e«h '’®"-''®*''''"®‘'„®L*°f*«b™'^ “d b^ ;H““bWer.>.y 0. ,6B 0. Hlrnol. C,.b..ncl of Ulinois ond ore p uw arid '■'<«•<'“'!;,_ cAU 12171 333-8400. f EB I ^ 0% > 0 200 10 ■ When renewing by phone, write new dne date nrevious due da e. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Alternates 1 https://archive.org/details/holybiblecontain00unse_44 \ .•S’- 3ai\jer0tt3e ^arJllel Mhity THE HOI-Y BIBLE CONTAINING TfHE OLD AND NEW ITESTAMENTS TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES: BEING THE VERSION SET FORTH A. D. 1611, COMMONLY CALLED KING JAMES’S VERSION ; 'arranged in parallel columns with the revised VERSIONS OF 1881 AND 1886. , BOSTON: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY. New York*. 11 East Seventeenth Street. ®|)c Biucrailit Press, CarahtiUut. ADVERTISEMENT. In this volume are printed, in parallel columns, the Authorized Version of 1611 and the Revised Version, of which last the Old Testament appeared in 1885 and the New Testament in 1881. The left-hand column contains the text of the Authorized Version as usually printed, the copy followed being that of the Oxford edition of 1885, with the references to other passages of Scripture, but without the marginal readings. These references are placed at the foot of the page, with numbers corresponding to superior numerals in the text. The right-hand column contains the Revised Version ; the marginal readings are placed at the foot of the page, and indicated by letters corresponding to superior letters in the text. In this edition the chapter headings of the King James Version are retained, as well as the ordinary division of chapter and verse. In consequence, the amount of matter in the left hand column exceeds that in the right-hand one, and the equalization of the two has been obtained by blank spaces in the right-hand column, which are not to be taken as indicating any unusual break in the contents. The address to the reader prefixed to the King James Version, the Prefaces of the Revisers, the names of the Revisers of both British and American Companies, and the lists of renderings preferred by the American Committee are also included in this volume. {Piiefixed to Authorized Ven^ion of the Bible.'] T( ' KiNG J .. r HIGH AND MIG:axY PRINCE JAMES, TEE GRACE OF Gqj)^ BRITAII^, FRANCE^ AND IRELAND, nDER of the FAI'j^r^^ / % The T’ i the Bible! wish Grace, ]V[ercy, a ti JESUS CHRIST oiL Lord! RE AT andmanifol'd were : : i, i- IK Sovereign, vihich Atr'^iighty :'G<' most dread ; Father o all mercies, bestowoui ipeji^ m . ^ ^ ] iopi>' A Englam, when first he ser /You»* Majet Hoyal Person to ruie and reign over us. F.r when,. , was the expectation of my, who wished ^lot well un,to o iv Sion, that upon the setting i that bright Occidei fal Jtar, Qaeen Eli^a- resolutioD and prop heth of mos^ happy ijnemory, so ,e i,LacrK and palpable clordo f.f darkness v^njuld so b ve Land, t jiat men should ha 3 br they Were to walk ; an' I that it . who wa^ io direct the unsettle' y of Your Majesty, ks of the gi. stantly dispelled those suppc,jje(j an^kgJAve unto all that wer^ of a Man in maintaining the truth t > gating it far |!ind near, is that which b'^und an(i fi^j^ly knit f'o hearts of all Your j^ajesty’s loyal anci/relijrious peM® «Mo You, that YM^i* ^^ry name is |)recious thei\: their ey^^ dot^ behold You with comfort, and they ble&s You in theii* liearts, as that 4nctified Person, who, u»der G«Jd7 is' the im- mediate Author of their true happ?a^ss. And this their ^ 3 nt doth not diminish or ^ecay, but every ^y incr*)aseth and taketh strength, wben.^^^y observe, that the geal of Your Majesty toward the -__'doth notjjdack or go backward, but is mo\ more yd0 kindled, iiianifesting itself* abroad in the f verhadowed this dcTOt which way 1 ha, idly be known, e ; !*■ .,.ppearance in i'i strength, ii^ kindled,! juanifesting itselt aeroaa m tuc ^‘^.^hest parts nised' 'mists, . of ChriLendom, hj writin^dn defence ofj,j^g Truth, • :ected exceedin''^ (which liath given such a blow unto that m:^ we beheld cause of comforl. ; especia dy wl Government established in Your Pifrlmess, and Your 'mpeful Seed, by f,in unddui,ted Tit! ^ and this also ac- npanied with ipeace and, tranq dty at home and ad. . i the ' -will not I be healed,) and /every day at hoi^^ . learned discourse, by frequenting t learing the Word preached, by che by caring for the Church Rving nursing Father. amo ar 1' % all our joys, there wi® no 1 gious an God, by Teachei tender f lid Tkwc’ and reJ more fc 3 are infinite arguments of this righ igions affection in Your Majesty ; bi .rcible to declare it to others than the that more rts, than th, blessed of Grod’s sacred Word anongl^ ; which is nabl e treasure;^ which e^celletli al.|^the riches b ccause th<;^ fruit t Weof extendeth itself) ^ tiiae spei^t in thh transitory .world, but unto Y our Majesty. For i dien Your Higl li' loseth 3 iien uirtctliat eterna'l happiness 1 once out of dee^> judgment apprel^iudetf how c and per pietuated desire of accomplishing and i of this /;vork, which now with all humilii}’' w T7' .1 rai/ ! in heavf i^. ) 0 suffer this ground, bi\t it up, aiid to state, mious r •edecesso/ ’^Your Highness did , to go irward w confidence and it was, that 'Owt of the Originfi Sa^re( ' Ton gc.ther w It ^ comparing of the Iibours, both in and othe - foreign Languages, of many worthy "went bef ug^ there should be one more exaci [ation of] the holy Scriptures into the English if our Miiiesty did never desist to urge and t* / XXXXi X:iXXOXX^J!i bos^^ J.0 '^>.’11 it e hastt- V and 1 so Jecent r ms li^ht justb 'i'’ commended t the business f, as a matter ». t the work might ht be expedited eh impoitance .x..id » / the mercy of God. inu? our labours, it being broug] Oi. .n, i s tb i? we have great hopes tt »f England shall X'jap good fruit theret >ar duty to olfer it to Your Majesty, not ving and -iovt' h i, but as to the princip A.uthor of the .• ork : humbly craving c f ijesty,that since things of this [■V . f subject to tl^e censures of ill f d persons, it may receive app from so learned and judicious orr ness is, whose allowance and i I ..>? ]r > ' j shall more h(mour and encou; ■ ^ r im^’ntignsLahd-hard interoretat eci y.fal : ,|r.. •* jtsi K- the con- to such a e Church re hold it as to our over and )ur most lity have ling and tion and *rince as tance of us, than of other . ^v'e instruments to make ’s holy 'i'rnch to be yet more and more known unto o, le. ' bon they desire still to keep in ignorance a .larkness ; or if, on the other >»id»> we shall be rnali^ by selfconceited Brethren, who rtin their own ways, uid gi* e liking unto nothing, but wha^' ia^ramed by bemselves, and hammered «n their anv^^;, we may rest ' supported within by the truth and iiinocency of a coitscience, having walked the ways di' sidiplicity ; integrity, as before the Lord ; and sustained witht of Your Majesty’s grace give countenajice to hone against bitter rjensures am The Lord o>‘ heaven ar with ma* / and happy hand hath cJnriched Yo gular and e;xtraordinar wonder of the world in . 'vi(’ I ‘t:’ Ity, t-* ' le < A ^ ‘ - : ’1 PJC ■ 'hi y d e powerful protection fs. - our, which will ever m Christian endeavours hui t^able imputations. ?th bless Your Majesty , that, as his heavenl} gh; ess with many sin ; io You may be thi agt for happines ijH f th.it greai GOB jm. Chris -V- I -J i .J I iij!; f-.EYISERS PREFACE. ' " The Revision of the A a taken in consequence of i houses of the Convocation r f uiv. Province of Cantei Ol- ive ■5 S^ersion wa|5 undei olucion passed by bot :'U/..’d ju the Preface to th Ve w Te; tament, which WJ L. Whi n the two Compj pying out this work, the fo ! . among others, were la: ■ imittee of Convocation f< bury, as has been fully e: Revised Version of the first published in May 1 nies were appointed for c lowing General Princij 1 down by the Revision their guidance : — | ‘1. To introduce as b ' alterations as possible in the Text of the Authoiisod Version consistently/ witii faithfulness.’ ' ‘2. To limit, as fai i ossible, the express: such alterations to the l? 'ig' ..ge of the Authorisec' earlier English Versions.’ ‘4. That the Text a. be adopted be that for which the evidence is deckb cll; prepoi? derating ; and that when the Text so adoj ted differs horn that from which the Authorised Version was made, the alteration be indicated in the margin.’ ent such as to justify any attempt at an entire recon- fcruction of the text on the authority of the Versions, the levisers have thought it most prudent to adopt the Mas- oretic Text as the basis of their work, and to depart rom it, as the Authorised Translators had done,^ only in xceptional cases. With regard to the variations in the dassoretic Text itself, the Revisers have endeavoured o translate what appeared to them to be the best read- !ig in the text, and where the alternative reading eemed sufficient!}^ probable or important they have •laced it in the margin. In some few instances of ex- treme difficulty a reading has been adopted on the au- thority of the Ancient Versions, and the departure from e Massoretic Text recorded in the margin. In other cases, wffiere 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 margin only. In endeavouring to carry out as fully as possible the spirit of Rules 1 and 2, the Revisers have borne in njind-that, it was their duty not to make a new transla- paragraphs, italics, and punctu? aica.’ In order to shew the manner ' ' which the Old Testa- ment Company have endeavoui f"! to carry out their in- structions, it will be convenie A to treat 'the subjects mentioned in the foregoing rules in a somewhat differ- ent order. It will be observed that in Ride 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 He- brew or Aramaic original of the several books. In this respect the task of the Revisers has been much simpler than that which the New Testament Company had before them. The Received, or, as it is commonly called, the Massoretic Text of the Old Testamenti Scriptures has cone down to us in manuscripts which) are of no very gi-'it antiquity, and whicli all belong to' the same family recension. ^ That other recenrians I were at one time exi itence is probable from the vari- [ ations in the A ient Versions, the oldest of wliich, j namely the Gree or Septuagint, was made, at least in j part, some two ( eniuries before the Christian era. But j as the state of ‘ owledge on ’the subject is not at pre- 1 7. To revise the headings cf chapters and pages, - tion but to revise one already existing, which for more ’ The earliest MS A. D. 916. whicli the age is certainly known bean date than two centuries and a half had held the 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 construction of a word or sentence ; or where it was necessary for the sake of uniformity to render such parallel passages as were identical in Hebrew by the same English words, so that an English reader might know at once by com- parison that a difference in the translation corresponded to a difference in the original ; or where the language of ^ the Authorised Version was liable to be misunder- stcod by reason of its being archaic or obscure ; or finally, where the rendering of an earlier English ver- sion seemed preferable, or where by an apparently slight change it was possible to bring out more fully the nT^^aning of a passage of which the translation was already substantially accurate. It has been thought advisable in regard to the word ‘Jehovah’ to follow the usage of the Authorised Version, and not to insert it iinifoimly in place of ‘ Lord ’ or ‘ God,’ which when printed in small capi- tals represent the words Aubstituted by Jewish custom 2 See, for instance, 2 S.ain. xvi. ^2 Chr. iii. 1, xxii. 6 ; J ob xxxvii. 7 ; Er->ixlvi. 10 ; Am. v. 26 ; Hag. i. 2. V for the ineffable Name according to the vowel pomes by which it is distinguished. It will be found there- fore that in this respect the Authorised Version has been departed from only in a few passages, in which the introduction of a proper name seemed to be re- quired. 1 Terms of natural history have been changed only where it was certain that the Authorised Version was I incorrect and where there was sufficient evidence for the substituted rendering. In cases of doubt the alter- native rendering has been given in the margin ; and even where no doubt existed, but where there was no fainiliar English equivalent for the original word, the I 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 Au- thorised Version being either inadequate or inconsis- * tent, and sometimes misleading, changes have been introduced with as much uniformity as appeared prac- ticable or desirable. For instance, ‘the tabernacle of the 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. Th^ words ‘ tabernacle ’ and ‘ tent,’ as the renderings of two different Hebrew words, are in the Authorised Version frequently interchanged in such a manner as to lead to confusion ; and the Revisers have endeavoured through- out the Pentateuch to preserve a consistent distinction between them. Their practice in regard to the words ‘ assembly ’ and ‘ congregation ’ has been the same in principle, although they have contented. themseIv^V> with introducing greater consistency of rendering with- out aiming at absolute uniformity. In consequence of the changes which have taken place in the English lan- , guage, the term ‘ meat offering ’ has become inappro- priate to describe an offering of which flesh was no part ; and by the alteration to ‘ meal offering ’ a suffi- ciently 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 found needful to deviate from the language employed in the Authorised Version. One of these deviations occurs so frequently that it may be , well to state briefly why it was adopted. The v ord ‘peoples ’ was nowhere used by King James’s tors in the Old Testament, and in th'- ' it occurs only twice (Rev. ...ur'effeet of this was ito leave the rend ^ ... numerous passages i inadequate or obscure or even positively mis Thus in one of the best- known Psalms (Ps. Ixv’r » where the Septuagint has Kaol and the Vulgate popuii^ the English had ‘Let " > people praise thee, ■) (Pnl , let all the people pi tjiee ’ ; leaving it at least doubtful whether the ‘ ms’ of verse 4, o j ’TTKTJJXCJI — 0.04. JLV .. . . , • Behold, I have given L.. leader and commandei ; i ’ is naturally under, sw- < ’er to Israel. . xxr^o ooiXVL iJU XS^ctlU/U IV. . pr a witness to the people, ‘he ptjiople,’ the word ‘ peo- by the English reader to Lin, the Hebrew ' V. died to the nations : brewis, and then also Lorn the people persed, lacquired in latei tim 'S 1 goyinj ‘nations,’ which is C anaarl dispossessed by the the 1 '-rounding nations Israel * afterwards dis- significance. which i^ represented in t: .e Authoj' ’’"T' Version by the rendering ‘ heathen ’ or ‘( entnes.’ jvVhile recognizing this moii-al sense of the v ord,'the visers have em- ployed it much more spari igly than • nr predecessors had done. ^ Similarly, the Hebrew Skeol, v ich signifies the abO|Ie of departed spirits, aud c.orres^- nids to the Greek Hades, or the under world, irv varioujly rendered in the Aut|iorised Version by ‘gravL,,’ ‘pit,’ and ‘hell.’ Of these renderings ‘ hell,’ if it could be taken in its origi- nal sense as used in the Creeds, would be a fairly ade- quate equivalent for the Hebrew word ; but it is so commonly understood of the place of torment that to ^y it frequently would lead to inevitable misunder- •^■ing. The Revisers therefore in the historical nar- ra^^s have left the rendering ‘ the grave ’ or ‘ the pit ’ in the text, with a marginal note ‘ Heb. Skeol ’ to indicate that it does not signify ‘ the place of burial ’ ; while in the poetical writings they have put most com- monly ‘ Sheol ’ in the text and ‘ the grave ’ in the mar- gin. In Isaiah xiv. however, where ‘ hell ’ is used in more of its original sense and is less liable to be misun- derstood, and where any change in so familiar a passage which was not distinctly an improvement would be a decided loss, the Revisers have contented 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 Eng- lish reader of the Bible only from the New Testament (Rev. ix. 11), has been introduced in three passages (Job xxvi. 6 ; Prov. xv. 11, xxvii. 20), where a proper name appears to be required for giving vividness and point. e Hebrew word Asherah, which is uniformly and jly rendered ‘ grove ’ in the Authorised Version, most probably denotes the wooden symbol of a goddess ; ana the Revisers therefore have not hesitated to intro- duce it as a proper name in the singular (Judg. vi. 25, ) with the plurals Asherim (Ex. xxxiv. 13, &c.) and eroth (Judg. iii. 7, &c.), following the analogy of Baalim (Judg. iii. 7) and the Ashtaroth (Judg. ii. which are already familiar. i regard to the language of the Authorised Version, Revisers have thought it no part of their duty to 1 REVISERS’ PREFACE. reduce it to conformity with modern usage, and have therefore left untouched all archaisms, whether of lan- guage or construction, which though not in familiar use cause a reader no emharrassment and lead to no misunderstanding. They are aware that in so doing they will disappoint ^he large English-speaking race ou the other side of tb Atlantic and it is a question upon which they are pr pared to agree to a friendly differ- ence of opinion. The principle by which they ha\e been guided has bf>ni clear and consistent. Where au archaic word or e'Vpression was liable to be misunder- stood or at least was not perfectly intelligible, they have substituted ^ rr it another, in equally good use at the time the Au horised Version was made, and ex- pressing all that 're archaism was intended to conveyl but more familial* to the modern reader. In such easel the gain was greater than the loss. But in other in- stances where the word or expression, although obsO' lete, was not unintelligible, it was thought that tin 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 tlierci Avas no exact modern equivalent for it. The principl adopted by the Company will be best illustrated by tw typical examples. The verb ‘ to ear ’ in the sense of ^ tq plough ’ and the substantive ‘earing’ for ‘ploughing; were very reluctantly abandoned, and only because ii was ascertained that their meaning was unknown tc language, the Revisers have followed the example c the translators of the Authorised Version, who allowed themselves in this respect a reasonable freedom, with- out permitting 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 number- ing of the chapters and verses being however retained for convenience of reference. Where the change of subject 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. Oc- casionally the divisions of the chapters in the Author- ised Version differ from those in the common Hebrew Bibles. In such cases the A^ariations are given in the margin. In the Psalms, the titles are printed in smaller type, as in some modern English Bibles, which differ in this respect from the edition of 1611. One consequence of the arrangement in paragraphs has been the omission of the headings of chapters, which for other and more important reasons it was thought advisable to abandon, as involving questions which belong rather to the pro- vince of the commentator than to that of the translator. With the headings of chapters the head-lines of pages naturally disappeared also, and for the same reason.^ In the poetical portions, besides the division into pa- ragiaphs, the Revisers have adopted an arrangement in lines, so as to exhibit the parallelism which is cha- racteristic of Hebrew Poetry. But they have not ex- many persons of good intelligence and education. BuU, tended this arrangement to the prophetical books, the it was easy to put in their place equivalents Avhich hac^ language of Avhich although frequently marked by pa- a pedigree of almost equal antiquity, and it would haya Aallelism is, except in purely lyrical passages, rather of been an excess of conservatism to refuse to substitute the nature of lofty and impassioned prose, for an unintelligible archaism an expression to whiclj In the use of italics the Revisers departed from thu no ambiguity could be attached. On the other hand custom of the Authorised Version and adopted as the: the word ‘ boiled ’ (Ex. ix. 31), Avhich signifies ‘ podded! rule the following resolution of their Company : for seed’ and is known in provincial dialects, has no ‘That all such Avords now printed in italics as are synonym in literary English. To have discarded it in plainly implied in the HebreAv and necessar- in Eno-- favour of a less accurate or more paraphrastic expres- lish, be printed in common type.’ * sion would have been to impoverish the language ; and But where any doubt existed as to the ex t . ender- it was therefore left, because it exactly expresses onejing of the Hebrew, all words which have b ;ei. added in view Avhich is taken of the meaning of the original. |order to give completeness to the Engli- expression One of the few instances in Avhich the language-fifjare printed in italic type, so that the read ay omitting the Authorised Version has been modified in accordancejthem may be able to see how far their i -jrt’o?' is jus- course IS with later usage is the change of the neuter possessivejtified by the Avords of the original. T pronoun from ‘ his ’ to ‘ its.’ It is well known thatjespecially true of those renderings fo/ in'ch an alter- ^ /IrkOO 1Y-» 4*1 y/-A rv-p 1 1 O-IA/1 t4- /-Iz-AZ-J YY ^ il _ • Y its ’ does not occur in the Bible of 1611, and it doej native is given in the margin, whe not appear to have been introduced into any edition bej italic type play exactly opposite j^ar fore 1660. But it is found ten times in Shakespeare, a there is other evidence to shew that at the time of v Authorised Version it Avas coming into use. It a^ found necessary in some cases to substitute ‘ its ’ ‘ his ’ in order to avoid obscurity, and there seemed good reason, Avhen it Avas once introduced, for ref us ; to admit it generally when it referred to purely iin- mate objects In making minor changes, whether in translatioiir ersion it These oi'ian and To complete the account of the .s ■ t,scd /^i I remains only to describe the m? ’ ai n I will be found to contain (1) The renderings of such v retie Text as appeared to 1)^ c These variations are jenown b’ K’ri (read) and C’thib (ivride K’ri, or reading in the marg to be substituted fol* the C ,i,‘ ; = • ill the Mass' ■ ‘i- iVc importar ideal names denote that 'Hebrew Bibl^ i. I appears in ' REVISER.^’ PREFACE. .en text. The Revisers have generally, though not formly, rendered the C’thib in the text, and left the .'ri in the margin, with the introductory note ‘ Or, ac- cording to another reading,’ or ‘ Another reading is.’ IWhen the K’ri has been followed in the text, the C’thib [as been placed in the margin, if it represented a vari- Ition of sufficient importance. (2) Alternative renderings, introduced by ‘Or.’ :hese are either different meanings of the word or assage, or they ^erve to connect it with other render- igs elsewhere. (3) Literal renderings of the Hebrew or Aramaic, idicated by the prefix ‘ Heb.’ or ‘ Aram.’ (4) Changes of text made on the authority of the acient Versions. , (5) Readings from ancient Versions which appeared ) be of sufficient importance to be noticed. (6) Renderings of the Hebrew consonants as read ith different vowel points, or as differently divided. upon ; the decision in 'the first Revision being by a ma- jority only. If a proposal met with no seconder, it was not discussed but allowed to drop. In the second Re- vision, the Secretary read out in order the changes t hich had been made at the first Revision ; if these ere unchallenged they were allowed to remain, other- wise they were put to the vote and affirmed or rejected According as they were or were not supported by the requisite majority of two- thirds. In the second Revi- fjion new propositions could only bl made by special permission of the Company, and discussion was limited, as far as possible, to exceptional cases. In the final re- view, which was in reality the completion of the second Revision, the Company employed themselves in mah- iug a general survey of what they had done, decidii ^ finally upon reserved points, harmonizing inconsisten- cies, smoothing down roughnesses, removing unneces- sary changes, and generally giving finish and complete- pi ness to their work. Everything in this final survey hese are introduced by the words ‘ Or, as otherwise was decided by the vote of a majority of two-thirds. > The Revisers had already made some progress, and (7) Marginal references to other passages, which-are had in fact gone twice through the Pentateuch, before ther strictly parallel, or serve the purpose of illustrat- they secured the co-operation of the American Old Ig or justifying a particular rendering. Testament Revision Company. The first Revision of j (8) Explanations of certain proper names, the mean- ^the several books was submitted to the consideration of iig of which is referred to in the text. [the American Revisers, and, except in the case of the In the Proper Names the Revisers have endeavoured Pentateuch, the English Company had the benefit of 4o ascertain the system of transliteration adopted by jtheir criticisms and suggestions before they proceeded ;he Translators of the Authorised Version and to carry jfco the second Revision. The second Revision was in t out with somewhat greater consistency. They have (like manner forwarded to America, and the latest lot however attempted anything like rigid unif or mi ty,|| thoughts of the American Revisers were in the hands nd have left unchanged all those names which by usage ^f the English Company at their final review. In lave become English ; as, for instance, Moses, Aaron, every instance the suggestions from America were Baiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the like. treated with the same consideration as those proceeding ] Among the Rules laid down by the Revision Com-| from members of the English Company, and were nittee of Convocation for the guidance of the Revisers vas one that no change should be finally made in the tex1 )f the Authorised Version except by the vote of two birds of the Company present and voting ; and this Ruh ias\been invariably acted upon. The result has beei hat\in many cases a rendering which was preferred b; he majority of the Company voting has been recordec adopted or rejected on their merits. It was a part of the terms of agreement with the American Company that all points of ultimate difference between them and the English Revisers should be placed on record, and they will accordingly be found fully stated at the end of the Old Testament, or at the end of the several por- tions, according as the Revised Version appears in one the margin, the majority not being sufficient to giv|-6^^ore volumes. Many of them will be found to be a place the text. But all questions of marginal changes of language which are involved in the essen- well as of punctuation and division intj tially different circumstances of American and English except where these affected the sense of | readers ; others express a preference for the marginal ;adin^ iaragra [assage, j It ma^ bserved hat ever tely consi ce for the ’iginai VO,- als fo. xvinica’ed ii ^ m de I e decided by a simple majority. readers rendering over that given in the text ; others again in- of some interest to describe the method volve a real difference of opinion ; but all shew that he Company in their work, if only to shew hey have been dictated by the same leading principle, ae sincere desire to give to modern readers a faithful jpresentation of the meaning of the original docu- lents. It could not but be expected that in the course of urteen years many changes would take place in the embers of the Company. Of the original number iio first put their hands to the work on the 30th of jTifi 1870, only fifteen now remain. Ten of the Com- lestion raised was carefully and deliber- ^d. In the first Revision it was the prac- cretary to read over each verse, first in d then ’’ e Authorised Version : the ange were !i.en taken ; first those com- riting by absent members, and next he members present. Each proposal 1 T RfeviSERS’ iRE: FACE. XV pany have been removed by death, and two resigned : the places of these were filled from time to time by others ; but since October 1875 no new members have been added. The Revision was completed in eighty- five sessions, ending on 20th June, 1884 ; and it occu- pied 792 days. The greater part of the sessions were for ten days each, and each day the Company generally sat for six hours. The labour therefore has been great, but it has been given ungrudgingly ; and now with a feeling of deep thankfulness to Almighty God, and the earnest hope that their endeavours may with His bless- ing tend to a clearer knowledge of the Old Testament Scriptures, the Revisers bring their long task to a close. Jeeusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey, 10 July, 1884. I i /■' \ 'H K IJ GENESIS, II. which he had made ; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God 3 blessed the se’venth day, and sanctified it : because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. 4 ^ ^ These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, 5 And every ® plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew : for the Lord God had not ® caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man "^to till the gri^md. 6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 And the Lord God formed man of the ^ dust of the ground, and ^ breathed into^his nostrils the breath of life ; and man became a living soul. 8 ^ And the Lord God planted a garden east- ward in Eden ; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food ; the tijee of life also in the midst of the garden, i^and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pison : that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold ; 12 And the gold of that land is good : there is bdellium and the onyx stone. 13 And the name of the second river is Gihon : the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethi- opia. 14 And the name of the third rl\er is Hiddekel : that is it which goeth townrcl tlie east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphi'ixtes. 15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, say- ing, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat : , 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it : for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. 18 ^ And the Lord God said. It is not good that the man should be alone ; I will make him an help meet for liim. 19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air ; an’d brought them unto Adam to see what he would c^ll them : and whatsoever Adam called every living crea- ture, that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field ; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. 21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall 3 Neh. 9. 14. Is. 58. 13. 4 ch. 1. 1. Ps. 90. 1, 2 . 3 ch. 1. 12. Ps. 104. 14. 6 Job 38. 20, 27, 28. 7 ch. 3. 23. 8 oh. 3. 10, 23. Ps. 103. 14. Eccles. 12. 7. Is. 04. 8. 1 Cor. 15. 47. 0 Job 33. 4. Acts 17. ch. 7. 22. Is. 2. 22 . 11 1 Cor. 15. 45. i2ch. 13. 10. 18.51. 3. Ezek. 28. 13. Joel 2. 3. . 13 Ch. 3. 24. 14 Ch. 4. 10. 2 Kin. 19. 12. Ezek. 27. 23. 1“ ver. 15. 1C Ezek. 31. 8. 11 cli, 3. 22. Pro. 3. 18. & il. 30. Her. 2. 7. & 2^. 2, 14. 18 rer. 17. 10 ch. 25. 18. on the seventh day from all his worlf 3 made. And God blessed the seventl' lowed it : because that in it he r/ work wliich God had created and/^ 4 These are the generations oftOT^SfcWe the earth when they were created, in 5 “ the Lord God made earth And heav plant of the field was yet in /the earth of the field had yet sprung/up : for P had not caused it to rain lypoii the e‘ 6 was not a man to till the/ ground ; up a mist from the eart]n> 3nd wr 7 face of the ground. A^nd the L man of the dust of the ground, his nostrils the breatlji of life ; 8 living soul. And the ' Lord G eastward, in Eden ; jylid there 9 he had formed. Aiid out of Lord God to grow every trea^ tli sight, and good foi/ food ; tUe tre midst of the garc^n, and tjne tree o 10 of good and evil/ And a/river went Avater the gardmi ; and yrom thence 11 and became fo/ir heads/ The name o Pishon : that i/s it whim compasseth the 12 of Havilah, Adhere there is gold ; and th that land is /good : tliere is bdellium and tli 13 stone. And/ the naipe of the second river is the same ys it that/ compasseth the whole lai 14 Cush. Apd the name of the third river is dekel : tMat is it which goeth ^ in front of Assyri 15 And th^^ fourth rwer is Euphrates. And the Lo' God toy6k the man, and put him into the gardeP 16 Eden /o dress it and to keep it. |^nd the Lo God Jommanded the man, saying, Ot every tree 17 the garden thou mayest freely eat : but of the of t/lie knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt of it : for in the day that thou eatest ther thf/u shalt surely die. 18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that th man should be alone ; I will make him an hek 19 ® meet for him. And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fow of the air ; and brought them unto the man toee what he would call them : and whatsoever the in called every living creature, that was the nle 20 thereof. And the man gave names to all cautic, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field ; but for ^ man there was not found an help 21 meet for him. And the Lord God caused a dee 20 Num. 11. 7. 21 Dan. 10. 4. 22 ver. 8. 23 ver. 9. 21 ch. 3. 1, 3, 11, 17. 20ch. 3. 3, 19. Rorn. 0. 23. 1 Cor. 15. 50. Jniu. 1. 15. 1 Jolm 5. 16. 2c ch. 3. 12. 1 Cor. Lord is put in cap 11. 9. 1 Tim. 2. 13. tals. 21 ch. 1. 20, 24. h Or, beryl. 28 Ps. 8. 0. See ch. c That is, Tigris. 0. 20. d Or, toward t 20 oh. 15. 12. 1 Sam. ca.d of. 20. 12. e Or, answering to a Heb. Jehovah., as / Or, Adam. ill other places where lid he slept : and he took one of his ribs, the flesh instead thereof ; which the Lord God had taken from ivoman, and brought her unto the .^1 sai\d, This is now bone of my bones, f my flekh : she shall be called Woman, was ^^ta^en out of Man. fore shaW a man leave his father and his hall cleaw.e unto his wife : and they shall 3y were iboth naked, the man and his lot ashamed. CHAPTER III. ve. % Man\s shameful fall. 9 God arraigneth is cursed.^ 15 The promised seed. 16 The \J. 21 l'heiT\ first clothing. 22 Their casting vas 2 mWe subtil than any beast ThicSi the Lord God had made. And ^womaVi, Yea, liVtli God said. Ye shall ^tree of she garden ? Ionian saidNunto the\serpent, We may eat the trees oA^^the garoten : the fruit of the tree \Miich is in the midst :den, God hath said. Ye Ahall not eat of it, lall ye touch it, lestwe die. ^^Ind the serpent said upto the Woman, Ye shall BS^ely die : FPor God doth know that in the day^ye eat thereof, shall be as untl e vms good yes, and a ok of the her hus- m ^your eyes shall be opened, and bds, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw that the food, and that it was pleasant to the .e to be cj^ired to make one wise, she it thereof, ® and did eat, and gave also W with her ; ^ and he did eat. /' And ®the eyes of them both were open :y knew that they were naked ; and they s< ves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God g in the garden in the cool of the day : and d his wife ^^hid themselves from the presence of \ the ORD God amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and into him, Where art thou ? TO And he said, I heard thy voice in the ^ and I was afraid, because I was naked ; and I nyself. 11 And he said. Who told thee that thou imst aked ? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I com- anded thee that thou shouldest not eat ? 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou vest to he with me, she gave me of the tree, and I eat. 13 And the Lord God said unto the woman. What is this that thou hast done ? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Be- ause thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cat- , ^ and ed fig \walk- Mam garden} “ “ hid\ sleep to fall upor took one of his ri, 22 thereof : and the i from the man, o' 23 her unto the man. bone of my bones be called ^Woms 24 * Man. Therefon ^ man, and he slept ; and he id closed up the flesh instead hich the Lord God had taken le he a woman, and brought 1 d the man said. This is now flesh of my flesh : she shall cause she was taken out of 1 a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave u nis wife : and they 25 shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. 3 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman. Yea, hath God said. Ye shall 2 not eat of “ any tree of the garden ? And the wo- man said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees 3 of the garden we may eat : but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said. Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch 4 it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the wo- 5 man. Ye shall not surely die : for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as ^ God, knowing good 6 and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was ^ to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat ; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and 7 he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and the_y knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves 8 ^ aprons. And they heard the ^ voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the -^cool of the day : and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of 9 the garden. And the Lord God called unto the 10 man, and said unto him. Where art thou ? And he said, I heard thy ® voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked ; and I hid myself. 11 And he said. W ho told thee that thou wast naked ? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded .12 thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man ^ said. The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, 13 she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the ' Lord God said unto the woman. What is this thou \ hast done ? And the woman said, The serpent be- 14 yguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent. Because thou hast done this, cursed Pro. 18. 22. Heb. i. 31 ch. 29. 14. Judg. 2 Sam. .'). 1. & ). 13. Eph. 5. 30. 3 1 Cor. 11. 8. 3 oh. .31.15. P.*. 4.5. \M.\tt. 19. 5. Mark 10. 7. 1 Cor. 6. 16. Eph. 5. 31. 34 oil. 3. 7, 10, 11. 35 Ex. 32. 25. Is. 47. 3. 1 Rev. 12. 9. & 20. 2 . 2 Matt. 10.16. 2 Cor. 11. 3. 3 Ch. 2. 17. 4 ver. 13. 2 Cor. 11. 3. 1 Tim. 2. 14. 5 ver. 7. Acts 26. 18. fi 1 Tim. 2. 14. 7 ver. 12, 17. 8 ver. 5. 9 ch. 2. 25. 10 Job 38. 1. 11 Job 31. 33. 23.24. Amos 9. 3. 12 ch. 2. 2i5. lix. 3. 6. 1 John 3. 20. .Jer. 13 ch. 2. 18. Job 31. 33. Pro. 28. 13. 14 ver. 4. 2 Cor. 11. 3. 1 Tim. 2. 14. 15 Ex. 21. 29, 32. g Heb. builded he into. \ h i Heb. Ish. a Or. all the trees, b Or, gods, c Or, desirable i looK upon, d Or, girdles, r Or / THE BKITISH <:;OMPANY OF 'T/r\ TESTAMENT REVISERS. Chairman. The Rt. Rev. Edward Harold Browne, D. D., Bishop of Winchester. Secretary. William Aldis Wright, Bursar of Trinity College, Cambridge. The Rt. Rev. Lord Arthur Charles Hervey, D. D., Bishop of Bath and Wells. The Rt. Rev. Alfred Ollivant, D. D., Bishop of Llandaff. [Died 1882.] The Rt. Rev. Connor Thirlwall, D. D., Bishop of St. David’s. [Died 1875.] The Rt. Rev. Christopher Wordsworth, D. D., Bishop of Lincoln. [Died 1885.] The Very Rev. John James Stewart Perowne, D. D., Dean of Peterborough. The Very Rev. Edward Hayes Plumptre, D. D., Dean of Wells. [Resigned 1874.] The Very Rev. Robert Payne Smith, D. D., Dean of Canterbury. The Veil. Benjamin Harrison, M. A., Archdeacon of Maidstone. The Ven. Henry John Rose, Archdeacon of Bed- ford. [Died 1873.] The Rev. William Lindsay Alexander, D. D., Pro- fessor of Theology, Congregational Church Hall, Edinburgh. Robert Lubbock Bensly, Fellow and Hebrew Lec- turer, Gonville and Cains College, Cambridge. The Rev. John Birrell, Professor of Oriental Lan- guages, St. Andrews. Frank Chance, M. D. Thomas Chenery. The Rev. Thomas Kelley Cheyne, Fellow and He- brew Lecturer, Balliol College, Oxford. TI Rev. Andrew i Bruce Davidson, Professor of lebrew, Free Chu|rcli College, Edinburgh. T ! Rev. Benjamin Davies, D. D., LL. D., Professor f Hebrew in Reg/ent’s Park Baptist Colie ^ ondi ' Died 1875.] / T 3 Rev. George C. M. Douglas, D. D., . or o. ! lebrew and Principal of Free Church Coin, ge, Glas- r S muel Rolles Driver, Regius Professor of Hebrew, Jxford. Tne Rev. Charles John Elliott. Tie Rev. Patrick Fairbairn, D. D., Principal of Free Church College, Glasgow. [Died 1874.] The Rev. Frederick Field, D. D. The Rev. John Dury Geden, Professor of Hebrew, Wesleyan College, Didsbury, Manchester. The Rev. Christian D. Ginsburg, LL. D. The Rev. Frederick William Gotch, D. D., Prin- cipal of the Baptist College, Bristol. [he Rev. John Jebb, Canon of Hereford. |he Rev. William Kay, D. D. [he Rev. Stanley Leathes, D. D., Proffessor of He- brew, King’s College, London. '‘he Rev. Joseph Rawson Lumby, D. D., Norrisian Professor of Divinity, Cambridge, lie Rev. John McGill, LL. D., Professor of Oriental Languages, St. Andrews*. [Died 1871.] 'The Rev. Archibald Henry Sayce, Deputy Profes- sor of Comparative Philology, Oxford. The Rev. William Selwyn, D. D., Canon of Ely. [Died 1875.] The Rev. William Robertson Smith, LL. D., Lord Almoner’s Professor of Arabic, Cambridge. The Rev. Duncan Harkness Weir, D. D., Professor of Hebrew in the University of Glasgow. [Die! 1876.] ' William Wright, LL. D., Professor of Arabic, Cam bridge. THE AMERICAN REVISION COMMITTEE. General Officers. Philip Schaff, D. D., LL. D., President. George Edward Day, D. D., Secretary. The Old Testament Company. Chairman. The Rev. William Henry Green, D. D., LL. D., Professor of Hebrew in the Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J. Secretary. The Rev. George Edward Day, D. D., Profess^ Hebrew in the Divinity School of Yale College. iS^ )*SI of The Rev. Charles Augustus Aiken, D. D., Pro! of Old Testament Criticism in the Theological Semi- nary, Princeton, N. J. The Rev. Talbot Wilscn Chambers, S. T. D., Lec- ^rer in the Theological S«.minary, New Brumwick, The Rev. Thomas Jefferson Conant, D. A for- merly Professor of Hebrew in the Theologicj^Berni- nary, Rochester, N. Y. The Rev. John De Witt, D. D., Professor of Hebrew in the Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, N. J. The Rev. George Emlen Hare, D. D., LL. D., Pro- fessor of Hebrew in the Divinity School, Philadelphia. The Rev. Charles Porterfield Krauth, D. D., LL. D., Professor in the Evangelical Lutheran The- ological Seminary, Philadelphia. [Died 1883.] Tayler Lewis, LL. D., Professor of Greek and He- brew, Union College. [Died 1877.] 1 The Rev. Charles Marsh Mead, D. D., ^ Professor of Hebrew in the Theological '^lianai Andover, Mass. ' o \ The Rev. Howard Os(^ood, D. D., LL. D. ProfessorV Hebrew in the Theological Seminary, ^ ^ \ The Rev. Joseph Packard, D. D., Prr^essor ot He-\ brew in the Theological Seminary, i^-i^xandria, v a. The Rev. Calvin Ellis Stowe, 1). formerly Pro- fessor of Hebrew in the Tiieot^s?ical Seminary, An- dover, Mass. [Resigned ISrib] \ James Strong, S.'T. D., LI.. D., V /lessor oi ^ ^ "e in Drew Theological Seminary, M< iisou, E. d. The Rev. Cornelius Y. A. Van D\ H.. M. D.; Professor in the American College, ^ [A^dviiiory member on Fpiestions of AraOi THE NAM CS AND ORDER OP ALL THE BOOKS Ol^ THE OLD TESTAMENT. PAGB 934 1118 1127 1241 1246 1255 1256 1259 r"’ I te < ■ . 9 , .f:~- le ! . ^ 1 / ' iici the j ' ’ I • And j ^ the .here God IRST BOOK )li MOSES COMMONLY CALLED L'.Ljtl ‘g'enesis. e rkness jc I orning t in the ers from ■ ided the ^• i . ; watpT*'^ /as . n. • Aj' 1 t’lit fN the beginning God cren ' ed ^ he heaven a. lih. And the earth was "- aste and void ; rkness was upon the fae ui the deep : 3 spirit of God “moved ui^on the face of faters. And God said, Let there he light : 4 there was light. And God saw th^ light, tha was good : and God divided the light from 5 darkness. And God called the light Day, ard darkness he called Night. And thd and there was morning, O’*’- d^Q^'T^ And God said. Let there he tpidst of the v/aters, and ’ / rj Lorn the waters. An ^ i divided the wate: rnei'^t l om the wi >. " ^ dnnainent in t divjtle the wah i-io V' . tirmarae •e lii-der the j ; hove t called t as - :l he heaw ’ ?t the d J ■1 nd the s : nd truit arth : yield- | whose j that it .. e third J\ A the fii> j the night ; , IS, and for mament of j and it was j the greater 1 >0’’. 4. G. ' 8 . 4 . IG. & 104. /ob 3718. Ps. 13G. •Ter. It. 12 . & 51. ' Pro. 8. 28.. ^naraeut ^ and it wf > . ^ there was mornii%, • v., 9 And God said. Let iho'ato. ■ a. do be gathered together uiP 01 a.; , 10 dryland appear: and it vas , 0 . Ao the dry land Ea rth ; and -he gan :e -=n the waters called he Se.y 11 was good. And God saidLet ; 0 o grass, herb yielding see< u fruit after its kind, w^.e’^ =8 tb 12 upon the earth : and i' . , brought forth grass, h?* .'ichiiUg S’oi!d kind, and tree bearingV‘E ^vhcrtn) is th^ < thereof, after its kind : g- Dod saw;, mat 1 0 13 good. And there was eve^S there was lt ing, a third day. :ruit tr :'^ be se<’U 1 bo;i m."r so. A;,\{J the' 14 And God said. Let there ' b mament of the heaven to cliv> the night ; and let- them be seasons, and for days and year for lights in the firmament of 16 light upon the earth : and i Made the two great lights • 9 Ps. 148. 4. 10 .lob 2G. 10. & 38. 8. P.S. XI. 7/ & 05. 5. X'104.0.1»G.G. Pro. 8. 29. JH5. 22. 2 Pet. 3. 5. n Heb. G. 7^ 12 Luke G. 4 23 Dent. 4. 74. IG. & !?/:» 14 Ps. 74 ; 19. f t to j^ule the day, and ^®the lesser it : he the stag’s also. 7 And set them in the firmaraen ive light upon the earth, ^ And to rulh over the day and to^ divide the light from the da ; i. was good. 9 Alia the evening and. the morning vrer [) And God said. Let tl^je waters bring h dy the moving creature that hath life, and fly above the earth in the open firm; a. nd God created great whales, and evej that moveth, which the waters broug , after their kind, and every winge .and : and God saw that it was good, d C '■*d blessed them, saying, Be fruitf . -ind All the waters in the seas, and let’ in the earth. id the evening and the mornmg were the And Goi? .SciH, Let the earth bring forth tl Yii> After ' ;s kind, cattle, and creeping thinj® die ■'^KB^-Ater his kind : and it was so. ’’ jtod ni^e the beast of the earth after h ua cattle afr|r their kind, and every tiling tha^ ;h upon the was good. A [ And God sajL Let us n^ake man in our ir ur likeness : Sd ^-let tl . . have dominioy h of the sea,^d c. er liic fowl of the d' le cattle, and over ah! the jarth, p’.:d ove: i^arth after his kind : and God sai'^ «w lulling that creepeth - . 4 age, over 1 ’, and everv 5 (?^od created mai ns in the ere- „£ God created he ife ; airilmale e them. U tind God blessed ( and God said unto them, [riut£ul,and inultii | and replenish the earth, and b It : and have doimiin oyer the fish of the sea, rer the fowl of the avand over every living thina’ mveth upon the eartl & ts t And God said Belid, j i,ave given you every bearing seed, whiohL upo„ the face of all the and every tree, in tl which is the frnit of a tree ig seed ; -Ho you it kl! be for meat. IVnd to aevery bea/of the earth, and to every ^ Vw 4y thing that he had made, yr^-ood. And the evening and the Nflay. VtER II. VtanUiif! of 7 ^ 7 .^, opMowmae od ■uitf 1 2 . 30 1 t a. w 31 fo. thi ▼ mg. 2 And 'll] the linishfi'i 81. *’s. ] 11 13G. 25. & VO. i 14. 17. Ps/.*5. iG. 1 147. 9. ' 1 GE^^ESIS, IV. ■tie, and above every beast of the field ; upon thy be^ly * halt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days )of thy life : 15 And I will put enmity between thee and /the woman, and between thy seed and* her seed ; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception ; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children ; and thy desire shall he to thy husband, and he shall 22rule over thee. 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying. Thou shalt not eat of it : ^6 cursed is the ground for thy sake ; 2'^ in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ; 18 28 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field ; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground ; for out of, it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dhst shalt thou return. 2Q_And Adam called his wife’s name Eve ; because she was the mother of all living. 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 22 T[ And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil : and now, lest he put forth his hand, ®^and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever : 23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the' garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man ; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubinis, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. CHAPTER IV. 1 The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and Abel. 8 The murder of Abel. 11 The curse of Cain. 17 Enoch the first city. 19 Lamechand his two wives. 25 The birth of Seth, 26 and, Enos. A nd Adam knew Eve his wife ; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was ^ a tiller of the ground. 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought 2 of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. 4 And Abel, he also brought of ® the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lqrd had ^re- spect unto Abel and to his offering : 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not re- spect. And Cain was very wroth, ® and his countenance fell. 6 And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? art thou ^ above all cattle, and ^ above every beast of the field ; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and 15 dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life ; and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed : it shall * bruise thy head, and thou shalt * bruise his heel. 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception ; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children ; and thy desire shall be to thy 17 husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it ; cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in ^ toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ; 18 thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ; 19 and thou shalt eat the herb of the field ; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread,, till thou re- turn unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 20 And the man called his wife’s name j Eve ; because 21 she was the mother of all living. 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 know good and evil ; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of 23 life, and eat, and live for ever : therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till 24 the ground from whence he was taken. 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 turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. 4 And the man knew Eve his wife ; and she con- ceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have ® gotten a 2 man with the help of the Lord. And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, 3 but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in pro- cess of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had 5 respect unto Abel and to his offering : but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And 6 Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and 7 why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest well, ^ shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not 16 Is. 65. 25. Mic. 7. 17. 11 Matt. 3. 7. & 13. 38. & 23. 33. John 8. 44. Acts 13. 10. 1 John 3 8 18 Ps. 132. 11. Is. 7. ,14. Mic. 5. 3. Matt. 1. 23, 25. Luke 1. 31, &4, 35. Gal. 4. 4. I'J Rom. 16. 20. Col. 2. 15. Heb. 2. 14. 1 John 5. 5. Rev. 12. 7, 17. 20 Ps. 48. 6. Is. 13. 8. & 21. 3. John 16. 21. 1 Tim. 2. 15. 21 ch. 4. 7. 22 1 Cor. 11. 3. & 14. 34. Eph. 5. 22, 23, 24. 1 Tun. 2. 11, 12. Tit. 2. 5. 1 Pet. 3. 1, 5, 6 . 23 1 Sam. 15. 23. 24 ver. 6. 25 ch. 2. 17. 20 Eccles. 1. 2, 3. Is. 24. 5, 6. Rom. 8. 20. 2' Job 5. 7. Eccles. 2 *^3 -^28 job 31. 40. 29 Ps. 104. 14. 30 Eccles. 1. 13. 2 Thess. 3. 10. 31 ch. 2. 7. 32 Job 21.- 26. & 34. 15. Ps.104.29. Eccles. 3. 20. & 12. 7. Rom. 5. 12. Heb. 9. 27. 33 ver. .5. Like Is. 19. 12. A 47. 12, 13. Jer. 22. 2.3. 34 ch. 2. 9. 35 ch. 4. 2. & 9. 20. 36 ch. 2. 8. 37 Ps. 104. 4. Heb. 1. 7. 1 ch. 8. 23. & 9. 20. 2 Num. 18. 12. 3 Num. 18. 17. Pro. 3. 9. 4 Heb. 11. 4. 5 ch. 31. 2. g Or, from among. i h Or, lie in wai^ for. i Or, sorrow, j Heb. Hawah, tha'O is, TAving, or, Life. I a Heb. kanah, t|3 get. h Or, shall it not bn lifted up f VT-CjXN iV. and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall he his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother : and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and ® slew him. 9 ^ And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, know not : Am I my brother’s keeper ? 10 And he said. What hast thou done ? the voice of thy brother’s blood ® crieth unto me from the ground. 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand ; 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not hence- forth yield unto thee her strength ; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. 13 And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear. 14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and n from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it sliall come to pass, '^'^that every one that findeth me shall slay me. 15 And the Lord said unto him. Therefore whoso- ever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him 13 sevenfold. And the Lord i^ set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. 16 *![ And Cain i^ went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife ; and she conceived, and bare Enoch : and he builded a city, i®and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad : and Irad begat Mehujael : and Mehujael begat Methusael : and Me- thusael begat Lamech. 19 ^ And Lamech took unto him two wives : the name of the one teas Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20 And Adah bare Jabal : he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. 21 And his brother’s name was Jubal : he was the 11 father of all such as handle the harp and organ. 22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron : and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. 23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zil- lah, Hear my voice ; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech : for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. ' 24 13 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly La- mech seventy and sevenfold. 25 ^ And Adam knew his wife again ; and she bare a son, and i^ called his name Seth : For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a^son ; and he called his name Enos : then began men ^ito call upon the name of the Lord. i well, sin coucheth at the door : and unto thee sha i be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. Antf ' Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pa-ss, 'when they w,ere in the field, that Cain rose up 9 against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother ? 10 And he said, I know not : am I my brother’s keep- er ? And he said. What hast thou done ? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the 11 ground. And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive 12 thy brother’s blood from thy hand ; when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee Ifer strength ; a fugitive and a wanderer 13 shalt tnou be in the earth. And Cain said unto the Lord^ ^ My punishment is greater f than I can bear. 14 Beh(4d, thou hast driven me out this day from the face//of the ground ; and from thy face shall I be hidi' and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the eaufih ; and it shall come to pass, that whosoever 15 findeth me shall slay me. And the Lord said unto him. Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance s|all be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding Ifini should smite him. 16 And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of o Nod, ''on the east 17 of Eden. And Cain knew his wife ; and she con- ceived, and bare Enoch : and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his 18 son, Enoch. And unto Enoch was born Irad : and Irad begat Mehujael : and Mehujael begat Methu- 19 shael : and Methushael begat Lamech. And Lamech took unto him two wives : the name of the one was 20 Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. And Adah bare J abal : he was the father of such as dwell in 21 tents and have cattle. And his brother’s name was Jubal : he was the father of all such as handle the 22 harp and pipe. And Zillah, she also bare Tubal- cain, Ghe forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron : and the sister of Tubal-cain was 23 Naamah. And Lamech said unto his wives ; Adah and Zillah, hear my voice ; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech : For I have slain a man ' for wounding me, And a young man for bruising me : 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold. Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. 25 And Adam knew his wife again ; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth : For, said she, God ” hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel ; 26 for Cain slew him. And to Seth, to him also there was born a son ; and he called his name Enosh : then began men to call upon the name of the Lord. « Matt. 23. 35. 1 John 3. 12. Jude 11. T Ps. 9. 12. 8 John 8. 44. , 0 Heb. 12. 24. Rev. (. 10 . I 10 Job 15. 20-24. Ill Ps. 51. 11. 12 ch. 9. 6. Nuni. 35. 19, 21, 27. 13 Ps. 79. 12. 14 Ezek. 9. 4, 0. lo 2 Kin. 13. 23. & 24. 20. Jer. 23. 39. & 52. 11 Rora. 4. 11, 12. 18 ver. 15. 10 ch. 5. 3. 20 Oh. 5. G. 21 1 Kin. 18. 24. Ps. lie 17. Joel 2. 32. Ze,Ji. 3. 9. 1 Cor. 1. c Or, is its desire, but thou shoiddest rule over it. d Heb. said unto. Many ancient autlior- ities have, said ilnlQ Abel his brother. Let us go into the field. e Or, Mine iniquihj. f Or, than cun be forgiven. g That is, Wander- ing. h Or, in front of i Or, an instructor j Or, copper and so elsewhere. k Or, I will slay. I Or, to my tvound- i ing, and a young man I to m y hurt. ! /i ifeb Sihe.th. ! 10 Ps. 49. 11. GENESIS, /. 7 CHAPTER V. The genealogy ^ age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam unto Noah. 24 The godliness and translation of Enoch. HIS is the ^book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in ^th'e likeness of od made he him ; \ 2 8 Male and female created he them ; and blessed lem, and called their name Adam, in the day when .ey were created. 3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, id begat a son in his own likeness, after his image ; id ^ called his name Seth : 4 ®And the days of Adam after he had begotten eth were eight Wndred years : ®and he begat sons di d daughters : 5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine him- •ed and thirty years : and he died. 6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and 'Cgat Enos : 7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred d seven years, and begat sons and daughters : 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and elve years : and he died. 9 ^ And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan : 10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight ndred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daugh- 11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years : and he died. 12 If And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel : 13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daugh- ters : 14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred ( and ten years : and he died. 15 ^ And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared : 16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daugh- :eT8 ; 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hun- dred ninety and five years : and he died. ■ 18 ^ And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two vears, and he begat ® Enoch : , 19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hun- i dred years, and begat sons and daughters : 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty id two years : and he died. 21 Tf And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat thuselah : 2 And Enoch walked with God after he begat uselah three hundred years, and begat sons and ters : Vnd all the days of Enoch were three hundred s d five years : 'd Enoch walked with God : and he was not ; foi ook him. 2 Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seve, 0 ^jTS, and begat Lamech. 26 i . Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven eighty and two years, and begat sons and da . ^ : 5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God 2 made he him ; male and female created he them ; and blessed them, and called their name “ Adam, in 3 the day when they were created. And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image ; and called his name 4 Seth : and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred years : and he begat sons and 5 daughters. And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years : and he died. 6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and 7 begat Enosh : and Seth lived after he begat Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and 8 daughters : and all the days of Seth were nine hun- dred and twelve years : and he died. 9 And Enosh lived ninety years, and begat Kenan : 10 and Enosh lived after he begat Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters : 11 and all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years : and he died. 12 And Kenan lived seventy years, and begat Maha- 13 lalel : and Kenan lived after he begat Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and 14 daughters : and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years : and he died. 15 And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and bf 16 gat Jared : and Mahalalel lived after he begat Jar/ eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons a 17 daughters : and all the days of Mahalalel were eig hundred ninety and five years : and he died. 18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, 19 and begat Enoch : and Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and 20 daughters : and all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years : and he died. 21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat 22 Methuselah : and Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat 23 sons and daughters : and all the days of Enoch were 24 three hundred sixty and five years : and Enoch walked with God : and he was not ; for God took him. 25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and 26 seven years, and begat Lamech : and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty » Jude 14, 15. • Ps. IG. 8. & 116. 9. & n 2 Kin. 2. 11. Heb. lOch. 6.9.&17.1.;A 128. 1. Mic.6.8. Mai. 11.5. 24. 40. 2 Kin. 20. 3. 2. 6. a Or, Man. 1 1 Chr. * c... 1. 26 ■ 1. Col. 3. . ..irke 3 ch. 1. 27. « ch. 4. 25. 1 >. 8 1 Chr. 1. 1, 8 Ch. 1. 28. &c. 7 ch. 3. 19. Heb. 27. 8 ch. 4. 26. o Gr:¥Eii Vi. 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hun- dred sixty and nine years : and he died. 28 And Laniech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son : 29 And he called his name Noah, saying. This same shall comfort us concerning our wdrk and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed. 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five' hun- dred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daugh- ters : 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven himdred seventy and seven years : and he died. 32 And Noah was five hundred years old : and Noah begat i^Shem, Ham, ^^aiid Japheth. CHAPTER VI. 1 ThewicJcedness of the world, which provoked God's wrath, and caused the flood. 8 Noah flndeth grace. 14 The order, form, and end of the ark. A ND it came to pass, ^ when men began to multi- ply on the face of the earth, and daughters were I b<^ ' unto them. That the sons of God saw the daughters of men I'Rey were fair; and they ^took them wives of all , which they chose. 3 And the Lord said, ^My spirit shall not always strive with man, ^for that he also is flesh : yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the I same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 5 V And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every ® imagination of the 1 thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And ® it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air ; for it repenteth me that I have made them. I 8 But Noah ® found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 9 V These are the generations of Noah : ® Noah was i just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah ® walked with God. 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and "apheth. 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the arth was infilled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it T^as corrupt ; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon lie earth. 13 And God said unto Noah, ^^The end of all flesh ; come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence irough them ; i®and, behold, I will destroy them with le earth. 14 V Make thee an ark of gopher wood ; rooms shalt .2 ch. 3. 17. & 4. 11. 20. 19. Pro. G. 18. 12, 13, 16, 17. Luke ‘3 ch. G. 10. Matt. 1,5. 19. 1. 30. Acts 7. 46. 14 ch. 10. 21. 6 See Num. 23. 19. » ch. 7. 1. Ezek. 14. 1 ch. 1. 28. 1 Sam. 15. 11, 29, 2 14, 20. Rom. 1. 17. 2 Dent. 7. 3, 4. Sam. 24. 16. Mai. 3. 6. Heb. 11. 7. 2 Pet. 3 Gal. 5. 16, 17. 1 Jam. 1. 17. 2. 5. ;t. 3. 19, 20. 7 Is. 63. 10. Eph. 4. lo ch. 5. 22. 4 Ps. 78. 39. 30. 11 ch. 5. 32. 3 ch. 8. 21. Dent. « pli io v.v. 12 ch, 7. 1. & 10. 9. & 'U.r. 34. 27. md two years, and begat sons and daughters : j ’ 11 the days of Methuselah were nine hundred si^ ' . \d nine years : and he died. 2 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and t ' 2'c/ jears, and begat a son : and he called his na Noah, saying. This same shall ^comfort us for our work and for the toil of our hands, because of the 30 ground which the Lord hath cursed. And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and 31 five years, and begat sons and daughters : and all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years : and he 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 fair ; and they took them 3 wives of all that they chose. And the Lord said, My spirit shall not “ strive with man for ever, ^ for that he also is flesh : yet shall his days be an hun- 4 dred and twenty years. The ‘^Nephilim were in ^ the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, ^ and they bare children to them : the same were the ' mighty men which were of olcb the men of renown. / 5 And the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was \ great in the earth, and that every imagination of 1 the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. | 6 And it repented the Lord that he, had made man | 7 on the earth; and it grieved him at his heart. And j the Lord said, I will ® destroy man whom I have ^ created from the face of the ground ; both man, and beast, and creeping thing, and fowl of the air ; for 8 it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. i 9 These are the generations of Noah. -Noah was a righteous man, and ^ perfect in his generations : j 10 Noah walked with God. And Noah begat three ! 11 sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And the earth' was corrupt before God, and the earth w^as filleJ 12 with violence. And God saw the earth, and, be- hold, it was corrupt ; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them 14 with the earth. Make thee an ark of 'gopher wood ; Luke 1. 6. Rom. 2. 13. ’o ver. 17. I Or, in their going & 3. 19. h Heb. nahem, to astray they are flesh. 43 Ezek. 8. 17. & 28. comfort. c Or, therefore. 16. Hah. 2. 8, 17. c Or, which cometh d Or, gicnts. See 14 ch. 18. 21. Ps. 14. from the ground. Num. 13. 33. 2. & 33. 13, 14. & 53. a Or, rule in. Or, e Heb Mot out. 2, 3. according to many an- / Or, blameless. ’•'> Jer. 51. 13. Ezek. cient versions, abide 7. 2, 3, 6. Amos 8. 2. in. 1 Pet. 4 7. GENESIS, VII. thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above ; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof ; with lower, sec- ond, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant ; and 18 thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy mfe, and thy sons’ wives with thee. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, i® two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female. 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21 And take thou unto thee of hll food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee ; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 22 21 Thus did Noah ; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. CHAPTER VII. 1 Noah, with his family, and the living creatures, enter into the ark. 17 The beginning, increase, and continuance of the flood. A nd the Lord said unto Noah, i Come thou and all thy house into the ark ; for ^ thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2 Of every ^clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens*, the male and his female : ^and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female ; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4' For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth ® forty days and forty nights ; and every liv- ing substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. 5 ® And Noah did according unto all that the Lord I commanded him. I 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. * j 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, I 9 There went in two and two un^ Noah into the ark, ' the male and the female, as God h£^d commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after , seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. IT ^ ,]Ikll^il.S’'.;xViuYimt;auiyeai* of Noah’s life, in the second month, t)» seventeenth day of the month, the < ver. 13. ch. 7. 41 ch. 7. 9, 15 See ^ ver. 7, 13.' Matt. 21, 22, 23. 2 Pet. 2. slch. 2. 19. , 24. 38. Luke 17. 2G. ch. 7. 1, 7, 13. 11 2* Heb. 11. 7. (See Heb. 11.7. 1 Pet. 3. • ■•’t. 3. 20. 2 Pet. 2. 5.|Kx. 40. IG. t 20. 2 Pet., 2. .5, S. 0 - 'sir ch. 7. 5. 9, l»i. 2ch. G. 9, Ps. 33; S' rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pi 15 it within and without with pitch. And this is h thou shalt make it : the length of the ark thr hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, ai 16 the height of it thirty cubits. A * light- shalt th make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish * upward ; and the door of the ark shalt thou s in the side thereof ; with lower, second, and thir 17 stories shalt thou make it. And I, behold, I d( bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But I will establish my covenant with thee ; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy 19 wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort slialt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee 20 they shall be male and female. Of the fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after tfieir kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two 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 22 for food for thee, and for them. Thus did Noah ; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. 7 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark ; for thee have I seen right- 2 eons before me 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 3 clean two, the male and his female ; of the fowl also of the air, seven and seven, male and female : to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights ; and every living thing that I have made will I “ destroy from 5 off the face of the ground. And Noah did accord ing unto all that the Lord commanded him. 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the 7 flood of waters was upon the earth. And Noah went in, and his sons, and. his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters 8 of the flood. Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that 9 creepeth upon the ground, there went in two au two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, : 10 God commanded Noah. And it came to pass aft< the seven days, that the waters of the flood we 11 upon the earth. In the six hundredth year Noah’s life, in the second month, on the sevf 18, 19. Pro. 10. 9. 2 Lev. 10. 10. E/ Pet. 2. 9. <* 4 , 23. •” ver. 8. Tjot. eh. i ver. 12, 17. 11. I ft ch. G. 22. GENESIS, VII day were all ®tlie fountains of the great deep ken up, and the ® windows of heaven were opened. 2 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and ty nights. 13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, d Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s fe, and the three wives of his sons with them, into e ark ; 14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all cattle after their Mnd, and every creeping thing hat creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every owl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they ^^^ent in unto Noah into the ark, two id two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of 1 flesh, as God had commanded him : and the Lord tut him in. 17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth ; <1 the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it is lift up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased •eatly upon the earth ; and the ark went upon the ce of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the rth ; and all the high hills, that were under the lole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail ; |d the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, jth of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every keeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every in : 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of that was in the dry land, died. 23 And every living substance was destroyed which ,s upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, i the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; 1 they were destroyed from the earth : and Noah ly remained alive, and they that were with him in the i4 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an idred and fifty days. CHAPTER VIII. liers asswage. 4 The ark resteth on Ararat. 7 The raven and e dove. 15 Noah, being commanded, 18 goeth forth of the ark. 20 e buildeth an altar, and offereth sacrifice, 21 which God accepteth, ad promiseth to curse the earth no more. k ND God 1 remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the k : 2 and God made a wind to pass over the earth, id the waters asswaged ; 2 ®The fountains also of the deep and the windows heaven were stopped, and ^the rain from heaven was ained ; A.nd the waters returned from off the earth con- lly : and after the end ® of the hundred and fifty the waters were abated. Vnd the ark rested in the seventh month, on the teenth day of the month, upon the mountains of ^rs decreased continually until the Heb. 11. " Pet. ” Ps. 104. 6. Jer. 3. \2 Pet. 23. 3, 8, ver. 4. ch. 6. 13, 20, 17. .Job 22. 16. Matt. 24. 39. r.uke 17. ‘Jfi. ^et. 3. 6. teei ay of the month, on the same day were all the tains of the great deep broken up, and the 12 win of heaven were opened. And the rain was 13 upbi ^ earth forty days and forty nights. In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the 14 ark ; they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird of every ^ sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and 16 two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life. And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him : and the Lord shut 17 him in. And the flood was forty days upon the earth ; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, 18 and it was lift up above the earth. And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth ; 19 and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high mountains that were under the 20 whole heaven were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail ; and the mountains were eov- 21 ered. And all flelh died that moved upon the <^ai th, both fowl, and cattle, and beast, and every ® i "eef ing thing that creepeth upon the earth, and ever 22 man : all in whose nostrils was the breath of th* spirit of life, of all that was in the dry land, died 23 ^ And every living thing was ® destroyed which w'ai upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle and creeping thing, and fowl of the heaven ; am they were ® destroyed from the earth ; and Noal only was left, and they that were with him in the 24 ark. And the waters prevailed 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 C made a wind to pass over the earth, 2 and the wa assuaged ; the fountains also of the deep and th ndows of heaven were stopped, and 3 the rain fron iven was restrained ; and the waters returned froi ■ the earth continually : and after the end of an dred and fift^ days the waters de- 4 creased. Am ark rested m the seventh month, on the seven h day of the month, upon the 5 mountains of at. And the waters decreased 20 1 Pet. 3. 20. 2 Pet. 2. 6. & 3. 6. 21 ch. 8. 3. & ch. 8. 4. compared with ver. 11. of this chapter. I 19. 29. Ex. 2. 2 Ex. 14. 21. 3 3h. 7. 11, * Job 38. 3? . 6 h. 7. 2-.. 6 Rob. wi ' . I c Or, swarming thing hat swarmeth. d Or, And he de- stroyed every living ... GENESIS, IX. 13 tth mtl l.l ide : 7 An o, un4 8 Alsc Iters w< 9 But t d she re on the > hand, ana I ; ark. ttO And he > «ent forth ill And th> dl lo, in her • )ah knew that tiit> ill. > !2 And he stay.- h the dove ; re. 3 ^ And it c; •t year, in the h waters were df loved the cover 1 tenth months on the first day of the s\of the mountains seen. td\pais~at the end of forty days, rha window of the ark which he had th a- raven, which went forth to and ’re dried up from off the earth, a dove from him, to see if the iU off the face of the ground ; no rest for the sole of her foot, to him into the ark, for the waters i'.e whole earth : then he put forth I , and pulled her in unto him into her \seven days ; and again f the ark ; *n to him in the evening ; olive leaf pluckt off : so w^ere abated from off the her seven days ; and sent led not again unto him any in the six hundredth and le first day of the month, ii off the earth : and Noah rk, and looked, and, be- is dry. on the seven and twen- • arth dried. % saying, ind thy wife, and thy Iffi the face of tht 4 And in the sec ti day of the mom 5 % And God spa. 6 Go forth of the Is, and thy sons’ wi\ 17 Bring forth with 1 thee, of all flesh, 6* ry creeping thing ti t they may breed abu itful, and multiply upt 18 And Noah went for; I his sons’ wives with h|i .9 Every beast, every c: I whatsoever creepeth ds, went forth out of thi 0 ^ And Noah builded £ of every clean beastj, offered burnt offerings or, 1 And the Lord smelled ID said in his heart, I wil. ind any more for man’s sake nan’s heart is evil from his y. n smite any more every thing . / 1 15 While the earth remain(\'t!. , and cold and heat, and sumyu» vy and night shall not cease. CHAPTER ]^X. ■ blesseth Noah. 4 Blood and murder arefo’^'-^'-y %t. 13 signified by the rainbow. 18 Noah repi '-nA ( \leth a vineyard, 21 is drunken, and mocked ' h' tan, 26 blesseth Shem, m prayethfor Japhet ND God blessed Noah and his son , them, iBe fruitful, and multiply, 'larth. * And the fear of you and the dread iving thing that is . 1 . 22 . 10 Lev. ch. 11. 11 Lev. 1. 9. Ezek. 20. 41. 2 Cor. 2. 15. Eph. 6. 2. « ch. . . 6. 17 . i3ch. V Ob 14. 4. &»■>. T. .1, '• Jer. 17. 5 u 15. 19. Rom. 1. 21. & 3. 23. ci), 9. 11, 15. “ l8. 64. 9. 18 Jer. 33. 20, 26. 1 ver. 7, 19. ch. 1. 28. & 10. 32. »oh. 1. 28. Hob. 2. 18. a Or, a fresh olive leaf. b Or, sake ; for the. be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl " the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and I /on all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they '/livered. 3 2 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for )u ; even as the ^ green herb have I given you ^all Lings. 4 ® But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood ereof, shall ye not eat. 5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require ; ,t the hand of every beast will I require it, and ^at k hand of man ; at the hand of every ^ man’s brother 11 I require the life of man. S 10 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall liis k)d be shed : n for in the image of God made he ' And you, i^ be ye fruitful, and multiply ; bring ;h abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. I ^ And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with i, saying, > And I, i^beliold, I establish i^my covenant with 1 , and with your seed after you ; to 10 And with every living creature that is with you, the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the fth with you ; from all that go out of the ark, to lery beast of the earth. Ill And 10 1 will establish my covenant with you ; dther shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters ' a flood ; neither shall there any more be a flood to sstroy the earth. 12 And God said, ^ This is the token of the covenant bich I make between me and you and every living eature that is with you, for perpetual generations : 13 I do set 10 my bow in the cloud, and it shall be r a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shffl^. come to pass, when I bring a cloud er the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud : 15 And 1® I ill remember my covenant, which is tween me and* you and every living creature of all \ 9 ^'^ the waters shall no more become a flood to desli. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will )k upon it, that I may remember the everlasting tenant between God and every living creature of all 5h that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the •enant, which I have established between me and all h tlw ipon the earth. P . the sons of Noah, that went forth of the j .,e Shem, and Ham, and Japheth : ^land Ham is ^atber of Canaan. 9 22 Xhese are the three sons of Noah : and of n was the whole earth overspread, t) And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he ited a vineyard : 1 And he drank of the wine, 25 and was drunken ) he was xmcovered within his tent. 2 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the naked- s of his father, and told his two brethren without. i3 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid shall be upon every beast of tl? every fowl of the air j witji ground ® teemeth, and^ali'tji^ 3 your hand are they deliver thing that liveth shall be food 4 herb have I given you all. J thereof, which is the blood thG., 5 And surely your blood, the I require ; at the hand of ev^i' it : and at the hand of ma \fj every man’s brother, will I , 6 Whoso sheddeth man’s bloc d be shed: for in the imag^ 'o 7 And you, be ye fruitful, ar il ' abundantly in the eai^fh, andT \ Up03 iiii^ th se"*,, int movin , ns the gred with the lif \ives, wi lii I requi| the hand ( le iit'e of ma i shall his bloj; 1 made he ma Ay ; bring fofl y therein. j, 8 And God spake unto 9 him, saying. And I, belt 10 nant with you, and wit’ with every living creat the cattle, and every " of all that go out of t 11 earth. And I will e neither shall all fle waters of the flood • 12 a flood to destroy tb the token of the co. me and you and e’ *' 13 you, for perpetual «•' in the cloud, and i^ 14 nant between to pass, when ! 15 the bow shall member my cov . and every living . shall no more ^ 16 And the bow si Ai o*' upon it, tha,t I . 'v nant between Gc 17 flesh that is u^ Noah, This is ihv have esl 'she<' e, upon th» -rtn . i to' his sons wi stanlish my cov seed after you ; ai h wth you, the foMj W. the earth with yoi even every beast of tl •L^jny covenant with yoi .. .io oft* any more by t c shall there any more And God said. This which I make betwe -iVAiig creature that is wi rions : do set my b( be for a token of a co earth. And it shall coi cloud over the earth, tl • he cloud, and I will i lich is between me and y of all flesh ; and the wat< fl^ood to destroy all fle h cloud ; and I will lo the everlasting coi living creature of And God said ur ji of the covenant which ,en me and all flesh that J', CIOUU iber the irery livii ;#rth. A 18 weife ^ ’ 19 the fr of N spread. 20 And 21 plai ■ was 22 tent. nak(id 23 wit! )f Noah, that went forth of the ai Ham, and Japheth : and Ham 'an. These three were the sc these was the whole earth ov began to be an husbandman, u j ard : and he drank of the wine, • and^ he was uncovered withir ai, the father of Canaan, saw jf his father, and told his two breti] And Shem and Japheth took a garm L •eut. 12. 15. & 14. & 19. 26. Deut. 12. _ Ey 21. _12, 14. , 11. Acts 10. 12, 23. 1 Sam. 14. 33. Lev. 24. 17. Matt. Acts 15. 20, 29. 52. Rev. 13. 10. ich. 1. 29. 7 Ex. 21. 28. “ ch. 1. 27. . Rom. 14. 14, 20. 1 8 ch. 4. 9, 10. Ps. yer. 1, 19. ch. 1. 10.23,26. Col. 9.12. 28. . ■' ‘ 9 Acts 17. 26. 18 ch. 6. 18. f-.y , ,2. Lev. Kzck. 16. 20 ch. 17. 13, 19. 21 ch. 10. 6. 22 ch. 5. 32. 23 ch. 10.32. IChr. 1. 4, &c. 24 ch. 3. 19, 23. & 4. 2. Pro. 12. 11. 25 Pro. 20. 1. 1 10 . 12 . 20 Ex. 20. 12. 6 . 1 . a Or, creepeth. b Or, I have s' i GENfcSIS, X. 13 it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father ; and the.’i* face? were backward, and they saw not their father’s naked- ness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 25 And he said, Cursed he Canaan ; servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed he the Lord God of Sheni ; and Canaan shall be his servant. 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; and Canaan shall be his servant. 28 ^ And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years : and he died. CHAPTER X. 1 The generations of Noah. 2 The sons of Japheth. 6 The sons of Ham. 8 Nimrod the first monarch. 21 The sons of Shem. nVrOW these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth : ^ and unto them were sons born after the flood. ^ 2 2 The sons of Japheth ; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer ; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan ; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 By these were ® the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands ; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 6 ^ ^ And the sons of Ham ; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the sons of Cush ; Seba, and jllavilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah : amp. the sons of Raamah ; Sheba, and Dedan. j ' 8 And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. I 9 He was a mighty ® hunter ® before the Lord: wherefore it is said. Even as Nimrod tHe mighty hun- ter before the Lord. 10 And the beginning of his king(^m was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth Assl;iiiiT, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Cfilah, 12 And Resell between Nineveh amd Calah : the same is a great city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Ai lamim, and Le- habim, and Naphtuhim, 14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. 15 ^ And Canaan begat Sidon his firs thorn, and Heth, 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amori te, and the Gir- gasite, 17 Ind the Hivite, and the Arkite, • and the Sinite, iVnd the Arvadite, and the Zema rite, and the Ha- • ' e : and afterward were the fa ,milies of the Ca- nine . i 3S spread abroad. '' And the border of the Canaa nites was from Si- > 0 } thou comest to Gerar, unto G aza ; as thou goest. 11 . 1 t. 27. 16. i. 9. 23. 1 Kin. 144. 16. Heb. so Eph. 2. 13, 14. < 3 0 ^ 'I'ch. 9. 1, 7, 19. 2 1 Chr. 1. 5, &c. ‘ « Ps. 72. 10. Jer. 2 10. & 25. 22. Zeph.2. 11 . 4 1 Chr. 1. 8, &c. ojer. 16. 16. Mic. ch 6. 11. and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went back- ward, and covered the nakedness of their father ; and their faces were backward, and they saw not 24 their father’s nakedness. And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his ^ youngest son had done 25 unto him. And he said. Cursed be Canaan ; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem ; And let Canaan be ^ his servant. 27 God enlarge Japheth, And ® let him dwell in the tents of Shem ; And let Canaan be ^ his servant. 28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred 29 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 Tubal, and Meshech, and 3 Tiras. And the sons of Gomer ; Ashkenaz, and 4 “ Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan ; 5 Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and ^ Dodanim. Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue ; after their fa- milies, in their nations. 6 And the sons of Ham ; Cush, and Mizraim, and 7 Put, and Canaan. And the sons of Cush ; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca : 8 and the sons of Raamah ; S aba, and Dedan. An/1 Cush begat Nimrod ; he be gan to be a mighty oxie 9 in the earth. He was a m' hty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said ^.Like Nimrod a mighty 10 hunter before the Lord. 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 Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and 12 Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah, and Resen between Nine- 13 veh and Calah (the same is the great city). And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, 14 and Naphtuhim, and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (whence went forth ® the Philistines), and Caphtorim. 15 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth • 16 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girga 17 shite ; and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the S' '' 18 nite ; 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 Mic. 5. 6. ' 1 Chr. 1. 12. ' ch. 13. 12, 14, 15, & 15. 18-21. im. 34. 2-12. Josh. c Or, younger, d Or, their, e Or, he shall, a In 1 Chr. 1. 6, Di- phath. 6 In 1 Chi’. 1. 7, Ro- danim. c Or, coastlands. d Or, went forth As- shur. e Heb. Pelishtim. into Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, jven unto Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their na- tions. 21 TfUnto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him wrere children born. 22 The children of Shem ; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And the children of Aram ; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arphaxad begat Salah ; and Salah begat Eber. 25 And unto Eber were born two sons : the name f)f one was Peleg ; for in his days was the earth divided ; |ind his brother’s name was Joktan. 2b And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab : all these ')ere the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as oest unto Sephar a mount of the east. ^ ^ 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, Fter their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 18 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after leir generations, in their nations : and by these were le nations divided in the earth after the flood. CHAPTER XI. One lani Sion of tom Ter ah the fat, 8 The building of Babel. 5 The confu- les. W The generations of Shem. 27 The generations of of Abram. 31 Terah goeth from Urto Haran. A ND the whole earth was of one language, and of rV. one speech. ,2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the ist, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and ley dwelt there. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make ■ick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick r stone, and slime had they for morter. 4 And they said. Go to, let us build us a city and a .wcr, 1 whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us lake us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the ice of the whole earth. 5 ^And the Lord came down to see the city and the >wer, which the children of men builded. 6 And the Lord said. Behold, 8 the people is one, |id they ^ve all 4 one language ; and this they begin \ do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, hich they have ^ imagined to do. 7 Go to, 8 let us go down, and there confound their iguage, that they may not understand one another’s 2 ech. 3 So 8 the Lord scattered them abroad from thence pon the face of all the earth: and they left off to lid the city. ) Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; i^be- ise the Lord did there confound the language of all 1 earth : and from thence did the Lord scatter them •oad upon the face of all the earth. : 1 Chr. 1. 17, &c. !ch. 11. 12. 1 Chr. 1. 13. I ver. 1. i ch. 9. 19. Deut. 1. 28. 2 ch. 18. 21. 3 ch. 9. 19. Acts 17. 26. * ver. 1, Ps. 2. 1. 6ch. 1. 26. Ps. 2. 4. Acts 2. 4, 5, 6. 2 ch. 42. 23. Deut. 28. 49. Jer. 5. 15. 1 Cor. 14. 2, 11. Gerar, unto Gaza ; as thou goest toward Sodom and jomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha. '^hese are the sons of Ham, after their families, fter their tongues, in their lands, in their nations. 1 And unto Shem, the father of all the children of 'er, -^the elder brother of Japheth, to him also 2 re children born. The sons of Shem ; Elam, and 2i hur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram. And sons of Aram ; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and 24 h. And Arpachshad c' begat Shelah ; and Shelah 25 ^ it Eber. And unto Eber were born two sons : the name of the one was * Peleg ; for in his days was the earth divided ; and his brother’s name was 26 Joktan. And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, 27 and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah ; and Hadoram, and 28 Uzal, and Diklah ; and * Obal, and Abimael, and 29 Sheba ; and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab : all 30 these were the sons of Joktan. And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the 31 J mountain of the east. These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their 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 divided in the earth after the flood. 11 A lb whole earth was of one “language and of 2 one ^bh. And it came to pass, as they jour- k, that they found a plain in the land of tid they dwelt there. And they said one t Go to, let us make brick, and bum ifighly. And they had brick for stone, ! had they for mortar. And they said, "IS build us a city, and a tower, whose top flto heaven, and let us make us a name ; scattered abroad upon the face of the And the Lord came down to see the neyet 3 Shina to am them 4 and Go to, may rec lest we 5 whole e city and 6 And the they havt begin to 7 from thei us go dow 8 they may the Lord the face ol 9 the city, bel ; becauf ^age of a Lord scatte earth. ower, which the children of men builded. o said. Behold, they are one people, and one language ; and this is what they and now nothing will be withholden hich they purpose to do. Go to, let id there confound their language, that inderstand one another’s speech. So ;ered them abroad from thence upon the earth : and they left off to build 'efore was the name of it called Ba- e Lord did there ® confound the lan- le earth : and from thence did the ?m abroad upon the face of all the ® ch. 10. 25, 32. lat Cainan, and 10 1 Cor. 14. 23. inan begat Shelah. ' f Or, the brother oj That is, Division. Japheth the elder. ^ In 1 Chr. 1. 22, g The Sept. reztM il. ™ Or, hill country. a Heb. lip. b Heb. words, c Or, in the east, j d That is, bitumen, e Heb. balal^ to cpn- found. GENl iSIS, XII. These are the generations of Shera : Shem 111 hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad ivl'o ; ; after the flood : i ; And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five i t.’ed years, and begat sons and daughters. And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and : Salah ; 13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four dred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. Id And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber : io And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred id three years, and begat sons and daughters. 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg : 17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hun- [red and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat ReU : 19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat 13 Serug : 21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Xahor : 23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hun- dred years, and begat sons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat 13 Terah : 25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. 26 And Terah lived seventy years, and i’^ begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. * 27 ^ Now these are the generations of Terah : Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran ; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives : the name of Abram’s wife was i^ Sarai ; and the name of Nahor’s wife, i^Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 But 20 Sarai was barren ; she had no cliild. 31 And Terah 21 took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife ; and they went forth with them from 22 Ur of the Chaldees, to go into 23 the land of Canaan ; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years : and Terah died in Haran. CHAPTER XII. 1 God cnlleth Abram, and blesseth him with a pt'omise of Christ, 4 He departeth with Lot from Haran. 6 He jmimeyeth through Canaan, 7 which is promised him in a vision. 10 He is driven by a famine into Egypt. 11 Fear maketh him feign his wife to be his sister. 14 Pha- "m, having taken her from him, by plagues is compelled to restore • the 1 Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out > of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from I father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee : i 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, 3 and I i bless thee, and niake thy name great ; ^and thou • t be a blessing : ch. 10. 22. 1 Chr. u Called, Luke 3. 35, Josh. 24. 2. 1 Clir. ■ • "• Phalec. 1. 2G. See Luke 3. 3G. lo Luke 3. 35, Sa- 1 ® ch. 17 1 .^. & 20. 1 Chr. 1. 19. ruch. 12. ^‘'•Luke 3. 34, Thara. ’.9 ch. 22. 20. 10 These are the generations of Shem. Sir an hundred years old, and begat ArpachsR f 11 years after the flood : and Shem lived after h . Arpachshad five hundred years, and begat s daughters. 12 And Arpachshad lived five and thirty ye* /' 13 begat Shelah : and Arpachshad lived after ] u Shelah four hundred and three years, and be and daughters. j 14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and begaf ' 15 and Shelah lived after he begat Eber four 1 f ; and three years, and begat sons and daughte' :,T'. 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, a;nd b 17 Peleg : and Eber lived after he begat Peleg .i hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and dau, ters. 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, cmd begat Rei 19 and Peleg lived after he begat Reu 'two hundred ar nine years, and begat sons and daughters. ‘ 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and hag 21 Serug : and Reu lived after he begat Serug ti hundred and seven years, and bt!gat sons ai daughters. j.- 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and h^^gat Nahc 23 and Serug lived after he begat Nalior 'l^to hundi years, and begat sons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and I 25 gat Terah : and Nahor lived after he begat Tei an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons a daughters. I 26 And Terah lived -seventy years, and begat Abr{' u., Nahor, and Haran. 27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Te Uh begat Abram, Nahor’ and Haran ; and Haran beg t 28 Lot. And Haran died in the presence of his fatiie ’ Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Cl 29 dees. And Abram and Nahor took them wm‘ the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai ; and the na of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Har{t% 1 . 30 father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. An; ’ 31 Sarai was barren ; she had no child. And Teraf took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, hi . son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife ; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan ; 32 and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years : and Terah died in Haran. 12 Now the Lord said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto the land that I will shew thee : 2 and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and be thou 2'' ch. IG. 1, 2. & 18. 23 ch. 10. 19. Dent. 26. 5. 1 Kiu. a, 12. 1 ch. 15. 7. Neh. 9. 3. 8. 21 ch. 12. 1. 7. Is. 44. 2. Acts 7. ® ch. 24. 35. 22 Neh. 9.7. Acts 3. Heb. 11. 8. « ch. 28. 4. Gal. 3. 7. 4. 2 ch. 17. 6. & 18. 18. 14. ;^AIK ,to thy A alta / And he ^ t^ast of . >,the west, n altar imt ;he Lokd. 9 An.^ A >outh. 10 H ^ Vbrani y, bless them that bless thee, and curse -^oeth thee : ® and in thee shall all families jarth be blessed. Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto md Lot went with him : and Abram was seventy e years old when he departed out of Haran. id Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his bro- (on, and all their substance that they had ga- and the souls that they had gotten ^ in Haran ; y went forth to go into the land of Canaan ; and , land of Canaan they came. ' nd Abram ® passed through the land unto the ■'^^em, unto the plain of Moreh. And the k hen in the land. L(0RD appeared unto Abram, and said, will I give this land : and there builded to the Lord, who appeared unto him. loved from thence unto a mountain on -el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el 1 Hai on the east : and there he builded Lord, and called upon the name of ii journeyed, ingoing on still toward the lere was a famine in the land : and dpwn into Egypt to sojourn there ; for he famine was grievous in the land. ^ 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to hter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai liis wife, Be- old now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look Don : 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyp- ins shall see thee, that they shall say. This is his wife : d they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. . 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister : that it y be well with me for thy sake ; and my soul shall i because of thee. 4 ^ And it came to pass, that, when Abram was le into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman t she wao very fair. .5 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and com- nded her before Pharaoh : and the woman was aken into Pharaoh’s house. 16 And he ^5 entreated Abram well for her sake : and , had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, vud maidservants, and she asses, and camels. 17 And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house jvith great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, ^7 What is :his that thou hast done unto me ? why didst thou not tell me that s le was thy wife ? 19 Why saidst thou. She is my sister? so I might tiave taken her to me to wife : now therefore behold bhy wife, take her, and go thy way. 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning iim ; and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that lie had. blessing : and I will bless them that bless thee, d him that curseth thee will I curse : and in thee ill all the families of the earth be blessed. So ram went, as the Lord had spoken unto him ; m l Lot went with liim : and Abram was seventy I five years old when he departed out of Haran. 5 d Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his broth- M son, and all their substance that they had gath- • 1, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran ; .V. they went forth to go into the land of Canaan ; 6 into the land of Canaan they came. And Abram ' ed through the laud unto the place of Shechem, the ^ oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was 7 in the land. And the Lord appeared unto im, and said. Unto thy seed will I give this 1 ; and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, 8 \ appeared unto him. And he removed from t V e unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and p 3 d his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai o. 3 east : and there he builded an altar unto the 9 L , and called upon the name of the Lord. And A n journeyed, going on still toward the ^ South. 10 there was a famine in the laud : and Abram wCi own into Egypt to sojourn there ; for the 11 far was sore in the land. And it came to pass, wh 3 was come near to enter into Egypt, that he sail to Sarai his wife. Behold now, I know that 12 tho t a fair woman to look upon : and it shall coir pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that T shall say. This is his wife : and they will 13 kill but they will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee u art my sister : that it may be well with me 1 ly sake, and that my soul may live because 14 of tl And it came to pass, that, when Abram was r 3 into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the 15 womi lat she was very fair. And the princes of Phar; ?aw her, and praised her to Pharaoh : and 16 the V n was taken into Pharaoh’s house. And he en ed Abram well for her sake : and he had sheep oxen, and he-asses, and menservants, and 17 maids mts, and she-asses, and camels. And the Lord Pharaoh and his house with great 18 plagm sause of Sarai Abram’s wife. And Pha- raoh c, Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast d< nto me ? why didst thou not tell me that 19 she was thy wife ? Why saidst thou. She is my sister ? so that I took her to be my wife : now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy 20 way. And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him : and they brouglit him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had. E ch. 27. 29. Ex. 23. 22. Num. 24. 9. r ech. 18. 18. &22. 18. & 26. 4. Ps. 72. 17. Acts 3. 25. Gal. 3. 8. ^ ch. 14. 14. 8 ch. 11. 31. « Heb. 11. 9. 10 Deut. 11. J Judg. 7. 1. 11 ch. 10. 18, 19. 13. 7. 12 ch. 17. 1. IS ch. 13. 15. &17. 8. Ps. 105. 9, 11. w ch. 13. 4. 15 ch. 13. 4. 15 ch. 13. 3. ’’ -h. 26. 1. 13 , 19 ch. 43. 1. ch. 20. 2. ^ Pro. 21. 1. 20 ver. 14. ch. 2 *5 ch. 20. 14. a Or, terebinth. 21 ch. 20. 11. & 2 26 ch. 20. 18. 1 Chr. b Heb. Negeb, the 22 ch. 20. 5, 13. 16. 21. Ps. 105.14. southern tract of Ju- ch. 26. 7. Heb. 13. 4. dah. 23 ch. 39. 7. : 27 ch. 20. 9. & 26. 10. 5. 28. GENESIS, XIII. 17 CHAPTER XIII. 1 Abram and Lot return out of Egypt. 7 By disagreemmt they part asunder. 10 Lot goeth to wicked Sodom. 14 God renexveth the pro- mise to Abram. 18 He removeth to Hebron, and there buildeih an altar. A nd Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and aU that he had, and Lot with him, ^ into the south. 2 ^ And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys ^ from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai ; 4 Unto the ^ place of the altar, which he had made there at the first : and there Abram ® called on the name of the Lord. 5 ^ And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And ® the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together : for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle : ^ and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, ^ Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we he brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thj'-- self, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan ; and Lot journeyed east : and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sin- ners before the Lord exceedingly. 14 And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : 15 For all the land which thou seest, ^^to thee will I give it, and ^3 to thy seed for ever. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it ; for I will give it unto thee. 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and 25 dwelt in the plain of Mamre, 26 which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord. 1 ch. 12. 9. 2ch.24.35. Ps.112. 3. Pro. 10. 22. 3 ch. 12. 8, 9. 4 ch. 12. 7, 8. 3 Ps. IIG. 17. 6 ch. 3G. 7. 7 ch. 2G. 20. 8 ch. 12. 6. 9 1 Cor. 6. 7. 10 ch. 20. 15. & 34. 10 . 11 Rom. 12. 18. Heb. 12. 14. Jam. 3. 17. 12 ch. 19. 17. Deut. 34. 3. Ps. 107. 34. 13 ch. 19. 24, 25. 14 ch. 2. 10. Is. 51. 3. 15 ch. 14. 2, 8. & 19. 22 . 10 ch. 19. 29. 11 ch. 14. 12. & 19. 1. 2 Pet. 2. 7, 8. 13 ch. 18. 20. Ezek. 13 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the 2 South. And Abram was very rich in cattle, in 3 silver, and in gold. And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el 4 and Ai ; unto the place of the altar, whidh he had made there at the first : and there Abram called on 5 the name of the Lord. And Lot also, which went 6 with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together : for their substance was great, so 7 that they could not dwell together. And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and •the herdmen of Lot’s cattle : and the Canaanite and 8 the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and 9 thy herdmen ; for we are brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou take the right 10 hand, then I will go to the left. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the ^ Plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord de- stroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto 11 Zoar. So Lot chose him all the Plain of Jordan ; and Lot journeyed east : and they separated themselves 12 the one from the other. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of 13 the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against 14 the Lord exceedingly. And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward aiid southward and eastward 15 and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to 16 thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then 17 shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the 18 breadth of it ; for unto thee will I give it. And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the ^oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord. 16.49. 2Pet. 2. 7, 8. 49 ch. G. 11. 20 ver. 11. 21 ch. 28. 14. 22 ch. 12. 7. & 15. 18. & 17. 8. & 24. 7. & 2G. 4. Niun.34.12. Deut. 34. 4. Acts 7. 5. 23 2 Chr. 20. 7. Ps. 37. 22, 29. & 112. 2. 24 ch. 15. 5. & 22. 17. & 2G. 4. & 28. 14. & 32. 12. Ex. 32. 13. Num. 23. 10. Deut. 1. 10. 1 Kin. 4. 20. 1 Chr. 27. 23. Is. 48. 19. Jer.33. 22. Rom. 4. IG, 17, 18. Heb. 11. 12 . 25 ch. 14. 13. 20 ch. 35. 27. & 37. 14. a Or, Ci 0 xcle. b Or, terebinths. 18 GENESIS, XIV. CHAPTER XIV. 1 The hatile of four kings against five. 12 Lot is taken prisoner. 14 Ahram rescueth him. 18 Melchizedek blesseth Abram. 20 Abram giv- eth him tithe. 22 The rest of the spoil, his partners having had their portions, he restoreth to the king of Sodom. A nd it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king 1 of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of 2 Elam, and Tidal king of nations ; 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of 3 Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is ^ Zoar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Sid- dim, 3 which is the salt sea. 4 Twelve years ^they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the phaims ^ in Ashteroth Karnaim, and ^ the Zuzims in m, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 1 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El- an, which is by the wilderness. And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which iadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, also the Amorites, that dwelt i^ in Hazezon-tamar. And there went out the king of Sodom, and the r of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the r of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is r ;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of iim ; With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with al king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar ; four kings with five. 0 And the vale of Siddim was full of i3 slimepits ; the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell re ; and they that remained fled n to the mountain. 1 And they took i^all the goods of Sodom and Qciorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. .2 And they took Lot, Abram’s i® brother’s son, i’^ who elt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. |l3 ^ And there came one that had escaped, and told )ram the Hebrew ; for i® he dwelt in the plain of amre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of aer : i^ and these were confederate with Abram. 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was .ken captive, he armed his trained servants^ ^i born in is own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued lem unto Dan. 15 And he divided himself against them, he and his ervants, by night, and ^3 smote them, and pursued them nto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also irought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the romen also, and the people. 17 ^ And the king of Sodom ^^went out to meet him 3 after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, Hid of the kings that were with him, at the valley of fliaveh, which is the king’s dale. 18 And 28 Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth iread and wine : and he was the priest of 30 the most liigh God. 1 cli. 10. 10. & 11. 2. 2 Is. 11. 11. 3 Deut. 29. 23. * ch. 19. 22. 3 Ni,ni. .14. 12. Deut 3. 17. Josh. 3. 16. Ps 107. 34. 0 ch. 9. 26. 2 ch. 15. 20. Deut. 3. 11. 8 Josh. 12. 4. & 13. 12 . 8 Deut. 2. 20. 10 Deut. 2. 10, 11. 11 Deut. 2. 12, 22. 12 2 Chr. 20. 2, 13 ch. 11. 3. u ch. 19. 17, 30. 15 ver. 16, 21. 10 ch. 12. 5. 11 ch. 13. 12. 18 ch. 13. 18. 10 ver. 24. 20 ch. 13. 8. 14 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer 2 king of Elam, and Tidal king of ® Goiim, that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the 3 king of Bela (the same is Zoar). All these ^joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same is 4 the Salt Sea). Twelve years they served Chedor- laomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in ^ Shaveh-kiriathaim, 6 and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, 7 which is by the wilderness. And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and smote all the ^ country of the Amalekites, and also 8 the Amorites, 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 Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar) ; and they set the battle in array against 9 them in the vale of Siddim ; against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amra- phel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar ; 10 four kings against the five. Now the vale of Sid- dim was full of ® slime pits ; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that 11 remained fled to the mountain. And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their 12 victuals, and went their way. And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and 13 his goods, and departed. And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew : now he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner ; and these were 14 confederate with Abram. And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and 15 eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. And he di- vided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women 17 also, and the people. And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh (the same is the King’s Vale). 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine : and he was priest of * God Most 21 ch. 15. 3. & 17. 12, 27. Eccles. 2. 7. 22 Deut. 34. 1. Judg. 18. 29. 23 Is. 41. 2, 3. 21 ver. 11, 12. 25 Judg. 11. 34. 1 Sam. 18. 6. 26 Heb, 7. . 27 2 Sam. 18. 13. 28 Heb. 7. 1. 29 Ps. 110. 4. Heb. 5. 6. 30 Mic. 6. 6. Acts 16. 17. a Or, nations, b Or, joined them- selves together against. c Or, the plain of Kiriathaim. d Heb. field, e That is, bitumen pits. f Or, terebinths, g Or, north, h Heb. El Elyon. V GENESIS, XV. 19 ) And he blessed him, and said, Blessed he Abram ;he most high God, possessor of heaven and ./ii : liO And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I ^^have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich : 24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre ; let them take their por- tion. CHAPTER XV. 1 God encourageth Abram. 2 Abram complaineth for want of an heir. 4 God promiseth him, a son., and a multiplying of his seed. 6 Abram is justified by faith. 7 Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by a sign, 12 and a vision. A fter these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram ^ in a vision, saying, ^ Fear not, Abram: 1 am thy ^ shield, and thy exceeding ^ great reward. 2 And Abram said. Lord God, what wilt thou give me, ® seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus ? 3 And Abram said. Behold, to me thou hast given no seed : and, lo, ®one born in my house is mine heir. 4 And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying. This shall not be thine heir ; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said. Look now toward heaven, and ® tell the ® stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 6 And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 7 And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said. Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it ? 9 And he said unto him. Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another : but ^^the birds divided he not. 11 And when the fowls came down upon the car- cases, Abram drove them away. 12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram ; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that 3' Ruth 3. 10. 2 Sam. 2. 5. 32 ver. 22. Matt. 11. 25. 33 ch. 24. 27. 34 Heb. 7. 4. 33 Ex. G. 8. Dan. 12. 7. Rev. 10. 5, G. 36 ver. 19. ch. 21..33. 37 So Esth. 9. 15, IG. 33 ver. 13. 1 Dan. 10. 1. Acts 10 . 10 , 11 . 2 cli. 2G. 24. Dan. 10. 12. Luke 1. 13, 30. 3 Ps. 3. 3. & 5. 12. & 84. 11. & 91. 4. & 119. 114. * 4 Ps. IG. 5. &58. 11. Pro. 11. 18. 3 Acts 7. 5. 0 ch. 14. 14. 7 2 Sam. 7. 12. & IG. 11. 2 Chif. 32. 21. 8 Ps. 147. 4. » Jer. 33. 22. 10 ch. 22. 17. Ex. 32.13. Dent. V’.IO. & 10. 22. 1 Chr. t!,^. 23. Rom. 4. 18. Hell 11. 12. See ch. 13. \G. 11 Rom. 4. 3, 9,i22. Gal. 3. G. Jam. 2. 19 High. And he blessed him, and said. Blessed be Abram of ^ God Most High, j possessor of heaven 20 and earth : and blessed be ^ God Most High, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And 21 he gave him a tenth of all. 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, j 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 24 made Abram rich : * save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me ; Auer, Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take their portion. 15 After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying. Fear not, Abram : I am 2 thy shield, “ and thy exceeding great reward. And Abram said, O Lord ^ God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor 3 of my house is Dammesek Eliezer ? And Abram said. Behold, to me thou hast given no seed ; and, 4 lo, one born in my house is mine heir. And, be- hold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying. This man shall not be thine heir ; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be tliine 5 heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said. Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to tell them : and he said unto him, So shall 6 thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord ; and 7 he counted it to him for righteousness. And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to 8 inlierit it. And he said, O Lord God, whereby shall 9 I know that I shall inherit it ? And he said unto him. Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other : 11 but the birds divided he not. And the birds of prey came down upon the carcases, and Abram 12 drove them away. And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram ; and, lo, an 13 horror of great darkness fell upon him. And he said mito Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed 42 Ps. lOG. 31. 43 Ch. 12. 1. 14 ch. 11. 28, 31. 15 Ps. 105. 42, 44. Roin. 4. 13. 10 See ch. 24. 13, 14. Judg. G. 17, 37. 1 Sam. 14. 9, 10. 2 Kin. 20. 8. Luke 1. 18. 44 Jer. 34. 18, 19. 48 Lev. 1. 17. 49 ch. 2. 21. Job 4. 13. 20 Ex. 12. 40. Ps. 105. 23. Acts 7. G. i Heb. El Elyon. j Or, maker, k Or, let there be nothing for me; only that ttc. a Or, thy reward shall be exceeding great. b Heb. Jehovah, as in other places where God is put in capi- tals. c Or, go hence. d The Chaldee and Syriac have, Eliezer the Damascene. 20 GENESIS, XVI. thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their’s, and shall serve them ; and they shall afflict them four hundred years ; 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, 22 will I judge : and afterward 23 shall they come out with great substance. 15 And 24 thou shalt go 25 to thy fathers in peace ; 25 thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16 But 27 in the fourth generation they shall come hither again : for the iniquity 28 of the Amorites 29 is not yet full. 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that 5*^ passed between those pieces. 18 In the same day the Lord ^imade a covenant with Abram, saying, ^2 Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates : 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kad- monites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Re- phaims, 21 And the Amorites., and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. CHAPTER XVI. 1 jSarai, being barren^ giveth Hagar to Abram. 