tihvavy of Che CKcolo^ical Seminary PRINCETON • NEW JERSEY FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE REVEREND CHARLES ROSENBURY ERDMAN D.D., LL.D. sec #11,063 Hofy Bible, containing the Old and New ! Testaments, translated out of the origmal t( being the version set forth A.D. 1611, con: > . ^ . t\Ci o^-l . ^\ ' C'a.(/tvT^'K(Vi HENRY FROWPE, cr>.xfortj ([{[larcfjouse: AMEN COKNEK, LONDON. I'UBLISHED BY C. J. CLAY AND SONS, Cambridge 51£lavci)oiisc: AVE MAKIA LANE, LONDON. MAR 5 K32 THE HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES BEING THE VEESION SET FOETH A.D. 1(311 COMPARED WITH THE MOST ANCIENT AUTHORITIES AND REVISED. PRINTED FOR THE UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE OXFORD ' AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1891. 2Iiiuon 8vo. Thin. All Rights reserved. HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY PEEFACE. The Revision of the Authorised Version was uiidertakeu iu consequence of a ResohTtion passed by both houses of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, as has been fully explained in the Preface to the Revised Version of the New Testament, which was first published in May 1881. When the two Companies were appointed for carrying out this work, the following General Principles, among others, were laid down by the Revision Committee of Convocation for their guidance : — '1. To introduce as few alterations as possible into the Text of the Authorised Version consistently with faithfulness.' '2. To limit, as far as possible, the expression of such alterations to the language of the Authorised and earlier English Versions.' '4. That the Text to be adopted be that for which the evidence is decidedly preponderating ; and that when the Text so adopted differs from that from which the Authorised Version was made, the alteration be indic- ated in the margin.' '7. To revise the headings of chapters and pages, paragraphs, italics, and punctuation.' In order to shew the manner in which the Old Testament Company have endeavoured to carry out their instructions, it will be convenient to treat the subjects mentioned in the foregoing rules in a somewhat different order. It will be observed that in Rule 4 the word 'Text' is used in a different sense from that in Rule 1, and in the case of the Old Testament denotes the Hebrew or Aramaic original of the several books. In this respect the task of the Revisers has been much simpler than that which the Xew Testament Company had before them. The Received, or, as it is commonly called, the Massoretic Text of the Old Testament Scriptures has come down to us in manuscripts which are of no very great antiquity, and which all belong to the same family or recension^. That other recensions were at one time in existence is probable from the variations in the Ancient Versions, the oldest of which, namely the Clreek or Septuagint, was made, at least in part, some two centuries before the Christian era. But as the state of knowledge on the subject is not at present such as to jiLstify any attempt at an entire reconstruction of the text on the authority of the Versions, the Revisers have thought it most prudent to adopt the Massoretic Text as the basis of their' work, and to depart from it, as the Authorised Translators ,had done^, only in exceptional cases. With regard to the variations in the •Massoretic Text itself, the Revisers have endeavoured to translate what appeared to them to be the best reading in the text, and where the alternative reading seemed sufficiently probable or important they haxe placed it in the margin. In some few instances of extreme difficulty a reading has been adopted on the authority of the Ancient Versions, and the departure from the Massoretic Text recorded in the margin. In other cases, where the versions appeared to supply a very probable though not so necessary a ■correction of the text, the text has been left and the variation indicated in the ifiargin only. In endeavouring to carry out as fully as possible the spirit of Rules 1 and 2, the Revisers have borne in mind that it "was their duty not to make a new translation but to revise one already existing, which for more than two 1 The earliest MS. of which the age is certainly known bears date a.d. 916. '^ See, for instance, 2 Sam. xvi. 12; 2 Chr. iii. 1, xxii. 6; Job xxxvii. 7; Ezek. xlvi. 10; Ain. V. 26; Hag. i. 2. VI PREFACE. centuries and a half liad held tlie position of an English classic. They have therefore departed from it only in cases where they disagreed with the Translators of 1611 as to the meaning or constmction of a word or sentence ; or where it was necessary for the sake of uniformity to render such parallel passages as were identical in Hehrew by the same English words, so that an English reader might know at once by comparison that a difference in the translation corresponded to a difference iii the original; or where the language of the Authorised Version was liaV)le to be misunderstood l>y reason of its being archaic or obscure ; or finally, where the rendering of an earlier English versK)n seemed preferable, or where by an apparently slight change it was possible to bring out more fully the meaning of a passage of which the trans- lation was already suV)stantially accurate. It has been thought advisaV)le in regard to the word 'Jehovah' to follow the usage of the Authorised Version, and not to insert it imiformly in place of ' LoRi> ' or ' God', which when printed in small capitals represent the words substituted l)y Jewish custom for the inefFa])le Name according to the vowel points 1)V which it is distinguished. It will be found therefore that in this respect the Authorised Version lias l;)een departed from only in a few passages, in which the introduction of a proper name seemed to be required. Terms of natural history have been changed only where it was certain that the Authorised Version was incorrect and where there was sufficient evidence for the suV)stituted rendering. In cases of doubt the alternative rendering has been given in the margin ; and even where no doubt existed, l)ut where there was no familiar English equivalent for the original word, the Old Version has been allowed to remain \ and the more accurate term has been placed in the margin. ^ . In some words of very frequent occurrence, the Authorised Version being either inadeciuate or inconsistent, and sometimes misleading, changes have been introduced with as much uniformity as appeared practicable or desirable. For instance, 'the tabernacle of tlie" congregation' has been everywhere changed to 'the tent of meeting', on account of Exodus xxv. 22, xxix. 42, 43, and also because 'the tabernacle of the congregation' conveys an entirely wrong sense. The words 'tabernacle' and 'tent', as the renderings of two diflerent Hebrew words, are in the Authorised Version frequently inter- changed in such a manner as to lead to confusion ; and the Revisers have endeavoured throughout the Pentateuch to preserve a consistent distinction between them. Their practice in regard to the words ' assembly ' and ' con- gregation' has been the same in principle, although they have contented themseh-es with introducing greater consistency of rendering without aiming at absolute uniformity. In consequence of the changes which have taken place in the Englisir language, the term ' meat oftering ' has become in- appropriate to describe an offering of which flesh was no part ; and by the alteration to 'meal oftering' a sufticiently accurate representation of the original has been obtained with the least possible change of form. "As regards the use of words, there are only a few cases in which it has been fouiid needful to deviate from the language employed in the Authorised \'ersion. One of these deviations occurs so frequently that it may be well to state briefly why it was adopted. The word 'peoples' was nowhere used by King James's Translators in the Old Testament, and in the New Testament it occurs only twice (Rev. x. 11, xvii. 15). The eftect of this was to leave the rendering of immerous passages inadetpiate or obscure or even positively misleading. Thus in one of the best known Psalms (Ps. Ixvii.), where the Septuagint has Xaoi and the Vulgate /)o^)?^//, the English had 'Let the people praise thee, O (Jod ; let all the people praise thee'; leaving i^ .it least doubthil 1 As for instance, 'coney' (Lev. xi. .')). 'fitches' (Is. xxviii. 2r), 27), 'gourtl" (Jon. iv. 6). PREFACE. vii whether the 'nations' of verse 4, or God's people, Israel, be referred to. And in Isaiah Iv. 4, ' Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people', the word 'people' is naturally understood by the English reader to refer to Israel. Again, the Hebrew word goyim 'nations', which is applied to the nations of Canaan dispossessed by the Hebrews, and then also to the surrounding nations among whom the people of Israel were afterwards dispersed, acquired in later times a moral significance, which is represented in the Authorised Version by the rendering 'heathen' or 'Gentiles'. While recognizing this moral sense of the word, the Eevisers have employed it much more sparingly than their predecessors had done. Similarly, the Hebrew ^heol^ which signifies the abode of departed spirits, and corresponds to the Greek Hades, or the under world, is variously rendered in the Authorised Version by ' grave ', 'pit', and 'hell'. Of these renderings 'hell', if it could be taken in its original sense as used in the Creeds, would be a fairly adequate equivalent for the Hebrew word ; but it is so commonly understood of the place of torment that to employ it frequently would lead to inevitable misunderstanding. The Eevisers therefore in the historical narratives have left the rendering 'the grave' or 'the pit' in the text, with a marginal note 'Heb. SheoV to indicate that it does not signify 'the place of burial'; while in the poetical writings they have put most commonly 'Sheol' in the text and ' the grave ' in the margin. In Isaiah xiv. however, where ' hell ' is used in more of its original sense and is less liable to be mis- understood, and where any change in so familiar a passage which was not distinctly an improvement would be a decided loss, the Eevisers have con- tented themselves with leaving 'hell' in the text, and have connected it with other passages by putting ' Sheol ' in the margin. In connexion with this it may be mentioned that ' Abaddon ', which has hitherto been known to the English reader of the Bible only from the Xew Testament (Eev. ix. 11), has been introduced in three passages (Job xxvi. 6; Prov. XV. 11, XX vii. 20), where a proper name appears to be required for giving vividness and point. The Hebrew word AsMrah, which is uniformly and wrongly rendered 'grove' in the Authorised Version, most probably denotes the wooden symbol of a goddess ; and the Eevisers therefore have not hesitated to introduce it as a proper name in the singular (Judg. vi. 25, &c.), with the plurals Asherim (Ex. xxxiv. 13, &c.) and Asheroth (Judg. iii. 7, &c.), following the analogy of the Baalim (Judg. iii. 7) and the Ashtaroth (Judg. ii. 13), which are already familiar. . In regard to the language of the Authorised Version, the Eevisers have thought it iid part of their duty to reduce it to conformity with modern V. usage, and have therefore left untouched all archaisms, whether of language •'or construction, which though not in familiar use cause a reader no embarrass- ment and lead to no misunderstanding. They are aware that in so doing they will disappoint the large English-speaking race on the other side of ^.the Atlantic, and it is a question upon which they are prepared to agree to a friendly difterence of opinion. The principle by which they have been guided has been clear and consistent. Where an archaic word or expression was liable to be misunderstood or at least was not perfectly intelligible, they ■ have^ substituted for it another, in equally good use at the time the Authorised Version was made, and expressing all that the archaism was intended to jconvey, but more familiar to the modern reader. In such cases the gain was greater than the loss. But in other instances where the word or ex- pression, although ol^solete, was not unintelligible, it was thought that the change would involve greater loss than gain, and the old rendering was therefore allowed to stand. More especially was this the case when the archaism was a perfectly correct rendering of the original and there was no viii PREFACE. exact modern e(iuivalent for it. The principle ailopted by the Company will be best illustrated by two typical examples. The verb ' to ear ' in the sense of 'to plough' and the substantive 'earing' for 'ploughing' were very reluctantly abandoned, and only because it was ascertained that their meaning was unknown to many persons of good intelligence and education. But it "was easy to put in tlieir place equivalents wliich had a pedigi-ee of almost equal anticpiity, and it would have been an excess of conservatism to refuse to suljstitute for an unintelligible archaism an expression to which no ambiguity could be attached. On the other hand the word 'boiled' (Ex. ix. 31), which signifies 'podded for seed' and is known in provincial dialects, has no synonym in literary English. To have discarded it in fa\'our of a less accurate or more paraphrastic expression would have been to impoverish the language ; and it was therefore left, because it exactly expresses one \dew which is taken of the meaning of the original. One of the few instances in which the language of the Authorised Version has been moditied in accordance with later usage is the change of the neuter possessive pronoun from ' his ' to ' its '. It is well known that ' its ' does not occur in the Bible of 1611, and it does not appear to have h>een introduced into any edition before 1660. But it is found ten times in Shakespeare, and there is other evidence to shew that at the time of the Authorised Version it was coming into use. It was found necessary in some cases to substitute ' its ' for ' his ' in order to avoid obscurity, and there seemed no good rejison, when it was once introduced, for refusing to admit it generally when it re- ferred to purely inanimate objects. In making minor changes, whether in translation or language, the Revisers have followed the example of the translators of the Authorised Version, who allowed themselves in this respect a reasonable freedom, without j^ermitting their liberty to degenerate into license. It will be at once seen that the old division of the books into chapters and verses has been abandoned in favour of the arrangement in paragraphs, the numbering of the chapters and verses being however retained for con- venience of reference. Where the change of sulyect seemed to require a greater break than was marked by the beginning of a new paragraph, it has been indicated by a space before the paragraph. Occasionally the division^ of the chapters in the Authorised Version differ from those in the common Hebrew Billies. In such cases the variations are given in- the margin. In the Psalms, the titles are printed in smaller type, as in some modern EngHsh Bildes, which differ in this respect from the edition of 1611. One con- sequence of the arrangement in paragraphs has been the omission of the headings of chapters, which for other and more important reasons it was thought ad\'isable to aV)andon, as involving questions which belong rather to the ])rovince of the connncntator than to that of the translator. With the headings of chapters tlie head-lines of pages naturally disa})peared also, and fut they have not extended this an-ange- ment to the ja-ophetical books, the language of which although frocpiently marked i»y ])aralk'Iism is, except in purely lyrical passages, rather of the nature of lofty and inq)assioned prose. In the use of italics the Revisers departed from the custom of the Authorised Version and adopted as their rule the following resolution of their ( '()nq)any : 'That all such W(»rds now printed in italics, as are })lainly implied in the Hebrew and neces.sary in English, lie ])rintcd in common type.' !)ut where any doubt existed as to the exact rendering of the Hebrew, PREFACE. ix all words which have been added in order to give completeness to the English expression are printed in italic type, so that the reader by omitting them may be able to see how far their insertion is justified by the words of the original. This of course is especially true of those renderings for which an alternative is given in the margin, where the roman and italic type play exactly opposite parts. To complete the account of the Revised Aversion it remains only to describe the marginal notes. These will be found to contain (1) The renderings of such variations in the Massoretic Text as appearewas so. And God made the tvro great j lights ; the greater Hght to rule the j day, and the lesser light to rule the i 17 night: he made the stars also. And I God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 1 IS and to rule over the day and over the j night, and to divide the light from the darkness : and God saw that it was 19 good. And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. 20 And God said. Let the waters ^ bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and let fowl fly above the earth ^in the open firmament of 21 heaven. And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living crea- ture that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kinds, and every winged fowl after its kind: and God saw that it was 22 good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multii^ly, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl mul- 23tiply in the earth. And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. 24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creatiu'e after its kind, cattle, and creeinng thing, and beast of the earth after its kind : and it was 25 so. And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creei^eth upon the gi'ound after its kind : and God saw that it was good. 26 And God said. Let us make man in our image, after our likeness : and let them have dominion over tlie fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over aU the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him ; male and female created he 28 them. And God blessed them ; and God said unto them. Be fruitful, and niultii)ly, 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 29 <^ moveth upon the earth. And God said. Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree jdeld- ing seed ; to 3-011 it shall be for meat : 30 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, / have given every gi-een herb for meat : and it 31 was so. And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was 3 Heb. swa rin ivitli, swurvix of liviitff crea- tures. i Heb. on the nice Heb. Jsli. WOr, till the trees 11 Or, gods 12 Or, rfc- sirable to look upon 13 Or. ijirdlcs lUV, SiHIlU 15 Heb. wind. i«Or. from iintoiijj 4. 26. GENESIS. 1 Or, lie in wait for 2 Or, sorrow 3 Heb. Jfavvah, that is, I.ivinij, or, XCA;. iHeb. knnah, to get. ■'•> Of, shall it not be 'lifted n/> i « Or,>J« jY« de- Sire, but thou shnMest rule over it - Heb. said unto. Many ancient authori- ties have, said unto Abel his hrotJier, Let us go into the field. the field ; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of 15 thy life: and I will put emnity be- tween thee and the woman, and be- tween thy seed and her seed : it shall 1 bruise thy head, and thou shalt 16 1 bruise his heel. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sor- row and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt brmg forth children; and thy desu-e ehall be to thy husband, 17 and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened luito 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 gi-omid for thy sake ; in 2 toil shalt thou 18 eat of it all the days of thy life ; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ; and thou shalt eat the herb of 19 the field ; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou retm*n unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and 20 unto dust shalt thou return. And the man called his wife's name ^Eve ; be- cause she Avas the mother of all living. 21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them. 22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to knov/ 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 : 23 therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from Avhence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man ; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which tiu-ned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. 4 And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have ^gotten a man with 2 the help of the Lord. And agam she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a Stiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the gromid ■Ian offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect mito Abel and 5 to his offering: but unto Cain and to his offermg he had not respect. And Caui was very WT.-oth, and his (p countenance fell. And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and 7 why is thy comitenance fallen ? If thou doest well, '^ shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door: and unto thee ''shall be his deshe, and thou 8 shalt rule over him. And Cain ''told , Abel his brother. And it came to pass, Avhen they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, 9 and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother ? And he said, I know not : am I my 10 brother's keeper? And he said. What hast thou done ? the voice of thy bro- ther's blood crieth unto me from the 11 ground. And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's 12 blood from thy hand ; when thou tillest the gromid, it shall not hence- forth yield unto thee her strength ; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be 13 in the earth. And Cain said unto the Lord, ^ My punishment is greater 14 9 than I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth ; and it shall come to jiass, that whosoever findeth 15 me shall slay me. And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slay- eth Cam, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord ap- pointed a sign for Cain, lest any find- ing him should smite him. 16 And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of 17 10 Nod, 11 on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife ; and she con- ceived, and bare Enoch : and he build- ed a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, 18 Enoch. And unto Enoch was born Irad : and Irad begat Mehujael : and Mehujael begat Methushael : and Me- 19thushael begat Lamech. And La- mech took unto him two wives : the name of the one was Adah, and the 20 name of the other Zillali. And Adah bare Jabal : he was the father of such 21 as dwell in tents and have cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal : he was the father of all such as handle the harp 22 and pipe. And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, i^tlie forger of every cut- ting instrument of i-^ brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naa- 23 mah. And Lamech said unto liis wives : Adah and Zillah, hear my voice ; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken mito my speech : For 111 have slain a man i^for wounding me. And a yomig man for bruising me : 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Trixly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. 25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a sou, and called his name 1*^ Seth : For, said she, God 17 hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel ; for Cain sleAV him. 26 And to Seth, to Imn also there was l)orn a son ; and he called his name Enosh : then began men to call upon the name of the Lord. 1—2 GENESIS. 5. 1. 5 This i.s the l)o()k of the ffenerations of Adam. In the day that (xoil created niau, in the hkeness of God made he 2 hull ; mah' and female created he them ; aud blessed them, and called their name ^Adam, in the day Avhen they 3 were created. And Adam lived an huudiX'd and thirty years, and begat a .so» in his own likeness, after his ima^'e ; and called his name Seth : 4 and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hnndred years : and 5 he begat sons and daughters. And all the days that Adam lived v.ere nine hmidred and thhty years : and he died. 6 And Seth lived an hundred and five 7 years, and begat Enosh : and Seth lived after he ))egat Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and 8 daughters: and all the days of Setli were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. 9 And Enosh lived nmety years, and hc- 10 gat Kenan : and Enosh lived after he begat Kenan eight hun(b-ed and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters : 11 aud all the da3"s of Enosh v.ere nine hundi-ed and li\ e years : and he died. 12 And Kenan lived seventy j'cars, and 13 begat Mahalalcl: and Kenan lived after he begat Mahalalel eight hun- dred and forty years, and begat sous 14 and daughters: aud all the daj's of Kenan A\ere nine hundred and ten years : and he died. 15 And Mahalalel Hved sixty and five 16 years, and begat Jared: and Mahal- alel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thhty j-ears, and begat 17 sons and daughters: and all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred nine- ty and five j-ears : and he died. 18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty 11) and two years, and begat Enoch : and Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight liundred j-ears, and begat sons and 20 daughters : and all the days of Jared were nine liundred sixty and two years : and he died. 21 j\jid Enoch lived sixt.v and five years. 22 and begat Methuselah: and Enoch walked with God after he begat Me- thuselah three hundred years, and l)e- 23 gat sons and daughters: and all the days of Enoch were three hnndred six- 24 ty and iive years: and Enoch walked with God : and he was not ; for God took him. 25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and J>egat 2i)Lamcch: and Methuselali lived after he l)(gat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and 27 daughters : and all the days of Methu- selah were nine hundred sixty and nine years : and he died. 28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty 29 and two years, and begat a son: and he called his name Nt>ah, savhig. This same shall 2 comfort us for our work and for the toil of our hands, '"• because of the ground Avhicli the Lord hath 30 cursed. And Limech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daugh- 31 ters : and all the days of Lamech v/erc seven hiuidred seventy aud seven years : and ho died. 32 And Noah was five hundred years old : and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 6 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born 2 unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fah ; and they took them wives of aU 3 that they chose. And the Lord said. My spirit shall not '•strive with man for ever, ^for that he also is fiesh : Cyet shall his days be an hundred and 4 twenty years. The 'Nephihiu were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons oi God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them : the same were the mighty men which were of old, the 5 men of renown. And the Loud saw that the wickedness of man w.is gi'eat ill the earth, and that every imagin- ation of the thoughts of his heart G was only evil continually. And it re- pei:ted the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it gi'ieved bun 7 at his heart. And the Lord said, I will '"^ destroy man whom I have ci-e- ated from the face of the ground ; both man, and beast, and creepuig thing, and fowl of the air; for it repcntetli 8 me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, aud '-'pei-- fect in his generations : Noah walked 10 with God. Aud Noah begat three 11 sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And the earth was corrupt before (xod. and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And Ciod saw the eartii, and. behold, it was corrupt ; for all llesh had cor- rupted his way upon the earth, 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all llesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, l)ehold, I will destroy 14 them with the earth. Make thee an ark of go])lu r wood ; lOj-oon^f. shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt ])it(h it v.ithin and without with, pitch. 15 And tliis is how thou shalt make it: the lengtli of the arlc tln-ee hundred cubits, the breadth of it iii'tvcul)its. and IC.the height of it thirty rubiH. A lUight shalt thou make to tlie ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it i- upward ; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and 2Heb. 7ifihe)n, to com- fort. 3 Or. which Cometh frc-m the ground lOr, rule in . 7IC.lt<. nor, roq;' I' Or. from (tborr 9. GENESIS. iHeb. Hot out. 17 third stories slaalt thou make it. Aiad I, behold, I do brirsg the flood of Avaters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, v.hereiu is the breath of life, from under lieaven ; every thing that is in the earth 18 shall die. But I Avill establish my covenant with thee; and thou slialt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' Vvives 19 with thee. Aiid 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 20 and female. Of the fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, tvro of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep 21 them alive. And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee ; and it shall be for food for 22 thee, and for them. Thus did Noah ; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. 7 And the Lokd said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark ; for thee have I seen righteous before me 2 in this generation. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean 3tv/o, the male and his female; of the fowl also of the air, seven and seven, male and female: to keep seed alive iupon the face of all the earth. For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will 1 1 destroy from 5 off the face of the gromid. And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him. G And Noah vras six hundi-ed years old v/hen the flood of waters was upon 7 the earth. And Noah v,^ent in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sous' Avives with him, mto the ark, because . 8 of the waters of the flood. Of clean beasts, ,ahd of beasts that are not clean J and of fowls, and of every thing that creex)eth ux)on the gi'ound, 9 there v^'ent in tv.o and two unto Noah iiito the ark, male and female, 10 as God commanded Noah. And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon 11 the earth. In the six hmidredtli year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains *of the great deep broken up, and the 12 windoAvs of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days 13 and forty nights. In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the tlu'ee wiA^es of his 14 sons with them, into the ark; they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creepmg thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird of every 15-^ sort. And they Avent in unto Noah into the ark, tAvo and tAVO of all flesh 16AAherein is the breath of life. And they that went in, Aveut in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded 17 him : and the Loud shut him in. And the flood Avas forty days upon the earth ; and the Avaters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up 18 above the earth. And the waters pre- vailed, and increased greatly upon the earth ; and the ark Avent ui>on the face 19 of the Avaters. And the Avaters pre- vailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and [ all the high mountains that Avere un- j der the whole heaven Avere covered. ! 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the Avaters I prevail ; and the mountains Avere cover- 21 ed. And all flesh died that moved upon j the earth, both foAvl, and cattle, and ' beast, and every ^creeiiing thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every 22 man : all in Avhose nostrils Avas the breath of the spirit of life, of all that 23 was in the dry land, died. ^And every living thing Avas •'' destroj^ed Avhich Avas upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping thing, and foAvl of the heaven; and they were '^destroyed from tlie earth: and Noah only was left, and they that Avere Avith 2-1 him in the ark. And the Avaters pre- vailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. 8 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a Avind to pass over the 2 earth, and the Avaters assuaged; the fountams also of the deep and the win- dows of heaven Avere stopped, and the 3 rain from heaven Avas restrained ; and the waters retm-ned from olf the earth continually: and after the end of an hundred and fifty days the waters de- •4 creased. And the ark rested in the se- venth month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountams of Ara- 5 rat. And the Avaters decreased continu- ally until the tenth month : in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, Avere tlie tops of the mountains seen. () And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the Avmdow of 7 the ark Avhich he had made : and he sent forth a raven, and it v^ent forth to and fro, until the Avaters Avere dried up from 8 off the earth. And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the Avaters were abated from olf the face of the Ogroimd; but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she re- turned unto him to the ark, for the Avaters Avere on the face of the Avhole earth : and he put forth his hand, and 2 Hel). 3 Or, szcarm- ing thing that su'ar>ii- eth lOr, And he de- stroyed every living thing 5Keb. hlottad out. GENESIS. 8. 9. took her, aim orought her hi unto hhn 10 into the ark. And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth 11 the dove out of the ark ; and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth ^an olive leaf pluckt ofif: so Noah knew that the waters 12 were abated from off the earth. And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove ; and she returned 13 not again unto him any more. And it came to pass in the six hundred and fii'st 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 14 of the gi'ound was dried. And in the second month, on the seven and twen- tieth day of the month, was the earth drj-. 15 And God spake unto Noah, saying, 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and th}' wife, and thy sons, and thy sous' wives 17 with thee. Bring forth with thee every liA-ing thing that is with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth ; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and mul- 18 tiply upon the earth. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and 19 his sons' wives with bun: every beast, every creeping thuig, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out oi' 20 the ark. And Noah budded an altar unto the Lord ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And the Lord smelled the sweet sa- vour ; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the gi-ound any more for man's 2 sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as 1 22 have done. While the earth remain- eth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and 9 day and night shall not cease. And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Bo fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall l)e upon every l)east of the earth, and upon evei\y fowl of the air ; with all wliorewitli thegi-ound "teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into .your hand are they dflivored. 