Canon of Truth
Hebrew First Order Memories
Fractured Paradise: A Novel In Progress
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Oliver Smith
OliverSmith@CyberPoet.com
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First Order Recitation - Genesis
In the beginning, when Nerth
created the sky and earth, it was empty,
without form and dark. Nerth's Spirit moved on the water and said,
"Allow light to form, and light appeared, separate from the darkness.
Nerth saw that the light was good and called it "day", and he
called the darkness "night". This was the first day.
On the second
day Nerth created the sky and allowed water to fall from within it,
to the earth below.
On the third day he gathered the waters into one place, exposing dry land.
He called the water "sea" and the land "earth". He saw that it was all
good. He allowed grass and herbs to sprout within the earth and the
fruit trees to bare fruit.
On the fourth day he allowed lights to form in the sky,
becoming signs for seasons, days, and years.
He created two large lights. The brighter light was to rule the day.
The other light was to rule the night, and he created the stars as well.
These lights were set in the sky to give light on the earth, and he saw that
it was good.
On the fifth day Nerth allowed swimming, living
creatures to start growing abundantly in the water (such as large
whales), and he allow birds to fly above earth in the sky. All of these
swimming creatures and winged birds were able to reproduce and he saw
that it was good. Nerth blessed them, saying, "Reproduce, filling the
sea and air".
On the sixth day Nerth said allowed living creatures to
appear on earth, each with the ability to reproduce (like cattle) and
he saw that it was good. Then he created humans in his own image,
letting them have dominion over fish in the sea and over birds in the
air. He created a man and a woman, blessing them, and he said to them,
"Bear children, and multiply, replenishing the earth. Subdue it. Rule
the fish in the sea, and the fowl in the air, and all living creatures
that move on earth. He said, "Behold, I have given you every herb
growing in the earth, and every tree that bears fruit, and every
creature that moves within the water, sky and on earth, and all of it
can be eaten. He saw every thing that was created and believed that it
was very good. At this point the sky and earth were finished. On the
seventh day Nerth ended his work and rested. He blessed the seventh
day, and sanctified it.
This is when the sky and earth were created.
Every plant in the field before it
was on the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for
Nerth had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a
man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and
watered the whole face of the ground. And Nerth formed man of the
dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;
and man became a living soul. And the LORD Nerth planted a garden
eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out
of the ground made the LORD Nerth to grow every tree that is pleasant
to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of
the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And a river
went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted,
and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it
which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; And
the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that
compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. And the name of the third river
is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the
fourth river is Euphrates. And the LORD Nerth took the man, and put
him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD
Nerth commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou
mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou
shalt surely die. And the LORD Nerth said, It is not good that the
man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of
the ground the LORD Nerth formed every beast of the field, and every
fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call
them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the
name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of
the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not
found an help meet for him. And the LORD Nerth caused a deep sleep to
fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed
up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD Nerth had
taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And
Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she
shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore
shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his
wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man
and his wife, and were not ashamed. Now the serpent was more subtil
than any beast of the field which the LORD Nerth had made. And he
said unto the woman, Yea, hath Nerth said, Ye shall not eat of every
tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of
the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree
which is in the midst of the garden, Nerth hath said, Ye shall not
eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said
unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For Nerth doth know that in
the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be
as gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree
was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to
be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did
eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the
eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and
they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they
heard the voice of the LORD Nerth walking in the garden in the cool
of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of
the LORD Nerth amongst the trees of the garden. And Nerth called
unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy
voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid
myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou
eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not
eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she
gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And Nerth said to the woman,
"What have you done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and
I did eat." And Nerth said to the serpent, "Because you have done
this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every beast in the
field; you will move on your belly and you will eat dust for the rest
of your life, and I will put hostility between you and the woman, and
between your seed and her seed; it shall bruise your head, and you will
bruise his heel." Unto the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your
sorrow and your conception; in sorrow you will bear children; and your
desire shall be to your husband, and he will rule over your." And to
Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and
eaten of the tree that I commanded you not eat from, cursed is the
ground for your sake; in sorrow you will eat of it all the days of thy
life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to you; and you
will eat herbs from the field; In the sweat of your face you will eat
bread, until thou return to the ground; for from it you were taken: for
you are dust and you will return to dust." Adam called his wife "Eve"
because she was the mother of all living. Nerth made coats of skins
and clothed Adam and his wife. Then Nerth said, "The man is now like
one of us, knowing good and evil. We must send him away from the garden
of Eden before he eats from the tree of life and live forever. He will
till the ground he was taken from." After sending the man away, he
placed Cherubims on the east of the garden of Eden and a flaming sword,
that turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
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Life of Adam and Eve
When they were driven out from paradise, they made themselves a
shelter, and spent seven days mourning and lamenting in great grief.
But after seven days, they became hungry and started to look for food
to eat, and they found it not. Then Eve said to Adam: 'My lord, I am
hungry. Go, look for (something) for us to eat. Perchance the Lord God
will look back and pity us and recall us to the place in which we were
before. And Adam arose and walked seven days over all that land, and
found no food like the food they had in paradise. Eve said to Adam,
"Are you goingto kill me, hoping that Nerth will bring thee into
paradise, for on my account hast thou been driven thence.' Adam
answered: 'Forbear, Eve, from such words, that peradventure God bring
not some other curse upon us. How is it possible that I should stretch
forth my hand against my own flesh? Nay, let us arise and look for
something for us to live on, that we fail not.' And they walked about
and searched for nine days, and they found none such as they were used
to have in paradise, but found only animals' food. And Adam said to
Eve: 'This hath the Lord provided for animals and brutes to eat; but we
used to have angels' food. But it is just and right that we lament
before the sight of God who made us. Let us repent with a great
penitence: perchance the Lord will be gracious to us and will pity us
and give us a share of something for our living.' And Eve said to Adam:
'What is penitence? Tell me, what sort of penitence am I to do? Let us
not put too great a labour on ourselves, which we cannot endure, so
that the Lord will not hearken to our prayers: and will turn away His
countenance from us, because we have not fulfilled what we promised. My
lord, how much penitence hast thou thought (to do) for I have brought
trouble and anguish upon thee?' And Adam said to Eve: 'Thou canst not
do so much as I, but do only so much as thou hast strength for. For I
will spend forty days fasting, but do thou arise and go to the river
Tigris and lift up a stone and stand on it in the water up to thy neck
in the deep of the river. And let no speech proceed out of thy mouth,
since we are unworthy to address the Lord, for our lips are unclean
from the unlawful and forbidden tree. And do thou stand in the water of
the river thirty-seven days. But I will spend forty days in the water
of Jordan, perchance the Lord God will take pity upon us.' And Eve
walked to the river Tigris and did as Adam had told her. Likewise, Adam
walked to the river Jordan and stood on a stone up to his neck in
water. And Adam said: 'I tell thee, water of Jordan, grieve with me,
and assemble to me all swimming (creatures), which are in thee, and let
them surround me and mourn in company with me. Not for themselves let
them lament, but for me; for it is not they that have sinned, but I.'
Forthwith, all living things came and surrounded him, and, from that
hour, the water of Jordan stood (still) and its current was stayed.'
And eighteen days passed by; then Satan was wroth and transformed
himself into the brightness of angels, and went away to the river
Tigris to Eve, and found her weeping, and the devil himself pretended
to grieve with her, and he began to weep and said to her: 'Come out of
the river and lament no more. Cease now from sorrow and moans. Why art
thou anxious and thy husband Adam? The Lord God hath heard your
groaning and hath accepted your penitence, and all we angels have
entreated on your behalf, and made supplication to the Lord; and he
hath sent me to bring you out of the water and give you the nourishment
which you had in paradise, and for which you are crying out. Now come
out of the water and I will conduct you to the place where your victual
hath been made ready.' But Eve heard and believed and went out of the
water of the river, and her flesh was (trembling) like grass, from the
chill of the water. And when she had gone out, she fell on the earth
and the devil raised her up and led her to Adam. But when Adam had seen
her and the devil with her, he wept and cried aloud and said: 'O Eve,
Eve, where is the labour of thy penitence? How hast thou been again
ensnared by our adversary, by whose means we have been estranged from
our abode in paradise and spiritual joy?' And when she heard this, Eve
understood that (it was) the devil (who) had persuaded her to go out of
the river; and she fell on her face on the earth and her sorrow and
groaning and wailing was redoubled. And she cried out and said: 'Woe
unto thee, thou devil. Why dost thou attack us for no cause? What hast
thou to do with us? What have we done to thee? for thou pursuest us
with craft? Or why doth thy malice assail us? Have we taken away thy
glory and caused thee to be without honour? Why dost thou harry us,
thou enemy (and persecute us) to the death in wickedness and envy?' And
with a heavy sigh, the devil spake: 'O Adam! all my hostility, envy,
and sorrow is for thee, since it is for thee that I have been expelled
from my glory, which I possessed in the heavens in the midst of the
angels and for thee was I cast out in the earth.' Adam answered, 'What
dost thou tell me? What have I done to thee or what is my fault against
thee? Seeing that thou hast received no harm or injury from us, why
dost thou pursue us?' The devil replied, 'Adam, what dost thou tell me?
It is for thy sake that I have been hurled from that place. When thou
wast formed. I was hurled out of the presence of God and banished from
the company of the angels. When God blew into thee the breath of life
and thy face and likeness was made in the image of God, Michael also
brought thee and made (us) worship thee in the sight of God; and God
the Lord spake: Here is Adam. I have made thee in our image and
likeness.' And Michael went out and called all the angels saying:
'Worship the image of God as the Lord God hath commanded.' And Michael
himself worshipped first; then he called me and said: 'Worship the
image of God the Lord.' And I answered, 'I have no (need) to worship
Adam.' And since Michael kept urging me to worship, I said to him, 'Why
dost thou urge me? I will not worship an inferior and younger being
(than I). I am his senior in the Creation, before he was made was I
already made. It is his duty to worship me.' When the angels, who were
under me, heard this, they refused to worship him. And Michael saith,
'Worship the image of God, but if thou wilt not worship him, the Lord
God will be wrath with thee.' And I said, 'If He be wrath with me, I
will set my seat above the stars of heaven and will be like the
Highest.' And God the Lord was wrath with me and banished me and my
angels from our glory; and on thy account were we expelled from our
abodes into this world and hurled on the earth. And straightway we were
overcome with grief, since we had been spoiled of so great glory. And
we were grieved when we saw thee in such joy and luxury. And with
guile I cheated thy wife and caused thee to be expelled through her
(doing) from thy joy and luxury, as I have been driven out of my glory.
When Adam heard the devil say this, he cried out and wept and spake: 'O
Lord my God, my life is in thy hands. Banish this Adversary far from
me, who seeketh to destroy my soul, and give me his glory which he
himself hath lost.' And at that moment, the devil vanished before him.
But Adam endured in his penance, standing for forty days (on end) in
the water of Jordan. And Eve said to Adam: 'Live thou, my Lord, to thee
life is granted, since thou hast committed neither the first nor the
second error. But I have erred and been led astray for I have not kept
the commandment of God; and now banish me from the light of thy life
and I will go to the sunsetting, and there will I be, until I die.' And
she began to walk towards the western parts and to mourn and to weep
bitterly and groan aloud. And she made there a booth, while she had in
her womb offspring of three months old. And when the time of her
bearing approached, she began to be distressed with pains, and she
cried aloud to the Lord and said: 'Pity me, O Lord, assist me.' And she
was not heard and the mercy of God did not encircle her. And she said
to herself: 'Who shall tell my lord Adam? I implore you, ye luminaries
of heaven, what time ye return to the east, bear a message to my lord
Adam.' But in that hour, Adam said: 'The complaint of Eve hath come to
me. Perchance, once more hath the serpent fought with her.' And he went
and found her in great distress. And Eve said: 'From the moment I saw
thee, my lord, my grief-laden soul was refreshed. And now entreat the
Lord God on my behalf to hearken unto thee and look upon me and free me
from my awful pains.' And Adam entreated the Lord for Eve. And behold,
there came twelve angels and two 'virtues', standing on the right and
on the left of Eve; and Michael was standing on the right; and he
stroked her on the face as far as to the breast and said to Eve:
'Blessed art thou, Eve, for Adam's sake. Since his prayers and
intercessions are great, I have been sent that thou mayst receive our
help. Rise up now, and prepare thee to bear. And she bore a son and he
was shining; and at once the babe rose up and ran and bore a blade of
grass in his hands, and gave it to his mother, and his name was called
Cain. And Adam carried Eve and the boy and led them to the East. And
the Lord God sent divers seeds by Michael the archangel and gave to
Adam and showed him how to work and till the ground, that they might
have fruit by which they and all their generations might live. For
thereafter Eve conceived and bare a son, whose name was Abel; and Cain
and Abel used to stay together. And Eve said to Adam: 'My lord, while I
slept, I saw a vision, as it were the blood of our son Abel in the hand
of Cain, who was gulping it down in his mouth. Therefore I have
sorrow.' And Adam said, 'Alas if Cain slew Abel. Yet let us separate
them from each other mutually, and let us make for each of them
separate dwellings.' And they made Cain an husbandman, (but) Abel they
made a shepherd; in order that in this wise they might be mutually
separated. And thereafter, Cain slew Abel, but Adam was then one
hundred and thirty years old, but Abel was slain when he was one
hundred and twenty-two years. And thereafter Adam knew his wife and he
begat a son and called his name Seth. And Adam said to Eve, 'Behold, I
have begotten a son, in place of Abel, whom Cain slew.' And after Adam
had begotten Seth, he lived eight hundred years and begat thirty sons
and thirty daughters; in all sixty-three children. And they were
increased over the face of the earth in their nations. And Adam said to
Seth, 'Hear, my son Seth, that I may relate to thee what I heard and
saw after your mother and I had been driven out of paradise. When we
were at prayer, there came to me Michael the archangel, a messenger of
God. And I saw a chariot like the wind and its wheels were fiery and I
was caught up into the Paradise of righteousness, and I saw the Lord
sitting and his face was flaming fire that could not be endured. And
many thousands of angels were on the right and the left of that
chariot. When I saw this, I was confounded, and terror seized me and I
bowed myself down before God with my face to the earth. And God said
to me, 'Behold thou diest, since thou hast transgressed the commandment
of God, for thou didst hearken rather to the voice of thy wife, whom I
gave into thy power, that thou mightst hold her to thy will. Yet thou
didst listen to her and didst pass by My words.' And when I heard these
words of God, I fell prone on the earth and worshipped the Lord and
said, 'My Lord, All powerful and merciful God, Holy and Righteous One,
let not the name that is mindful of Thy majesty be blotted out, but
convert my soul, for I die and my breath will go out of my mouth. Cast
me not out from Thy presence, (me) whom Thou didst form of the clay of
the earth. Do not banish from Thy favour him whom Thou didst nourish.'
And lo! a word concerning thee came upon me and the Lord said to me,
'Since thy days were fashioned, thou hast been created with a love of
knowledge; therefore there shall not be taken from thy seed for ever
the (right) to serve Me.' And when I heard these words. I threw myself
on the earth and adored the Lord God and said, 'Thou art the eternal
and supreme God; and all creatures give thee honour and praise. 'Thou
art the true Light gleaming above all light(s), the Living Life,
infinite mighty Power. To Thee, the spiritual powers give honour and
praise. Thou workest on the race of men the abundance of Thy mercy.'
After I had worshipped the Lord, straightway Michael, God's archangel,
seized my hand and cast me out of the paradise of 'vision' and of God's
command. And Michael held a rod in his hand, and he touched the waters,
which were round about paradise, and they froze hard. And I went
across, and Michael the archangel went across with me, and he led me
back to the place whence he had caught me up. Hearken, my son Seth,
even to the rest of the secrets [and sacraments] that shall be, which
were revealed to me, when I had eaten of the tree of the knowledge, and
knew and perceived what will come to pass in this age; [what God
intends to do to his creation of the race of men. The Lord will appear
in a flame of fire (and) from the mouth of His majesty He will give
commandments and statutes [from His mouth will proceed a two-edged
sword] and they will sanctify Him in the house of the habitation of His
majesty. And He will show them the marvellous place of His majesty. And
then they will build a house to the Lord their God in the land which He
shall prepare for them and there they will transgress His statutes and
their sanctuary will be burnt up and their land will be deserted and
they themselves will be dispersed; because they have kindled the wrath
of God. And once more He will cause them to come back from their
dispersion; and again they will build the house of God; and in the last
time the house of God will be exalted greater than of old. And once
more iniquity will exceed righteousness. And thereafter God will dwell
with men on earth [in visible form]; and then, righteousness will begin
to shine. And the house of God will be honoured in the age and their
enemies will no more be able to hurt the men, who are believing in God;
and God will stir up for Himself a faithful people, whom He shall save
for eternity, and the impious shall be punished by God their king, the
men who refused to love His law. Heaven and earth, nights and days, and
all creatures shall obey Him, and not overstep His commandment. Men
shall not change their works, but they shall be changed from forsaking
the law of the Lord. Therefore the Lord shall repel from Himself the
wicked, and the just shall shine like the sun, in the sight of God. And
in that time, shall men be purified by water from their sins. But those
who are unwilling to be purified by water shall be condemned. And happy
shall the man be, who hath ruled his soul, when the Judgement shall
come to pass and the greatness of God be seen among men and their deeds
be inquired into by God the just judge. After Adam was nine hundred and
thirty years old, since he knew that his days were coming to an end, he
said: 'Let all my sons assemble themselves to me, that I may bless them
before I die, and speak with them.' And they were assembled in three
parts, before his sight, in the house of prayer, where they used to
worship the Lord God. And they asked him (saying): 'What concerns thee,
Father, that thou shouldst assemble us, and why dost thou lie on thy
bed? 'Then Adam answered and said: 'My sons, I am sick and in pain.'