4 Hagnr, being afflicted for despising her mistress, runneth away. 7 An angel sendeth her back to submit herself, 11 and telleth her of her child. 15 Ishmael is born. O W Sarai Abram’s wife ^ bare him no children : J31 and she had an handmaid, 2 an Egyptian, whose name was ® Hagar. 2 ^And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord ^ hath restrained me from bearing : I pray thee, 5 go in unto my maid ; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abra^m hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 3 And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram ® had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. 4 ^ And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived : and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was 2 despised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong he upon thee : I have given my maid into thy bosom ; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes : the Lord judge between me and thee. 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, ^2 Behold, thy maid is in thy hand ; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And ^when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. 7 ^ And the angel of the Lord found her by a foun- tain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to 75 Shur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence earnest thou ? and whither wilt thou go ? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. 9 And the angel of the Lord said unto her. Return to thy mistress, and 76 submit thyself under her hands. 21 Ex. 1. 11 . Ps. 105. 25. 22 Ex. 6. 6. Deut. 6 . 22 . 23 Ex. 12. 36. Ps. 105. 37. 24 Job 5. 26. 25 Acts 13. 36. 20 ch. 25. 8. 27 Ex. 12. 40. 28 1 Kin. 21. 26. 20 Dan. 8. 23. Matt. 23. 32. 1 Thess. 2. 16. 30 Jer. 34. 18, 19. SI ch. 24. 7. 32 ch. 12. 7. & 13. 15. & 26. 4. Ex. 23. 31. Num. 34. 3. Deut. 1. 7. & 11. 24. & 34. 4. Josh. 1. 4. 1 Kin. 4. 21. 2 Chr. 9. 26. Nelu 9. 8. Ps. 105. 11. Is. 27. 12. 1 ch. 15. 2, 3. shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them ; and they shall afflict them four 14 hundred years ; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge : and afterward shall they 15 come out with great substance. But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace ; thou shalt be buried in. a 16 good old age. And in the fourth generation they shall come hither agam : for the iniquity of the 17 Amorite is not yet full. And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoldng furnace, and a flaming torch that passed 18 between these pieces. In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying. Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the 19 great river, the river Euphrates : the Kenite, and 20 the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, and the Hittite, 21 and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, and the Amor- ite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite. 16 ‘ Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare hin^ no children : and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name 2 was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, Be- hold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bear- ing ; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid ; it may be that I shall “ obtain children by her. And 3 Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar the Egyptian, her hand- maid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to 4 be his wife. And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived : and when she saw that she had con- 5 ceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee : I gave my handmaid into thy bosom ; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her 6 eyes : the Lord judge between me and thee. But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand ; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from 7 her face. And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the foun- 8 tain in the way to Shur. And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s handmaid, whence earnest thou ? and whither goest thou ? And she said, I flee from the face of 9 my mistress Sarai. And the angel of the Lord said unto her. Return to thy mistress, and submit 2 ch. 21. 9. 3 Gal. 4. 24. 4 ch '30. 3. 5 oh. 20. 18. & 30. 2. 1 Sa n. 1. 5, 6. G So ch. 30. 3, 9. 7 ~ f 0 2 Sam. 6.16. Pro. 30. 21, 23. 40 ch. 31. 53. 1 Sam. 24. 12. * 4 4 Pro. 15. 1. IPet. 3. 7. 12 Job 2. 6. Ps. 106. • T flS fl 13 Ex. 2. 15. 44 ch. 25. 18. 45 Ex. 15. 22. 40 Tit. 2. 9. 1 Pet. 2. 18. a Heb. be builded by her. 21 GENESIS, XVII. 10 And the angel of the Lord srhl ^ito her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, tha*. . t shall not be num- bered for multitude. 11 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael ; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction. 12 And he will be a wild man ; his hand will he against every man, and every man’s hand against him ; 20 and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her. Thou God seest me : for she said, Have I also here looked after him 21 that seeth me ? 14 Wherefore the well was called 22 Beer-lahai-roi ; behold, it is 2 ^ between Kadesh and Bered. 15 ^ And 24 Hagar bare Abram a son : and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, 25 Ishmael. 16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. CHAPTER XVII. 1 God reneweth the covenant. 5 Abram his name is changed in token of a greater blessing. 10 Circumcision is instituted. 15 Sarai her name is changed, and she blessed. 17 Isaac is promised. 23 Abraham and Ishmael are circumcised. A nd when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord ^ appeared to Abram, and said unto him, 2 1 am the Almighty God ; ^ walk before me, and be thou ^perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and ® will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 And Abram ® fell on his face : and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but ® thy name shall be Abraham ; 2 for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will 12 establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, ^^to be a God mito thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession ; and I will be their God. 9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee ; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And he that is eight days old 20 shall be circum- n ch. 17. 20. & 21. 24 Gal. 4. 22. 13. Job 1. 1. Matt. 18. & 25. 12. . 25 ver. 11. 5. 48. >8 ch. 17. 19. Matt. 1 ch. 12. 1. c ch. 12. 2. & 13. IG. 1. 21. Luke 1. 13, 31. 2 ch. 28. 3. & 35. 11. & 22. 17. 29 ch. 21. 20. Ex. G. 3. Deut. 10. 0 ver. 17. 20 ch. 25. 18. 17. 2 Rom. 4. 11, 12, IG. 21 ch. 31. 42. 3 ch. 5. 22. & 48. 15. Gal. 3. 29. 22 ch. 24. G2. & 25. 1 Kin. 2. 4. & 8. 25. 2 « Neh. 9. 7. 11. Kin. 20. 3. 0 Rom. 4. 17. 23 Num. 13. 2G. « ch. G. 9. Deut. 18. 10 ch. 35. 11. 10 thyself under her hands. And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multi- 11 tude. And the angel of the Lord said unto her. Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son ; and thou shalt call his name ^ Ishmael, because the 12 Lord hath heard thy affliction. And he shall be as a wild-ass among men ; his hand shall he against every man, and every man’s hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, ^Thou art ®a God that seeth: for she said. Have I even here looked after him that seeth 14 me? Wherefore the well was called -^Beer-lahai- 15 roi ; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. And Hagar bare Abram a son : and Abram called the 16 name of his son, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Ha- gar bape Ishmael to Abram. 17 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am “ God Almighty ; walk before me, and 2 be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant be- tween me and thee, and will multiply thee execed- 3 ingly. And Abram fell on his face : and God 4 talked with him, saying. As for me, behold, my co- venant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a 5 multitude of nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abra- ham ; for the father of a multitude of nations have 6 I made thee. And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings 7 shall come out of tliee. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed 8 after thee. And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession ; and 9 I will be their God. And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their genera- 10 tions. This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee ; every 11 male among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be a token oi a covenant betwixt me 12 and you. And he that is eight days old shall be 22 ver. IG. ch. 35. 11. Matt. 1. G, &c. 22 Gal. 3. 17. 23 ch. 2G. 24. & 28. 13. Heb. 11. IG. 24 Rom. 9. 8. 23 ch. 12. 7. & 13. 15. Ps. 105. 9, 11. 20 ch. 23. 4. & 28. 4. 22 Ex. G. 7. Lev. 2G. 12. Deut. 4. 37. & 14. 2. & 2G. 18. & 29. 13. 28 Acts 7. 8. 29 Acts 7. 8. Rom. 4. 11. 20 Lev. 12. 3. Luke 2. 21. Jolin 7. 22. Plul. 3. 5. b That is, God hcar- eth. c Or, over against. Or, to the east of. (ZOr, Thou God seest me. e Heb. El roi, that is, God of seeing. /That is. The well of the living one who seeth me. a Heb. El Shaddai. 22 GENESIS, XVIII. cised among you, every man ehild in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. 13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised : and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting cove- nant. 14 And the uncircumcised man cliild whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut ofB from his people ; he hath broken my covenant. 15 ^ And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name he. 16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her : yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations ; kings of people shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart. Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old ? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear ? 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee ! 19 And God said, ^5 Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed ; and thou shalt call his name Isaac : and I will establish my covenant with liim for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee : Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly ; twelve princes shall he beget, ^®and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, 29 which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. 22 And he left off talking 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 Abra- ham’s house ; and circumcised the flesh of their fore- skin ill the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. 27 And 29 all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circum- cised with him. CHAPTER XVIII. 1 Abraham entertaineth three angels. 9 Sarah is reproved for lauqhing at the strange promdse. 17 The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham. 23 Abraham maketh intercession for the men thereof. A nd the Lord appeared unto him in the ^ plains of Mamre : and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day ; 2 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him : 2 and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said. My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy ser- vant : Ex. 4. 24. 22 ch. 18. 10. 23 ch. 35. 11. Gal. 4. 31. 1 Pet. 3. G. 24 ch. 18. 12. & 21. 25 ch. 18. 10. & 21. 2. Gal. 4. 28. 25 ch. IG. 10. 27 ch. 25. 12, IG. 28 ch. 21. 18. 29 ch. 21. 2. circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. 13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised : and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlast- 14 ing covenant. And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from liis people ; he hath bro- ken my covenant. 15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but ^ Sarah 16 shall her name 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 mother of nations ; kings of 17 peoples shall be of her. Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart. Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old ? 18 and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear ? And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might 19 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 everlasting covenant for his seed 20 after him. And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee : behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly ; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great 21 nation. But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set 22 time in the next year. And he left off talking with 23 him, and God went up from Abraham. And Abra- ham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the self- 24 same day, as God had said unto him. And Abra- ham was ninety years old and nine, when he was 25 circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. And Ish- mael his son was thirteen years old, when he was 26 circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. In the self- same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael 27 his son. And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. 18 And the Lord appeared unto him by the “ oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the 2 day ; and he 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 3 bowed himself to the earth, and said, ^My lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, so ch. 18. 19. 7ch. 13. 18. & 14. 13. 2 Heb. 13. 2. 8 ch. 19. 1. 1 Pet. 4. b That is, Princess, c From tlio Hebrew word meaning to laugh. a Or, terebinths, b Or, O Lord. I GENESIS, XVIII. 23 4 Let little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree : 5 And ® I will fetch a morsel of bread, and, ® comfort ye your hearts ; after that ye shall pass on : for there- fore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as tliou hast said. 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said. Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man ; and he hasted to dress it. 8 And ® he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them ; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. 9 ^ And they said unto him. Where is Sarah thy wife ? And he said. Behold, ^ in the tent. 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life ; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age ; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying. After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also ? 13 And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying. Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old ? 14 Is any thing too hard for the Lord ? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not ; for she was afraid. And he said. Nay ; but thou didst laugh. 16 ^ And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom : and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do ; 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him ? 19 For I know him, ^^that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 20 And the Lord said. Because ^^the ery of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous ; 21 26 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me ; and if not, 26 1 will know. 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, 2"^ and went toward Sodom : but Abraham 28 stood yet before the Lord. 23 ^ And Abraham 29 drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked ? * ch. 19. 2. & 43. 24. lo ver. 14. w Luke 1.18. e Judg. G. 18. & 13. u 2 Kin. 4. 10. u i Pet. 3. 0. 15. 12 ch. 17. 19, 21. & 21. 18 jer. 32. 17. Zech. 6 Judg. 19. 5. Pfl. 2. Rom. 9. 9. 8 . G. Matt. 3. 9. & 19. 104. 15. 13 ch. 17. 17. Rom. 2G. Luke 1. 37. ich. 19. 8 . & 33. 4.19. Heb. 11. 11, 12, i'-> ver. 10. ch. 17. 10. 19. 21. 2 Kill. 4.1 G. 8 ch. 19. 3. M ch. 31. .3,5. 20 po,u. 15 . 24. 3 • » ch. 24. G7. 10 di. 17. 17. John G. 4 I pray thee, from thy servant : let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves 5 under the tree : and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your heart ; after that ye shall pass on : ^ forasmuch as ye are come to your servant. 6 And they said. So do, as thou hast said. And Abra- ham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said. Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, 7 knead it, and make cakes. And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant ; and he hasted to dress it. 8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them ; and he stood 9 by them under the tree, and they did eat. And they said unto him. Where is Sarah thy wife ? And he 10 said, Behold, in the tent. And he said, I will cer- tainly return unto thee when the season ^ cometh round ; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind 11 him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age ; it had ceased to be with Sarah after 12 the manner of women. And Sarah laughed witliin herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have 13 pleasure, my lord being old also ? And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying. Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am 14 old ? Is any thing too ^ hard for the Lord ? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season 15 cometh round, and Sarah shall 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 Abraham went with them to 17 bring them on the way. And the Lord said. Shall 18 I hide from Abraham that which I do ; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be 19 blessed in him ? For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgement ; to the end that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which 20 he hath spoken of him. And the Lord said, » Be- cause the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and 21 0 because their sin is very grievous ; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether ac- cording to the cry of it, which is come unto me ; and 22 if not, I will know. And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom : but Abraham 23 stood yet before the Lord. And Abraham drew near, and said. Wilt thou consume the righteous 21 Ps. 25. 14. Amos 3. 7. John 15. 15. 22 ch. 12. 3. & 22. 18. Acts 3. 25. Gal. 3. 8. 23 Dent. 4. 9, 10. & G.7. Josh. 24. 15. Eph. G. 4. ^ ch. 4. 10. & 19. 13. Jam. 5. 4. 25 ch. 11. 5. Ex. 3. 8 . 2 G Dent. 8. 2. & 13. 3. Josh. 22. 22. Luke IG. 15. 2 Cor. 11. 11. 27 ch. 19. 1. 28 ver. 1. 23 lleb. 10. 22. sONiim. IG. 22. 2 Sam. 24. 17. c Or,/o»- therefore, d Heb. Uveth, or, re- viveth. e Or, wonderful, f See Amos 3. 2. 4 Gal. 4. 29. is yer. 18. ch. 16. 10. Luke 24. 16, 31. 27 ch. 26. 28. b Or, playing. 9 Ps. 126. 2. Is. 54. 15 Gal. 4. 30. See & 17. 20. 23 ch. 28. 15. & 39. 2, 28 Josh. 2. 12. 1 Sam. c Or, .'ikin. 1. Gal. 4. 27. ch. 25. 6. & 36. 6, 7. i-' John 8. 35. 3, 21. 24. 21. d Or, became, as he 10 Luke 1. 58. ^ ch. 17. 18. 20 3. 7. 24 ch. 16. 12. 29 See ch. 26. 15, 18, greiv up, an archer. 11 ch. 18. 11, 12. 11 Rom. 9. 7,8. Heb. 21 yer. 13. 25 ch. 24. 4. 20, 21, 22. e Or, my of spring, i2ch. 16. 1. 11.18. 22Num. 22. 31. See 20 ch, 20. 2. & 26. a Or, prepared nor wilh my posterity. 13 ch. 16. 15. 2 Kin. 6. 17, 18, 20. 26, laughter for me. GENESIS, XXII. 29 26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing : neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech ; and both of them made a covenant. 28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And Abimele6h said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by them- selves ? 30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. 31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba ; because there they sware both of them. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba ; then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 33 ^ And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, ®^the everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days. CHAPTER XXII. 1 Abraham is tempted to offer Isaa/i. 3 He giveth proof of his faith and obedience. 11 The angel staijeth him. 13 Isaac is exchanged with a ram. 14 The place is called Jehovah-jireh. 15 Abraham is blessed again. 20 The generation of Nahor unto Rebekah. A nd it came to pass after these things, that ^ God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham : and he said. Behold, here I am. 2 And he said. Take now thy son, ^ thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee ® into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 3 ^ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men. Abide ye here with the ass ; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and * laid it upon Isaac his son ; and he took the fire in his liand, and a knife ; and they went both of them to- gether. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said. My father : and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said. Behold the fire and the wood : but where is tlie lamb for a burnt offering ? y 8 And Abraham said. My son, God will provide him- self a lamb for a burnt offering : so they went both of them together. 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of ; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and ® laid him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. so Ch. 2G. 31. 83 ch. 26. 33. 40. 28. Rom. 16. 26. 81 ch. 33. 8. 84 ch. 4. 26. 1 Tim. 1. 17. *2 ch. 31. 48, 62. 86 Deut. 33. 27. I8. 1 1 Cor. 10. 13. Heb. 26 away. And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing : neither didst thou tell me, neither 27 yet heard I of it, but to-day. And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech ; 28 and they two made a covenant. And Abraham set 29 seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. And .>4 Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs wliich thou hast set by themselves ? 30 And he said. These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, 31 that I have digged this well. Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba ; because there they sware 32 both of them. So they made a covenant at Beer- sheba : and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the cap- tain of his host, and they returned into the land of 33 the Philistines. And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of 34 the Lord, the Everlasting God. And Abraham so- journed in the land of the Philistines many days. 22 And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham ; 2 and he said. Here am I. And he said. Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the 3 mountains which I will tell thee of. And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son ; and he clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God 4 had told him. On the third day Abraham lifted up 5 his eyes, and saw 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 6 worship, and come again to you. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son ; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife ; and they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said. My father : and he said. Here am I, my son. And he said. Behold, the fire and the wood : but where 8 is the lamb for a burnt offering ? And Abraham said, God will “provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son : so they went both of them 9 together. 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 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took 11. 17. Jam. 1. 12, .♦ John 19. 17. a. Heb. see for him- 1 Pet. 1.7. Heb. 11. 17. Jam. self. 2 Heb. 11. 17. a. 21. 8 2 Chr. 3. 1. 30 GENESIS, XXIII. 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 withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his orns : and Abraham went and took the ram, and of- ered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of that place *.Jehovah-jireh : as it is said to this day. In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. 15 •[[ And the angel of the Lord called unto Abra- ham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, ®By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast / not witliheld thy son, thine only son : 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiply- ing I will multiply thy seed ^ as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; ^ because thou hast obeyed my voice. 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and . they rose up and went together to i® Beer-sheba ; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. 20 ^ And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying. Behold, i® Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor ; 21 11 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father i® of Aram, 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And 1^ Bethuel begat Rebekah : these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Ma- achah. CHAPTER XXIII. 1 The age and death of Sarah. 3 The purchase of Machpelah, 19 where Sarah was buried. A nd Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old : these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died in i Kirjath-arba ; the same is 2 Hebron in the land of Canaan : and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 3 ^ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4 31 am a stranger and a sojourner with you : ^give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, say- ing unto him, 6 Hear us, my lord : thou art ^a mighty prince among us : in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead ; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. 6 1 Sam. 15. 22. Mic. 6. 7, 8. ^ ch. 2G. 5. Jam. 2. 22 . 8 Ps. 105. 9. Luke 1. 73. Heb. 6. 13, 14. 9 ch. 15. 5. Jer. 33. 22 . 10 ch. 13. 10. 11 ch. 24. GO. 12 Mic. 1. 9. 13 ch. 12. 3. & 18. 18. & 2G. 4. Acts 3. 25. Gal. 3. 8, 9, IG, 18. 11 ver. 3, 10. ch. 2G. 5. 10 ch. 21. 31. 10 ch. 11. 29. 11 Job 1. 1. 18 Job 32. 2. 19 ch. 24. 15. 11 the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, 12 Abraham, Abraham : and he said. Here am I. And he said. Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto liim : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy 13 son, thine only son, from me. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and ^ behold, behind him a ram caught in the tliicket by his horns : and Abra- ham went and took the ram, and offered him up 14 for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. And Abraham called the name'of that place <^Jehovah- jireh : as it is said to this day. In the mount of the 15 Lord ^Gt shall be provided. 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 17 hast not withlield thy son, thine only son : that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed 18 shall possess the gate of his enemies ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth « be blessed ; 19 because 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, saying. Behold, Milcah, she also hath 21 borne children unto thy brother Nahor ; Uz his first- born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father 22 of Aram ; and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and 23 Jidlaph, and Bethuel. And Bethuel begat Rebe- kah : these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abra- 24 ham’s brother. And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Ta/- hash, 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. And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan : and Abra- ham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 3 And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and 4 spake unto the children of Heth, saying, I am a stranger and a sojourner with you : give me a pos- session of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury 5 my dead out of my sight. And the children of Heth 6 answered Abraham, saying unto him. Hear ns, my lord : thou art “ a mighty prince among us : in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead ; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou 7 mayest bury thy dead. And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the 20 Called, Rom. 9. * Acts 7. 5. cThtitis, The Lord 10, Rebecca. o ch. 13. 2. & 14. 14. will see, or, provide. 1 Josh. 14.15. Judg. &24. 35. d Or, he shall be 1. 10. b Or, according to seen. 2 ver. 19. ch 13. 18. many ancient ant])ori- e Or, bless them- 3 ch. 17. 8. 1 Chr. ties, behold a (Heb. selves. 29. 15. Ps. 105. 12. one) ram caught. a Heb. a prince of Heb. 11. 9, 13. God. GENESIS, XXIV. 31 8 And he communed with them, saying. If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight ; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, 9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, wdiich is in the end of his field ; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. 10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth : and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audi- ence of the children of Heth, even of all that ® went in at the gate of his city, saying, 11 Nay, my lord, hear me : the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee ; in the pre- sence of the sons of my people give I it thee : bury thy dead. 12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. 13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying. But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me : I will give thee money for the field ; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. 14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 15 My lord, hearken unto me : the land is worth four hundred ® shekels of silver ; what is that betwixt me and thee ? bury therefore thy dead. 16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron ; and Abra- ham ® weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hun- dred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. 17 If And the field of Ephron, which teas in Mach- pelah, which ivas before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure 18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. 19 And after tliis, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of tlie field of Machpelah before Mamre : the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying- place by the sons of Heth. CHAPTER XXIV. 1 Ahraham menreth his servant. 10 The servant's journey: 12 His prayer: \\ llis sign. \b Rebekahmeeteth him, \% fvtfiUeih his sign, 22 receiveth jewels, 23 sheweth her kindred, 25 and, inviteth him home. 26 The servant hlesseih God. 29 Laban entertaineih him. 34 The servant sheweth his message. 50 Laban and Bethuel aj)pyrove it. 58 Rebekah consenteth to go. 62 I,saac meeteth her. A nd Abraham ^ was old, and well stricken in age : and the Lord ^ had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraliam said ® unto his eldest servant of his house, that ^ ruled over all that he had, ® Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh : 3 And I will make thee ® swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that ^ tliou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell : 4 ^ But thou slialt go ® unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. 5 And the servant said unto him, Perad venture the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land : C cli. 34. 20, 24. 0 Jer. 32. 9. « See Ruth 4. 7, 8, Ruth 4. 4. 10 ch. 25. 9. & 49. 30, 9, 10. Jer. 32. 10, 11. 7 See 2 Sam. 24. 21- 31, 32. & 50. 13. Acts i ch. 18. 11. & 21. 24. 7. IG. 5. 8 Ex. 30. IS. Ezek. 2 ygr. 35. ch. 13. 2. 45. 12. 8 children of Heth. And he communed with them, saying. If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and intreat for me 9 to Ephron the son of Zohar, that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field ; for the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a 10 buryingplace. Now Eplu-on was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth : and Ephron the Hittit answered Abraham in the audience of the childre of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of h' 11 city, saying, Nay, my lord, hear me : the field giv I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee in the presence of the sons of my people give 1 i 12 thee : bury thy dead. And Abraham bowed him 13 self down 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 price of the field ; take it of 14 me, and I will bury my dead there. And Ephron 15 answered Abraham, saying unto him. My lord, hearken unto me : a piece of land worth four hun- dred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and 16 thee ? bury therefore thy dead. And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron ; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audi- ence of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels 17 of silver, current money with the merchant. So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the border thereof round about, were 18 made sure unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that 19 went in at the gate of his city. And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (the same is He- 20 bron), in the land of Canaan. And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the children of Heth. 24 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age : and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray 3 thee, thy 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, among 4 whom I dwell : but thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son 5 Isaac. And the servant said unto him, Peradven- turc the woman will not be willing to follow mo Ps. 112. 3. Pro. 10. c ch. 47. 29. 1 Chr. & 28. 2.* Ex. 34. IG. 22. 29. 24. Lam. 6. G. Dent. 7. 3. 8 ch. 15. 2. c cli. 14. 22. Dent. 8 d,. 28. 2. 4 ver. 10. ch. 39. G. 13. .Tosli. 2. 12. 0 ch. 12. 1. 4, 5, G. 7 ch. 2G. 35. & 27. 4G. 32 GENESIS, XXIV. must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou earnest ? 6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. 7 U The Lord God of heaVen, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, say- ing, Unto thy seed will I give this land ; i^he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. 8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then i® thou shalt be clear from this my oath : only bring not my son thither again. 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to liim concerning that matter. 10 •[[ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed ; i^ for all the goods of his master were in his hand : and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto i^the city of Nahor. 11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time i® that women go out to draw water. 12 And he said, ii O Lord God of my master Abra- ham, I pray thee, i® send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. 13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water ; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water : 14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say. Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink ; and she shall say, Driuk, and I will give thy camels drink also : let the same he she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac ; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master. 15 ^ And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of 22]VIilcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. 16 And the damsel i^as very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her : and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said. Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. 18 And she said. Drink, my lord : and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. 20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. 21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether ^ the Lord had made his journey prosper- ous or not. 22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ^6 earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold ; 23 And said. Whose daughter art thou ? tell me, I 10 ch. 12. 1. 13 Josh. 2. 17, 20. Ex. 3. 6, 15. 11 ch. 12. 7. &13. 15. w ver. 2. is Neh. 1. 11. Ps. & 15. 18. & 17. 8. Ex. 16 ch. 27. 43. 37. 5. 32. 13. Deut. 1. 8. & lo Ex. 2. 16. 1 Sam. lo ver. 43. 34. 4. Acts 7. 5. 9. 11. 20 ch. 29. 9. Ex. 2. 12 Ex. 23. 20, 23. & n ver. 27. ch. 26. 16. 83. 2. Heb. 1. 14. 24. & 28. 13. & 32. 9. 21 SeeJudg.6. 17,37. imto this land : must I needs bring thy son again 6 unto the land from whence thou earnest ? And Abraham said unto him. Beware thou that thou 7 bring not my son thither again. The Lord, the God of heaven, that took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my nativity, and that spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying. Unto thy seed will I give this land ; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son 8 from thence. And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath ; only thou shalt not bring my son thither 9 again. And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him eon- 10 cerning this matter. And the servant took ten cam- els, of the camels of his master, and departed ; “ hav- ing all goodly things of his master’s in his hand : and he arose, and went to ^ Mesopotamia, unto the city 11 of Nahor. And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water. 12 And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abra- ham, send me, I pray thee, good speed this day, and 13 shew kindness unto my master Abraham. Behold, I stand by the fountain of water ; and the daugh- ters of the men of the city come out to draw water : 14 and let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say. Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink ; and she shall say. Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also : let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac ; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto 15 my master. And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon 16 her shoulder. And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her : and she went down 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 water of 18 thy pitcher. And she said. Drink, my lord : and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, 19 and gave him drink. And when she had done giv- ing him drink, she said, I will draw for thy cam- 20 els also, until they have done drinking. And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all 21 his camels. And the man looked stedfastly on her ; holding his peace, to know whether the Lord had 22 made his journey prosperous or not. And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of 23 gold ; and said. Whose daughter art thou ? tell me. 1 Sam. 6.7.&14. 10. & 20. 7. 22 ch. 11. 29. & 22. “^ch,2C.,. « 1 Pet. 3. 8. & 4. 9. 26 ver. 12, .56. 20 Ex. 32. 2, 3. Is. 3. 19, 20, 21. Ezek. 16. 11, 12. 1 Pet. 3. 3. a Or, for all the goods of his master were in his hand. b Heb. Aramnaha- raim, that is, Aram of the two rivers. c Heb. a heka. See Ex. 38. 26. GENESIS, XXIV. 33 pray thee : is their room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in ? 24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Na- hor. 25 She said moreover unto him. We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. 26 And the man bowed down his head, and wor- sliipped the Lord. 27 And he said, ^9 Blessed he the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of 29 his mercj' and his truth : I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren. 28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things. 29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was 22 Laban : and Laban ran out unto the man, mito the well. 30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying. Thus spake the man unto me ; that he came unto the man ; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. 31 And he said. Come in, 22 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 un- girded his camels, and 24 gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that were with him. 33 And there was set meat before him to eat : but he said, 251 will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said. Speak on. 34 And he said, I am Abraham’s servant. 35 And the Lord 22 hath blessed my master greatly ; and he is become great : and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses. 36 And Sarah my master’s wife 27 bare a son to my master when she was old : and 28 unto him hath he given all that he hath. 37 And my master 29 made me swear, saying. Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell : 38 40 But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. 39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. 40 42 And he said unto me. The Lord, ^2 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 kin- dred, and of my father’s house : 41 ^^Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred ; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath. 42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, “*2 O Lord God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go : 43 ^2 Behold, I stand by the well of water ; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin eometh forth to draw water, and I say to her. Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitclier to drink ; 44 And she say to me. Both drink thou, and I will 27 ch. 22. 23. 39. 2 Sam. 18. 28. 32 ch. 29. 6. 28ver. 52. Ex. 4. Luke 1. 98. 33 ch. 20. 29. Jurlp, 81. 30 ch. 32. 10. Ps. 93. 17. 2. Ruth 3. 10. Ps. 29 Ex. 18. 10. Ruth 3, 115. 15. 4. 14. 1 Sam. 25. 32, si ver. 48. I pray thee. Is there room in thy father’s house 24 for us to lodge in ? And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which 25 she bare unto Nahor. She said moreover unto him. We have both straw and provender enough, and 26 room to lodge in. And the man bowed his head, and 27 worshipped the Lord. And he said. Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not forsaken his mercy and his truth toward my master : as for me, the Lord hath led me in the way to the 28 house of my master’s brethren. And the damsel ran, and told her mother’s house according to these 29 words. And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban : and Laban ran out unto the man, unto 30 the fountain. And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying. Thus spake the man unto me ; that he came unto the man ; and, behold, he stood by the camels 31 at the fountain. 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 33 feet that were with him. And there was set meat before him to eat : but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said. Speak on. 34 35 And he said, I am Abraham’s servant. And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly ; and he is become great : and he hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and menservants and 36 maidservants, and camels and asses. And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old : and unto him hath lie given all that he 37 hath. And my master made me swear, saying. Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of 38 the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell : but thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, 39 and take a wife for my son. And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow 40 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 41 my kindred, and of my father’s house : then shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my kindred ; and if they give her not to thee, thou 42 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 way 43 which I go : behold, I stand by the fountain of water ; and let it come to pass, that the maiden which eometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say. Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher 44 to drink ; and she shall say to me, Both drink thou. 34 ch. 43. 24. Juclg. 19. 21. 33 Job 23. 12. .Tolm 4. 34. Eph. 0. 5, 0, 7. 3C ver. 1. ch. 13. 2. 37 ch. 21. 2. 88 ch. 21. 10. & 25. 5. 89 ver. 3. ^9 ver. 4. 44 ver. 6. 47 ver. 7. « ch. 17. 1. ■>4 ver. 8. T. ver. 12. ^8 ver. 13. 34 GENESIS, XXIV. also draw for thy camels : let the same he the woman whom the Lord hath appointed out for my master’s son. 45 ^^And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder ; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her. Let me drink, I pray thee. 46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said. Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also : so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. 47 And I asked her, and said. Whose daughter art thou ? And she said. The daughter of Bethnel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him : and I put the ear- ring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. 48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son. 49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me : and if not, tell me ; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. 50 Then Laban and Bethnel answered and said. The thing proceedeth from the Lord : we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. 51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the Lord hath spoken. 52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s ser- vant heard their words, he worshipped the Lord, homing himself to the earth. 53 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 me away unto my master. 55 And her brother and her mother said. Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten ; after that she shall go. 56 And he said unto them. Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way ; send me away that I may go to my master. 57 And they said. We will call the damsel, and en- quire at her mouth. 58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man ? And she said, I will go. 59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men. 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her. Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. 61 ^ And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man : and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. 62 And Isaac came from the way of the ®®well Lahai-roi ; for he dwelt in the south country. 63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide : and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. « ver. 15, &c. ^ ch. 47. 29. Josh. ^5 ch. 20. 15. 48 1 Sam. 1. 13. 2. 14. 5o yer. 2G. 49 Ezek. IG. 11, 12. 63 Ps. lig. 23. Matt. 67 Ex. 3. 22. & 11. 2. 60 ver. 2G. 21. 42. Mark 12. 11. & 12. 35. 61 ch. 22. 23. 64 ch. 31. 24. and I will also draw for thy camels ; let the same be the woman whom the Lord hath appointed for 45 my master’s 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 fountain, and drew : and I said unto her. Let 46 me drink, I pray thee. And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said. Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also : so I 47 drank, and she made the camels drink also. And I asked her, and said. Whose daughter art thou ? And she said. The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him : and I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her 48 hands. And I bowed my head, and worsliipped 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 his 49 son. And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me : and if not, tell me ; that I may 50 turn to the right hand, or to the left. Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said. The thing proceed- eth from the Lord : we cannot speak unto thee bad 51 or good. Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as 52 the Lord hath spoken. And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto the Lord. 53 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 54 mother precious things. 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, 55 and he said. Send me away unto my master. And her brother and her mother said. Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten ; after that 56 she shall go. And he said unto them. Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way ; send 57 me away that I may go to my master. And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her 58 mouth. And they called Rebekah, and said unto her. Wilt thou go with this man ? And she said, I 59 will go. And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men. 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her. Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of ten thou- sands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those 61 wliich hate them. And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and fol- lowed the man : and the servant took Rebekah, and 62 went his way. And Isaac came ‘^from the way of Beer-lahai-roi ; for he dwelt in the land of the 63 South. And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide : and he lifted up his eyes, and saw. 68 2 Chr. 21.3. Ezra 1 . 6 . 69 ver. .50, & 59. GO ch. 35. 8. Gi ch. 17. 16. C2 ch. 22. 17. G3 ch. IG. 14. & 25. 11 . 04 Josh. 1. 8. Ts. 1. 2. & 77. 12. & 119. 15, & 143. 5. d The Sept, has through the tcilder- ness. GENESIS, XXV. 35 G4 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. 65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us ? And the ser- vant had said, It is my master : therefore she took a vail, and covered herself. 66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. 67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife ; and he loved her : and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. CHAPTER XXY. 1 The sons of Abraham by Keturah. 5 The division of his goods. 7 His age, and death. 9 His burial. VZ The generations of Ishmael. Yl His age, and death. \% Isaac prayeth for Rebekah, being barren. 22 The children strive in her womb. 24 The birth of Esau and Jacob. 27 Their difference. 29 Esau selleth his birthright. T hen again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. 2 And ^she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Me- dan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedaii were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 4 And the sons of Midian ; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5 ^ And 2 Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abra- ham had, Abraham gave gifts, and ^sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto ^ the east country. 7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and ® died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years ; and ® was gathered to his people. 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre ; 10 ® The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth : ® there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 11 ^ And it came to pass after the death of Abra- ham, that God blessed his son Isaac ; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi. 12 ^ Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abra- ham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s hand- maid, bare unto Abraham ; 13 And 12 these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations : the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth ; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah : 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles ; i® twelve princes according to their nations. 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years : and i^ he gave up the ghost and died ; and was gathered unto his people. 18 1'^ And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that Josh. 15. 18. 8 ch. 21. 14. « ch. 35. 29. & 49. C6 cli. 38. 12. * Judg. 6. 3. 33. MChr. 1.32. fich. 15. 15. & 49. ^ ch. 35. 29. & 50. 2 ch. 24. 3G. 29. 13. 64 and, behold, there were camels coming. And Re- bekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, 65 she lighted off the camel. And she said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us ? And the servant said, It is my mas- ter : and she took her veil, and covered herself. 66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he 67 had done. And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife ; and he loved her : and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. 25 And Abraham took another wife, and her name 2 was Keturah. And she bare him Zimran, and Jok- shan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and 3 Shuah. And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Le- 4 tushim, and Leummim. And the sons of Mi- dian ; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Ke- 6 turah. And Abraham gave all that he had unto 6 Isaac. But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts ; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, 7 eastward, unto the east country. And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. 8 And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years ; and 9 was gathered to his people. And Isaac and Ish- mael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hit- 10 tite, which is before Mamre ; the field which Abra- ham purchased of the children of Heth : there 11 was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. And it came 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 Ishmael, Abra- ham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s hand- 13 maid, bare unto Abraham : and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations : the firstborn of Ishmael, Ne- 14 baioth ; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, and 15 Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa ; Hadad, and 16 Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah : these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments ; twelve 17 princes according to their nations. And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years : and he gave up the ghost 18 and died ; and was gathered unto his people. And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur that is before 8 ch. 23. 10. «ch. 49. 31. ch. IG. 14. & 24, G2. 11 ch. 16. 16. 12 1 Chr. 1. 29. 13 ch. 17. 20. 11 ver. 8. w 1 Sam. 15. 7. 36 GENESIS, XXVI. is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria ; and he died in the presence of all his brethren. 19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abra- ham’s son : Abraham begat Isaac : 20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. 21 And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, be- cause she was barren : and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 And the children struggled together within her ; and she said. If it be so, why am I thus ? And she went to enquire of the Lord. 23 And the Lord said unto her, ^8 Xwo nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be sepa- rated from thy bowels ; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people ; and the elder shall serve the younger. 24 And when her days to be delivered were ful- filled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 And the first came out red, over like an hairy garment ; and they called his name Esau. 2(5 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel ; and his name was called Jacob : and Isaac loas threescore years old when she bare them. 27 And the boys grew : and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field ; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison ; ^^but Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 ^ And Jacob sod pottage : and Esau came from the field, and he was faint : 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage ; for I am faint : therefore was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said. Sell me this day thy birthright. 32 And Esau said. Behold, I am at the point to die : and what profit shall this birthright do to me ? 33 And Jacob said. Swear to me this day ; and he sware unto him : and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of len- tiles ; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way : thus Esau despised his birthright. CHAPTER XXVI. 1 Isaac because of famine went to Gerar. 2 God instructeth, and bless- eth him. 7 He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife. 12 He groweth rich. 18 He diggeth Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth. 26 Abime- lech makeih a covenant with him at Beer-sheba. 34 Esau's wives. A nd there was a famine in the land, beside ^the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto ^Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. 2 And the Lord appeared unto him, and said. Go not down into Egypt ; dwell in ^ the land which I shall tell thee of : 3 ^ Sojourn in this land, and ® I will be with thee, and ® will bless thee ; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I iG ch. 16. 12. 17 Matt. 1. 2. 18 ch. 22. 23. 19 ch. 24. 29. 20 1 Chr. 5. 20. 2 Chr. 33. 13. Ezra 8. 23 21 Rom. 9. 10. 22 1 Sam. 9. 9. & 10. 22 . 23 ch. 17. 16. & 24. 60. 21 2 Sam. 8. 14. 25 ch. 27. 29. Mai. 1. 3. Rom. 9. 12. 20 ch. 27. 11, 16, 23. 27 Hos. 12. 3. 28 ch. 27. 36. 29 ch. 27. 3, 5. 30 Job 1. 1, 8. & 2. 3. Ps. 37. 37. 31 Heb. 11. 9. 32 ch. 27. 19, 25, 31. 33 ch. 27. 6. 34 Heb. 12. 16. 35 Eccles. 8. 15. Is. 22. 13. 1 Cor. 15. 32. Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria : he “abode ^ in the presence of all his brethren. 19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s 20 son : Abraham begat Isaac : and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of 21 Laban the ® Syrian, to be his wife. And Isaac in- treated the Lord for liis wife, because she was barren : and the Lord was intreated of him, and 22 Rebekah Jiis wife conceived. And the children strug- gled together within her ; and she said. If it be so, ^ wherefore do I live ? And she went to inquire 23 of the Lord. And the Lord said unto her. Two 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 shall serve the younger. 24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, 25 behold, there were twins in her womb. And the first came forth ® red, all over like an hairy garment ; and 26 they called his name Esau. And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel ; and his name was called Jacob : and Isaac 27 was threescore years old when she bare them. And the boys grew : and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field ; and Jacob was a ^ plain man, dwell- 28 ing in tents. Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did 29 eat of liis venison : and Rebekah loved Jacob. And Jacob sod pottage : and Esau came in from the field, 30 and he was faint : and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with * that same red pottage ; for I am 31 faint : therefore was his name called ^ Edom. And 32 Jacob said. Sell me -^ tliis day thy birthright. And Esau said. Behold, I am at the point to die : and 33 what profit shall the birthright do to me ? And Jacob said. Swear to me -7 this day ; and he sware unto 34 him : and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils ; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way : so Esau despised liis birthright. 26 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abhnelech king of the Philistines 2 unto Gerar. And the Lord appeared unto him, and said. Go not down into Egypt ; dwell in the land 3 which I shall tell thee of : sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee ; for unto thee. 1 ch. 12. 10. 2 ch. 20. 2. 3 ch. 12. 1. 4 ch. 20. 1. Ps. 30. 12. Heb. 11. 9. 5 ch. 28. 15. 0 ch. 12. 2. 7 ch. 13. 15. & 15. 18. a Or, settled. Heb. fell. b Or, over against, c Heb. Aramean, d Or, wherefore am I thus f e Or, ruddxj. f Tlat is, One that takes by the heel or supplants, g Or, quiet. Or, harmless. Heb. per- fect. h Heb. the red pot- tage, this red. pottage. i Tliat is. Red. j Or, first of all. GENESIS, XXVI. 37 will give all these countries, and I will perform ®the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father ; 4 And ® I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these coun- tries ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. 6 ^ And Isaac dwelt in Gerar : 7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife ; and 12 he said. She is my sister ; for i^ he feared to say. She is my wife ; lest, said Ae, the men of the place should kill me for Ilebekah ; because she n was fair to look upon. 8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistmes looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sport- ing with Ilebekah his wife. 9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said. Behold, of a surety she is thy wife : and how saidst thou. She is my sister ? And Isaac said unto him. Because I said. Lest I die for her. 10 And Abimelech said. What is this thou hast done unto us ? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and i^thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. 11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying. He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold : and the Lord blessed him. 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great : 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants : and the Philistines 20 envied him. 15 For all the wells 21 which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us ; for 22 thou art much mightier than we. 17 ^ And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father ; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham : 28 and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19 And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. 