3 Every moving thing that "livetli shall lie food for you; as the green herb 4 have I given you all. But fiesli witli the life thereof, v^hich is tlu; blood 5 thereof, shall ye not eat. And surely your blood, the Hood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life 6 of man. "Whoso sheddetli man's blood, by man shall his blood l)e shed : for hi 7 the image of God made he man. And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply ; bring forth abmidantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his 9 sons with hhn, sayhig, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and 10 with your seed after you; and with every living creature that is with you, the fowl, the cattle, and every l)east of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast 11 of the earth. And I will estabhsh my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood ; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the 12 earth. And God said. This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is vriih. you, for per- 13petual generations: ^I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me 14 and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen 15 in the cloud, and I will remember \wj 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 16 flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud ; and I will look upon it, that I maj- remember the everlasting coven- ant between God and every Uving creature of all flesh that is ujion the 17 earth. 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. 18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father 19 of Canaan. These three were the sons of Noah : and of these was the whole earth overspread. 20 And Noah began to be an husband- 21 man, and i)lanted a vinej-ard : and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and lie was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told 23 his two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth took a gannoiit, and laid it upon lioth their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces wore backward, and they saw 24 not their fatlier's nakedness. And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his ''youngest sou had done unto 25 him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 4 Or, / hare set 5 Or. younger 11. u. GENESIS. lOr. their 2 Or, he shall 3 In 1 Chr. i. G, Jti- phath. i\n 1 Chr. i. 7, liodd- niin. r> Or, coast- lands 6 Or, rvent forth Asshur ' Heb. Pelish- tim. li Or. the brother ofJa- pheth the elder 26 And he said, Blessed be tlie Lord, the God of Shem ; And let Canaan be ihis servant. 27 God enlarge Japheth, And 2 let hun dwell in the tents of Shem ; And let Canaan be ihis servant. 28 And Noah lived after the flood three 29hundi-ed and fifty years. And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years : and he died. 10 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem 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 3 Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and 43Eiphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan ; Elishah, and Tarshish, 5Kittim, and ^Dodanim. Of these were the 5 isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue ; after their families, in then* nations. 6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and 7 Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan. And the sons of Cush ; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Kaamah, and Sabteca : and the sons of Eaamali ; Sheba, and 8 Dedan. And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LoED : wherefore it is said, Like Nim- rod a mighty hunter before the Lord. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and 11 Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land ''he went forth into AssjTia, and buUded Nmeveh, and Eehoboth-lJr, 12 and Calah, and Eesen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city). 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Ana- mim, and Lehabim, and Naj)htuhim, 14 and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (whence went forth 'the Philistuaes), and Caphtorim.- 15 And Canaan begat Zidon his first- 16 born, and Heth ; and the Jebusite, and 17 the Amorite, and the Gh-gashite ; and the Hivite, and the Ai-kite, and the 18 Sinite ; and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the 19 Canaanite spread abroad. And the border of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, mito Gaza ; as thou goesttoward Sodom and ■Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, 20 unto Lasha. These are the sons of Ham, after then* families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations. .21 And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, ^ the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were childi-en 22 born. The sons of Shem ; Elam, and Asshur, and Ai-pachshad, and Lud, and 23Ai-am. And the sons of Aram; TJz, 24 and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. And Arpachshad 9 begat Shelah ; and Shelah 25 begat Eber. And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was loPeleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name 26 was Joktan. And Joktan begat Al- modad, and Sheleph, and Hazarma- 27 veth, and Jerah ; and Hadoram, and 28 Uzal, and Diklah ; and ii Obal, and 29Abunael, and Sheba; and Ophu-, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were 30 the sons of Joktan. And theu" dwell- ing was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the 12 mountain of the 31 east. These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in then* lands, after their nations. 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations : and of these were the nations di\'ided in the earth after the flood. 11 And the whole earth was of one 2 1'Hauguage and of one i'* speech. And it came to pass, as they jom-neyed 15 east, that they found a plam in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. 3 And they said one to another. Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and i^ slime had they for mortar. 4 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 5 upon the face of the whole earth. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the childi-en of 6 men bmlded. And the Lord said, Be- hold,they are one people, and they have all one language ; and this is what they begin to do: and now notlimg will be withholden from them, which they 7 pui-pose to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound then- language, .that they may not understand one 8 another's speech. So the Lord scat- tered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth : and they left 9 off to build the city. Therefore was the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there i7 confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them a- broad upon the face of all the earth. 10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was an hundi-ed years old, and begat Ai'pachshad two years after the 11 flood: and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 12 And Ai'pachshad lived five and thirty 13 years, and begat Shelah: and Ai'pach- shad lived after he begat Shelah four hmidred and tlu-ee years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and GENESIS. 11. U. 15 begat Eber: and Slielah lived after he be<,'at Eber four bniub'ed and three years, and l)egat suns and daughters. 16 And El)er hved four and tliirty years, 17 and begat Peleg: and Eber Hved after he liegat Peleg foiu* hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and 19 begat Eeu: and Peleg lived after he begat Eeu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. 20 And Eeu lived two and thirty years, 21 and begat Serug : and Eeu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and 23 begat Nahor: and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hmidred years, and begat sons and daughters. 21 And Nahor lived nine and twenty 25 years, and begat Terah: and Nalior lived after he begat Terah an hundi-ed and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. 26 And Terali lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and 28 Haran ; and Haran begat Lot. And Haran died in the presence of his father Terali in the land of his nativity, 29 in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nahor took them wives : the name of Abranis "wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife. Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of !Mil- 30 cab, and the father of Iscah. And Sarai was ban-en; she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the S(m of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram s Avife; and they went forth witli them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into tlie land of Canaan ; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. •-)2And tlie days of Terah were two hundred and live years: and Terah died in Haran. 12 Now the Lord said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy coiuitr3% and from thy kin(b-ed, and from tliy father's house, unto the land that I'will shew thee: 2 and I will make of thee a gi-eat nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing: 3 and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee .shall all the families of 4 the earth l)e bh^ssed. So Abram ■went, as the LoiU) had sjjoken unto him; aiit, the Egyptians beheld the wo- 15 man that slie was very fair. And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was 16 taken into Pharaohs house. And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he- asses, and menservants, and maid- servants, and she-asses, and camel.--. 17Ajid the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with gi*eat pLigues because 18 of Sarai Abrams wife. And Pharaoh called Abram, and said. What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not teU me that she Avas 19 thy Avife? Wliy saidst thou. She is my sister? so that I took lier to be my A\ife: now therefore behold thy 20Avife, take her, and go thy A\ay. And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him : and they brought him on tlie way, and his wife, and all that he had. 13 And Abram went uj) out of Egypt, he, and his Avife, and all that he bad, and Lot Avith liim, into the South. 2 And Abijim Avas very rich in cattle, in 3 silver, and in gold. And lu- Avent on his journeys from the South even to Beth- el, unto the place wlu-re his tent had })een at the beginning, between Beth- 4 el and Ai; unto the place of the altar, Avliich he had made- there at the first: and there Abram called on the name oof the Loud. And Lot also, Avhich ! Or, fi'rc- bi.Uh 2Heb. Xegeb, the southern tr.ict of Judah. 14. 24. GENESIS. lOr, Citric -' Or/p)v- Ijuiths 3 Or, . 1 Or, joined tkein- ' selves to- gether against went with Abram, had flocks, and 6 herds, and tents. And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was gi-eat, so that they could not dwell 7 together. And there was a strife be- tween the herdmen of Abram' s cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwell- 8ed then in the land. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herd- 9 men ; for we are brethren. Is not the whole land bef oi*e thee ? separate thy- self, I pray thee, from me: if thoit wilt tale the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thoit take the right 10 hand, then I will go to the left. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the 1 Plain of Jordan, that it was Avell watered every Avhere, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomor- rah, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto llZoar. So Lot chose him all the Plam of Jordan; and Lot jom-nej'ed east: and they separated themselves the 12 one from the other. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the Plam, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the Lord exceed- 14 ingly . 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 west- 15 ward: for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy 16 seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be 17 numbered. Ai'ise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it ; for mito thee will I give 18 it. And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the '^ oaks of Mamre, Avhich are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord. 14 And it came to pass m the days of Amraphel king of Shiiiar, Aiioch king of EUasar, Chedorlaomer king of E- 21am, and Tidal king of ^Goiim, that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Go- morrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of. Zeboiim, and the 5 king of Bela (the same is Zoar). All these ^joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea). 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlao- mer, and in the thirteenth year they 5 rebelled. And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that Avere with hun, and smote the Kephaim , in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in ^Shaveh- 6 kii-iathaim, and the Horites in their momit Seir, unto El-paran, Avhich is 7 by the wilderness. And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and smote all the *5country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, 8 that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar. And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Ze- boiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar) ; and they set the battle in array against them in the vale of Sid- 9 dim ; agamst Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Sliinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings agamst 10 the five. Now the vale of Siddim was full of 7 slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to lithe mountain. And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomoriah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his 13 goods, and departed. And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew : now he dwelt by the 2 oaks of Mami'e the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these Avere confederate with Abram. 14 And when Abram heard that his bro- ther Avas taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, thi'ee hundred aiid eighteen, and pur- 15 sued as far as Dan. And he diAuded himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, Avhich is 16 on the ^left hand of Damascus. And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the Avomen also, 17 and the people. And the king of So- dom Avent out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedor- laomer and the kings that Avere with him, at the vale of Shaveh (the same 18 is the King's Vale). And Melchizedek kmg of Salem brought forth bread and Avine : and he Avas priest of ^ God 19 Most High. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of '•'God Most High, 10 possessor of heaven and earth : 20 and blessed be '^God Most High, AAhicli hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all. 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take 22 the goods to thyself. And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, ^God Most High, 10 possessor of heaven and earth, 23 that I will not take a thread nor a shoelatchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made 24 Abram rich : " save onlythat Avhich the 1-5 10 GENESIS. 14. 24. 1 Or. thy reicrtrU nJitill lie ixcced- iiig f/rcut 2 Ileb. Jrhovtilt, :i.s ill other lilaces where Gi)I) is put in capitals. " Or, i/o JlCf.CC le; he hath broken my covenant. 15 And God said unto A])raham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but i Sarah shall her name 16 be. And I will bless her, and more- over I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mo- ther of nations ; kings of peoples shall 17be of her. Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart. Shall a chilxl be born unto him V that is an hundi'ed years old ? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 18 And Abraham said iinto God, Oh that 19 Islunael might live before thee ! And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name '-^ Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlast- , ing covenant for his seed after liim. '20 And as for Islunael, I liave heard thee : behold, I have blessed him, and wiU make liim fruitful, and will multiply hmi exceedingly ; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a gi'eat 21 nation. But my covenant wiU I estab- lish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear luito thee at this set time in the 22 next year. And he left off taUdng with him, and God went up from Abraham. 23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the llesh of their foreskin in the seK- same day, as God had said unto him. 24 And Abraham was nmety years old and nme, when he was circmncised hi the 25 flesh of his foreskhi. Aiid Ishmael his son Avas thirteen j-ears old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his 26 foreskin. In the seKsame day was Abraham circmncised, and Ishm^iel his 27 son. And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bovight with money of the stranger, were ch'cumcised with hun. 18 And the Lokd appeared unto him by the ^ oaks of Mann-e, as he sat m the 2 tent door m the heat of the day ; and lie lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over against him : and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed 3 himself to the earth, and said, ^My lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from 4 thy servant : let now a little water be fetched, and wash jquy feet, and rest 5 yom'selves under the tree : and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hera't ; after that ye shall pass on : ^ forasmuch as ye are come to your servant. And they said, So do, 6 as thou hast said. And Abraham hast- ened into the tent mito Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly tliree measm-es of line meal, knead it, and make cakes. 7 And Abraham ran mito the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he 8 hasted to di-ess it. And he took butter. and milk, and the calf which he had di'essed, and set it before them ; and he stood by them under the tree, and they 9 did eat. And they said mito hun. Where is Sarah thy wife ? And he said. Behold, 10 in the tent. And he said, I wiU cer- tainly return imto thee v.'hen the season 'vometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was be- ll hind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be Avith Sarah after the 12 manner of women. And Sarah laughed Avithin herself, saying, .-^^ter I am waxed old shall I have pleasm-e, my 13 lord beinf' old also? And the Lord 12 GENESIS. 18. 13. said lanto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying. Sliall I of a 14 surety bear a child, wliich am old? Is any thing too ^hard for tlie Loud? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season ^cometh round, 15 and Sarah sliall have a son. Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay ; but thou didst laugh. 16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom : and Abra- ham went with them to bring them 17 on the way. And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which 181 do; seeing that Al)raham shall surely become a great and mighty na- tion, and all the nations of the earth 19 shall be blessed in bun ? For I have 3 known him, to the end that he may command his chihb-en and his house- hold after him, that they may keei? the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgement; to the end that the Lord may bruig upon Abraham that which 20 he hath spoken of him. Ajid the Lord said, 4 Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and ^ because their •21 sin is veiy grievous; I will go doA\ii now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me ; and if not, I 22 will know. And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom : but Abraham stood yet before the Lord. 23 And Abraham drew near, and said, "Wilt thou consume the righteous with 24 the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are tliere- 25 in? That be far from thee to do after this mamier, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all 20 the earth do right ? And the Lord said. If I find in Sodom fiftj* righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place 27 for their sake. And Abraham answered and said. Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which 28am but dust and ashes: peradventure there; shall lack five of the fifty riglit- cous: wilt tliou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five. 21) And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I Avill not ."Odo it for th(! forty's sake. And he said. Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there sliall tliiily be found tlicre. And he said, I will not .-51 do it, if I find thirty there. And lu' said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: iicrad- venture there shall l)e tweidy found there. And he said, I will not destrov .32 it for the twenty's sake. And he said. Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once : perad- venture ten shall be fomid there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the 33 tens sake. And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham : and Abraham returned unto his place. 19 And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom : and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed him.self Avith his face to the earth ; 2 and he said. Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray j-ou, into your servant's house, and taiTy aU night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise ui) early, and go on your way. And they said. Nay; but we Avill abide in 3 the street all night. And he in-ged them greatly ; and they turned in lui- to him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did 4 eat. But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, comj^assed the house round, both young and old, all the people 5 from every quarter; and the}- called mito Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that 6 we may know them. And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut 7 the door after him. And he said, I pray you, my bretlu-en, do not so wickedly. 8 Behold now, I have two daughters wdiich have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as Is good in yoiu- eyes : only unto these men do nothing ; 5 forasmuch as they are come under the 9 shadow of my roof. And they said. Stand back. And thej- said. This one fellow came in to sojoiu-n, and he wiU needs be a judge : now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore ujiou the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door. 10 But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to 11 tliem, and shut to the door. And they smote the men tliat were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and groat: so that they weai'ied 12 themselves to find the door. And the men said unto Lot. Hast thou here any besides? sou in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city; bring them out 13 of tlie place: for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the Lord; and the Lord 11 hath sent us to d<'stroy it. And Lot went out. and spake unto his sons in law, wliich '• married his daughters, and said. Up, get you out of this place ; for the Lord will destroy the city. But S0r../tr there- fore '" Or, irrrr tti marrif 20. 11. GENESIS. 13 lOr, piDiish- vieiit '■ See ch. xiii. lU. 3 Or, 0 Lord •lOr, the evil s That is, Little, ver. 20. See ch. xiv. 8. he seemed mito liis sons in law as one 15 that mocked. And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Ai-ise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters which are here; lest thou be consumed in the i iniquity of 16 the city. But he lingered ; and 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 17 cit3^ And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said. Escape for thy life ; look not be- hind thee, neither stay thou in all the 2 Plain; escape to the mountain, lest 18 thou be consumed. And Lot said unto 19 them, Oh, not so, ^my lord: behold now, thy servant hath found gi'ace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life ; and I caiuiot escape to the momitain, lest *evil 20 overtake me, and I die: 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 '21 live. And he said mito him, See, I have accepted thee concernmg this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast Bjjoken. 22 Haste thee, escape thither ; for I camiot do any thmg till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was 23 called '"> Zoar. The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came mito Zoar. 24 Then the Lord ramed upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire 25 from the Lord out of heaven ; and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the iiihabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the 26 gi-ound. But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of 27 salt. And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he had 28 stood before the Lord : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace. 29 And it came to pass, when God de- stroyed 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. 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountam, and his two slaughters with him ; for he feared to dv7ell in Zoar: and he dwelt m a 31 cave, he and his two daughters. 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 32 the manner of all the earth: come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may 33 preserve seed of om* father. And they made their father di'ink wine that night : and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father ; and he knew not when she lay doAvn, nor when she 34 arose. 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 di*mk wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may pre- 35 serve seed of our father. And they made then- father drink wme that night also: and the yomiger arose, and lay with him ; and he knew not when she 36 lay down, nor when she arose. Thus were both the daughters of Lot with 37 child by their father. And the first- born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the 38Moabites unto this day. And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi : the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. 20 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur ; and 2 he sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister : and Abunelech kmg of Gerar sent, and 3 took Sarah. But God came to Abimel- ech in a dream of the night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, because of the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. 4 Now Abunelech had not come near her : and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay 5 even a righteous nation ? Said he not himself unto me. She is my sister? and she, even she herself said. He is my brother : in the integi'ity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have 6 1 done this. And God said unto him in the dream. Yea, I know that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also Avithheld thee from sinning against me : therefore suffered 7 I thee not to touch her. Noav there- fore restore the man's \<\le ; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live : and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. 8 And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears : 9 and the men were sore afraid. Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him. What hast thou done unto us ? and wherein have I siimed agamst thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sm ? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to 10 be done. And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou 11 hast done this thing? And Abraham said. Because I thought, Sm-ely the fear of God is not in this place; and 11 GENESIS. 20. 11. par III lOr, '• Or. they will slay me for my wife's sake. l'2Aiid moreover she is indeed my sister. | the daughter of my father, hut not the | daughter of my mother; and she l)e- j 15 13 came my ^\^fe: and it came to pass. | when God caused me to wander from I my father's house, that I said unto i 16 her. This is thy kindness which thou j shalt shew unto me; at every i^lacc whither we shall come, say of me, He 14 is my hrother. And Ahimelech took sheep and oxen, and menservants and 17 womenservants, and gave them unto Ahraham, and restored him Sarah his 15 wife. And Ahimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee : dwell ^\'here 16 it pleaseth thee. And unto Sarah he 18 said, Behold, I have given thy hrother a thousand pieces of siher: behold, lit is for thee a covering of the eyes 19 to all that are with thee; and ^in re- 17 spect of all thou art righted. And Abra- ham prayed unto God : and God healed 20 Ahimelech, and his ^ife, and his maid- 18 servants ; and they bare children. For the Lord had fast closed up all the '21 wombs of the house of Ahimelech, be- cause of Sarah Abraham's wife. 21 And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah 2 as he had spoken. And Sarah con- ceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which 3 God had si)oken to him. And Abra- ham called the name of his son that was born unto him, Avhom Sarah bare 4 to him, Isaac. And Abraham circum- cised his sou Isaac v.hen he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. 24 5 And Abraham A\as an hundred years 25 old, when his son Isaac was born unto 6 him. And Sarah said, God hath '^made me to laugh; every one that heareth 7 will laugh with me. And she said, 26 Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck ? for I liaA e borne him a sou in his old age. 27 8 And the child grew, and was weaned : and Abraham made a great feast on j 28 9 the day that Isaac was weaned. And Sarah saw the son of Hagor the ! 29 Egyptian, which she had boi'iie unto 10Al)raliam, '^mocking. Wherefore she said mito Abraham, Cast out this bond- 30 woman and her son : for the son of this bondwoman sliall not be heir with my 11 son, even with Isaac. And the thing was very grievous in Abrahams siglit 31 12 on account of his son. And (rod said imto Abraham, Let it not be grievous 32 in thy sight because of tlic lad, and be- cause of thy bondwoman ; in all that Sarah saitli unto thee, hearken inito her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed ,33 13 be called. And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, be- 14 cause he is tliy seed. And Al)raham 34 rose up earl.y in the moniing, 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 Beer-.sheba. And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. And she went, and sat her doT\^l over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot : for she said. Let me not look upon the death of the child. Aiid she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wejit. And (lod heard the voice of the lad ; and the angel of God called to Hagar oiit of hea^ en, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad Avhere he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make liiia a great nation. And God opened her ej'es, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. And God was with the lad, and he gi-eAv ; and he dwelt in the Avilderness, and <5 became an archer. And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran : and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egyi)t. And it came to pass at that time, that Ahimelech and Phicol tlie captain of his host s])ake unto Abraham, sayhig, God is wilii thee in all that thou doest : now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou Avilt not deal falsely with me, nor with ''my son, nor with my sons son: but according to the kindness tliat I have done unto thee, tliou shalt do un.to me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojoiu-ned. And Abraliam said, I will swear. And Abraham reproved Ahimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. And Ahimelech said, I know not who hath done tliis thuig : neither didst thou tell me, neither j-et heard I of it, but to-day. And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Ahimelech; and they two made a covenant. And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. And Ahimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, thnt it may be a witness imto me. that I have digged this well. Wherefore he called that place Beer- sheba; because there they sware both of them. So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba : and Ahimelech rose w}), and rhicol the.i'aptain of his host, and they returned into the land of the riiilistines. And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba. and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting (iod. And Abraham, so- journed in the land of the Phdistuies many days. 23. 13. GENESIS. 15 1 Heb. see for himself. 2 Or, ad; coiding' to niAiiy ancient aiithoii- tks, 6c- hohl a (Heb. . one, rhm caiir/ht ■o That is, The Lord will sec, or, pro- vide, ■i Or, 7,0 .slirdl be 22 And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said mito him, Abraham ; and he said, 2 Here am I. And he said, Take now thy sou, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a bm-nt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 3 And Abraham rose early in the morn- ing, and saddled his ass, and took two of his yomig men with him, and Isaac his son ; and he clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which 4 God had told him. On the third day Abraliam lifted up his eyes, and saw 5 the place afar off. And Abraham said unto his young men. Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder ; and we will worship, and come 6 again to you. And Abraham took the wood of the bm-nt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son ; and he took in his hand the fu-e and the knife ; and they 7 went both of them together. 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 8 lamb for a burnt offering ? And Abra- ham said, God will i provide himself the lamb for a bm-nt ottering, my son : so they went both of them together. 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of ; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 Aiid Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said. Here am I. 12 And he said. Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not wiLh- lieid thy son, thine only son, from me. 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and '-^ behold, behmd him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering 14 in the stead of his son. And Abraham called the name of that place ^Jeliovah- . ju-eh: as it is said to this day. In the inount of the Lord ^it shall be pro- lovided. And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham a second time out 16*of heaven, and said. By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not with- 17.held thy son. thine only son: that in blessing I v/Ul bless thee, and in multi- plying 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 18 enemies ; and m thy seed shall all the nations of the earth ^ be blessed ; be- 19 cause thou hast obeyed my voice. So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba ; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. 