And all his sons said to him: 'What does it mean, father, this illness
and pain?' Then said Seth his son: 'O (my) lord, perchance thou hast
longed after the fruit of paradise, which thou wast wont to eat, and
therefore thou liest in sadness? Tell me and I will go to the nearest
gates of paradise and put dust on my head and throw myself down on the
earth before the gates of paradise and lament and make entreaty to God
with loud lamentation; perchance he will hearken to me and send his
angel to bring me the fruit, for which thou hast longed.' Adam answered
and said: 'No, my son, I do not long (for this), but I feel weakness
and great pain in my body.' Seth answered, 'What is pain, my lord
father? I am ignorant; but hide it not from us, but tell us (about
it).' And Adam answered and said: 'Hear me, my sons. When God made us,
me and your mother, and placed us in paradise and gave us every tree
bearing fruit to eat, he laid a prohibition on us concerning the tree
of knowledge of good and evil, which is in the midst of paradise;
(saying) 'Do not eat of it.' But God gave a part of paradise to me and
(a part) to your mother: the trees of the eastern part and the north,
which is over against Aquilo he gave to me, and to your mother he gave
the part of the south and the western part. (Moreover) God the Lord
gave us two angels to guard us. The hour came when the angels had
ascended to worship in the sight of God; forthwith the adversary [the
devil] found an opportunity while the angels were absent and the devil
led your mother astray to eat of the unlawful and forbidden tree. And
she did eat and gave to me. And immediately, the Lord God was wrath
with us, and the Lord said to me: 'In that thou hast left behind my
commandment and hast not kept my word, which I confirmed to thee;
behold, I will bring upon thy body, seventy blows; with divers griefs,
shalt thou be tormented, beginning at thy head and thine eyes and thine
ears down to thy nails on thy toes, and in every separate limb. These
hath God appointed for chastisement. All these things hath the Lord
sent to me and to all our race.' Thus spake Adam to his sons, and he
was seized with violent pains, and he cried out with a loud voice,
'What shall I do? I am in distress. So cruel are the pains with which I
am beset.' And when Eve had seen him weeping, she also began to weep
herself, and said: 'O Lord my God, hand over to me his pain, for it is
I who sinned.' And Eve said to Adam: 'My lord, give me a part of thy
pains, for this hath come to thee from fault of mine.' And Adam said to
Eve: 'Rise up and go with my son Seth to the neighbourhood of paradise,
and put dust on your heads and throw yourselves on the ground and
lament in the sight of God. Perchance He will have pity (upon you) and
send His angel across to the tree of His mercy, whence floweth the oil
of life, and will give you a drop of it, to anoint me with it, that I
may have rest from these pains, by which I am being consumed.' Then
Seth and his mother went off towards the gates of paradise. And while
they were walking, lo! suddenly there came a beast [a serpent] and
attacked and bit Seth. And as soon as Eve saw it, she wept and said:
'Alas, wretched woman that I am. I am accursed since I have not kept
the commandment of God.' And Eve said to the serpent in a loud voice:
'Accursed beast! how (is it that) thou hast not feared to let thyself
loose against the image of God, but hast dared to fight with it?' The
beast answered in the language of men: 'Is it not against you, Eve,
that our malice (is directed)? Are not ye the objects of our rage? Tell
me, Eve, how was thy mouth opened to eat of the fruit? But now if I
shall begin to reprove thee thou canst not bear it.' Then said Seth to
the beast: 'God the Lord revile thee. Be silent, be dumb, shut thy
mouth, accursed enemy of Truth, confounder and destroyer. Avaunt from
the image of God till the day when the Lord God shall order thee to be
brought to the ordeal.' And the beast said to Seth: 'See, I leave the
presence of the image of God, as thou hast said.' Forthwith he left
Seth, wounded by his teeth. But Seth and his mother walked to the
regions of paradise for the oil of mercy to anoint the sick Adam: and
they arrived at the gates of paradise, (and) they took dust from the
earth and placed it on their heads, and bowed themselves with their
faces to the earth and began to lament and make loud moaning, imploring
the Lord God to pity Adam in his pains and to send His angel to give
them the oil from the 'tree of His mercy'. But when they had been
praying and imploring for many hours, behold, the angel Michael ap-
peared to them and said: 'I have been sent to you from the Lord -I am
set by God over the bodies of men- I tell thee, Seth, (thou) man of
God, weep not nor pray and entreat on account of the oil of the tree of
mercy to anoint thy father Adam for the pains of his body. 'For I tell
thee that in no wise wilt thou be able to receive thereof save in the
last days.' [When five thousand five hundred years have been fulfilled,
then will come upon earth the most beloved king Christ, the son of God,
to revive the body of Adam and with him to revive the bodies of the
dead. He Himself, the Son of God, when He comes will be baptized in the
river of Jordan, and when He hath come out of the water of Jordan, then
He will anoint from the oil of mercy all that believe in Him. And the
oil of mercy shall be for generation to generation for those who are
ready to be born again of water and the Holy Spirit to life eternal.
Then the most beloved Son of God, Christ, descending on earth shall
lead thy father Adam to Paradise to the tree of mercy.] 'But do thou,
Seth, go to thy father Adam, since the time of his life is fulfilled.
Six days hence, his soul shall go off his body and when it shall have
gone out, thou shalt see great marvels in the heaven and in the earth
and the luminaries of heaven. With these words, straightway Michael
departed from Seth. And Eve and Seth returned bearing with them herbs
of fragrance, i.e. nard and crocus and calamus and cinnamon. And when
Seth and his mother had reached Adam, they told him, how the beast [the
serpent] bit Seth. And Adam said to Eve: 'What hast thou done? A great
plague hast thou brought upon us, transgression and sin for all our
generations: and this which thou hast done, tell thy children after my
death, [for those who arise from us shall toil and fail but they shall
be wanting and curse us (and) say, All evils have our parents brought
upon us, who were at the beginning].' When Eve heard these words, she
began to weep and moan. And just as Michael the archangel had fore-
told, after six days came Adam's death. When Adam perceived that the
hour of his death was at hand, he said to all his sons: 'Behold, I am
nine hundred and thirty years old, and if I die, bury me towards the
sunrising in the field of yonder dwelling.' And it came to pass that
when he had finished all his discourse, he gave up the ghost. (Then)
was the sun darkened and the moon and the stars for seven days, and
Seth in his mourning embraced from above the body of his father, and
Eve was looking on the ground with hands folded over her head, and all
her children wept most bitterly. And behold, there appeared Michael the
angel and stood at the head of Adam and said to Seth: 'Rise up from the
body of thy father and come to me and see what is the doom of the Lord
God concerning him. His creature is he, and God hath pitied him.' And
all angels blew their trumpets, and cried: 'Blessed art thou, O Lord,
for thou hast had pity on Thy creature.' Then Seth saw the hand of God
stretched out holding Adam and he handed him over to Michael, saying:
'Let him be in thy charge till the day of Judgement in punishment, till
the last years when I will convert his sorrow into joy. Then shall he
sit on the throne of him who hath been his supplanter.' And the Lord
said again to the angels Michael and Uriel: 'Bring me three linen
clothes of byssus and spread them out over Adam and other linen clothes
over Abel his son and bury Adam and Abel his son.' And all the 'powers'
of angels marched before Adam, and the sleep of the dead was
consecrated. And the angels Michael and Uriel buried Adam and Abel in
the parts of Paradise, before the eyes of Seth and his mother [and no
one else], and Michael and Uriel said: 'Just as ye have seen, in like
manner, bury your dead.' Six days after, Adam died; and Eve perceived
that she would die, (so) she assembled all her sons and daughters, Seth
with thirty brothers and thirty sisters, and Eve said to all, 'Hear me,
my children, and I will tell you what the archangel Michael said to us
when I and your father transgressed the command of God On account of
your transgression, Nerth will bring upon your race the anger of his
judgement, first by water, the second time by fire; by these two, will
Nerth judge humanity. But hearken unto me, my children. Make ye then
tables of stone and others of clay, and write on them, all my life and
your father's (all) that ye have heard and seen from us. If by water
the Lord judge our race, the tables of clay will be dissolved and the
tables of stone will remain; but if by fire, the tables of stone will
be broken up and the tables of clay will be baked (hard).' When Eve had
said all this to her children, she spread out her hands to heaven in
prayer, and bent her knees to the earth, and while she worshipped
Nerth and gave him thanks, she gave died. Thereafter, all her
children buried her with loud lamentation. When they had been mourning
four days, (then) Michael the archangel appeared and said to Seth:
'Man of God, mourn not for your dead more than six days, for on the
seventh day is the sign of the resurrection and the rest of the age to
come; on the seventh day the Lord rested from all His works.'
Thereupon Seth made the tables.
Slavonic Life of Adam and Eve
And we sat together before the gate of paradise, Adam weeping with his
face bent down to the earth, lay on the ground lamenting. And seven
days passed by and we had nothing to eat and were consumed with great
hunger, and I Eve cried with a loud voice: 'Pity me, O Lord, My
Creator; for my sake Adam suffereth thus!' And I said to Adam: 'Rise
up! my lord, that we may seek us food; for now my spirit faileth me and
my heart within me is brought low.' Then Adam spake to me: 'I have
thoughts of killing thee, but I fear since God created thine image and
thou showest penitence and criest to God; hence my heart hath not
departed from thee.' And Adam arose and we roamed through all lands
and found nothing to eat save nettles (and) grass of the field. And we
returned again to the gates of paradise and cried aloud and entreated:
'Have compassion on thy creature. O Lord Creator, allow us food.' And
for fifteen days continuously we entreated. Then we heard Michael the
archangel and Joel praying for us, and Joel the archangel was commanded
by the Lord, and he took a seventh part of paradise and gave it to us.
Then the Lord said: 'Thorns and thistles shall spring up from under thy
hands; and from thy sweat shalt thou eat (bread), and thy wife shall
tremble when she looketh upon thee.' The archangel Joel said to Adam:
'Thus saith the Lord; I did not create thy wife to command thee, but to
obey; why art thou obedient to thy wife?' Again Joel the archangcl bade
Adam separate the cattle and all kinds of flying and creeping things
and animals, both wild and tame; and to give names to all things. Then
indeed he took the oxen and began to plough. Then the devil approached
and stood before the oxen, and hindered Adam in tilling the field and
said to Adam: 'Mine are the things of earth, the things of Heaven are
God's; but if thou wilt be mine, thou shalt labour on the earth; but if
thou wilt be God's, (pray) go away to paradise.' Adam said: 'The things
of Heaven are the Lord's, and the things of earth and Paradise and the
whole Universe.' The devil said: 'I do not suffer thee to till the
field, except thou write the bond that thou art mine.' Adam replied:
'Whosoever is lord of the earth, to the same do I (belong) and my
children.' Then the devil was overcome with joy. (But Adam was not
ignorant that the Lord would descend on earth and tread the devil under
foot.) The devil said: 'Write me thy bond.' And Adam wrote: 'Who is
lord of the earth, to the same do I belong and my children.' Eve said
to Adam, 'Rise up, my lord, let us pray to God in this cause that He
set us free from that devil, for thou art in this strait on my
account.' But Adam said: 'Eve, since thou repentest of thy misdeed, my
heart will hearken to thee, for the Lord created thee out of my ribs.
Let us fast forty days perchance the Lord will have pity on us and will
leave us understanding and life.' I, for my part, said: 'Do thou, (my)
lord, fast forty days, but I will fast forty-four.' And Adam said to
me: 'Haste thee to the river, named Tigris, and take a great stone and
place it under thy feet, and enter into the stream and clothe thyself
with water, as with a cloak, up to the neck, and pray to God in thy
heart and let no word proceed out of thy mouth.' And I said: 'O (my)
lord, with my whole heart will I call upon God.' And Adam said to me:
'Take great care of thyself. Except thou seest me and all my tokens,
depart not out of the water, nor trust in the words, which are said to
thee, lest thou fall again into the snare.' And Adam came to Jordan and
he entered into the water and he plunged himself altogether into the
flood, even (to) the hairs of his head, while he made supplication to
God and sent (up) prayers to Him. And there, the angels came together
and all living creatures, wild and tame, and all birds that fly, (and)
they surrounded Adam, like a wall, praying to God for Adam. The devil
came to me, wearing the form and brightness of an angel, and shedding
big teardrops, (and) said to me: 'Come out of the water, Eve, God hath
heard thy prayers and (heard) us angels. God hath fulfilled the prayers
of those who intercede on thy behalf. God hath sent me to thee, that
thou mayst come out of the water.' But I (Eve) perceived that he was
the devil and answered him nothing. But Adam (when) he returned from
Jordan, saw the devil's footprints, and feared lest perchance he had
deceived me; but when he had remarked me standing in the water he was
overcome with joy (and) he took me and led me out of the water. Then
Adam cried out with a loud voice: 'Be silent, Eve, for already is my
spirit straitened in my body; arise, go forth, utter prayers to God,
till I deliver up my spirit to God.'
Genesis
And Adam had sex with Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain,
and said, I have received a man from Nerth. And she again bare his
brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of
the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought
of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also
brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the
LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to
his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his
countenance fell. And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and
why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be
accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto
thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. 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. And
the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know
not: Am I my brother's keeper? And he said, What hast thou done? the
voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now
art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive
thy brother's blood from thy hand; When thou tillest the ground, it
shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a
vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. And Cain said unto the LORD, My
punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me out
this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid;
and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall
come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. And the
LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall
be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any
finding him should kill him. And Cain went out from the presence of the
LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. And Cain knew
his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and
called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. And unto
Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat
Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. And Lamech took unto him two
wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and
of such as have cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the
father of all such as handle the harp and organ. And Zillah, she also
bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and
the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. And Lamech said unto his wives,
Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my
speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my
hurt. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and
sevenfold. And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called
his name Seth: For Nerth, said she, hath appointed me another seed
instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. And to Seth, to him also there was
born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon
the name of the LORD. This is the book of the generations of Adam. In
the day that Nerth created man, in the likeness of Nerth made he
him; Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called
their name Adam, in the day when they were created. And Adam lived an
hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after
his image; and called his name Seth: And the days of Adam after he had
begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and
daughters: And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and
thirty years: and he died.
APOCALYPSIS MOSIS
This is the story of Adam and Eve after they had gone out of Paradise.
And Adam knew his wife Eve and went upwards to the sun-rising and abode
there eighteen years and two months. And Eve conceived and bare two
sons; Adiaphotos, who is called Cain and Amilabes who is called Abel.
