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Book 01 — Genesis

001:001	In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
001:002	And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
001:003	And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
001:004	And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
001:005	And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
001:006	And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
001:007	And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
001:008	And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
001:009	And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
001:010	And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
001:011	And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
001:012	And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
001:013	And the evening and the morning were the third day.
001:014	And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
001:015	And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
001:016	And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
001:017	And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
001:018	And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
001:019	And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
001:020	And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
001:021	And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
001:022	And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
001:023	And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
001:024	And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
001:025	And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
001:026	And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
001:027	So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
001:028	And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
001:029	And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
001:030	And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
001:031	And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

002:001	Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
002:002	And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
002:003	And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
002:004	These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
002:005	And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
002:006	But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
002:007	And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
002:008	And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
002:009	And out of the ground made the LORD God 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.
002:010	And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
002:011	The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
002:012	And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
002:013	And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
002:014	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.
002:015	And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
002:016	And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
002:017	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.
002:018	And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
002:019	And out of the ground the LORD God 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.
002:020	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.
002:021	And the LORD God 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;
002:022	And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
002:023	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.
002:024	Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
002:025	And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

003:001	Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
003:002	And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
003:003	But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
003:004	And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
003:005	For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
003:006	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.
003:007	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.
003:008	And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
003:009	And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
003:010	And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
003:011	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?
003:012	And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
003:013	And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
003:014	And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
003:015	And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
003:016	Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
003:017	And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
003:018	Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
003:019	In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
003:020	And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
003:021	Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
003:022	And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
003:023	Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
003:024	So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

004:001	And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
004:002	And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
004:003	And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
004:004	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:
004:005	But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
004:006	And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
004:007	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.
004:008	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.
004:009	And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
004:010	And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
004:011	And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
004:012	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.
004:013	And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
004:014	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.
004:015	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.
004:016	And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
004:017	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.
004:018	And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
004:019	And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
004:020	And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
004:021	And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
004:022	And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
004:023	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.
004:024	If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
004:025	And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
004:026	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.

005:001	This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
005:002	Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
005:003	And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth:
005:004	And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
005:005	And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
005:006	And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
005:007	And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
005:008	And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
005:009	And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
005:010	And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
005:011	And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
005:012	And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel:
005:013	And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
005:014	And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
005:015	And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
005:016	And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
005:017	And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
005:018	And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
005:019	And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
005:020	And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
005:021	And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
005:022	And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
005:023	And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
005:024	And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
005:025	And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech.
005:026	And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
005:027	And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
005:028	And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
005:029	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.
005:030	And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
005:031	And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
005:032	And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

006:001	And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
006:002	That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
006:003	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.
006:004	There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God 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.
006:005	And God 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.
006:006	And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
006:007	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.
006:008	But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
006:009	These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
006:010	And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
006:011	The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
006:012	And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
006:013	And God 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.
006:014	Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
006:015	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.
006:016	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.
006:017	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.
006:018	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.
006:019	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.
006:020	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.
006:021	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.
006:022	Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

007:001	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.
007:002	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.
007:003	Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
007:004	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.
007:005	And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
007:006	And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
007:007	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.
007:008	Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
007:009	There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
007:010	And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
007:011	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.
007:012	And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
007:013	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;
007:014	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.
007:015	And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
007:016	And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
007:017	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.
007:018	And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
007:019	And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
007:020	Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
007:021	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:
007:022	All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
007:023	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.
007:024	And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

008:001	And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
008:002	The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
008:003	And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
008:004	And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
008:005	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.
008:006	And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
008:007	And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
008:008	Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
008:009	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.
008:010	And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
008:011	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.
008:012	And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
008:013	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.
008:014	And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
008:015	And God spake unto Noah, saying,
008:016	Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
008:017	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.
008:018	And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
008:019	Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
008:020	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.
008:021	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.
008:022	While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

009:001	And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
009:002	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.
009:003	Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
009:004	But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
009:005	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.
009:006	Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
009:007	And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
009:008	And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
009:009	And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
009:010	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.
009:011	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.
009:012	And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
009:013	I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
009:014	And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
009:015	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.
009:016	And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
009:017	And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
009:018	And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
009:019	These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
009:020	And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
009:021	And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
009:022	And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
009:023	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.
009:024	And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
009:025	And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
009:026	And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
009:027	God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
009:028	And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
009:029	And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