20 And the herdmen of Gerar 24(Ji(j strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying. The water is our’s : and he called the name of the well Esek ; because they strove with him. 21 And they digged another well, and strove for tliat also : and he called the name of it Sitnah. 22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well ; and for that they strove not : and he called the name of it Rehoboth ; and he said. For now the Lord 8 ch. 22. 16. Ps. 105. 11 ch. 22. 16, 18. Ps. 105. 15. 9. 12 ch. 12. 13. & 20. 2, 17 Matt, lli 8. Mark 0 ch. 15. 5. & 22. 13. 4. 8. 17. 13 Pro. 29. 25. is ver. 3. ch. 24. 1, 10 ch. 12. 3. & 22. 14 ch. 24. 16. 35. Job 42. 12. 18. 13 cli. 20. 9. and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham 4 thy father ; and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the 5 earth “ be blessed ; because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my 6 statutes, and my laws. And Isaac dwelt in Gerar : 7 and the men of the place asked him of liis wife ; and he said. She is my sister : for he feared to say. My wife ; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah : because she was fair to 8 look upon. And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Phi- listines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, 9 Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. And Abimelech called Isaac, and said. Behold, of a surety she is thy wife : and how saidst thou. She is my sis- ter ? And Isaac said unto him. Because I said, Lest 10 I die for her. And Abimelech said. What is this thou hast done unto us ? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest 11 have brought guiltiness upon us. And Abimelech charged all the people, saying. He that toucheth this 12 man or his wife shall surely be put to death. And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year 13 an hundredfold : and the Lord blessed him. And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until 14 he became very great : and he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great house- 15 hold : and the Philistines envied him. Now all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had 16 stopped them, and filled them with earth. And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us ; for thou art 17 much mightier than we. And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt 18 there. And Isaac digged again the wells of water, wliich they had digged in the days of Abraham his father ; for the Philistmes had stopped them after the death of Abraham : and he called their names after 19 the names by which Ins father had called them. And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there 20 a well of ^ springing water. And the herdmen of Ge- rar strove with Isaac’s herdmen, saying. The water is ours : and he called the name of the well Esek ; 21 because they contended with him. And they digged another well, and they strove for that also : and he 22 called the name of it '^Sitnah. And he removed from thence, and digged another well ; and for that they strove not : and he called the name of it Rehoboth ; 10 ch. 24. 35. Ps. 112. 3. Pro. 10. 22. 20 ch. 37. 11. Ecclos. 4, 4. 21 ch. 21. 30. 22 Ex. 1. 9, 23 ch. 21. 31. 24 ch. 21. 25. Or, bless them- selves. b Hcb. tivinyi c That is, Conkn- tion. d That is, Enmity, e Tliat is, Jiroud places, or, liowmt 38 GENESIS, XXVII. hath made room for us, and we shall ^^be fruitful in the land. 23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. 24 And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father : ^7 fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and mul- tiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake. 25 And he ^^builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there : and there Isaac’s servants digged a well. 26 T[ Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, ^^and Phichol the chief captain of his army. 27 And Isaac said unto them. Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you ? 28 And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee : and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee ; 29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace : thou art now the blessed of the Lord. 30 86 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and 87 sware one to another : and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him. We have found water. 33 And he called it Shebah : 88 therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. 34 T[ 89 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite : 35 Which were a grief of mind mito Isaac and to Bebekah. CHAPTER XXYII. 1 Isaac sendeth Esati for venison. 6 Rebekahinsiructeth Jacob to obtain the blessing. 15 Jacob tinder the jterson of Esau ohtaineth it. 30 Esau bringeth venison. 33 Isaac trembleth. 34 Esau complaineth, and by importunity obtaineth a blessing. 41 He threateneth Jacob. 42 Re- bekah disappointeth it. A nd it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and 1 his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto liim. My son : and he said unto him. Behold, here am I. 2 And he said. Behold now, I am old, I ^know not the day of my death : 3 8 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison ; 4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat ; that my soul ^ may bless thee before I die. 5 And Bebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. 6 *11 And Bebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, 25 ch. 17. 6. & 28. 3. 28 ver. 3, 4. 83 ver. 16. & 41. 52. Ex. 1. 7. 29 ch. 12. 7. & 13. 3* ch. 21. 22, 23. 20 ch. 17. 7. & 24. 12. 18. as ch. 24. 31. Ps. & 28. 13. Ex. 3. 6. 30 Ps. HG. 17. 115. 15. Acts 7. 32. 31 cli. 21. 22. 3 g ch. 19. 3. 27 ch. 15. 1. 32 judg. 11 . 7 . a? ch. 21. 31. and he said. For now the Lord hath made room for 23 us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. And he 24 went up from thence to Beer-sheba. And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father : fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed 25 for my servant Abraham’s sake. And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there : and there Isaac’s servants 26 digged a well. Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the cap- 27 tain of his host. And Isaac said unto them. Where- fore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have 28 sent me away from you ? And they said. We saw plainly that the Lord was with thee : and we said. Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee ; 29 that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace : thou art 30 now the blessed of the Lord. And he made them 31 a feast, and they did eat and drink. And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another : and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from 32 him in peace. And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, 33 We have found water. And he called it -^Shibah : therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. 34 And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and 35 Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite : and they were o a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Be- bekah. 27 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him. My son : and 2 he said unto him. Here am I. And he said. Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death. 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take 4 me venison ; and make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat ; that my 5 soul may bless thee before I die. And Bebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. 6 And Bebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Be- ss ch, 21. 31. 2 Pro. 27. 1. Jam. 4. 15. & 49. 28. Deut. 39 ch. 3G. 2. 14. 33. 1. 49 ch. 27. 46, & 28. 3 ch. 25. 27, 28. f See ch. 21. 31. 1,8. * ver. 27. ch, 48. 9, g Heb. bitterness of 7 ch. 48. 10. 1 Sam. spirit. 3. 2. GENESIS, XXVIL 39 Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death. 8 Now therefore, my son, ®obey my voice according to that which I command thee. 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats ; and I will make them ® savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth : 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. 11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, ® Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man : 12 My father peradventure will ^ feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver ; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. 13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me he thy curse, my son : only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother : and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved. 15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son : 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck : 17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 18 T[ And he came unto his father, and said. My father : and he said. Here am I ; who art thou, my son ? 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn ; I have done according as thou badest me : arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. 20 And Isaac said unto his son. How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son ? And he said. Because the Lord thy God brought it to me. 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father ; and he felt him, and said. The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. 23 And he discerned him not, because ^®his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands : so he blessed liim. 24 And he said. Art thou my very son Esau ? And lie said, I am. 25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, ^^that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat : and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 And liis father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. 27 And he came near, and kissed him : and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said. See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed : 28 Therefore God give thee of ^ the dew of heaven, ® ver. 13. 0 ver. 22. 25. 24. 2 Sam. 14. 9. 0 ver. 4. lo ch. 9. 25. Deut. Matt. 27. 25. ’’ ver. 4. 27. 18. 12 ver. 4, 9. » ch. 26. 25. ch. 43. 9. 1 Sam. 23 yer. 27. hold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, 7 saying. Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord 8 before my death. Now therefore, my son, obey my 9 voice according to that which I command thee. Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats ; and I will make them savoury 10 meat for thy father, such as he loveth : and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that 11 he may bless thee before his death. And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother. Behold, Esau my brother is 12 a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a “ deceiver ; and I shall bring a curse upon me, 13 and not a blessing. And his mother said unto him. Upon me be thy curse, my son : only obey my voice, 14 and go fetch me them. And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother : and his mother 15 made savoury meat, such as his father loved. And Rebekah took the goodly raiment of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them 16 upon Jacob her younger son : and she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon 17 the smooth of his neck : and slie gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into 18 the hand of her son Jacob. And he came unto his father, and said. My father : and he said. Here am 19 I ; who art thou, my son ? And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn ; I have done accord- ing as thou badest me : arise, I pray thee, sit and 20 eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. And Isaac said unto his son. How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son ? And he said. Because 21 the Lord thy God sent me good speed. 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 hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands : so he blessed 24 him. And he said. Art thou my very son Esau ? 25 And he said, I am. And he said. Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brouglit it near to him, and he did eat : and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 And his father Isaac said unto him. Come near now, 27 and kiss me, my son. And he came near, and kissed him : and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said. See, the smell of my son Is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed : 28 And God give thee of the dew of heaven, ver. 4, 1? ver. 4. Bent. SS. 13, 2& ver. 12. is Hos. 14. (1. 2 Sam. 1. 21. 23 vor. le. Hel). 11. 20. a Or> mocker. 40 GENESIS, XXVIL and 21 the fatness of the earth, and 22 plenty of corn and wine : 29 28 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and 24 let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee : '25 cursed he every one that curseth thee, and blessed he he that blesseth thee. 30 ^ And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father. Let my father arise, and 26 eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me. 32 And Isaac his father said unto him. Who art thou ? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. 33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said. Who ? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou earnest, and have blessed him ? yea, 21 and he shall be blessed. 34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, 28 he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father. Bless me, even me also, O my father. 35 And he said. Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. 36 And he said, 29 Is not he rightly named Jacob ? for he hath supplanted me these two times : he took away my birthright ; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said. Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me ? 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, 8i Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants ; and 82 with corn and wine have I sustained him : and what shall I do now unto thee, my son ? 38 And Esau said unto his father. Hast thou but one blessing, my father ? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, 88 and wept. 39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, 84 thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above ; 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and 85sLalt serve thy brother ; and 86 it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. 41 ^ And Esau 87 hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him : and Esau said in his heart, 88 The days of mourning for my father are at hand ; 89 then will I slay my brother Jacob. 42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah : and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him. Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice ; and arise, flee thou to Laban iny brother to Haran ; 44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away ; 45 Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him : then I will send, and fetch thee from thence : why should I be deprived also of you both in one day ? 21 ch. 45. 18. 25 ch. 12. 3.' Num. 28 Heb. 12. 17. 22 Deut. 33. 28. 24. 9. 29 ch. 25. 26. 23 ch. 9. 25. & 25. 23. 26 yer. 4. so ch. 25. 33. 24 ch. 49. 8. 27 ch. 28. 3, 4. Rom. Fulfilled, 2 Sam. 11. 29. 8. 14. ver. 29. 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 82 33 34 20 . 36 And of the fatness of the earth. And plenty of corn and wine : Let peoples serve thee. And nations bow down to thee : Be lord over thy brethren. And let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee : Cursed be every one that curseth thee. And blessed be every one that blesseth thee. And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. And he also made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father ; and he said unto his father, I^et my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me. And Isaac his father said unto him. Who art thou ? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn, Esau. And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said. Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou earnest, and have blessed him ? yea, and he shall be blessed. When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father. Bless me, even me also, O my father. And he said. Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing. And he said. Is not he rightly named ^ Jacob ? for he hath sup- planted me these two times : he took away my birthright ; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me ? And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants ; and with corn and wine have I sustained him : and what then shall I do for thee, my son ? And Esau said unto his father. Hast thou but one blessing, my father ? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. And Isaac his father answered and said unto him. Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling. And of the dew of heaven from above ; And by 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. And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him : and Esau said in his heart. The days of mourning for my father are at hand ; then will I slay my brother Jaeob. And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebe- kah ; and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him. Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort liimself, purposing to kill thee. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice ; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran ; and tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away ; until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him : then I will send, and fetch thee from thence : why should I be bereaved of you both in one day ? ver. 28. 8. 14. Obad. 18, 19, 20. Heb. 12. 17. 36 2 Kin. 8. 20. ver. 28. Heb. 11. 37 ch. 37. 4, 8. 38 ch. 50. 3, 4, 10. ch. 25. 23. 2 Sam. 39 obad. 10. 40 Ps. 64. 5. 41 ch. 11. 31. h See ch. 25. 26. c Or, away from. GENESIS, XXVIII. 41 r 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth : if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me ? CHAPTER XXVIII. 1 Isaac bJesseth Jacoby and sendeth Mm to Padnn-aram. 6 Esau mar- rieth Mahalath the daughter of Jshmael. 10 The vision of Jacob's ladder. 18 The stone of Beth-el. 20 Jacob's vow. A nd Isaac called Jacob, and ^ blessed him, and charged liim, and said unto him, ^ Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2 ® Arise, go to ^ Padan-aram, to the house of ® Bethuel thy mother’s father ; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of ® Laban thy mother’s brother. 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a mul- titude of people ; 4 And give thee ® the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee ; that thou mayest inherit the land ® wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob : and he went to Padan- aram luito Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother. 6 ^ When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence ; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying. Thou shalt not take a wife of the daugh- ters of Canaan ; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram ; 8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father ; 9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives winch he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. 10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. 11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up oii^ the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold i®the angels of God ascending and descending ^ on it. 13 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac : the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed ; 14 And 20 thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad 21 to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south : and in thee and 22 in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 And, behold, 231 am with thee, and will 24 keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will 26 bring thee again into this land ; for 20 1 will not leave thee, 2"^ until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. « ch. 2G. 35. &28. 8. 43 ch. 24. 3. 1 ch. 27. 33. 2 cli. 24. 3. 3 Hos. 12. 12. 4 ch. 25. 20. c ch. 22. 23. 6 ch. 24. 29. 2 ch. 17. 1, G. 8 ch. 12. 2. 0 ch. 17. 8. 10 ch. 24. 3. &2G. 35. 41 ch. 3G. 3, she is called Bashemath. 12 ch. 25. 13. 13 Hos. 12. 12. 14 Called, Acts 7. 2, Charran. 13 ch. 41. 1. Job 33. 15. 18 Jolm 1. 51. Heb. 1. 14. 11 ch. 35. 1. & 48. 3. 18 ch. 2G. 24. 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth : if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good 28 shall my life do me ? And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him. Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters 2 of Canaan. Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father ; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban 3 thy mother’s brother. And “God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, 4 that thou 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 unto 5 Abraham. And Isaac sent away Jacob : and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the ^ Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, 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 wife from thence ; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying. Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan ; 7 and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, 8 and was gone to Paddan-aram : and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his fa- 9 ther ; 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 wife. 10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went 11 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 under his head, and lay down in 12 that place to sleep. 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 13 ascending and descending 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, 14 and to thy seed ; and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south : and in thee and in thy seed shall all the 15 families of the earth be blessed. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land ; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which 19 ch. 13. 15. & 35. 12 . 20 ch. 13. IG. 21 ch. 13. 14. Deut. 12 . 20 . 22 cli. 12. 3. & 18. 18. & 22. 18. & 2G. 4. 23 See ver. 20, 21. ch. 2G. 24. & 31. 3. 24 ch. 48. IG. Ps. 121. 5, 7, 8. 23 ch. 35. G. 28 Deut. 31. G, 8. Josli. 1. 5. 1 Kin. 8. 57. Heb. 13. 5. 27 Nura. 23. 19. a Hob. El Shaddoji. b Heb. Aram can. c Heb. the place, d Or, beside h im. c Hob. break forth. 42 GENESIS, XXIX. 16 ^ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place ; and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said. How dreadful is this place ! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el : but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. 20 ^^And Jacob vowed a vow, saying. If ^^God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father’s house in peace ; ®®then shall the Lord be my God : 22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house : and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth imto thee. CHAPTER XXIX. 1 Jacob cometh to the well of Hnran. 9 He taketh acquaintance of Rachel. Vi Laban entertaineth him. VS Jacob covenantelh for Rachel. 23 He is deceived with Leah. 23 He marrieth also Rachel, and serveth ,for her seven years more. 32 Leah beareth Reuben, 33 Simeon, 34 Levi, 35 and Judah '. T hen Jacob went on his journey, ^and came into the land of the people of the east. 2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it ; for out of that well they watered the flocks : and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered : and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place. 4 And Jacob said unto them. My brethren, whence be je? And they said, Of Haran are we. 5 And he said unto them. Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said. We know him. 6 And he said unto them, ^ Is he well? And they said. He is well : and, behold, Rachel his daughter com- eth with the sheep. 7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together : water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. 8 And they said. We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth ; then we water the sheep. 9 ^ And while he yet spake with them, ^ Rachel came with her father’s sheep : for she kept them. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and ^rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and wa- tered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. ~ 11 And Jacob ® kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was ®her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son : and she ran and told her father. 13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the ti- dings of Jacob his sister’s son, that ® he ran to meet him, 28 Ex. 3. 5. Josh. 5. 81 Judg. 1. 23, 26. 36 Judg. 11. 31. 2 15. Hos. 4. 15. Sam. 19. 24, 30. 23 ch. 31. 13, 45. & 32 ch. 31. 13. Judg. so Peut. 26. 17. 2 35. 14. 11. 30. 2 Sam. 15. 8. Sam. 15. 8. 2 Kin. 5. 30 Lev. 8. 10, 11, 12. 33 ver. 15. 17. Num. 7. 1. 34 1 Tim. 6. 8. 37 ch. 35. 7, 14. 38 Lev. 27. 30. 16 I have spoken to thee of. And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said. Surely the Lord is in 17 this place ; 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, and this is the gate of 18 heaven. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under 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 of the city was Luz at the 20 first. And Jacob vowed a vow, saying. If God mil be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to 21 put on, so that I come again to my father’s house 22 in peace, s' then shall the 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 will surely give the tenth unto thee. 29 Then Jacob “ went on his journey, and came to 2 the land of the children of the east. And he looked, a,nd 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 3 mouth was great. And thither were all the flocks gathered : and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone 4 again upon the well’s mouth in its place. And Jacob said unto them. My brethren, whence be ye ? 5 And they said. Of Haran are we. And he said unto them. Know ye Laban the son of Nahor ? And they 6 said. We know him. And he said unto them. Is it well with him ? And they said. It is well : and, be- hold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. 7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together : water 8 j’^e the sheep, and go and feed them. And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth ; then 9 we water the sheep. While he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep ; for she kept 10 them. And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Ra- chel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his 11 mother’s brother. And Jacob kissed Rachel, and 12 lifted up his voice, and wept. And Jacob told Ra- chel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son : and she ran and told her father. 13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, 1 Num. 23. 7. Hos. 12 . 12 . 2 ch. 43. 27. 3 Ex. 2. 16. 4 Ex. 2. 17. 3 ch. 33. 4. & 45. 14, 15. c ch. 13. 8. & 14. 14, 16. 7 ch. 24. 28. 8 ch. 24. 29. / That is. The house of God. <7 Or, and the Lord will be my God, then this stone &c. a Heb. lifted up his feet. GENESIS, XXIX. 43 and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. 14 And Laban said to him, ^ Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. 15 ^ And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought ? tell me, what shall thy wages he ? 16 And Laban had two daughters : the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Eachel. 1 7 Leah laas tender eyed ; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. 18 And Jacob loved Rachel ; and said, ^°I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man : abide with me. 20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel ; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. 21 ^ And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. 22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. 23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him ; and he went in unto her. 24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. 25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah : and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me ? did not I serve with thee for Rachel ? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me ? 26 And Laban said. It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. 27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week : and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. 30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 ^ And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb : but Rachel was barren. 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben : for she said. Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction ; now therefore my husband will love me. 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and said. Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also : and she called his name Simeon. 34 And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and said. Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons : therefore was his name called Levi. 35 And she conceived again, and bare a son : and she said. Now will I praise the Lord : therefore she called his name Judah ; and left bearing. 9 ch. 2. 23. Judg. 9. ^ ch. 30. 26. Hos. u Judg. 14. 12. 2. 2 Sam. 5. 1. & 19. 12. 12. ver. 20. Deut. 12,13. .Judg. 1.5. 1. 21.15. lOch. 31. 41. 2 Sam. ^3 14. ly, 10 yj,. 30. ^ 31 3. 14. 2. 1, 2. 41. Ho.s. 12. 12. and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. 14 And Laban said to him. Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of 15 a month. And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for pought ? tell me, what shall thy wages be ? 16 And Laban had two daughters : the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was 17 Rachel. And Leah’s eyes were tender ; but Rachel 18 was beautiful and well favoured. And Jacob loved Rachel ; and he sfiid, I will serve thee seven years 19 for Rachel thy younger daughter. And Laban said. It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man : abide with me. 20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel ; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he 21 had to her. And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in 22 unto her. And Laban gathered together all the 23 men of the place, and made a feast. And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daugh- ter, and brought her to him ; and he went in unto 24 her. And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto 25 his daughter Leah for an handmaid. And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah : and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me ? did not I serve with thee for Rachel ? 26 wherefore then hast thou beguiled me ? And La- ban said. It is not so done in our place, to give the 27 younger before the firs^orn. Fulfil the week of this one, and we will givP'thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven 28 other years. And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week : and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his 30 handmaid to be her handmaid. And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 And the Lord saw that Leah was hated, and he 32 opened her womb : but Rachel was barren. And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben : for she said. Because the Lord ^ hath looked upon my affliction ; for now my hus- 33 band will love me. And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and said. Because the Lord hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this son also : and she called his name Simeon. 34 And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and said. Now this time will my husband be ® joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons : therefore was 35 his name called Levi. And she conceived again, and bare a son : and she said. This time will I f praise the Lord : therefore she called his name S' Judah ; and she left bearing. IT Ps. 127. 3. 18 ch. 30. 1. 19 Ex. 3. 7. & 4. 31. Deut. 26. 7. Ps. 25. 18. & 106. 44. 20 Matt. 1. 2. b Ileb. raah heonyi. c Heb. shama. d Heb. IShvmeon. e From the root lava/). f From the Heb. /)&dah. ver, 7. 86 Ps. 124. 1, 2. 3' ver. 53. Is. 8. 13. 38 ch. 29. 32. Ex. 3. 7. 39 1 Clu:. 12. 17. Jude 9. 40 ch. 26. 28. 41 Josh. 24. 27. 42 ch, 28. 18, 43 Josh, 24, 27, 44JudR. 11. 29. 1 Sam. 7. 5. found of all thy household stuff ? Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge 38 betwixt us two. This twenty years have I been with thee ; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not 39 eaten. That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee ; I bare the loss of it ; of ray hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or 40 stolen by night. Thus I was ; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night ; and 41 my sleep fled from mine eyes. These twenty years have I been in thy house ; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock : and thou hast changed my wages ten times. 42 Except the God of my fatlier, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and 43 rebuked thee yesternight. And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daugh- ters, and the children are my cliildren, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine : and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or 44 unto their children which they have borne ? And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou ; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren. Gather stones ; and they took stones, and made an heap : and they 47 did eat there by the heap. And Laban called it O' Jegar-sahadutha : but Jacob called it Galeed. 48 And Laban said. This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it 49 called Galeed ; and * Mizpah, for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are J absent 50 one from another. If thou shalt afflict my daugh- ters, and if thou shalt take wives beside my daughters, no man is with us ; see, God is witness betwixt me 51 and thee. And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set betwixt 52 me and thee. This heap be witness, and the pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and 53 this pillar unto me, for harm. The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the ^ God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of 54 his father Isaac. And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread : and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the 55 mountain. * And early in the morning Laban rose ch. 16. 5. of WiiitesSf In Arii^ t That isj The watch- 46 ch. 21. 23. maic. lower t 47 ver. 42. h That is, The heap j Heb. hidden, g That is, The heap of witness, in Hebrew. k Or, hods. *[Ch. 32, 1. iu Ik^b.] GENESIS, XXXII. 49 kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them : and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. CHAPTER XXXII. 1 Jacob's vision at Mahanaim. 3 His message to Esau. 6 He is afraid of Esau's coining. 9 He prayeth for deliverance. 13 He sendeth a yresent to Esau. 24 He wrestleth with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel. 31 He halteth. A nd Jacob went on his way, and ^the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said. This is God’s 2 host : and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother ^ unto the land of Seir, ^ the country of Edom. 4 And he commanded them, saying, ® Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau ; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now : 5 And ®I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menser- vants, and womenservants : and I have sent to tell my lord, that ^ I may find grace in thy sight. G ^ And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also ®he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and ® distressed : and he divided the people that was with liim, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands ; 8 And said. If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall es- cape. 9 ^ And Jacob said, O God of my father Abra- ham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me. Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee : 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant ; for with ^^my staff I passed over this Jordan ; and now I am become two bands. 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau : for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. 12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make tliy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. 13 ^ And he lodged there that same night ; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother ; 14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 15 Tliirty milch camels with their colts, forty kinc, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. IG And he delivered them into the hand of his ser- vants, every drove by themselves ; and said unto his servants. Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the foremost, saying. When Esau my brother meetetli 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 servant Jacob’s ; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau : and, behold, also he is behind us. 48 ch. 28. 1. 40 ch. 18. 3.3. & 30. 2.3. 1 Ps. 91. 11. Heb. 1. 14. 5. 14. Ps. 103. 21. & 148. 2. Luke 2. 13. 3 ch. 33. 14, IG. 4ch. 3G. G, 7, 8. Dout. 2. 5. Jush. 21. 4. r- Pro. 1.5. 1. 6 ch. 30. 43. 7 cli. 3.3. 8, 15. 8 ch. 3:5. 1. 0 ch. 35. 3. up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them : and Laban departed, and returned 32 unto his place. And Jacob went on his way, and 2 the angels of God met him. And Jacob said when he saw them. This is God’s host : and he called the name of that place “Mahanaim. 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom. 4 And he commanded them, saying. Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau ; Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed 5 until now : and I have oxen, and asses and flocks, and menservants and maidservants : and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy G sight. And the messengers returned to Jacob, say- ing, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with 7 him. Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was dis- tressed : and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, 8 into two companies ; and he said. If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company 9 which is left shall escape. And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, which saidst unto me. Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee 10 good : ^ I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant ; for with my staff I passed over this 11 Jordan ; and now I am become two companies. De- liver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau : for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children. 12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot 13 be numbered for multitude. And he lodged there that night ; and took of that which he had with 14 him a present for Esau his brother ; two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes 15 and twenty rams, tliirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and IG ten foals. And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself ; and said unto his servants. Pass over before me, and put a space 17 betwixt drove and drove. And he commanded the foremost, saying. When Esau my brother meetetli thee, and asketh thee, saying. Whose art thou ? and whither goest thou ? and whose are these before 18 thee ? then thou shalt say. They be thy servant Jacob’s ; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau : W Ps. 50. 15. 14 ch. 28. 13. 13 cl.. 31. 3, 13. 18 cli. 24. 27. 1* Job 8. 7. ic Ps. 59. 1, 2. K' llos. 10. 14. u ch. 28. 13, 14, 15. '8ch. 43. 11. Pro. 18. IG. a That is, Hosts, or. Companies. h Hob. I am less than all (to. 50 GENESIS, XXXIII. 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying. On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. 20 And say ye moreover. Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face ; perad venture he will accept of me. 21 So went the present over before him : and himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, 20 and passed over the ford Jabbok. 23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. 24 T[ And Jacob was left alone ; and there 21 wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and 22 the hol- low of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And 23 he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, 2 ^ I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him. What is thy name ? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, 25 Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou 26 power with God and 2’^ with men, and hast prevailed. 29 And Jacob asked him, and said. Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, 28 Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name ? And he blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel : for 29 1 have seen God face to face, and my life is pre- served. 31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day : because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank. CHAPTER XXXIII. 1 The kindness of Jacob and Esau at their meeting. 17 Jacob cometh to Succoth. 18 At Shalem he buyeth a field., and buildeih an altar called El-elohe-Israel. A nd Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, be- hold, ^ Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 2 And he put the handmaids and their children fore- most, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3 And he passed over before them, and 2 bowed him- self to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4 3 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, ^and fell on his neck, and kissed him : and they wept. 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children ; and said. Who are those with thee ? And he said, The children ® which God hath graciously given thy servant. 19 Pro. 21. 14. 21 Hos. 12. 4. 28 judg. 13. 18. 20 Deut. 3. 16. 25 ch. 35. 10. 2 Kin. 29 ch. 16. 13, Ex. 24. 21 Hos. 12. 3, 4. Eph. 17. »4. 11. & 33. 20. Deut. 5. 6 . 12. 20 Hos. 12. 3, 4. 24. ,Tudg. 0. 22. & 13. 22 See Matt. 26. 41. 27 25. 31. & 27. 22. Is. 6. 5. 2 Cor. 12. 7. 33. i cli. 32. G. 23 See Luke 21. 28. 19 and, behold, he also is behind us. And he com- manded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying. On this mamier shall 20 ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him ; and ye shall say. Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face ; peradveuture he will accept me. 21 So the present passed over before him : and he him- self lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and 23 passed over the ford of Jabbok. And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that 24 he had. And Jacob was left alone ; and there wrestled a man with liiin until the breaking of the 25 day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained, as he 26 wrestled with him. And he said. Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee 27 go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, 28 What is thy name ? And he said, Jacob. And he said. Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for thou hast ® striven with God and with 29 men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said. Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said. Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my 30 name? And he blessed liim there. And Jacob called the name of the place / Peniel : for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is pre- 31 served. And the sun rose upon him as he passed 32 over Penuel, and he halted upon liis thigh. There- fore the cliildren of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip wliicli is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day : because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew 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 unto 2 Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her cliildren after, and Rachel and Joseph 3 hindermost. And he himseK passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, 4 until he came near to his brother. And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, 5 and kissed him : and they wept. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children ; and said, Who are these with thee ? And he said. The children which God liath graciously given thy ser- 2ch. 18. 2. & 42. 6. cThat is, Be who and thou shall prevail & 43. 26. striveth with God, or, against men. 3 ch, 32. 28. God striveth. e Or, had power 4 ch, 45. 14, 15. d The Sept, and Vul- with. 6 ch. 48. 9. Ps. 127. gate have, thou hast / That is. The face 3. Is. 8. 18. had power with God, of God. 51 GENESIS, XXXIV. 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Leah also with her cliildren came near, and bowed themselves : and after came Joseph near and Kachel, and they bowed themselves. 8 And he said. What meanest thou by ® all this drove which I met ? And he said. These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother ; keep that thou hast unto thyself. 10 And Jacob said. Nay, I pfay thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand : for therefore I ® have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 11 Take, I pray thee, ®my blessing that is brought to tliee ; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it. 12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13 And he said unto him. My lord knowcth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me : and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. 14: Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his ser- vant : and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to en- dure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. 15 And Esau said. Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said. What need- eth it ? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. 16 ^ So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle : therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. 18 ^ And Jiltob came to Shalem, a city of She- chem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram ; and pitched his tent before the city. 19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Ham or, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money. 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it El- elohe-Israel. CHAPTER XXXIV. 1 Dlnnh is ravished hy Shechem. 4 He siteth to marry her. 13 The sons of Jacob offer the condition of circumcision to the Shechemites. 20 Hamor and She,chem persuade them to accept it. 25 The sons of Jacob upon that (ulvantage slay them, 27 and spoil their city. 30 Ja- cob reproveth Simeon and Lev%. A nd 1 Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, ^ went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And when Sheehem the son qf Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, ^ saw her, he ^ took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. 4 And Shechem ^ spake unto his father Hamor, say- ing, Get me this damsel to wife. 6 ch. .32. IG. 25. 27. & 30. 2G. 2 Kin. ’3 .Tosh. 13. 27. Judg. 7 ch. 32. 5. 6. 15. 8. 5. Ps. GO. G. 8 ch. 43. 3. 2 Sam. 2 Kin. 5. 23. .Tohn 3. 23. 3. 13. & 14. 24, 28, 32. ch. 32. 3. Jo Josh. 24. 1. Judg. Matt. 18. 10. i2cli. 34. 11. & 47. 9. 1. » Judg. 1. 15. 1 Sam. 25. Ruth 2. 13. ’c Josh. 24. 32. John 4. 5. 6 vant. Then the handmaids eame near, they and 7 their children, and they bowed themselves. And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves : and after came Joseph near and Ra- 8 chel, and they bowed themselves. And he said. What meanest thou by all this company which I met ? And he said. To find grace in the sight of 9 my lord. And Esau said, I have enough ; my 10 brother, let that thou hast be thine. And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand : « forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seetli 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 graciously with me, and be- cause I have enough. And he urged him, and he 12 took it. And he said. Let us take our journey, and 13 let us go, and I will go before thee. And he said unto him. My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me give suck : and if they overdrive them one day, all the 14 flocks will die. Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant : and I will lead on softly, ac- cording to the pace of the cattle that is before me and according to the pace of the children, until I 15 come unto my 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 16 find grace in the sight of my lord. So Esau returned 17 that day on his way unto Seir. And Jacob jour- neyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle : therefore the name of the place is called ^ Succoth. 18 And Jacob came ® in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from 19 Paddan-aram ; and encamped before the city. And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Sheehem’s father, for an hundred f pieces of 20 money. And he erected there an altar, and called it S' El-elohe-Israel. 34 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of 2 the land. And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her ; and he 3 took her, and lay with her, and humbled her. And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of »Tacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake "kindly unto 4 the damsel. And Shechem spake unto his father 17 ch. 35. 7. 1 ch. 30. 21. 2 Tit. 2. 5. 8 ch. G. 2. Judg. 14. 1. 4 Ch. 20. 2. e Judg. 14. 2. a Or, for therefore have T seen, b Hob. ble.s.sing. f Hcl). all. (1 Tliat is, Booths, e Or, to Shalem, a city. /Hch. kesitah. y Th.at is, God, the God of Israel. a Hch. to the heart of the damsel. 52 GENESIS, XXXIV. 6 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter : now his sons were with his cattle in the field : and Jacob ®held his peace until they were come. 6 T[ And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he ® had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter ; ® which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying. The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter : I pray you give her him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 10 And ye shall dwell with us : and the land shall be before you ; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. 11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren. Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. 12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me : but give me the damsel to wife. 13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister : 14 And they said unto them. We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncireumcised ; for that were a reproach unto us : 15 But in this wdll we consent unto you : If ye will be as we &e, that every male of you be circumcised ; 16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circum- cised ; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. 18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter : and he was more honourable than all the house of his father. 20 ^ And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, 21 These men are peaceable with us ; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein ; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them ; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. 22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. 23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of their’s he our’s ? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. 24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city ; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. 25 ^ And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon 6 1 Sam. 10. 27. 2 « Josh. 7. 15. Judg. Jo ch. 13. 9. & 20. Bam. 13. 22. 20. G. 15, 7 ch. 49. 7. 2 Sam. « Dent. 23. 17. 2 ch. 42. .34. 13 . 21 . Sam. 13. 12. 12 ch. 47. 27. 5 Hamor, saying. Get 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 6 Jacob held his peace until they came. And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to com- 7 mune with him. And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it : and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s 8 daughter ; which thing ought not to be done. And Hamor communed with them, saying. The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter : I pray 9 you give her unto him to wife. And make ye mar- riages with us ; give your daughters unto us, and 10 take our daughters unto you. And ye shall dwell with us : and the land shall be before you ; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions 11 therein. And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren. Let me find grace in your eyes, 12 and what ye shall say unto me I will give. Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me : but give 13 me the damsel to wife. And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their 14 sister, and said unto them. We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised ; for 15 that were a reproach unto us : only on this condition will we consent unto you : if ye will be as we be, 16 that every male of you be circumcised ; then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, 17 and we will become one people. But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised ; then will we 18 take our daughter, and we will be gone. And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Plamor’s son. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s cj^ughter : and he was honoured above all the house of his father. 20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed wdth the men of 21 their city, saying, These men are peaceable with us ; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein ; for, behold, the land is large enough for them ; let us take their daughters to us for wives, 22 and let us give them our daughters. Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us 23 be circumcised, as they are circumcised. Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours ? only let us consent unto them, and they 24 will dwell with us. And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city ; and every male was circumcised, 25 all that went out of the gate of his city. And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, 13 Ex. 22. 10, 17. 14 See 2 Sam. 13. 24, m 1 Clir. 4. 9. Deut. 22. 29. 1 Sam. &c. n cli. 23. 10. 18. 25. 13 Josh. 5. 9. 18 ch. 49. 5, 6, 7. GENESIS, XXXV. 63 and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. 26 And they slew Hainor and Sliecliem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, 29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, ^^Ye have ^ troubled me to make me to stink among the inhab- itants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Periz- zites : and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me ; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. 31 And they said. Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot ? CHAPTER XXXV. 1 God xendeth Jacob to Bcth-el. 2 He purgeth his house of idols. 6 He bnildeih an altar at Beth-el. 8 Deborah dieth at AUon-bachuth. 9 God blcsseth Jacob at Beth-el. 16 Rachel travaileth of Benjamin, and dieth in the way to Edar. 22 Reuben lieth with Bilhah. 23 The sons of Jacob. 27 Jacob cometh to Isaac at Hebron. 28 The age, death, and burial of Isaac. A nd God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to ^ Beth-el, and dwell there : and make there an altar unto God, 2 that appeared unto thee ^when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his ^household, and to all that were with him. Put away *^the strange gods that are among you, and ® be clean, and change your gar- ments : 3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el ; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, ® and was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their ^ earrings which were in their ears ; and Jacob hid them under the oak which teas by Shechem. 5 And they journeyed : and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 6 So Jacob came to i^Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el : because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak : and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth. 9 *[f And i®God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said unto him. Thy name is Jacob : thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name : and he called his name Israel. 11 And God said unto him, ^^I am God Almighty : 19 ch. 49. f), 3 ch. 27. 43. 8 ch. 28. 20. & 31. 3, 29 Josh. 7. 25. * ch. 18. 19. Josh. 42. 21 Ex. 5. 21. 1 Sam. 24. 15. 9 Hos. 2. 13. 13. 4. 0 ch. 31 . 19, 34. Josh. lo Josh. 24. 2G. Judg. 22 Deut. 4. 27. Ps. 24. 2, 23. 1 Sam. 7. 3. 9. 0. 105. 12. c Ex. 19. 10. 11 Ex. 1.5. 10. & 23. 1 ch. 28. 19. 1 ch. 32. 7, 24. Ps. 27. & 34. 24. Deut. 11. 2 ch. 28. 13. 107. 6. Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city ^unawares, and slew all the 26 males. And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out 27 of Shechem’s house, and went forth. The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, be- 28 cause they had defiled their sister. They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the 29 field ; and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and spoiled, even 30 all that was in the house. And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites : and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me ; and I shall be destroyed, I and 31 my house. And they said. Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot ? 35 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there : and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fled- 2 dest from the face of Esau thy brother. Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all tliat were with him. Put away the strange gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your gar- 3 ments : and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el ; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in 4 the way which I went. And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears ; and Jacob hid 5 them under the “ oak which was by Shechem. And they journeyed : and ^ a great terror was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not 6 pursue after the sous of Jacob. So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were witli him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place ^ El-beth-el : because there God was revealed unto 8 him, when he fled from the face of his brother. And Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak ; and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he 10 came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. And God said unto him. Thy name is Jacob : thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy 11 name : and he called his name Israel. And God said unto him, I am God Almighty : be fruitful and 25. Josh. 2. 9. & 5. 1. Hos. 12. 4. b Hob. a terror of 1 Sam. 14. 15. 2 Chr. u di. 17. 5. God. 14. 14. 18 ch. 32. 28. c Tliat is, The God 12 ch. 28. 19, 22. 19 ch. 17. 1. & 48. 3, of Beth-el. 13 Eccles. 5. 4. 4. Ex. 0. 3. d That is, The oak 11 ch. 28. 13. b Or, boldly. of weeping. 19 ch. 24. 59. a Or, terebinth. e Heb. El Shaddui. 54 GENESIS, XXXVI. be fruitful and multiply ; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins ; 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. 13 And' God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a j)illar of stone ; and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, ^^Beth-el. 16 And they jo^lrneyed from Beth-el ; and there was but a little way to come to Eplirath : and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her. Fear not ; ^^thou shalt have this son also. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni : but his father called him Benjamin. 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Eplirath, which is Bethlehem. 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave : that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day. 21 ^ And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent be- yond the tower of Edar. 22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his fa- ther’s concubine ; and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve : 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, .Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun : 24 The sons of Rachel ; Joseph, and Benjamin : 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid ; Dan, and Naphtali : 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid ; Gad, and Asher : these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. 27 ^ And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto 32 Mamre, unto the 33 city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. 28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and four- score years. 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and 34 was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days : and 35 his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. CHAPTER XXXVI. 1 Esau's three unves. 6 Ilis removing to mount Eeir. 9 His sons. 15 The ihihes which descended of his sons. 20 The .sons and. dukes of Seir. 24 Anah findcth mules. 31 The kings of Edom. 40 The dukes that descended of Esau. these are the generations of Esau, ^who is J3I Edom. 2 2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan ; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and 3 Aholiba- mah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite ; 3 And ^Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth. 20 ch. 17. 5, 6, 16. & 25 ch. 30. 24. 1 Sam. 29 Mic. 4, 8. 28. 3. & 48. 4. 4. 20. so ch. 49. 4. 1 Chr. 21 ch. 12. 7. & 13. 15. 2 g cli. 48. 7. 5. 1. See 2 Sam. 16. & 26. 3, 4. & 28. 13. 27 Ruth 1. 2. & 4. 11. 22. & 20. 3. 1 Cor. 23 ch. 17. 22. Mic. 5. 2. Matt. 2. 6. 5. 1. 23 ch. 28. 18. 28 1 Sam. 10. 2. 2 8i ch. 40. 8. Ex. 1. 2. 24 ch. 28. 19. Sam. 18. 18. multiply ; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins ; 12 and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will 13 I give the land. And God went up from him in the 14 place where he spake with him. And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spake with him, a pil- lar of stone : and he poured out a drink offering 15 thereon, and poured oil thereon. And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, 16 Beth-el. And they journeyed from Beth-el ; and there was still some way to come to Eplirath : and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her. Fear not ; for now 18 thou shalt have another son. And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni : but his father called him 19 S' Benjamin. And Rachel died, and was buried in 20 the way to Eplirath (the same is Beth-lehem). And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave : the same is 21 the Pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day. And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the 22 tower of Eder. And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine : and Israel heard of it. 23 Now the sons of Jacob were twelve : the sons of Leah ; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and 24 Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun : the 25 sons of Rachel ; Joseph and Benjamin : and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid ; Dan and 26 Naphtali : and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid ; Gad and Asher : these are the sons of Jacob, which 27 were born to liim in Paddan-aram. And Jacob came unto Isaac his father to Mamre, to Kiriath- arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and 28 Isaac sojourned. And the days of Isaac were an 29 hundred and fourscore years. And Isaac gave np the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his peo- ple, old and full of days ; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him. 36 Now these are the generations of Esau (the same 2 is Edom). Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan ; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the “ daugh- 3 ter of Zibeon the Hivite ; and Basemath Ishmael’s 32 ch. 13. 18. & 23. 2 19. ’33 josh. 14. 15. & 15. 13. 34 ch. 15. 15. * 25. 8. 35 So ch. 25. 9. & 49. 31. 1 ch. 25. 30. 2 ch. 26. 34. 3 ver. 25. 4 ch. 28. 9. f Tliat is, The son of my sorrow. g That is, The son of the right hand. a Some ancient au- thorities have, son. See ver. 24. GENESIS, XXXVI. 55 4 And ^Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz ; and Basliemath bare Reuel ; 5 And Aholibamah bare Jeusli, and Jaalam, and Korah : these are the sons of Esau, which were bom unto him in the land of Canaan. 6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cat- tle, and all liis beasts, and all his substance, wliich he had got in the land of Canaan ; and went into the coun- try from the face of his brother Jacob. 7 ®For their riches were more than that they might dwell together ; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle. 8 Thus dwelt Esau in ® mount Seir : ® Esau is Edom. 9 ^ And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir : 10 These are the names of Esau’s sons ; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the sou of Basliemath the wife of Esau. 11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. < 12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son ; and she bare to Eliphaz ^^Amalek : these loere the sous of Adah Esau’s wife. 13 And these are the sons of Reuel ; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah : these were the sons of Basliemath Esau’s wife. 14 If And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife : and she bare to Esau Jeusli, and Jaalam, and Korah. 15 ^ These were dukes of the sons of Esau : the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau ; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, 16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Anialek : these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom ; these were the sons of Adah. 17 If And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son ; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Miz- zah : these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom ; these are the sons of Basliemath Esau’s wife. 18 ^ And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau’s wife ; duke Jeusli, duke Jaalam, duke Korah : these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife. 19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes. 20 ^ These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land ; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anali, 21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan : these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and He- mam ; and Lotan’s sister was Timna. 23 And the children of Shobal were these ; Alvan, and Manahatli, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 And these are the children of Zibeon ; both Ajah, and Anah : this was that Anah that found ^ the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his fatlier. 25 And the children of Anah were these ; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah. c 1 Chr. 1. 35. 0 ver. 1. 12 i chr. 1. 38. •’> ch. 13. 0, 11. 1" 1 Chr. 1. 35, &c. is di. 14. G. Dout. 2 ch. 17. 8. & 28. 4. 11 Kx. 17. 8, 14. 2. 12, 22. « ch. 32. 3. Dcut. 2. Num. 24. 20. 1 Sain. 5. Josh. 24. 4. 15. 2, 3, &c. 4 daughter, sister of Nebaioth. And Adah bare to 5 Esau Eliphaz ; and Basemath bare Reuel ; and Oholibauiah bare Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah : these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto 6 him in the land of Canaan. And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan ; and went into a land away from his 7 brother Jacob. For their substance was too great for them to dwell together ; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their 8 cattle. And Esau dwelt in mount Seir : Esau is 9 Edom. And these are the generations of Esau the 10 father of ^ the Edomites in mount Seir : these are the names of Esau’s sons ; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife 11 of Esau. And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, 12 Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s sou ; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek : these are the sons of Adah 13 Esau’s wife. And these are the sons of Reuel ; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah : these 14 were the sons of Basemath Esau’s wife. And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife : and she bare 15 to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. These are the dukes of the sous of Esau : the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau ; duke Teman, duke Omar, 16 duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, duke Korah, duke Gatam, duke Amalek : these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom ; these are the sons of 17 Adah. And these are the sous of Reuel Esau’s son ; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Miz- zah : these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom ; these are the sons of Basemath Esau’s 18 wife. And these are the sons of Oholibamah Esau’s wife ; duke Jeush, duke Jalam, duke Korah : these are the dukes that came of Oholibamah the daughter 19 of Anah, Esau’s wife. These are the sous of Esau, and these are their dukes : the same is Edom. 20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhab- itants of the land ; Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and 21 Anah, and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan : these are the dukes that came of the Horites, the children of Seir 22 in the land of Edom. And the children of Lotan were Hori and ‘’Hcmam ; and Lotan’s sister was 23 Timna. And these are the children of Shobal ; Alvan and Manahatli and Ebal, 0 Shepho and 24 Onam. And these are the children of Zibeon ; Aiah and Anah : this is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his 25 father. And these are the children of Anah ; Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. H See Lev. 19. 19. d Or, chiefs. /In 1 Chr. 1.40, /) Uah. J^Jdoni. e In 1 Chr. 1. 39, Alvm. V. In 1 Clir. 1. 3G, llumnnt,. ij In 1 CJir. 1. 40, Zejdii. Shejdii. 56 GENESIS, 26 And these are the children of Dishon ; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 27 The children of Ezer are these ; Bilhan, and Zaa- van, and Akan. 28 The children of Dishan are these ; Uz, and Aran. 29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites ; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan : these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. 31 If And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. 32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom : and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned m his stead. 34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead. 35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead : and the name of liis city was Avith. 36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth hy the river reigned in his stead. 38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 39 And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead : and the name of his city was Pau ; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names ; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, 41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram : these he the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession : he is Esau the father of the Edomites. CHAPTER XXXVII. 2 Joseph is hated of his brethren. 5 His two dreams. 13 Jacob sendeth him to visit his brethren. 18 His brethren conspire his death. 21 Reu- ben saveth him. 26 They sell him to the Ishmeelites. 31 His father, deceived by the bloody coat, mourneth for him. 36 He is sold to Poti- pharin Egypt. A nd Jacob dwelt in the land ^ wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren ; and the lad ivas with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives : and Joseph brought unto his father ^ their evil report. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his chil- dren, because he was ® the son of his old age : and he made him a coat of many colours. 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they ^ hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. 5 ^ And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren ; and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed : ic 1 Chr, 1. 43. u 1 Clir. 1. 51. 2 1 Sam. 2. 22, 23, 1C 1 Chr. 1. 50, Ha- i cli. 17. 8. & 23. 4. 24. dad Pai. After liis & 28. 4. & 36. 7. Heb. 3 ch. 44. 20. death was aii Aristo- 11. 9. i ch. 27. 41. & 49. cracy. Ex. 15. 15. 23. XXXVII. 26 And these are the children of Dishon ; * Hemdan 27 and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran. These are the children of Ezer ; Bilhan and Zaavan and ^ Akan. 28 These are the children of Dishan ; Uz and Aran. 29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites ; duke 30 Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan : these are the dukes that came of the Horites, according to their dukes in the land of Seir. 31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the 32 children of Israel. And Bela the son of Beor reigned m Edom ; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Boz- 34 rah reigned in his stead. And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his 35 stead. And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead : and the name of his city was 36 Avith. And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah 37 reigned in his stead. And Samlah died, and Shaul 38 of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead. And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned 39 in his stead. And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and * Hadar reigned in his stead : and the name of his city was ^ Pau ; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of 40 Me-zahab. And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names ; duke Timnah, duke^ 41 Alvah, duke Jetheth ; duke Oholibamah, duke 42 Elah, duke Pinon ; duke Renaz, duke Teman, duke 43 Mibzar ; duke Magdiel, duke Iram : these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau the father of ” the Edomites. 37 And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s so- 2 journings, in the land of Canaan. These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren ; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives : and Joseph brought 3 the evil report of them unto their father. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, be- cause he was the son of his old age : and he made 4 him “ a coat of many colours. And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren ; and they hated him, and could not speak 5 peaceably unto him. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren : and they hated him 6 yet the more. And he said unto them. Hear, I pray h Heb. Dishan. A In 1 Chr. 1. 50, m In \ Chr. 1. 6t, i In 1 Chr. 1. 41, and some ancient an- Aliah. Hamran. thorities, Hadad. n Heb. Edom. j In 1 Chr. 1. 42, I In 1 Chr. 1. 50, a Or, a long garment Jaakan. Pai. tvith sleeves. GENESIS, XXXVII. 57 7 For, ^ behold, we icere binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright ; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us ? or shalt thou . indeed have dominion over us ? And they Hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for liis words. 9 ^ And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his bretliren, and said. Behold, I have dreamed a dream more ; and, behold, ®the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. 10 And he told it to liis father, and to his brethren : and his father rebuked him, and said unto him. What is tliis dream that thou hast dreamed ? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth ? 11 And ® his brethren envied him ; but his father ® observed the saying. 12 ^ And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy bretliren feed the Jloch in Shechem ? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to liim, Here am I. 14 And he said to liim. Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy bretlu*en, and well with the flocks ; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 ^ And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field ; and the man asked liim, saying. What seekest thou ? 16 And he said, I seek my brethren : tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. 17 And the man said. They are departed hence ; for I heard them say. Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. 18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. 19 And they said one to another. Behold, this dreamer cometh. 20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say. Some evil beast hath devoured him : and we shall see what will become of his dreams. 21 And Reuben heard iV, and he delivered him out of their hands ; and said. Let us not kill him. 22 And Reuben said unto them. Shed no blood, hut cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him ; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. 23 ^ And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him ; 24 And they took him, and east him into a pit : and the pit teas empty, there was no water in it. 25 And they sat down to eat bread : and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bear- ing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood ? e ch. 42. 6, 9. & 43. » Dan. 7. 28. Luke « i Sam. 19. 1. Pk. 2G. &44. 14. 2. 19, 51. 31. 13. & :i7. 12, 32. .Vk «cli. 46. 29. lOch. 35. 27. 94. 21. Matt. 27. 1. T ch. 27. 29. 11 Cant. 1. 7. Mark 14. 1. .John Jl. 8 Acts 7. 9. 1^ 2 Kin. G. 13. 53. Acta 23. 12. 7 you, this dream which I have dreamed : for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright ; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and made obeisance 8 to my sheaf. And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us ? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us ? And they hated him yet 9 the more for his dreams, and for his words. And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said. Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream ; and, behold, the sun and the moon and 10 eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he told it to his father, and to his brethren ; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him. What is this dream that thou hast dreamed ? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down our- 11 selves to thee to the earth ? And his brethren envied him ; but his father kept the saying in mind. 12 And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in 13 Shechem. And Israel said unto Joseph, Do liot thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem ? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, 14 Here am I. And he said to him. Go now, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flock ; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to 15 Shechem. And a certain man found him, and, be- hold, he was wandering in the field : and the man 16 asked him, saying. What seekest thou ? And he said, I seek my brethren : tell me, I pray thee, 17 where they are feeding the flock. And the man said. They are departed hence : for I heard them say. Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after 18 his brethren, and found them in Dothan. And they saw him afar oft’, and before he came near unto 19 them, they conspired against him to slay him. And they said one to another. Behold, this ^dreamer 20 cometh. Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say. An evil beast hath devoured him ; and we shall see 21 what will become of his dreams. And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand ; and 22 said. Let us not take his life. And Reuben said unto them. Shed no blood ; east him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him : that he might deliver him out of their hand, to rc- 23 store him to his father. And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colours that 24 was on him ; and they took him, and cast him into the pit : and the pit was empty, there was no water 25 in it. And they sat down to eat bread : and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a tra- velling company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing s^jicery and ^ balm and 26 ® myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. And fJudah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we ’•» Pro. 1. 11, IG. & G. 17. iV 27. 4. < li. 42. 22. I’ro. 30. 20. Amos (;. G. Soo vor. 28, 36. 18 .Jer. 8. 22. i-J vor. 20. ch. 4. 10. Job IG. IS. b lleb. HKistcr oj' dreams. c Or, ffimi. traga- canlh. Or, storax. (/ Or, via.sfic. c Or, ludanum. 58 GENESIS, XXXVIII. 27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and 20 let not our hand be upon him ; for he is our brother and 22 our flesh. And his brethren were content. 28 Then there passed by 23 Midianites merchantmen ; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, 2^ and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for 25 twenty pieces of silver : and they brought Joseph into Egypt. 29 ^ And Eeuben returned unto the pit ; and, be- hold, Joseph was not in the pit ; and he 26 rent his clothes. 30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said. The cliild 27 is not ; and I, whither shall I go ? 31 And they took 28 Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood ; 32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father ; and said. This have we found : know now whether it he thy son’s coat or no. 33 And he knew it, and said. It is my son’s coat ; an 23 evil beast hath devoured him ; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. 34 And Jacob ®3rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for liis son many days. 35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him ; but he refused to be comforted ; and he said. For ^2 I will go down mto the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for liim. 36 And the Midianites sold liim into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard. CHAPTER XXXVIII. 1 Judah begetteth Er, Onan, and Shelah. 6 Er marrieth Tamar. 8 The trespass of Onan. 11 Tamar stayeth for Shelah. 13 She deceiveth Judah. 27 She beareth twins, Pharez and Zarah. A nd it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and ^ turned in to a cer- tain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 And Judah 2 saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was ^ Shuali ; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And she conceived, and bare a son ; and he called his name ^ Er. 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and she called his name ® Onan. 5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son ; and called his name ® Shelah : and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. 7 And ® Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord ; 3 and tlie Lord slew liim. 8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto i3thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. 9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his ; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to liis brother. 10 And the thing which he did displeased the Lord ; wherefore he slew ^2 him also. 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, 20 1 Sam. 18. 17. 27 ch. 42. 13, 36. Jer. 32 ch. 42. 38, & 44. 2ich. 42. 21. 31.15. 29,31. 22 ch. 29. 14. 28 ver, 23. 33 ch. 39. 1. 23 Jndp. G. 3. 2 u ver. 20. ch. 44. i ch. 19. 3. 2 Kin. 24 cli. 45. 4, 5. Ts. 28. 4. 8. 105. 17. Acts 7. 9. 30 ver. 29. 2 Sam. 2 cli. 34. 2. 23 Matt 27. 9. 3. 31. 3 1 Chr, 2. 3. 23 Job 1. 20. 31 2 Sam. 12. 17. 27 slay our brother and conceal his blood ? Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him ; for he is our brother, our 28 flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him. And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen ; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of 29 silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt. And Reuben returned unto the pit ; and, behold, Joseph 30 was not in the pit ; and he rent his clothes. And he returned unto his brethren, and said. The child 31 is not ; and I, whither shall I go ? And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the 32 coat in the blood ; and they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father ; and said. This have we found : know now whether it be 33 thy son’s coat or not. And he knew it, and said. It is my son’s coat ; an evil beast hath devoured him ; 34 Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces. And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, 35 and mourned for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him ; but he refused to be comforted ; and he said. For I will go down to -^ tlie grave to my son mourning. 36 And his father wept for him. And the » Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the * captain of the guard. 38 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain 2 Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Sima ; and he took her, and went in unto 3 her. And she conceived, and bare a son ; and he 4 called his name Er. And she conceived again, and 5 bare a son ; and she called his name Onan. And she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah : and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her 7 name was Tamar. And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord ; and the Lord slew 8 him. And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and “perform the duty of an hus- band’s brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy 9 brother. And Onan knew that the seed should not be his ; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, 10 lest he should give seed to his brother. And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of the 11 Lord : and he slew him also. Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law. Remain a widow in thy 4ch. 46. 12. Num. 26. 19. 3 ch. 46. 12, Num, 26. 19. 0 cli, 46, 12. Num, 26. 20. ^ ch. 21. 21. ech. 46, 12, Num. 26. 19. 9 1 Chr. 2. 3. 40 Deut, 25. 5. Matt, 22. 24, 4' Deut. 25. 6. 42 ch, 46. 12, Num- 26. 19. / Heb- Shcol, the name of the abode of the dead, answering to the Gceek Hades, Acts 2 . 27. g Heb, Medanitcs. h Heb, chief of the executioners, a See Deut. 25. 5. GENESIS, XXXVIII. 59 IS Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown : for he said. Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house. 12 ^ And in process of time the daughter of Shnah Judah’s wife died ; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. 14 And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath ; for she saw that Shelah was grown, ani^ she was not given unto him to wife. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to he an har- lot ; because she had covered her face. 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said. Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee ; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said. What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me ? 17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it ? 18 And he said. What pledge shall I give thee ? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. 19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widow- hood. 20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand : but he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side ? And they said. There was no harlot in this place. 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her ; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. 23 And Judah said. Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed : behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. 24 ^ And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot ; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said. Bring her forth, 24 and let her be burnt, 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying. By the man, whose these are, am I with child : and she said, 25 Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, 26 the signet, and bracelets, and staff'. 26 And Judah 2? acknowledged them, and said, 28 She hath been more righteous than I ; because that 26 1 gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again 26 no more. 27 ^ And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins icere in her womb. 28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand : and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying. This came out first. 13 Ruth 1. 13. “ Lev. 22. 13. 13 2 Sam. 13. 39. 16 Josh. 15. 10, 57. Judg. 14. 1. 17 Pro. 7. 12. 18 ver. 11, 20. in Ezek. IG. 33. 20 ver. 20. 21 ver. 25. 22 ver. 14. 23 Judg. 19. 2. 21 Lev. 21. 9. Deut. 22 . 21 . father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown up : for he said. Lest he also die, like his brethren. And 12 Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house. And in process of time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died ; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his 13 friend Hirah the Adullamite. And it was told Tamar, saying. Behold, thy father in law goeth up 14 to Timnah to shear his sheep. And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaiin, which is by the way to Timnah ; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, 15 and she was not given unto him to wife. When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot ; for 16 she had covered her face. And he turned unto her by the way, and said. Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee : for he knew not that she was his daughter in law. And she said. What wilt thou 17 give me, that thou mayest come in unto me ? And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from tho flock. And she said. Wilt thou give me a pledge, 18 till thou send it ? And he said. What pledge shall I give thee ? And she said. Thy signet and thy cord, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave them to her, and came in unto her, and she 19 conceived by him. And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the gar- 20 ments of her widowhood. And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullam- ite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand : 21 but he found her not. Then he asked the men of her place, saying. Where is the ^ harlot, that was at Enaim by the way side ? And they said. There 22 hath been no ^harlot here. And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her ; and also the men of the place said. There hath been no 23 ^ harlot here. And Judah said. Let her take it to her, lest we be put to shame : behold, I sent this 24 kid, and thou hast not found her. And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot ; and moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said. Bring 25 her forth, and let her be burnt. When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying. By the man, whose these are, am I with child : and she said. Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the 26 signet, and the cords, and the staff. And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She is more righteous than I ; forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my 27 son. And he knew her again no more. And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, 28 twins were in her womb. And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand : and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet 23 ch. 37. 32. 20 ver. 18. 27 oh. 37. 33. 28 1 Sam. 24. 17. 20 ver. 14. cated to impure hea- 80 ,Tol) 34. 31, .32. then wor.^jliip. See h Heb. h edeshnh, Deut. 23. 17. Hos. 4. that is, a woman dedi- 14. 60 GENESIS, XXXIX. 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out : and she said. How hast thou broken forth ? this breach he upon thee : therefore his name was called Pharez. 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand : and his name was called Zarah. CHAPTER XXXIX. 1 Joseph advanced in Potiphar's house. 7 He resisteth his mistress's temptation. Vi He is falsely accused. 2^ He is cast in prison. 21 God is with him there. A nd Joseph was brought down to Egypt ; and 1 Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, ^ bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. 2 And ®the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man ; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord ^ made all that he did to prosper in his hand. 4 And Joseph ^ found grace in his sight, and he served him : and he made him ® overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. 5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that ^ the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake ; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in ,the house, and in the field. 6 And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand ; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph ^ was a goodly person^ and well fa- voured. 7 If And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph ; and she said, ® Lie with me. 8 But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife. Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand ; 9 There is none greater in this house than I ; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife : how then can I do this great wick- edness, and sin against God ? 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. 11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business ; and there was none of the men of the house there within. 12 And 12 she caught him by his garment, saying. Lie with me : and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. 13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying. See, he hath brought in an He- brew unto us to mock us ; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice : 15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out. SI ch. 4G. 12. Num. s ver. 21. ch. 21. 22. s ver. 21. ch. 18. 3. 2G. 20. 1 Chr. 2. 4. & 2G. 24, 28. & 28. 15. & 19. 19. Matt. 1. 3. 1 Sam. IG. 18. & 18. s ch. 24. 2. 1 ch. 37. 3G. Ps. 105. 14, 28. Acts 7. 9. ^ ch. 30. 27. ' 17. Ps. 1. 3. 8 1 Sam. IG. 12. 2 ch. 37. 28. 29 thread, saying. This came out first. And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out : and she said, ® Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself ? therefore his name 30 was called Perez. And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon liis hand : and his name was called Zerah. 39 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt ; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither. 2 And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a pros- perous man ; and he was in the house of his master 3 the Egyptian. And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he 4 did to prosper in his hand. And Joseph found gTace in his sight, and he ministered unto him : and he made him overseer over his house, and all that 5 he had he put into his hand. And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake ; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he 6 had, in the house and in the field. And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand ; and “he knew not aught that was with him, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was comely, and well fa- 7 voured. And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph ; 8 and she said. Lie with me. But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife. Behold, my master ^ knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he 9 hath put all that he hath into my hand ; ^ there is none greater in this house than I ; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife : how then can I do this great 10 wickedness, and sin against God ? And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with 11 her. And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work ; and there was 12 none of the men of the house there witliin. And she caught him by his garment, saying. Lie with me : and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, 13 and got him out. And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and 14 was fled forth, that she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us ; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud 15 voice : and it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his gar- 9 2 Sam. 13. 11. ^2 pro. 7. 13, &c. a Or, with him he 10 Pro. G. 29, 32. c Or, How hast thou knew not. 11 ch. 20. G. Lev. G. made a breach ! a h Or, knoweth not 2. 2 Sam. 12. 13. Ps. breach be upon thee ! with me what is <&c. 51. 4. d That is, A breach. c Or, he is not. GENESIS, XL. 61 16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. 17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me : 18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and tied out. 19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me ; that his wrath was kindled. 20 And Joseph’s master took him, and ^^^put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound : and he was there in the prison. 21 But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prison coiymi^itted to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison ; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. 23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that ivas under his hand ; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to pros- per. CHAPTER XL. 1 The butler and baker of Pharaoh in prison. 4 Joseph hath charge of them. 5 He interpreteth their dreams. 20 They come to pass accord- ing to his interpretation. 23 The ingratitude of the butler. A nd it came to pass after these things, that the 1 butler of the Mng of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was ^ wroth against two his offi- cers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. 3 ® And he put them in ward in the house of the cap- tain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. 4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them : and they continued a season in ward. 5 ^ And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. 6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. 7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying. Wherefore look ye so sadly to day ? 8 And they said unto him, ^ We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, ® Do not interpretations belong to God ? tell me them, I pray you. 9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him. In my dream, behold, a vine was before me ; 10 And in the vine were three branches : and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth ; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes : 11 And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand : and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand. «Ex. 23. 1. Ps. 15 Ps. 105. 18. 1 Pet. ii Ex. 3. 21. & 11. 3. 120. 3. 2. 19. & 12. 3C. Ps. lOG. 40. M Pro. G. 34, 35. lo See ch. 40. 3, 15. Pro. IG. 7. Dan. 1. 9. & 41. 14. Acts 7. 9, 10. 16 ment by me, and fled, and got him out. And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came 17 home. And she spake unto him according to these words, saying. The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me : 18 and it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out. 19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying. After this manner did thy servant to me ; that his 20 wrath was kindled. And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were bound : and he was there 21 in the prison. But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed kindness unto him, and gave him favour in 22 the sight of the keeper of the prison. And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison ; and whatso- 23 ever they did there, he was the doer of it. The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand, because the Lord was with him ; and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper. 40 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended 2 their lord the king of Egypt. And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. 3 And he put them in ward in the house of the cap- tain of the guard, into the prison, the place where 4 Joseph was bound. And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he ministered unto 6 them : and they continued a season in ward. And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the in- terpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the 6 prison. And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were sad. 7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in ward in his master’s house, saying. Wherefore 8 look ye so sadly to-day ? And they said unto him. We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it. And Joseph said unto them. Do not interpretations belong to God ? tell it me, I pray 9 you. And the chief butler told his dream to Jo- seph, and said to him. In my dream, behold, a 10 vine was before me ; and in the vine were three branches : and it was as though it budded, and its blossoms shot forth ; and the clusters thereof 11 brought forth ripe grapes : and Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand ; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and 1 gave the cup into 18 ch. 40. 3, 4. 2 Pro. IG. 14. 5 See oh. 41. IG. Dan. i^ver. 2, 3. » ch. 39. 20, 23. 2.11,28,47. 1 Neh. 1. 11. * cli. 41. 15. 62 GENESIS, XLL 12 And Joseph said unto him, ® This is the interpre- tation of it : The three branches are three days : 13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh ^ lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place : and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. 14 But ^ think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house : 15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews : and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. 16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head : 17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all man- ner of bakemeats for Pharaoh ; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. 18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the in- terpretation thereof : The three baskets are three days : 19 i^Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree ; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. 20 ^ And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he ^^made a feast unto all his servants : and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. 21 And he restored the chief butler unto his but- lership again; and ^^lie gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand : 22 But he hanged the chief baker : as Joseph had interpreted to them. 23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. CHAPTER XLI. 1 Pharaoh's two dreams. 25 Joseph interpreteth them. 83 He giveth Pharaoh counsel. 38 Joseph is advanced. 50 He hegetteth Manasseh and Ephraim. 54 The famine beginneth. ND it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed : and, behold, he stood by the river. 2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed ; and they fed in a meadow. 3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed ; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. 4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaofi awoke. 5 And he slept and dreamed the second time : and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. 6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. 7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaol^ awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. 8 And it came to pass in the morning ^ that his spirit was troubled ; and lie sent and called for all ^ the ma- gicians of Egypt, and all the ^ wise men thereof^; and ® ver. 18. ch. 41, Luke 23. 42. ver. 13. 12, 25. Judg. 7. 14. 30 josh. 2. 12. 1 Sam. « Matt. 14. (5. Dan. 2. 3G. & 4. 19. 20. 14, 15. 2 Sam. 9. is Mark 0. 21, ’ ch. 41. 2G. 1. 1 Kin, 2. 7. lo ver. 13, 19. Matt. 8 2 Kin. 25. 27. Ps. 3i ch. 39. 20. 25. 19. 3. 3. Jer. 52. 31. 12 ver, 12. 12 Pharaoh’s hand. And Joseph said unto him. This is the interpretation of it : the three branches are three 13 days ; within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thine office : and thou shalt give Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after 14 the former manner when thou wast his butler. But have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring 15 me out of this house : for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews : and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the 16 dungeon. When the chief baker saw that the inter- pretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white 17 bread were on my head : and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh ; and the birds did eat them out of the 18 basket upon my head. And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof : the three 19 baskets are three days ; witliin yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree ; and the birds shall eat thy 20 flesh from off thee. And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants : and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief 21 baker among his servants. And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again ; and he gave 22 the cup into Pharaoh’s hand : but he hanged the chief baker : as Joseph had interpreted to them. 23 Yet did not the chief .butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. 41 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed : and, behold, he stood by 2 the “ river. And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well favoured and fatfleshed ; and 3 they fed in the reedgrass. And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill fa- voured and leanfleshed ; and stood by the other 4 kine upon the brink of the river. And the ill fa- voured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 5 And he slept and dreamed a second time : and, be- hold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, 6 ^rank and good. And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after 7 them. And the thin ears swallowed up the seven ^ rank and full ears. And Pliaraoh awoke, and, be- 8 hold, it was a dream. And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled ; and he sent and called for all the ‘^magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof : and Pharaoh told them his 17 ver. 13. 1 Dan. 2. 1. & 4. 5, 8 Matt. 2. 1. 18 Neh. 2. 1. 19. a Heb. Year, that 39 ver. 19. 2 Ex. 7. 11, 22. Ls. Is, the Nile. 20 Job 19. 14. Ps. 29. 14. Dan. 1. 20. & b Heb. fat. 31. 12. Eccles. 9. 15, 2. 2. 4. 7. c Or, sacred scribes. 16. Amos G. G. GENESIS, XLL 63 Pliaraoh told them his dream ; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. 9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, say- ing, I do remember my faults this day : 10 Pharaoh was ^ wroth with his servants, ® and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, hath me and the chief baker : 11 And ® we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he ; we dreamed each man according to the interpreta- tion of his dream. 12 And there was there with us a young man, an He- brew, servant to the captain of the guard ; and we told him, and he ® interpreted to us our dreams ; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. 13 And it came to pass, ® as he interpreted to us, so it was ; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. 14 ^ Then Pharaoh sent and called J oseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon : and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it : ^^and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me : God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, i®In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river : 18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured ; and they fed in a meadow : 19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness : 20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine : 21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them ; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. 22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good : 23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them : 24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears : and I told this unto the magicians ; but there was none that could declare it to me. 25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one : God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. 26 Tlie seven good kine are seven years ; and the seven good ears are seven years : the dream is one. 27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years ; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine. 28 20 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh : What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. 29 Behold, there come 21 seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt : 30 And there shall 22 arise after them seven years of 4 ch. 40. 2, 3. C ch. 39. 20. <5 ch. 40. 5. ? cli. 37. 30. 8 ch. 40. 12, &c. 0 ch. 40. 22. 10 Ps. 105. 20. ’’ Dan. 2. 25. 12 1 Sam. 2. 8. Ps. 113. 7, 8. isver. 12. Ps. 25. 14. Dan. 5. 10. 14 Dan. 2. 30. Acts 3. 12. 2 Cor. 3. 5. 10 ch. 40. 8. Dan. 2. dream ; but there was none that could interpret 9 them unto Pharaoh. Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults 10 this day : Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the 11 guard, me and the chief baker : and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he ; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. 12 And there was with us there a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard ; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams ; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. 13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was ; me he restored unto mine office, and hiiTi he 14 hanged. Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon : and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and 15 came in unto Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it : and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret 16 it. And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying. It is not in me : God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. 17 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, be- 18 hold, I stood upon the brink of the river : and, be- hold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured ; and they fed in the 19 reedgrass : and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and lean- fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt 20 for badness : and the lean and ill favoured kine did 21 eat up the first seven fat kine : and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them ; but they were still ill favoured, as at 22 the beginning. So I awoke. And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one 23 stalk, full and good : and, behold, seven ears, with- ered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung 24 up after them : and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears : and I told it unto the magicians ; but there was none that could declare it to me. 25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pha- raoh is one. : what God is about to do he hath de- 26 dared unto Pharaoh. The seven good kine are seven years ; and the seven good ears are seven 27 years : the dream is one. And the seven lean and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind ; they shall be seven years of famine. 28 That is the thing which I spake unto Pharaoh : what God is about to do he hath shewed unto Pha- 29 raoh. Behold, there come seven years of great 30 plenty throughout all the land of Egypt : and there shall arise after them seven years of famine ; and 22, 28, 47. & 4. 2. ’•J ver. 1. 4^ ver. 8. Dan. 4. 7. IS Dan. 2. 28, 29, 45. Rev. 4. 1. W 2 Kin. 8. 1. 20 ver. 2.5. 24 ver. 47. 22 ver. 54. d Or, 'wiU ’ninlcd tnenfion of. e Or, I was restored 4 . . and fie was iiangeA. CxENESIS, XLI. famine ; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt ; and the famine shall consume the land ; 31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following ; for it shall he very grievous. 32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice ; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man dis- creet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and ^5 take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. 35 And 26 let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. 36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt ; that the land 27 perish not through the famine. 37 ^ And 28 the thing was good in the eyes of Pha- raoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. 38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants. Can we find such a one as this is, a man 29 in whom the Spirit of God is ? 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art : 40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled : only in the throne will I be greater than thou. 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. 42 And Pharaoh *2 took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about liis neck ; 43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had ; ^5 and they cried before him. Bow the knee : and he made him ruler ^®over all the land of Egypt. 44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath- paaneah ; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daugh- ter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over dll the land of Egypt. 46 T[ And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities : the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. 49 And Joseph gathered corn the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering ; for it teas without number. all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of 31 Egypt ; and the famine shall consume the land ; and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth ; for it shall be very 32 grievous. And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is estab- lished by God, and God will shortly bring it to 33 pass. Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of 34 Egypt. Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. 35 And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. 36 And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in tlie land of Egypt ; that the land perish not through 37 the famine. And the thing was good in the eyes of 38 Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as tliis, a man in whom the spirit of God is ? 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet 40 and wise as thou : thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled : only in the throne will I be greater than 41 thou. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have 42 set thee over all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of ^ fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck ; 43 and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had ; and they cried before him, Bow the knee : 44 and he set him over all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and with- out thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in 45 all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah ; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. 46 And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt. And Joseph was tliirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout 47 all the land of Egypt. And in the seven plenteous 48 years the earth brought forth by 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 49 about every city, laid he up in the same. And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering ; for it was without 23ch. 47. 13. 28 PS. 105 . 19 . Acts so pg. i05, 21, 22. 34 Dan. 5. 7, 29. 38 di. 22. 17. Jndg ^ probably 24 Niun. 23. 19. Is. 7. 10. Acts 7. 10. ss psth. 6 . 9. 7. 12. 1 Sam. 13. 5. an Egyptian word, 46. 10, 11. 29 Num. 27. 18. Job si Dan. 6 . 3. so dj. 42 . G. & 45. 8 , Ps. 78. 27. similar in sound to 2® Pro. 6 . 6 , 7, 8 . 32. 8 . Pro. 2. 6 . Dan. S 2 pstli. 3 . 10 . & 8 . 26. Acts 7. 10. / Or, order them- the Hebrew word 20 ver. 48. 4. 8 , 18. & 5. 11, 14. & 2, 8 . S 7 1 gam. 16. 21. 1 selves. Or, do homage, meaning to kneel. ^ ch. 47. 15, 19. 6 . 3. 33 Esth. 8 . 15. Kin. 12. 6 , 8 . Dan. 1. g Or, cotton. 19. GENESIS, XLTI. G5 50 ^ And unto J oseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. 51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Ma- nasseh : For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house. 52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim : For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. 53 ^ And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. 54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said : and the dearth was in all lands ; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread : and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph ; what he saith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth : And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians ; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. 57 ^^And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy com ; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. CHAPTER XLII. 1 Jacob sendeth his fen sons to buy com in Egxjpt. 16 They are impri- soned by Joseph for spies. 18 They are set at liberty, on condition to bring Benjamin. 21 They have remorse for Joseph. 24 Simeon is kept for a pledge. 25 They return with corn, ana. their money. 29 Their relation to Jacob. 36 Jacob refuseth to send Benjamin. OW when 1 Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another ? 2 And he said. Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt : get you down thither, and buy for us from thence ; that we may ^live, and not die. 3 ^ And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. 4 But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren ; for he said, ^ Lest peradventure mischief befall him. 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came : for the famine was ^iii the land of Cjinaan. G And J oseph was the governor ® over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land : and Joseph’s brethren came, and ® bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them ; and he said unto them. Whence come ye ? And they said. From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph '^remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them. Ye are spies ; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him. Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. 11 We are all one man’s sons ; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. 12 And he said unto them. Nay, but to see the naked- ness of the land ye are come. so ch. 46. 20. & 48. 5. « ver. 30. i Acts 7. 1 2. 40 ch. 49. 22. 43 ch. 42. G. & 47. 2 di. 43. 8. Ps. 118. 41 Ps. 105. 16. Acts 14, 24. 17. Is. 38. 1. 7. 11. 41 Dcut. 9. 28. 3 vor. 38. 50 number. And unto Joseph were born two sons be- fore the year of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bare unto him. 51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn * Ma- nasseh : For, said he, God hath made me forget all 52 my toil, and all my father’s house. And the name of the second called he j Ephraim : For God hath 53 made me fruitful in the land of my affliction. And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of 54 Egypt, came to an end. And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said : and there was famine in all lands ; but in 55 all the land of Egypt there was bread. And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread : and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph ; what he saith to 56 you, do. And the famine was over all the face of the earth : and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians ; and the famine was 57 sore in the land of Egypt. And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn ; because the famine was sore in all the earth. 42 Now Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons. Why do yc look one upon 2 another ? And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt : get you down thither, and buy for us from thence ; that we may live, and not 3 die. And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy 4 corn from Egypt. But Benjamin, eloseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren ; for he said. Lest 5 peradventure mischief befall him. And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came : for the 6 famine was in 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 ])rethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their 7 faces to the earth. And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them ; and he said unto them. Whence come ye ? And they said. From 8 the land of Canaan to buy food. And J oseph knew 9 his brethren, but they knew not him. And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them. Ye are spies ; to see the naked- 10 ness of the land ye are come. And they said unto him. Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants 11 come. We are all one man’s sons ; we are true 12 men, thy servants are no spies. And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye 4 Acta 7. 11. 1 ch. 37. t), 0. j T’rom a Hebrew Cell. 41.41. iTXmt 19., Making to wbrrl .'dignifying to be 3 ch. 37. 