And after this, Adam and Eve were with one another and while they were
sleeping, Eve said to Adam her lord: 'My lord, Adam, behold, I have
seen in a dream this night the blood of my son Amilabes who is styled
Abel being poured into the mouth of Cain his brother and he went on
drinking it without pity. But he begged him to leave him a little of
it. Yet he hearkened not to him, but gulped down the whole; nor did it
stay in his stomach, but came out of his mouth. And Adam said, 'Let us
arise and go and see what has happened to them. (I fear) lest the
adversary may be assailing them somewhere.' And they both went and
found Abel murdered. I by the hand of Cain his brother. And God saith
to Michael the archangel: 'Say to Adam: " Reveal not the secret that
thou knowest to Cain thy son, for he is a son of wrath. But grieve not,
for I will give thee another son in his stead; he shall show (to thee)
all that thou shalt do. Do thou tell him nothing."' Thus spake the
archangel to Adam. But he kept the word in his heart, and with him also
Eve, though they grieved concerning Abel their son. And after this,
Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bare Seth. And Adam said
to Eve: 'See! we have begotten a son in place of Abel, whom Cain slew,
let us give glory and sacrifice to God.' And Adam begat thirty sons
and thirty daughters and Adam lived nine hundred and thirty years; and
he fell sick and cried with a loud voice and said, 'Let all my sons
come to me that I may see them before I die.' And all assembled, for
the earth was divided into three parts. And Seth his son said to him:
'Father Adam, what is thy complaint?' And he saith, 'MY children, I am
crushed by the burden of trouble.' And they say to him, 'What is
trouble?' And Seth answered and said to him: 'Hast thou called to
mind, father, the fruit of paradise of which thou usedst to eat, and
hast been grieved in yearning for it?' 'If this be so, tell me, (and) I
will go and bring thee fruit from paradise. For I will set dung upon my
head and will weep and pray that the Lord will hearken to me and send
his angel (and bring me a plant from paradise), and I will bring it
thee that thy trouble may cease from thee.' Adam saith to him: 'Nay, my
son Seth, but I have (much) sickness and trouble!' Seth saith to him:
'And how hath this come upon thee?' And Adam said to him: 'When God
made us, me and your mother, through whom also I die, He gave us power
to eat of every tree which is in paradise, but, concerning that one
only, He charged us not to eat of it, and through this one we are to
die. And the hour drew nigh for the angels who were guarding your
mother to go up and worship the Lord, and I was far from her, and the
enemy knew that she was alone and gave to her, and she ate of the tree
of which she had been told not to eat. Then she gave also to me to
eat. 'And God was wroth with us, and the Lord came into paradise and
called me in a terrible voice and said: "Adam, where art thou? And why
hidest thou from my face? Shall the house be able to hide itself from
its builder?" And he saith to me: "Since thou hast abandoned my
covenant, I have brought upon thy body seventy-two strokes; the trouble
of the first stroke is a pain of the eyes, the second stroke an
affection of the hearing, and likewise in turn all the strokes shall
befall thee."' As he said this to his sons, Adam groaned sore and
said: 'What shall I do? I am in great distress.' And Eve wept and said:
'My lord Adam, rise up and give me half of thy trouble and I will
endure it; for it is on my account that this hath happened to thee, on
my account thou art beset with toils and troubles.' But Adam said to
Eve, 'Arise and go with my son Seth near to paradise, and put earth
upon your heads and weep and pray God to have mercy upon me and send
his angel to paradise, and give me of the tree out of which the oil
floweth, and bring it me, and I shall anoint myself and shall have rest
from my complaint.' Then Seth and Eve went towards paradise, and Eve
saw her son, and a wild beast assailing him, and Eve wept and said:
'Woe is me; if I come to the day of the Resurrection, all those who
have sinned will curse me saying: Eve hath not kept the commandment of
God.' And she spake to the beast: 'Thou wicked beast, fearest thou not
to fight with the image of God? How was thy mouth opened? How were thy
teeth made strong? How didst thou not call to mind thy subjection? For
long ago wast thou made subject to the image of God.' Then the beast
cried out and said: 'It is not our concern, Eve, thy greed and thy
wailing, but thine own; for (it is) from thee that the rule of the
beasts hath arisen. How was thy mouth opened to eat of the tree
concerning which God enjoined thee not to eat of it? On this account,
our nature also hath been transformed. Now therefore thou canst not
endure it, if I begin to reprove thee.' Then Seth speaketh to the
beast, 'Close thy mouth and be silent and stand off from the image of
God until the day of Judgment.' Then saith the beast to Seth: 'Behold,
I stand off from the image of God.' And he went to his lair. And Seth
went with Eve near paradise, and I they wept there, and prayed God to
send his angel and give them the oil of mercy. And God sent the
archangel Michael and he spake to Seth: 'Seth, man of God, weary not
thyself with prayers and entreaties concerning the tree which floweth
with oil to anoint thy father Adam. For it shall not be thine now, but
in the end of the times. Then shall all flesh be raised up from Adam
till that great day,-all that shall be of the holy people. Then shall
the delights of paradise be given to them and God shall be in their
midst. And they shall no longer sin before his face, for the evil heart
shall be taken from them and there shall be given them a heart
understanding the good and to serve God only. But do thou go back to
thy father. For the term of his life hath been fulfilled and he will
live three days from to-day and will die. But when his soul is
departing, thou shalt behold the awful (scene of) his passing.' Thus
spake the angel and departed from them. And Seth and Eve came to the
hut where Adam was laid. And Adam saith to Eve: 'Eve, what hast thou
wrought in us? Thou hast brought upon us great wrath which is death,
[lording it over all our race].' And he saith to her, 'Call all our
children and our children's children and tell them the manner of our
transgression.' Then saith Eve to them: 'Hear all my children and
children's children and I will relate to you how the enemy deceived us.
It befell that we were guarding paradise, each of us the portion
allotted to us from God. Now I guarded in my lot, the west and the
south. But the devil went to Adam's lot, where the male creatures were.
[For God divided the creatures; all the males he gave to your father
and all the females he gave to me.] And the devil spake to the serpent
saying, Rise up, come to me and I will tell thee a word whereby thou
mayst have profit." And he arose and came to him. And the devil saith
to him: "I hear that thou art wiser than all the beasts, and I have
come to counsel thee. Why dost thou eat of Adam's tares and not of
paradise? Rise up and we will cause him to be cast out of paradise,
even as we were cast out through him." The serpent saith to him, "I
fear lest the Lord be wroth with me." The devil saith to him: "Fear
not, only be my vessel and I will speak through thy mouth words to
deceive him." And instantly he hung himself from the wall of paradise,
and when the angels ascended to worship God, then Satan appeared in the
form of an angel and sang hymns like the angels. And I bent over the
wall and saw him, like an angel. But he saith to me: "Art thou Eve?"
And I said to him, "I am." 'What art thou doing in paradise?" And I
said to him, "God set us to guard and to eat of it." The devil answered
through the mouth of the serpent: 'Ye do well but ye do not eat of
every plant." And I said: "Yea, we eat of all. save one only, which is
in the midst of paradise, concerning which, God charged us not to eat
of it: for, He said to us, on the day on which ye eat of it, ye shall
die the death." Then the serpent saith to me, "May God live! but I am
grieved on your account, for I would not have you ignorant. But arise,
(come) hither, hearken to me and eat and mind the value of that tree."
But I said to him, " I fear lest God be wroth with me as he told us."
And he saith to me: "Fear not, for as soon as thou eatest of it, ye too
shall be as God, in that ye shall know good and evil. But God
perceived this that ye would be like Him, so he envied you and said, Ye
shall not eat of it. Nay, do thou give heed to the plant and thou wilt
see its great glory." Yet I feared to take of the fruit. And he saith
to me: "Come hither, and I will give it thee. Follow me." And I opened
to him and he walked a little way, then turned and said to me: "I have
changed my mind and I will not give thee to eat until thou swear to me
to give also to thy husband." (And) I said. "What sort of oath shall I
swear to thee? Yet what I know, I say to thee: By the throne of the
Master, and by the Cherubim and the Tree of Life! I will give also to
my husband to eat." And when he had received the oath from me, he went
and poured upon the fruit the poison of his wickedness, which is lust,
the root and beginning of every sin, and he bent the branch on the
earth and I took of the fruit and I ate. And in that very hour my eyes
were opened, and forthwith I knew that I was bare of the righteousness
with which I had been clothed (upon), and I wept and said to him: "Why
hast thou done this to me in that thou hast deprived me of the glory
with which I was clothed?" But I wept also about the oath, which I had
sworn. But he descended from the tree and vanished. And I began to
seek, in my nakedness, in my part for leaves to hide my shame, but I
found none, for, as soon as I had eaten, the leaves showered down from
all the trees in my part, except the fig tree only. But I took leaves
from it and made for myself a girdle and it was from the very same
plant of which I had eaten. And I cried out in that very hour, 'Adam,
Adam, where art thou? Rise up, come to me and I will show thee a great
secret." But when your father came, I spake to him words of
transgression [which have brought us down from our great glory]. For,
when he came, I opened my mouth and the devil was speaking, and I began
to exhort him and said, "Come hither, my lord Adam, hearken to me and
eat of the fruit of the tree of which God told us not to eat of it, and
thou shalt be as a God." And your father answered and said, "I fear
lest God be wroth with me." And I said to him, "Fear not, for as soon
as thou hast eaten thou shalt know good and evil." And speedily I
persuaded him, and he ate and straightway his eyes were opened and he
too knew his nakedness. And to me he saith, "O wicked woman! what have
I done to thee that thou hast deprived me of the glory of God?" And in
that same hour, we heard the archangel Michael blowing with his trumpet
and calling to the angels and saying: "Thus saith the Lord, Come with
me to Paradise and hear the judgement with which I shall judge Adam."
And when God appeared in paradise, mounted on the chariot of his
cherubim with the angels proceeding before him and singing hymns of
praises, all the plants of paradise, both of your father's lot and
mine, broke out into flowers. And the throne of God was fixed where the
Tree of Life was. And God called Adam saying, "Adam, where art thou?
Can the house be hidden from the presence of its builder? "Then your
father answered; "It is not because we think not to be found by thee,
Lord, that we hide, but I was afraid, because I am naked, and I was
ashamed before thy might, (my) Master." God saith to him, "Who showed
thee that thou art naked, unless thou hast forsaken my commandment,
which I delivered thee to keep (it)." Then Adam called to mind the word
which I spake to him, (saying) "I will make thee secure before God";
and he turned and said to me: "Why hast thou done this?" And I said,
"The serpent deceived me." God saith to Adam: 'Since thou hast
disregarded my commandment and hast hearkened to thy wife, cursed is
the earth in thy labours. Thou shalt work it and it shall not give its
strength: thorns and thistles shall spring up for thee, and in the
sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread. [Thou shalt be in manifold
toils; thou shalt be crushed by bitterness, but of sweetness shalt thou
not taste.] Weary shalt thou be and shalt not rest; by heat shalt thou
be tired, by cold shalt thou be straitened: abundantly shalt thou busy
thyself, but thou shalt not be rich; and thou shalt grow fat, but come
to no end. The beasts, over whom thou didst rule, shall rise up in
rebellion against thee, for thou hast not kept my commandment." And
the Lord turned to me and said: "Since thou hast hearkened to the
serpent, and turned a deaf ear to my commandment, thou shalt be in
throes of travail and intolerable agonies; thou shalt bear children in
much trembling and in one hour thou shalt come to the birth, and lose
thy life, from thy sore trouble and anguish. But thou shalt confess and
say: 'Lord, Lord, save me, and I will turn no more to the sin of the
flesh.' And on this account, from thine own words I will judge thee, by
reason of the enmity which the enemy has planted in thee." But he
turned to the serpent [in great wrath] and said: "Since thou hast done
this, and become a thankless vessel until thou hast deceived the
innocent hearts, accursed art thou among all beasts. Thou shalt be
deprived of the victual of which thou didst eat and shalt feed on dust
all the days of thy life: on thy breast and thy belly shalt thou walk
and be robbed of hands and feet. There shall not be left thee ear nor
wing, nor one limb of all that with which thou didst ensnare them in
thy malice and causedst them to be cast out of paradise; and I will put
enmity between thee and his seed: he shall bruise thy head and thou
shalt bruise his heel until the day of Judgement." xxvii 1,2 Thus he
spake and bade the angels have us cast out of paradise: and as we were
being driven out amid our loud lamentations, your father Adam besought
the angels and said: "Leave me a little (space) that I may entreat the
Lord that he have compassion on me and pity me, for I only have
sinned." And they left off driving him and Adam cried aloud and wept
saying: "Pardon me O Lord, my deed." Then the Lord saith to the angels,
"Why have ye ceased from driving Adam from paradise? Why do ye not cast
him out? Is it I who have done wrong? Or is my judgement badly judged?"
Then the angels fell down on the ground and worshipped the Lord saying,
"Thou art just, O Lord, and thou judgest righteous judgement." But the
Lord turned to Adam and said: 'I will not suffer thee henceforward to
be in paradise." And Adam answered and said, " Grant me, O Lord, of
the Tree of Life that I may eat of it, before I be cast out." Then the
Lord spake to Adam, "Thou shalt not take of it now, for I have
commanded the cherubim with the flaming sword that turneth (every way)
to guard it from thee that thou taste not of it; but thou hast the war
which the adversary hath put into thee, yet when thou art gone out of
paradise, if thou shouldst keep thyself from all evil, as one about to
die, when again the Resurrection hath come to pass, I will raise thee
up and then there shall be given to thee the Tree of Life." Thus spake
the Lord and ordered us to be cast out of paradise. But your father
Adam wept before the angels opposite paradise and the angels say to
him: "What wouldst thou have us to do, Adam? "And your father saith to
them, "Behold, ye cast me out. I pray you, allow me to take away
fragrant herbs from paradise, so that I may offer an offering to God
after I have gone out of paradise that he hear me." And the angels
approached God and said: "JA'EL, Eternal King, command, my Lord, that
there be given to Adam incense of sweet odour from paradise and seeds
for his food." And God bade Adam go in and take sweet spices and
fragrant herbs from paradise and seeds for his food. And the angels let
him go and he took four kinds: crocus and nard and calamus and cinnamon
and the other seeds for his food: and, after taking these, he went out
of paradise. And we were on the earth. Now then, my children, I have
shown you the way in which we were deceived; and do ye guard yourselves
from transgressing against the good.' And when Eve had said this in
the midst of her sons, while Adam was lying ill and bound to die after
a single day from the sickness which had fastened upon him, she saith
to him: 'How is it that thou diest and I live or how long have I to
live after thou art dead? Tell me.' And Adam saith to her: 'Reck not of
this, for thou tarriest not after me, but even both of us are to die
together. And she shall lie in my place. But when I die, anoint me and
let no man touch me till the angel of the Lord shall speak somewhat
concerning me. For God will not forget me, but will seek His own
creature; and now arise rather and pray to God till I give up my spirit
into His hands who gave it me. For we know not how we are to meet our
Maker, whether He be wroth with us, or be merciful and intend to pity
and receive us.' And Eve rose up and went outside and fell on the
ground and began to say: I have sinned, O God, I have sinned, O God of
All, I have sinned against Thee. I have sinned against the elect
angels. I have sinned against the Cherubim. I have sinned against Thy
fearful and unshakable Throne. I have sinned before Thee and all sin
hath begun through my doing in the creation.' Even thus prayed Eve on
her knees; (and) behold, the angel of humanity came to her, and raised
her up and said: 'Rise up, Eve, (from thy penitence), for behold, Adam
thy husband hath gone out of his body. Rise up and behold his spirit
borne aloft to his Maker.' And Eve rose up and wiped off her tears
with her hand, and the angel saith to her, ' Lift Up thyself from the
earth.' And she gazed steadfastly into heaven, and beheld a chariot of
light, borne by four bright eagles, (and) it were impossible for any
man born of woman to tell the glory of them or behold their face -and
angels going before the chariot- and when they came to the place where
your father Adam was, the chariot halted and the Seraphim. And I beheld
golden censers, between your father and the chariot, and all the angels
with censers and frankincense came in haste to the incense-offering and
blew upon it and the smoke of the incense veiled the firmaments. And
the angels fell down and worshipped God, crying aloud and saying,
JA'EL, Holy One, have pardon, for he is Thy image, and the work of Thy
holy hands.' And I Eve beheld two great and fearful wonders standing
in the presence of God and I wept for fear, and I cried aloud to my son
Seth and said, 'Rise up, Seth, from the body of thy father Adam and
come to me, and thou shalt see a spectacle which no man's eye hath yet
beheld.' Then Seth arose and came to his mother and to her he saith:
'What is thy trouble? Why weepest thou?' (And) she saith to him: 'Look
up and see with thine eyes the seven heavens opened, and see how the
soul of thy father lies on its face and all the holy angels are praying
on his behalf and saying: 'Pardon him, Father of All, for he is Thine
image." 'Pray, my child Seth, what shall this mean? And will he one day
be delivered into the hands of the Invisible Father, even our God? But
who are the two negroes who stand by at the prayers for thy father
Adam?' And Seth telleth his mother, that they are the sun and moon and
themselves fall down and pray on behalf of my father Adam. Eve saith to
him: 'And where is their light and why have they taken on such a black
appearance?' And Seth answereth her, 'The light hath not left them, but
they cannot shine before the Light of the Universe, the Father of
Light; and on this account their light hath been hidden from them. Now
while Seth was saying this to his mother, lo, an angel blew the
trumpet, and there stood up all the angels (and they were) lying on
their faces, and they cried aloud in an awful voice and said: 'Blessed
(be) the glory of the Lord from the works of His making, for He hath
pitied Adam the creature of His hands.' But when the angels had said
these words, lo, there came one of the seraphim with six wings and
snatched up Adam and carried him off to the Acherusian lake, and washed
him thrice, in the presence of God. And God saith to him: 'Adam, what
hast thou done? If thou hadst kept my commandment, there would now be
no rejoicing among those who are bringing thee down to this place. Yet,
I tell thee that I will turn their joy to grief and thy grief will I
turn to joy, and I will transform thee to thy former glory? and set
thee on the throne of thy deceiver. But he shall be cast into this
place to see thee sitting above him, then he shall be condemned and
they that heard him, and he shall be grieved sore when he seeth thee
sitting on his honourable throne.' And he stayed there three hours,
lying down, and thereafter the Father of all, sitting on his holy
throne stretched out his hand, and took Adam and handed him over to the
archangel Michael saying: 'Lift him up into Paradise unto the third
Heaven, and leave him there until that fearful day of my reckoning,
which I will make in the world.' Then Michael took Adam and left him
where God told him. But after all this, the archangel asked concerning
the laying out of the remains. And God commanded that all the angels
should assemble in His presence, each in his order, and all the angels
assembled, some having censers in their hands, and others trumpets. And
lo ! the 'Lord of Hosts' came on and four winds drew Him and cherubim
mounted on the winds and the angels from heaven escorting Him and they
came on the earth, where was the body of Adam. And they came to
paradise and all the leaves of paradise were stirred so that all men
begotten of Adam slept from the fragrance save Seth alone, because he
was born 'according to the appointment of God '. Then Adam's body lay
there in paradise on the earth and Seth grieved exceedingly over him.