010:001	Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
010:002	The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
010:003	And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
010:004	And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
010:005	By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
010:006	And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
010:007	And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
010:008	And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
010:009	He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
010:010	And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
010:011	Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
010:012	And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
010:013	And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
010:014	And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
010:015	And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,
010:016	And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
010:017	And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
010:018	And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
010:019	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.
010:020	These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
010:021	Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
010:022	The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
010:023	And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
010:024	And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
010:025	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.
010:026	And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
010:027	And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
010:028	And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
010:029	And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
010:030	And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
010:031	These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
010:032	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.

011:001	And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
011:002	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.
011:003	And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
011:004	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.
011:005	And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
011:006	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.
011:007	Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
011:008	So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
011:009	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.
011:010	These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
011:011	And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
011:012	And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
011:013	And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
011:014	And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
011:015	And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
011:016	And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
011:017	And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
011:018	And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
011:019	And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
011:020	And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
011:021	And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
011:022	And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
011:023	And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
011:024	And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
011:025	And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
011:026	And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
011:027	Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
011:028	And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
011:029	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.
011:030	But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
011:031	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.
011:032	And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

012:001	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:
012:002	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:
012:003	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.
012:004	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.
012:005	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.
012:006	And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
012:007	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.
012:008	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.
012:009	And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
012:010	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.
012:011	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:
012:012	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.
012:013	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.
012:014	And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
012:015	The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
012:016	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.
012:017	And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
012:018	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?
012:019	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.
012:020	And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

013:001	And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
013:002	And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
013:003	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;
013:004	Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
013:005	And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
013:006	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.
013:007	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.
013:008	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.
013:009	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.
013:010	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.
013:011	Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
013:012	Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
013:013	But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
013:014	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:
013:015	For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
013:016	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.
013:017	Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
013:018	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.

014:001	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;
014:002	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.
014:003	All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
014:004	Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
014:005	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 Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
014:006	And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
014:007	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.
014:008	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;
014:009	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.
014:010	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.
014:011	And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
014:012	And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
014:013	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.
014:014	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.
014:015	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.
014:016	And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
014:017	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.
014:018	And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
014:019	And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
014:020	And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
014:021	And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
014:022	And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
014:023	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:
014:024	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.

015:001	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.
015:002	And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
015:003	And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
015:004	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.
015:005	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.
015:006	And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
015:007	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.
015:008	And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
015:009	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.
015:010	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.
015:011	And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
015:012	And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
015:013	And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
015:014	And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
015:015	And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
015:016	But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
015:017	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.
015:018	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:
015:019	The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
015:020	And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
015:021	And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

016:001	Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
016:002	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.
016:003	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.
016:004	And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
016:005	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.
016:006	But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
016:007	And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
016:008	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.
016:009	And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
016:010	And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
016:011	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.
016:012	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.
016:013	And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
016:014	Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
016:015	And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
016:016	And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

017:001	And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
017:002	And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
017:003	And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
017:004	As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
017:005	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.
017:006	And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
017:007	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 God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
017:008	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 God.
017:009	And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
017:010	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.
017:011	And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
017:012	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.
017:013	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.
017:014	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.
017:015	And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
017:016	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.
017:017	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?
017:018	And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
017:019	And God 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.
017:020	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.
017:021	But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
017:022	And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
017:023	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 God had said unto him.
017:024	And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
017:025	And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
017:026	In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
017:027	And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

018:001	And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
018:002	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,
018:003	And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
018:004	Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
018:005	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.
018:006	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.
018:007	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.
018:008	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.
018:009	And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
018:010	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.
018:011	Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
018:012	Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
018:013	And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
018:014	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.
018:015	Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
018:016	And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
018:017	And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
018:018	Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
018:019	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.
018:020	And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
018:021	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.
018:022	And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
018:023	And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
018:024	Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
018:025	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?
018:026	And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
018:027	And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:
018:028	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.
018:029	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.
018:030	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.
018:031	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.
018:032	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.
018:033	And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

019:001	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;
019:002	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.
019:003	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.
019:004	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:
019:005	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.
019:006	And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
019:007	And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
019:008	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.
019:009	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.
019:010	But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
019:011	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.
019:012	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:
019:013	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.
019:014	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.
019:015	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.
019:016	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.
019:017	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.
019:018	And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD:
019:019	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:
019:020	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.
019:021	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.
019:022	Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
019:023	The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
019:024	Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
019:025	And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
019:026	But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
019:027	And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
019:028	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.
019:029	And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
019:030	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.
019:031	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:
019:032	Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
019:033	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.
019:034	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.
019:035	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.
019:036	Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
019:037	And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
019:038	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.