7- forget. fruitful. G6 GENESIS, XLII. 13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan ; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one ® is not. 14 And Joseph said unto them. That is it that I spake unto you, saying. Ye are spies : 15 Hereby ye shall be proved : ^ By the life of Pha- raoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there he any truth in you : or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. 17 And he put them all together into ward three days. 18 And Joseph said unto them the tliird day. This do, and live ; '^^for I fear God : 19 If ye he true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison : go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses : 20 But bring your youngest brother unto me ; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 ^ And they said one to another, "VVe are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the an- guish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying. Do not sin against the child ; and ye woiild not hear ? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. 23 And they knew not that J oseph understood them ; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. 24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept ; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him be- fore their eyes. 25 Y Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way : and thus did he unto them. 26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and de- parted thence. 27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money ; for, be- hold, it was in his sack’s mouth. 28 And he said unto his brethren. My money is re- stored ; and, lo, it is even in my sack : and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another. What is this that God hath done unto us ? 29 ^ And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them ; saying, 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him. We are true men • we are no spies : 32 We he twelve brethren, sons of our father ; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men ; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone : 8 ch. 37. 30. Lam. m Lev. 25. 43. Neh. 12 Job 36. 8, 9. Hos. 5. 7. See ch. 44. 20. 5. 15. 5. 15. 9 See 1 Sam. 1. 26. ” ver. 34. ch. 43. 5. is Pro, 21. 13. Matt. & 17. 55. & 44. 23. . 7. 2. 13 are come. And they said. We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan ; and, behold, the youngest is this day with 14 our father, and one is not. And Joseph said unto them. That is it that I spake unto you, saying. Ye 15 are spies : hereby ye shall be proved : by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your 16 youngest brother come hither. 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 17 surely ye are spies. And he put them all together 18 into ward tlu-ee days. And Joseph said unto them 19 the third day. This do, and 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 corn for the 20 famine of your houses : and bring your youngest brother unto me ; so shall your words be verified, 21 and ye shall not die. And they did so. And they said one to another. We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear ; there- 22 fore is this distress come tipon us. And Reuben an- swered them, saying. Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child ; and ye would not hear ? therefore also, behold, his blood is required. 23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them ; 24 for there was an interpreter between them. And he turned himself about from them, and wept ; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and took; Simeon from among them, and bound him before 25 their eyes. Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the 26 way : and thus was it done unto them. And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed 27 thence. And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging place, he es- pied his money ; and, behold, it was in the mouth of 28 his sack. And he said unto his brethren. My money is restored ; and, lo, it is even in my sack : and their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying. What is this that God hath done 29 unto us ? And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had 30 befallen them ; saying. The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies 31 of the country. And we said unto him. We are true 32 men ; we are no spies : we be twelve brethren, sons of our father ; one is not, and tlie youngest is this 33 day with our father in the land of Canaan. And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us. Hereby shall I know that ye are true men ; leave one of your brethren with me, and take corn for the famine of W ch. 37. 21. pg. 9. 12. Luke 11. 17 See ch. 43. 21. 19 ch. 9. 5. 1 Kin. 50, 51. is ver. 7. 2. 32. 2 Chr. 24. 22. lo Matt. 5. 44. Rom. is ver. 15, 19, 20. 12. 17, 20, 21. GENESIS, XLIII. 67 34 And bring your youngest brother unto me : then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men : so wUl I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land. 35 ^ And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack : and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 3G And Jacob their father said unto them. Me have ye 22 bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Si- meon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away : all these things are against me. 37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying. Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee : deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. 38 And he said. My son shall not go down with you ; for 23 bis brother is dead, and he is left alone : 24 if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye 25 bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. CHAPTER XLIII. 1 Jacob is hardly persuaded to send Benjamin. 15 Joseph entertaineth his brethren. 31 He maketh them a feast. ND the famine wa^ ^ sore in the land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them. Go again, buy us a little food. 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying. The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying. Ye shall not see my face, except your 2 brother he with you. 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food : 5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down : for the man said unto us. Ye shall not see my face, ex- cept your brother he with you. 6 And Israel said. Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother ? 7 And they said. The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying. Is your father yet alive ? have ye another brother ? and we told him ac- cording to the tenor of these words : could we certainly know that he would say. Bring your brother down ? 8 And Judah said unto Israel his father. Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go ; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. 9 I will be surety for him ; of my hand shalt thou require him : ® if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever : 10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time. 11 And their father Israel said unto them. If it must he so now, do this ; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and ^ carry down the man a present, a little ® balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds : 12 And take double money in your hand ; and the money ® that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand ; peradventure it was an oversight : 13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man : 14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the 20 Ch. 34. 10. 24 ver. 4. ch. 44. 29. a cli. 44. 32. Pliiloni. 21 See ch. 43. 21. 25 ch. 37. 35. & 44. 18, 19. 22ch. 43. H. 31. “ch. 32.20. Pro. 23 ver. 13. ch. 37. 33. i ch. 41. 54, 57. 18. IG. & W. 28. 2 ch. 42. 20. & 44. 23. 34 your houses, and go your way : and bring your youngest brother unto me : then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men : so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traftick in the 35 land. And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack : and when they and their father 36 saw their bundles of money, they were afraid. And Jacob their father said unto them. Me have ye be- reaved of my children : Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away : all these 37 things are ‘i against me. And Reuben spake unto his father, saying. Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee : deliver him into my hand, and I will 38 bring him to thee again. And he said. My son shall not go down with you ; for his brother is dead, and he only is left : if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to ^ the grave. 43 And the famine was sore in the land. And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the coru which they had brought out of Egypt, their father 3 said unto them. Go again, buy us a little food. And Judah spake unto him, saying. The man did so- lemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my 4 face, except your brother be with you. If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy 5 thee food : but if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down : for the man said unto us. Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 6 And Israel said. Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother ? 7 And they said. The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying. Is your father yet alive ? have ye another brother ? and we told him according to the tenor of these words : could we in any wise know that he would 8 say. Bring your brother down ? And Judah said unto Israel his father. Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go ; that we may live, and not die, 9 both we, and thou, and also our little ones. I will be surety for him ; of my hand shalt thou require him : if I bring him not unto thee, and set him be- ICf fore thee, then “ let me bear the blame for ever : for except we had lingered, surely we had now returned 11 a second time. And their father Israel said unto them. If it be so now, do this ; take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little ^ balm, and a little honey, 12 spicery and myrrh, nuts, and almonds : and take double money in your hand ; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks carry again in your hand ; peradventure it was an oversight : 13 take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the 14 man : and ^ God Almighty give you mercy before n ch. 37. 25. Jer. 8, h Heb. Shcol. See b Sen ch. 37. 2.5. 22. cli. .37 . 35. (• That is, jJstachio c ch. 42. 25, 35. a lleb. / .shall have nuts, a Or, upon. si/metl ayainsl thee d ileb. El Bhuddai. for ever. 68 GENESIS, XLIII. man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am be- reaved, 15 ^ And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin ; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ^ ruler of his house. Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready ; for these men shall dine with me at noon. 17 And the man did as J oseph bade ; and the man brought the men into Joseph’s house. 18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house ; and they said. Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at tlie first time are we brought in ; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. 19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, 20 And said, O sir, ® we came indeed down at the first time to buy food : 21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight : and we have brought it again in our hand, 22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food : we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. 23 And he said. Peace he to you, fear not : your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks : I had your money. And he brought Si- meon out unto them. 24 And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet ; and he gave their asses provender. 25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon : for they heard that they should eat bread there. 26 ^ And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand mto the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said. Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake ? Is he yet alive ? 28 And they answered. Thy servant our father is^in good health, he is yet alive, And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said. Is this your younger brother, i® of whom ye spake unto me ? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. 30 And Joseph made haste ; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother : and he sought where to weep ; and he entered into his chamber, and i® wept there. 31 And he washed his face, and went out, and re- frained himself, and said. Set on i® bread. 32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves : because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews ; for that is 20 an abomination unto the Egyptians. 7 Esth. 4. 16. 10 ch. 42. 27, 35. 12 ch. 37. 7, 10. 8 ch. 24. 2. & 39. 4. “ ch. 18. 4. & 24. is ch. 42. 11, 13. & 44. 1. 32. 11 ch. 37. 7, 10. » ch. 42. 3, 10. the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. 15 And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin ; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before 16 Joseph. And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house. Bring the men into the house, and slay, and make ready ; for the 17 men shall dine with me at noon. And the man did as Joseph bade ; and the man brought the men into 18 Josejih’s house. And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house ; and they said. Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in ; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, 19 and take us for bondmen, and our asses. And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and 20 they spake unto him at the door of the house, and said. Oh my lord, we came indeed down at the first 21 time to buy food : and it came to pass, when we came to the lodging place, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight : and 22 we have brought it again in our hand. And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food : we know not who put our money in our sacks. 23 And he said. Peace be to you, fear not : your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks : I had your money. And he brought 24 Simeon out unto them. And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet ; and he gave their asses 25 provender. And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon : for they heard that 26 they should eat bread there. And when Joseph * came home, they brought him the present wliich was in their hand into the house, and bowed down thein- 27 selves to him to the earth. And he asked them of their welfare, and said. Is your father well, the old 28 man of whom ye spake ? Is he yet alive ? And they said. Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obei- 29 sance. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benja- min his brother, his mother’s son, and said. Is this your youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me ? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. 30 And Joseph made haste ; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother : and he sought where to weep ; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. 31 And he washed his face, and came out ; and he re- 32 trained himself, and said. Set on bread. And they set on for him by himself, and for them by them- selves, and for tlie Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves : because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrev/s ; for that is an 16 ch. 35. 17, 18. 18 ch. 42. 24. e Heb. roU /limaclf 18 (4i. 42. 13. 12 ver. 25. upon us. 11 1 Kiu. 3. 26. 20 ch. 46. 34. Ex. 8. 26. GENESIS, XLIV. 69 33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth ; and the men marvelled one at another. 34 And he took and sent messes unto them from be- fore him : but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of their’s. And they drank, and were merry with him. CHAPTER XLIV. 1 Joseph's policy to stay his brethren. 14 Judah's humble supplication to Joseph. A nd he commanded the steward of his house, say- ing, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth. 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 3 As soon as the mornmg was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward. Up, follow after the men ; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them. Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good ? 5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth ? ye have done evil in so doing. 6 ^ And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. 7 And they said unto him, Wlierefore saith my lord these words ? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing : 8 Behold, ^ the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan : how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold ? 9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, 2 both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen. 10 And he said. Now also let it he according unto your words : he with whom it is found shall be my servant ; and ye shall be blameless. 11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. 12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest : and the cup was found in Ben- jamin’s sack. 13 Then they *rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. 14 ^ And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house ; for he was yet there : and they ^ fell before him on the ground. 15 And Joseph said unto them. What deed is this that ye have done ? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine ? IG And Judah said. What shall we say unto my lord ? what shall we speak ? or how shall we clear ourselves ? God hath found out the inicpiity of thy servants : behold, ® we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. 17 And he said, ®God forbid that I should do so : hut the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant ; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. , 3 ch. 37. 29, 34. Num. 14. G. 2 Sam. 1. 11 . 33 abomination unto the Egyptians. And they sat be- fore him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth : and the 34 men marvelled one with another. And he took and sent messes unto them from before him : but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and s' were merry with him. 44 And he commanded the steward of his house, say- ing, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money m his sack’s 2 mouth. And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent 4 away, they and their asses. And when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Josepli said unto his steward. Up, follow after the men ; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, 5 Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good ? Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth ? ye have done evil in so doing. 6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these 7 words. And they said unto liiin. Wherefore speaketh iny lord such words as these ? God forbid that 8 thy servants should do such a thing. Behold, tlie money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan : how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house 9 silver or gold ? With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my 10 lord’s bondmen. And he said. Now also let it be according unto your words : he with whom it is found shall be my bondman ; and ye shall be blameless. 11 Then they hasted, and took down every man liis sack 12 to the ground, and opened every man his sack. And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest : and the cup was found in Benjamin’s 13 sack. Then they rent their clothes, and laded every 14 man his ass, and returned to the city. And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house ; and he was yet there : and they fell before him on the 15 ground. And Joseph said unto them. What deed is this that ye have done ? know ye not that such a man 16 as I can indeed divine ? And Judah said. What shall we say unto my lord ? what shall we speak ? or how shall we clear ourselves ? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants : behold, we are my lord’s bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the 17 cup is found. And he said, God forbid that I should do so : the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my bondman ; but as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. 21 ch. 45. 22. 1 ch. 43. 21. 2 ch. 31. 32. 4 ch. 37. 7. 6 vor. 9. 0 Pro. 17. IG. f Or, messes were y Hob. drank tanje^ taken. ly. 70 GENESIS, XLV. 18 ^ Then Judah came near unto him, and said. Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant : for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying. Have ye a father, or a brother ? 20 And we said unto my lord. We have a father, an old man, and ® a child of his old age, a little one ; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. 21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, ® Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. 22 And we said unto my lord. The lad cannot leave his father : for if he should leave liis father, his father would die. 23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. 24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25 And our father said. Go again, and buy us a little food. 26 And we said, We cannot go down : if our young- est brother be with us, then will we go down : for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother he with us. 27 And thy servant my father said unto us. Ye know that my wife bare me two sons : 28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces ; and I saw him not since : 29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. 30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad he not with us ; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life ; 31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die : and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. 32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord ; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad he not with me ? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. CHAPTER XLV. 1 Joseph malceth himself known to his brethren. 5 He comforteth them m iiod's providence. 9 He sendeth for his father. 16 Pharaoh con- firmeth it. 21 Joseph furnisheth them for their journey^ and exhort-^ eth them to concord. 25 Jacob is revived with the news. T hen Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him ; and he cried. Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 2 And he wept aloud : and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. 7 ch. 18. 30, 32. Ex. lo di. 43. 3, 5. ch. 42. 30, 38. 32. 22. 11 cli. 43. 2. I'l 1 Sam. 18. 1. 8 ch. 37. 3. 12 cli. 4(;. 19. I'J cl:. 4.‘\ 9. 0 ch. 42. 15, 20. 18 ch. 37 . 33. n Ex. 32. 32. 18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said. Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not tliine anger burn against 19 thy servant : for thou art even as Pharaoh. My lord asked liis servants, saying. Have ye a father, or a 20 brother ? And we said unto my lord. We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one ; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of 21 his mother, and his father loveth him. And thou saidst unto thy servants. Bring him down unto me, 22 that I may set mine eyes upon him. And we said unto my lord. The lad cannot leave his father : for if 23 he should leave his father, his father would die. And thou saidst unto thy servants. Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face 24 no more. And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words 25 of my lord. And our father said. Go again, buy us 26 a little food. And we said. We cannot go down : if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down : for we may not see the man’s face, except 27 our youngest brother be with us. And thy servant my father said unto us. Ye know that my wife bare 28 me two sons : and the one went out from me, and I said. Surely he is torn in pieces ; and I have not seen 29 him since : and if ye take this one also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs 30 with “sorrow to ^ the grave. Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us ; seeing that ‘^his life is bound up in the lad’s life ; 31 it shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die : and thy servants shall brmg down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with 32 sorrow to ^ the grave. For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying. If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my 33 father for ever. Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide mstead of the lad a bondman to my 34 lord ; and let the lad go up with his brethren. For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me ? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father. 45 Then Joseph could not refrain hlniself before all them that stood by him ; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made liimSelf kno^Ui unto hiS 2 brethren. And he “ Wept aloud ; and the Egyptians a Het). evil. e Or, his kout is knit a Heb. ^tive frth h Heb. SheoL See V’ifh the lad's soul, his voice in wecpiny. ch. 37. 35. Sec 1 Sam. 18. 1. INESIS, XLV. 71 3 And Joseph said unto his- brethren, ^I^^^fceph ; doth my father yet live ? And his brethr^^^^^ not answer him ; for they were troubled at his 4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, to me, I pray you. And they came near. A^^^vaid, I am Joseph your brother, ^ whom ye sold int^^Rpt. 5 Now therefore ®be not grieved, nor aii^^Hwith yourselves, that ye sold me hither : ^ for GIH did send me before you to preserve life. ■ 6 For these two years hath the famine been in ^ the land : and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God : and he hath made me ® a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler tliroughout all the land of Egypt. 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him. Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt : come down unto me, tarry not : 10 And ®thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast : 11 And there will I nourish thee ; for yet there are five years of famine ; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. 12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. 13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste and ® bring down my father hither. 14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept ; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. 15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them : and after that his brethren talked with liim. 16 ^ And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come : and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren. This do ye ; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan ; 18 And take your father and your households, and come unto me : and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat ® the fat of the land. 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye ; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Also regard not your stuff ; for the good of all the land of Egypt is your’s. 21 And the children of Israel did so : and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. 22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment ; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. 23 And to his father he sent after this manner ; ten asses laden with the good tilings of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. 3 Is. 40. 2. 2 Cor. 10, 17. See 2 Sam. 10. 2.7. 10,11. Acts 4. 27,28. 4 ch. GO. 20. Ps. 105. 0 ch. 41. 43. Judg. 3 heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph ; doth my father yet live ? And his brethren could not answer him ; 4 for they were troubled at his presence. And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your 5 brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither ; for God did send me before you to preserve 6 life. For these two years hath the famine been in the land : and there are yet five years, in the which there 7 shall be neither plowing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, 8 and to save you alive ^ by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God : and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him. Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt : come down unto me, tarry not : 10 and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, 11 and all that thou hast : and there will I nourish thee ; for there are yet five years of famine ; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and 12 all that thou hast. And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth 13 that speaketh unto you. And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. 14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and 15 wept ; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them : and after that his brethren talked with him. 16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come : and it 17 pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. And Pha- raoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren. This do ye ; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the 18 land of Canaan ; and take your father and your households, and come unto me : and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the 19 fat of the land. Now thou art commanded, this do ye ; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your 20 father, and come. Also regard not your stuff ; for 21 the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. And the sons of Israel did so : and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave 22 them provision for the way. To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment ; but to Benjamin lie gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes 23 of raiment. And to his father he sent after this manner ; ten asses laden with the good tilings of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread 17. 10. Job 29. IG. 8 Acts 7. 14. ch. 43. 34, 0 cli. 47. 1. ^ ch. 27. 28. Num. h Or, to he, a great ’’ ch. 42, 23. 18. 12, 29. company that escape. 1 Acts 7. 13. 2 ch. 37. 28. 72 GENESIS, X] 24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed : and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. 25 ^ And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, 26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not. 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them : and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry liim, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : 28 And Israel said. It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I ^e. CHAPTER XLVI. 1 Jacob is comforted by God at Beer-sheba : 5 Thence he with his com- vany goeth Into Egypt. 8 The number of his family that ivent into Egypt. 29 Joseph meeteth Jacob. 31 He xnstructeth his brethren how to ansioer to Ptmraoh. A nd Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to ^ Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices 2 unto the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spake unto Israel ® in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said. Here am I. 3 And he said, I am God, ^ the God of thy father : fear not to go down into Egypt ; for I will there ® make of thee a great nation : 4 ® I will go down with thee into Egypt ; and I will also surely bring thee up again : and ® J oseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. 6 And ® Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him : 7 His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daugh- ters, and liis sons’ daughters, and all liis seed brought he with him into Egypt. 8 And 12 these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons : 1® Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. 9 And the sons of Reuben ; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 10 ^ And 11 the sons of Simeon ; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. 11 ^ And the sons of i® Levi ; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 ^ And the sons of i® Judah ; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah : but i"^ Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And i® the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 ^ i^And the sons of Issaehar ; Tola, and Phu- vah, and Job, and Shimron. 14 ^ And the sons of Zebulun ; Sered, and Elon, and Jalileel. 15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto ojob 29. 24. Ps. 12G. 1. Luke 24. 11, 41. 1 ch. 21. 31, 33. & 28. 10 . 2ch. 26. 24, 25. & 28. 13. & 31. 42. 3 ch. 15. 1. Job 33. 14, 15. 4 ch. 28. 13. 5 ch. 12. 2. Deut. 26.5. 6 ch. 28. 15. & 48. 21. 7 ch. 15. 16. & 50. 13, 24, 25. Ex. 3. 8. 8 ch. 50. 1. » Acts 7. 15. 70 ch. 45. 19, 21. 77 Deut. 26. 5. Josh. 24. 4. Ps. 105. 23. Is. 62. 4. 72 Ex. 1. 1. & 6. 14. 73Num.26.5. 1 Chr. 6 . 1 . 1 for his father by the way. So he sent ren away, and they departed : and he said m. See that ye fall not out by the way. went up out of Egypt, and came into the Canaan unto Jacob their father. And they a, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, he believed them not. And they told him all words of Joseph, wliich he had said unto them : hnd when he saw the wagons which Joseph had ^ sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father 28 revived : and Israel said. It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see liim before I die. 46 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto 2 the God of his father Isaac. And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, 3 Jacob. And he said. Here 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 a great 4 nation : I will go down with thee into Egypt ; and I will also surely bring thee up again : and Joseph 5 shall put his hand upon thine eyes. And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba : and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to 6 carry him. And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with 7 him : his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. 8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons : Reu- 9 ben, Jacob’s firstborn. And the sons of Reuben ; 10 Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. And the sons of Simeon ; « Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and ^Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a 11 Canaanitish woman. And the sons of Levi ; Ger- 12 shon, Kohath, 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 13 the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. And the sons of Issaehar ; Tola, and Puvah, and lob, 14 and Shimron. And the sons of Zebulun ; Sered, 15 and Elon, and Jahleel. These are the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, 17 Ex. 6. 15. 1 Chr. 4. 24. 73 1 Chr. 6. 1, 16. 70 1 Chr. 2. 3. & 4. 21 . 77 Ch. 38. 3, 7, 10. 78 ch. 38. 29. 1 Chr. 2 . 6 . 70 1 Chr. 7. 1. a In Niim. 26. 12, 1 Chr. 4. 24, Nemnel. b In 1 Chr. 4. 24, Ja- rib. c In Num. •^26. 13, 1 Chr. 4. 24, Zerah. ^fln 1 Chr. 6. 16, Ger. shorn. cin 1 Chr. 7. 1, Puah, Ja.s/mb. See Nuiu. 26. 23, 24. GENESIS, XLVI. 73 Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah ; all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. 16 ^ And the sons of Gad ; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. 17 And the sons of Asher ; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister : and the sons of Beriah ; Heber, and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, ^s^hom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife ; Joseph, and Benjamin. 20 ^ And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daugh- ter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. 21 ^ And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob : all the souls were fourteen. 23 ^ And the sons of Dan ; Hushim. 24 ^ And the sons of Naphtali ; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daugliter, and she bare these unto Jacob : all the souls were seven. 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six ; 27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls : all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. 28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen ; and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him ; and he fell on his neck, and wept on liis neck a good while. 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. 31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him. My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me ; 32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle ; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation ? 34 That ye shall say. Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers ; that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen ; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. with his daughter Dinah : all the souls of his sons 16 and his daughters were thirty and three. And the sons of Gad ; -^’Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and 17 ^ Ezbon, Eri, and ^ Arodi, and Areli. And the sons of Asher ; Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister : and the sons of 18 Beriah ; Heber, and Malchiel. These are the sons of Zilpah, which Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife ; Joseph and Ben- 20 jamin. And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bare unto 21 him. And the sons of Benjamin ; Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, ^ Ehi, and Rosh, 22 J Muppim, and ^ Huppim, and Ard. These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob : all the 23 souls were fourteen. And the sons of Dan ; ^ Hu- 24 shim. And the sons of Naphtali ; Jahzeel, and 25 Guni, and Jezer, and ” Shillem. These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daugh- ter, and these she bare unto Jacob : all the souls 26 were seven. All the ® souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore 27 and six ; and the sons of Joseph, which were born to him in Egypt, were two souls : all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. 28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to shew the way before him unto Goshen ; and they 29 came into the land of Goshen. And Joseph 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 wept on his neck a 30 good while. And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet 31 alive. And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him. My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come 32 unto me ; and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle ; and they have brought their 33 flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, 34 and shall say. What is your occupation ? that ye shall say. Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers : that ye niay dwell in the land of Goshen ; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. Nura. 26. 15, &c. Zephon. 21 1 Chr. 7. 30. 22 ch. 30. 10. 23 ch. 29. 24. 2^ ch. 44. 27. ch. 41. 50. »1 Chr. 7. C. &8. 1. 27 Num. 26. 38, Ahi- ram. 28 Num. 26. 39, Shupham. 1 Chr. 7. 12, Shuppim, 20 1 Chr. 7. 12. 80 1 Chr. 7. 13. 81 ch. 30. 5, 7. 82 ch. 29. 29. 83 Ex.n. 5. 81 Deut. 10. 22. See Acts 7. 14. 80 ch. 31. 21. 80 ch. 47. 1. 87 So ch. 45. 14. 88 So Luke 2. 29, 30. 80 ch. 47. 1. *0 ch. 47. 2, 3. « ver. 32. 12 ch. 30. 35. & 34. 5. & 37. 12. 13 ch. 43. 32. Ex. 8. 26. /In Nura. 26. 15, Zephon. g In Nura. 26. 16, Ozni. hln Num. 26. 17, Arod. i In Num. 26. 38, Ahiram. j In Num. 20. 39, Shephupham. In 1 Chr. 7. 12, Shuppim. k In Num. 26. 39, Ilupham. nn Nura. 26. 42, Shuhnm. m In 1 Chr. 7. 13, Jnhziel. 71 In 1 Chr. 7. 13, Shnllum. o Or, soid.’i helong- irtg to Jacob that came. 74 GENESIS, XLVn. CHAPTER XLVII. 1 Joseph presenteth five of his brethren, 7 and his father, before Pha- raoh. 11 He (jivetfi them habitation arid maintenance. 13 He getteth all the Egyptians'' moneij, \%their cattle, 18 their lands to Pharaoh. 22 The priests’ land was not bought. 23 He letteth the land to them for a fifth part. 28 Jacob’’ s age. 29 He sweareth Joseph to bury him with his fathers. T hen Joseph ^came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and niy brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan ; and, behold, they are m ^ the land of Goshen. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and ^ presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, ^What is your occupation ? And they said unto Pharaoh, ® Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, ® For to sojourn in the land are we come ; for thy servants have no pas- ture for their flocks ; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan : now therefore, we pray thee, let thy ser- vants ® dwell in the land of Goshen. 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying. Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee : 6 ® The land of Egypt is before thee ; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell ; in the land of Goshen let them dwell : and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh : and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou ? 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. 11 ^ And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pha- raoh had commanded. 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and 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 was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. 14 18 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought : and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house. 15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said. Give us bread : for why should we die in thy presence ? for the money faileth. 16 And Joseph said. Give your cattle ; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph : and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for 47 Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said. My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan ; and, behold, they are in the 2 land of Goshen. And from among his brethren he took five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto liis brethren. What is your occupation ? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy ser- 4 vants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers. And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come ; for there is no pasture for thy servants’ flocks ; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan : now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell 5 in the land of Goshen. And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying. Thy father and thy brethren are 6 come unto thee : the land of Egypt is before thee ; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell ; in the land of Goshen let them dwell : and if thou knowest any “ able men among 7 them, then make them rulers over my cattle. And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him be- 8 fore Pharaoh : and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How many are the days of 9 the years of thy life ? And Jacob said unto Pha- raoh, The days of the years of my ^ pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life 10 of my fathers in the days of their ^ pilgrimage. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the pre- 11 sence of Pharaoh. And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land 12 of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, ‘^according to their families. 13 And there was no bread in all the land ; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. 14 And 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 15 brought the money into Pharaoh’s house. And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said. Give us bread : for why should we 16 die in thy presence ? for our money faileth. And Joseph 'said. Give your cattle ; and I will give you 17 for your cattle, if money fail. And they brought their cattle unto Joseph : and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the ^ flocks. 1 ch. 46. 31. G ch. 15. 13. Deut. 2 ch. 45. 10. & 46. 28. 26. 5. 3 Acts 7. 13. 7 ch. 43. 1. Acts 7. « ch. 46. 33. 11. « ch. 46. 34. 8 ch. 46. 34. 0 ch. 20. 15. iover.4. le Ex. 1. 11. & 12. 11 Ps. 39. 12. Heb. 37. 11. 9, 13. iG ver. 6. 12 Job 14. 1. 11 ch. 41. 30. Acts 13 ch. 25. 7. & 35. 28. 7 . 11. 1* ver. 7. 18 ch. 41. 56. iG ver. 19. tlie number of their a Or, men of acti- little ones, vity. d Heb. cattle of the b Or, sojonrnings. flocks, and for the cat- c Or, according to tie of the herds. GENESIS, XLVIII. 75 the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses : and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year. 18 Wiien that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him. We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent ; my lord also hath our herds of cattle ; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, hut our bodies, and our lauds : 19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land ? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh ; and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate. 20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh ; for the Egyptians sold every man liis field, because the famine prevailed over them : so the laud became Pharaoh’s. 21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. 22 20 Only the land of the priests bought he not ; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them : wherefore they sold not their lands. 23 Then Joseph said unto the people. Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh : lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. 24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. 25 And they said. Thou hast saved our lives : 21 let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants. 26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part ; 22 except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh’s. 27 ^ And Israel 23 dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen ; and they had possessions therein, and 24 grew, and multiplied exceedingly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years : so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. ^ 29 And the time 25 drew nigh that Israel must die : and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him. If now I have found grace in thy sight, 26 put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and 27 deal kindly and truly with me ; 28 bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt : 30 But 29 I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying- place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. 31 And he said. Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head. CHAPTER XLVIII. 1 Joseph with his sons visiteth his sick father. 2 Jacob strengtheneth himself to bless them. 3 He repeateth the promise. 5 He taketh Ephra- im and Manasseh ns his own. 7 He telleth Joseph of his mother's grave. 9 He blesseth Ephraim and Manasseh. 17 He preferreth the younger before the elder. 21 He irrophesieth their return to Canaan. A nd it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick : and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 30 Ezra 7. 24. 24 ch. 40. 3. 27 ch. 24. 49. 21 cli. 33. 15. 25 So Deut. 31. 14. =8 So ,50. 25. 22 ver. 22. 1 Kin. 2. 1. 2 U 2. Sam. 19. 37. 28 ver. 11. 26 (.ji. 24. 2. and for the herds, and for the asses : and he « fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for 18 that year. And when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him. We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent ; and the herds of cattle are my lord’s ; there is nought left in the sight of my lord, but our 19 bodies, and our lands : wherefore should we die be- fore thine eyes, both we and our land ? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh : and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not de- 20 solate. So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh ; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was sore upon tliem : and the 21 land became Pharaoh’s. And as for the people, ,^he removed them s' to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof. 22 Only the land of the priests bought he not : for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them ; wherefore 23 they sold not their land. Then Joseph said unto the people. Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh : lo, here is seed for you, and ye 24 shall sow the land. And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth unto Pha- raoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your 25 households, and for food for your little ones. And they said. Thou hast saved our lives : let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pha- 26 raoh’s servants. And Joseph made it a statute con- cerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pha- raoh should have the fifth ; only the land of the 27 ‘priests alone became not VPharaoh’s. And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen ; and they gat them possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exc^diiigly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years : so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, 29 were an hundred forty and seven years. And the time drew near that Israel must die : and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him. If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with 30 me ; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt : but when I sleep with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And 31 he said, I will do as thou hast said. And he said. Swear unto me : and he sware unto him. And Is- rael bowed liimself upon the bed’s head. 48 And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Beliold, thy father is sick : and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephra- 20 ch. 49. 29. & 50. 5, e Heb. led them as a he made bondmen of 13. shcpliei’d. them . from Ac. 21 ch. 48. 2. 1 Kin. / Accordii^r to Sa- haddai. h Or, hast begotten> c Or, to my sorrow, d Or, crossing kiS hands. GENESIS, XLIX. 77 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh : and he set Ephraim before Ma- nasseh. 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die : but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover ^^I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of tlie Amorite with my sword and with my bow. CHAPTER XLIX. 1 Jacob calleth his sons to bless them. 3 Their blessing in particular. 29 He chargeth them about his burial. 33 He dieth. A nd Jacob called unto his sons, and said. Gather yourselves together, that I may ^tell you that which shall befall you ^ in the last days. 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob ; and ^ hearken unto Israel your father. 3 ^ Reuben, thou art ^ my firstborn, my might, ® and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dig- nity, and the excellency of power : 4 Unstable as water, ® thou shalt not excel ; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed ; then defiledst thou it : he went up to my couch. 5 T[ ® Simeon and Levi are ^ brethren ; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret ; unto their assembly, limine honour, be not thou united : for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. 7 Cursed he their anger, for it was fierce ; and their wrath, for it was cruel : i^I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 8^1® Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise : thy hand shall he in the neck of thine ene- mies ; i^thy father’s children shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is i® a lion’s whelp : from the prey, my son, thou art gone up : 20 he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? 10 21 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor 22 a lawgiver 28 from between his feet, 24 until Shiloh come ; 25 and unto him shall the gathering of the peo- ple he. 11 26 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine ; lie washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes : 12 His 27 eyes shall he red with wine, and his teeth wliite with milk. 13 T[ 28 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea ; 18 So Ruth 4. 11, 12 . 19 ch. 4G. 4. & 50. 24. 20 Josh. 24. 32. 1 Chr. 5. 2. John 4. 5. « ch. 15. 16. & 34. 28. Josh. 17. 14, &c. 1 Deut. 33. 1. Amos 3. 7. 9 Num. 24. 14. Deut. 4. 30. Is. 2. 2. & 39. G. Jer. 23. 20. Dan. 2. 28, 29. Acts 2. 17. Heb. 1 . 2. 9 1>3. 31. 11. 4 ch. 29. 32. 8 Deut. 21. 17. Ps. 78. 51. 0 1 Chr. 5. 1. 7 ch. 35. 22. Deut. 27. 20. 1 Clir. 5. 1. 8 ch. 29. 33, 34. 0 Pro. 18. 9. 10 ch. 34. 25. 11 Pro. 1. 15, 16. i9Ps. 26. 9. Eph. 5. 11 . 18 Ps. 16. 9. & 30. 12. & 57. 8. 14 ch. 34. 26. 19 Josh. 19. 1. & 21. 5, 6, 7. 1 Chr. 4. 24, 39. io ch. 29. 35. Deut. 33. 7. 17 Ps. 18. 40. 18 ch. 27. 29. 1 Chr. 5 . 2 . 19 Hos. 5. 14. Rev. 5. 5. 20 Nuin. 23. 24. & 24. 9. 20 his seed shall become ® a multitude of nations. And he blessed them that day, saying, -^Tn thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh : and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die : but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto 22 the land of your fathers. Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. 49 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said : Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the latter days. 2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob ; And hearken unto Israel your father. 3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the « beginning of my strength ; The excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power. 4 ^ Unstable as water, thou shalt not have the excel- lency ; Because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed : Then defiledst thou it : he went up to my couch. 5 Simeon and Levi are brethren ; Weapons of violence are their ‘^swords. 6 O my soul, come not thou into their ® council ; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united ; For in their anger they slew ^ a man, And in their selfwill they houghed 0 an ox. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce-; And their wrath, for it was cruel : I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel. 8 Judah, thee shall tiiy brethren praise : Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies ; Thy father’s sons shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is a lion’s whelp ; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up : He stooped down, he couched as a lion. And as a lioness ; who shall rouse him up ? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, 4 Until Shiloh come ; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be. 11 Binding his foal unto the vine. And his ass’s colt unto the choice vine ; He hath washed his garments in wine. And his vesture in the blood of grapes ; 12 His eyes shall be red with wine. And his teeth white with milk. 13 Zebulun shall dwell at the j haven of the sea : 30. 21. Zech. 10. 11. ^ 22 Pa, GO. 7. & 108. 8. or, Num. 21. 18. 23 Deut. 28. 57. 24 Is. 11. 1. & 62. 11. Ezek. 21. 27. Dan. 9. 25. Matt. 21. 9. Luke 1. 32, 33. 29 Is. 2. 2. & 11.10. & 42. 1, 4. & 49. 6, 7, 22, 23. & 55. 4, 5. & 60. 1, 3, 4, 5. Hap. 2. 7. Luke 2. ;«), .'5] , .32. 29 2 Kiu. 18. 32. 27 Pro. 23. 29. 28 Deut. 33. 18, 19. Josh. 19. 10, 11. e Heb. fulness, f Or, By. g Or, mountain slope. Heb. shechem^ shoulder. a Or, frstfruits. b Or, Bubbling over, c Or, have not thou, d Or, compacts, e Or, secret. f Or, men. Or, oxen. Or, a lawgiver, i Or, Till he come to Shiloh, having the obe- dience of the peoples. Or, as read by the Sept., Until that which is his shall come <£'c. Another ancient ren- derinp is. Till he come whose it is d:c. j Heb. beach. 21 Num. 24. 17. Jer. 78 GENESIS, XLIX. and he shall he for an haven of ships ; and his border shall he unto Zidou. 14 T[ Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens : 15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant ; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. IG ^ Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in tlie path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. 18 2^ I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord. 19 23 Gad, a troop shall overcome him : but he shall overcome at the last. 20 ^ 24 of Asher his bread shall he fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. 21 ^ 25 Naphtali is a hind let loose : he giveth goodly words. 22 ^ Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well ; whose branches run over the wall : 23 The archers have 2® sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : 24 But his 27 bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of 28 ^be mighty God of Jacob; (2® from thence ^^is the shep- herd, the stone of Israel :) 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee ; ^2 and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb : 2G The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills : they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. 27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf : in the morn- ing he shall devour the prey, ^2 and at night he shall divide the spoil. 28 ^ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel : and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them ; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. 29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people : 2® bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Ilittite for a possession of a buryingplace. 31 22 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his And he shall be for an ^ haven of ships ; And his border shall be ^ upon Zidon. 14 Issachar is a strong ass. Couching down between the sheepfolds : 15 And he saw a resting place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant ; And he bowed his shoulder to bear. And became a servant under taskwork. IG Dan shall judge his people. As one of the tribes of Israel. 17 Dan shall be a serpent in the way. An adder in the path. That biteth the horse’s heels. So that his rider falleth backward. 18 I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord. 19 Gad, " a troop p shall press upon him : But he shall press upon their heel. 20 5 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties. 21 Naphtali is a hind let loose : He giveth goodly words. 22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain ; His ® branches run over the wall. 23 The archers have sorely grieved liim, And shot at him, and persecuted him : 24 But his bow abode in strength. And the arms of his hands were made * strong. By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (“From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Is- rael,) 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee. And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee. With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath. Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. 2G The blessings of thy father Have prevailed above “ the blessings of my pro- genitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills : They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. 27 Benjamin is a wolf that ravineth : In the morning he shall devour the prey. And at even he shall divide the spoil. 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel : and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them ; every one according to his blessing he blessed 29 them. And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people : bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron 30 the Hittite, in the cave that is in the field of Mach- pelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron 31 the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace : there 29 1 Sam. 10. 9. 80 Deut. 33. 22. Judg. 18. 1, 2. 31 Judg. 18. 27. 32 Ps. 25. 5. & 119. 166, 174. Is. 25. 9. 33 Deut. 33. 20. 1 Chr. 5. 18. 31 Deut. 33. 24. Josh. 19. 24. *3 Deut. 33. 23. 30 ch. 37. 4, 24, 28. & 39. 20. & 42. 21. Ps. 118. 13. 37 Job 29. 20. Ps. 37. 15. 38 Ps. 132. 2, 5. 30 ch. 45. 11. & 47. 12. & 50. 21. 10 Ps. 80. 1. 11 Is. 28. 16. 12 ch. 28. 13, 21. & 35. 3. & 43. 23. 13 th. 17. 1. &35. 11. 11 Deut. 33. 13. 15 Deut. 33. 15. Hab. 3. 6. 10 Deut. 33. 16. 17 Judg. 20. 21, 25. Ezek. 22. 25, 27. 18 Num. 23. 24. Esth. 8. 11. Ezek. 39. 10. Zech. 14. 1, 7. 19 ch. 15. 1.5. & 25. 8. 50 ch. 47. 30. 2 Sam. 19. 37. M ch. 50. 13. 52 ch. 23. 16. 53 ch. 23. 19. & 25. 9. k Heb. beach. I Or, by. m Or, rest, n Or, horned snake. 0 Heb. gedud, a ma- rauding baud. p Heb. //ru/, to pres.s. q According to some ancient versions, Ash- er, his bread &c. r Heb. the son of a fruitful tree. s Heb. daughters, t Or, active, u Or, From thence, from the shepherd. Or, as otherwise read, Jly the name of the shep- herd. V According to some ancient authorities, the blessings of the an- cient mountains, the desire (or, desirable things) of the everlast- ing hills. w Or, that is prince among. GENESIS, L. 79 wife ; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah. 