Noah warned. destroy them 5 with the earth. 14 T Make thee an ark of gopherwood; 6 rooms shalt thou make in GENESIS, VII. The Deluge, all that the LORD commanded him. 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was the ark, and shalt pitch it within or, from the upon the earth. and without with pitch. 15 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. earth. 6 nests. i Ps.93.3,4. Am.9.6. 1 Heb.11.7. (CHAP. 7.) 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the k ch.7.8,9. ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 And, behold, I, even I, 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. 18 But with thee will I establish b Lev.XI. my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark; thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. a 1 Pet.3.20. 2 Pet.2.5. 1 seven seven. 19 And of every living thing of all 2 blot out. flesh, two k of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 20 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. 21 And take thoù 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. 22 Thus did Noah; laccording to all that God commanded him, so did he. CHAPTER VII. 1 Noah, with his family, enter into the ark. 17 The beginning, increase, and continuance of the flood. ND the LORD said unto Noah, 3 or, on the seventh day. c ch.8.2. Pr.8.28. Mat.24.38. 1 Th.5.3. or, flood gates. d ch.6.18. 5 wing. 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass, 3 after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 11 TIn the sixth hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains c of the great deep broken up, and the 4 windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 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, dinto the ark; 14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every 5 sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. e 17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters A Come thou and all thy house e Deut.38.27. increased, and bare up the ark, and into the ark; for a thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. Ps.46.2. 91.9. Prov.3.23. 2 Of every b clean beast thou shalt take to thee by 1 sevens, the male ƒ Job 12.15. and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 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 2 from off the face of the earth. 5 And Noah did according untol Ps. 104.6. 2 Pet.3.6. g Jer.3.23. h Job 22.1517. the breath of it was lift up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; fand all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains g were covered. 21 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: h 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the 23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the fare i Eze.14.14, 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 k ch.8 3. Noah i only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 1 The waters assuage. 18 Noah goeth AND God a remembered Noah the beattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind c 2 The fountains d also of the deep, off the earth 1 continually: and 3 in going returning. 4 And the ark rested in the 4 caused her 5 And the waters 2 decreased con- h ch.1.22. tinually until the tenth month: in s families. the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the 6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened g the window of the ark which he had 7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth 3 to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the 9 But the deve found no rest for the scle of her foot, and she re- God's promise to Noas. 13 And it came to pass in the s hundredth and first year, in the 14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 15 And God spake unto Noah, 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. 17 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 h be fruitful, and multiply upon 18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatso- ever creepeth upon the earth, after their 5 kinds, went forth out of the 20 T And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of i every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on 21 And the LORD smelled a 6 sweet savour; k and the LORD said in his k Lev.1.9. heart, I will not again I curse the 10 And he stayed yet other seven (CHAP. 9.) uays; and again he sent forth the a ver.7,19. 11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf, pluckt off. were abated from off the earth. man. Ps. 145.9. ch.17.11. Eze.1.28. Rev.4.3. 10.1. 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and m 2Pet.3.7. multiply; bring forth abundantlyn in the earth, and multiply therein. 9 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; 10 And 7 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. 11 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 m flood to destroy the earth. 12 And God said, This is the token n of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: p Le.26.42,45 Deut.7.9. 1Ki.8.23. Neh.9.32. Ps. 106.45. Eze. 16.60. Luke 1.72. gch.17.13,19. 2sam.23.5. r Is.55.3. ch.10. 1,6. Chenaan. 8 ch.10.32. Chr.1.4. t Deut.20.6. u 28.30. Prov.24.30. Cant, 1.6. ICor.9.7. Prov.20.1. Luke 21.34. 1Cor. 10, 12. Tit.2.2. 13 I do set o my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that Hab.2. 15. the bow shall be seen in the cloud: Rev.3.18. 15 And pI 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. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember q the everlasting Covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. w Ps.35.20. 40.15. Ob, 12, 13. x Ex.20.12. 2 Gal.6.1. 1Pet.4.8. y Deut.27.16. Jos.9.23,27. Ju. 1.28,30. 2Chr.8.7,8. or, servant to them. or, persuade z Eph.2.13. (CHAP. 10.) or, as some read it, Rodanim. 3 a Jer. 2. 10. Zeph.2.11. 18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and r Hamb Ps.72.10. is the father of 1 Canaan. 19 These are the three sons of d Mic.7.2. Noah: and s of them was the whole 2 Gr. Babylon earth overspread. c Mic.5.5 The generations of Noah. 20 And Noah began to be an nus bandman, and he planted ta vine yard: 21 And he drank of the wine, u and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, wand told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, r and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 25 And he said, y Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be 2 his servant. 27 God shall 3 enlarge Japheth, z and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 28 T And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. CHAPTER X. 1 Noah's generations. 