020:001	And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
020:002	And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
020:003	But God 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.
020:004	But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
020:005	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.
020:006	And God 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.
020:007	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.
020:008	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.
020:009	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.
020:010	And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
020:011	And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
020:012	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.
020:013	And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
020:014	And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
020:015	And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
020:016	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.
020:017	So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
020:018	For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

021:001	And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
021:002	For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
021:003	And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
021:004	And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
021:005	And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
021:006	And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
021:007	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.
021:008	And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
021:009	And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
021:010	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.
021:011	And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
021:012	And God 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.
021:013	And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
021:014	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.
021:015	And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
021:016	And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: 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.
021:017	And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
021:018	Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
021:019	And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
021:020	And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
021:021	And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
021:022	And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
021:023	Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
021:024	And Abraham said, I will swear.
021:025	And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
021:026	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.
021:027	And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
021:028	And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
021:029	And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
021:030	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.
021:031	Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
021:032	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.
021:033	And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
021:034	And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

022:001	And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
022:002	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.
022:003	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 God had told him.
022:004	Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
022:005	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.
022:006	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.
022:007	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?
022:008	And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
022:009	And they came to the place which God 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.
022:010	And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
022:011	And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
022:012	And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
022:013	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.
022:014	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.
022:015	And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
022:016	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:
022:017	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;
022:018	And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
022:019	So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
022:020	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;
022:021	Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
022:022	And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
022:023	And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
022:024	And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

023:001	And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
023:002	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.
023:003	And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
023:004	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.
023:005	And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
023:006	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.
023:007	And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
023:008	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,
023:009	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.
023:010	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,
023:011	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.
023:012	And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
023:013	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.
023:014	And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
023:015	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.
023:016	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.
023:017	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
023:018	Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
023:019	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.
023:020	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.

024:001	And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
024:002	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:
024:003	And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
024:004	But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
024:005	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?
024:006	And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
024:007	The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that 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.
024:008	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.
024:009	And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
024:010	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.
024:011	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.
024:012	And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
024:013	Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
024:014	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.
024:015	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.
024:016	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.
024:017	And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
024:018	And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
024:019	And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
024:020	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.
024:021	And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
024:022	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;
024:023	And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
024:024	And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
024:025	She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
024:026	And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
024:027	And he said, Blessed be the LORD God 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.
024:028	And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.
024:029	And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
024:030	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.
024:031	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.
024:032	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.
024:033	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.
024:034	And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
024:035	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.
024:036	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.
024:037	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:
024:038	But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
024:039	And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
024:040	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:
024:041	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.
024:042	And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
024:043	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;
024:044	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.
024:045	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.
024:046	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.
024:047	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.
024:048	And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.
024:049	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.
024:050	Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
024:051	Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
024:052	And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
024:053	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.
024:054	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.
024:055	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.
024:056	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.
024:057	And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
024:058	And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
024:059	And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
024:060	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.
024:061	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.
024:062	And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
024:063	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.
024:064	And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
024:065	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.
024:066	And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
024:067	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.

025:001	Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
025:002	And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
025:003	And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
025:004	And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
025:005	And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
025:006	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.
025:007	And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
025:008	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.
025:009	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;
025:010	The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
025:011	And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
025:012	Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
025:013	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,
025:014	And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
025:015	Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
025:016	These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
025:017	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.
025:018	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.
025:019	And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
025:020	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.
025:021	And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
025:022	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.
025:023	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.
025:024	And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
025:025	And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
025:026	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.
025:027	And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
025:028	And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
025:029	And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
025:030	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.
025:031	And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
025:032	And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
025:033	And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
025:034	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.

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