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. 33 And when Jacob had made an end of command- ing his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. CHAPTER L. 1 The mourning for Jacob. 4 Joseph getteth leave of Pharaoh to go to bury him. 7 The funeral. 15 Joseph comforteth his brethren^ who craved his pardon. 22 His age. 23 He seeth the third generation of his sons. 24 He prophesielh unto his brethren of their return. 25 He taketh an oath of them for his bones. 26 He dieth, and is chested. A nd Joseph 1 fell upon his father’s face, and ^ wept upon him, and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to 3 embalm his father : and the physicians embalmed Israel. 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him ; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed : and the Egyptians ^mourned for him threescore and ten days. 4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto ®the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 5 ® My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die : in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. 6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, ac- cording as he made thee swear. 7 Hi And Joseph went up to bury his father : and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house : only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen : and it was a very great company. 10 And they came to the threshingfioor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they ® mourned with a great and very sore lamentation : ® and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Ca- naanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said. This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians : wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan. 12 And his sons did unto him according as he com- manded them : 13 For his sons carried him into the land of Ca- naan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Mach- pelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a j)ossession of a buryingplace of Ephroii the Hittite, before Mamre. 14 ^ And Joseph returiujd into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. 15 ^ And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, ^^they said, Joseph will peradventure M ch. a-j. 29. 14. Matt. 20. 12. Mark “ Num. 20. 29. Deut. es ver. 29. 14. 8. & 10. 1. Luke 34. 8. ich. 40. 4. 24.1. Jolm 12. 7. & o Kstli. 4. 2. » 2 Kill. 13. 14. 19. 39, 40. e eh. 47. 29. ® ver. 20. 2 Clu'. 10. they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife ; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and there 32 I buried Leah : the field and the cave that is there- in, which was purchased from the children of Heth. 33 And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. 50 And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept 2 upon him, and kissed him. And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father : 3 and the physicians embalmed Israel. And forty days were fulfilled for him ; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming : and the Egyptians wept for him threescore and ten days. 4 And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, say- ing, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, 5 I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying. My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die : in my grave which I “ have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and 6 I will come again. And Pharaoh said. Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. 7 And Joseph went up to bury his father : and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house : only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of 9 Goshen. And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen : and it was a very great company. 10 And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation : and he made a 11 mourning for his father seven days. And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, sav/ the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said. This is a grievous ^ mourning to the Egyptians : wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is 12 beyond Jordan. And his sons did unto him accord- 13 hig as he commanded them : for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a buryingplace, of Ephron the Ilittite, before Mamre. 14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury 15 his father, after he had buried his father. And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said. It may be that Joseph will hate us, 1 2 Chr. 10. 14. Is. » 1 Sam. 31. 13. Job » cli. 23. 10. 22. 10. Matt. 27. 00. 2. 13. 12 job 15. 21, 22. ® 2 Sam. 1. 17. Acts i" cli. 49. 29, 30. Acts a Or, bought. 8. 2. 7. 10. b lleb. cbul. 80 EXODUS, I. hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin ; for they did unto thee evil : and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. 18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face ; and they said, Behold, we he thy servants. 19 And Joseph said unto them, ^^Fear not : for am I in the place of God ? 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me ; hut God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. 21 Now therefore fear ye not : I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. 22 ^ And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house : and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. . 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation : ^2 the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh ^3 were brought up upon Joseph’s knees. 24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die : and 24 God wiU surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land 25 which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 25 And 26 Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. 26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old : and they 27 embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. and will fully requite us all the evil which we did 16 unto him. And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, 17 saying, So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil : and now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when 18 they spake unto him. And his brethren also went and fell down before his face ; and they said, Be- 19 hold, we be thy servants. And Joseph said unto them. Fear not : for am I in the place of God ? 20 And as for you, ye meant evil against me ; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, 21 to save much people alive. Now therefore fear ye not : I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake ^ kindly unto them. 22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house : and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the tliird generation : the children also of Machir the son of 24 Manasseh were born upon Joseph’s knees. And Joseph said unto 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, 25 and to Jacob. And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, 26 and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old : and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED EXODUS. THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, COMMONLY CALLED EXODUS. CHAPTER I. 1 The children of Israel, after Joseph's death, do multiply. 8 The more they are oppressed by anew king, the more they multiply. 15 The god- liness of the midwives, in saving the men children alive. 22 Pharaoh commandeth the male children to be cast into the river. ’'Vr O W 1 these are the names of the children of Israel, jLi which came into Egypt ; every man and his household came with Jacob. 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were 2 seventy souls ; for Joseph was in Egypt already. 6 And ^Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. 13 Pro. 28. 13. n ch. 49. 25. 13 ch. 37. 7, 10. ifi ch. 45. 5. 11 Dent. 32. 35. 2 Ivin. 5. 7. Job 34. 20. Rom. 12. 19. Heb. 10. 30. 18 Ps. .50. 5. Is. 10. 7. 19 ch. 45. 5, 7. Acts 3. 13, 14, 15. 20 ch. 47. 12. Matt. 5. 44. 21 ,Tob 42. 16. 22 Nuui. 32. 39. 23 ch. 30. 3. 1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, which came into Egypt ; every man and his house- 2 hold came with Jacob. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and 3 4 Judah ; Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin ; Dan 5 and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy 6 souls : and Joseph was in Egypt already. And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that ge- 24 ch. 15. 14. &46. 4. & 48. 21. Ex. 3. 16, 17. Heb. 11. 22. 25 ch. 15. 18. & 26. 3. & 35. 12. & 46. 4. 28 Ex. 13. 19. Josh. 24. 32. Acts 7. 16. 2< ver. 2. 1 Gen, 46. 8. ch. 6. 14. 2 ver. 20. Gen. 46. 26, 27. Dent. 10. 22. 3 Gen. 50. 26. Acts 7. 15. c Heb. to their heart. EXODUS, II. 81 7 ^ ^ And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed ex- ceeding mighty ; and the land was filled with them. 8 Now there ^ arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 9 And he said unto his people. Behold, ® the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we : 10 Come on, let us ® deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. 11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters ® to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour : 14 And they ^^made their lives bitter with hard bondage, ^^in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field : all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour. 15 ^ And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah : 16 And he said. When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools ; if it he a son, then ye shall kill him : but if it he a daughter, then she shall live. 17 But the mid wives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. 18 Aim! 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 And the mid wives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women ; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. 20 Therefore 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 lie made them houses. 22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying. Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. CHAPTER II. 1 Moses is born^ 3 and in an ark cast into the flags. 5 He is found., and brought uj) by Pharaoh's daughter. 11 He sldyeth an Emptian. 13 He rejyroveth an Hebrew. 15 He fleeth into Midion. 21 He marrieth Zipjiorah. 22 Gershom is born. 23 God respecteth the Israelites' cry. A nd there went ^a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son : and ^ when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime 7 neration. And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty ; and the land was filled with them. 8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, wliich 9 knew not Joseph. And he said unto his people. Be- hold, the people of the children of Israel are ® more 10 and mightier than we : come, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they also join them- selves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and 11 get them up out of the land. Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store cities, 12 Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they ^ were grieved because of 13 the children of Israel. And the Egyptians made 14 the children of Israel to serve with rigour : 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 they made them serve with rigour. 15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew mid- wives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, 16 and the name of the other Puah ; and he said. When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birthstool ; if it be a son, then ye shall 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 Egypt commanded them, but 18 saved the men children alive. And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them. Why have ye done tliis thing, and have saved the 19 men children alive ? And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women ; for they are lively, and are 20 delivered ere the midwife come unto them. And God dealt well with the midwives : and the people 21 multiplied, and waxed very mighty. And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he 22 made them houses. And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying. Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. 2 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and 2 took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son : and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three 3 months. And when she could not longer hide him, slie took for him an ark of « bulrushes, and daubed it with ^ slime and with pitch ; and she put the child 4Gen. 40. 3. Dent. 25. Pro. 16. 25. & 21. « gh. 2. 23. & 0. 9. See Josh. 2. 4, &c. 1 Kin. 2. 24. & 11. 38. a Ov, too many and 20. 5. Ps. 105. 24. Acts 30. Acts 7. 19. Num. 20. 15. Acts 7. 2 Sam. 17. 19, 20. Ps. 127. 1. too mighty for us. 7. 17. 9 Gen. 15. 13. cli. 3. 19, 34. n Pro. 11. 18. Ec- 19 Acts 7. 19. b Or, dbhorred. 9 Acts 7. 18. 7. Dent. 20. 0. i3 Ps. 81. 0. cles. 8. 12. Is. 3. 10. i ch. 0. 20. Num. c See Gen. 41. 1. 9 P.S. 105. 24. Well. 2. 11. & 5. 4, w pro. K!. 0. Heb. 0. 10. 20.59. 1 Clir. 23. 14. « Tliat is, ’ Ps. 10. 2. & 8.3. 3, 4. 5. P.s. 81. 0. w Dan. .3. 10, 18. & w See 1 Sam. 2. 3.5. 2 Acts 7. 20. ileb. 5 That is, 8 Job 5. 13. Ps. 105. Geu. 47. 11. G. 13. Acts 5. 29. 2 Sam. 7. 11, 13, 27, 29. 11. 23. 82 EXODUS, II. and with pitch, and put the child therein ; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink. 4 2 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. 5 Tf And the ^ daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river ; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side ; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. 6 And when she had opened she saw the child : and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said. This is one of the Hebrews’ children. 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter. Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee ? 8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her. Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother. 9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became ® her son. And she called his name Moses : and she said. Because I drew him out of the water. 11 ^ And it came to pass in those days, ® when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens : and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he ® slew the Egyp- tian, and hid him in the sand. 13 And ® when he went out the second day, behold, ^wo men of the Hebrews strove together : and he said to him that did the wrong. Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow ? 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us ? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian ? And Moses feared, and said. Surely this thing is known. 15 Now when Pharaoh heard tliis thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian : and he sat down by a well. 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters : and they came and drew water ^ and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away : but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said. How is it that ye are come so soon to day ? 19 And they said. An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. 20 And he said unto his daughters. And where is he ? why is it that ye have left the man ? call him, that he may eat bread. 21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man : and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. 22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom : for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. 23 ^ And it came to pass in process of time, that therein, and laid it in the flags by the river’s brink. 4 And his sister stood afar off, to know what would 5 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 sent her handmaid to 6 fetch it. And she opened it, and saw the child : and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compas- sion on him, and said. This is one of the Hebrews’ 7 children. Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter. Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew 8 women, that she may nurse the child for thee ? And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her. Go. And the maid 9 went and called the child’s mother. And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her. Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. 10 And the woman took the child, and nursed it. And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said. Because I ^ drew him out of the water. 11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens ; and he saw an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, 13 and hid him in the sand. And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together : and he said to him that did the 14 wrong. Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow ? And he said. Who made thee a prince and a judge over us ? thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian ? And Moses feared, and said. Surely the 15 thing is known. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of 16 Midian : and he sat down by a well. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters : and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their 17 father’s flock. And the shepherds came and drove them away : but Moses stood up and helped them, 18 and watered their flock. And when they came to Reuel their father, he said. How is it that ye are 19 come so soon to-day ? And they said. An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the 20 flock. And he said unto his daughters. And where is he ? why is it that ye have left the man ? call 21 him, that he may eat bread. And Moses was con- tent to dwell with the man : and he gave Moses 22 Zipporah his daughter. And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom : for he said, I liave been ^ a sojourner in a strange land. 23 And it came to pass in the course of those many 3 ch. 15. 20. Num. 26. 59. 4 Acts 7. 21. 0 Acts 7. 21. c A-^s 7. 23, 24. Heb. 11. 24, 25, 26. 7 ch. 1. 11. * Acts 7. 24. 0 Acts 7. 26. 10 Acts 7. 27, 28. 11 Acts 7. 29. Heb. 11. 27. 12 Gen. 24. 11. & 29. 2 . 13 ch. 3. 1. 11 Gen. 24. 11. & 29. 10. 1 Sam. 9. 11. 10 Gen. 29. 10. 16 Num. 10. 29. called also Jethro, or J ether, ch. 3. 1. & 4. 18. & 18. 1, &c. 11 Gen. 31. 54. & 43. 25. 18 ch, 4. 25. «fe, 18. 2. 10 ch, 18. 3. 20 Acts 7. 29. Heb. 11. 13, 14. 21 ch. 7. 7. Acts 7. 30. c Heb. Mosheh. d Heb. mashah, to draw out. e Heb. Ger. EXODUS, III. 83 the king of Egypt died : and the children of Israel 22 sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and 28 their cry came up unto God by reason of the bon- dage. 24 And God 24 heard their groaning, and God 25 re- membered his 25 covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God 27 looked upon the children of Israel, and God 28 had respect unto them. CHAPTER III. 1 Moses keepeth Jethro's flock. 2 God appeareth to him in a burning hush. 9 He sendetk him to deliver Israel. 14 The name of God. 15 His message to Israel. "VT OW Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, ^ the priest of Midian : and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to 2 the moun- tain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And * the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush : and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this ^ great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called ^ unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said. Here am I. 5 And he said. Draw not nigh hither : ® put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Ja- cob. And Moses hid his face ; for ^ he was afraid to look upon God. 7 ^ And the Lord said, ^ I have surely seen the af- fliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters ; for I know their sorrows ; • 8 And 12 1 am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flow- ing with milk and honey ; unto the place of the Ca- naanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me : and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. 11 ^ And Moses said unto God, 20 Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt ? 12 And he said, 21 Certainly I will be with thee ; and this shall he a token unto thee, that I have sent thee : When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them. 22 Num. 20. IG. Deut. 2G. 7. Ps. 12. 5. 2 a Gen. 18. 20. ch. 3. 9. & 22. 23, 27. Deut. 24. 15. Jam. 5. 4. 21 ch. G. 5. 2c ch. G. 5. Ps. 105. 8, 42. & lOG. 45. 2 ch. 7. 19. 14 ver. T). is ch. 8. .30. 11 ver. 4, 6. lo Ps. 105. 35. I'J Joel 2. 20. 12 Ps. 78. 4G. & 105. i« ch. 9. 27. 20 ch. 4. 21. & 11. 10. 34. 17 ch. 9. 28. 1 Kin. 21 ch. 9. 22. 12 Joel 2. 2. 13. G. what ye desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence. 12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath 13 left. And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all the night ; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the 14 locusts. And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt ; very grievous were they ; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be 15 such. For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened ; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left : and there remained not any green thing, either tree or herb of the field, 16 through all the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste ; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your Gocl, and 17 against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death 18 only. And he went out from Pharaoh, and in- 19 treated the Lord. And the Lord turned an ex- ceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea ; there remained 20 not one locust in all the border of Egypt. But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the cliildren 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 22 be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand to- ward heaven ; and there was a thick darkness in all 23 the land of Egypt three days ; they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days : but all the children of Israel had light in 24 their dwellings. And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said. Go ye, serve the Lord ; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed : let your little ones 25 also go with you. And Moses said. Thou must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, 26 that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God. Our cattle also shall go with us ; there shall not an hoof be left behind ; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God ; and we know not with what we 27 must serve the Lord, until we come thither. But the Lord ^Giardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would 28 not let them go. And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more ; for in the day thou seest my face thou shalt 29 die. And Moses said. Thou hast spoken well ; I will see thy face again no more. 22 Ps. 105. 28. 22 ch. 8. 22. 24 ver. 8. 22 ver. 10. 2'’> ver. 20. ch. 4. 21. c Or, so that men & 14. 4, 8. shnll grope in dark- 27 ITeb. 11. 27. ness. f/Heb. made strong. 96 EXODUS, XI., XII. CHAPTER XI. 1 God''s message to the Israelites to borrow jewels of their neighbours. 4 Moses threateneth Pharaoh with the death of the firstborn. A nd the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt ; afterwards he will let you go hence : ^ when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence alto- gether. 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, ^ jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. 3 ® And the Lord gave the j)eople favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man ^ Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people. 4 And Moses said. Thus saith the Lord, ® About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt : 5 And ®all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill ; and all the firstborn of beasts. 6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. 7 ® But against any of the children of Israel ® shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast : that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. 8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying. Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee : and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you ; that my wonders may be mul- tiplied in the land of Egypt. 10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: ^^and the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land. CHAPTER XII. 1 The beginning of the year is changed. 3 The passover is instituted. \\ Therite of the passover. Unleavened bread. 29 The firstborn are slain. 31 The Israelites are driven out of the land. 37 They come to Succoth. 43 The ordinance of the passover. A nd the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 ^Tliis month shall he unto you the beginning of months : it shall he the first month of the year to you. 3 ^ Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, say- ing, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house : 4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it ac- cording to the number of the souls ; every man accord- ing to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be ^without blemish, a male of the first year : ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats : 6 And ye shall keep it up until the ^ fourteenth day of the same month : and the whole assembly of the con- gregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. 1 ch. 12. 31, 33, 39. c ch. 12. 12, 23, 29. 8 ch. 8. 22. 2 ch. 3. 22. & 12. 35. Amos 5. 17. » Josh. 10. 21. 3 ch. 3. 21. & 12. 3G. 0 ch. 12. 12, 29. lo ch. 12. 33. Ts. 100. 40. Amos 4. 10. ^ ch. 3. 19. & 7. 4. 4 2 Sam. 7. 9. Esth. ^ ch. 12. 30. Amos & 10. 1. 9. 4. 5. 17. 12 ch. 7. 3. 11 And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt ; afterwards he will let you go hence : ® when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence 2 altogether. Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and 3 jewels of gold. And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people. 4 And Moses said. Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt : 5 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill ; and all the firstborn of 6 cattle. And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there hath been none 7 like it, nor shall be like it any more. But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog ^move his tongue, against man or beast : that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between 8 the Egyptians and Israel. And all these thy ser- vants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying. Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee : and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken unto you : that my wonders may be' multi- 10 plied in the land of Egypt. And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh : and the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land. 12 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in 2 the land of Egyjjt, saying. This month shall be unto you the beginning of months : it shall be the first 3 month of the year to you. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying. In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a “ lamb, according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb 4 for an household : and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbour next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls ; according to every man’s eating ye shall 5 make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year : ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats : G and ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month : and the whole assembly of the 13 ch. 10. 20, 27. 14. 1 Pet. 1. 19. he shall utterly thrust Rom. 2. 5. & 9. 22. 3 Lev. 23. 5. Nimi. you out hence. 1 ch. 13. 4. Deut. 9. 3. & 28. 10. Dcxit. b Heb. whet. 10. 1. 10. 1, 0. c Heb. made strong. 2 Lev. 22. 19, 20, 21. a Or, when he shall a Or, kid. Mai. 1. 8, 14. Heb. 9. let you qo altogether. EXODUS, XII. 97 7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and ^ unleavened bread ; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but ® roast with fire ; his head with his legs, and with the pur- tenance thereof. 10 ® And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning ; and that which remaineth of it until the morn- ing ye shall burn with fire. 11 ^ And thus shall ye eat it ; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand ; and ye shall eat it in haste : it is the Lord’s passover. 12 For I ®will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast ; and ® against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment : I am the Lord. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are : and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 14 And this day shall be unto you ^^for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations ; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordi- nance for ever. 15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread ; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses : for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. 16 And in the first day there shall he an holy convo- cation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you ; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. 17 And ye shall observe feast of unleavened bread ; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt : therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. 18 ^ 1® In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. 19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses : for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened ; in all your habita- tions shall ye eat unleavened bread. 21 T[ Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb ac- cording to your families, and kill the passover. 22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in tlie bason ; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until tlie morning. 23 24p\)r tlie Lord will pass through to smite the ^&yP^4ans ; and when he seeth the blood upon the lin- * ch. . 34 . 25. Num. » Num. 33. 4. jr,. * 34. 13^ 25. Lev. 9. 11. Deut. IG. 3. 1 10 ch. 0. 2. 23. 5, 0. Num. 28. 17. Cor. r>. 8. 11 cli. 13. 9. Deut. IG. 3, 8. 1 Cor. c Deut. IG. 7. 3 2 Lev, 23. 4, 5. 2 5. 7. cch. 23. 18. & 34. Kin. 23. 21. Gen. 17. 14. Num. 25. 13 ver. 24, 43. ch. 9. 13. 2 Deut. IG. 5. 13. 10. ifi Lev. 23. 7, 8. 8 cli. 11. 4, 5. Amos u ch. 13. G, 7. & 23. Num. 28. 18, 25. 5. 17. 7 congregation of Israel shall kill it ^ at even. And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein 8 they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread ; 9 with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire ; its head with its legs and with the inwards 10 thereof. And ye shall let nothing of it remain un- til the morning ; but that which remaineth of it 11 until the morning ye shall burn with fire. And thus shall ye eat it ; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand : and ye shall eat it in haste : it is the Lord’s pass- 12 over. For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast ; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgements : I 13 am the Lord. 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, when I 14 smite the land of Egypt. And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord : throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread ; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses : for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall 16 be cut ofP from Israel. And in the first day there shall be to you an holy convocation, and in the seventh day an holy convocation ; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every 17 man must eat, that only may be done of yovi. And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread ; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt : therefore shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an ordi- 18 nance for ever. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month 19 at even. Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses : for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, 20 or one that is born in the land. Ye shall eat no- thing leavened ; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. 21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out, and take you ^ lambs according to your families, and kill the passover. 22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason ; and none of you shall go out of the door of 23 his house until the morning. For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians ; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side U ch. 13. 3. 4. Josh. .5. 10. 2 Kin. 2 ^ ver. 12, 13. i8Lev. 23. 5. Num. 23. 21. E^'ra 0. 20. Hcb. hcfween the 28. IG. Matt. 2G. 18, 10. Mark two evenwfjs. cli. 23. 15. & 34. 14. 12-lG. Luke 22. 7, c Or, for a dedroy^ 18. Deut. IG. 3. 1 «&c. er. Cor. .5. 7, 8. 22 Heb. 11. 28. d Or, Goforth. 2'’ Num. 9. 13. 23 ver. 7. e Or, hids. 21 ver. 3. Num. 9. 98 EXODUS, XII. tel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. 24 And ye shall observe this thmg for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, ^7 according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you. What mean ye by this service ? 27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and de- livered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. 28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 29 ^ And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon ; and all the firstborn of cattle. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians ; and there was a great cry in Egypt ; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. 31 ^ And ^®he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said. Rise up, a^id get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel ; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said. 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone ; and bless me also. 33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste ; for they said, We he all dead men. 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. 35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses ; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment : 36 And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. 37 ^ And the children of Israel journeyed from Raineses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. 38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them ; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened ; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. 40 ^ Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, 2C Ezek. 9. G. Rev. Deut. 32. 7. Josh. 4. 36. & 135. 8. & 136. 7. 3. & 9. 4. 6. Ps. 78. 6. 10. 2 Sam. 24. 16. 1 29 ygr. 11. ch. 4. 23. & 11. 5. Cor. 10. 10. Heb. 11. so ch. 4. 31. 85 ch. 11. 6. Pro. 21. 28. 31 Heb. 11. 28. 13. Amos 5. 17. Jam. 27 ch. 3. 8, 17. 82 ch. 11. 4. 2. 13. 28 ch. 13. 8, 14. 33 Num. 8. 17. & 33. 3g ch. 11. 1. Ps. 105. 4. Ps. 78. 51. & 105. 38. posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses 24 to smite you. And ye shall observe tliis thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to thf land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall 27 say unto you. What mean ye by this service ? that ye shall say. It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s pass- over, / who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed 28 the head and worshipped. And the children of Israel went and did so ; as the Lord had com- manded 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 firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon ; 30 and all the firstborn of cattle. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians ; and there was a great cry in Egypt ; for there was not a house where there was not' one 31 dead. And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said. Rise up, get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel ; and 32 go, serve the Lord, as ye have said. Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be 33 gone ; and bless me also. And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste ; for they said. We be all dead men. 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in 35 their clothes upon their shoulders. And the chil- dren of Israel did according to the word of Moses j and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, 36 and jewels of gold, and raiment : and the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. And they spoiled the Egyptians. 37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Ra- meses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot 38 that were men, beside children. And a mixed mul- titude went up also with them ; and flocks, and 39 herds, even very much cattle. And they baked un- leavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened ; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any vict- 40 ual. Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, which they sojourned in Egypt, was four hundred 41 and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame 87 ch. 10. 9. «3 ch. 3. 21. & 11. 3. 1. 46. & 11. 21. 88 ch. 10. 26. 44 Gen. 15. 14. ch. “s ver. 33. ch. 6. 1. 89 Gen. 27. 34. 3. 22. Ps. 105. 37. & 11. 1. 40 ch. 11. 8. Ps. 105. 45 Hum. 33. 3, 5. 4 d Qen. 15. 13. Acts 38. 4g Gen. 47. 11. 7. 6. Gal. 3. 17. 41 Gen. 20. 3. 47 Gen. 12. 2. &. 46. / Or, for that he 42 ch. 3. 22. & 11. 2. 3. ch. 38. 26. Num. passed. EXODUS, XIIL 99 that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of E^rypt. 42 It is a night to he much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt : this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. 43 •[[ And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover : There shall no stranger eat thereof : 44 But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. 45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. 46 In one house shall it be eaten ; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house ; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it ; and he shall be as one that is born in the laud : for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. 49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. 60 Thus did all the children of Israel ; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies. CHAPTER XIII. 1 The firstborn are sanctified to God. 3 The memorial of the passover is commanded. 11 The firstlings of beasts are .'set apart. 17 The Israel- ites go out of Egypt, and carry Joseph’s bones with them. 20 They come to Etham. 21 God guideth them by a pillar of a cloud., and a pillar of fire. A nd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 1 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, hath of man and of beast : it is mine. 3 ^ And Moses said unto the people, ^ Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage ; for ® by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place : ^ there shall no leavened bread be eaten. 4 ® This day came ye out in the month Abib. 5 If And it shall be when the Lord shall ® bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, ® that thou shalt keep tliis service in this month. 6 ® Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall he a feast to the Lord. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days ; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. 8 ^ And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, say- ing, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine 60 ver. 51. ch. 7. 4. co yer. 6. Num. 9. 22. 20, 30. & 34. 19. 61 See Deut. 16. 6. 13. Lev. 27. 26. Nuin. 3. 62 Num. 9. 14. 67 Num. 9. 14. 13. & 8. 16, 17. & 18. 63 Gen. 17. 12, 13. 68 Num. 9. 14. & 15. 15. Dent. 15. 19. 64 Lev. 22. 10. 15, 16. Gal. 3. 28. Luke 2. 23. 66 Num. 9. 12. John "O yer. 41. 2 (.j,, jo. 42. Deut. 19. 33, 36. 6" cli. 6. 26. 16. 3. 1 ver. 12, 13, 15. ch. 3 (j. ). day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord 42 went out from the land of Egypt. It is c'a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt : * this is that night of the Lord, to be much observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations. 43 And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover : there shall no 44 alien eat thereof : but every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, 45 then shall he eat thereof. A sojourner and an hired 46 servant shall not eat thereof. In one house shall it be eaten ; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house ; neither shall ye break 47 a bone thereof. All the congregation of Israel shall 48 * keep it. And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it ; and he shall be as one that is born in the land : but no uncircumcised person shall 49 eat thereof. One law shall be to him that is home- born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among 60 you. Thus did all the children of Israel ; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the laud of Egypt by their hosts. 13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying. Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast : it is mine. 3 And Moses said unto the people. Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of “bondage ; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place : there shall 4 no leavened bread be eaten. This day ye go forth 6 in the month Abib. And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Ilivite, and tlic Jebusite, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou 6 shalt keep this service in this month. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh 7 day shall be a feast to the Lord. Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days ; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee, in all 8 thy borders. And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying. It is because of that which the Lord did for 9 me when I came forth out of Egypt. And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a 4 ch. 12. 8. 6ch. 2.3. 15. &34. 18. Dent. 16. 1. 6 ch. 3. 8. T ch. 6. 8. 8 cli. 12. 25, 26. » ell. 12. 1.5, 16. 16 ch. 12. 19. R ver. 14. ch. 12. 26. 12 See ver. 16. ch. 12. 14. Num. 1.5. 39. Deut. 6. 8. & 11. 18. 1‘ro. 1. 9. Is. 49. 16, Jer. 22. 24. Matt. 23. 5. g Or, a night of watching unto the Lord. h Or, this same night is a, night of watching unto the Lord for all d-c. i Hob. do it. a Ilob. bondmen. 100 EXODUS, XIV. hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may he in thy mouth : for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt. 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. 11 ^ And it shall he when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, 12 That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast ; the males shall he the Lord’s. 13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb ; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck : and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. 14 T[ And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying. What is this ? that thou shalt say unto him, J3y strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage : 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the first- born of beast : therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males ; but all the first- born of my children I redeem. 16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes : for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt. 17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that teas near ; for God said. Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt : 18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea : and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. 19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him : for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you ; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. 20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Ethani, in the edge of the wilderness. 21 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way ; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light ; to go by day and night : 22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. CHAPTER XIV. 1 God instructeth the Israelites in their journey. 5 Pharaoh pnrsueth after them. 10 The Israelites murmur. 13 Moses comforteth them. 15 God instructeth Moses. 19 The cloud removeth behind the camp. 21 The Israelites pass through the Red sea, 23 which drowneth the Egyptians. A nd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, ^ that they turn and encamp before ^ Pi-hahiroth, between ^ Mig- dol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon : before it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 13 Ch. 12. 14, 24. 11 ver. 2. ch. 22. 29. & 34. 19. Lev. 27. 26. Num. 8. 17. & 18. 15. Deut. 15. 19. Ezek. 44. 30. ii ch. 34. 20. Num. 18. 15, 16. i« Num. 3. 46, 47. & 18. 15, 16. 11 ch. 12. 26. Deut. 6. 20. Josh. 4. 6, 21. 1* ver. 3. i» ch. 12. 29. 20 ver. 9. 21 ch. 14. 11, 12. Num. 14. 1-4. 22 Dent. 17. 16. 23 ch. 14. 2. Num. 33. 6, &c. 21 Geu. .50. 2.5. Josh. 24. 32. Acts 7. 16. memorial between thine eyes, that the law of tho Lord may be in thy mouth : for with a strong hand 10 hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt. Thou shalt therefore keep this ordmance in its season from year to year. 11 And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, as he sware unto 12 thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, that thou shalt ^ set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the womb, and every firstling which thou hast that cometh of a beast ; the males shall be the Lord’s. 13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a ^ lamb ; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou slialt break its neck : and all the firstborn of man 14 among thy sons shalt thou redeem. And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this ? that thou shalt say unto him. By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from 15 Egypt, from the house of ‘^bondage : and it came to pass, when Pharaoh « would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast : therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the womb, being males ; but all the first- 16 born of my sons I redeem. And it shall be for a sign upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes : for by strength of hand the Lord brought ns forth out of Egypt. 17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near ; for God said. Lest peradventure the people repent when 18 they see war, and they return to Egypt : but God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea : and the children of Israel went 19 up armed out of the land of Egypt. And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him : for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saymg, God will surely visit you ; and ye shall carry np my 20 bones away hence with you. And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in 21 the edge of the wilderness. And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way ; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light ; that they might go by day and by 22 night : -^the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people. 14 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying. Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon : over against it shall ye 3 encamp by the sea. And Pharaoh will say of the 23 Num. 33. 6. 26 ch. 14. 19, 24. & 40. 38. Num. 9. 15. & 10. 34. & 14. 14. Deut. 1. 33. Neh. 9. 12, 19. Ps. 78. 14. & 99. 7. & 105. 39. Is. 4. 5. 1 Cor. 10. 1. 1 ch. 13. 18. 2 Num. 33. 7. 3 Jer. 44. 1. h Heb. cause to pass over, c Or, Md. d Heb. bondmen. e Or, hardened him- self against letting us go. f Or, he took not away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the EXODUS, XIV. 101 ^ They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in, 4 And ^ I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them ; and I ® will be honoured upon Pha- raoh, and upon all his host ; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so. 5 ^ And it was told the king of Egypt that the peo- ple fled : and ^ the heart of Pharaoh and of his ser- vants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us ? 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his peo- ple with him : 7 And he took ® six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. 8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel : and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. 9 But the 12 Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, be- side Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. 10 ^ And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them ; and they were sore afraid : and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord. 11 i^And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness ? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt ? 12 not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying. Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians ? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. 13 ^ And Moses said unto the people, i^Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day : for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. 14 I’^The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. 15 ^ And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me ? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward : 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it : and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 17 And I, behold, I will 20 harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them : and I will 21 get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians 22 shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 19 ^ And the angel of God, 28 which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them ; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them : children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, 4 the wilderness hath shut them in. And I will “ harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he shall follow after them ; and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host ; and the Egyptians shall know 5 that I am the Lord. And they did so. And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were fled : and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said. What is this we have done, that we have let Israel 6 go from serving us ? And he made ready his 7 ^ chariot, and took his people with him : and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of 8 Egypt, and captains over all of them. And the Lord ‘^hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel : for the children of Israel went out with an high 9 hand. And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horse- men, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. 10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them ; and they were sore afraid : and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord. 11 And they said unto Moses, Because tliere were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness ? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with 12 us, to bring us forth out of Egypt ? Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying. Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians ? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than 13 that we should die in the wilderness. And Moses said unto the people. Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which 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 fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. 15 And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me ? speak unto the children of Israel, 16 that they go forward. And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it : and the children of Israel shall go into the midst 17 of the sea on dry ground. And I, behold, I will “ harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them : and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, 18 and upon his horsemen. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon 19 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 4Ps. 71. 11. Och. 15. 4. 9. 9. Ps. »4. 17. & i7ver. 25. Deut. 1. ^ ver. 21, 2G. ch. 7. 20.10. Is. 03. 9. 6 ch. 4. 21. & 7. 3. 10 ver. 4. 107. 0. 30. & 3. 22. & 20. 4. 19. a Heb. make strong. c ver. 17, 18. ch. 9. n ch. 6. 1. & 13. 9. » Ps. lOG. 7, 8. Josh, 10. 14, 42. & 23. 20 yer. 8. ch. 7. 3, b Or, chariots. IG. Rom. 9. 17,22, Num. 33. 3, ch. 5. 21 , & G. 9. 3. 2 Chr. 20. 29. Neh. 21 ver. 4. c lieh. made $trong. 23. 12 cii, 15. 9. Josh. 2 Chr. 20.15,17. 4.20. Is. 31.4. 22 yer, 4. d Or, for whereas ye ■' oh. 7. 5. 24. G, Is. 41. 10, 13, 14. Is. 30. 15. 23 ch. 13. 21. & 23. have seen the Egyp- 8 Ps. 105. 25. 13 Josh. 24, 7. Neh. 20. & 32, 34. Num. Hans to-day. 102 EX US, XV. 20 And it came between the camp of the Egypti; and the camp of Israel ; and ^4 it was a cloud and da ness to them, but it gave light by night to these : so tha. the one came not near the other all the night. 21 And Moses stretched out liis hand over the sea ; and the. Lord caused the sea to go hack by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were 29 a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 23 ^ And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and trou- bled the host of the Egyptians, 25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily : so that the Egyptians said. Let us flee from the face of Israel ; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians. 26 ^ And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morn- ing appeared ; and the Egyptians fled against it ; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them ; there remained not so much as one of them. 29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea ; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 30 Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians ; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. 31 And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians : and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Mo- ses. CHAPTER XV. 1 Moses' song. 22 The people want water. 23 The waters at Marah are bitter. 25 A tree sweeteneth them. 27 At Elim are twelve wells., and seventy palm trees. rSlHEN sang ^ Moses and the children of Israel this M song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will 2 sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed glori- ously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. ' 2 The Lord is my strength and ® song, and he is be- come my salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare him ^ an habitation ; my ® father’s God, and I ® will exalt him. 24 See Is. 8. 14. 2 Cor. 4. 3. 25 ver. 16. 26 Ps. 66. 6. 27ch. 15. 8. Josh. 3. 16. & 4. 23. Neh. 9. 11. Ps. 74. 13. & 106. 9. & 114. 3. Is. 63. 12 . 28 ver. 29. ch. 15. 19. Num. 33. 8. Ps. 66. 6. & 78. 13. Is. 63. 13. 1 Cor. 10. 1. Heb. 11. 29. 29 Hab. 3. 10. 30 See Ps. 77. 17, &c. 31 ver. 14. 32 ver. 16. 33 JoslK 4. 18. 34 ch. 15. 1, 7. 85 Hab. 3. 8, 13. 30 Ps. 106. 11. 37 ver. 22. Ps. 77. 20. & 78. 52, 53. 33 Ps. 106. 8, 10. 30 Ps. 58. 10. & 59. 10 . 40 ch. 4. 31. S: 19. 9. Ps. 106. 12. Joliu 2. 11. & 11. 45. 20 them, and stood behind them : and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel ; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night : and the one came not near the 21 other all the night. And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea ; and the Lord caused the sea to go hack by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were di- 22 vided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground ; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, 23 and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it came to pass in the morning watch, that the Lord looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discom- 25 fited the host of the Egyptians. And he ®took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily : so that the Egyptians said, I.0 ch. 14. 7. >1 ch. 14. 28. 12 Nch. 9. 11. 13 I’s. 118. 15, IG. 1^ Dent. 33. 2G. Ps. 59. 13. 1C Is. 5. 24. & 47. 14. 17 ch. 14. 21. 2 Sam. 22. IG. Job 4. 9. 2 Thess. 2. 8. 18 Pg. 78. 13. Hab. 3. 10. i» Jndg. 5. 30. 20 Gen. 49. 27. Is. 03. 12. Luke 11. 22. 21 ch. 14. 21. Ps. 147. 18. 22 ver. 5. ch. 14. 28. 23 2 Sam. 7. 22. 1 Kin. 8. 23. Pb. 71. 19. & 86. 8. & 89. (!, 8. Jer. 10. G. & 49. 19. 21 Is. G. 3. 215 Ps. 77. 14. 20 ver. G. 27 Ps. 77. 15, 20. 78. 52. & 80. 1. & lOG. 3 The Lord is a man of war : The Lord is his name. 4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea : And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea. 5 The deeps cover them : They went down into the depths like a stone. 6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power. Thy right hand, O Lord, dasheth in pieces the enemy. 7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee : Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble. 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as an heap ; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil : My lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. 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 ? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness. 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 peoples have heard, they tremble : Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. 15 Then were the dukes of Edom amazed ; The ® mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them : All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away. IG Terror and dread falleth upon them ; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone ; Till thy people pass over, O Lord, Till the people pass over which thou hast '' pur- chased. 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance. The place, O Lord, wliich 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 horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them ; but the children of Israel walked on dry land 9. Is. 63. 12, 13. Jer. 84 josh. 5. 1. ss Pg. 44 . 2. & 80. 8. 2. G. 85 Dent. 2. 25. & 11. so Ps. 78. 54. 28 Ps. 78. 54. 25. Josh. 2. 9. 4o i>g. 10 . 16. & 29. 20 Num. 14. 14. Deut. 3 g 1 Sam. 25. 37. 10. & 14G. 10. Is. 57. 2. 25. Josh. 2. 9, 10. 3 t ch. 19. 5. Deut. 15. 80 Ps. 48. G. 32. 9. 2 Sam. 7. 23. « ch. 14. 23. Pro. 81 Gen. 3G. 40. Ps. 74. 2. Is. 43. 1,3. 21. .31. 82 Dent. 2. 4. & 51. 10. Jer. 31. 11. 12 ch. 14. 28, 29. 33 Num. 22. 3. Ilab. Tit. 2. 14. 1 Pet. 2. 9. c Heb. ronis. 3. 7. 2 Pet. 2. 1. (1 Heb. gotten. 104 EXODUS, XVI. 20 ^ And Miriam ^^the prophetess, ^^the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur ; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23 ^ And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter : therefore the name of it was called Marah. 24 And the people murmured against Moses, say- ing, What shall we drink ? 25 And he ^^cj-jed unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed, him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet : there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, 26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his command- ments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians : for I am the Lord that healeth thee. 27 T[ And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees : and they encamped there by the waters. CHAPTER XYI. 1 The. Israelites come to Sin. 2 They miirmur for want of bread. 4 God promiseth them bread from heaven. 11 Quails are .sent., 14 and manna. 16 The ordering of manna. 25 It was not to be found on the sabbath. 32 An omer of it is preserved. A nd they ^ took their joiuney from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of ^ Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel ® murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness : 3 And the children of Israel said unto them, ^ Would to God we had died by tlie hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, ® when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full ; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assem- bly with hunger. 4 ^ Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain ® bread from heaven for you ; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. 5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in ; and ® it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. 6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, ® At even, then ye shall know that the LoKl) hath brought you out from the land of Egypt : 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord ; for that he heareth your murmurings ^3 Judg. 4. 4. 1 Sam. ver. 1. See Josh. 24. 25. 10. 5. « Gen. 16. 7. & 25. es ch. 16. 4. Deut. 44 Niim. 26. 59. 18. 8 . 