20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, say- mg. Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children unto thy brother Na- 21 hor ; Uz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of 22 Ai-am ; and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel begat Kebekah : these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abra- 24 ham's brother. Aiid his concubine, whose name was Ileumah, she also bare Tebah, and Galiani, and Tahash, and Maacah. 23 And the life of Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years: these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan : and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, Sand to Vveep for her. And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, say- 4ing, I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a bm-yingi^lace with you, that I may 5 bury my d ead out of my sight. And the children of Heth answered Abraham, 6 saying unto him. Hear us, my lord: thou art ^a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchi-es bm-y thy dead ; none of us shall with- hold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou may est bury thy dead. 7 And Abraham rose up, and bowed huuself to the people of the land, even 8 to the children of Heth. And he communed with them, saymg. If it be jour mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of 9 Zohar, that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field ; for the full jn-ice let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a 10 burymgplace. Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth : and Ephron the Hittite answered Abra- ham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at 11 the gate of his city, saying, 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 ray people give I it thee : bury thy dead. 12 And Abraham boAved himself down 13 before the people of the land. And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me: I will give the j)rice of the field ; take it 16 GENESIS. 23. 13. I ( »r. for till the ijnods of hh miu%ti-r trrrr in his hiititl of me, and I will bury my dead there. 14 Ajid Ephrou answered Abraham, say- 15 mg unto him, My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hun- dix'd shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? bury thei'efore 16 thy dead. And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron ; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the children of Hetli, four hundred shekels of silver, current vKmey with the mer- 17 chant. So the field of Ephron, which was in Machi)elah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that Avere in the field, that were in all the border thereof round about, were made sure 18 unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the chdcb-en of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his 19 city. And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Maehpelah before Mamre (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burj-ingjilace by the cliildren of Heth. 24 Ajid Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had 2 blessed Abraham in all things. And Al)raham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had. Put, I pray thee, thy 3 hand under my thigh : 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 for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, 4 among whom I dwell: but thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac. 5 And the servant said mito him, Per- adventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land; must I needs lu'ing thy son again unto the land from whence thou earnest? 6 And Abraham said unto him. Beware thou that thou bring not my son 7 tliitlier again. The Lord, the (iod of heaven, tliat took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativ- ity, and that spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying. Unto thy seed Avill I give this land ; he shull send his angel l)C'f(«-o thee, and thou shalt take 8 a Avife for my son from thence. And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, tlien thou shalt l)e clear from this my oath ; oidy thou slialt not l)ring 9 my son thither again. And the servant put his hand under the tlngh of Abra- ham his master, and sware to him 10 concerning this matter. And the serv- ant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed; Uiaving all goodly tilings of his master's in his hand : and he arose, and went to -Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. 11 And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, tlie time that VI women go out to draw water. And he said, O LoRB, the God of mj' master Abraham, send me, I praj' thee, good speed this day, and shew kindness 13 mito my master Aln-aham. Behold, I stand by tlie fountain of water; and the daughters of the men of the city 14 come out to draw water: and let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray tliee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I Avill 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 kind- 15ness unto my master. And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Kebekah came out. who Avas born to Bethuel the son of Milcali, the Avife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher ujjon her shoulder. 16 And the damsel was A'ery fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man knoAvn her: and she Avent doAA-n to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, 17 and came up. And the servant ran to meet her, and said. Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little Avater of 18 thy pitcher. And she said. Drink, my lord : and she hasted, and let doAvn her pitcher ujion her hand, and gave 19 him drink. And Avhen she had done giving hun drink, she said, I Avill di-aw for thA' camels also, until they 20haAe done drinking. And she hast- ed, and emptied her i^itcher into the trough, and ran again unto tlie well to draw, and drcAV for all his camels. 21 Arid the man looked stedfastly on her; holding his peace, to know wliether the Lord had made his journey prosperous 22 or not. And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of ^half a sliekel Aveight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels Avcight of 23 gold; and said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father's house for us to 24 lodge in ? And slie said unto liim. I am the daughter of Bethuel the scm of Milcah, whicli she bare unto Nahor. 25 She said moreover luito him. We have both straw and provender enougli. and 26 room to lodge in. And tlie man boAved his head, and worshipi>ed the Lord. 27 And he said. Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, Avho hath not forsaken his mercy and his truth toAvard my master: as for me, the Lord hatli led nie in the Avay to the 28 house of my master's brethren. And the damsel ran, and told her mother's 29 house according to tliese Avords. And 24. 65. GENESIS. 17 Rebekali had a brother, and his name was Laban : and Laban ran out unto 30 the man, unto the fountain. Axid it came to jiass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when lie 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 fountain. 31 And he said. Come in, thou blessed of the Lord ; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. 32 And the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels; and he gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the men's feet that were mth him. 33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And 34 he said. Speak on. And he said, I 35 am Abraham's servant. And the LoED hath blessed my master gi'eat- ly ; and he is become great : and he hath given hun flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and menservants and maidservants, and camels and 36 asses. And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she Avas old : and unto him hath he given 37 all that he hath. And my master made me swear, saying. Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the • daughters of the Canaanites, in whose 38 land I dwell: but thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to mj^ kindred, 39 and take a wife for my son. And I said unto my master, Peradventure 40 the woman will not follow me. And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way ; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house: 41 then shalt thou be clear from my ■ oath, when thou comest to my kind- red ; and if they give her not to thee, 42 thou shalt be clear from my oath. And I came this day unto the fountain, and said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my 43 way which I go: behold, I stand by the fountain of water ; and let it come to pass, that the maiden which cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say. Give me, I pray thee, a little water 44 of thy pitcher to drink ; and she shall ^say to me, Both drmk thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the Lord hath appointed for my master's 45 son. 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 fount- ain, and drew: and I said unto her, 46 Let me drink, I pray thee. And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drmk, and I will give thy camels drink also : so I drank, and she made the camels 47 drink also. And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou ? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, Avhom Mdcah bare imto him : and I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands. 48 And I bowed my head, and worshijjped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for 49 his son. And now if ye will deal kindly and truly Avitli my master, tell me : and if not, tell me ; that I may turn to the right hand, or to 50 the left. Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said. The thing pro- ceedetli from the Lord: we cannot 51 speak unto thee bad or good. Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's 52 wife, as the Lord hath sj^oken. And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard then- words, he bowed himself down to the earth mito the 53 Lord. And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Re- bekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send 55 me away unto my master. And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide Avitli us a few days, at the least ten ; after that she shall go. 56 And he said unto them. Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way; send me away that I may 57 go to my master. And they said. We AviU call the damsel, and inquire at 58 her mouth. And they called Rebekah, and said unto her. Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. 59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's 60 servant, and his men. And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her. Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the 61 gate of those which hate them. And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode ujion the camels, and fol- lowed the man: and the servant took 62 Rebekah, and went his way. And Isaac came ^from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South. 63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide : and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there 64 were camels comuig. And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw 65 Isaac, she lighted off the camel. And 18 GENESIS. 21 65. she said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the liekl to meet us? And the servant said. It is my master: and she took her veil, and 6G covered lierself. And tlie servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Kehekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. 25 And Abraham took another wife, 2 and her name was Keturah. And she bare him Zimran, and Jokslian, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and oShuah. And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asslumm. and Letusliim, and 4Lemnmim. And the sons of jMidian; Ephali, and Ejiher, and Hauoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were 5 the children of Keturah. And Abra- ham gave all that he had imto Isaac. 6 But mito the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them avv-ay from Isaac his son, while he yet lived. 7 eastward, unto the east coimtrj'. And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen 5-ears. 8 ^Vnd Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years ; and was gathered to his 9 people. And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ejihron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamrc; 10 the field which Abraham pm-chased of the cliildren of Heth : there was Abra- 11 ham Inn-ied, and Sarah his wife. And it car.ie to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son ; and Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi. 12 Now these are the generations of Islunael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarahs haiuhnaid, bare 13 unto Al)raham: and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, b}^ their names, according to their genei-ations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nel)aioth ; and 14Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa; 15 Hadad, and Tenia, Jetur, Kaphisli, and 10 Kedemah: these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, b}' then- villages, and by their encam])ments; twelve princes according to their na- 17 tions. And these are tlie j-ears of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years : and he gave up the ghost and died ; and was gathered unto 18 his people. And they dwelt from Havi- lali unto Shur that is liefore ]"lgvi)t, as thou goest toward Assyria: hi' ^ abode 2in the presence of all his brethren. 19 And these are the generations of Isaac. Al)raham's son: Abraham begat 20 Isaac: and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the =^Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Liban the ^Syrian, to be 21 his wife. And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was ban-en: and the Lord was intreated of hun, and Bebekah his wife con- 22ceived. And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, ^wherefore do I live? And 23 she went to inquire of the Lord. And the Loud said unto her, Tavo nations are in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated even from thy bowels : And the one people shall be stronger than the other people ; And the elder shaU serve the young- er. 24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins iu 25 her Avomb. And the first came forth 5 red, all over like an h?iry garment; 26 and they called his name Esau. And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on E au's heel ; and his name was called '^ Jacob : and Isaac was thi'eescore years old when she bare 27 them. And the boys grew : and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a '^ plain man, 28dweUing in tents. Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: 29 and Itebekah loved Jacob. And Jacob sod pottage: and Esati came iu from .30 the field, and he was faint: and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with '^that same red potfaf/e ; for I am fault: therefore Avas his name called 31 9Edom. And Jacob said. Sell me io this 32 day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die : and what profit shall the birthright do to 33 me? And Jacob said. Swear to me 10 this day; and he sware unto hun: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 And Jacob gave Esau bread and pot- tage of lentils; and he did eat and di-ink, and rose up, and went his way: so Esau despised his birthright. 20 And tlu-re was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of AI)raham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the 2 Philistines unto (rerar. And the Lord appeared unto him. and said. Go not (town into Egypt; dwell in the land which I sliall tell thee of: 3 sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee ; for luito thee, and unto thy seed. I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy 4 father; and I will multiiily thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto tliy seed all these lands ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth ^^ be 5 blessed; because that Abraham obey- ed my voice, and kei)t my charge, my 3Heb. A milt- ^Or, nhrre- fore urn 'l thus} ■> Or. ruddy 6 That k, One that \ taken bji the heel or sup- jAants. "Or, otiiet hurm- lens Heb. perfect. "Heb. the red pottage, thig red pott.ige. » That is. Ited. 11 Or, fiM of all UOr. them, ielrcs •27. 10. GENESIS. 19 iHeb. livlnrf. 2 Tliat is Conten- tion. " That is. Enmitv. i Tliat is. Broad „ commandments, my statutes, and my ylaws. And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: and the men ox the place asked him of his wife ; and he said, She is my sister : for he feared to saj, My wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah : because she Avas 8 fair to look upon. And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Al)imelech king of the Phil- istines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting 9 with liebekah his Avife. And Abimel- ech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thj^ Avife : and hoAv saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said. Lest 101 die for her. And Abimelech said, '\^^iat is this thou hast done unto us ? one of the people might lightly haA'e lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest 11 have brought guiltiness upon us. And Abimelech charged all the people, saying. He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. 12 And Isaac soAved in that land, and found in the same year an hmidredf old : and 13 the Lord blessed him. And the man AA^axed gi'eat, and grew more and more until he became \-ery great: 14 and he had possessions of iiocks, and possessions of herds, and a great house- hold: and the Philistines envied him. 15NoAV all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abra- ham his father, the Philistines had stop- ped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier 17 than we. And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the A'alley of Gerar, 18 and dwelt there. And Isaac digged again the vvells of water, Avhich they had digged in the days of Abraham his father ; for the Philistines had stojiped them after the death of Abraham : and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 18 And Isaac's. servants digged in the A^al- ley, and found there a well of i spring- 20 ing water. And the herdmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdmen, sajang. The water is ours: and he called the name of the Avell ^Esek; because 21 they contended with him. And they digged another well, and they stroA'e for that also : and he called the name 22 of it ^Sitnah. And he removed from thence, and digged another Avell; and for that they stro.ve not: and he palled the name of it * Eehoboth ; and he said. For noAv the Lord hath made room for us, and Ave sliall be fruitful 23 in the land. And he Avent up from 24 thence to Beer-sheba. And the Lord api^eared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father : fear not, for I am Avith thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my serA^ant Abraham's sake. 25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there 26 Isaac's serA^ants digged a Avell. Then Al)hnelech Avent to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the 27 captain of his host. And Isaac said unto them. Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me 28aAvay from you? And they said, We saAv plainly that the Lord was with thee : and Ave said. Let there noAv be an oath betAvixt us, even betAvixt us aaid thee, and let us make a coA-en- 29 ant with thee; that thou AAdlt do us no hurt, as Ave have not touched thee, and as AA'e haA"e done unto thee nothing but good, and liaA'c sent thee aAvay in peace: thou art now the blessed 30 of the Lord. And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drmk. 31 And they rose up betunes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they de- 32 parted from him in peace. And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concern- ing the Avell which they had digged, and said unto him. We have found 33Avater. And he called it sShibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer- sheba unto this day. 34 And Avlien Esau was fortj- years old he took to Avife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Plittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: 35 and they were ''a grief of mind unto Isaac and to liebekah. 27" And it came to pass, that when Isaac Avas old, and his ej'es Avere dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said mito him, My son: 2 and he said unto hmi. Here am I. And he said. Behold noA\% I am old, I knoAV 3 not the day of my death. Noav there- fore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy boAV, and go out to the 4 field, and take me A^enison; and make me saA^oury meat, such as I loA'e, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless tliee before 51 die. And Eebekah heard Avheu Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau Avent to the field to hunt for 6 A'enison, and to bring it. And Piobekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying. Be- hold, I heard thy father speak unto 7 Esau thj' brother, saying, Bring me A^enison, and make me saA'oury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before 8 the Lord before my death. Nov/ there- fore, my son, obey my A'oice according 9 to that Avhich I conunand thee. Go noAv to the flock, and fetch me from thence tAvo good kids of the goats ; and I Avill make them savoury meat for thy 10 father, such as he loA^eth: and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he 5Ses ch. xxi. 31. 6 Heb. bitter- ness of spirit. 20 GENESIS. 27. 10/ lOr. nwckcr may eat, so that he may hless thee 11 before his death. And Jacob said to Eebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother ie a hairy man, and I am a 12 smooth man. My father peradventure \vill feel me, and I shall seem to hun as a 1 deceiver; and I shall brmg a curse upon me, and not a blessing. 13 And his mother said unto him. Upon me be thy curse, my son : only 01)6}' my voice, and go fetch me them. 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his 15 father loved. And liebekah took the goodly raiment of Esau her elder son, Avhich were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her yomiger 16 son: and she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and 17 upon the smooth of his neck: and she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand 18 of her son Jacolj. And he came mito his father, and said. My father: and he said. Here am I ; who art thou, 19 my son? And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thj^ firstborn; I have done accordmg as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless 20 me. And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast fomid it so quick- ly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God sent me good speed. 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son 22 Esau or not. And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said. The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. 23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hau-y, as his brother Esau's 24 hands : so he blessed him. And he said, Ai-t thou my very son Esau? And he 25 said, I am. And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's veni- son, that n\y soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat : and he brought him wine, and he 26 drank. And his father Isaac said unto liim, Come near now, and kiss me, my 27 son. And he came near, and kis.sed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son Is an the smell of a field which the Loud liath blessed: 28 Ajid (iod give thee of the dew of heaven. And of the fatness of the earth, And i)lenty of corn aiKl wine : 20 Let peoi)lei! serve tliee. And nations bow down to thee: lie lord over tliy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to tliee: Cursed l)e every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that bless- eth thee. 30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the jireseuce of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came 31 in from his hunting. And he also made savoury meat, and brought it unto liis father; and he said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his sou's venison, that thy soul 32 may bless me. And Isaac his father said inito him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thj- firstborn, 33 Esau. And Isaac ti-embled verj- exceed- ingly, and said, "Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of aU before thou earnest, and have blessed him? jea, 34rt»fZ he shall be blessed. When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedmg gi-eat and bitter cry, and said mito his father. Bless me, even 35 me also, 0 my father. And he said. Thy brother came with guile, and hath 36 taken away thy blessing. And he said, Is not he rightly named 2 Jacob ? for he hath supplanted me these two tunes : he took awaj' my birthright; and, be- hold, now he hath taken away my blessmg. And he said, Hast thou not 37 reserved a blessing for me ? And Isaac answei-ed and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethi-en have I given to him for serv- ants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what then shaU 38 1 do for thee, my son ? And Esau said unto his father. Hast thou but one blessing, my father ? ' bless me, even me also, 0 my father. And Esau lifted 39 up his voice, and wept. And Isaac his father answered and said mito hun, Behold, 3 of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And ^of the deAv of heaven from above; 40 And bj' thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck. 41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his lieart. The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay nn* brother Ja- 42 cob. And the words of Esau lier elder son were told to Bebekah ; and she sent and called Jacob lier younger son, and said unto him. Behold, thy bro- ther Esau, as touching thee, doth com- 43 fort himself, />»;7)t).s///(/ to kill tliee. Now therefore, my son, obey mj- voice; and arise, flee tliou to Ijabaii my brother 44 to Haran; and tarry with him a few days, mitil thy l)rothers fury turn 45 away; until thy brother's anger tuni 29. 12. GENESIS. 21 1 Heb. Kl Shad- da i. 2 Heb. Aram- can. •■! Heb. the place. i Or, be- side him ■> H.b, brialc forl.h. away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to hun : then I will send, and fetch thee from thence : why should I be bereaved of you both in one day ? 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daugh- ters of Heth : if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what 28 good shall my life do me ? And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the 2 daughters of Canaan. Ai-ise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of 3 Laban thy mother's brother. And i Gfod Ahnighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou 4 mayest be a company of peoples ; and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave 5 unto Abraham. And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the ^Syrian, the brother of Eebekah, Jacob's and 6 Esau's mother. Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a Avife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, say- ing. Thou shalt not take a wife of the 7 daughters of Canaan ; and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and 8 was gone to Paddan-aram: and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan 9 pleased not Isaac his father ; and Esau went unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his Avife. 10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, Hand went toward Haran. And he lighted upon ^a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set ; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it mider his head, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descend- 13ing on it. And, behold, the Lord stood "^above it, and said, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham thy father, and >the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and 14 to thy seed; and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt 5 spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth 15bc blessed. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whitherso- ever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I Avill not leave thee, mitil I have done that 16 which I have spoken to thee of. And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said. Surely the Lord is in this place ; 17 and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said. How dreadful is this place ! this is none other but the house of God, 18 and this is the gate of heaven. And Jacob rose up early in the mornmg, and took the stone that he had put mider his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the 19 top of it. And he called the name of that place ^ Beth-el: but the name 20 of the city was Luz at the first. And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and Avill keep me in this vv^ay that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put 21 on, so that I come agam to my fa- ther's house in peace, 7 then shall the 22 Lord be my God, and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me I Avill sui-ely give the tenth unto thee. 29 Then Jacob ^went on his journey, and came to the land of the childi-en 2 of the east. And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it ; for out of that well they watered the flocks : and the stone upon the well's mouth was 3 gi-eat. And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the weU's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in its place. 4Aiid Jacob said unto them, My breth- ren, whence be ye? And they said, 5 Of Haran are we. And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? 6 And they said. We know him. And he said unto them, Is it well with him ? And they said, It is well: and, behold, Eachel his daughter cometh Avith the 7 sheep. And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. 8 And they said. We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep. 9 While he yet spake with them, Rachel came Avith her father's sheep; for 10 she kept them. And it came to pass, Avhen Jacob saAv Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's bro- ther, that Jacob Avent near, and rolled the stone from the Avell's mouth, and Avatered the flock of Laban his mother's 11 brother. And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voic§, and AA-ept. 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was c That is, The house of God. "Or, and the Lord will br. tntj God, then this stone ic. 8 Heb. lifted vp his feet. 9-> GENESIS. 29. 1:2. 1 Hob. rinth bcunyi. 2 Hcb. shnmii. her father's brother, and that he was Kebekali's son: and she ran and told 13 her father. And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Ja- cob his sister's son, that ho ran to meet liim, and end)raced him, and kissed hun, and brous:ht bun to liis house. And lie told Laban all these 14 thuigs. And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my Hesh. And he abode with him the space of a 15 month. And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, should- cst thou therefore serve me for nought? 16 tell me, what shall thy wages be ? And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder vras Leah, and the name of 17 the younger Avas Rachel. And Leah's eyes were tender; but Eachel was ISbeauiiiul and v.ell favoured. And Jacob loved Eachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Eachel 19 thy yomiger daughter. And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to 20 another mm: abide with me. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel ; and they seemed mito him but a few •21 d:iys, for the love he had to her. And Jacob said unto Laban, (xive me my wife, for my daj's are fulfilled, that 221 may go in unto her. And Laban gathered together all the men of the 23 place, and made a feast. x\ii(\. it came to pass iu the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. 24 And Lnbau gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for an liand- 25 maid. Ai\(\. it came to pass in the morning tliat, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, ^Vhat is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve vvith thee for Rachel? wherefore 26 then hast thou beguiled me? And Laban said. It is not so done in om- place, to give the j^omiger before the 27tirstborn. Fulfil tlie week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve 28 with me yet seven other years. And Jacol) did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter 29 to Avife. And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Eilhali his handmaid to 30 be her h ;ndmaid. ^bid he went iu also unto Eachel, and he loved also Eachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 And tlie JiOui) saw that Leah Avas hated, and he opened her Avomb: but 32E:'chel Avas barren. Ai;d Leah con- ceived, and l)are a son, and she called his name Eeuben : for she said, Eecau:-e the Loiti) 'liiith looked upon my iilllic- tion ; for now my husband will love me. 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, ]3ccause the Loni) -hath heard that I am hated, ho hath there- fore given me this fanies. Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau : for I fear hun, lest he come and smite me, the VI mother with the children. And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multi- 13 tude. And he lodged there that night ; and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother; 14. two hundred she-goats and twenty he- goats, two hundred ewes and twenty 15 rams, thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty 16 she-asses and ten foals. And he de- livered them into the hand of his serv- ants, every droA'e by itself; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and ITdi'ove. And he commanded tlie fore- most, sayuig, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying. Whose art thou? and whither goest thou '? and whose are these before thee ? 18 then thou shalt say. They he thy serv- ant Jacob's; it is a jireseut sent mito my lord Esau : and, behold, he also is 19 behind us. And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the di'oves, sayuig. On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, 20v/hen ye find him; and ye shall saj-, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I \xi]l ap- pease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me. 21 So the present passed over before him : and he himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And lie rose up that night, and took his two Avives, and his two handmaids, and Ms eleven children, and passed 23 over the ford of Jabbok. And he took them, and sent them over the stream, 24 and sent over that he had. And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with hmi until the breakuig of 25 the day. And when he saw that he i:)revailed not against hun, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he 26 wrestled Avith him. And he said. Let me go, for the day breake.h. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou 27 bless me. And he said unto liini. What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said. Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but ■^Israel: for ^thou hast t^ striven with God and with men, 29 and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said. Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said. "V^.lierefore is i,t that thou dost ask after my name ? 30 And he blessed him tliere. And Jacob called the name of tlie place ■? Peniel : for, said he, I have seen God face to 31 face, and my life is preserved. And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he halted upon his 32 thigh. Therefore the children of Is- rael eat not the sinew of the liip whicOi is uj)on the hollow of the thigh, unto this day : because he touched the hol- low of Jacob's thigh in the sinev/ of the hip. 33 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and 26 GENESIS. 33. 1. ^ Or, for there- fore have I seen 2 Heb. blessing. 3 Heb. all. « Thnt is, ISootJut. •'> Or, In Hhalem, a city " Heb. Vctitah. - That is. Ood. the Ooil nf Israel. unto Eacliel, and unto the two Imnd- 2 maids. And lie put the handmaids and their cliihbx'n foremost, and Leah and lier children after, and liachel and 3 Joseph hindermost. And he himself passed over hefore them, and howed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his hrother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and em- braced him, and fell on his neck, and 5 kissed him: and they wept. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the chihb-en; and said, 'Who are these with thee? And he said. The chil(b*en which God hath graciously' 6 given thy servant. Then the hand- maids came near, they and their child- 7 ren, and they howed themselves. And Leah also and her chil(b-en came near, and bowed themselves : and after came Joseph near and Eachel, and they 8 bowed themselves. And he said, "What meanest thou bj' all this company which I met ? And he said, To find grace in 9 the sight of my lord. And Esau said, I have enough; my brother, let that 10 thou hast be thine. And Jacob said. Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found gi-ace in thy sight, then receive my pre- sent at my hand : i forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 11 Take, I pray thee, my ^gift that is brought to thee ; because God hath dealt gi-aciously Avith me, and because I have 3 enough. And he urged him, and he 12 took it. And he said. Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go be- 13 fore thee. And he said unto him. My lord knoweth that the children are ten- der, and that the flocks and herds with me give suck: and if they overdrive 14 them one day, all tlic flocks will die. Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softlj', according to the pace of the cattle that is before me and according to the pace of the children, mitil I come imto my 15 lord unto Seir. And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find gi-ace in 16 the sight of my lord. So Esau returned 17 that day on his way unto Seir. And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and l)uilt him an house, and made l)ooths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called 'Succoth. 18 And Jacol) came ^in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan- aram ; and encamped before the city. 19 And he liought the; parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at tlie hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an liundred 20'5pieces of money. And he erected there an altar, and called it ^El-elohe- Israel. 34 And Dmah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out 2 to see the daughters of the land. And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her ; and he took her, and lay with her, and 3 humbled her. And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacol), and he loved the damsel, and spake ^kindly 4 unto the damsel. And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get 5 me this damsel to wife. Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter ; and his sons were with his cattle in the field : and Jacob held his 6 peace until they came. And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto 7 Jacob to commune with him. And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it : and the men were gi'ieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought foU}- in Israel in lying with Jacob's daugh- ter ; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor commmied with them, saying. The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray 93'ou give her unto him to wife. And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters mito us, and take our daugh- 10 ters unto you. And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get 11 you possessions therein. And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find gi*ace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me 121 will give. Ask me never so much doAATy and gift, and I will give accord- ing as ye shall say unto me : but give me 13 the damsel to wife. And the sous of Ja- cob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and. spake, because 14 he had defiled Dinah their sister, and said unto them. We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a rei>roach 15 unto us: onlj' on this condition will we consent unto you : if ye will be as we be, that every male of you be cir- 16 cumcised ; then will we give our daugh- ters inito you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. 18 And their words pleased and well favoured ; and they fed in tlie reed- 10 grass: and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leantieshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egyjit 20 for badness: and the lean and ill fa- voured kine did eat up the first seven 21 fat kine: and when thej- had eaten them up, it could not l^e laiov.n that they had eaten them ; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So 221 awoke. And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upcm 23 one stalk, full and good : and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, a)ul blasted Avitli the east wind, sprmig up after 24 them : and the thui ears swallowed up the seven good ears : and I told it unto the magicians ; but there was none that 25 could declare it to me. And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what God is about to do he hath declared unto Pharaoh. 26 The seven good kme are seven years ; and the seven good ears are seven 27 years : the di-eam is one. And the seven lean and ill favoured kine that came up after them are soven j'ears, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven j-ears 28 of famine. That is the tlnng which I spake unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do he hath shewed unto 29 Pharaoh. Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all 30 the land of Egyi^t: and there shall arise after them seven years of famine ; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Eg^it ; and the famme 31 shall consume the land ; and the plenty shall not be laioA\'n in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; 32 for it shall be very grievous. Aiid for that the dream was doubled unto Pha- raoh twice, it is because the thing is estabhshed by God, and God will 33 shortly bring it to pass. Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set liiin over the land 34 of Egy^it. Let Pharaoh do this, and let huu appouit overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egyjit in the seven plenteous 35 years. And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let 36 them keep it. And the food sliall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be ill the land of Egyi)t; that the land 37 perish luit tlirough the famine. And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his 38 servants. And Plinraoli said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God 39 is? And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasnuu'h as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and 40 wise as thou: thou shalt be over my 42. 2: GENESIS. 33 1 Or, order them- iflvc-t Or, do homage 2 Or, cotton ^ Ahrcrli, probably an Egypt- ian word, similar in siiiind to the Hebrew word nieanins; to kntcl. i That is, }Jaki}ig tofor'jet. 5 From a Hebrew word sig- nifying to be fruit fut. liouse, and according unto thy word shall all my jjeople ^be ruled: only in the throne will I be gi-eater than 41 thou. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land 42 of Egypt. Aiid Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and jjut it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of 2 fine linen, and put a gold 43 chain about his neck ; and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had ; and they cried before him, ^ Bow the knee : and he set him over all the 44 land of Egj-jit. Arid Pharaoh said un- to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his 45 foot in all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphe- nath-paneah ; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out 4G over the land of Egypt. And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egy|)t. And Josejih went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the 47 land of Egj-jit. And in the seven plen- teous years the earth brought forth by 48 handfuls. And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities : the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid 49 he up in the same. And Joseph laid uj) corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it 50vras without number. And unto Jo- seph were born two sons before the year of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of 51 On bare unto him. And Josei^h called the name of the firstborn ^Manasseh: For, said he, Clod hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. 52 Aiid the name of the second called he ^Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction. 53 Aiid the seven years of j^lenty, that was in the land of Egyi)t, came to an end. 54 And the seven years of famine began to come, accordmg as Josej^h had said : and there was famine in aU lands ; but in all the land of Egyjit there was 55 bread. And when all the land of E- gypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread : and Pharaoh said mito all the Egj-ptians, Go un- to Joseph; what he saith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth : and Joseph opened all {he storehouses, and sold unto the Egji)tians; and the famine Avas sore 57 in the land of Eg}i)t. And all coun- tries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth. 42 Now Jacob saw that there vras com in Eg}i)t, and Jacob said unto his sons. Why do ye look one upon another? 2 And he said. Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egyjit : get 3^ou down thither, and buy for us from thence; 3 that we may live, and not die. And Joseph's ten brethren went down to 4 buy corn from Egj-pt. But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren ; for he said, Lest perad- 5 venture mischief befall him. And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was Gin the land of Canaan. And Joseph was the governor over the land ; he it was that sold to all the people of the land : and Joseph's brethi-en came, and bowed down themselves to him with 7 their faces to the earth. And Joseph saw his brethi'en, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them ; and he said unto them, Wlience come ye? And they said. From the land of Ca- 8 naan to buy food. And Joseph knew his brethi-en, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him, IS^ay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. 11 We are all one man's sons ; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. 12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are 13 come. And they said. We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, be- hold, the youngest is this day with our 14 father, and one is not. And Joseph said unto them. That is it that I spake 15 unto you, saying, Ye are spies : hereby ye shall be proved : by the life of Pha- raoh ye shall not go forth hence, ex- cept your youngest brother come hither. 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your- words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are sjiies. 17 And he put them all together into 18 wai'd three days. And Josei)h said un- to them the third day. This do, and 19 live ; for I fear God : if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison house; but go ye, carry 20 corn for the famine of your houses : and bring your youngest brother unto me ; so shall your words be verified, and ye 21 shall not die. And they did so. And they said one to another. We are veri- ly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come 22 uj)on us. And Eeuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying. Do not sin agamst the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, be- 23 hold, his blood is required. And they 34 GENESIS. 42. 23. lOr. IIJHJIt 2 Ilch. t-or . h. xxxviL 35. knew not that Joseph miderstood them; for there was an interpreter between '24 them. And lie turned hunself about from them, and wept; and hei'eturned to them, and spake to them, and took Simeoi: from among them, and bound 25 him before their e3'e.s. Then Jo.sepli commanded to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them i)ro- vision for the way: and thus was it '26 done mito them. And they lae fomid, let him die, and we also will 10 be my lord's boncbnen. And lie said, Now also let it be according unto your Avords: he with whom it is found shaU be my bondman ; and ye shall be blame- 11 less. Then they hasted, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and 12 opened every man his sack. Aiid he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the j'oimgest : and the cup 13 was found in Benjamin's sack. Tiieu they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. 14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; and he was yet there: and they fell before Lira on the ground. 15 And Joseph said unto them, "What deed is this that ye have done ? know ye not that such a man as I can indeed IG divine? And Judah said. What shall we say unto my lord? what shall Ave speak ? or how shall Ave clear our- selves? God hath found out the in- iquity of thy servants: behold, Ave are my lord's bondmen, both Ave, and he also in Avhose hand the cup is found. 17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so : the man in whose hand the cup is fomid, he shall be my bondman; but as for 5'ou, get you uj) in peace unto A'our father. 18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said. Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my loid's ears, and let not thine anger bum against thy servant : for thou art even as Pha- 19 raoh. My lord asked his servants, sa^f- 20 ing, Have ye a f atiier, or a brother? And Ave said unto my lord. We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and 21 his father loveth him. And thou saidst unto thy seiwants, Bruig him doAni unto me, that I may set mine eyes up- 22 on him. And Ave said unto my lord. The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his fa- 23ther Avould die. And thpu saidst mito thy servants, Except your youngest S— 2 3G GENESIS. 41 23. 1 Hel). evil. 2 Heb. SheoK See ch. xxxvii. 35. 3 Or, Jiix soul is knitu-ith the Jad'i Soul See 1 Sam. x'S'iii. 1. 1 Heb. forth 7tis void' in weepiiiy. ■• Or. to b- rovision for the way. To all of them he gave each man changes of raunent; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and 23 five changes of raiment. And to his father he sent after this manner; ten nsses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and ])read and victual for his 24 father by the way. So he sent his l-.reth- ren away, and they departed: and he said unto them. See that ye fall not 25 out by the way. And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacol) their fatlier. 20 And they told him. saying. Josejih is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Eg%-])t. And his heart fainted, for he believed them not. 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them : 47. 5. GENESIS. I In Num. x.w i. 12, 1 Chr. i In IChr. iv. •^i.Jarib. 3 In Num. Zcrah. i Iiil Chr. vi. lii, L,cr- s In 1 * Chr. vii> " 1, I'uah, Jm^hub. See Num. x.tvi. 23, ■-'4. ein Num. xxvi. 15, Zcph-yn. "In Num. . \\-\ i. 16, Oziti. •^ In Num. xxvi. 17, ' Arod. and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : 28 and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet aHve : I will go and see him before I die. 46 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of 2 his father Isaac. And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said. Here 3 am I. And he said, I am God, the God of thy father : fear not to go down into Egypt ; for I will there make of thee 4a gi-eat nation: I will go down with thee into Egypt ; and I will also sui-e- ly brmg thee up again : and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their vrives, in the wagons which 6 Pharaoh had sent to carry him. And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egyjit, Jacob, 7 and all his seed with him : his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daugh- ters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with bun into Egypt. 8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egyi3t, Jacob and his sons : Eeuben, 9 Jacob's firstborn. And the sons of Eeuben ; Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hez- 10 ron, and Carmi. And the sons of Sim- eon ; 1 Jemuel, and Jamm, and Ohad, and 2Jachin, and ^Zohar, and Shaul 11 the son of a Canaanitish woman. And the sons of Levi; ^Gershon, Kohath, 12 and Merari. And the sons of Judah ; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah : but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of 13 Perez were Hezron and Hamul. And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and ^Puv- 14 ah, and lob, and Shimrou. And the sons of Zebulun ; Sered, and Elon, 15 and Jahleel. These are the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Di- nah : all the souls of his sons and his 16 daughters were thirty and thx-ee. And the sons of Gad ; 6 Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and 'Ezlion, Eri, and ^Arodi, 17 and Areli. And the sons of Asher; Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah ;' Heber, and Mal- 18^'hiel. These are the sons of Zilpah, which Laban gave to Leah his daugh- ter, and these she bare unto Jacob, 19 even sixteen souls. The sons of Rachel ■ Jacobs wife ; Joseph and Benjamin. 20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born iManasseh and Ei^hraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti- phera priest of On bare unto him. 21 And the sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Aslibel, Gera, and Naa- man, ^Ehi, and Eosh, i^Mupphn, and 22iiHuppim, and Ard. These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob : all the souls Avere fourteen. 1^ And the sons of Dan ; i^Hushhn. And the sons of Naphtali; I'^Jahzeel, and 25 Guni, and Jezer, and ^■^ Shillem. These are the sons of Billiah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob : all the 26 souls were seven. All the ^^ souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were three- 27 score and six ; and the sons of Joseph, which were born to him in Egj-jit, were two souls : all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egyjot, were threescore and ten. 28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to shew the way before him unto Goshen ; and they came into the 29 land of Goshen. And Josejih made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen ; and he presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and Avej^t on his neck a good 30 while. And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy 31 face, that thou art yet alive. And Jo- seph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I Avill go up, and tell Pharaoh, and Avill say mito him, My brethi'en, and my father's house, Avhich Avere in the land of Canaan, are come 32 mito me ; and the men are shepherds, for they haA'e been keepers of cattle ; and they haA'e brought theu' flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pha- raoh shall call you, and shall say. What 34 is yom* occupation ? that ye shall say, Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our j^outh even until now, both we, and our fathers : that ye maj^ dwell in the land of Goshen ; for CA'ery shepherd is an abommation unto the Egyi)tians. 47 Then Joseph went in and told Pha- raoh, and said. My father and iua' brethren, and their flocks, and then- herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan ; and, be- hold, they are in the land of Goshen. 2 And from among his brethren he took five men, and presented them unto 3 Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto his brethren. What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both Ave, and 4 our fathers. And they said unto Pha- raoh, To sojourn in the land are Ave come ; for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks ; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: noAv there- fore, we pray thee, let thy servants 5dAvell in tlie land of Goslien. And 38 GENESIS. 47. 5. •Or, ^nen of activity ■Or, sojourn- inns ' 3 Or, no cording to the miiiil)cr of their littUt ones • llfh. cattlit of the flocks. and for the eaillo o/tho herds. ■* Hcb. led thon as 11 shcp- licr.l. Pharaoh spake unto Josopli, sayiiip:, Thy fatlicr and thy brethren are 6 come unto thee : the land of Eg^it is before thee ; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell ; in the land of (xoshen let them dweU : and if tliou knowest any ^able men among them, then make them 7 rulers over my cattle. And Joseph brought in Jacob liis father, and set him before Pharaoh : and Jacob bless- 8ed Pharaoh. And Pharaoli said unto Jacob, How many are the days of the 9 years of thy life ? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my 2pii(Ti-iiuage are an hundred and tliirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and tliey have not attained luito the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their ^pil- 10 gi-image. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and Avent out from the presence of 11 Pharaoh. And Joseph placed his fa- ther and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egj7)t, in the best of the land, in the land of Eameses, as Pharaoh had command- 12 ed. And Joseph nourished his father, ajid his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, ^according to their families. 13 And there was no bread in all the land ; for the famine Avas verj' sore, so that the land of Egjpt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of 14 the famine. Aiid Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Ca- naan, for the corn which they bought : and Joseph brought the money into 15 Pliaraoh's house. And when the money Avas all spent in the land of Egj-jit, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egj-jit- ians came unto Joseph, and said. Give us bread : for why should we die in thy presence ? for our money faileth. 16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle: and I will give you for your cattle, if 17 money fail. And they l)rought their cattle unto Josei)h : and Joseph gave them bi-ead in exchange for the horses, and for the ''Hocks, and ft)r the herds, and for tlie asses: and ho ''fed them Avitli bread in exchange for all their 18 cattle for that year. And when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto liLin, We will not liide from my lord, how that our money is all si)ent ; and the herds of catth* are my lord's ; there is nought left in the sight of my lord, 19 but our IxKlies, and our lands: where- fore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land ? l)uy us and our land for bread, and we and our land Avill Ix; servants unto I'haraoh : and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not '20 desolate. So Joseph l)ought all the land of Egypt for Phaiaoh ; for the Eg5T)tians sold every man his field, because the famine was sore upon them : and tlie land became Pha- '21raoh's. And as for the i>eople, <5he removed thena '^to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to 22 the other end thereof. Only the land of the priests bought he not : for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pha- raoh gave them ; Avherefore they sold 23 not their land. Then Joseph said un- to the iieojile. Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pha- raoli : lo, here is seed for you, and ye 24 shall soAv the land. And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your fooeared unto me at Jav/. in tlie land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 and said unto mo, Behold, I Avill make thee fruitful, and multiply tliee, and I Avill make of thee a comjiany of peoples ; and Avill give this land to 49. 12. GENESIS. 39 lOr, Jtant be gotten «0r. to viy sorrow 3 Or, crossinr^ his ftattdt / thy seed after thee for an everlasting 5 i)ossession. And now tliy two sons, which were I'orn unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egyi^t, are mine ; Ephraim and Manas- seh, even as Eeuben and Simeon, shall 6 be mine. And thy issue, which thou ^begettest afler them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethreli in theii* inheritance. 7 And as for me, when I came from Pad- dan, Rachel died ^by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some way to come unto Ephrath : and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem). 8 And Israel beheld Josej^h's sons, and 9 said. Who are these ? And Joseph said unto his father. They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, 10 unto me, and I will bless them. Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him ; and he kissed 11 them, and embraced them. And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face : and, lo, Gcxl hath let 12 me see thy seed also. And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with 13 his face to the earth. And Joseph took them both, Eplu-aim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manas- seh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near 14 unto him. And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Eph- raim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, ^guiding his hands wittmgly; 15 for Manasseh was the firstborn. And he blessed Joseph, and said. The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did wallc, the God which hath fed me all my life long unto this day, 16 the angel which hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads ; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. ' 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him : and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's 18 head. And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the first- l^rn ; put thy right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it : he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great : howbeit his 3'omiger brother ' shaU be gi-eatcr than he, and his seed shall become ^ a multitude of nations. 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, ^In thee shaU Israel bless, sajdng, Ti before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy 19 servants. And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? And as for you, ye meant evil against me ; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake i kindly unto them. And Joseph dwelt in Egyi^t, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Ma- chir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees. And Joseph said mito his brethren, I die : but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. So Joseph died, beuig an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he v^'as put in a coffin in Egypt. 1 Hel). to tli^ir heart. THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, COilMONLY CALLED EXODUS. 1 Or, too mani/ and too mighty for us 1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came j 2 with Jacob. Eeuben, Simeon, Levi, ' 3 and Judah ; Issachar, Zebulun, and | 4 Benjamin ; Dan and Naphtali, Gad | 5 and Asher. And all the souls that came out of the loms of Jacob were ; seventy souls ; and Joseph was in | 6 Egyi)t ah-eady. And Joseph died, and j all his bretlu-en, and aU that gcnera- 7 tion. And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, I and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. 8 Nov/ there arose a new king over 9 Egypt, which knew not Joseph. And he "said unto his people. Behold, the people of tlie children of Israel are | IQimory and mightier than we: come, I let us deal v/isely with them; lest I they multiply, and it come to pass, | that, when there faUeth out any war, { they also jom themselves imto our enemies, and tight against us, and get 11 them up out of the land. Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with then- bm-dens. And they built for Pluiraoh store cities, r2Pithom and Eaamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they '-^were gi'ieved be- 13 cause of the childi-en of Israel. And the Egyptians made the children of 14 Israel to serve with rigoui- : and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein tliey made them serve with rigour. 15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which tlie name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name 16 of the other Puah : and he said. When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birthstool ; if it be a son, then ye sliaU 2-5 42 EXODUS. 1. 16. 1 See Gen. x!i. 1. kill him; but if it be a daughter, then 17 she shall live. But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egj^it commanded them, but saved the men 18childre]i alive. And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them. Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? 19 Ajid the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyjitian women ; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the mid- 20 wife come imto them. And God dealt well with the midwives : and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made 22 them houses. Aiid Pharaoh charged all his people, saying. Every son that is born ye shah cast into ^the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. 2 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter 2 of Levi. And the Avoman conceived, and bare a son : and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid 3 him three months. And Avhen she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of ^buh-ushes, and daubed it with ^ slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 4 And his sister stood afar off, to know 5 Avhat would be done to him. And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and 6 sent her handmaid to fetch it. And she opened it, and saw the child : and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is 7 one of the Hebrews' children. Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Heljrew women, that she may nurse 8 the child for thee? And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's 9 mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child aAvay, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the 10 child, and nursed it. And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became lier son. And she called his name 4 Moses, and said. Because I ^ drew him out of the water. 11 -Viid it came to pass in those days, when INIost's was gi-own up, tliat he went out unto liis ])rethren, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an E- gyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of liis 12 brethren. And he looked tliis way and tliat way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Eg^iitian, 13 and hid hhu hi the sand. -\nd he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, ■WTierefore smitest thou thy fellow? 14 And he said, "Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? thuikest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egj'ptian ? And Moses feared, and said. Surely the ISthmgis kno\m. Now when Pharaoh heard this thuig, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt m the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to Avater 17 their fathers flock. And the shepherds came and drove them away : but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered IStheu- flock. And Avheu they came to Pieuel theu' father, he said. How is it 19 that ye are come so soon to-day ? And they said, Aii Egjiitian dehvered us out of the hand of the sheiiherds, and moreover he drew water for us, 20 and watered the flock. And he said unto his daughters. And where is he ? Avhy is it that ye have left the man ? 21 call him, that he may eat bread. And Moses was content to dAvell AAith the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah 22 his daughter. And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom : for he said, I have been ^^a sojom-ner in a strange land. 23 And it came to pass m the course of those many days, that the king of Eg}i)t died : and the chilch-en of Israel sighed hy reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto 24 God by reason of the bondage. And God heard theh groaning, and God re- membered his covenant with Abraham, 25 with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them. 3 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the Avilderness, and came to the moimtain of God, unto Horeb. 2 And tlie angel of the Lukd appeared unto him in a flame of tu-e out of the midst of a bush : and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned Avith fire, 3 and the bush was not consimied. And Moses said, I will turn aside iioav, and see this great sight, why the bush is 4 not burnt. .:Vnd Avhen the Jjouv saAV that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses. Moses. And he 5 said. Here am I. Aiu\ he said, Praw not nigh hither: i)Ut oli' thy shoes from olf tliy feet, for the idaee whereon thou Gstandest is holy ground. Moreover he said, I am tlie God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, ^. io. EXODUS. 43 i lOr, / .1 .1/. i:e- VA csii I / .1 .1/ J A M WHO AM Or. / Il7/,i BE 77/. I y / II ILL LE Hell. K}i jlt'h. 3 Heb. JlJlOlHCh, from the same ^; root as. ' £hjch. and the God of Jacob. Aiid Moses liid his face ; for lie was afraid to look 7 upon God. And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people -\\hich are in Egj-pt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters ; for I know their sorrows ; 8 and I am come dov^n to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey ; unto the place of the Canaan- ite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and 9 the Jebusite. And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyi^tians 10 oppress them. Come now therefore, and I Avill send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egyi^t. 11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children 12 of Israel out of Egyi^t ? And he said, Certauily I will be with thee ; and this shall be the token unto thee, that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egyi^t, ye shall serve God ujion this mountain. 13 And Moses said xinto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, Wliat is his name? what shall I say 14 unto them? And God said unto Moses, ij AM THAT I AJi: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, ^i am hath sent me unto you. 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, ^The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you : this is my nam^e for ■ ever, and this is my memorial unto 16 all generations. Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord, the God of j'our fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egj-pt : 17 and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land 18 flowing Avith milk and honey. And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Eg5i)t, and ye shall say unto him. The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us : and now let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord om* God. 19 And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, no, not by a 20 mighty hand. And I AviU put forth my hand, and smite Egj-pt with aU my wonders Avhicli I will do m the midst thereof : and after that he will let you 21 go. And I Avill give this jieople favour in the sight of the Egyjitians: and it shall come to pass, that, Avhen ye 22 go, ye shall not go empty: but every woman shall ask of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jeAvels of gold, and raiment : and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; 4 and ye shall spoil the Egyi)tians. And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they Avill not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice : for they will say. The Lord hath not appeared mito thee. 2 And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A 3 rod. And he said. Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the gi'ound, and it became a ^serpent; and Moses fled 4 from before it. And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail : (and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it 5 became a rod in his hand:) that they may believe that the Lord, the God of then- fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, 6 hath appeared unto thee. And the Lord said furthermore unto him. Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and Avhen he took it out, behold, his hand 7 Avas leprous, as icJdte as snoAV. And he said, Put thuie hand into thy bosom again. (And he put his hand into his bosom again ; and Avhen he took it out of his bosom, behold, it Avas turned 8 again as his other flesh.) And it shall come to pass, if they wiU not belieA-e thee, neither hearken to the A^oice of the first sign, that they Avill belieA-e 9 the A-oice of the latter sign. And it shall come to pass, if they Avill not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy A'oice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the Avater AA'hich thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. 10 And Moses said unto the Lord, Oh Lord, I am not ^ eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: for I am slow of 11 speech, and of a sIoav tongue. And the Lord said unto him. Who hath made man's mouth ? or A\'ho maketh a man dmnb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? 12 is it not I the Lord? Nov/ there- fore go, and I Avill be Avith thy mouth, and teach thee Avhat thou shalt speak. 13 And he said. Oh Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of hini whom thou ?-6 44 EXODUS. 4. 13. 3 Hcb. niadf it touch. *0r. A brido- groom of blofxl ill ri'Q'i I'll of the circimt- cition 14 wilt send. And the anper of the Lord ■was kindled against Moses, and lie said, Is there not Aaron thy l)rother the Levite? I know tliat he can speak well. And also, hehold, he conieth forth to meet thee : and when he seeth 15 thee, he will he glad in his heart. And thon shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth : and I will ])e with thj' mouth, and with his mouth, and 16 will teach you what ye shall do. And he shall he thy spokesman unto the people: and it shall come to pass, that he sliall he to thee a mouth, and 17 thou slialt he to him as God. And thou shalt take in thine hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs. 18 And Moses went and returned to 1 Jethro his father in law, and said unto him. Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my hrethren which are in Egji^t, and see whether they he yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses. 19 Go in peace. Ajid the Lord said un- to Moses in Midian, Go, return into EgJTt : for all the men are dead which 20 sought thy life. And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egj-pt : and Moses took the rod of God •21 in his hand. And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest hack into Eg^iit, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thine hand: hut I Avill '-harden his heart, and he will not let the people 22 go. And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is ray son, 23 my fir.stborn: and I have said inito thee. Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: l)ehold, I will slay thy 24 son, thy tirstborn. And it came to pass on the way at the lodging place, that the Loud met hun, and sought to 25 kill him. Tlien Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of lier son, and ^cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a hridcgi-oom of hlood art thou 26 to me. Ho he let him alone. Then she said, *A bridegroom of blood art ifioii, l)ecause of the circumcision. 27 Ajid the liORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mountain of God, and kissed him. 28 And I^loses told Aaron all tlie words of the Loud wherewith be had sent liini, and all the signs wherewith he had 29 charged him. And Closes and Aaron Avent and gathered togctlier all the 30 elders of the children of Israel: and Aaron s])ake all the words wliidi tlie Lord liad spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in tlie siglit of tlie 31 people. And the ])('0])1(> believed: and when they heard that the liOUD had ■visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. 5 And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said unto Pharaoh, Tims saith the Lord, the God of Israel. Let my people go, that they may hold a feast 2 unto me in the wilderness. And Pha- raoh said. Who is tlie Lord, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, and moreover I will not let Israel go. 3 And the}' said, The God of the He- brews hath met with us: let ns go, we pray thee, tlu-ee days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? 5 get you mito your bm-dens. And Pha- raoh said. Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make 6 them rest from their burdens. And the same day Pharaoh connnanded the taskmasters of the people, and their 7 officers, saying. Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as here- tofore: let them go and gather straw 8 for themselves. And the tale of the bricks, which they did make hereto- fore, ye shall lay upon them ; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they be idle ; therefore they cry, saying. Let 9 us go and sacrifice to our God. Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein ; and let 10 them not regard lying words. And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying. Thus saith Pliaraoh, I 11 will not give j'ou straw. Go yourselves, get 3'ou straw where ye can find it: for nought of your work shall be dimin- 12ished. So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of 13 EgA-j^t to gather stubble for straw. And the taslanasters were urgent, saying, Fulfil your works, i/our daily tasks, 14 as when there was straw. Ajid the officers of the children of Israel, which Pliaraohs taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, ^""and demanded. Wherefore have ye not fulfilled yoiu- task both yesterday and to-day. in 15 making brick as heretofore? Then the otficers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pliaraoh, saying, Where- fore dealest thou thus with thy serv- lUaiits? There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us. Make brick: and, l)ehold, thy servants are beaten; l)ut the fault is in thine o\m 17i)eoi)le. Put he said. Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Ijct us go 18 and sacrifice to the liORD. Go there- fore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you. yet shall ye deliver 19 the tale of bricks. And the officers 7. 3. EXODUS. 45 were set on 7n in- ch ief, when they said 2Heb. El Shad- dai. 3 Or, as to ^Or, made knoum S Or, im- patience Heb. shortness of spirit. of the children of Israel did see that they iwere in evil case, when it was said, Ye shall not mLnish aught from 20 your bricks, your daily tasks. And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the Avay, as they came forth from 21 Pharaoh : and they said unto them, The Lord look uijon you, and judge; be- cause ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a 22 sword m their hand to slay us. And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said. Lord, wherefore hast thou evil entreated this peojde? why is it that 23 thou hast sent me ? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath evil entreated this peojile ; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. 6 And the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I Avill do to Pha- raoh: for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. 2 And God spake unto Moses, and said 3 unto him, I am jehovah: and I ap- peared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as 2 God Almighty, but ^by my name jehovah I was not 4 4 known to them. And I have also estabUshed my covenant Avith them, to give them the laud of Canaan, the land of their sojourniugs, Avherem they 5 sojoui-ned. And moreover I have heard the gi-oaning of the children of Israel, Avhom the Egyptians keep in bondage ; and I haA^e remembered my covenant. 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I AviU bring you out from mider the burdens of the Egyptians, and I wiU rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you Avath a stretched out arm, and with 7 great judgements : and I will take you to me for a people, and I AviU be to you a God : and ye shall knoAv that I am Jehovah your God, which brmgeth ■ you out from under the burdens of the 8 Egyptians. And I will bring you in imto the land, concernmg which I lift- ed up my hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob ; and I will give it you for an heritage : I am Jehovah. 9 And Moses spake so unto the chilcken of Israel : but they hearkened not unto Moses for ^ anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. 10 Aiid the Lord spake unto Moses, say- lling, Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king pf Egyi)t, that he let the children of 12 Israel go out of his land. And Moses spake before the Lord, sayuig. Behold, the children of Israel have not heark- ened mito me ; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, Avho am of uncircumcised 13 lips ? And the Lord spake unto Moses and Tuito Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh kuig of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 14 These are the heads of their fathers' houses: the sons of Keuben the first- born of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezrou, and Cai-mi : these are the fami- 15 lies of Reuben. And the sons of Sim- eon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachm, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish Avoman : these are 16 the families of Simeon. And these are the names of the sons of Levi accord- ing to their generations ; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari : and the years of I the life of Levi were an hundred thu-ty i 17 and seA'en years. The sons of Ger- j shon; Libni and Shimei, accordmg to 18 then* families. And the sons of Ko- ! hath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, \ and Uzziel: and the years of the life \ of Kohath were an hundred thirty and ! 19 three years. And the sons of Merari : ! Mahli and Mushi. These are the fami- lies of the Levites according to their 20 generations. And Amram took him Jo- chebed his father's sister to wife ; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram Avere an hiuidred and thirty and seven years. 21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and 22 Nepheg, and Zichri. And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and 23 Sithri. And Aaron took him Ehsheba, the daughter of Aimninadab, the sister of Nahshon, to Avife ; and she bare him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 24 And the sons of Korah; Assh-, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph ; these are the 25 families of the Korahites. And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daugh- ters of Putiel to Avif e ; and she bare him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' Jiouses of the Levites according 26 to their famihes. These are tliat Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egyi^t according to their 27 hosts. These are they which spake to Phai-aoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egyi^t: these are that Moses and Aaron. 28 And it came to pass on the day when the Lord si)ake unto Moses i)i the land 29 of Egypt, that the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, I am the Lord : speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all 30 that I speak unto thee. And Moses said befoi-e the Lord, Behold, I am of micircimicised lips, and hoAV shall 7 Pharaoh hearken unto me? And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Phai-aoli: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy jiro- 2 phet. Thou shalt speak all that I com- mand thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in 46 EXODUS. 7. 3. 1 Heb. tcouiiii, any Iar;;e reptile : ami !-o in vv. 10, li 2 See Gen. xli. 3 Or, f- crct iirt.i i Heb. IPHS strong- • Heb. heai':i. "Or. canith 4 the laiul of Egypt. But Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, and I will lay my hand upon Egyjit, and bring forth my host.s, my people the chikhx'n of Is- rael, out of the land of Egypt by gi'eat 5 judgements. And the Eg5i)tians shall know that I am the Loud, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egyi)t, and bi-ing out the children of Israel G from among them. And Moses and Aaron did so; as the Lokd comniand- 7 ed them, so did they. And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron four- score and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. 8 And the Lord spake luito Moses and 9 unto Aaron, saying, "When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying. Shew a wonder for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become 10 a 1 seri)ent. And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoli and before his servants, and it became 11 a seri)eut. Then Pharaoh also caUed for the wise men and the sorcerers: and they also, the 2 magicians of Egj-pt, did in like manner with their -'^enchant- 12 ments. For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron"s rod swallowed up their rods. 13 And Pharaoh's heart '^was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had sjioken. 14 And the Lord said unto Moses, Pha- raoh's heart is ^ stubborn, he refuseth 15 to let the people go. Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he go- eth out unto the Avater; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a '"'seiiicnt shalt thou take 16 in thine hand. And thou shalt say unto him, The Lord, the God of the Helnews, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wiklerness : and, behold, hitherto thou hast not heark- 17ened. Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in muie hand upon the wa- ters which are in the river, and they 18 shall be turned to blood. And the lish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egj-ptians shall loathe to drink water from the 10 river. And the Loud said unto Moses. Hiiy unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out tlihie hand over the wa- ters of Egypt, over their riAers, over their "streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may l)ec()nie blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of '20 wood and in vessels of stone. And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded ; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were 21tm-ned to blood. And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egj-j^tians cordd not diink water from the river; and the blood was thi-oughout all the land of S^Egjiit. And the magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchant- ments : and Pharaoh's heart •* was hard- ened, and he hearkened not unto them ; 23 as the Lord had spoken. And Pha- raoh turned and went mto his house, neither did he *^ lay even this to heart. 24 And all the Egyjitians digged round about the river for water to drink ; for they could not drink of tlie water of 25 the river. And seven days were ful- filled, after that the Lord had smitten the river. 8 And the Lord spake mito Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and say imto him. Thus saith the Lord, Let my people 2 go, that they may serve me. And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders ^ith frogs: 3 and the river shall swarm V\'itli frogs, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, aljd upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into tliy knead- 4ingtroughs: and the frogs shall come up both upon thee, and upon thy people, 5 and upon all thy sen ants. Arid the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the '^streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to 6 come up ujion the land of Egyiit. And Aaron stretched out his hand over the Avaters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egyi^t. 7 And the magicians did in like maimer with their enchantments, and brought 8 up frogs upon the land of Eg^pt. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the Lord, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the pcoi)le go, that they may sacrifice unto the 9 Lord. And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Have thou this glory over me: a- gainst what time shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroj'ed from thee and thy houses, and remain 10 in the river only? And he said, A- gainst to-morrow. And he said. Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like 11 unto the Lord our God. And tlie frogs shall depart from thee, and fnnn thy houses, and from thv servants, and 9. 12. EXODUS. 47 1 Or, as he had appoint- ed unto Pharaoh 2 Keli. y,iade hcai'>;. ^Or, sand Jlirs Or, Jleas IV as strong. 5 Or.-sej! a sign of deliver- n.)ice Heb. set ^ • redemp- tion. c Or, de- stroyed from thy people ; they shall remain in 12 the river only. And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord concerning the frogs 1 which he had brought upon 13 Pharaoh. And the Lord did accord- ing to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of 14 the courts, and out of the fields. And they gathered them together in heaps : 15 and the land stank. But when Pha- raoh saw that there was respite, he 2 hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had spoken. 16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may become ^Hce throughout all the land 17 of Egyjit. And they did so ; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there were lice upon man, and upon beast ; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: and there were lice 19 upon man, and uj^on beast. Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart ^was hardened, and he heark- ened not unto them ; as the Lord had spoken. 20 And the Lord said unto Moses, Else uj) early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water ; and say u.nto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, 21 that they may serve me. Else, if thou wilt not let my i^eople go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and uj)on thy servants, and upon thy peoi)le, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyj^tians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground 22 whereon they are. And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which ■ my people .dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in 23 the midst of the earth. And I will 5 put a division between my people and thy people: by to-morrow shall 24 this sign be. And the Lord did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was *5 cor- rupted by reason of the swarms of ^5^ies. And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice 26 to your God in the land. And Moses said. It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God: lo, shall v,e sacrifice the abomination of the Egji)tians before their eyes, and 27, will they not stone us? We will go three days' journe}' into the valder- ness, and sacrifice to the Lord our 28 God, as he shall command us. And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me. 29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will mtreat the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-morrow: only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice 30 to the Lord. And Moses went out fi-om Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord. 31 And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; 32 there remained not one. And Pharaoh 2 hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go. 9 Then the Lord said mito Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him. Thus saith the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, Let my peoj)le go, that they may serve 2 me. For if thou refuse to let them go, Sand wUt hold them still, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, ujion the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks: there 4 shall be a very grievous mui-ram. And the Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Eg^^t : and there shaU nothing die of all that be- 5 longeth to the children of Israel. And the Lord appomted a set time, say- ing. To-morrow the Lord shall do this 6 thing in the land. And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died : but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was '^stubborn, and he did not let the people go. 8 And the Lord said mito Moses and unto Aaron, Take to j-ou handfuls of ^ ashes of the furnace, and let Moses spriidde it toward the heaven in the 9 sight of Pharaoh. And it shaU become small dust over all the land of Egyi>t, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout aU the land of Egypt. 10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh ; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil bi-eaking forth with blains uj)on man and upon beast. 11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils ; for the boils Avere upon the magicians, 12 and upon all the Egj-jitians. And the Lord ^ hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto 48 EXODUS. 9. 12. 1 f>r, jUmhinff o-intlim- all// amidst 2 Hel). voirrs {or I hnn- of OmL them; as the Loud had spoken luito Moses. 13 And tlie Lokd said unto Moses, Eise uji early in the niornuig, and stand before Pliaraoh, and say uuto him, Thus saith the Lokd, the God of the Hebrews, Let my i)eoi)le k<>. that they 14 may serve me. I'or I will this thne send all my i)lagnes upon thine heart, and upon tliy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all tlie earth. 15 For now I had put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with l)estilence, and thou hadst been cut off 16 from the earth : l)ut in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, . for to shew thee my i)ower, and that my name may be declared through- 17 out all the earth. As yet exaltest thou thyself agamst my people, that 18 thou wilt not let them go? Behold, to- mon"ow about this tinae I Avill cause it to rain a very grievous hail, sucli as hath not been in Egj'pt since the day 19 it was founded even until now. Now therefore send, hasten in thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field ; for every man and beast which shall be fomid in the field, and shall not be brought hoioe, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. 20 He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle llee into 21 the houses: and he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and his cattle in the field. 22 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward hea- ven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, thi-oughout tlie land of Egypt. 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent tlumder and haU, and fire ran down unto the earth; and the Loud rained '24 hail upon the land of Egypt. So there was hail, and fire i mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it 25 became a nation. And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and t)ie hail smote evei'y herl) of the field, and brake every tree of .26 the field. Only in tlie land of Goshen, where tlu^ cliildren of Israel were, Avas 27 there no hail. And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I liave sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my 28 people are wicked. Intreat the Loud; for thei'e hatli lx;en enough of these -mighty thunderings and hail; and I Avill let 3'ou go, and je shall stay no 29 longer. And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my liands unto the Lord; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail ; that thou mayest know that the 30 earth is the Lord's. But as for thee and thy servants, I laiow that ye will 31 not yet fear the Lord God. And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and 32 the flax "was boiled. But the wheat and the spelt Avere not smitten: for 33 they were not gro^^^l up. And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his liands unto the Lord: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not pom-et. Then Pha- raoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and 17 against you. Now therefore forgive, I jn-ay thee, my sui only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only. 18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and 19intreated the Lord. And the Lord turned an exceeding strong west wuid, Avhich took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea ; there re- mamed not one locust in all the border 20 of Egypt. "But the Lord '■^hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go. 21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, ^even darkness which may be 22 felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven ; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt 23 thi-ee days ; they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for \lu'ee days: but all the children of Israel had light in then- dwellings. 24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said. Go ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed : let yom- little ones also go with you. 25 And Moses said. Thou must also give into our hand saci-ifices and burnt off er- mgs, that Ave may sacrifice mito the 26 Lord our God. Our cattle also shall go with us ; there shall not an hoof be left behuid ; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve 27 the Lord, until we come thither. But the Lord 2 hardened Pharaoh's heart, 28 and he would not let them go. And Pharaoh said unto hun. Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for ui the day thou seest 29 my face thou shalt die. And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well; I will see thy face again no more. 11 And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharaoh, and upon Egyj^t ; afterwards he will let you go hence: ^when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust 2 you out hence altogether. Speak now m the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighboiu*, and every woman of her neighboiu", jewels 3 of silver, and jewels of gold. And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egj^itians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egyiit, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. 4 And Moses said. Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out 5 into the midst of Egypt : and all the firstborn in the land of Egyjit sliaU die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even mito the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill ; and all the firstborn 6 of cattle. And there shall be a gi-eat cry thi'oughout aU the land of Egypt, such as there hath been none like it, 7 nor shall be like it any more. But against any of the cliildren of Israel shall not a dog ^move his tongue, a- gainst man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and 8 Israel. Aiid all these thy servants shall come doAvn unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, sayuig. Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee : and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Pha- raoh will not hearken unto you: that my wonders may be multiplied i)i the 10 land of Egypt. And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pliaraoh : and the Lord ^iiardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the childi-en of Israel go out of his land. 12 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egji^t, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the begin- nhig of months: it shall be the first 3 month of the year to you. Speak ye unto all the congi-egatipn of Israel, say- ing, In the tenth dtuj of this month they 4 Or, when h« shut I let you qo alto^ gi;t bcT, he shall ut^crl/ thrvst you o-ut luiHce S Heb. vJiet. 50 EXODUS. 12. 3. 1 Ox-, kid 2Heb. between the two even- iiigs. " Or, for a lie- ftrojjer shall take to them every man a ^lamh, acconling to their fathers' houses, a 4 lamb for an household: ami if the household l)e too little for a laml), then shall he and his neighbour next unto his house take one according to the immber of the souls ; according to every man's eating ye shall make 5 your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it from 6 the sheep, or from the goats: and ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congi'egation of 7 Israel shall kill it 2 at even. And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side posts and on the Imtel, iipon the houses wherein they shall Seat it. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast v.'ith fire, and unleavened liread ; v.ith bitter herbs 9 they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire ; its head with its legs 10 and with the inwards thereof. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall biu'n 11 with fire. And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and j^our staff in your hand : and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the 12 Lord's passover. For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Eg\7it, l)oth man and beast; and against all the gods of Eg^-jit I will execute judgements: I am the Lord. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are : and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you ^to destroy you, Avhen I 14 smite the land of Egn)t. And this day shall l)e unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord: throughout j-our generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordin- 15 ance for ever. Seven daj's shall ye eat uideavened bread; even the first day ye shall i)ut away leaven out of jour houses : for whosoever eateth leavened lu'ead from the first daj' until the seventh day, that soul shall l)e 10 cut olf from Israel. And in the first day there shall be to you an holy con- vocation, and in the seventh day an holy convocation ; no maimer of work shall be done in them, save that which everj- man must eat, that only maj- 17 be done of you. And ye shall ol)serve i\ni tenat of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought yt)ur hosts out of the land of Egypt: there- fore shall ye observe this day through- out your generations l)y an ordinance IS for ever. In the first mouth, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month 19 at even. Seven days shall there be no leaven found in j-our houses: for whosoever eateth that which is lea- vened, that soul shall be cut off from the congi-egation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or one that is bora 20 in the land. Ye shall eat nothing leavened ; in aU your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. 21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, ^Draw out, and take you •'lamljs according to your families, and kill the passover. 22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood tiiat is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house imtil 23 the morning. For the Lord wiU pass through to smite the Egyi>tians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroj'er to come in luito 24 your houses to smite you. And ye shall observe this thing for an ordin- ance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath pro- mised, that ye shall keep this ser^-ice. 26 And it shall come to pass, when yoiu* children shall say unto you, '\\liat 27 mean ye by this service? that ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's jiassover, ''who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egyjit, when he smote the Egyjitiaus, and delivered our houses. And the people 28 bowed the head and worshipped. Ajid the childi'en of Israel went and did so ; as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 29 And it came to pass at midnight, that the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the first- born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstl)orn of the captive that was in the dungeon ; and all the first- 30 born of cattle. And I'liaraoh rose up in the night, he, and all Ins serv- ants, and all the Egji^tians; and there was a gi'eat cry in Egyjit; for there was not a house where there was not 31 one dead. And he called for Moses and Aaron by niglit, and said, Rise up, get you forth from among my people, botli ye and the children of Israel; and go. serve the Lord, as ye have 32 said. Take both your ritians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of tlic bind inliaste; for they 34 said, "We ])e all dead men. And the people took their dough before it was 13. 1 EXODUS. 51 1 Or, n n'l'jht of ni'iitch- iii-f tin- to' the Loud 2 Or. this Srnin' ■ui'jht ?-5 a niijht of x'atch- inas told the king of EgjiJt that the people were fled : and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the jieople, and they said, Wliat is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving Gus? And he made ready his ^ chariot, 7 and took Ins people with him: and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains 8 over all of them. And the Loiid ^ harden- ed the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel : for the chibken of Israel went i)out with an high luind. And the Eg;yi)tians i)ursued after them, all the horses and cliariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and over- took tliem encamping by the sea, be- side Pi-hahirotli, l)efore Jiaal-zephon. 10 And when Pharaoli drew nigh, the children of Isiael lifted up their eyes, and, beliold, the Ivgyptians marched after tliem; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out 11 unto the Loitu. And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egyi)t, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt tlius with us, to bring us 12 forth out of Egypt? Is not tliis the word tliat we spake unto thee iu Egyi)t, sayuig. Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians ? For it were better for us to serve the Eg^-ptians, than that we should die in the wil- loderness. And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, wliich he will work for you to-day: ^for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for 14 ever. The Lord shall light for you, and ye shall hold yom- peace. 