8 Nimrod the first monarch. 21 The sons of Shem, etc. Now the sons of Noah, Shem, TOW these are the generations Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and 1 Dodanim. 5 By these were the isles a of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Ca The generations of Shem. GENESIS, XI Accad, and Calneh, in the land of B. C. 2348. Shinar. Confusin of language. |tions, in their nations and oy these were the nations divided in 11 Out of that land 3 went forth 3 or, he went the earth after the flood. Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and out into Assyria. CHAPTER XI. 1 One language in the world. 3 Babel built. 5 Language confounded. ND the whole earth was of and Calah: the same is a great or the streets A 1 one language, and of one city. of the city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naph-e 1Ch.1.12. tuhim, 14 Ande Pathrusim, and Casluhim, 5 Tzidon. lout of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. 15 And Canaan begat 5 Sidon his first born, and Heth, 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemante, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19 And the border fof the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto 6 Gaza; as thou goest unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and 7 Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arphaxad begat 8 Salah; and Salah begat Eber. fch.15.18,21. 6 Azzah. Arpachshad 8 Shelah. g1 Ch.1.19. 9 i. e. divi sion. 2 speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed 3 from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3 And 4 they said one to another Go to, let us make brick, and 5 burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, a whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a bname, lest we be scattered cabroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And the LORD came down d to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all (CHAP. 11.) one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have e imagined to do. lip. 2 words. 3 or, east- 4 a man said 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound ftheir language, that they may not understand one another's speech. 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face to his neigh of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. bour. s burn them 25 And unto Eber g were born two a Deut.1.28. sons: the name of one was 9 Peleg; for in his days was the earth b Ps.49.11.13. divided; and his brother's name Prov.10.7. was Joktan. Dan.4.30. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, cver.9. and Jerali, 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah. 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar, a mount of the east. 9 Therefore is the name of it called 6 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 g of all the earth. 10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: 13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat 7 Feleg: 17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty 2 Generations of Terah. GENESIS, XII. years,and begat sons and daughters. B. C. 1918. 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: 19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat 8 Serug: 21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daugh ters. 22 And Serug lived thirty years," and begat Nahor: 23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat 9 Terah: 25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. 26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, h Nahor, and Haran. 8 Luke 3.35. Saruch. 9 Luke 3.34. Thara. Jos.24.2. 1Chr. 1.26. i ch.15.7. k ch.17.15. 7 ch.22.20. 24.15. m ch.16.1. 18.11. 21.1,2. Ps. 113.9. Lu. 1.36. n ch.12.1. (CHAP. 12.) a ch.11.31. 15.7. Is.41.2. 27 Now these are the generations b ch.17.6. of Terah: Terah begat Abram, 24.35. Nahor, and Haran; and Haran c ch.18.18. begat Lot. 28.4. 28 And Haran died before his d Num.24.9. father Terah, in the land of his nativity, in i Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's' wife was Sarai; kand the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. e Ps.72.17. Ac.3.25. f Heb. 11.8. Deut. 11.30. Ju.7.1. 30 But Sarai was barren; m sheh ch.10.18,19. had no child. i ch. 17.1. 18.1. 17.8. 26.3. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's k ch.13.15. son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur n of the Chaldees, to go into the land) of Canaan: and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. CHAPTER XII. God calleth Abram, and blesseth him with a promise of Christ: his departure from Haran. 7 Canaan is promised. OW the LORD had said unto a country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great bnation, and 1 will bless thee, and make thy name great; c and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them d that bless thee, and curse him that curBoth thee and in thee shall all fa 28.13. Ps. 105.9-11. 7 ch. 13.4,18. 26.25. 33.20. Im ch.28.19. 1 Ai. Jos.7.2. n ch.21.33. 2 in going and jour neying. ch.20.2. o 26.7. p Mat.5.28. q Ps. 105.14. Pr.6.29. Heb. 13.4. r ch.20.10. 26.10. Ex. 32.21. Aram deceiveth Pharaoh. |milies of the earth be blessed. e 4 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 5 And Abram took Sara, his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the sous that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; fand into the land of Canaan they came. 6 T And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, g unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite h was then in the land. 7 And the LORD appeared i unto | Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: k and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, m and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and i Hai on the east; and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called n upon the name of the LORD. 9 And Abram journeyed, 2 going on still toward the south. 10 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. 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: 12 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. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my o sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. 14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her be |fore Pharaoh; pand the woman was q taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 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. 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram. and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? r why didst |