Then God spake to the archangel(s) Michael, (Gabriel, Uriel, and
Raphael): 'Go away to Paradise in the third heaven, and strew linen
clothes and cover the body of Adam and bring oil of the 'oil of
fragrance' and pour it over him. And they acted thus did the three
great angels and they prepared him for burial. And God said: 'Let the
body of Abel also be brought.' And they brought other linen clothes and
prepared his (body) also. For he was unburied since the day when Cain
his brother slew him; for wicked Cain took great pains to conceal (him)
but could not, for the earth would not receive him for the body sprang
up from the earth and a voice went out of the earth saying: 'I will not
receive a companion body, till the earth which was taken and fashioned
in me cometh to me.' At that time, the angels took it and placed it on
a rock, till Adam his father was buried. And both were buried,
according to the commandment of God, in the spot where God found the
dust, and He caused the place to be dug for two. And God sent seven
angels to paradise and they brought many fragrant spices and placed
them in the earth, and they took the two bodies and placed them in the
spot which they had digged and builded. And God called and said, 'Adam,
Adam.' And the body answered from the earth and said: 'Here am I,
Lord.' And God saith to him: 'I told thee (that) earth thou art and to
earth shalt thou return. Again I promise to thee the Resurrection; I
will raise thee up in the Resurrection with every man who is of thy
seed.' After these words, God made a seal and sealed the tomb, that no
one might do anything to him for six days till his rib should return to
him. Then the Lord and his angels went to their place. And Eve also,
when the six days were fulfilled, fell asleep. But while she was
living, she wept bitterly about Adam's falling on sleep, for she knew
not where he was laid. For when the Lord came to paradise to bury Adam
she was asleep, and her sons too, except Seth, till He bade Adam be
prepared for burial; and no man knew on earth, except her son Seth. And
Eve prayed (in the hour of her death) that she might be buried in the
place where her husband Adam was. And after she had finished her
prayer, she saith: 'Lord, Master, God of all rule, estrange not me thy
handmaid from the body of Adam, for from his members didst thou make
me. But deem me worthy, even me unworthy that I am and a sinner, to
enter into his tabernacle, even as I was with him in paradise, both
without separation from each other; just as in our transgression, we
were (both) led astray and transgressed thy command, but were not
separated. Even so, Lord, do not separate us now.' But after she had
prayed, she gazed heavenwards and groaned aloud and smote her breast
and said: 'God of All, receive my spirit,' and straightway she
delivered up her spirit to God. And Michael came and taught Seth how to
prepare Eve for burial. And there came three angels and they buried her
(body) where Adam's body was and Abel's. And thereafter Michael spake
to Seth and saith: 'Lay out in this wise every man that dieth till the
day of the Resurrection.' And after giving him this rule; he saith to
him: 'Mourn not beyond six days, but on the seventh day, rest and
rejoice on it, because on that very day, God rejoiceth (yea) and we
angels (too) with the righteous soul, who hath passed away from the
earth.' Even thus spake the angel, and ascended into heaven, glorifying
(God) and saying: 'Allelujah.' [Holy, holy, holy is the Lord, in the
glory of God the Father, for to Him it is meet to give glory, honour
and worship, with the eternal life-giving spirit now and always and for
ever. Amen.] [Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts. To whom be glory
and power for ever and for ever Amen.] [Then the archangel Joel
glorified God; saying, 'Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, heaven and earth are
full of thy glory.']
Genesis
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: And Seth
lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons
and daughters: And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve
years: and he died. And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: And
Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and
begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Enos were nine hundred
and five years: and he died. And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat
Mahalaleel: And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred
and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of
Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. And Mahalaleel
lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: And Mahalaleel lived after
he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and
daughters: And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and
five years: and he died. And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two
years, and he begat Enoch: And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight
hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Jared
were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. And Enoch lived
sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: And Enoch walked with
Nerth after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons
and daughters: And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and
five years: And Enoch walked with Nerth: and he was not; for Nerth
took him. And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and
begat Lamech: And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred
eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of
Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. And
Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: And he
called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our
work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath
cursed. And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and
five years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Lamech
were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. And Noah was
five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And it
came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and
daughters were born unto them, That the sons of Nerth saw the
daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all
which they chose. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive
with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred
and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and
also after that, when the sons of Nerth came in unto the daughters of
men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which
were of old, men of renown. And NERTHYN saw that the wickedness of man
was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of
his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he
had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the
LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the
earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of
the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah found
grace in the eyes of the LORD. These are the generations of Noah: Noah
was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with
Nerth. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The earth
also was corrupt before Nerth, and the earth was filled with
violence. And Nerth looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was
corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And
Nerth said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the
earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy
them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou
make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And
this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark
shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the
height of it thirty cubits. A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in
a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou
set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt
thou make it. And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon
the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from
under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with
thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark,
thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. And of
every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring
into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and
female. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of
every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort
shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. And take thou unto thee of
all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall
be for food for thee, and for them. Thus did Noah; according to all
that Nerth commanded him, so did he. And the LORD said unto Noah,
Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen
righteous before me in this generation. Of every clean beast thou shalt
take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are
not clean by two, the male and his female. Of fowls also of the air by
sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of
all the earth. For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the
earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I
have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. And Noah did
according unto all that the LORD commanded him. And Noah was six
hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 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. Of clean beasts, and of
beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that
creepeth upon the earth, There went in two and two unto Noah into the
ark, the male and the female, as Nerth had commanded Noah. And it
came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon
the earth. In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second
month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the
fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were
opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. In
the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons
of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them,
into the ark; They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle
after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth
after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every
sort. And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all
flesh, wherein is the breath of life. And they that went in, went in
male and female of all flesh, as Nerth had commanded him: and the
LORD shut him in. And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the
waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the
earth. And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the
earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters
prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were
under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the
waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. And all flesh died that
moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of
every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: All
in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry
land, died. And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the
face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and
the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and
Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. And
the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. And
Nerth remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle
that was with him in the ark: and Nerth made a wind to pass over the
earth, and the waters asswaged; The fountains also of the deep and the
windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was
restrained; And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and
after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. And
the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the
month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 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. And it came to pass
at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which
he had made: And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro,
until the waters were dried up from off the earth. Also he sent forth a
dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of
the ground; But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and
she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of
the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled
her in unto him into the ark. And he stayed yet other seven days; and
again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; And the dove came in to
him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off:
so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. And he
stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned
not again unto him any more. And it came to pass in the six hundredth
and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the
waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering
of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month,
was the earth dried. And Nerth spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of
the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with
thee. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of
all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing
that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the
earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. And Noah went
forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: Every
beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth
upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. And Noah
builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of
every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the
LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not
again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of
man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more
every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime
and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and
night shall not cease. And Nerth blessed Noah and his sons, and said
unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the
fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the
earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the
earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they
delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even
as the green herb have I given you all things. But flesh with the life
thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. And surely your
blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I
require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother
will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man
shall his blood be shed: for in the image of Nerth made he man. And
you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth,
and multiply therein. And Nerth spake unto Noah, and to his sons with
him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with
your seed after you; And with every living creature that is with you,
of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you;
from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. And I
will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off
any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a
flood to destroy the earth. And Nerth 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: I do set my bow in the cloud,
and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And
it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the
bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which
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. And the bow
shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the
everlasting covenant between Nerth and every living creature of all
flesh that is upon the earth. And Nerth said unto Noah, This is the
token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all
flesh that is upon the earth. And the sons of Noah, that went forth of
the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of
Canaan. These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole
earth overspread. And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a
vineyard: And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was
uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the
nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. And Shem
and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and
went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their
faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. And
Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto
him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be
unto his brethren. And he said, Blessed be the LORD Nerth of Shem;
and Canaan shall be his servant. Nerth shall enlarge Japheth, and he
shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. And
Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. And all the
days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. Now these
are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and
unto them were sons born after the flood. The sons of Japheth; Gomer,
and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And
the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of
Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. By these were the
isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his
tongue, after their families, in their nations. And the sons of Ham;
Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. And the sons of Cush; Seba,
and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of
Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a
mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD:
wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and
Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land went forth Asshur, and
builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, And Resen between
Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. And Mizraim begat Ludim,
and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, And Pathrusim, and Casluhim,
(out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. And Canaan begat Sidon his
firstborn, and Heth, And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the
Girgasite, And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, And the
Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the
families of the Canaanites spread abroad. And the border of the
Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou
goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto
Lasha. These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their
tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. Unto Shem also, the
father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder,
even to him were children born. The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur,
and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul,
and Gether, and Mash. And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
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. And
Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, And
Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, And
Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. And
their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the
east. These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their
tongues, in their lands, after their nations. These are the families of
the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by
these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. And the
whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to
pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the
land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go
to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for
stone, and slime had they for morter. And they said, Go to, let us
build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let
us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the
whole earth. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower,
which the children of men builded. And the LORD said, Behold, the
people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to
do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have
imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their
language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the
LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth:
and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called
Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the
earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face
of all the earth. These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an
hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: And
Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons
and daughters. And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat
Salah: And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three
years, and begat sons and daughters. And Salah lived thirty years, and
begat Eber: And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three
years, and begat sons and daughters. And Eber lived four and thirty
years, and begat Peleg: And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four
hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. And Peleg lived
thirty years, and begat Reu: And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two
hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. And Reu lived two
and thirty years, and begat Serug: And Reu lived after he begat Serug
two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. And Serug
lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: And Serug lived after he begat
Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. And Nahor lived
nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: And Nahor lived after he begat
Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. And
Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Now these
are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and
Haran begat Lot. And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of
his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nahor took them
wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's
wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the
father of Iscah. But Sarai was barren; she had no child. And Terah took
Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his
daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them
from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came
unto Haran, and dwelt there. And the days of Terah were two hundred and
five years: and Terah died in Haran. Now the LORD had said unto Abram,
Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy
father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of
thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great;
and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee,
and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the
earth be blessed. So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him;
and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he
departed out of Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his
brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the
souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the
land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. And Abram passed
through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And
the Canaanite was then in the land. And the LORD appeared unto Abram,
and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an
altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence
unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having
Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar
unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. And Abram
journeyed, going on still toward the south. And there was a famine in
the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the
famine was grievous in the land. And it came to pass, when he was come
near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now,
I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: Therefore it shall come
to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This
is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. Say,
I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy
sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. And it came to pass,
that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman
that she was very fair. The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and
commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's
house. And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and
oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses,
and camels. And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great
plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. And Pharaoh called Abram, and
said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell
me that she was thy wife? Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might
have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her,
and go thy way. And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they
sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. And Abram went up out
of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into
the south. And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the
place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and
there Abram called on the name of the LORD. And Lot also, which went
with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. And the land was not able
to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was
great, so that they could not dwell together. And there was a strife
between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle:
and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. 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 be brethren. Is
not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me:
if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if
thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. And Lot
lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was
well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah,
even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest
unto Zoar. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot
journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of
the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. But the men of Sodom were
wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. And the LORD said unto
Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes,
and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and
eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will
I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the
dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth,
then shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in
the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto
thee. Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of
Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. And
it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of
Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; That
these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of
Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the
king of Bela, which is Zoar. All these were joined together in the vale
of Siddim, which is the salt sea. Twelve years they served
Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. And in the
fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him,
and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and
the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, And the Horites in their mount Seir,
unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness. And they returned, and came
to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the
Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar. And
there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the
king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same
is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; With
Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and
Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with
five. And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of
Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to
the mountain. And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and
all their victuals, and went their way. And they took Lot, Abram's
brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. And
there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he
dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother
of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. And when Abram heard
that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born
in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto
Dan. 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. And he brought back all the goods, and also
brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and
the people. And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return
from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with
him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. And Melchizedek
king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of
the most high Nerth. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram
of the most high Nerth, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be
the most high Nerth, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy
hand. And he gave him tithes of all. And the king of Sodom said unto
Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. And Abram
said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the
most high Nerth, the possessor of heaven and earth, That I will not
take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any
thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the
men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their
portion. After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a
vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding
great reward. And Abram said, Lord NERTHYN, what wilt thou give me,
seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of
Damascus? And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and,
lo, one born in my house is mine heir. And, behold, the word of the
LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that
shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. And he
brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell
the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So
shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to
him for righteousness. And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought
thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
And he said, Lord NERTHYN, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit
it? And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a
she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a
turtledove, and a young pigeon. And he took unto him all these, and
divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but
the birds divided he not. And when the fowls came down upon the
carcases, Abram drove them away. And when the sun was going down, a
deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell
upon him. And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall
be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and
they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that nation, whom
they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with
great substance. And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt
be buried in a good old age. But in the fourth generation they shall
come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark,
behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those
pieces. In 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: The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and
the Kadmonites, And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites. Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an
handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram,
Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go
in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram
hearkened to the voice of Sarai. And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her
maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of
Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. And he went
in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had
conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. And Sarai said unto
Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and
when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the
LORD judge between me and thee. 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. And the angel of the
LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the
fountain in the way to Shur. And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence
camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the
face of my mistress Sarai. And the angel of the LORD said unto her,
Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. And the
angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly,
that it shall not be numbered for multitude. And the angel of the LORD
said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and
shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy
affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and
every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all
his brethren.
13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou
Nerth seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that
seeth me?
14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between
Kadesh and Bered.
15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which
Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael
to Abram. And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD
appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty Nerth; walk
before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me
and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. And Abram fell on his
face: and Nerth talked with him, saying, As for me, behold, my
covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall
be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of
thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed
after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a
Nerth unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land
wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting
possession; and I will be their Nerth.
9 And Nerth said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore,
thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy
seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be
a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every
man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought
with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money,
must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for
an everlasting covenant.
14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not
circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken
my covenant.
15 And Nerth said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not
call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will
bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall
be of her.
17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart,
Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall
Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
18 And Abraham said unto Nerth, O that Ishmael might live before
thee!
19 And Nerth said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and
thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with
him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him,
and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve
princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear
unto thee at this set time in the next year.
22 And he left off talking with him, and Nerth went up from Abraham.
23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his
house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the
men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in
the selfsame day, as Nerth had said unto him.
24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised
in the flesh of his foreskin.
25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised
in the flesh of his foreskin.
26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with
money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. And the LORD appeared
unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the
heat of the day;
2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him:
and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed
himself toward the ground,
3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not
away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and
rest yourselves under the tree:
5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after
that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And
they said, So do, as thou hast said.
6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready
quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the
hearth.
7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and
gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and
set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did
eat.
9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold,
in the tent.
10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time
of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it
in the tent door, which was behind him.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it
ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old
shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying,
Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will
return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a
son.
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he
said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and
Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation,
and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household
after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and
judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath
spoken of him.
20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great,
and because their sin is very grievous;
21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether
according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will
know.
22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom:
but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the
righteous with the wicked?
24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou
also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are
therein?
25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous
with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that
be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the
city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to
speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou
destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there
forty and five, I will not destroy it.
29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall
be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will
speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I
will not do it, if I find thirty there.
31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the
Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I
will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but
this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will
not destroy it for ten's sake.
33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with
Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. And there came two angels
to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them
rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the
ground;
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your
servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall
rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will
abide in the street all night.
3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and
entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake
unleavened bread, and they did eat.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom,
compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from
every quarter:
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which
came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know
them.
6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I
pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your
eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the
shadow of my roof.
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came
in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse
with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even
Lot, and came near to break the door.
10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to
them, and shut to the door.
11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with
blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to
find the door.
12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law,
and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city,
bring them out of this place:
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen
great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy
it.
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his
daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will
destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in
law.
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying,
Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou
be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the
hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD
being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him
without the city.
17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that
he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou
in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast
magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life;
and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one:
Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall
live.
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this
thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou
hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be
come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire
from the LORD out of heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the
inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of
salt.
27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood
before the LORD:
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of
the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the
smoke of a furnace.
29 And it came to pass, when Nerth destroyed the cities of the plain,
that Nerth remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the
overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
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.
31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and
there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of
all the earth:
32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him,
that we may preserve seed of our father.
33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn
went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay
down, nor when she arose.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the
younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him
drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we
may preserve seed of our father.
35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the
younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay
down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is
the father of the Moabites unto this day.
38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi:
the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. And
Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled
between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech
king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
3 But Nerth came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him,
Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken;
for she is a man's wife.
4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou
slay also a righteous nation?
5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself
said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of
my hands have I done this.
6 And Nerth said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst
this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from
sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he
shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not,
know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his
servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were
sore afraid.
9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done
unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me
and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought
not to be done.
10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast
done this thing?
11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of Nerth is
not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father,
but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
13 And it came to pass, when Nerth caused me to wander from my
father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou
shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He
is my brother.
14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and
womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his
wife.
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it
pleaseth thee.
16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand
pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto
all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
17 So Abraham prayed unto Nerth: and Nerth healed Abimelech, and
his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of
Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. And the LORD visited Sarah
as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the
set time of which Nerth had spoken to him.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom
Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as
Nerth had commanded him.
5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born
unto him.
6 And Sarah said, Nerth hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear
will laugh with me.
7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should
have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast
the same day that Isaac was weaned.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto
Abraham, mocking.
10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her
son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even
with Isaac.
11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his
son.
12 And Nerth said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight
because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah
hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy
seed be called.
13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because
he is thy seed.
14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a
bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder,
and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the
wilderness of Beersheba.
15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under
one of the shrubs.
16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as
it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child.
And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
17 And Nerth heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of Nerth
called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee,
Hagar? fear not; for Nerth hath heard the voice of the lad where he
is.
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make
him a great nation.
19 And Nerth opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she
went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
20 And Nerth was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the
wilderness, and became an archer.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a
wife out of the land of Egypt.
22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the
chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, Nerth is with
thee in all that thou doest:
23 Now therefore swear unto me here by Nerth that thou wilt not deal
falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according
to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and
to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which
Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither
didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and
both of them made a covenant.
28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs
which thou hast set by themselves?
30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand,
that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware
both of them.
32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and
Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land
of the Philistines.
33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the
name of the LORD, the everlasting Nerth.
34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. And it
came to pass after these things, that Nerth did tempt Abraham, and
said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou
lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a
burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and
took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the
wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of
which Nerth had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place
afar off.
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and
I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon
Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they
went both of them together.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he
said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but
where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
8 And Abraham said, My son, Nerth will provide himself a lamb for a
burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
9 And they came to the place which Nerth had told him of; and Abraham
built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his
son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his
son.