15 And the Lord said unto Moses, Where- fore criest thou unto me ? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go 16 forward. And lift thou up thy rod" and stretch out thme hand over the sea, and divide it : and the children of Is- rael shall go into the midst of the 17 sea on dry gi'oimd. And I, behold, I will -harden the hearts of the Egyjit- ians, and they shall go in after them: and I will get me honour upon Pha- raoh, and upon all his host, u^jou his chariots, and upon liis horsemen. 18 And the Egj-jitians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon liis 19 chariots, and upon his horsemen. And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood 20 behmd them : and it came between the camp of Egyi)t and the canij) of Israel ; and there was the cloud and the dark- ness, yet gave it hght by night: and the one came not near the otlier all 21 the night. And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea ; and the Lord caused the sea to go hack by a strong east wiud all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were di- 22 vided. And the childi'en of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on 23 their left. And the Egyptians i)ursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his 24 chariots, and his horsemen. Aiid it came to pass in the morning watch, that the Lord looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of lire and of cloud, and dis- comlited the host of the Egj'ptians. 25i\jid he ''took off their chariot wheels, 7 that they drave them heavily: so that the Eg>-ptians said. Let us flee from tlie face of Israel; for the Lord flghteth for tliem against the Egyptians. 20 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, tliat the waters nuiy come again upon tlu! Egyptians, upon their chariots, 27 and upon their horsemen. And Mo.ses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its ^strength when the morning ai)peai"ed ; and the Egyi)tians fletl against it ; and the 5 Or. for tchfrea* ye liave seen the f'aypt- in lis to- day " Some ancient vorsions reail. bound. 'Or, and made them to dri ve »Or. tvonted flow 15. 26. EXODUS. 53 iHeb. shook off. 2Heb. liand. 3 Or, U highly exalted IHeb. Jah. Lord i overthrew the Egyptians in the 28 midst of the sea. And the waters re- turned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much 29 as one of them. But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea ; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right 30 hand, and on their left. Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyjitians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea 31 shore. And Israel saw the gi-eat 2 work which the Lord did upon the Egypt- ians, and the people feared the Lord : and they believed in the Lord, and in his servant Moses. 15 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing imto the Lord, for he ^hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 2 *The Lord is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation : This is my God, and I will praise him; My father's God, and I will exalt him. 3 The Lord is a man of war : The Lord is his name. •1 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea : And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea. r» The deeps cover them : They went down into the depths like a stone, tj Thy right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power, Thy right hand, 0 Lord, dasheth in pieces the enemy. 7 And in the greatness of thine excel- lency thou overtlu-owest them that rise uj) against thee : Thou sehdest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble. 8 And -with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were jjiled wp, The floods stood upright as an heaj) ; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I wiU divide the spoil : My lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. 10 Thou didst blow with thy -wind, the sea covered them : They sank as lead in the mighty waters. 11 "Who is like unto thee, O Lord. among the gods? Wiio is like thee, glorious in holi- ness. Fearful in praises, doing wonders ? 12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, The earth swallowed them. 13 Thou in thy mercy hast led the people which thou hast redeemed : Thou hast guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation. 14 The i)eoples have heard, they tremble : Pangs have taken hold on the in- habitants of Philistia. 15 Then were the dukes of Edom amazed ; The 5 mighty men of Moab, trem- l)ling taketli hold upon them : All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away. IG Terror and dread faUeth upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone ; Till thy people pass over, 0 Lord, Till the people jjass over which thou hast <' purchased. 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountam of thine in- heritance, The place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in. The sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. 18 The Lord shall reign for ever and ever. 19 For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horse- men into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them ; but the children of Israel walked on 20 dry land in the midst of the sea. And Mmam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her 21 with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he ^hath triumphed gloriously ; The horse and his rider hath he tlu'own into the sea. 22 And Moses led Israel onward from the Bed Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found 23 no water. And when they came to Marah, they could not driidi of the watei's of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called 24 "i^ Marah. And the people murmured agauist Moses, saying, What shall we 25 druik ? And he cricil mito the Lord ; and the Lord shewed bun a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordin- 26 ance, and there he proved them ; and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord tliy God, and wilt do that whicli is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his com- 5Heb. rams. SHeb. gotten. ' That is. Hitter- ncsa. 5i EXODUS. 15. 26. I Hob. /letiteen the two cven- mandments, and keep all his statutes, I j "u ill put uoue of the diseases upon thee, \ 14 •which I have put uiJOU the Egyptians : for I am the Lokd that healeth thee. 27 And they came to Elim, -where were twelve spruigs of "water, and thi-ee- score and ten i)ahu trees: and thej' 16 encamped there bj' the waters. And they tocjk their journey from Elim, and all the congi-egatiou of the child- ren of Israel came unto the wilder- 16 ness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after then* departing out 2 of the laud of Egyi)t. And the whole congi-egation of the children of Israel murmured agamst Moses and agauist 17 3 Aaron in the wilderness : and the child- 18 ren of Israel said luito them, Would that we had died by the hand of the LoHD m the land of Eg^-i)t, Avhen Ave sat by the flesh pots, Avheu we did eat bread to the full ; for ye have brought 19 us forth into this wilderness, to kiU this whole assembly Avith hunger. 20 4 Then said the Lord imto Moses, Be- hold, I Avill ram bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, 21 that I may prove them, Avhether they 5 will walk in my law, or no. And it shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prep.are that which they bring in, and it shall be twice Gas much as they gather daily. And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye 23 shaU know that the Lord hath brought 7 you out from the land of Egypt : and in the mornmg, then ye shaU see the glory of the Lord; for that he heareth your mmoam-ings against the Lord : and what are we, that ye mur- 8 mur against us '? And Moses said, Th is 2-4 shall be, when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for 25 that the Lord heareth your murmur- Lugs which ye mm-mur against him: and what are we ? your murmuriugs are 26 not against us, but against the Lord. 9 And Moses said unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of 27 Israel, Come near before the Lord: for he hath heard your murmuruigs. 10.:Viid it came to pass, as Aaron spake 28 inito the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked 29 toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord ajjpeared in the 11 cloud. And the Lord si)ake unto Moses, 12 saying, I have heard the murniurings of the children of Israel: siteak unto them, saying, i At even ye shall eat flesh, .SO and in the morning ye shall l)e tilled 31 with bread; and ye shall know that I 13 am the Lord your (xod. .;\jid it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the ' 32 morning the dew lay round about the camji. And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, ujion the face of the wilderness a small ^ round thuig, small as the hoar frost on the gromul. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, ^What is it? for they Avist not Avhat it Avas. And Moses said imto them, It is the bread Avhich the Lord hath given you to eat. This is the thing Avhich the Lord hath coimnanded, Gather ye of it CA-ery man accordhig to his eating ; an omer a head, according to the number of A'our persons, shall ye take it, every man for them Avhich are in his tent. And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less. And Avhen they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack ; they gathered every man accordiaig to his eating. And Moses said unto them, Let no man leave of it tiU the morniiag. XotAvithstanding they heark- ened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred Avorms, and stank : and 5loses AA'as wroth with them. And they gath- ered it mornuig by morning, every man according to his eating : and A\hen the sun Avaxed hot, it melted. And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered tAvice as much bread, tAvo omers for each one: and aU the rulers of the congi'egation came and told Moses. And he said imto them, This is that Avhich the Lord hath spoken, To-morroAV is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath mito the Lord: bake that which ye Avill bake, and seethe that Avhich ye will seethe ; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. And they laid it up tiU the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither Avas there any Avorm therein. And Moses said. Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sab- bath imto the Lord: to-day ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather it ; but on the sevenrh day is the sabbath, in it thei-e shall be none. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there Avent out some of the people for to gather, and they found none. And the Lord said imto Moses, HoAv long refuse ye to keep my com- mandments and my laws? See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth da}' the bread of twt» days; abide ye every man in his i)lace, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. So the people rested on the seventh day. .bid the house of Israel called the name thereof * Manna : and it Avas like coriander seed, Avhite ; and the taste of it Avas hke wafers made Avith honey. And Moses said, 18. 14. EXODUS. 55 lOr, stages 2 That is, Tempt- ing, or, Provingy 3 Thnt is, Ch idiny, or, atrlfc. This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Let au omerful of it be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egji)t. 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lokd, 34 to be kept for your generations. As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be 35 kept. And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited ; they did eat the mamia, until they came unto the 36 borders of the land of Canaan. Now an omer is the tenth part of an ei)hah. lY And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by then* i journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Eephidim: and there Avas no vrater for the peoi)le to 2 drink. Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that v/e may drink. And Moses said unto them. Why strive ye with me? 3 wherefore do ye tempt the Lord ? And the X3eoj)le thirsted there for Avater; and the people murmured against Moses, and said. Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egj-pt, to kill us and our children and our cattle Avith 4 thirst? And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying. What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to 5 stone me. And the Lord said unto Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel ; and thy rod, whereAAith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb ; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come Avater out of it, that the people may druik. And Moses did so in the sight 7 of the elders of Israel. And he called the name of the place ^Massah, and ^Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying. Is the Lord among us, or not ? 8 Then came Amalek, and fought with 9 Israel in Rephidim. And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight Avith Amalek : to-morroAv I will stand on the top of the hill with 10 the rod of God in mine hand. So Joshua did as Moses' had said to him, a?nd fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of 11 the hill. And it came to jmss, Avhen Moses held up his hand, that Israel . prevailed : and AA'hen he let doAvn his 12 hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hands Avere heavy; and they took a stone, and jiut it mider him, and he sat thereon ; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side ; and his hands Avere steady until 13 the going down of the sun. And Joshua "1 discomfited Amalek and his people Avith the edge of the sAvord. 14 And the Lord said imto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and re- hearse it in the ears of Joshua : ^ that I will utterly blot out the remembrance 15 of Amalek from under heaven. And Moses built an altar, and called the 16 name of it ^ JehoA^ah-nissi : and he said, 7 The Lord hath sAvorn: the Lord Avill have Avar Avith Amalek from generation to generation. 18 NoAV Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, hoAV that the Lord had 2 brought Israel out of Egypt. And Jethro, Moses' father in laAv, took Zip- porah, Moses' wife, after he had sent 3 her away, and her two sons ; of AAhich the name of the one Avas Gershom ; for he said, I have been ^a sojourner in 4a strange land: and the name of the other was '^Eliezer; for he said, The God of my father was my help, and de- liA^ered me from the sword of Pharaoh : 5 and Jethro, Moses' father in laAV, came AA'ith his sons and his Avife unto Moses into the Avilderness where he Avas eu- 6 camped, at the momit of God : and he said unto Moses, I thy father in laAV Jethro am come unto thee, and thy Avife, and her two sons with her. 7 And Moses Avent out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare ; and they came into the 8 tent. And Moses told his father in laAV all that the Lord had done unto Pha- raoh and to the Egj^itians for Israel's sake, all the traA^ail that had come upon them by the Avay, and hoAV the 9 Lord delivered them. And Jethro re- joiced for all the goodness Avhich the Lord had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the 10 Egyptians. And Jethro said. Blessed be the Lord, AA'ho hath delivered you out of the hand of the Eg5T[3tians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; Avho hath delivered the people from under lithe hand of the Egj^itians. Now I knoAV that the Lord is greater than aU gods: yea, in the thing Avherem 12 they dealt proudly agamst them. And Jethro, Moses' father in laAv, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God : and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father 13 in laAV before God. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the peoi)le : and the people stood about Moses from the morning unto 14 the eA'ening. And when Moses" father 56 EXODUS. 18. U. ill law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is tliis tiling that thou docst to the jieople ? wliy sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand aI>out thee from morning unto 15 even ? And Moses said nuto his father in law, Because the jjeople come unto 16 me to inquire of God : when they have a matter, they come luito me ; and I judge between a man and his neighboiu-, and I make tliem know the statutes 17 of God, and his laws. And Moses' father in law said mito him, The thing 18 that thou doest is not good. Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heavy for thee ; thou art not able to i)erfonn it thyself alone. 10 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee coiuisel, and God be with thee: be thou for the people to God- ward, and bring thou the causes unto *20God: and thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws, and shalt shew them the Avay wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. •21 Moreover thou shalt j)rovide oiit of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hmidreds, rulers *2*2of fifties, and rulers of tens: and let them judge the people at all seasons: and it slialjl be, that every great matter the.y shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden 23 with thee. If thou shalt do this thuig, and GckI command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people also shall go to their place iu •21 peace. So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all *25 that he had said. And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers 20 of lifties, and rulers of tens. And they JTulged the people at all seasons : the liard causes thej' brought unto Closes, but every small matter they judged 27 themstdves. And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land. 19 In tlie third month after the children of Isrfiel were gone fortli out of the land of Egypt, the same day came 2 they into tlie wilderness of Sinai. And when they were departed from l\o])hi- dim, and were come to the wilderness of Sinai, they pitched iii the wilder- ness ; and there Israel camiied before 3 tlie mount. And Moses went up unto God. and the liOiin called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Tims shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and 4 tell the children of Israel ; Yo have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, 5 and brought you unto myself. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a iieculiar treasure unto me ^ from among Ml peoples : for all the 6 earth is mine: and ye shall be unto me a Icingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of 7 Israel. And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the Lord 8 commanded him. And all the people answered together, and said. All that the Loud hath spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people Omito the Lord. And the Lord said luito Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and may also believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord. 10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go mito the i^eople, and sanctify them to-day and to-moiTow, and let them wash 11 their garments, and be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord wiU come down in the sight of 12 all the people upon moiuit Sinai. And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, tliat ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it : whosoever toucheth the mount shall 13 be sin-ely put to death: no hand shall touch 2hiiii, but he shall sm-ely be stoned, or shot through ; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the "'trumpet soundeth long, they shall 14 come up to the mount. And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people ; and 15 they washed their garments. And he said unto the people. Be ready a- gainst the third day : come not near a IG woman. An.d it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there Avere thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceedhig loud ; and all the people that were in the 17 camp trembled. And Moses brought forth tlie people out of the camp to meet God ; and they stood at the nether IS i)art of the mount. And mount Sinai was altogether on smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in lire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole 19 ■'mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of tlie tmnipet waxed louder and louder, Closes spake, and Go'as. 22 Ajid the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yom-selves have seen that I have talked Avith you from heaven. 23 Ye shall not make other gods with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, 24 ye shall not make unto you. An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy bm-nt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I <^ record my name I Avill come 25 unto thee and I will bless ihee. And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of heAvn stones : for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, 26 thou hast polluted it. Neither shalt thou go uiJ by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discoA'ered thereon. 21 Now these are the judgements which thou shalt set before them. 2 If thou buy an Hebrew 7 servant, six years he shall serve : and in the seA-enth 3 he shall go out free for nothing. K he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he be married, then 4 his Avife shall go out Avith him. If his master give him a Avife, and she bear him sons or daughters ; the Avif e and her children shall be her master's, 5 and he shall go out by himself. But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children ; 6 1 Avill not go out free : then his master shall brmg him mito ^God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear tlu-ough Avith an aAvl ; and he shall serve him for ever. 7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a ^maidservant, she shall not go 8 out as the menserA'ants do. If she please not her master, i^Avho hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed : to sell her mito a strange people he shall haA-e no l)ower, seeing he hath dealt deceit- 9fuUy Avith her. And if he espouse her unto his son, he shaU deal Avith her after the maimer of daughters. 10 If he take him another ^|■ife\ her 11 food, her raiment, and her duty of 11 marriage, shaU he not dijuinish. And if he do not these three mato her, then 5 Or. moved GOr, causa my ii'jina to be renieni- ucred -Or, bond- 11 can 8 Or, the judges !' Or. bond- wontan 10 An- other reading is, S3 that he hath not espoused her. H Heb. Jlesh. 58 EXODUS. 21. 11. 'Or. rovUeth «Heb. hi A Bitting or vrating. 3 Or. hii f*ond- ^naii, or hl.f bond- tetian shall she go out for notlnng, without money. 12 He that smiteth a man, so that he 13 die, shall surely be put to deatli. And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver fiim into his hand ; then I ^\^ll appoint tliee a place whither lie shall 14 flee. And if a man come presimiptu- ously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile ; thou slialt take him from mine altar, tliat he may die. 15 And lie tliat smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 And lie that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 17 And he that ^curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 18 Ajid if men contend, and one smiteth the other with a stone, or with his fist, 19 and he die not, but keep his beut if the ox were wont to gore in time i)ast, and it liatli been testified to his owner, and he hatli not kept him in, but tliat he hatli killed a man or a woman ; tlie ox shall be stoned, and bis owner also shall l)e put 80 to death. If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the re- demption of his life whatsoever is laid 81 upon Iiim. "Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, ac- cording to this judgement shall it l)e .32 done unto him. If tlie ox gore a man- .servant or a maidservant; he sliall give xmto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. 33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein, 34 the owner of the pit shall make it gootl; he shall give money mito the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his. 35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price of it ; and 36 the dead also they shall divide. Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in ; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead bea.'^t shall be his own. 22 If a man shall steal an ox. or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it ; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four 2 sheep for a sheep. If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten tliat he die, there shall be no ^ blomlguilti- 3 ness for him. If the sim be lisen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him : he should make restitution ; if he have notlimg, then he sliall be sold for 4 his theft. If the theft be fomid in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep ; he shall pay double. 5 If a man shall cause a field or vine- yard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feed in another mans field; of the best of his o^ti field, and of the best of his own vine- yard, shall he make restitution. 6 If tire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be con- siuned; he that kindletl the fire shall surely make restitution. 7 K a man shall deliver unto his neighbour monej' or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, he shall pay 8 double. If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto ^God, to see whether he have not put his hand unto his 0 neighbours goods. For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for shee]i, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saitli. This is it, the cause of both parties shall come before ^ (to<1 ; lie whom 6 God shall condemn shall jiay double unto his neighbour. 10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or he liurt, 11 or driven away, no man seeing it: the oath of tlie Loud i^liall be l)etween them both, whether he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution. 12 But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the ONmer there- 23. 23. EXODUS. 59 IHeb. ask. 2 Or, it is reckoned m tHeb. Cometh into) its hire 3Heb. dei'Oted. See Lev. xxvii. 29. 4 Or. the fiulges BHeb. thy ful- ness and thy teqr. 6 Or, bear untness 13 of. If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness ; he shall not make good that which was torn. 14 And if a man i borrow anght of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not beuig with it, he 15 shall surely make restitution. If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good : if it be an hu-ern- ing, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according 5 to the twelve tril)es of Israel. And he sent young men of the children of Israel, whicli offered burnt offer- ings, and sacrificed peace offerings of Goxen unto tlie Lord. And Moses took half of the blood, and i)ut it in basons; and half of the l)l()ud lie sjirinkled on 7 the altar. And he took the Ixiok of the covenant, and read in the audit-nee of thepeoi)Ie: and they said. All that the Lord hath sjioken will we do, Sand be obedient. And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the l)eople, and said. Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made Avith you ^concerning all these 9 words. Then went uji Moses, and Aaron, Xadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the 10 elders of Israel : and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it Avere -^a leaved Avork of sapi)hire stone, and as it Avere the 11 very heaven for clearness. And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God. and did eat and drink. 12 And the Lord said mito Moses. Come uj) to me into the mount, and be there : and I Avill give thee the tables of stone, and the Liav and the coimnand- ment, which I have written, that thou ISmayest teach them. And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister: and Moses 14 Avent up into the momit of God. And he said unto the elders. Tarry ye here for us, until Ave come agaui unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hirr are Avith you : AA'hosoever hath a cause, let him 15 come near unto them. And Moses Avent up into the mount, and the cloud 16 covered the mount. And the glory of the Lord abode ujion mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days : and the seventh day he called unto Moses out 17 of the midst of the cloud. And the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like devouruig tire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children 18 of Israel. And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount : and Moses Avas in the mount forty days and'forty nights. 25 And the LoiiD spake unto Moses, 2 saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an ^offer- ing : of everA- man Avhose heart maketh him Avilling ye shall take my ^offer- 3mg. And this is the ^offering Avhich ye shall take of them; gold, and 4 silver, and brass ; and blue, and pur- ple, and scarlet, and "^fine linen, and 5 goats' /lair; and rams" skins dyed red, 6 and ''sealskins, and acacia Avood; oil for the light, spices for the anointing 7 oil, and for the sAveet incense; ^'^onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the Sephod, and for the breastjilate. And let them make me a sanctuary; that I 9 may dwell among them. According to all that I shew thee, the pattern of the "'tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furniture thereof, even so shall ye make it. 10 And ihey shall make an ark of acacia wood : two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half tlie breadth tliereof, and a cubit 11 and a lialf the height tliereof. And thou shalt overlay it Avith i)ure gold, Avithin and witliout shalt thou over- 26. S. EXODUS. 61 1 Or. rbh l)r, Heb. rib. ^ Or, coi-cyiii:7 J Or, tcrited 5 Hel>. o!(? o/the mcrcy- f'See ver. 11. ' Or, Pre- xeiice- bnad lay it, and slialt make upon it a 12 1 crown of gold romid about. And thou slialt cast four rings of gold for it, and jnit them in the four feet thereof; and two rings shall be on the one 2 side of it, and two rings on the other 13 2 side of it. And thou shalt make staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with 14 gold. And thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the 15 ark, to bear the ark withal. The staves shall be in the rings of the ark : 16 they shall not be taken from it. And thou shalt put into the ark the testi- 17mony which I shall give thee. And thou slialt make a ^ mercy-seat of piu-e gold: tAvo cubits and a half sliall he the length thereof, and a cubit and a IS half the breadth thereof. And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of 4 beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy- 19 seat. And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: ^of one piece with the mercy- seat shall ye make the cherubim 20 on the two ends thereof. And _ the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covermg the mercy-seat with their wings, v.ith their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall 21 the faces of the cherubim be. And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou slialt put the testimony that I shall 22 give thee. And there I will meet v/ith thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from be- tween the two cherubuu which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the childi-eu of Israel. 23 And thou shalt make a table of acacia vrood: two cubits sliall he the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth there- of, and a cubit and a half the height 24 thereof. And thou shalt overlay it ■ with pui-e gold, and make thereto a 25 <5crov>n of gold round about. And thou shalt make unto it a border of an handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the bor- 26der thereof round about. And thou shalt make for it four rmgs of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. 27 Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear 28 the table. And thcai shalt make the Staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may 29 be borne with them. And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and the . spoons thereof, and the flagons there- of, and the bowls thereof, to pour out withal : of pure gold shalt thou make 30 them. And thou shalt set upon the table Tshewbread before me alway. 31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of ^beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its *^base, and its shaft ; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be ^of one piece with 32 it : and there shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side 33 thereof : three cups made like almond- blossoms in one branch, a kiiop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick : 34 and in the candlestick four cups made like ahnond-blossoms, the knops there- 35 of, and the flowers thereof : and a knop under tv/o branches '^ of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches Oof one piece with it, and a knop under two branches ^ of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of 36 the candlestick. Their knops and their branches shall be '-'of one piece with it: the whole of it one ■^beaten work of 37pui-e gold. And thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven: and they shall 10 light the lamps thereof, to give light 38 over against it. And the tongs there- of, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall 39 be of pure gold. Of a talent of pui-e gold shall it be made, with all these 40 vessels. And see that thou make them after their pattern, which hath been shewed thee in the mount. 26 Moreover thou shalt make the 11 tabernacle with ten cm-tains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and pm-ple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the cunning workman shalt thou 2 make them. The length of each cm-- tain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits : all the curtains shall have Bone measure. Five curtains shall be couj)led together one to another; and the other five cm'tains shall be coupled 4 one to another. And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain i-^from the selvedge in the coupling ; and likewise shalt thou make m the edge of the curtain that is out- 5 most in the second i^ coupling. Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one cur- tain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the second i^ coupling; the loops shall be 6 opposite one to another. And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps : and the tabernacle shall be one. 7 And thou shalt make cm-tains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make them. 8 The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits : the eleven curtains 8 Heb. thigh. 9 Heb. onto/ the same. 10 Or, set up 11 See ch. XXV. y. 12 Or, that is outmost in thi' first set 13 Or, set 62 EXODUS. 26. 8. 'Or. lirst set 2 Or. see 3 Or. *Ot, morticed 8 Or, Ihejirtt 9 shall have one measure. Aiul tliou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtiiiiis by themselves, and shalt double over the sixth curtain in 10 the forefront of the tent. And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the 1 coupling, and fifty loops upon the edge of the curtain which is vutino.-.t in 11 the second '-^couplhig. And tliou slialt make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. 