: and the servants of Isaac dug there a well.
Gen 26:26 ¶ Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Achuzzath his friend, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
Gen 26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing that ye do hate me, and have sent me away from you?
Gen 26:28 And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with thee; and we said, Let there be now an oath between us and thee; and we will make a covenant with thee;
Gen 26:29 That thou shalt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now one blessed of the Lord.
Gen 26:30 And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
Gen 26:31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and they swore one to the other; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
Gen 26:32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and they said unto him, We have found water.
Gen 26:33 And he called it Shibah: therefore is the name of the city Beer–sheba unto this day.
Gen 26:34 ¶ And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri, the Hittite, and Bahsemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Gen 26:35 And they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Gen 27:1 ¶ And it came to pass, when Isaac was old, and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
Gen 27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am grown old, I know not the day of my death:
Gen 27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and hunt for me some venison;
Gen 27:4 And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
Gen 27:5 And Rebekah heard as Isaac was speaking to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
Gen 27:6 ¶ And Rebekah spoke unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
Gen 27:7 Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat and bless thee before the Lord before my death.
Gen 27:8 And now, my son, obey my voice in that which I command thee.
Gen 27:9 Go, I pray thee, to the flock, and fetch me from there two good kids; and I will make them savory food for thy father, such as he loveth:
Gen 27:10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat; for the sake that he may bless thee before his death.
Gen 27:11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
Gen 27:12 Peradventure my father will feel me, and I shall then seem to him as a deceiver; and I would bring upon me a curse, and not a blessing.
Gen 27:13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go fetch them to me.
Gen 27:14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
Gen 27:15 And Rebekah took the goodly garments of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and clothed therewith Jacob her younger son;
Gen 27:16 And the skins of the kids she put upon his hands, and upon the smooth part of his neck;
Gen 27:17 And she gave the savory food and bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of Jacob her son.
Gen 27:18 ¶ And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou my son?
Gen 27:19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first–born; I have done as thou didst speak to me: arise I pray thee, sit here and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Gen 27:20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it before me.
Gen 27:21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be truly my son Esau or not.
Gen 27:22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father, and he felt him; and he said, The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
Gen 27:23 And he recognized him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
Gen 27:24 And he said, Art thou indeed my son Esau? and he said I am.
Gen 27:25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat, and he brought him wine, and he drank.
Gen 27:26 And Isaac his father said unto him, Come near, I pray thee, and kiss me, my son.
Gen 27:27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is the smell of the field which the Lord hath blessed.
Gen 27:28 And may God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine;
Gen 27:29 Nations shall serve thee, and people bow down to thee; be lord over thy brethren, and thy mother’s sons shall bow down to thee; cursed be they that curse thee, and blessed be they that bless thee.
Gen 27:30 ¶ And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarcely gone out from the presence of his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Gen 27:31 And he also made savory food, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, in order that thy soul may bless me.
Gen 27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy first–born, Esau.
Gen 27:33 And Isaac trembled greatly, exceedingly, and said, Who was it? where is he that had hunted venison, and brought it me, and I ate of all before thou camest, and blessed him? yea, he shall also remain blessed.
Gen 27:34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he uttered a great and exceedingly bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, also me, my father.
Gen 27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and took away thy blessing.
Gen 27:36 And he said, Hath he been therefore named Jacob, because he hath supplanted me these two times? my right of first–born he took away; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing: and he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me.
Gen 27:37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I endowed him: and what can I do now for thee, my son.
Gen 27:38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou then but one blessing, my father? bless me, also me, my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
Gen 27:39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and [blessed] by the dew of heaven from above;
Gen 27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thy brother shalt thou serve; and it shall come to pass, that when thou shalt have the dominion, thou canst break his yoke from off thy neck.
Gen 27:41 ¶ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father will be at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Gen 27:42 And Rebekah was informed of the words of Esau her elder son: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau doth comfort himself, with regard to thee, purposing to kill thee.
Gen 27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother, to Charan;
Gen 27:44 And tarry with him a short time, until thy brother’s fury turn away;
Gen 27:45 Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then will I send, and fetch thee from there; why should I be deprived of both of you at once in one day?
Gen 27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob take a wife from the daughters of Heth, such as these, from the daughters of the land, what good will life do me?
Gen 28:1 ¶ And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.
Gen 28:2 Arise, go to Padan–aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thyself from there a wife of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
Gen 28:3 And God, the Almighty, bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest become a multitude of people;
Gen 28:4 And may he give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojourn, which God gave unto Abraham.
Gen 28:5 And Isaac sent away Jacob, and he went to Padan–aram, unto Laban, the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Gen 28:6 ¶ And when Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan–aram, to take himself from there a wife; and in blessing him had given him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
Gen 28:7 And that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan–aram:
Gen 28:8 Then saw Esau that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the eyes of Isaac his father;
Gen 28:9 And Esau went unto Ishmael, and took Machalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebayoth in addition to his wives, to himself as wife.
Gen 28:10 ¶ And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Charan.
Gen 28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it for his pillow, and laid himself down in that place.
Gen 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder was set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
Gen 28:13 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
Gen 28:14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north and to the south; and in thee and thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Gen 28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done what I have spoken to thee of.
Gen 28:16 ¶ And Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is present in this place; and I knew it not.
Gen 28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Gen 28:18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Gen 28:19 And he called the name of that place Beth–el; but Luz was the name of that city in former times.
Gen 28:20 And Jacob made a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me on this way which I am going, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Gen 28:21 And I come again in peace to my father’s house: then shall the Lord be my God;
Gen 28:22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house; and of all that thou wilt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Gen 29:1 ¶ Then Jacob lifted up his feet and went unto the land of the children of the east.
Gen 29:2 And he looked, and behold there was a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and the stone upon the mouth of the well was great.
Gen 29:3 And there all the flocks were wont to assemble; and they rolled then the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep; and they put the stone again upon the mouth of the well in its place.
Gen 29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Charan are we.
Gen 29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nachor? And they said, We know him.
Gen 29:6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well; and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
Gen 29:7 And he said, Lo, the day is yet long, it is not time that the cattle should be driven home; water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
Gen 29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, then do they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; and we water the sheep.
Gen 29:9 ¶ And while he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she was a shepherdess.
Gen 29:10 And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
Gen 29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
Gen 29:12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father.
Gen 29:13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
Gen 29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
Gen 29:15 ¶ And Laban then said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldst thou therefore serve me for naught? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
Gen 29:16 And Laban had two daughters; the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
Gen 29:17 And th