11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said,
Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any
thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest Nerth, seeing thou
hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a
ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the
ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is
said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the
second time,
16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou
hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will
multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is
upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
because thou hast obeyed my voice.
19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went
together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham,
saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother
Nahor;
21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of
Aram,
22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor,
Abraham's brother.
24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and
Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. And Sarah was an hundred and seven and
twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of
Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of
Heth, saying,
4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a
buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of
our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his
sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land,
even to the children of Heth.
8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should
bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the
son of Zohar,
9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in
the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it
me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite
answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all
that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is
therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give
I it thee: bury thy dead.
12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land,
saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give
thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of
silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the
silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four
hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
17 And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before
Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees
that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were
made sure
18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of
Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the
field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of
Canaan.
20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto
Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. And
Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed
Abraham in all things.
2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled
over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the Nerth of heaven, and
the Nerth of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son
of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife
unto my son Isaac.
5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be
willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again
unto the land from whence thou camest?
6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son
thither again.
7 The LORD Nerth of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and
from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware
unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his
angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt
be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master,
and sware to him concerning that matter.
10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and
departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he
arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of
water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to
draw water.
12 And he said, O LORD Nerth of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send
me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the
men of the city come out to draw water:
14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let
down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say,
Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that
thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know
that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold,
Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of
Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any
man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher,
and came up.
17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee,
drink a little water of thy pitcher.
18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her
pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water
for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran
again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD
had made his journey prosperous or not.
22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man
took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for
her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there
room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of
Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough,
and room to lodge in.
26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD Nerth of my master Abraham, who
hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being
in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these
things.
29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out
unto the man, unto the well.
30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his
sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister,
saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and,
behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest
thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and
gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet,
and the men's feet that were with him.
33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not
eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
35 And 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
menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old:
and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to
my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and
take a wife unto my son.
39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow
me.
40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his
angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my
son of my kindred, and of my father's house:
41 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my
kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my
oath.
42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD Nerth of my
master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass,
that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give
me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy
camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for
my master's son.
45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came
forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the
well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and
said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she
made the camels drink also.
47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said,
The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I
put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the
LORD Nerth of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to
take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.
49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me:
and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from
the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy
master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words,
he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,
and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and
to her mother precious things.
54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and
tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send
me away unto my master.
55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a
few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered
my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this
man? And she said, I will go.
59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and
Abraham's servant, and his men.
60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be
thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the
gate of those which hate them.
61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels,
and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in
the south country.
63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he
lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted
off the camel.
65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in
the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master:
therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took
Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was
comforted after his mother's death. Then again Abraham took a wife, and
her name was Keturah.
2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and
Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were
Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and
Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave
gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived,
eastward, unto the east country.
7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived,
an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old
man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah,
in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before
Mamre;
10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was
Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that Nerth blessed
his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar
the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names,
according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and
Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their
towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and
thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was
gathered unto his people.
18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou
goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat
Isaac:
20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the
daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the
Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren:
and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it
be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two
manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people
shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the
younger.
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were
twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they
called his name Esau.
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on
Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore
years old when she bare them.
27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the
field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah
loved Jacob.
29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was
faint:
30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red
pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit
shall this birthright do to me?
33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he
sold his birthright unto Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat
and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his
birthright. And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine
that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of
the Philistines unto Gerar.
2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt;
dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee;
for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and
I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will
give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the
nations of the earth be blessed;
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my
commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is
my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men
of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look
upon.
8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that
Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and,
behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy
wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him,
Because I said, Lest I die for her.
10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the
people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have
brought guiltiness upon us.
11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this
man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an
hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became
very great:
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great
store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days
of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled
them with earth.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much
mightier than we.
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of
Gerar, and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in
the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them
after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names
by which his father had called them.
19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of
springing water.
20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying,
The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because
they strove with him.
21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he
called the name of it Sitnah.
22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that
they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said,
For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the
land.
23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the
Nerth of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will
bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD,
and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his
friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate
me, and have sent me away from you?
28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we
said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee,
and let us make a covenant with thee;
29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we
have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace:
thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another:
and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and
told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him,
We have found water.
33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba
unto this day.
34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the
daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the
Hittite:
35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. And it came to
pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could
not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and
he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow,
and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I
may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to
the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy
father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless
thee before the LORD before my death.
8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I
command thee.
9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the
goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he
loveth:
10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he
may bless thee before his death.
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a
hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a
deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only
obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his
mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were
with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and
upon the smooth of his neck:
17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared,
into the hand of her son Jacob.
18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here
am I; who art thou, my son?
19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done
according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my
venison, that thy soul may bless me.
20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so
quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy Nerth brought it
to me.
21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel
thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and
said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his
brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's
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.
26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my
son.
27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his
raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the
smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
28 Therefore Nerth give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of
the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over
thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be
every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing
Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his
father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father,
and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's
venison, that thy soul may bless me.
32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am
thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that
hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before
thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great
and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me
also, O my father.
35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy
blessing.
36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted
me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he
hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a
blessing for me?
37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy
lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with
corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee,
my son?
38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my
father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his
voice, and wept.
39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy
dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven
from above;
40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and
it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou
shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father
blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my
father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she
sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy
brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill
thee.
43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban
my brother to Haran;
44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that
which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from
thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the
daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such
as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my
life do me? And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him,
and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of
Canaan.
2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father;
and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's
brother.
3 And Nerth Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply
thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with
thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger,
which Nerth gave unto Abraham.
5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son
of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's
mother.
6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to
Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him
he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the
daughters of Canaan;
7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to
Padanaram;
8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his
father;
9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had
Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth,
to be his wife.
10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night,
because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and
put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top
of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of Nerth ascending and
descending on it.
13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD
Nerth of Abraham thy father, and the Nerth of Isaac: the land
whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
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 in thy seed shall all the families of the
earth be blessed.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places
whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I
will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee
of.
16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is
in this place; and I knew it not.
17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is
none other but the house of Nerth, and this is the gate of heaven.
18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he
had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil
upon the top of it.
19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that
city was called Luz at the first.
20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If Nerth will be with me, and will
keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and
raiment to put on,
21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the
LORD be my Nerth:
22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be Nerth's
house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth
unto thee. Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of
the people of the east.
2 And he looked, and behold 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 a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone
from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again
upon the well's mouth in his place.
4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said,
Of Haran are we.
5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said,
We know him.
6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and,
behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the
cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed
them.
8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together,
and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the
sheep.
9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's
sheep: for she kept them.
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 well's mouth, and
watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
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.
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.
14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he
abode with him the space of a month.
15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest
thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the
name of the younger was Rachel.
17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for
Rachel thy younger daughter.
19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I
should give her to another man: abide with me.
20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him
but a few days, for the love he had to her.
21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are
fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a
feast.
23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter,
and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an
handmaid.
25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and
he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve
with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the
younger before the firstborn.
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service
which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his
daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her
maid.
30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than
Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but
Rachel was barren.
32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben:
for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now
therefore my husband will love me.
33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD
hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also:
and she called his name Simeon.
34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time
will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons:
therefore was his name called Levi.
35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I
praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her
sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in
Nerth's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall
bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto
her. And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. And Rachel said,
Nerth hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me
a son: therefore called she his name Dan. And Bilhah Rachel's maid
conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. And Rachel said, With
great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed:
and she called his name Naphtali. When Leah saw that she had left
bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. And
Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. And Leah said, A troop cometh: and
she called his name Gad. And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second
son. And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed:
and she called his name Asher. And Reuben went in the days of wheat
harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his
mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy
son's mandrakes. And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou
hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes
also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for
thy son's mandrakes. And Jacob came out of the field in the evening,
and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for
surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her
that night. And Nerth hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and
bare Jacob the fifth son. And Leah said, Nerth hath given me my hire,
because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name
Issachar. And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. And
Leah said, Nerth hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my
husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called
his name Zebulun. And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her
name Dinah. And Nerth remembered Rachel, and Nerth hearkened to
her, and opened her womb. And she conceived, and bare a son; and said,
Nerth hath taken away my reproach: And she called his name Joseph;
and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. And it came to pass,
when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away,
that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. Give me my wives
and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou
knowest my service which I have done thee. And Laban said unto him, I
pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have
learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. And
he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. And he said unto
him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with
me. For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now
increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my
coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? And he
said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me
any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and
keep thy flock: I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from
thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle
among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of
such shall be my hire. So shall my righteousness answer for me in time
to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that
is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep,
that shall be counted stolen with me. And Laban said, Behold, I would
it might be according to thy word. And he removed that day the he goats
that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were
speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all
the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. And
he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the
rest of Laban's flocks. And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of
the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made
the white appear which was in the rods. And he set the rods which he
had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs
when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came
to drink. And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth
cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. And Jacob did separate the
lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all
the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by
themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. And it came to pass,
whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods
before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive
among the rods. But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so
the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. And the man
increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and
menservants, and camels, and asses. And he heard the words of Laban's
sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of
that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. And Jacob
beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as
before. And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy
fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. And Jacob sent
and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, And said unto
them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as
before; but the Nerth of my father hath been with me. And ye know
that with all my power I have served your father. And your father hath
deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but Nerth suffered him
not to hurt me. If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then
all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked
shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. Thus Nerth
hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. And it
came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up
mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon
the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. And the angel of
Nerth spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap
upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen
all that Laban doeth unto thee. I am the Nerth of Bethel, where thou
anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise,
get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any
portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? Are we not counted
of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our
money. For all the riches which Nerth hath taken from our father,
that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever Nerth hath
said unto thee, do. Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives
upon camels; And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods
which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in
Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. And
Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that
were her father's. And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian,
in that he told him not that he fled. So he fled with all that he had;
and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the
mount Gilead. And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was
fled. And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven
days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. And Nerth
came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take
heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. Then Laban
overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban
with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. And Laban said to
Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me,
and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and
didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and
with songs, with tabret, and with harp? And hast not suffered me to
kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so
doing. It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the Nerth of
your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou
speak not to Jacob either good or bad. And now, though thou wouldest
needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet
wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? And Jacob answered and said to
Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest
take by force thy daughters from me. With whomsoever thou findest thy
gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine
with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen
them. And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into
the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of
Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. Now Rachel had taken the
images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And
Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. And she said to her
father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee;
for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the
images. And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered
and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast
so hotly pursued after me? Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff,
what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my
brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. This
twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not
cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. That
which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of
it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen
by night. Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost
by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. Thus have I been twenty
years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters,
and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac,
had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath
seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee
yesternight. And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters
are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle
are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this
day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have
born? Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and
let it be for a witness between me and thee. And Jacob took a stone,
and set it up for a pillar. And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather
stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there
upon the heap. And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it
Galeed. And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this
day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; And Mizpah; for he
said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from
another. If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take
other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness
betwixt me and thee. And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and
behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee; This heap be
witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this
heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this
pillar unto me, for harm. The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the
God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of
his father Isaac. Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and
called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried
all night in the mount. And early in the morning Laban rose up, and
kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban
departed, and returned unto his place. And Jacob went on his way, and
the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is
God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. And Jacob
sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir,
the country of Edom. And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak
unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with
Laban, and stayed there until now: And I have oxen, and asses, flocks,
and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord,
that I may find grace in thy sight. And the messengers returned to
Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet
thee, and four hundred men with him. Then Jacob was greatly afraid and
distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the
flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; And said, If Esau
come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is
left shall escape. And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God
of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy
country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: I am not
worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which
thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this
Jordan; and now I am become two bands. Deliver me, I pray thee, from
the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he
will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. And thou
saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of
the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. And he lodged there
that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for
Esau his brother; Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two
hundred ewes, and twenty rams, Thirty milch camels with their colts,
forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. And he
delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by
themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a
space betwixt drove and drove. And he commanded the foremost, saying,
When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art
thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? Then
thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto
my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. And so commanded he
the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On
this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. And say ye
moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will
appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will
see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. So went the present
over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. And he
rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants,
and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. And he took them,
and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. And Jacob was
left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the
day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the
hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint,
as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh.
And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said
unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name
shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou
power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him,
and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it
that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. And Jacob
called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face,
and my life is preserved. And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose
upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. Therefore the children of
Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of
the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's
thigh in the sinew that shrank. And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and
looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he
divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two
handmaids.
2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and
her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven
times, until he came near to his brother.
4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and
kissed him: and they wept.
5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and
said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath
graciously given thy servant.
6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they
bowed themselves.
7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and
after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he
said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto
thyself.
10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy
sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen
thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased
with me.
11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God
hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged
him, and he took it.
12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go
before thee.
13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender,
and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should
overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will
lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the
children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are
with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight
of my lord.
16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. And Jacob journeyed
to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle:
therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. And Jacob came to
Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came
from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city. And he bought a
parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the
children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel. And Dinah
the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the
daughters of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite,
prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and
defiled her. And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and
he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. And Shechem
spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. And
Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were
with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were
come. And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune
with him. And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard
it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had
wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing
ought not to be done. And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of
my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to
wife. And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us,
and take our daughters unto you. And ye shall dwell with us: and the
land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you
possessions therein. And Shechem said unto her father and unto her
brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me
I will give.
12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye
shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father
deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister
to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that
every male of you be circumcised;
16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your
daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one
people.
17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we
take our daughter, and we will be gone.
18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had
delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the
house of his father.
20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and
communed with the men of their city, saying,
21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the
land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for
them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them
our daughters.
22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be
one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are
circumcised.
23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs
be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out
of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went
out of the gate of his city.
25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two
of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man
his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword,
and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because
they had defiled their sister.
28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that
which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives
took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to
stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the
Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves
together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my
house.
31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? And
God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make
there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest
from the face of Esau thy brother.
2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him,
Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change
your garments:
3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar
unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in
the way which I went.
4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their
hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid
them under the oak which was by Shechem.
5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that
were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is,
Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because
there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel
under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and
blessed him.
10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be
called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his
name Israel.
11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply;
a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall
come out of thy loins;
12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it,
and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him,
even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he
poured oil thereon.
15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him,
Bethel.
16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to
come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife
said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died)
that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is
Bethlehem.
20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of
Rachel's grave unto this day.
21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben
went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it.
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi,
and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are
the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of
Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. And Isaac
gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being
old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. Now these
are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. Esau took his wives of the
daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and
Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; And
Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. And Adah bare to Esau
Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and
Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him
in the land of Canaan. And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his
daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all
his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of
Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the
land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their
cattle. Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. And these are the
generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: These are
the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau,
Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. And the sons of Eliphaz
were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. And Timna was concubine
to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the
sons of Adah Esau's wife. And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and
Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's
wife. And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the
daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and
Jaalam, and Korah. These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of
Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho,
duke Kenaz, Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the
dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of
Adah. And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke
Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of
Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke
Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the
daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom,
and these are their dukes. These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who
inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, And
Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the
children of Seir in the land of Edom.
22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister
was Timna.
23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and
Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was
that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses
of Zibeon his father.
25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the
daughter of Anah.
26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and
Ithran, and Cheran.
27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke
Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came
of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before
there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city
was Dinhabah.
33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his
stead.
34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his
stead.
35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the
field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was
Avith.
36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his
stead.
38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
39 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his
stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was
Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to
their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke
Alvah, duke Jetheth,
41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to
their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the
father of the Edomites. And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father
was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years
old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the
sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and
Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was
the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all
his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they
hated him yet the more.
6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have
dreamed:
7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf
arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round
about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or
shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the
more for his dreams, and for his words.
9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said,
Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon
and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father
rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast
dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow
down ourselves to thee to the earth?
11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in
Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here
am I.
14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy
brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent
him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the
field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they
feed their flocks.
17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let
us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in
Dothan.
18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them,
they conspired against him to slay him.
19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit,
and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see
what will become of his dreams.
21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and
said, Let us not kill him.
22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit
that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid
him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that
they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was
on him;
24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty,
there was no water in it.
25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and
looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with
their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down
to Egypt.
26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our
brother, and conceal his blood?
27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand
be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were
content.
28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and
lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for
twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the
pit; and he rent his clothes.
30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and
I, whither shall I go?
31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and
dipped the coat in the blood;
32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their
father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's
coat or no.
33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath
devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and
mourned for his son many days.
35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but
he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the
grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. And it came to pass at that time,
that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain
Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was
Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name
Onan.
5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name
Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and
the LORD slew him.
8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry
her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass,
when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the
ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew
him also.
11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy
father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest
peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt
in her father's house.
12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and
Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he
and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to
Timnath to shear his sheep.
14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with
a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the
way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not
given unto him to wife.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had
covered her face.
16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let
me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in
law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in
unto me?
17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said,
Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy
signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he
gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put
on the garments of her widowhood.
20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to
receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot,
that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in
this place.
22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the
men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.
23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I
sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told
Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and
also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her
forth, and let her be burnt.
25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying,
By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I
pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous
than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her
again no more.
27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins
were in her womb.
28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his
hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread,
saying, This came out first.
29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his
brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach
be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon
his hand: and his name was called Zarah. And Joseph was brought down to
Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an
Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought
him down thither.
2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was
in the house of his master the Egyptian.
3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made
all that he did to prosper in his hand.
4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made
him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in
his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the
Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was
upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought
he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly
person, and well favoured.