12 And the overhanguig part that remain- etli of the curtauis of the tent, the half ciu-tain that remaineth, shall hang 13 over the back of the tabernacle. And tlie cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remameth in the length of the cur- tains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and 14 on that side, to cover it. And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a coveiing of •'^ sealskins above. 15 And thou slialt make the boards for the tabeniacle of acacia wood, standing IG up. Ten cubits shall be tlie length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth 17 of each board. Two tenons shall there be in each board, 4joineo sockets under one board, and two 22 sockets under another board. Ajid for the liinder part of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. 23 And two boards slialt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the 24 hinder part. And they sliall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire unto the top thereof unto ^one ring: thus sliall it be for them both ; they shall be for the two cor- 2.J ners. And there shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 20 And thou shalt make bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one •27 side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle. 28 for the hinder part westward. And the middle bar hi the midst of the boards shall puss through from end to "29 end. And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars : and thou shalt 30 overlay the bars with gold. And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been shewed thee in the mount. 31 And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with chei-ubim the work of the cunning workman shall it be made: 32 and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, then- hooks shall he of gold, upon foiu* sockets of 33 silver. And thou shalt hang uj) the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shaU di- vide unto you between the liolj- jjlace 34 and the most holy. And thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the 35 testimony in the most holy place. And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle to- ward the south: and thou shalt put 36 the table on the north side. And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and puiijle, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work 37 of the embroiderer. And thou shalt make for the screen five i)illars of acacia, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold : and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. 27 And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shaU be foursquare: and the height there- 2 of shall be tkree cubits. And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it: and thou shalt overlay it with 3 brass. And thou shalt make its i)ots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basons, and its fleslihooks, and its firepans: all the vessels thereof 4 thou shalt make of brass. And thou shalt make for it v. gratuig of network of brass ; and uj^on the net shalt thou make four bra sen rings in the four 5 '-corners thereof. And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar be- neath, that the net may reai-li halfway Gup the altar. And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass. 7 And the staves thereof shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two "sides of the altar, in beai-ing 8 it. Hollow with planks shalt thou make it: as it hath been shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. 9 And thou slialt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side south- ward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen an himdi-ed 10 cubits long for one side : and the pillars «J Heb. ends. ■Heb. ribi. 28. 25. EXODUS. 63 1 Or, to fet up a latnp cotiiinu- ally 2 See ch. XXV. •Jrl, XX ix. •ti, XXX. a>. , 3 Or, dxie <0r, fi-onn 5 Or. turban thereof shall be twenty, and then* sockets twenty, of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of 11 silver. And Uke wise for the north side in length there shall be hangings an hun- dred cubits long, and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their I 12 fillets of silver. And for the breadth of the court on tho west side shall be hangmgs of fifty cubits: then* piUars 13 ten, and their sockets ten. And the breadth of the court on the east side 14 eastward shall be fifty cubits. The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars 15 three, and their sockets three. hnA for the other side shall be hanghigs of fifteen cubits : their pillars three, and 16 their sockets three. And for the gate of the com-t shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and puiiile, and scarlet, and fine twined luien, the work of the embroiderer: their j)illars four, and 17 their sockets four. AU the pillars of the court round about shaU be fillet- ed with silver; their hooks of silver, 18 and their sockets of brass. The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and theu' sockets of 19 brass. All the instruments of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. 20 And thou shalt command the child- ren of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, ^to cause a lamp to burn 21 continually. In the 2 tent of meet- ing, Avithout the veil which is before the testunony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to moni- iug before the Lord: it shall be a s statute for ever throughout then* generations ^on the behalf of the children of Israel. 28 And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy bi'other, and his sous with him, from among the children of Is- rael, that he may minister iinto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and AbUiu, Eleazar and Ithamar, 2 Aaron's sons. And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, 3 for glory and for beauty. And thou shalt si)eak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, .that they make Aaron's gamnents to sanctify hun, that he may minister unto me in the priest's 4 office. And these are the garments which they shall make ; a breastplate, .and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of chequer work, a ^ mitre, and a girdle : and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the 5 priest's office. And they shall take '^the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen. 6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and pui-ple, scarlet, and tine twined linen, the work of the 7 cunnuig workman. It shall have two shoulderpieces joined to the two ends thereof; that it maybe joined together. 8 And the cunningly woven band, which is ui>on it, to gird it on withal, shall be like the work thereof and of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and pui-ple, and scarlet, and fine twined Hnen. 9 And thou shalt take two '^ onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the 10 children of Israel : six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remaui on the other stone, 11 according to their birth. With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engi-avings of a signet, shalt thou engi-ave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be inclosed 12 in ouches of gold. And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder- pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names be- fore the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial. 13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold: 14 and two chains of pure gold ; like cords shalt thou make them, of Avreathen work : and thou shalt jiut the wreathen 15 chains on the ouches. And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgement, the work of the cuiming workman; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shalt 16 thou make it. Foursquare it shall be and double ; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breidth there- 17 of. And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones : a row of ^sardius, topaz, and 'J carbuncle 18 shall be the first row ; and the second row an lo emerald, a sapphh-e, and a 19ikliamond; and the third row a 12 ja- 20 cinth, an agate, and an amethyst ; and the fourth row a 12 beryl, and an 'onyx, and a jasper: they shall be inclosed in 21 gold in their settings. And tlie stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names ; like the engi-avings of a signet, every one according to his name, 22 they shall be for the twelve tribes. And thou shalt make upon the breast- plate chains like cords, of wreathen 23 work of pm-e gold. And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 24 And thou shalt put the two AVTcathen chains of gold on the two rings at the 25 ends of the breastplate. And the 6 Seech. XXV. X 'Or, bisryi 8 Or, rubj 9 Or, enieruid 11 Or, rar- bunclo nOr, sard- onyx 12 Or. ambi-r 13 Or, chal- vedon]/ 64 EXODUS. 28. 2.5. 1 Tliat is, the Lights nnd the Perfec- tions. 2 Or, there ahull be a hole in the top of it 3 Or, tiirbitn 1 Or. sUf: other two ends of the two Avreatheu chains thou shalt put on the two ouches, antl put them on the shoulder- pieces of the epliod, in the forepart *26 thereof. And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them npon the two ends of the l)reasti)late, upon the edge thereof, which is to- ward the side of the ephod inward. 27 And thou shalt make two ruigs of gold, and shalt put them on the two shoulderpieces of the ephod under- neath, in the forepart thereof, close hy the coupling thereof, ahove the cun- 28ningly woven hand of the ephod. And they shall hind the hreastiilate hy the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of hlue, that it may he upon the cunningly woven hand of the ephod, and that the hreastplate he 29 not loosed from the ephod. And Aaron shall hear the names of the children of Israel m the hreastplate of judge- ment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial SOhefore the Loi:d continually. And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgement ^the Urim and the Thum- mim ; and they shall he upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aaron shall hear the judge- ment of the children of Israel upon his heart l)efore the Lord continually. ■31 And thou shalt make the robe of 32 the ephod all of blue. And "it shall have a hole for the head in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that 33 it be not rent. And iipon the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purjile, and of scarlet, roixnd a])out the skirts thereof; and bells of gold between them round a- 34 bout : a golden bell and a pomegi-anate, a goklen bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about. 35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and the sound thereof shall be heard when he goeth in imto the holy place before tlie Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not. 3G And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the en- gravings of a signet, holy to the 37 LORD. And thou siialt put it on a lace of l)lue, and it shall be upon the ''mitre; upon the forefront of the 'hnitre it shall 38l)e. And it shall lie upon Aaron's fore- head, and Aaron shall bear tlie iniquity of the holy tilings, wliich the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall l)e always upon his forehead, that they may l)e accepted 39 before the Lord. And thou shalt weave the coat in chequer work of 'line linen, and tliou shalt make a •■mitre of Mine linen, and thou shnlt make a girdle, 40 the work of the embroiderer. And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and headtires shalt thou make for them, for 41 glory and for l)eauty. And thou slialt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and upon his sons with him; and shalt anomt them, and '•consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me m the priest's office. 42 And thou shalt make them linen breeclies to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even unto 43 the thighs they sliaU reach : and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in unto the tent of meeting, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place ; that they bear not iniquity, and die : it shaU be a statute foi* ever unto him and unto his seed after him. 29 And this is the thing that thou shalt do mito them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's oifice: take one young bullock and two rams 2 without blemish, and unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened mingled with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of Ime wheaten flour shalt 3 thou make them. And thou shalt put them into one basket, and brmg them in the basket, with the bullock and the 4 two rams. Aiid Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them 5 vdth water. And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the cunningly woven 6 band of the ephod : and thou shalt set the ^mitre upon his head, and i^ut 7 the holy crown upon the >^ mitre. Then shalt thou take the anouitmg oil, and pour it upon his head; and anoint him. 8 Aiid thou slialt bring his sons, and put 9 coats upon them. Ajid thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind headtires on them : and they shall have the priesthood by a per- jietual statute: and thou shalt conse- 10 crate Aaron and his sons. And thou shalt bring the bullock before the tent of meeting: and Aaron and his sons shall lav their hands i;pon the head of lithe bullock. And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, at the door of 12 the tent of meeting. .And tliou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon tlie horns of the altar with thy linger; and thou shalt pour out all the blood at the base of the altar. 13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul upon the liver, and the two kidneys, nnd the fat that is upon them, and 141)urn them upon the altar. But the flesh of the l)ullock. and its skin, and its dung, shalt thou burn with tire Avithout the camp: it is a ''sin offering. Heb. 30. 1. EXODUS. 65 lOr, upon 2 Or, Hhotdder 15 Thou slialt also take the one ram ; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their 16 hands ui)on the head of the ram. And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and sprinkle it 17 round about upon the altar. And thou shalt cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its mwards, and its legs, and put them iwith its jneces, and iwith its 18 head. And thou shalt bui'n the whole ram upon the altar: it is a bm-nt of- fermg unto the Loko: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by jBi-e unto 19 the Lord. And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of 20 the ram. Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of its blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and ujion the tij) of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of theii' right foot, and spruikle the blood upon the altar round about. 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and 22 his sons' gamients with him. Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caixl of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right 2 thigh; for it is a ram 23 of consecration : and one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, out of the basket of imleavened bread that is before the 24 Lord: and thou shalt j)ut the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons ; and shalt wave them for a wave offeruag before the 25 Lord. And thou shalt take them from their hands, and bm-n them on the altar ui)on the bm-nt offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord : it is an offer- 26 ing made by fire unto the Lord. And - thou slialt take the breast of Aaron's ^ ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave offermg before the Lord : and it 27 shall be thy i^ortion. And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, . and the ^ thigh of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that 28 which is for his sons : and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as a due for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave oft'ering: and it shall . be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of theii* peace offermgs, even their heave offer- 29 ing mito the Lord. And the holy gar- ments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed m them, 30 and to be conseci-ated in them. Seven days shall the son that is priest in his stead put them on, when he cometh into the tent of meetuig to minister in 31 the holy place. And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and seethe 32 its flesh in a holy place. And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the tent of meet- 33 ing. And they shall eat those things wherewith atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them : but a stranger shaU not eat thereof, be- 34 cause they are holy. And if aught of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, remain rmto the mornmg, then thou shalt burn the remauider with fire : it shall not be eaten, because it is 35 holy. And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, accordmg to all that I have coromanded thee : seven 36 days shalt thou consecrate them. And every day shalt thou offer the bullock of sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt 3 cleanse the altar, when thou makest atonement for it; and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 37 Seven days thou shalt make atone- ment for the altar, and sanctify it : and the altar shall be most holy ; ^ whatso- ever toucheth the altar shall be holy. 38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; tv/o lambs of the first year day by day continually. 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou 40 shalt offer ^ at even : and ^vith the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine floui- mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fom-th part of an hm of wine for a druik 41 offering. And the other lamb thou shalt offer 5 at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meal offering of the mornmg, and according to the di'ink offering thereof, for a sweet sa- vom-, an offering made by fire unto the 42 Lord. It shall be a contmual burnt offering thi'oughout yom* generations at the door of the tent of meeting before the Lord: where I will meet with you, to speak there unto thee. 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel; and the Tent shall be sanc- 44 tified by my glory. And I will sanctify the tent of meeting, and the altar: Aaron also and his sons will I sanctify, to minister to me m the priest's ofiice. 45 And I will dwell among the childi-en 46 of Israel, and will be theu* God. Aiid they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the laud of 'Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the Lord theu' God. 30 And thou shalt make an altar to bm'u mceuse upon: of acacia wood GQ EXODUS. 30. 1. 1 Hcb. roof. 2 Heb. tealU. 3 Or, rim Or, ■tnould- iiij J Or, scttcth up Heb. causeth to as- cend. 5 Heb between ike two cve)iin(/s. e Or, for "Or, upon 2slialt thou make it. A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cul)it the breadtli thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the heiglit thereof: the horns thereof shall be 3 of one piece Avith it. Ajid thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the ^top thereof, and the -sides thereof round about, and the horns tliereof; and thou shalt make unto it a ^ crown of 4 gold round about. And two golden rings shalt thou make for it under the ci'own thereof, upon the two ribs there- of, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make them; and they shall be for places for staves to bear it Avithal. .5 And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them Avith 6 gold. And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testi- mony, before the mercj'-seat that is over the testimony, Avhere I Avill meet 7 with thee. And Aaron shall burn there- on incense of sweet spices: every morning, when he dresseth the lamps. She shall bui-n it. And when Aaron •^lighteth the lamps 5 at even, he shall burn it, a i^erpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. 9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor bui'nt offering, nor meal offei-ing; and ye shall pour no drink 10 offering thereon. And Aaron shall make atonement ^vipon the horns of it once in the year : with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year shall he make atonement '^for it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the Lord. 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 12 saying. When thou takest the sum of the childx'en of Israel, according to tliose that are numbered of them, then shall they give every man a ransom for liis soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest tliem; that there be no plague among them, when thou nimi- ISberest them. This they shall give, every one that passeth over unto tliem that are nmnbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (the sliekel is twenty geralis:) half a shekel 14 for an offering to the Lord. Every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, from twentj' years old and upward, shall give the offering of 15 the Lord. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than tlie half shekel, when they give the offering of the Lord, to make 1() atonement for your souls. And tliou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt ap- point it for tlie service of the tent of meeting; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for your souls. 17 And tlie Lohd spake unto Moses, 18 saying, Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, to wash Avithal : and thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put Avater therein. 19 And Aaron and his sons shall wash tlieir haiids and their feet thereat: 20 Avhen they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash Avith Avater, that they die not ; or Avhen they come near to the altar to minister, to bm*n an offer- 21 ing made by fire unto the Lord : so they shall Avash their hands and their feet, that they die not : and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. 22 Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, 23 saying. Take thou also unto thee the chief spices, of flowing myrrh five hundred shelcelt, and of sweet cimia- mon half so nuich, even two hundred and fifty, and of sAveet calamus tAvo 24 hundred and fifty, and of '^cassia fiA^e hundred, after the shekel of the sanc- 25tuary, and of olive oil an hin: and thou shalt make it an holy anointing oil, a perfmne coiniiounded after the art of the perfimier : it shall be an holy 26 anointing oil. And thou shalt anomt thereAvith the tent of meeting, and 27 the ark of the testimony, and the table and all the vessels thereof, and the 28 candlestick and the vessels thereof, and the altar of incense, and the altar of burnt offering Avith all the A^essels there- of, and the laAer and the base thereof. 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they maj' be most holy: ^AvhatsoeA^er 30toucheth them shall be holy. And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, • that they may minister unto me in the priesfs office. 31 And thou shalt speak unto the chilcben of Israel, sayuig. This shall be an hoh^ anomting oil unto me throughout yom- 32 generations. Upon the tiesh of man shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition thereof: it is holy, and it 33 shall be holy unto you. Whosoever comiioundeth any like it, or Avhosoever jnitteth any of it \ii)on a stranger, he shall be cut off from liis jieople. 34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sAveet spices, i^stacte, and on^ycha, and galbanum; sweet spices Avith pure frankincense: of each shall 35 there l)e a like Aveight ; and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, ^ seasoned 3G Avith salt, pure and holy: and thou slialt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting. Avhcre I Avill meet Avith thee: it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And the inci-nse Avliich thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for your- selves: it sliall be unto thee boh- for 32. 15. EXODUS. 67 1 Some amieiit versions vender, gar- ments of icrvice. 38 the Lord. Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell theretO; he shall be cut off from his people. 31 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 2 saying, See, I have caUecl by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of 3 Hur, of the tribe of Judah: and I have filled him Avith the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of work- 4manship, to devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in 5 brass, and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to Avork in all manner of Avorkmanship. 6 And I, behold, I haA^e appointed Avith ' him Olioliab, the son of Aliisamach, of the tribe of Dan ; and in the hearts of all that are Avise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that 71 have conuuanded thee: the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, 8 and all the furniture of tlie Tent ; and the table and its A^essels, and the pure candlestick with all its A"essels, and the 9 altar of incense ; and the altar of burnt offering AA-ith all its A'essels, and the lOlaver and its base; and the i finely wrought garments, and the holy gar- ments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the 11 priests office; and the anointing oil, and the incense of SAveet spices for the holy place : according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. 12 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 13 saying. Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign betAA'een me and j^ou throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord Avhich sanctify 14 you. Ye shall keep the sabbath there- fore; for it is holy unto you: eA^ery one that profaneth it shall surely be put to death : for AA'hosoever doeth any Avork therein, that soul shall be cut 15 off from among his people. Six days shall AA'ork' be done ; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy • to the Lord: AA'hosoeA'er doeth any V AA'ork in the sabbath day, he shall 16 surely be put to death. Wherefore the cliildren of Israel shall keep the sab- bath, to observe the sabbath through- out their generations, for a perj^etual 17 covenant. It is a sign betAveen me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seA^enth day he rested, and Avas refreshed. 18 And he gave unto Moses, AAdien he had made an end of connnunuig Avith him ujion mount Sinai, the tAA'o tallies of the testimony, tables of stone, AA'ritten Avith the finger of God. 32 And Avhen the people saAv that Moses delayed to come doAvn from the mount, the people gathered themselves to- gether unto Aaron, and said unto hun, IJl>, make us ^gods, AA'hich shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, AA^e knoAV not AA'hat is 2 become of him. And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden rings, Avhich are in the ears of your AA'iA'es, of your sons, and of your daughters, 3 and bring them unto me. And all the people brake off the golden rings Avhich AA'ere in their ears, and brought 4 them unto Aaron. And he receiA-ed it at their hand, and fashioned it Avith a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, ^ These be thy gods, 0 Israel, Avhich brought thee up 5 out of the land of Egypt. And A\'hen Aaron saw this, he built an altar be- fore it ; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morroAv shall be a feast 6 to the Lord. And they rose up early on the morroAv, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings ; and the people sat doAvn to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 7 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go, get thee doAvn ; for thy people, which thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves : 8 they have turned aside quickly out of the way AA'hich I commanded them: they haA^e made them a molten calf, and haA'e worshipped it, and have sacri- ficed unto it, and said. These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee wp 9 out of the land of Egyi't. And the Lord said mito Moses, I liaA^e seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked 10 people: noAV therefore let me alone, that my Avrath may AA-ax hot against them, and that I may consume them : and I will make of thee a great nation. 11 And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said. Lord, Avhy doth thy AA'rath wax hot agamst thy people, Avliich thou hast brought forth out of the land of EgjTt with great poAver and Avith a 12 mighty hand? Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he brhig them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth ? Turn from thy fierce AA-rath, and rej)ent of this 13 evil against thy people. Kemember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy serv- ants, to Avhom thou SAvarest by thine OAA-n self, and saidst unto them, I Avill multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of Avill I give unto A'our seed, 14 and they shall inherit it for ever. And the Lord repented of the evil Avhich he said he Avould do unto his people. 15 And Moses turned, and A\ent doAA'U from the mount, A\ith the tAvo tables of the testimony in his hand ; tables that were AA^itten on both theii' sides ; 6S EXODU>S. 32. 15. 'Heb. Ill' -' Hub Fii.l>,i ll'Dul. 3 Or. /or every vi'in liuth been n :7a hist his ton and ti'jaiiist ?iiJ br-Aher oil the one side aud on the other were 16 they written. And the tables were the work of God. and tlie writing was the writing of God. gi-aven upon the tables. 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in 18 the camp. And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for beuig overcome : l)ut the noise 19 of them that sing do I liear. And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath '20 the mount. And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. 21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them? 22 And Aaron said. Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the 23 people, that they are set on evil. For they said unto me, IVIake us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not 24 what is become of him. And I said unto them, TMiosoever hath any gold, let them break it off; so they gave it me : and I cast it into the fire, and 25 there came out this calf. And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose; for Aaron had let them loose for a 1 derision among their enemies: 26 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, AYlioso is on the Loud's side, let him come unto me. Aud all the sons of Levi gathered 27 themselves together unto him. And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, 28 and every man his neighl)our. And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the l)eople that day about three thousand 29 men. And Moses said, -Consecrate yourselves to-day to the Lokd, -'yea, every man ^ against his son, and '^a- gaiiist his brother; that he may l)estow 30 upon you a blesshig this day. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Closes said unto the people. Ye have siinied a great sui: and now I Avill go up unto the Lord; peradventuro I shall make atonement for your sui. 31 And Moses returned unto the Lord, and siiid, Oh, this pi-oiile have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods 32 of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; aud if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou 33 hast written. And the Lord said unto Moses, "Whosoever hath sinned agahist me, him will I blut out of my l)ook. 3-iAnd now go, lead the i)eople unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine angel .shall go l)e- fore thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin 35 upon them. And tlie Lord smote the people, because they made the cah\ which Aaron made. 33 And the Lord spake unto Mo.ses, Depart, go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land of which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed 2 will I give it : and I will send an angel before thee ; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hit- tite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite. and 3 the Jebusite : unto a land flowing with milk and honey : for I wiU not qo up in the midst of thee ; for thou art a stiff- necked i)eople : lest I consmne thee m 4 the way. And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mom-ned : and no man did put on hun his ornaments. 5 And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people : if I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee: therefore now put oft" thy ornaments from thee, that I may 6 know what to do unto thee. And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward. 7 Now Moses used to take the teut aud to pitch it without the camp, afar off from the camp ; and he called it. The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that eveiy one which sought the Lord went out unto the tent of meethig, 8 which was without the cami). And it came to pass, when jSIoses went out unto the Tent, that aU the people rose up, and stood, every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he 9 was gone into the Tent. And it came to pass, when Moses entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the Tent: and flic 10 Lonn spake Avitli Closes. And all the peoi)le s^iw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent : and all the i)eoi)le rose up and worshijiped, every man at 11 his tent door. And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketli unto his friend. And he turn- ed again into tlie camp: but his minis- ter Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man. departed not out of the Tent. 12 And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know Owhom thou wilt send with 31 24. EXODUS. 69 lOr, rind he ttood with Jiitn there, {(lid calh-d upon i:c. 2 Or, Jehovah by name 3 See cli. XX. 5, 6. me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace 13 in my sight. Now tlierefore, I pi'ay thee, if I have found gi-ace in t[\j sight, shev/ me now thy Avaj'S, that I ma^y know thee, to the end that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that 14 this nation is thy people. And he said, My presence shall go icith thee, and I 15 v,-ill give thee rest. And he said unto limi. If thy presence go not icith me, IGcan-y us not up hence. For wherein now shall it be known that I have found gi-ace in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in that thou goest with us, so that Ave be separated, I and thy peojile, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth ? 17 And the Lohd said unto J.Ioses, I Aviil do this tlimg also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. ISAiid he said, SheAV me, I pray thee, 19 thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclami the name of the Lord before thee ; and I will be gracious to Avhom I Avill be gracious, and will shew mercy on Avhom I Avill slieAV mercy. 20 And he said. Thou canst not see my face : for man shall not see me and live. 21 And the Lord said. Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand 22 upon the rock: and it shall come to pass, while mj^ glory passeth hj, that I Avill put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee Avith my hand 23 until I have passed by: and I Avill take aAvay mine hand, and thou shalt see my back : but my face shall not be seen. 34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee tAvo tables of stone like unto the first : and I Avill Avrite ux)ou the tables the Avords that Avere on the first tables, 2 Avhich thou brakest. And be ready by the morning, and come up in the morn- ing luito mount Sinai, and jiresent thyself thea-e to me on the top of the 3 mount. And no man shall come n]) Avitli thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount ; neither let ' the flocks nor herds feed before that 4momit. And he lieAved two tables of stone like mito the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and Avent up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded bun, and took 5 in his hand tAVO tables of stone. And the Lord descended in the cloud, ^and stood Avith him there, and proclaimed 6 2 the name of the Lori:). And the Lord passed by before hun, and proclaim- ed, The Lord, the Lord, a God full ■ of compassion and gracious, sIoav to anger, and plenteous in mercy and 7 truth; ^ keeping mercy for thousands, forgiAing iniquity and transgi'ession and s-m: and that Avill bv no means clear the guilfi/; A'isithig the iniquity of the lathers upon the children, and upon the children's cliildren, upon the tliird and upon the foiu'th generation. 8 And Moses made haste, and boAved his head toAvard the earth, and Avor- 9 shipped. And he said. If noAv I haA^e found grace in thy siglit, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go m the midst of us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our initpiity and our sin, 10 and take us for thine inhei-itance. And he said. Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I Avill do marvels, such as have not been ^Avrought in all the earth, nor in any nation : and all the x>eople among Avhich thou art shall see the Avork of the Lord, for it is a terrible thing that I do with 11 thee. Observe thou that Avliich I com- mand thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Je- 12 busite. Take heed to thyseH, lest thou make a covenant Avith the inhabitants of the land Avhither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee : 13 but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in i^ieces then- ^ pillars, and ye shall cut doAA'n tlieh' cAsherim: 14 for thou shalt AA-orship no other god : for the Lord, AAdiose name is Jealous, 15 is a jealous God: lest thou make a covenant Avith the inhabitants of the land, and they go a Avhoruig after their gods, and do sacrifice unto theii* gods, and one call thee and thou eat 16 of his sacrifice ; and thou take of their daughters mito thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a AA'horing 17 after their gods. Thou shalt make IS thee no molten gods. The feast of un- leaA^ened bread shalt thou keej). Seven days thou shalt eat unleaA'ened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time ap- pomted in the month Abib : for in tlie month Abib thou camest out from 19 Egj'pt. All that openeth the Avomb is mine ; and all thy cattle that is male, 20 the firstlings of ox and sheep. And the firstling of an ass thou shalt re- deem Avith a 7 lamb: and if thou Avilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none 21 shall appear before me empty. Six days thou shalt Avork, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest : in ploAv- ing time and in harvest thou shalt 22 rest. And thou shalt observe the feast of Aveeks, even of the firstfruits of Avheat harvest, and the feast of in- 23 gathering at the j-ear's ^end. Three times in the year shall all thy males api)ear before the Lord God, the God 24 of Israel. For I Avill cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thj' borders : 70 EXODUS. 31 24. 1 Heb. icorUs. ■ Or, sent forth bernns (Heb. horns) 3 Or, irhi'e he t'lHe.l with hinh i See ell. xxxi. 15. ■"'Pee ell. XXV. neither shall any man desu-e thj- land, Avhen thou goest up to ajipear before the Lord thy God three tunes in the 25 year. Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the saci-ifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morn- 26 ing. The first of the firstfruits of thy gi'ound thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk. 27 And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these Avords: for after the tenor of these words I have made a coven- 28 ant with thee and with Israel. And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights ; he did neither eat bread, nor drmk water. And he wrote upon the tables the v>-ords of the covenant, the ten i commandments. 29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Smai with the two tables of the testunony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that !Moses wist not that the skin of his face ■^ shone ^by reason of his speak- 30 ing with him. And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, be- hold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the con- gi'egation retm-ned mito him: and 32 Moses spake to them. And aftei*T\-ard all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with hun 33 in mount Sinai. And when Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil 34 on his face. But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out ; and he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he vras 35 commanded ; and the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the veil upon his face agaiii, until he Avent in to speak with him. 35 And Moses assembled all the con- gi-egation of the children of Israel, and said unto them. These are the words which tlie Lord hath com- 2 manded, that ye should do them. ^ Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sa])bath of solemn rest to tlie Lord : whosoever doeth anj' work 3 therein shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. 4 And Moses spake unto all tlie con- gi-egation of the childnii of Israel, saying. This is the thing which the 5Loi:d commanded, saying, ^'Take ye from among jou an ottering nnto the Lord: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, the Lord's of- 6 faring ; gold, and silver, and brass ; and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 7 fine linen, and goats' hair; and i-ams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and 8 acacia wood; and oil for the light, and spices for the auouiting oil, and for 9 the sweet incense ; and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, 10 and for the breasti^late. And let every wise hearted man among you come, and make all that the LoiU) hath com- 11 manded; the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, 12 its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; the ark, and the staves thereof, the mercy- 13 seat, and the veil of the screen; the table, and its staves, and all its ves- 14sels, and the '^shewbread; the candle- stick also for the light, and its ves- sels, and its lamjis, and the oil for the 15 light; and the altar of incense, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle; 16 the altar of biu-nt offering, with its grating of brass, its staves, and all its 17 vessels, the laver and its base; the hangings of the coiu-t, the pillars there- of, and their sockets, and the screen IS for the gate of the court; the pins of the tabernacle, and the puis of the 19 court, and their cords; the '''finely wrougiit garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister iu the i)riest's office. 20 And all the congi'egation of the child- ren of Israel departed from the pre- 21 sence of Moses. And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and eveiy one whom his ^spirit made willing, and brought the Lord's offering, for the v.^ork of the tent of meeting, and for all the service thereof, and for the 22 holy garments. Aiid they came, both men and women, as manj- as were willuig hearted, and brouglit brooches, and ^earrings, and signet-rings, and '•'armlets, all jewels of gold ; even eveiy man that off'ered an offering of gold 23 unto the Lord. ^Uid cverj- man, with whom was found blue, an in wisdom spun the goats' 'nJniu: And the rulers brought the iOquj-x stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; 36. 29. EXODUS. 71 1 See ch. xxxi. 1-6. 2 Or, crafts- man 3 See ch. xxvi. 1-U 28 and the spice, and the oil; for the Hght, and for the anointuig oil, and 29 for the sweet incense. The childi-en of Israel brought a freewill offering unto the LoKD ; every man and Avonian, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. 30 lAnd Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the 31 son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah ; and he hath filled hun with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in miderstandmg, and m knowledge, and in all manner 32 of workmanship ; and to devise cuiming works, to work in gold, and in silver, 33 and in brass, and in cuttmg of stones for setting, and in carvhig of wood, to work in all manner of cunning 34 workmanship. And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Aliisamach, 35 of the tribe of Dan. Them hath he filled with vv'isdom of heart, to work all manner of worluiianship, of the 2 engraver, and of the cmuimg work- man, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fime linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any workmanshii), and of those 36 that devise cuiniing works. And Bezalel and Oholiab shall work, and every wise hearted man, m vv'hom the Lord hath put wisdom and under- standing to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, accordhig to all that the Lord hath commanded, 2 And Moses called Bezalel and Oholi- ab, and every wise hearted man, m whose heart the Lord had put wis- dom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the 3 work to do it: and they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto hhn freewill offerings every 4 morning. And all the Avise men, that , wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which 5 they wrought; and they sjiake mito Moses, saying. The peojile bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded 6 to make. And Moses gave command- ment, and they caused it to be pro- claimed throughout the camp, saying. Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the ofl'ering of the sanctuary. So the people were re- 7 strained from bi'inging. For the stuff' they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. 8 3 And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work made the tabei'nacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and i)urple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the cunning v.'orkman made he 9 them. The length of each curtain was eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: 10 all the curtains had one measure. And he coujiled five curtains one to an- other: and the other five curtains he 11 coupled one to another. And he made loops of blue uiion the edge of the one curtam -^from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made ui the edge of the curtam that was outmost 12 in the second ^couj)ling. Fifty loops made he in the one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the cur- tain that was in the second ^coupling: the loojis were opposite one to another. 13 And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtams one to another with the clasps : so the tabernacle was one. 14 And he made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle : eleven 15 cm'tains he made them. The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each cui'tain : the 16 eleven curtains had one measure. And he coujiled five curtains by themselves, 17 and six curtains by themselves. And he made fifty loops on the edge of the ciu'tam that was outmost in the Ccoui^ling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which was outmost in the second ^coupling. 18 And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might 19 be one. And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of "^sealskms above. 20 ^And he made the boards for the tabei'uacle of acacia wood, standmg up. 21 Ten cubits was the length of a boai'd, and a cubit and a half the breadth 22 of each board. Each board had two tenons, ''jomed one to another: thus did he make for all the boards of the 23 tabernacle. And he made the boards for the tabernacle ; twenty boards for 24 the south side southward: and he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards ; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its 25 two tenons. And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, 26 he made twenty boards, and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets 27 under another board. And for the hinder part of the tabernacle west- 28 ward he made six boards. And two boards made he for the corners of 29 the tabernacle in the hinder part. And they were double beneath, and in like manner they were entire unto the toj) thereof unto ^^one ring: thus he did to both of them in the two corners. 7-"> EXODUS. 36. 30. ' Soe cli. \xv:. ■M--J7. 2 See ch. XXV. 10-20. 3 Or. rim Or, moidd- iwj « Heb. rib. 5 Or, covering/ "Or. turned ' Sec ch. XXV. 30 And there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; Blunder every board two sockets. And he made bars of acacia wood; live for the boards of the one side of the 3'2 tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tal)ernacle. and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the liuider part west- 33 ward. And he made the middle l)ar to pass tlu-ough hi the midst of the boards from the one end to the other. 34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made then* rings of gold for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 35 lAnd he made the veil of blue, and piu-ple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : with cherubmi the work of the 36cunnmg workman made he it. And he made thereunto four i)illars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold ; and he cast 37 for them four sockets of silver. And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined ILnen, the work of the 38 embroiderer ; and the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold; and then- five sockets were of brass. 3Y ^And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit 2 and a half the height of it : and he overlaid it Avith pure gold within and without, and made a ^ crown of gold 3 to it round about. And he cast for it four rings of gold, in the four feet thereof ; even two rings on the one ^ side of it, and two rings on the other ^side 4 of it. And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. 5 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the 6 ark. And he made a ^mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half n-as the length thereof, and a cubit and a 7 half the breadth thereof. And he made two cherubim of gold; of <5 beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the 8 mercy-seat ; one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat made he the cherubim at tlie two ends thereof. O^Vnd the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercj-- seat with their wuigs, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim. 10 'And he made the table of acacia wood: two cubits v(v< the length there- of, and a cubit the l)readtli thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: 11 and he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round 12 al>out. And he made unto it a border of an handbreadth romul about, and made a golden crown to the border 13 thereof round about. Aiid he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that were on the 14 four feet thereof. Close by the border were the rings, the places for the 15 staves to bear the table. And he made the staves of acacia woo connnanded Moses. 6 And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in ouches of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, ac- cording to the names of the children 7 of Israel. And he put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel; as the Loud commanded Moses. 8 lAnd he made the breastplate, the work of the cmming workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine 9 twined linen. It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a sjmn 10 the breadth thereof, bemg double. And they set in it four rows of stones: a row of sardius, tojiaz, and carbuncle 11 was the first row. And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a 1*2 diamond. And the third row, a jacinth, 13 an agate, and an amethyst. And the foiurth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were mclosed in ouches of 14 gold in their settings. And the stones were accordmg to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names ; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his 15 name, for the twelve tribes. And they made upon the breastjilate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold. 16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rmgs; and put the two rings on the two ends of the breast- 17 plate. And they put the two wreathen chains of gold on the two rings at the 18 ends of the breastplate. And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains they put on the two ouches, and put them on the shouldeii^ieces of the ly ephod, in the forepart thereof. And they made two rings of gold, and put tliem upon the two ends of the breast- l)late, upon the edge thereof, which Avas toward the side of the ephod in- 20 ward. Ajid they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoul- derjiieccs of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the couplmg thereof, above the cunningly '21 woven l)and of the ephod. And they did bind the breastplate by the ring's thereof unto tlie rhigs of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might l)e upon t)ie cunningly Avoven l»and of the ei)h()d, and tliat tlie breastitliite might not be loosed from the ephod ; as the Loitn commanded Moses. 22 -And he made tlie rol)e of the ephod of 23 woven work, all of Idue; and the hole of the robe in tlie midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should 24 not l)e rent. And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegi-anates of blue, and i)Uii)le, aud scarlet, and twined 25 linen. And they made bells of jnire gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates iipon the skirts of the robe roimd about, between the pome- 26 gi'anates ; a bell and a pomegi^anate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe romid about, to minister iu ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 27 ^ And they made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his 28 sons, and the ^ mitre of fine Imen, and the goodly headtires of fine Imen. and the luien breeches of fine twuied linen, 29 and the gu-dle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purjile, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer ; as the Lord com- manded Moses. 30 ^Aud they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a "\\i-iting, like the engravings 31 of a signet, holy to the lord. And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it upon the ^ mitre above; as the Lord commanded Moses. 32 Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meethig : and the children of Israel did accord- ing to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. 33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its 34 pillars, and its sockets; and the cover- ing of rams' skins dj-ed red, and the coveruig of c sealskins, and the veil of 35 the screen; the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy- 36 seat ; the table, all the vessels thereof, 37 and the shewbread ; the pure candle- stick, the lamps thereof, even the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels 38 thereof, and the oil for the liglit ; and the golden altar, and the anohiting oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen 39 for the door of the Tent ; the brasen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and aU its vessels, the laver 40 and its base; the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, the cords thereof, and the }>ins thereof, and all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for tlie tent of meet- 41 ing ; the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the ganiients of his sons, to minis- 42 ter in the priests oflice. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the 43 work. And Mosey saw all the work, and, behold, they had done it; as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it : and Moses blessed them. 40. 38. EXODUS. iO 1 Or, ■:t up 40 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 2 ing, On the fii'st day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the 3 tent of nieetmg. And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testunony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil. 4 And thou shalt brmg m the table, and ! set in order the things that are upon j it ; and thou shalt brmg in the candle- ! stick, and flight the lamps thereof.; 5 And thou shalt set the golden altar \ for mcense before the ark of the testi- j mony, and put the screen of the door i 6 to the tabernacle. And thou shalt set | the altar of burnt ottering before the j door of the tabernacle of the tent of } 7 meetmg. And thou shalt set the laver | between the tent of meetmg and the j altar, and shalt put water therem. | 8 And thou shalt set up the court round i about, and hang up the screen of the | 9 gate of the court. And thou shalt i take the anomting oil, and anoint the | tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the furniture 10 thereof: and it shall be holy. And thou shalt anoint the altar of bui-nt offering, and ail its vessels, and sanc- tify the altar: and the altar shall be 11 most holy. And thou shalt anoint the 12 laver and its base, and sanctify it. And thou shalt brmg Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tent of meeting, 13 and shalt Avash them with water. And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments ; and thou shalt anouit him, and sanctify him, that he may minister 14 unto me in the priest's office. And thou shalt brmg Ins sons, and put coats 15 upon them : and thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may mmister unto me in the priest's office : and their anointhig shall be to them for an everlasting priest- hood throughout their generations. 16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded hhn, so did he. 17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was 18 reared up. And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its 19 pillars. And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it ; as the Lord 20 commanded Moses. And he took and put the testimony into the arii, and set the staves on the ark, and put the 21 mercy-seat above upon the ark: and he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony ; as 22 the Lord commanded Moses. And he put the table ui the tent of meeting, ui)on the side of the tabernacle north- 23 ward, without the veil. And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord; as the Lord coimnanded 24 Moses. And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over against the table, on the side of the taber- 25 nacle southvv-ard. And he i lighted the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord 26 commanded Moses. And he put the golden altar in the tent of meetmg 27 before the veil : and he burnt thereon incense of sweet spices; as the Lord 28 commanded Moses. And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle. 29 And he set the altar of burnt offerhig at the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meetmg, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meal offer- ing; as the Lord commanded Moses. 30 And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put 31 water therem, to wash withal. ^Aiul Moses and Aaron and his sons vrashed then- hands and their feet thereat; 32 Vv^hen they went into the tent of meet- ing, and wdien they came near unto the altar, they Avashed: as the Lord com- 33 manded Moses. And he reared up the court romid about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the Avork. 34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord 35 filled the tabernacle. And Moses Avas not able to enter into the tent of meet- ing, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the 36 tabernacle. And Avhen the cloud Avas taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel Avent onAvard, 37 throughout all their journeys: but if the cloud Avere not taken uji, then they joiirneyed not till the day that it SBAvas taken up. For the cloud of the Lord Avas upon the tabernacle by day, and there Avas fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES.. COMMONLY CALLED LEVITICUS. 1 And tlie Lord called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tent 2 of meetuig, saying. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, "When any man of you offereth an oblation unto the Lord, ye shall offer your oblation of the cattle, even of the herd and of the flock. 3 If his oblation be a burnt offermg of the herd, he shall offer it a male "without blemish: he shall offer it at the door of the tent of meetmg, that he may be accepted before the Lord. 4 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the bux'nt offering ; and it shall be accepted for him to make 5 atonement for hun. And he shall kiU the bullock before the Lord : and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall pre- sent the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is at 6 the door of the tent of meeting. And he shall flay the bui-nt offering, and 7 cut it into its j)ieces. And the sons of Aaron the pi-iest shall put fii'e upon the altar, and lay wood in order upon 8 the fire: and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat, in order upon the ■u'ood that is on 9 the fire which is upon the altar: but its invrards and its legs shall he wash T.ith water : and the priest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 10 And if his oblation be of the flock, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt offering ; he shall oft'er it a male witli- 11 out blemish. And he shall kill it on the side of the aitar northward be- fore the Lord : and Aaron's sons, the priests, sliall sprinkle its blood upon 1"2 the altar round al)out. And he shall cut it into its pieces, Avith its head and its fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on 1 3 tlie fire which is upon the altar : but the inwards and the legs shall he wash with water: and the i)riest shall otfer the whole, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord, 11 And if his oblatiou to the Lord be a burnt offerhig of fowls, then he shall oft'er his oblation of turtle- 15 doves, or of young pigeons. And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and 1 wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be drained out on the side of the 16 altar : and he sliall take away its crop with the 2 filth thereof, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in 17 the place of the ashes : and he shall rend it by the wings thereof, hut shall not divide it asunder: and the i>riest shall bai'n it upon the altar, upon the vrood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savom- unto the Lord. 2 And when any one oft'ereth an obla- tion of a meal offering unto the Lord, his oblation sliall be of fine flour ; and he sliall pour oil upon it, and put 2 frankincense thereon: and he shall brhig it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the fine flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankmcense thereof; and the priest shaU burn it as the memorial thereof uxson the altar, an offering made by fire, of a 3 sweet savour unto the Lord: and that Avhich is left of the meal oft'eruig shall be Aaron's and his sons' : it is a thing most boh" of the offerings of the Lord made by fire. 4 And when thou offerest an oblation of a meal oft'eruig baken in the oveu, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened 5 wafers anouited with oil. And if thy oblatiou be a meal offermg of the ^bakuig pan, it shaU be of fine fioiu" G uideavened, mingled with oil. Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil 7 thereon : it is a meal offerhig. And if thy oblation be a meal offering of the frying pan, it shall be made of fine 8 flour with oil. And tliou slialt bring the meal offering that is made of these things unto the Lord : and it shall be presented unto the priest, and lie shall 9 bring it unto the altar. And the priest shall take up from the meal oft'eruig the memorial thereof, and shall bimi it upon the altar : an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the 10 Lord. And that which is left of the 4. 9. LEVITICUS. n lOr, thank offerings 2 Or, which he shall iaka aivay hy the kid- neys \ meal offering shall be Aaron's and liis sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire. 11 No meal offering, ^vliich ye shall offer nnto tlie Loed, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, as an offering made 12 by fire luito the Lokd. As an obla- tion of ^Yst/niifs ye shall oft'er them nnto the Lord : but they shall not come up for a sweet savom' on the altar. 13 And every oblation of thy meal offermg shalt thou season with salt; neither slialt thou suffer the salt of the coven- ant of thy God to be lacking from thy meal off'ering : with all thine oblations thou shalt offer salt. 14 And if thou off'er a meal offering of firstfrnits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meal offering of thy first- fruits corn in the ear parched with 15 fire, bruised corn of the fresh ear. And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon : it is a meal of- 16 fering. And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the bruised corn thereof, and part of the oil there- of, with all the frankmcense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 3 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of 1 peace offerings; if he offer of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the 2 Lord. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it at the door of the tent of meet- ing: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar 3 round about. Aiid he shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offermgs an offering made by fire imto the Lord; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the 4 fat that is upon the inwards, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, v\-hicli is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, 2^vith the kidneys, 5 shall he take away. And Aaron's sons "shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt offermg, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savoiu- unto tlie Lord. 6 And if his oblation for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord be of the flock ; male or female, he shall 7 offer it without blemish. LP he offer a lamb for his oblation, then shall She offer it before the Lord: and he shall lay his hand upon the head of Iris oblation, and kill it before the tent of meeting: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon 9 the altar round about. And he shall . offer of the sacrifice of peace offer- ings an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat thereof, the fat tail en- tire, he shall take it away hard by the backbone ; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is 10 upon the inwards, and the two kid- neys, and the fat that is upon them, whicii is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, 3 with the kidneys, shall 11 he take away. And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the ^food of the offering made by fii-e unto the Lord. 12 And if his oblation be a goat, then 13 he shall offer it before the Lord : and he shall lay his hand upon the head of it. and kill it before the tent of meeting : and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the 14 altar round about. And he shall off'er thereof his oblation, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the 15 fat that is upon the mwards, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, Avhich is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, 3 with the kidneys, 16 shall he take away. And the i)riest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offermg made by fire, for a sweet savour : all the fat is the 17 Lord's. It shall be a perpetual stat- ute thi'oughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood. 4 And the Lord spake unto Moses. 2 saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saymg. If any one shall sin 5 unwittingly, in any of the things Avhich the Lord hath commanded not to be done, and shall do any one of 3 them : if the anointed priest shall shi so as to bring guilt on the i^eople; then let him off'er for his sin, which he hath smned, a young bullock with- out blemish unto the Lord for a sin 4 offering. And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tent of meeting before the Lord ; and he shaU lay his hand upon tlie head of the bullock, and kill the bullock before 5 the Lord. And the anointed priest shall take of the blood of the bullock, and bring it to the tent of meethig: 6 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprmkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, before 7 the veil of the sanctuary. And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of tlie altar of sweet incense before the Lord, which is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood of the bullock shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at 8 the door of the tent of meeting. And all tJie fat of the bullock of the sin offering he shall take off from it ; the fat that covereth the uiAvards, and all the fat 9 that is upon the unvards, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liA'er,6with the kidneys, shall LEVITICUS. 4. 9. 13 14 10 be take away, as it is taken off from the ox of the sacrifice of peace offer- ings: and the i)riest shall l)urn them 11 upon the altar of burnt offering. And thi' skin of the Imllock, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, l"2and its inwards, and its dung, even the whole huUock shall he carry forth Viithout the camp unto a clean place, where the aslies are poured out, and hum it on wood with fii'e : where the ashes are poured out shall it he l)urnt. And if the whole congregation of Israel shall err, and the thing ])e hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which the Loitn hath connnanded not to he done, and are guilty; when the sin wherein they have sinned is known, then the assembly shall offer a young bullock for a sin offering, and bring it before the tent of meet- ing. And the elders of the congi'ega- tion .shall lay their hands ui)on the liead of the bullock liefore the Lokd: and the bullock shall be killed before the Loud. And the anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bullock to the tent of meeting : and the priest shall dip his finger- in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Loiti). before the veil. And he shall put of the l)lood ujion the horns of tlie altar which is before the Loud, that is ui the tent of meeting, and all the blood shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offeruig, which is at the door of the tent of meeting. And all the fat thereof shall he take off from it, and burn it upon the altar. Thus shall he do with the bullock ; as he did with the buUock of the sin offer- ing, so shall he do with this: and the priest .shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven. And he .shall carry f