7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast
her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master
wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all
that he hath to my hand;
9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back
any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I
do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he
hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house
to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there
within.
12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left
his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in
her hand, and was fled forth,
14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them,
saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came
in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and
cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew
servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left
his garment with me, and fled out.
19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife,
which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to
me; that his wrath was kindled.
20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place
where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him
favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the
prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he
was the doer of it.
23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his
hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD
made it to prosper. And it came to pass after these things, that the
butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the
king of Egypt.
2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief
of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard,
into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served
them: and they continued a season in ward.
5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one
night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the
butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the
prison.
6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them,
and, behold, they were sad.
7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his
lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no
interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations
belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my
dream, behold, a vine was before me;
10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded,
and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth
ripe grapes:
11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed
them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The
three branches are three days:
13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore
thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his
hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness,
I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me
out of this house:
15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and
here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said
unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white
baskets on my head:
17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for
Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof:
The three baskets are three days:
19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee,
and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from
off thee.
20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday,
that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head
of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he
gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. And it
came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and,
behold, he stood by the river. And, behold, there came up out of the
river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a
meadow. And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the
river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon
the brink of the river. And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did
eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. And he
slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came
up upon one stalk, rank and good. And, behold, seven thin ears and
blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. And the seven thin
ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and,
behold, it was a dream. And it came to pass in the morning that his
spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of
Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream;
but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my
faults this day:
10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the
captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man
according to the interpretation of his dream.
12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the
captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our
dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he
restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily
out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and
came in unto Pharaoh.
15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is
none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou
canst understand a dream to interpret it.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give
Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the
bank of the river:
18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed
and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill
favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt
for badness:
20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven
fat kine:
21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had
eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I
awoke.
22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk,
full and good:
23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east
wind, sprung up after them:
24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto
the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath
shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are
seven years: the dream is one.
27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are
seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall
be seven years of famine.
28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is
about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the
land of Egypt:
30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the
plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall
consume the land;
31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that
famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because
the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set
him over the land of Egypt.
34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and
take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous
years.
35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and
lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the
cities.
36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years
of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish
not through the famine.
37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of
all his servants.
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this
is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all
this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all
my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land
of Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon
Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a
gold chain about his neck;
43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they
cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land
of Egypt.
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall
no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to
wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went
out over all the land of Egypt.
46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of
Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went
throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by
handfuls.
48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in
the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the
field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he
left numbering; for it was without number.
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came,
which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said
he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me
to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt,
were ended.
54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had
said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt
there was bread.
55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to
Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto
Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened
all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed
sore in the land of Egypt.
57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because
that the famine was so sore in all lands. Now when Jacob saw that there
was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon
another?
2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get
you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not
die.
3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for
he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for
the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to
all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down
themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself
strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them,
Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said
unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy
servants come.
11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no
spies.
12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye
are come.
13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man
in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our
father, and one is not.
14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying,
Ye are spies:
15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go
forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be
kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any
truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
17 And he put them all together into ward three days.
18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I
fear God:
19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of
your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be
verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our
brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us,
and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do
not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold,
also his blood is required.
23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto
them by an interpreter.
24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to
them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and
bound him before their eyes.
25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore
every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the
way: and thus did he unto them.
26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the
inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is
even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid,
saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and
told him all that befell unto them; saying,
30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took
us for spies of the country.
31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the
youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I
know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and
take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye
are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your
brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every
man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their
father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my
children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin
away: all these things are against me.
37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I
bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him
to thee again.
38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is
dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the
which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the
grave. And the famine was sore in the land.
2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had
brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a
little food.
3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto
us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee
food:
5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said
unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the
man whether ye had yet a brother?
7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our
kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and
we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly
know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we
will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou,
and also our little ones.
9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I
bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the
blame for ever:
10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second
time.
11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do
this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry
down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and
myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
12 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought
again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand;
peradventure it was an oversight:
13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send
away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children,
I am bereaved.
15 And the men took that present, and they took double money in their
hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood
before Joseph.
16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his
house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men
shall dine with me at noon.
17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into
Joseph's house.
18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's
house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our
sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion
against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they
communed with him at the door of the house,
20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our
sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our
money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we
cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of
your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money.
And he brought Simeon out unto them.
24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them
water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for
they heard that they should eat bread there.
26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in
their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well,
the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is
yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his
mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake
unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother:
and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept
there.
31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and
said, Set on bread.
32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and
for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the
Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an
abomination unto the Egyptians.
33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright,
and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at
another.
34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but
Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they
drank, and were merry with him. And he commanded the steward of his
house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can
carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.
2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest,
and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had
spoken.
3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and
their asses.
4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph
said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost
overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he
divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God
forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought
again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out
of thy lord's house silver or gold?
9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we
also will be my lord's bondmen.
10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with
whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and
opened every man his sack.
12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest:
and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and
returned to the city.
14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet
there: and they fell before him on the ground.
15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot
ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak?
or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy
servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with
whom the cup is found.
17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose
hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you
up in peace unto your father.
18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy
servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine
anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child
of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is
left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I
may set mine eyes upon him.
22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he
should leave his father, his father would die.
23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come
down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we
told him the words of my lord.
25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us,
then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our
youngest brother be with us.
27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me
two sons:
28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in
pieces; and I saw him not since:
29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall
bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be
not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us,
that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of
thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If
I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for
ever.
33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad
a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest
peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. Then Joseph
could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he
cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with
him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet
live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at
his presence.
4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And
they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold
into Egypt.
5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold
me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there
are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth,
and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made
me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler
throughout all the land of Egypt.
9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy
son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me,
tarry not:
10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near
unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy
flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of
famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to
poverty.
12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin,
that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all
that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin
wept upon his neck.
15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after
that his brethren talked with him.
16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's
brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye;
lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
18 And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I
will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat
of the land.
19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land
of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your
father, and come.
20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is
yours.
21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons,
according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for
the way.
22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin
he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with
the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread
and meat for his father by the way.
24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto
them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto
Jacob their father,
26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over
all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them
not.
27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto
them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him,
the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go
and see him before I die. And Israel took his journey with all that he
had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his
father Isaac.
2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said,
Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down
into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring
thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried
Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the
wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in
the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with
him:
7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons'
daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into
Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and
Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and
Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of
Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram,
with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters
were thirty and three.
16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and
Arodi, and Areli.
17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and
Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter,
and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim,
which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera,
and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. These are the
sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
And the sons of Dan; Hushim. And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and
Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban
gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the
souls were seven. All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which
came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were
threescore and six; And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in
Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came
into Egypt, were threescore and ten. And he sent Judah before him unto
Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of
Goshen. And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel
his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on
his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. And Israel said unto
Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art
yet alive. And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's
house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren,
and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto
me; And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed
cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all
that they have. And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you,
and shall say, What is your occupation? That ye shall say, Thy
servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now,
both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen;
for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. Then Joseph
came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their
flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the
land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. And he
took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto
Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation?
And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and
also our fathers. They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in
the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their
flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we
pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. And Pharaoh
spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto
thee: The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make
thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell:
and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them
rulers over my cattle. And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set
him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto
Jacob, How old art thou? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the
years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil
have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto
the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their
pilgrimage. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before
Pharaoh. And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a
possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land
of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. And Joseph nourished his father,
and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according
to their families. And there was no bread in all the land; for the
famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of
Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. And Joseph gathered up all the
money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan,
for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into
Pharaoh's house. And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the
land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us
bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle,
if money fail. And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph
gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the
cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for
all their cattle for that year. When that year was ended, they came
unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from
my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of
cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our
bodies, and our lands: Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both
we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land
will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and
not die, that the land be not desolate. And Joseph bought all the land
of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field,
because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the
borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. Only the land of the
priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of
Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore
they sold not their lands. Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I
have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed
for you, and ye shall sow the land. And it shall come to pass in the
increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four
parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and
for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. And
they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of
my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. And Joseph made it a law
over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the
fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not
Pharaoh's. And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of
Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied
exceedingly. And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so
the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. And the
time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and
said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray
thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury
me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: But I will lie with my fathers, and thou
shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he
said, I will do as thou hast said. And he said, Swear unto me. And he
sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head. And it
came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy
father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and
Ephraim. And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh
unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. And
Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the
land of Canaan, and blessed me, And said unto me, Behold, I will make
thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude
of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an
everlasting possession. And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,
which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee
into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. And thy
issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be
called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. And as
for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan
in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath:
and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? And Joseph
said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this
place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless
them. Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not
see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and
embraced them. And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see
thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. And Joseph brought
them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to
the earth. And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward
Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right
hand, and brought them near unto him. And Israel stretched out his
right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and
his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for
Manasseh was the firstborn. And he blessed Joseph, and said, God,
before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me
all my life long unto this day, The Angel which redeemed me from all
evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of
my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the
midst of the earth. And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right
hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his
father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the
firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. And his father refused,
and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people,
and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be
greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. And
he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying,
God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before
Manasseh. And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be
with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. Moreover I
have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of
the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. And Jacob called
unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell
you that which shall befall you in the last days. Gather yourselves
together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your
father. Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of
my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy
father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. Simeon
and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine
honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in
their selfwill they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it
was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in
Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren
shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy
father's children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion's whelp:
from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as
a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall
not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until
Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Binding
his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he
washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. Zebulun
shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of
ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. Issachar is a strong ass
couching down between two burdens: And he saw that rest was good, and
the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and
became a servant unto tribute. Dan shall judge his people, as one of
the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in
the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall
backward. I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. Gad, a troop shall
overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. Out of Asher his bread
shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. Naphtali is a hind let
loose: he giveth goodly words. Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a
fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: The archers
have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: But his bow
abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the
hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the
stone of Israel:) Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee;
and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven
above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the
breasts, and of the womb: The blessings of thy father have prevailed
above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the
everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the
crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. Benjamin
shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at
night he shall divide the spoil. All these are the twelve tribes of
Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed
them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. And he
charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people:
bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the
Hittite, In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before
Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of
Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. There they
buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah
his wife; and there I buried Leah. The purchase of the field and of the
cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. And when Jacob had
made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the
bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. And
Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father:
and the physicians embalmed Israel. And forty days were fulfilled for
him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the
Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. And when the days of
his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying,
If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears
of Pharaoh, saying, My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my
grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt
thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my
father, and I will come again. And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy
father, according as he made thee swear. And Joseph went up to bury his
father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of
his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, And all the house
of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little
ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of
Goshen. And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it
was a very great company. And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad,
which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very
sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. And
when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in
the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the
Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is
beyond Jordan. And his sons did unto him according as he commanded
them: For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him
in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the
field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before
Mamre. And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all
that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his
father. And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they
said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us
all the evil which we did unto him. And they sent a messenger unto
Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, So shall
ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy
brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray
thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father.
And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. And his brethren also went
and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy
servants. And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of
God? But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto
good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones.
And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. And Joseph dwelt in
Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten
years. And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the
children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon
Joseph's knees. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will
surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he
sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And Joseph took an oath of
the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall
carry up my bones from hence. So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten
years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
First Order Recitation - Exodus
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into
Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. Reuben, Simeon,
Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan, and Naphtali,
Gad, and Asher. And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob
were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. And Joseph died,
and all his brethren, and all that generation. And the children of
Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and
waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. Now there
arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. And he said unto
his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and
mightier than we: Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they
multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war,
they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them
up out of the land. Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to
afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure
cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more
they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children
of Israel. And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with
rigour: And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter,
and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their
service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour. And the king of
Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was
Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: And he said, When ye do the
office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools;
if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then
she shall live. But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of
Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. 18 And the king
of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done
this thing, and have saved the men children alive? And the midwives
said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian
women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in
unto them. Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people
multiplied, and waxed very mighty. And it came to pass, because the
midwives feared God, that he made them houses. And Pharaoh charged all
his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the
river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. And there went a man of
the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman
conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly
child, she hid him three months. And when she could not longer hide
him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and
with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by
the river's brink. And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be
done to him.
5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river;
and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the
ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had
opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had
compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. Then
said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a
nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? And
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the
child's mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child
away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the
woman took the child, and nursed it. And the child grew, and she
brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she
called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the
water. And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he
went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied
an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this
way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the
Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. And when he went out the second day,
behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that
did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? And he said, Who made
thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou
killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is
known. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But
Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian:
and he sat down by a well. Now the priest of Midian had seven
daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to
water their father's flock. And the shepherds came and drove them away:
but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. And when
they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so
soon to day? And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of
the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the
flock. And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that
ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. And Moses was
content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I
have been a stranger in a strange land. And it came to pass in process
of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed
by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto
God by reason of the bondage. And God heard their groaning, and God
remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And
God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of
Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to
the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the LORD appeared
unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked,
and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why
the bush is not burnt. And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to
see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses,
Moses. And he said, Here am I. And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put
off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is
holy ground. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his
face; for he was afraid to look upon God. And the LORD said, I have
surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have
heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their
sorrows; And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the
Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a
large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and
the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Now therefore, behold, the cry of the
children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression
wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. Come now therefore, and I will
send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the
children of Israel out of Egypt. And Moses said unto God, Who am I,
that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the
children of Israel out of Egypt? And he said, Certainly I will be with
thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When
thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God
upon this mountain. And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto
the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your
fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his
name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I
AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM
hath sent me unto you. And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt
thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the
God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me
unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all
generations. Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto
them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and
of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen
that which is done to you in Egypt: And I have said, I will bring you
up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and
the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites,
and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. And they
shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of
Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God
of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee,
three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the
LORD our God. And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go,
no, not by a mighty hand. And I will stretch out my hand, and smite
Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and
after that he will let you go. And I will give this people favour in
the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye
go, ye shall not go empty: But every woman shall borrow of her
neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver,
and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons,
and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. And Moses
answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken
unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A
rod. And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground,
and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. And the LORD
said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he
put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto
thee. And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into
thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out,
behold, his hand was leprous as snow. And he said, Put thine hand into
thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked
it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other
flesh. And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee,
neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe
the voice of the latter sign. And it shall come to pass, if they will
not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that
thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry
land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become
blood upon the dry land. And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am
not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy
servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. And the LORD
said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or
deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Now therefore
go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou
wilt send. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he
said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak
well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth
thee, he will be glad in his heart.
15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I
will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye
shall do.
16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even
he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him
instead of God.
17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do
signs.
18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said
unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are
in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses,
Go in peace.
19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for
all the men are dead which sought thy life.
20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and
he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his
hand.
21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt,
see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in
thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the
people go.
22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my
son, even my firstborn:
23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if
thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy
firstborn.
24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him,
and sought to kill him.
25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her
son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art
thou to me.
26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because
of the circumcision.
27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.
And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and
all the signs which he had commanded him.
29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the
children of Israel:
30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses,
and did the signs in the sight of the people.
31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had
visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their
affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. And afterward
Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of
Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the
wilderness.
2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to
let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we
pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the
LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and
Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye
make them rest from their burdens.
6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and
their officers, saying,
7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore:
let them go and gather straw for themselves.
8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall
lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle;
therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour
therein; and let them not regard vain words.
10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and
they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give
you straw.
11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your
work shall be diminished.
12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt
to gather stubble instead of straw.
13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your
daily tasks, as when there was straw.
14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's
taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore
have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to
day, as heretofore?
15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto
Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make
brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine
own people.
17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go
and do sacrifice to the LORD.
18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you,
yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. And the officers of the
children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was
said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.
And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth
from Pharaoh: And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and
judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of
Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand
to slay us. And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore
hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent
me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil
to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. Then the
LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for
with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall
he drive them out of his land. And God spake unto Moses, and said unto
him, I am the LORD: And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto
Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not
known to them. And I have also established my covenant with them, to
give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein
they were strangers. And I have also heard the groaning of the children
of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my
covenant. Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and
I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I
will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a
stretched out arm, and with great judgments: And I will take you to me
for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am
the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the
Egyptians. And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which
I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will
give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD. And Moses spake so unto the
children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of
spirit, and for cruel bondage. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of
Israel go out of his land. And Moses spake before the LORD, saying,
Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then
shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips? And the LORD spake
unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of
Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel
out of the land of Egypt. These be the heads of their fathers' houses:
The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron,
and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben. And the sons of Simeon;
Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son
of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon. And these are
the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon,
and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an
hundred thirty and seven years.
17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel:
and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three
years.
19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of
Levi according to their generations.
20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she
bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an
hundred and thirty and seven years.
21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of
Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and
Ithamar.
24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are
the families of the Korhites.
25 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to
wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of
the Levites according to their families.
26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the
children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out
the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.
28 And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the
land of Egypt,
29 That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou
unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.
30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips,
and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? And the LORD said unto Moses,
See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be
thy prophet.
2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall
speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his
land.
3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my
wonders in the land of Egypt.
4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon
Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of
Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth
mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among
them.
6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.
7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three
years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
8 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you:
then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before
Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the
LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and
before his servants, and it became a serpent.
11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the
magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their
enchantments.
12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but
Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as
the LORD had said.
14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he
refuseth to let the people go.
15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the
water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and
the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent
me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the
wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD:
behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters
which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall
stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the
river.
19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and
stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams,
upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of
water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood
throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in
vessels of stone.
20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up
the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of
Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were
in the river were turned to blood.
21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and
the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was
blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the
LORD had said.
23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his
heart to this also.
24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to
drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the
river. And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto
him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy
borders with frogs:
3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up
and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed,
and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine
ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and
upon all thy servants.
5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine
hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the
ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the
frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up
frogs upon the land of Egypt.
8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD,
that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will
let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for
thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs
from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word:
that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from
thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the
LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
13 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died
out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart,
and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod,
and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all
the land of Egypt.
17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and
smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast;
all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice,
but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the
LORD had said.
20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and
stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto
him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms
of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and
into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of
swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people
dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest
know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to
morrow shall this sign be.
24 And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into
the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the
land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye,
sacrifice to your God in the land.
26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we
sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will
they not stone us?
27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to
the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the
LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away:
intreat for me.
29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the
LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his
servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal
deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the
LORD.
30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the
swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people;
there remained not one.
32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he
let the people go. Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh,
and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go,
that they may serve me.
2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the
field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen,
and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle
of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of
Israel.
5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall
do this thing in the land.
6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of
Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the
Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not
let the people go.
8 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of
ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in
the sight of Pharaoh.
9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be
a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout
all the land of Egypt.
10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and
Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking
forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.
11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils;
for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not
unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.
13 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and
stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the
Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and
upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that
there is none like me in all the earth.
15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy
people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew
in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the
earth.
17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not
let them go?
18 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very
grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation
thereof even until now.
19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in
the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the
field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon
them, and they shall die.
20 He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh
made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
21 And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and
his cattle in the field.
22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward
heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and
upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of
Egypt.
23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent
thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD
rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous,
such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became
a nation.
25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in
the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the
field, and brake every tree of the field. Only in the land of Goshen,
where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. And Pharaoh sent,
and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this
time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty
thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no
longer. And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city,
I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall
cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how
that the earth is the LORD'S. But as for thee and thy servants, I know
that ye will not yet fear the LORD God. And the flax and the barley was
smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. But
the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up. And
Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands
unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not
poured upon the earth. And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail
and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his
heart, he and his servants. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened,
neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken
by Moses. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have
hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew
these my signs before him: And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy
son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my
signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the
LORD. And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus
saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble
thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. Else, if
thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the
locusts into thy coast: And they shall cover the face of the earth,
that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the
residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the
hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:
And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and
the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy
fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth
unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. And
Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare
unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God:
knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? And Moses and Aaron were
brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD
your God: but who are they that shall go? And Moses said, We will go
with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters,
with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast
unto the LORD. And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I
will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before
you. Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye
did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. And the
LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for
the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat
every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. And Moses
stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an
east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it
was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in
all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there
were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was
darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of
the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green
thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land
of Egypt.
16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I
have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.
17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and
intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death
only.
18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the
locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust
in all the coasts of Egypt.
20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the
children of Israel go.
21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven,
that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which
may be felt.
22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a
thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three
days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only
let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go
with you.
25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt
offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.
26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left
behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know
not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.
27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.
28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself,
see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no
more. And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more
upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when
he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his
neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and
jewels of gold.
3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians.
Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the
sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.
4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out
into the midst of Egypt:
5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the
firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the
firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the
firstborn of beasts.
6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such
as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his
tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth
put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down
themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that
follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh
in a great anger.
9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you;
that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the
LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of
Israel go out of his land. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in
the land of Egypt, saying,
2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the
first month of the year to you.
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth
day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according
to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his
neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the
souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the
lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye
shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month:
and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in
the evening.
7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts
and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and
unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire;
his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that
which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your
feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is
the LORD'S passover.
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite
all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against
all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye
are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague
shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it
a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a
feast by an ordinance for ever.
15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye
shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened
bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut
off from Israel.
16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the
seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of
work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that
only may be done of you.
17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this
selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt:
therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance
for ever.
18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye
shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the
month at even.
19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for
whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut
off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born
in the land.
20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat
unleavened bread.
21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them,
Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the
passover.
22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is
in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the
blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of
his house until the morning.
23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he
seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD
will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in
unto your houses to smite you.
24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy
sons for ever.
25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the
LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep
this service.
26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you,
What mean ye by this service?
27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who
passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he
smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the
head and worshipped.
28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had
commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat
on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the
dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all
the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a
house where there was not one dead.
31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and
get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel;
and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.
32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone;
and bless me also.
33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send
them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their
kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and
they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,
and raiment:
36 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians,
so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they
spoiled the Egyptians.
37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about
six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds,
even very much cattle.
39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought
forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust
out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for
themselves any victual.
40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt,
was four hundred and thirty years.
41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years,
even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD
went out from the land of Egypt.
42 It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them
out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be
observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.
43 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the
passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast
circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of
the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone
thereof.
47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the
passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let
him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the
land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that
sojourneth among you.
50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and
Aaron, so did they.
51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the
children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies. And the
LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among
the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came
out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand
the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread
be eaten.
4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.
5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and
the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land
flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this
month.
6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day
shall be a feast to the LORD.
7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no
leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen
with thee in all thy quarters.
8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because
of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a
memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth:
for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to
year.
11 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the
Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it
thee,
12 That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix,
and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males
shall be the LORD'S.
13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if
thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the
firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying,
What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the
LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the
LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of
man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all
that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my
children I redeem.
16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets
between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth
out of Egypt.
17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God
led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although
that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when
they see war, and they return to Egypt:
18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of
the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the
land of Egypt.
19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly
sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye
shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in
the edge of the wilderness.
21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead
them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to
go by day and night:
22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of
fire by night, from before the people. And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before
Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before
it shall ye encamp by the sea.
3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in
the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them;
and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the
Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart
of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they
said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving
us?
6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of
Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he
pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went
out with an high hand.
9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of
Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by
the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.
10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their
eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore
afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt,
hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou
dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us
alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us
to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see
the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the
Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for
ever.
14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak
unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea,
and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground
through the midst of the sea.
17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they
shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all
his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten
me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed
and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before
their face, and stood behind them:
20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of
Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by
night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused
the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the
sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the
dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand,
and on their left.
23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of
the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto
the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud,
and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so
that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the
LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea,
that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots,
and upon their horsemen.
27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea
returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians
fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of
the sea.
28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen,
and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there
remained not so much as one of them.
29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the
sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on
their left.
30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the
Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the
Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and
his servant Moses. Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song
unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he
hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into
the sea.
2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he
is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I
will exalt him.
3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen
captains also are drowned in the Red sea. The depths have covered them:
they sank into the bottom as a stone. Thy right hand, O LORD, is become
glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the
enemy. And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown
them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which
consumed them as stubble. And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters
were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the
depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. The enemy said, I will
pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be
satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead
in the mighty waters. Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods?
who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing
wonders? Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed:
thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. The
people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the
inhabitants of Palestina. Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the
mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the
inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. Fear and dread shall fall upon
them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone;
till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which
thou hast purchased. Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the
mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast
made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands
have established. The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. For the horse
of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the
sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but
the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. And
Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand;
and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed
gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the
wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and
found no water.
23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of
Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which
when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he
made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD
thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give
ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of
these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for
I am the LORD that healeth thee.
27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and
threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the
children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between
Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their
departing out of the land of Egypt.
2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against
Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died
by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh
pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us
forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven
for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every
day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare
that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather
daily.
6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even,
then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of
Egypt:
7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that
he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye
murmur against us?
8 And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that
the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what
are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.
9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the
children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your
murmurings.
10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of
the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and,
behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto
them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall
be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered
the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the
wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on
the ground.
15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It
is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This
is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every
man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the
number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his
tents.
17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some
less.
18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had
nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered
every man according to his eating.
19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left
of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was
wroth with them.
21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his
eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as
much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the
congregation came and told Moses.
23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To
morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which
ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which
remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not
stink, neither was there any worm therein.
25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the
LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall
gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there
shall be none. And it came to pass, that there went out some of the
people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. And the
LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my
laws? See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he
giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man
in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. So the
people rested on the seventh day. And the house of Israel called the
name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the
taste of it was like wafers made with honey. And Moses said, This is
the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for
your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you
in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. And
Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna
therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your
generations. As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before
the Testimony, to be kept. And the children of Israel did eat manna
forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna,
until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. Now an omer is
the tenth part of an ephah. And all the congregation of the children of
Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys,
according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and
there was no water for the people to drink.
2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water
that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me?
wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured
against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up
out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this
people? they be almost ready to stone me.
5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with
thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the
river, take in thine hand, and go.
6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and
thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that
the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of
Israel.
7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of
the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the
LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with
Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of
God in mine hand.
10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and
Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel
prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under
him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one
on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were
steady until the going down of the sun.
13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the
sword.
14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book,
and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the
remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war
with Amalek from generation to generation. When Jethro, the priest of
Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses,
and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of
Egypt;
2 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after
he had sent her back,
3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he
said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said
he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
5 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife
unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee,
and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and
kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came
into the tent.
8 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto
Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail
that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to
Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of
the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath
delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing
wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
12 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and
sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to
eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the
people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the
evening.
14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he
said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest
thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto
even?
15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto
me to enquire of God:
16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one
and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
17 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is
not good.
18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with
thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to
perform it thyself alone.
19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall
be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest
bring the causes unto God:
20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them
the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as
fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them,
to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties,
and rulers of tens:
22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that
every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter
they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall
bear the burden with thee.
23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou
shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their
place in peace.
24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all
that he had said.
25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over
the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties,
and rulers of tens.
26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they
brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
27 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his
own land. In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone
forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the
wilderness of Sinai.
2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of
Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped
before the mount.
3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the
mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell
the children of Israel;
4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on
eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant,
then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all
the earth is mine:
6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid
before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD
hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto
the LORD.
9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud,
that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for
ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them
to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will
come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take
heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the
border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to
death:
13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or
shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the
trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified
the people; and they washed their clothes.
15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come
not at your wives.
16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were
thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the
voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in
the camp trembled.
17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God;
and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD
descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke
of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and
louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount:
and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went
up.
21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they
break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify
themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount
Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and
sanctify it.
24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come
up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people
break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. And God spake
all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have
no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven
image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is
in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou
shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy
God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And
shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my
commandments. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain;
for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour,
and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy
God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy
stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven
and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh
day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the
land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou
shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear
false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his
manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing
that is thy neighbour's. And all the people saw the thunderings, and
the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking:
and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. And they
said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God
speak with us, lest we die. And Moses said unto the people, Fear not:
for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your
faces, that ye sin not. And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew
near unto the thick darkness where God was. And the LORD said unto
Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen
that I have talked with you from heaven. Ye shall not make with me gods
of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. An altar of
earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt
offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all
places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless
thee.
25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it
of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted
it.
26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy
nakedness be not discovered thereon. Now these are the judgments which
thou shalt set before them.
2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the
seventh he shall go out free for nothing. If he came in by himself, he
shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out
with him. If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him
sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and
he shall go out by himself. And if the servant shall plainly say, I
love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: Then
his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to
the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear
through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever. And if a man sell
his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the
menservants do. If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to
himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange
nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with
her. And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her
after the manner of daughters. If he take him another wife; her food,
her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. And if he
do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I
will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. But if a man come
presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt
take him from mine altar, that he may die. And he that smiteth his
father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. And he that
stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he
shall surely be put to death. And he that curseth his father, or his
mother, shall surely be put to death. And if men strive together, and
one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but
keepeth his bed:
19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that
smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and
shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die
under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be
punished: for he is his money.
22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart
from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished,
according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as
the judges determine.
23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid,
that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's
tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be
surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the
ox shall be quit.
29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it
hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that
he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner
also shall be put to death.
30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the
ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to
this judgment shall it be done unto him.
32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give
unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not
cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the
owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall
sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they
shall divide. Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time
past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for
ox; and the dead shall be his own. If a man shall steal an ox, or a
sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox,
and four sheep for a sheep. If a thief be found breaking up, and be
smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. If the sun
be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should
make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for
his theft. If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether
it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. If a man shall
cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and
shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of
the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution. If fire break
out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing
corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire
shall surely make restitution. If a man shall deliver unto his
neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's
house; if the thief be found, let him pay double. If the thief be not
found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges,
to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. For all
manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for
raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to
be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and
whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or
any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man
seeing it: Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he
hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it
shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. And if it be
stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. If
it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall
not make good that which was torn. And if a man borrow ought of his
neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it,
he shall surely make it good. But if the owner thereof be with it, he
shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he
shall surely endow her to be his wife. If her father utterly refuse to
give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of
virgins. Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. Whosoever lieth with a
beast shall surely be put to death. He that sacrificeth unto any god,
save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. Thou shalt
neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the
land of Egypt. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If
thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will
surely hear their cry; And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you
with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children
fatherless.
25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou
shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him
usury.
26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt
deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin:
wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto
me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of
thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven
days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh
that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. Thou
shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to
be an unrighteous witness.
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou
speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt
surely bring it back to him again.
5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden,
and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous
slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and
perverteth the words of the righteous.
9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a
stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the
fruits thereof:
11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the
poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field
shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with
thy oliveyard.
12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt
rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy
handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make
no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of
thy mouth.
14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat
unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed
of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall
appear before me empty:)
16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou
hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the
end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the
field.
17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord
GOD.
18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread;
neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the
house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's
milk.
20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to
bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not
pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak;
then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine
adversaries.
23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the
Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the
Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after
their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break
down their images.
25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread,
and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land:
the number of thy days I will fulfil.
27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to
whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their
backs unto thee.
28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the
Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the
land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until
thou be increased, and inherit the land.
31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the
Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the
inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out
before thee.
32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against
me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab,
and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar
off.
2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come
nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all
the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said,
All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the
morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars,
according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt
offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of
the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the
people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be
obedient.
8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said,
Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you
concerning all these words.
9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the
elders of Israel:
10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it
were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of
heaven in his clearness.
11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand:
also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be
there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and
commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into
the mount of God.
14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come
again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man
have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud
covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of
the midst of the cloud. And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like
devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of
Israel. And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into
the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. And
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel,
that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly
with his heart ye shall take my offering. And this is the offering
which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, And blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, And rams' skins
dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, Oil for the light,
spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, Onyx stones, and
stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. And let them
make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. According to all that
I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of
all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. And they shall
make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length
thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a
half the height thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold,
within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a
crown of gold round about. And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for
it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in
the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. And thou
shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. And thou
shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the
ark may be borne with them. The staves shall be in the rings of the
ark: they shall not be taken from it. And thou shalt put into the ark
the testimony which I shall give thee. And thou shalt make a mercy seat
of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a
cubit and a half the breadth thereof. And thou shalt make two cherubims
of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the
mercy seat. And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on
the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on
the two ends thereof. And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings
on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces
shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the
cherubims be. And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and
in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. And
there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above
the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark
of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment
unto the children of Israel. Thou shalt also make a table of shittim
wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth
thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. And thou shalt
overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round
about. And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round
about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round
about. And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings
in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. Over against the
border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with
gold, that the table may be borne with them. And thou shalt make the
dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls
thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. And thou
shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway. And thou shalt make
a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be
made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his
flowers, shall be of the same. And six branches shall come out of the
sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and
three branches of the candlestick out of the other side: Three bowls
made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and
three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a
flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. And in
the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their
knops and their flowers. And there shall be a knop under two branches
of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop
under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that
proceed out of the candlestick. Their knops and their branches shall be
of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. And thou
shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps
thereof, that they may give light over against it. And the tongs
thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. Of a
talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. And look
that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the
mount. Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of
fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of
cunning work shalt thou make them. The length of one curtain shall be
eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits:
and every one of the curtains shall have one measure. The five curtains
shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall
be coupled one to another. And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the
edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise
shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the
coupling of the second.
5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt
thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the
second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains
together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
7 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the
tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of
one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one
measure.
9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains
by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of
the tabernacle.
10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that
is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain
which coupleth the second.
11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into
the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half
curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that
which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall
hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to
cover it. And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins
dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins. And thou shalt make
boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.
16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half
shall be the breadth of one board.
17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against
another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on
the south side southward.
19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards;
two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under
another board for his two tenons.
20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there
shall be twenty boards:
21 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and
two sockets under another board.
22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six
boards.
23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in
the two sides.
24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be
coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be
for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen
sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another
board.
26 And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the
one side of the tabernacle,
27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle,
and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two
sides westward.
28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end
to end.
29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of
gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with
gold.
30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion
thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.
31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid
with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of
silver.
33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest
bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail
shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in
the most holy place.
35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick
over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south:
and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with
needlework.
37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood,
and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou
shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. And thou shalt make an altar
of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar
shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.
2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof:
his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels,
and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels
thereof thou shalt make of brass.
4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the
net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that
the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and
overlay them with brass.
7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be
upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the
mount, so shall they make it.
9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side
southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of
an hundred cubits long for one side:
10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of
brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of
an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets
of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings
of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be
fifty cubits.
14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
16 And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits,
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with
needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver;
their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
18 The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth
fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and
their sockets of brass.
19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and
all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee
pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is
before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to
morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their
generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. And take thou unto
thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children
of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even
Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. And thou
shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for
beauty. And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I
have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's
garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the
priest's office. And these are the garments which they shall make; a
breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre,
and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother,
and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. And
they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
linen. And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple,
of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. It shall have the
two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it
shall be joined together. And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is
upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of
gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. And thou
shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children
of Israel: Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of
the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. With the work of
an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou
engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou
shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. And thou shalt put the two
stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the
children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD
upon his two shoulders for a memorial. And thou shalt make ouches of
gold; And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt
thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. And thou
shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the
work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple,
and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length
thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. And thou shalt set in
it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be
a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. And the fourth
row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in
their inclosings. And the stones shall be with the names of the
children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the
engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according
to the twelve tribes. And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains
at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold. And thou shalt make upon the
breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two
ends of the breastplate. And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of
gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. And the
other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two
ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it. And
thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two
ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of
the ephod inward.
27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on
the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof,
over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of
the ephod.
28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the
rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the
curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed
from the ephod.
29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the
breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy
place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.
30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the
Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before
the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel
upon his heart before the LORD continually.
31 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof:
it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it
were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
33 And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue,
and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells
of gold between them round about:
34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate,
upon the hem of the robe round about.
35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard
when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he
cometh out, that he die not.
36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like
the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre;
upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the
iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow
in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that
they may be accepted before the LORD.
39 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make
the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
40 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for
them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for
beauty.
41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with
him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them,
that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. And thou shalt
make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even
unto the thighs they shall reach: And they shall be upon Aaron, and
upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the
congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the
holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute
for ever unto him and his seed after him. And this is the thing that
thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the
priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,
And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and
wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make
them. And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the
basket, with the bullock and the two rams. And Aaron and his sons thou
shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and
shalt wash them with water. And thou shalt take the garments, and put
upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the
breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: And
thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the
mitre. Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his
head, and anoint him. And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon
them. And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and
put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a
perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. And
thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the
congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the
head of the bullock. And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD,
by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And thou shalt take
of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar
with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.
And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul
that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon
them, and burn them upon the altar. But the flesh of the bullock, and
his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it
is a sin offering. Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons
shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. And thou shalt slay the
ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon
the altar. And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards
of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.
And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt
offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire
unto the LORD. And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his
sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. Then shalt thou
kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the
right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and
upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their
right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the
anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and
upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall
be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments
with him. Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the
fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the
two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for
it is a ram of consecration: And one loaf of bread, and one cake of
oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread
that is before the LORD: And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron,
and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering
before the LORD. And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn
them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the
LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. And thou shalt take
the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave
offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part. And thou shalt
sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave
offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the
consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for
his sons: And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever
from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall
be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of
their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD. And the
holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed
therein, and to be consecrated in them. And that son that is priest in
his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the
tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place. And thou
shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the
holy place. And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and
the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation. And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement
was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not
eat thereof, because they are holy. And if ought of the flesh of the
consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou
shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it
is holy. And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according
to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou
consecrate them. And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin
offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou
hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify
it. Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify
it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar
shall be holy. Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar;
two lambs of the first year day by day continually. The one lamb thou
shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at
even: And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the
fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of
wine for a drink offering. And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even,
and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and
according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an
offering made by fire unto the LORD. This shall be a continual burnt
offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there
unto thee. And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the
tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. And I will sanctify the
tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also
both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office. And
I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. And
they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth
out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD
their God. And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of
shittim wood shalt thou make it. A cubit shall be the length thereof,
and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits
shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the
sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make
unto it a crown of gold round about. And two golden rings shalt thou
make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the
two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for
the staves to bear it withal. And thou shalt make the staves of shittim
wood, and overlay them with gold. And thou shalt put it before the vail
that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over
the testimony, where I will meet with thee. And Aaron shall burn
thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he
shall burn incense upon it. And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even,
he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD
throughout your generations. Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon,
nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink
offering thereon. And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of
it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements:
once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your
generations: it is most holy unto the LORD. And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after
their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto
the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them,
when thou numberest them. This they shall give, every one that passeth
among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the
sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the
offering of the LORD. Every one that passeth among them that are
numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto
the LORD. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give
less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to
make an atonement for your souls. And thou shalt take the atonement
money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service
of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto
the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your
souls. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Thou shalt also make a
laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou
shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar,
and thou shalt put water therein. For Aaron and his sons shall wash
their hands and their feet thereat: When they go into the tabernacle of
the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or
when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by
fire unto the LORD: So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that
they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him
and to his seed throughout their generations. Moreover the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying, Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure
myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even
two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and
fifty shekels, And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: And thou shalt make it an oil
of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary:
it shall be an holy anointing oil. And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle
of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, And the
table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the
altar of incense, And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels,
and the laver and his foot. And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may
be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. And thou shalt
anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister
unto me in the priest's office. And thou shalt speak unto the children
of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me
throughout your generations. Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured,
neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it:
it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. Whosoever compoundeth any
like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be
cut off from his people. And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee
sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with
pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: And thou shalt
make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary,
tempered together, pure and holy: And thou shalt beat some of it very
small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the
congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most
holy. And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make
to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto
thee holy for the LORD. Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell
thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the
son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: And I have filled him with the
spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and
in all manner of workmanship, To devise cunning works, to work in gold,
and in silver, and in brass, And in cutting of stones, to set them, and
in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. And I,
behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the
tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put
wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; The
tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the
mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,
And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his
furniture, and the altar of incense, And the altar of burnt offering
with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, And the cloths of
service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments
of his sons, to minister in the priest's office, And the anointing oil,
and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have
commanded thee shall they do. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths
ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your
generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify
you. Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you:
every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever
doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his
people. Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of
rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he
shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall
keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations,
for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of
Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on
the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. And he gave unto Moses,
when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two
tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the
mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said
unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this
Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not
what is become of him. And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden
earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of
your daughters, and bring them unto me. And all the people brake off
the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto
Aaron. And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a
graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These
be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made
proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. And they rose
up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace
offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to
play. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people,
which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted
themselves: They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I
commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped
it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O
Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And the
LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a
stiffnecked people: Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax
hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee
a great nation. And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD,
why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought
forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty
hand? Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did
he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them
from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of
this evil against thy people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy
servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them,
I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land
that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall
inherit it for ever. And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought
to do unto his people. And Moses turned, and went down from the mount,
and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were
written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they
written.
16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing
of God, graven upon the tables.
17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he
said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. And he said, It
is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the
voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that
sing do I hear. And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed
hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath
the mount. And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in
the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and
made the children of Israel drink of it. And Moses said unto Aaron,
What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin
upon them? And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou
knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. For they said unto
me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the
man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is
become of him. And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them
break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and
there came out this calf. And when Moses saw that the people were
naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their
enemies:) Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on
the LORD'S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi
gathered themselves together unto him. And he said unto them, Thus
saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and
go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man
his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there
fell of the people that day about three thousand men. For Moses had
said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his
son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this
day. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the
people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD;
peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. And Moses returned
unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and
have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--;
and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast
written. And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against
me, him will I blot out of my book. Therefore now go, lead the people
unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel
shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit
their sin upon them. And the LORD plagued the people, because they made
the calf, which Aaron made. And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and
go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the
land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and
to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: And I will send an
angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and
the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: Unto a
land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of
thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the
way. And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no
man did put on him his ornaments. For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say
unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come
up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now
put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by
the mount Horeb. And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without
the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the
congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD
went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the
camp. And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle,
that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and
looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. And it came
to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar
descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked
with Moses. And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the
tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man
in his tent door. And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man
speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his
servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the
tabernacle. And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me,
Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send
with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also
found grace in my sight. Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found
grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I
may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy
people. And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give
thee rest. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry
us not up hence. For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy
people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with
us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people
that are upon the face of the earth. And the LORD said unto Moses, I
will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found
grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. And he said, I beseech
thee, shew me thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass
before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and
will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on
whom I will shew mercy. And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for
there shall no man see me, and live. And the LORD said, Behold, there
is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: And it shall come
to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of
the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: And I will
take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face
shall not be seen. And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of
stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words
that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. And be ready in the
morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present
thyself there to me in the top of the mount. And no man shall come up
with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount;
neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. And he hewed
two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the
morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him,
and took in his hand the two tables of stone. And the LORD descended in
the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the
LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The
LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in
goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and
transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty;
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the
children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. And
Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my
Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and
pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. And
he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do
marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any
nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of
the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. Observe
thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before
thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the
Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. Take heed to thyself, lest
thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou
goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: But ye shall
destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is
Jealous, is a jealous God: Lest thou make a covenant with the
inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do
sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his
sacrifice; And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their
daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring
after their gods. Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. The feast of
unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened
bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the
month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. All that openeth the matrix is
mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that
is male. But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and
if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the
firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before
me empty. Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt
rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of
wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. Thrice
in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the
God of Israel. For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge
thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go
up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. Thou shalt not
offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the
sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. The
first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of
the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. And
the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor
of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. And he
was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat
bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the
covenant, the ten commandments. And it came to pass, when Moses came
down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand,
when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of
his face shone while he talked with him. And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and
they were afraid to come nigh him. And Moses called unto them; and
Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and
Moses talked with them. And afterward all the children of Israel came
nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with
him in mount Sinai. And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put
a vail on his face. But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak
with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and
spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. And the
children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face
shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to
speak with him. And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children
of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the
LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them. Six days shall work be
done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a
sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put
to death. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the
sabbath day. And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children
of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,
Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a
willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and
silver, and brass, And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen,
and goats' hair, And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and
shittim wood, And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and
for the sweet incense, And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the
ephod, and for the breastplate. And every wise hearted among you shall
come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded; The tabernacle, his
tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his
pillars, and his sockets, The ark, and the staves thereof, with the
mercy seat, and the vail of the covering, The table, and his staves,
and all his vessels, and the shewbread, The candlestick also for the
light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,
And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the
sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the
tabernacle, The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his
staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, The hangings of
the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door
of the court, The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court,
and their cords, The cloths of service, to do service in the holy
place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his
sons, to minister in the priest's office. And all the congregation of
the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. And they
came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his
spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD'S offering to the work
of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for
the holy garments. And they came, both men and women, as many as were
willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and
tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an
offering of gold unto the LORD. And every man, with whom was found
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red
skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them. Every one that did
offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD'S offering: and
every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the
service, brought it. And all the women that were wise hearted did spin
with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue,
and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. And all the women
whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. And the rulers
brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the
breastplate; And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing
oil, and for the sweet incense. The children of Israel brought a
willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made
them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had
commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. And Moses said unto the
children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son
of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; And he hath filled him
with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge,
and in all manner of workmanship; And to devise curious works, to work
in gold, and in silver, and in brass, And in the cutting of stones, to
set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.
And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab,
the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. Them hath he filled with
wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of
the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in
scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any
work, and of those that devise cunning work. Then wrought Bezaleel and
Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and
understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of
the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded. And Moses
called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart
the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to
come unto the work to do it: And they received of Moses all the
offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the
service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto
him free offerings every morning. And all the wise men, that wrought
all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they
made; And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more
than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to
make. And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed
throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more
work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained
from bringing. For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work
to make it, and too much. And every wise hearted man among them that
wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined
linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning
work made he them. The length of one curtain was twenty and eight
cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were
all of one size. And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and
the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. And he made loops
of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling:
likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the
coupling of the second. Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty
loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of
the second: the loops held one curtain to another. And he made fifty
taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the
taches: so it became one tabernacle. And he made curtains of goats'
hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the
breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. And he
coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the
coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which
coupleth the second. And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the
tent together, that it might be one. And he made a covering for the
tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above
that. And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing
up. The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board
one cubit and a half. One board had two tenons, equally distant one
from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side
southward: And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards;
two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under
another board for his two tenons. And for the other side of the
tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,
And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two
sockets under another board. And for the sides of the tabernacle
westward he made six boards. And two boards made he for the corners of
the tabernacle in the two sides. And they were coupled beneath, and
coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both
of them in both the corners. And there were eight boards; and their
sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.
And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side
of the tabernacle, And five bars for the boards of the other side of
the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the
sides westward. And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards
from the one end to the other. And he overlaid the boards with gold,
and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid
the bars with gold. And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning
work. And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid
them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four
sockets of silver. And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their
chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of
brass. And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half
was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a
cubit and a half the height of it: And he overlaid it with pure gold
within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. And he
cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it;
even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other
side of it. And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with
gold. And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to
bear the ark. And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a
half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth
thereof. And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece
made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat; One cherub on the end
on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of
the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. And the
cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings
over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy
seatward were the faces of the cherubims. And he made the table of
shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the
breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: And he
overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round
about. Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about;
and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. And he
cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners
that were in the four feet thereof. Over against the border were the
rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. And he made the
staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his
spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.
And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the
candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his
flowers, were of the same: And six branches going out of the sides
thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof,
and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and
a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop
and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the
candlestick. And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds,
his knops, and his flowers: And a knop under two branches of the same,
and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two
branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.
Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one
beaten work of pure gold. And he made his seven lamps, and his
snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold. Of a talent of pure gold
made he it, and all the vessels thereof. And he made the incense altar
of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a
cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the
horns thereof were of the same. And he overlaid it with pure gold, both
the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it:
also he made unto it a crown of gold round about. And he made two rings
of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon
the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal.
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet
spices, according to the work of the apothecary. And he made the altar
of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof,
and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three
cubits the height thereof. And he made the horns thereof on the four
corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it
with brass. And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the
shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the
vessels thereof made he of brass. And he made for the altar a brasen
grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of
it. And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to
be places for the staves. And he made the staves of shittim wood, and
overlaid them with brass. And he put the staves into the rings on the
sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with
boards. And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of
the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation. And he made the court: on the
south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined
linen, an hundred cubits: Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen
sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of
silver. And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits,
their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks
of the pillars and their fillets of silver. And for the west side were
hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the
hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. And for the east side
eastward fifty cubits. The hangings of the one side of the gate were
fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. And for
the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were
hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets
three. All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined
linen. And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the
pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their
chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted
with silver. And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework,
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty
cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits,
answerable to the hangings of the court. And their pillars were four,
and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the
overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver. And all the
pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.
This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony,
as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the
service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the
priest. And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of
Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. And with him was
Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a
cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in
scarlet, and fine linen. All the gold that was occupied for the work in
all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was
twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary. And the silver of them that were numbered
of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven
hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary: A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the
shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from
twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three
thousand and five hundred and fifty men. And of the hundred talents of
silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the
vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made
hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and
four hundred shekels. And therewith he made the sockets to the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the
brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, And the sockets
of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all
the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service,
to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron;
as the LORD commanded Moses. And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. And they did beat the gold
into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in
the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning
work. They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the
two edges was it coupled together. And the curious girdle of his ephod,
that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of
gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD
commanded Moses. And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of
gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of
Israel. And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should
be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the
work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen. It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a
span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being
doubled. And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a
sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. And the
second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. And the third row, a
ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. And the fourth row, a beryl, an
onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their
inclosings. And the stones were according to the names of the children
of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a
signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. And
they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of
pure gold. And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and
put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. And they put the
two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the
breastplate. And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened
in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod,
before it. And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two
ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side
of the ephod inward. And they made two other golden rings, and put them
on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it,
over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of
the ephod. And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the
rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the
curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be
loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses. And he made the
robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. And there was an hole in
the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round
about the hole, that it should not rend. And they made upon the hems of
the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined
linen. And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the
pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the
pomegranates; A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round
about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his
sons, And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and
linen breeches of fine twined linen, And a girdle of fine twined linen,
and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded
Moses. And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and
wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS
TO THE LORD. And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high
upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses. Thus was all the work of
the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the
children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses,
so did they. And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and
all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars,
and his sockets, And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the
covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering, The ark of
the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, The table,
and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, The pure candlestick,
with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all
the vessels thereof, and the oil for light, And the golden altar, and
the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the
tabernacle door, The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves,
and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, The hangings of the court,
his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his
cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the
tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation, The cloths of service to
do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the
priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office.
According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of
Israel made all the work. And Moses did look upon all the work, and,
behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they
done it: and Moses blessed them. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of
the tent of the congregation. And thou shalt put therein the ark of the
testimony, and cover the ark with the vail. 4 And thou shalt bring in
the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon
it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps
thereof. And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before
the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the
tabernacle. And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before
the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. And thou
shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar,
and shalt put water therein. And thou shalt set up the court round
about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate. And thou shalt take
the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein,
and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.
And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his
vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.
And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. And thou
shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and wash them with water. And thou shalt put upon Aaron
the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may
minister unto me in the priest's office. And thou shalt bring his sons,
and clothe them with coats: And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst
anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's
office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood
throughout their generations. Thus did Moses: according to all that the
LORD commanded him, so did he. And it came to pass in the first month
in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle
was reared up. And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his
sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof,
and reared up his pillars. And he spread abroad the tent over the
tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and
set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the
covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded
Moses. And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the
side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. And he set the
bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded
Moses. And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over
against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. And he
lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses. And he
set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. And he put the altar
of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the
congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat
offering; as the LORD commanded Moses. And he set the laver between the
tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash
withal. And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their
feet thereat: When they went into the tent of the congregation, and
when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded
Moses. And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the
altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the
work. Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory
of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into
the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the
glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And when the cloud was taken
up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all
their journeys: But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed
not till the day that it was taken up. For the cloud of the LORD was
upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight
of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
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