2, 16. Judg. 2. 22. 43 1 Sam. 18. 6 . co Num. 33. 8 . & 3. 1, 4. Ps. 66 . 10. 4G Judg. 11. 34. & Cl ch. 16. 2. & 17, 3. & 81. 7. 21. 21. 2 Sam. 6. 16. 62 ch. 14 . 10 . & 17. 4. 6 g Deut. 7. 12, 15. Ps. 68 . 11, 25. & 149. Ps. 50. 15. 67 Deut. 28. 27, 60. 3. & 150. 4. 63 See 2 Kin. 2. 21. 68 ch. 23. 25. Ps. 41. 4’ 1 Sam. 18. 7. & 4. 41. 20 in the midst of the sea. And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and 21 with dances. And Miriam answered them. Sing ye to the Lord, for he ®hath triumphed gloriously ; The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 22 And Moses led Israel onward from the Red 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 drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter : therefore the name of it was called 24 Marah. And the people murmured against Moses, 25 saying. What shall we drink ? And he cried unto ' the Lord ; and the Lord shewed him a tree, and he ^ cast it into the waters-, and the waters were made sweet. There he made for them a statute and an 26 ordinance, and there he proved them ; and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians : for I am the Lord that healeth thee. 27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm trees : 16 and they encamped there by the waters. And they took their journey from Elim, and all the con- gregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their 2 departing out of the land of Egypt. And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness : 3 and the children of Israel said unto them. Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, when we did eat bread to the full ; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole 4 assembly with hunger. Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for ^ you ; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may prove them, whether 5 they will walk in my law, or no. And it shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much 6 as they gather daily. And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out 7 from the land of Egypt : and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord ; for that he 3, 4. & 103. 3. & 147. 3. 6 a Num. 33. 9. 1 Num. 33. 10, 11. 2 Ezek. 30. 15. 3 ch. 15. 24. Ps. 106. 25. 1 Cor. 10. 10. 4 Lam. 4. 9. 6 Num. 11. 4, 5. 6 Ps. 78. 24, 25. & 105. 40. Jo}m 6. 31, 32. 1 Cor. 10. 3. 6 ch. 15. 25. Deut. 8 . 2, 16. 3 See ver. 22. Lev. 25. 21. a See ver. 12, 13. & ch. 6. 7. Num. 16. 28, 20, 30. >a See ver. 10. 1?. 35. 2. & 40. 5. John 11. 4, 40. e Or, is highly exalt- ed. f That is. Bitterness. EXODUS, XVI. 105 against the Lord : and what are we, that ye murmur against us ? 8 And Moses said, This shall he, when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full ; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him : and what are we ? your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord. 9 IT And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near be- fore the Lord : for he hath heard your murmurings. 10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord ^ appeared in the cloud. 11 ^ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 1^ I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel : speak unto them, saying, i® At even ye shall eat flesh, and ^ in the morning ye shall be filled with bread ; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God. 13 And it came to pass, that at even i®the quails came up, and covered the camp : and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the vpilderness there lay 20 a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another. It is manna : for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, 21 This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. 16 ^ This is the thing which the Lord hath com- manded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, 22 an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons ; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. 17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. 18 And when they did mete it with an omer, 23 he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gfithered little had no lack ; they gathered every man according to his eating. 19 And Moses said. Let no man leave of it till the morning. 20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses ; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank : and Moses was wroth with them. 21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating : and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. 22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man : and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 23 And he said unto them. This is that which the Lord hath said. To morrow is 2^ the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord : bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe ; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses ” N«m. 10. 11. 14 ver. 7. ch. 13. 21, ” ver. 7. ^^See 1 Sam. 8. 7. Nnm. 10. 19. 1 Kiu. is Num, 11.31. Ps. Luke 10. 10. Rom. 8. 10, 11, 78. 27, 28. & 105. 40. 13, 2. 15 ver. 8. is Num. 11. 9. 13 Num. IG. IG. 10 ver. G. 20 Num. 11. 7. Deut. 8* heareth your murmurings against the Lord : and 8 what are we, that ye murmur against us ? And Moses said, This shall be, when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full ; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him : and what are we ? your murmurings are not against us, 9 but against the Lord. And Moses said unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the Lord : for he hath 10 heard your murmurings. And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord 11 appeared in the cloud. And the Lord spake unto 12 Moses, saying, I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel : speak unto them, saying, « At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread ; and ye shall know that I am 13 the Lord your God. And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp : and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small ^ round 15 thing, small as the hoar frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, ^ What is it ? for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them. It is the bread which the 16 Lord hath given you to eat. This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded. Gather ye of it every man according to his eating ; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them which are in his tent. 17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some 18 more, some less. And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack ; they 19 gathered every man according to his eating. And Moses said unto them. Let no man leave of it till the 20 morning. Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses ; but some of them left of it until the morn- ing, and it bred worms, and stank : and Moses was 21 wroth with them. And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating : and 22 when the sun waxed hot, it melted. And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one : and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 23 And he said unto them. This is that which the Lord hath spoken. To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto the Lord : bake that which ye will bake, and seethe that which ye will seethe ; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept 24 until the morning. And they laid it up till the 8. S. Jfeh. 9. in. Ps. 78. 24. & lor). 40. 21 John G. 31, 49, 58. 1 Cor. 10. 3. 22 ver. 3C. 52 2 Cor. 8. ir,. 2 ^ Gron. 2. 8. cli. 20. 8. cfe 31. 15. & 3.5. 3. Dev. 23. 8. « Heb. lidii'e.eh the two eveninrjs. b Or, flake, t Or, It is manna. tleb. Man hu. 106 EXODUS, XVII. bade : and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. 25 And Moses said. Eat that to day ; for to day is a sabbath unto the Lorp : to day ye shall not find it in the field. 26 Six days ye shall gather it ; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 27 1[ And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. 28 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long ^7 re- fuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws ? 29 See, for that the Lord hath given you the sab- bath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days ; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. 31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna : and it was like coriander seed, white ; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 32 ^ And Moses said. This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations ; that they may see the bread where- with I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, ^9 Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations. 34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up ^9 before the Testimony, to be kept. 35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited ; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. 36 Now an omer is the tenth of an ephah. CHAPTER XVII. 1 The people murmur for water at Rephiclim. 5 God sendeth Mm for water to the rock in Horeb. 8 Amalek is overcome by the holding up of Moses' hands. 15 Moses buildeth the altar Jehovah-nissi. A nd 1 all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim : and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me ? wherefore do ye ® tempt the Lord ? 3 And the people thirsted there for water ; and the people ^ murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst ? 4 And Moses ^ cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people ? they be almost ready to ® stone me. 5 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel ; and thy rod, wherewith ^ thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6 ® Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb ; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may 25 ver. 20. so ch. 25, 16, 21. & 8. 2, 3, Neh. 9. 20, 21. 20 ch. 20. 9, 10. 40. 20. Num. 17. 10. John 6. 31, 49. 27 2 Kin. 17. 14. Ps. Dent. 10. 5. 1 Kin. 8. 32 josh. 6. 12. Neh. 78. 10, 22. & 106. 13. 9. 9. 15. 2» Nnm. 11. 7, 8. si Num. 33. 38. Dent. i ch. 16. 1. Num. 20 Heb. 9. 4. 33. 12, 14. morning, as Moses bade : and it did not stink, 25 neither was there any worm therein. And Moses said. Eat that to-day ; for to-day is a sabbath unto the Lord : to-day ye shall not find it in the field. 26 Six days ye shall gather it ; but on the seventh day 27 is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people for to gather, and they found none. 28 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye 29 to keep my commandments and my laws ? See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days ; abide ye every man in his place, let no 30 man go out of his place on the seventh day. So 31 the people rested on the seventh day. And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna : and it was like coriander seed, white ; and the taste 32 of it was like wafers made with honey. And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord hath com- manded, Let an omerful of it be kept for your ge- nerations ; that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth 33 from the land of Egypt. And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept 34 for your generations. As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to 35 be kept. And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, imtil they came to a land in- habited ; they did eat the manna, until they came 36 unto the borders of the land of Canaan. Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. 17 And all the congregation of the children of Is- rael journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their “ journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim : and there was no 2 water for the people to drink. Wherefore the peo- ple strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them. Why strive ye with me ? wherefore do ye tempt the 3 Lord ? And the people thirsted there for water ; and the people murmured against Moses, and said. Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with 4 thirst ? And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people ? they be almost 5 ready to 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, wherewith thou smot- 6 est the river, take in thine hand, and go. Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Ho- reb ; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may driidc. 2 Num. 20. 3, 4. s ch. 14. 15. » Num. 20. 10, 11. 3 Deut. 6. 16. Ps. c i Sam 30. 6. John Ps. 78. 15, 20. & 105. 78. 18, 41. Is. 7. 12. 8. 59. & 10. 31. 41. & 114. 8. 1 Cor. Matt. 4. 7. 1 Cor. 10. 7 Ezek. 2. 6. 10. 4. 9. 8 ch. 7. 20. Num. 20. d Heb. Man. 8. a Or, stages. 4 ch. 16. 2. 107 EXODUS, XVIIL drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of 7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not ? 8^1^ Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said unto J oshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek : to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God , in mine hand. 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek : and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when Moses ^^held up his hand, that Israel prevailed : and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses’ hands were heavy ; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon ; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side ; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : for ^^1 will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi : 16 For he said. Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. CHAPTER XVIII. 1 Jethro bringetk to Moses his wife and two sons. 7 Moses entertaineth him. 13 Jethro's counsel ts accepted. 27 Jethro departeth. W HEN 1 Jetliro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that ^ God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt ; 2 Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, ^ after he had sent her back, 3 And her ^ two sons ; of which the ® name of the one was Gershom ; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land : 4 And the name of the other was Eliezer ; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh : 5 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at ®the mount of God : 6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. 7 If And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and ^ kissed him ; and they asked each other of their welfare ; and they came into the tent. 8 And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s 10 Num. 20. 13. Ps. « ch. 4. 20. i ch. 2. 16. & 3. 1. 81. 7. & 95. 8. Heb. « Jam. 5. 16. 2 Ps. 44. 1. & 77. 14, 3. 8. ir. ch. 34. 27. 15. & 78. 4. & 105. 5, w Gen. 36. 12. Num. lo Nutu. 24. 20. 43. & 106. 2, 8. 24. 20. Dent. 25. 17. Deut. 25. 19. 1 Sam. s ch. 4. 26. 1 Svu. ],1. 2. 15. 3, 7. 30. 1, 17. “ Acts?. 29. C.v!le \ .Tesns, Acts 2 Sam. 8. 12. Ezra 9. o cli. 2. 22. 7. ‘15. Ileb. 4. 8. 14. o ch. 3. 1, 12. • And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Is- 7 rael. And he called the name of the place ^ Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the chil- dren of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying. Is the Lord among us, or not ? 8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in 9 Rephidim. And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek : to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of 10 God in mine hand. So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek : and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed : and when he let down his 12 hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses’ hands were heavy ; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon ; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side ; and his hands were steady until the 13 going down of the sun. And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : ® that I will utterly blot out the remem- 15 brance of Amalek from under heaven. And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah- 16 nissi : and he said, ^ The Lord hath sworn : the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. 18 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that the Lord had 2 brought Israel out of Egypt. And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he 3 had sent her away, and her two sons ; of which the name of the one was Gershom ; for he said, I have 4 been “a sojourner in a strange land : and the name of the other was ^ Eliezer ; for he said, The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the 5 sword of Pharaoh : and Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mount 6 of God : and he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and 7 her two sons with her. And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him ; and they asked each other of their welfare ; 8 and they came into the tent. And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pha- 7 Gen. 14. 17. & 18. 2. & 19. 1. 1 Kin. 2. 19. 8 Gen, 29, 13. & 33. 4, h That is, Tempt- in' is a haw 108 EXODUS, XVIII. sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord ^ delivered them. 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. 10 And Jethro said, Blessed he the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. 11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods : for in the thing wherein they dealt i® proudly he teas above them. 12 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God : and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father in law 1^ before God. 13 ^ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people : and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. 14 And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to tlie people, he said. What is this thing that thou doest to the people ? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even ? 15 And Moses said unto his father in law. Because 1^ the people come unto me to enquire of God : 16 When they have a matter, they come unto me ; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. 17 And Moses’ father in law said unto him. The thing that thou doest is not good. 18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee : for this thing is too heavy for thee ; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee coun- sel, and God shall be with thee : Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest 21 bring the causes unto God : 20 And thou shalt 22 teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them 23 the way wherein they must walk, and 24 the work that they must do. 21 Moreovfer thou shalt provide out of all the people 25 able men, such as 26 fear God, 27 ^^en of truth, 28 hat- ing covetousness ; and place such over them, to he rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 22 And let them judge the people 29 at all seasons : and it shall be, that every great matter they shall. bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and ^^they shall bear the burden with thee. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be ^2 able to endure, and all this people shall also go to ^3 their place in peace. 24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in ^“^w, and did all that he had said. 4nd Moses chose able men out of all Israel, them heads over the people, rulers of thou- raoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and 9 how the Lord delivered them. And Jethro re- joiced for all the goodness which the Lord h.^d done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out 10 of the hand of the Egyptians. And Jethro said. Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh ; who hath delivered the people from 11 under the hand of the Egyptians. Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods : yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them. 12 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt of- fering and sacrifices for God : and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ 13 father in law before God. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people : and the people stood about Moses from the morning 14 unto the evening. And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said. What is this thing that thou doest to the people ? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand about 15 thee from morning unto even ? And Moses said unto his father in law. Because the people come unto 16 me to inquire of God : when they have a matter, they come unto me ; and I judge between a man and his neighbour, and I make them know the sta- ll tutes of God, and his laws. And Moses’ father in law said unto him. The thing that thou doest is ndt 18 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 perform it thy- 19 self alone. Hearken now unto my voice, I ^vill give thee counsel, and God be with thee : be thou for the people to God-ward, and bring thou the causes unto 20 God : and thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they 21 must walk, and the work that they must do. More- over thou shalt provide out 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 hundreds, rulers of fifties, and 22 rulers of tens : and let them judge the people at all seasons : and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves : so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with 23 thee. If thou shalt do this thing, and God com- mand thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people also shall go to their place in 24 peace. So Moses hearkened to the voice of his 25 father in law, and did all that he had said. And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rul- 13 1 Sam. 2. 3. Neh. 10, 16, 29. Job 40. ^ Ps. 31. 23. & Luke 1. 51. 12. 7. J 1 Cor. 10., \ Num. 24. 14. Deut. 17. 8. 2 Sam. 15. 3. Job 31. 13. Acts 18. 15. 1 Cor. 6 . 1 . Lev. 24. 15. Num. 15. 35. & 27. G, &c. & 36. 6, 7, 8, 9. 18 Num. 11. 14, 17. Deut. 1. 9, 12. IS' ch. 3. 12. 20 ch. 4. IG. & 20. 19. Deut. 5. 5. 21 Num. 27. 5. 22 Deut. 4. 1, 5. &5. 1. & 6. 1, 2. & 7. 11. 23 Ps. 143. 8. 21 Deut. 1. 18. 28 ver. 25. Deut. 1, 15, 16. & 16. 18. 2 Chr. 19. 5-10. Acts G. 3. 2fi Gen. 42, 18. 2 Sam. 23. 3. 2 Chr. 19. 9. b Ezek. 18, 8. 28 Deut. 16. 19. 23 ver. 26. 83 ver. 26. Lev, 24. 11. Num. 15. 33. & 27. 2. & 36, 1. Deut. 1. 17. & 17. 8. 31 Num. 11. 17. 82 ver. 18, 33 Gen. 18. 33. & 30. 25. ch. 16. 29. 2 Bam. 19. 39. 34 Deut. 1. 15. Acts 6. 5. EXODUS, XIX. 109 sands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they ^5 judged the people at all seasons : the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. 27 IF And Moses let his father in law depart ; and he went his way into his own land. CHAPTER XIX. 1 The people come to Sinai. 3 God's message by Moses unto the people out of the mount. 8 The people's answer returned again. 10 The people are prepared against the third day. 12 The mountain must not be touched. 16 The fearful presence of God upon the mount. I N the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day 1 came they into the wilderness of Sinai. 2 For they were departed from ^ Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness ; and there Israel camped before ^ the mount. 3 And ^ Moses went up unto God, and the Lord ® called unto him out of the mountain, saying. Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the chil- dren of Israel ; 4 ® Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself. 5 Now ® therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ® ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine : 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. 7 ^ And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him. 8 And all the people answered together, and said. All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord. 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord. 10 ^ And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11 And be ready against the third day : for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying. Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it : whoso- ever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death : 13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through ; whether it he beast or man, it shall not live : when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. 14 ^ And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and ^2 sanctified the people ; and they washed their clothes. sfi ver. 22. 80 Job 29. 16. 87 Num. 10. 29, 30. 1 Num. 33. 15. 2 ch. 17. 1, 8. 3 ch. 3. 1, 12. 4ch. 20. 21. Acts?. 38. 3 rh. 3. 4. 6 Deut. 29. 2. 7Deut. 32. 11. Is. 63. 9. Rev. 12. 14. 8 Deut. 5. 2. 0 Deut. 4. 20. & 7. 6. & 14. 2, 21. & 20. 18. & 32. 8, 9. 1 Kin. 8. 53. Ps. 135. 4. Cant. 8. 12. Is. 41. 8. & 43. 1. Jer. 10. 16. Mai. 3. 17. Tit. 2. 14. 70 ch. 9. 29. Deut. 10. 14. Job 41. 11. Ps. 24. 1. & .50. 12. 1 Cor. 10. 26, 28. 11 Deut. 33. 2, 3, 4. 1 Pet. 2. 5, 9. Rev. 1. G. & 5. 10. & 20. G. ers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all seasons : the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small 27 matter they judged themselves. And Moses let his father in law depart ; and he went his way into his own land. 19 In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same 2 day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. And when they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the wilderness of Sinai, they pitched in the wilderness ; and there Israel camped before the 3 mount. And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying. Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the 4 children of Israel ; Ye 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 peculiar treasure unto me ® from 6 among all peoples : for all the earth is mine : and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak 7 unto the children of Israel. And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the Lord commanded 8 him. And all the people answered together, and said. All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people unto 9 the Lord. And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and may also believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of 10 the people unto the Lord. And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments, 11 and be ready against the third day : for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all 12 the people upon mount Sinai. And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it : whosoever toucheth the 13 mount shall be surely put to death : no hand shall touch ^him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through ; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live : when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall 14 come up to the mount. And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the peo- 12 Lev. 20. 24, 26. Deut. 7. 6. & 2G. 19. & 28. 9. Is. 62. 12. 1 Cor. 3. 17. 1 Thess. 5. 27. 13 Ch. 24. 3, 7. Deut. 5. 27. & 2G. 17. 11 ver. 1G. ch. 20. 21. & 24. 15, IG. Deut. 4. 11. Ps. 18. 11, 12. & 97. 2. Matt. 17. 5. 13 Deut. 4. 12, 3G- John 12. 29, 30. l« ch, 14. 31, 17 Lev. 11. 44, 45. Hob. 10, 22. 18 ver. 14. Geii. 35. 2, Lev. 15, 5. 10 ver. 16, 18. ch* 34. 5. Deut. 33. 2. 20 Heb, 12. 20. 21 ver, IG, 19. 22 ver. 10. a Or, above, b Or, it. c Or, ram's horn. 110 EXODUS, XX. 15 And he said unto the people, ^3 Be ready against the third day : come not at your wives. 16 ^ And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the ^7 voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God ; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire ; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19 And ®^when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. 20 And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount : and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount ; and Moses went up. 21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish. 22 And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them. 23 And Moses said unto the Lord, The people can- not come up to mount Sinai : for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. 24 And the Lord said unto him. Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee : but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them. 25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. • CHAPTER XX. 1 The ten commandments. 18 The 'people are afraid. 20 Moses com- forteth them. 22 Idolatry is forbidden. 24 Of what sort the altar should be. ND God spake ^ all these words, saying, 2^1 am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, ®out of the house of bondage. 3 ^ Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 ® Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : 5 ®Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, ® visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ; 6 And ® shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy 15 pie ; and they washed their garments. And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day : 16 come not near a woman. And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud ; and all the people that were in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God ; and they stood at the nether 18 part of the mount. And mount Sinai was altogether on smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire : and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole ^ mount quaked greatly. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him 20 by a voice. And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount : and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mount ; and Moses went up. 21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to 22 gaze, and many of them perish. And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify them- 23 selves, lest the Lord break forth upon them. And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai : for thou didst charge us, say- ing, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. 24 And the Lord said unto him, Go, get thee down ; and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee : but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon 25 them. So Moses went down unto the people, and told them. 20 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of “ bondage. 3 Thou shalt have none other gods ^before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor the likeness of any form that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water 5 under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the 6 fourth generation of them that hate me ; and shew- ing mercy unto ^ thousands, of them that love me and keep my commandments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy 23 ver. 11. 24 1 Sam. 21. 4, 5. Zech. 7. 3. 1 Cor. 7. 5. ■ 25 Pa. 77 . 18. Heb. 12. 18, 19. Rev. 4. 5. & 8. 5. & 11. 19. 25 ver. 9. ch. 40. 34. 2 Chr. 5. 14. 27 Rev. 1. 10. &4. 1. 28 Heb. 12. 21. 29 Deut. 4. 10. 30 Deut. 4. 11. & 33. 2. Judg. 5. 5. Ps. 68. 7, 8. Is. 6. 4. Hab. 3. 3 31' ch. 3. 2. & 24. 17. 2 Chr. 7. 1, 2, 3. 32 Gen. 15. 17. Ps. 144. 5. Rev. 15. 8. 33 Ps. 68. 8.&77. 18. & 114. 7. Jer. 4. 24. Pleb. 12. 26. 34 ver. 13. 36 Heb. 12. 21. 36Neh. 9. 13. Ps. 81. 7. 37 See ch. 3. 5. 1 Sam. 6. 19. 88 Lev. 10. 3. 80 2 Sam. 6. 7, 8. 40 ver. 12. Josh. 3. 4. ^ 1 Deut. 5. 22. ^2 Lev. 26. 1, 13. Deut. 5. 6. Ps. 81. 10. Hos. 13. 4. 3 ch. 13. 3. 4 Deut. 5. 7. & 6. 14. 2 Kin. 17. 35. Jer. 25. 6. & 35. 15. 6 Lev. 26. 1. Dent. 4. 16. & 5. 8. & 27. 15. Ps. 97. 7. 6ch. 23. 24. Josh. 23. 7. 2 Kin. 17. 35. Is. 44. 15, 19. 7 ch. 34. 14. Deut. 4. 24. & 6. 15. Josh. 24. 19. Nah. 1. 2. 8 ch. 34. 7. Lev. 20. 5. & 26. 39, 40. Niun. 14. 18, 33. 1 Kin. 21. 29. Job 6. 4. & 21. 19. Ps. 79. 8. & 109. 14. Is. 14. 20, 21. & 65. 6, 7. Jer. 2. 9. & 32. 18. 0 ch. 34. 7. Deut. 7. 9. Ps. 89. 34. Rom. 11. 28. loch. 23. 1. Lev. 19. 12. Deut. 5 11. Ps. 15. 4. Matt. 5. 33. d Some ancient au- thorities have, people, a Heb. bondmen, b Or, beside me. c Or, a thousand generations. See Deut. 7. 9. EXODUS, XX. Ill God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him guilt- less that taketh his name in vain. 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates : 11 For six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 12 ^ Honour thy father and thy mother : that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. Id Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 22 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, 23 thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. 18 ^ And 24 all the people 25 saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain 26 smoking : and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 19 And they said unto Moses, 27 Speak thou with us, and we will hear : but 28 let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20 And Moses said unto the people, 29 Fear not: 30 for God is come to prove you, and 3i that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto 32 the thick darkness where God was. 22 ^ And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you 33 from heaven. 23 Ye shall not make 34^ith me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. 24 ^ An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, 35tby sheep, and thine oxen : in all 33 places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will 37 bless thee. 25 And 38 if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone : for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. God ‘^in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him guilt- less that taketh his name ^ in vain. 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath unto the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor tliy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that 11 is within thy gates : for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 12 Honour thy father and thy mother : that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt do no murder. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manser- vant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. 18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking : and when the people saw it, 19 they trembled, and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear : 20 but let not God speak with us, lest we die. And Moses said unto the people. Fear not : for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before 21 you, that ye sin not. And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. 22 And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have 23 seen that I have talked with you from heaven. Ye shall not make other gods with me ; gods of silver, 24 or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you. An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen : in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and 25 I will bless thee. And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones ; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. Mic. 6. 11. ch. 31. 13, 14. Lev. 19. 3, 30. & 26. 2. Dent. 5. 12. 13 ch. 23. 12. & 31. 15. & 34. 21. Lev. 23. 3. Ezek. 20. 12. Luke 13. 14. i< Gen. 2. 2, 3. ch. 16. 26. & 31. 1.5. lONeh. 13. 16, 17, 18, 19. 10 Gen. 2. 2. 11 ch. 23. 26. Lev. 19. 3. Deut. 5. 16. Jer. 35. 7, 18, 19. Matt. 15. 4. & 19. 19. Mark 7. 10. & 10. 19. Luke 18. 20. Eph. 6. 2 . i« Deut. 5. 17. -Matt. 5. 21. Rom. 13. 9. 10 Deut. 5. 18. Matt. 5. 27. 20 Lev. 19. 11. Deut. 5. 19. Matt. 19. 18. Rora. 13. 9. 1 These. 4. 6. 21 ch. 23. 1. Deut. 5. 20. & 19. 16. Matt. 19. 18. 22 Deut. 5. 21. Mic. 2. 2. Hab. 2. 9. Luke 12. 15. Acts 20. 33. Rom. 7. 7. & 13. 9. Eph. 5. 3, 5. Heb. 13. 5. 23 Job 31. 9. Pro. 6. 29. Jer. 5. 8. Matt. 5. 28. 24 Heb. 12. 18. 2s Rev. 1. 10, 12. 20 ch. 19. 18. 21 Deut. 5. 27. & 18. 16. Gal. 3. 19, 20. Heb. 12. 19. 28 Deut. 5. 25. 20 1 Sam. 12. 20. Is. 41. 10, 13. 30 Gen. 22. 1. Deut. 13 3 31 Deut. 4. 10. & 6. 2. & 10. 12. & 17. 13, 19. & 19. 20. & 28. 58. Pro. 3. 7. & 16. 6. Is. 8. 13. 32 ch. 19. 16. Deut. 5. 5. 1 Kin. 8. 12. 33 Deut. 4. 36. Neh. 9. 13. 34 ch. 32. 1, 2, 4. 1 Sam. 5. 4, 5. 2 Kin. 17. 33. Ezek. 20. 39. & 43. 8. Dan. 5. 4, 23. Zeph. 1. 5. 2 Cor. 6. 14, 15, 16. 30 Lev. 1. 2. 30 Dent. 12. 5, 11, 21. & 14. 23. & 16. 6, 11. & 26. 2. 1 Kin. 8. 43. & 9. 3. 2 Chr. 6. 6. & 7. 16. & 12. 13. Ezrc« 6. 12. Neh. 1. 9. Ps. 74. 7. Jer. 7. 10, 12. 37 Gen. 12. 2. Deut. 7. 13. 33 Deut. 27. 5. Josh. 8. 31. d Or, for vanity or falsehood. e Or, were moved, f Or, cause my name to be remembered. 112 EXODUS, XXI. \ CHAPTER XXI. 1 Laws for menservants. 5 For the servant whose ear is bored. 7 For womenservants. 12 For manslaughter. 16 For stealers of men. 17 For cursors of •parents. 18 For smiters. 22 For a hurt hxj chance. 28 For an ox that goreth. 33 For him that is an occasion of harm. N OW these are the judgments which thou shalt ^ set before them. 2 2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve : and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by him- self : if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have bom him sons or daughters ; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself. 5 ^ And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children ; I will not go out free : 6 Then his master shall bring him unto the ^ judges ; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post ; and his master shall ® bore his ear through with an aul ; and he shall serve him for ever. 7 ^ And if a man ® sell his daughter to be a maid- servant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. 8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed : to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. 9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. 10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, ® and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. 11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. 12 ^ ® He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And ^®if a man lie not in wait, but God de- liver him into his hand ; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile ; ^^thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 ^ And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 ^ And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 17 ^ And i®he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 18 ^ And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed : 19 If he rise again, and walk abroad ^^upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit : only he shall pay /or the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. 20 ^ And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand ; he shall be surely punished. 1 ch. 24. 3, 4. Deut. 4. 14. & 6. 1. 2 Lev. 25. 39, 40, 41. Deut. 15. 12. Jer. 34. 14. 3 Deut. 15. 16, 17. < ch. 12. 12. & 22. 8, 3 Ps. 40. 6. 6 Neh. 5. 5. ver. 2, 3. 8 1 Cor. 7. 5. 8 Gen. 9. 6. Lev. 24.i 17. Num. 35. 30, 31.' Matt. 26. 52. 10 Num. 35. 22. Deut. 19. 4, 5. 11 1 Sam. 24. 4, 10, 18. 12 Num. 35. 11. Deut. 19. 3. Josh. 20. 2. 13 Num. 15. 30.&35. 21 Now these are the judgements which thou shalt set before them. 2 If thou buy an Hebrew “servant, six years he shall serve : and in the seventh he shall go out free 3 for nothing. If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself : if he be married, then his wife shall 4 go out with him. If his master give him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters ; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go 5 out by himself. But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children ; 6 I will not go out free : then his master shall bring him unto ^ God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door post ; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl ; and he shall serve him for ever. 7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a ® maidser- 8 vant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. If she please not her master, ^ who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed : to sell her unto a strange people he shall have no pow- 9 er, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. And if he espouse her unto his son, he shall deal with her 10 after the manner of daughters. If he take him an- other wife ; her « food, her raiment, and her duty of 11 marriage, shall he not diminish. And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out for no- thing, without money. 12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall surely 13 be put to death. And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand ; then I will appoint 14 thee a place whither he shall flee. And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile ; thou shalt take him from mine al- tar, that he may die. 15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to (ieath. 17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 18 And if men contend, and one smiteth the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but 19 keep his bed : if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit : only he shall pay for ^ the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. ^ 20 And if a man smite * his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand ; he shall 20. Deut. 19. 11, 12. Heb. 10. 26. n 1 Kin. 2. 28-34. 2 Kin. 11. 15. 15 Deut. 24. 7. 16 Gen. 37. 28. 11 ch. 22. 4. 18 Lev. 20. 9. Pro. 20. 20. Matt. 15. 4. Mark 7. 10. 19 2 Sam. 3. 29. a Or, bondman, b Or, the judges, c Or, bondwoman, d Another reading is, so that he hath not espoused her. e Heb. flesh, f Or, revileth. g Heb. his sitting or ceasing. h Or, his bondman, or his bondwoman. EXODUS, XXII. 113 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished : for he is his money. 22 If If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow : he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him ; and he shall 21 pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 22 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 ^ And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish ; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake. 27 And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth ; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake. 28 ^ If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die : then 23 the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten ; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. 29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman ; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for 24 the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. 31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. 32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maid- servant ; he shall give unto their master 25 thirty shekels of silver, and the 26 ox shall be stoned. 33 •[[ And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein ; 34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them ; and the dead beast shall be his. 35 ^ And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die ; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it ; and the dead ox also they shall divide. 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in ; he shall surely pay ox for ox ; and the dead shall be his own. CHAPTER XXII. 1 Of theft. 5 Of damage. 7 Of trespasnes. 14 Of harrowing. 16 Of fornication. 18 Of witchcraft. 19 Of beastiality. 20 Of idolatry. 21 Of strangers, widows, and fatherless. 25 Of tisury. 26 Of pledges. 28 Of reverence to magistrates. 29 Of the firstfruit 's. I F a man shall steal an ox-, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it ; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and ^ four sheep for a sheep. 2 ^If a thief be' found 2 breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall ^ no blood he shed for him. 3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall he blood shed for him ; for he should make full restitution ; if he have nothing, then he sjiall be ^ sold for his theft. 4 If the theft be certainly ^ found in his hand alive, «> Lev. 25. 45, 40. 19. 21. Matt. 5. 38. 25 See Zech. 11. 12, 2> ver. 30. Deut. 22. 23 Gen. 9. 5. 13. Matt. 2C. 15. Phil. 18, 19. 24 ver. 22. Num. 35. 2. 7. 22 Lev. 24. 20. Deut. 31. 20 ver. 28. 21 surely be punished. Notwithstanding, if he conti- nue a day or two, he shall not be punished : for he is his money. 22 And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no mis- chief follow : he shall be surely fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him ; and he 23 shall pay as the judges determine. But if any mis- 24 chief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it ; he shall let him go 27 free for his eye’s sake. And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth ; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake. 28 And if an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die, the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten ; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. 29 But if the ox were wont to gore in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a wo- man ; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall 30 be put to death. If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life 31 whatsoever is laid upon him. Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to 32 this judgement shall it be done unto him. If the ox gore a manservant or a maidservant ; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. 33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall 34 therein, the owner of the pit shall make it good ; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his. 35 And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die ; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price 36 of it ; and 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 beast 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, f If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten that he die, there shall be no 3 “ bloodguiltiness for him. If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him : he should make restitution ; if he have notliing, then he 4 shall be sold for his theft. If the theft be found in 1 2 Sam. 12. 0. See * ch. 21. 2. t [Ch. 22. 1. in Pro. G. 31. Luke 19. 5 ch. 21. IG. Heb.] 8. * rCh. 21. 37. in a Heb. biood. 2 Matt. 24. 43. Heb.] 3 Num. 35. 27. 114 EXODUS, XXII. whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep ; he shall ® restore double. 5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field ; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitu- tion. 6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith ; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. 7 If If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house ; if the thief be found, let him pay double. 8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the ® judges, to see whether he have put his hand unfo his neighbour’s goods. 9 For all manner of trespass, whether it he for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any maimer of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the ® cause of both parties shall come before the judges ; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour. 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 be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it : 11 Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods ; and the owner of it shall accept thereof y and he shall not make it good. 12 And ^^if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. 13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. 14 ^ And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good. 15 But if the owner thereof he with it, he shall not make it good : if it he an hired thing, it came for his hire. 16 ^ And if a man entice a maid that is not be- trothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the i® dowry of vir- gins. 18 ^ i^Thou shalt not sufPer a witch to live. 19 T[ 1® Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 ^ 1® He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 21 ^ 11 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him : for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22 ^ i®Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they i® cry at all unto me, I will surely 20 hear their cry ; 24 And my 21 wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword ; and 22 your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. ® See ver. 1, 7. Pro. 12 Deut. 22. 28, 29. Nura. 25. 2, 7, 8. 6 . 31. 1® Gen. 34. 12. Deut. Deut. 13. 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 7 ver. 4. 22. 29. 1 Sam. 18. 25. 13, 14, 15. & 17. 2, 3, 8 ch. 21. 6. ver. 28. Lev. 19. 2G, 31. & 5. 9 Deut. 25. 1. 2 20. 27. Deut. 18. 10, ch. 23. 9. Lev. Chr. 19. 10. 11. 1 Sam. 28. 3, 9. 19. 33. & 25. 35. Deut. lOHeb. 6. 16. Lev. 18. 23. & 20. 10. 19. Jer. 7. 6. 11 Gen. 31. 39. 15. Zech. 7. 10. Mai. 3. 5. his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep ; he shall pay double. 5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feed in an- other man’s field ; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make resti- tution. 6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed ; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. 7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house ; if the thief be found, he shall pay double. 8 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 neighbour’s goods. 9 For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saith. This is it, the cavise of both parties shall come before ^ God ; he whom ^ God shall condemn shall pay 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 11 be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it : the oath of the Lord shall be between them both, whether he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods ; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he shall 12 not make restitution. But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. 13 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 ^ borrow aught of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with 15 it, he shall surely make restitution. If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good : if it be an hired thing, ‘^it came for its hire. 16 And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for 17 her to be his wife. If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. 18 Thou shalt not sufPer a sorceress to live. 19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the 21 Lord only, shall be « utterly destroyed. And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him : for ye were strangers in the land of 22 Egypt. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless 23 child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they 24 cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry ; and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword ; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. 18 Deut. 10. 18. & 20 ver. 27. Job 34. b Or, the judges. 24. 17. & 27. 19. Ps. 28. Ps. 18. 6. & 145. c Heb. ask. 94. 6. Is. 1. 17, 23. & 19. Jam. 5. 4. d Or, it is reckoned 10. 2. Ezek. 22. 7. 21 job 31. 2.3. Ps. in (Heb. cometh into) Zech. 7. 10. .Jam. 1. 27. 69. 24. its hire. 19 Deut. 15. 9. & 24. 22 pg. 109, 9. Lam. e Heb. devoted. See 15. Job 35. 9. Luke 5. 3. Lev. 27. 29. 18. 7. EXODUS, XXIII. 115 25 If If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thoa shalt not he to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down : 27 For that is his cpvering only, it is his raiment for his skin : wherein shall he sleep ? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear ; for I am gracious. 28 ^ Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. 29 ^ Thou shalt not delay to offer ^8 the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors : the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. 30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep : seven days it shall be with his dam ; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me. 31 ^ And ye shall be holy men unto me : neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field ; ye shall cast it to the dogs. CHAPTER XXIII. 1 0/ slander and false witness. 3, 6 Of justice. 4 Of charitableness. 10 Of the year of rest. 12 Of the sabbath. 13 Of idolatry. 14 Of the three feasts. 18 Of the blood and the fat of the sacrifice. 20 An Angel is promised, with a blessing, if they obey him. T hou ^ shalt not raise a false report : put not thine hand with the wicked to be an ^ unrighteous wit- ness. 2 ^ ^ Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil ; ^ neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment : 3 ^ Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 4 ^ ® If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 ® If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. * 7 ® Keep thee far from a false matter ; ® and the in- nocent and righteous slay thou not : for I will not justify the wicked. 8 ^ And thou shalt take no gift : for the gift blind- eth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. 9 ^ Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger : for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the laud of Egypt. 10 And 1® six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof : 11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still ; that the poor of thy people may eat : and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like 25 If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor ; 26 neither shall ye lay upon him usury. If thou at all take thy neighbour’s garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him by that the sun goeth down : 27 for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin : wherein shall he sleep ? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear ; for I am gracious. 28 Thou shalt not revile f God, nor curse a ruler of 29 thy people. Thou shalt not delay to offer of o the abundance of thy fruits, and of thy liquors. The 30 firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. Like- wise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep : seven days it shall be with its dam ; on the 31 eighth day thou shalt give it me. And ye shall be holy men unto me : therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field ; ye shall east it to the dogs. 23 Thou shalt not take up a false report : put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil ; neither shalt thou “ speak in a cause to turn aside after a 3 multitude to wrest judgement: neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause. 4 If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, ^and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgement of thy poor 7 in his cause. Keep thee far from a false matter ; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not : for I 8 will not justify the wicked. And thou shalt take no gift : for a gift blindeth them that have sight, 9 and perverteth the words of the righteous. And a stranger shalt thou not oppress : for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt 11 gather in the increase thereof : but the seventh year thou shalt ^ let it rest and lie fallow ; that the poor of thy people may eat : and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou “ Lev. 25. 35, 36, 37. Deut. 23. 19, 20. Neh. 5. 7. Ps. 15. 5. Ezek. 18. 8, 17. 2^ Deut. 24. 6, 10, 13, 17. Job 22. G. & *24. 3, 9. Pro. 20. 16. & 22. 27. Ezek. 18. 7, 16. Amos 2. 8. 25 ver. 23. 25 ch. 34. 6. 2 Chr. 30. 9. Ps. 86. 1.5. 27 Eccles. 10. 20. Acts 23. 5. Jude 8. 2«ch. 23. 16, 19. Pro. 3. 9. 29 ch. 13. 2, 12. & 34. 19. 30 Deut. 15. 19. 31 Lev. 22. 27. 32 ch. 19. 6. Lev. 19. 2. Deut. 14. 21. 33 Lev. 22. 8. Ezek. 4. 14. & 44. 31. 1 ver. 7. Lev. 19. 16. Ps. 15. 3. & 101. 5. Pro. 10. 18. See 2 Sam. 19. 27. with 16. 3. 2ch. 20. 16. Deut. 19. 16, 17, 18. See 1 Kin. 21. 10, 13. Ps. 35. 11. Pro. 19. 5, 9, 28. & 24. 28. Matt. 26. 59, 60, 61. Acts 6. 11, 13. 3 Gen. 7. 1. & 19. 4, 7. ch. 32. 1,2. Josh. 24. 15. 1 Sam. 15. 9. 1 Kin. 19. 10. Job 31. 34. Pro. 1. 10, 11, 15. & 4. 14. Matt. 27. 24, 26. Mark 15. 15. Luke 23. 23. Acts 24. 27. & 25. 9. ^ ver. 6, 7. Lev. 19. 1.5. Deut. 1. 17. Ps. 72. 2. 5 Deut. 22. 1. Job 31. 29. Pro. 24. 17. & 25. 21. Matt. 5. 44. Rom. 12. 20. 1 Thess. 5 15 ’ 0 Deut. 22. 4. 7 ver. 2. Deut. 27. 19. Job 31. 13, 21. Eccles. 5. 8. Is. 10. 1, 2. Jer. 5. 28. & 7. 6. Amos 5. 12. Mai. 3. 5. ® ver. 1. Lev. 19. 11. Luke 3. 14. Epli. 4. 25. ^ 9 Deut. 27. 25. Ps. 94. 21. Pro. 17. 15, 26. Jer. 7. 6. Matt. 27. 4. 10 ch. 34. 7. Rom. 1. 18. 1’ Deut. 16. 19. 1 Sam. 8. 3. & 12. 3. 2 Chr. 19. 7. Ps. 26. 10. Pro. 15. 27. & 17. 8, 23. & 29. 4. Is. 1. 23. & 5. 23. & 33. 15. Ezek. 22. 12. Amos 5. 12. Acts 24. 26. 12 ch. 22. 21. Deut. 10. 19. & 24. 14, 17. & 27. 19. Ps. 94. 0. Ezek. 22. 7. Mai. 3. .5. 13 Lev. 25. 3, 4, / Or, the judges, g Heb. thy fulness and thy tear, a Or, bear p^itn/sss. b Or, and wotddest forbear to release it for him, thou shalt surely release it with him. c Or, cause, d Or, release it and let it lie fallow. See Deut. 15. 2. 116 EXODUS, XXIII. manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest : that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. 13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect : and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. 14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. 15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread : (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I com- manded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib ; for in it thou earnest out from Egypt : and none shall appear before me empty :) 16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field : and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. 17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God. 18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread ; neither shall the fat of my sacri- fice remain until the morning. 19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk. 20 ^ Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the j^lace which I have prepared. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not ; for he will not pardon your transgressions : for 29 my name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak ; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. 23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites : and I will cut them off. 24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works : ^5 thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. 25 And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and 2'^ he shall bless thy bread, and thy water ; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. 26 ^ There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land : the number of thy days I will 40 fulfil. 27 I will send 4i my fear before thee, and will ^2 de- stroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. 28 And 43 1 will send hornets before thee, which shall n ch. 20. 8, 9. Deut. 5. 13. Luke 13. 14. 15 Deut. 4. 9. Josh. 22. 5. Ps. 39. 1. Eph. 5. 15. 1 Tim. 4. 16. 16 Num. 32. 38. Deut. 12. 3. Josh. 23. 7. Ps. 16. 4. Hos. 2. 17. Zech. 13. 2. 11 ch. 34. 23. Lev. 23. 4. Deut. 16. 16. 18 ch. 12. 15. & 13. 6. & 34. 18. Lev. 23. 6. Deut. 16. 8. 16 ch. 34. 20. Deut. 16. 16. 20 ch. 34. 22. Lev. 23. 10. 21 Deut. 16. 13. 22 ch. 34. 23. Deut. 16. 16. 23 ch. 12. 8. & 34. 25. Lev. 2. 11. Deut. 16. 4. 21 ch. 22. 29. & 34. 26. Lev. 23. 10, 17. Num. 18. 12, 13. Deut. 26. 10. Neh. 10. 35. 25 ch. 34. 26. Deut. 14. 21. 26 ch. 14. 19. & 32. 34. & 33. 2, 14. Num. 20. 16. Josh. 5. 13. & 6. 2. Ps. 91. 11. Is. 63. 9. 2- Num. 14. 11. Ps. 78. 40, 56. Eph. 4. 30. Heb. 3. 10, 16. 28 ch. 32. 34. Num. 14. 35. Deut. 18. 19. Josh. 24. 19. Jer. 5. 7. Heb. 3. 11. IJohn 5. 16. shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt ® rest : that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and 13 the stranger, may be refreshed. And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed : and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. 14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in 15 the year. The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep : seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it thou earnest out from Egypt) ; 16 and none shall appear before me empty : and the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou sowest in the field : and the feast of ingather- ing, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in 17 thy labours out of the field. Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God. 18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread ; neither shall the fat of my feast 19 remain all night until the morning. The first of the firstfruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk. 20 Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I 21 have prepared. Take ye heed of him, and hearken unto his voice ; -^provoke him not : for he will not pardon your transgression ; for my name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak ; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversa- 23 ries. For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the 24 Jebusite : and I will cut them off. Thou shalt not bow down to tlieir gods, nor serve them, nor do af- ter their works : but thou shalt utterly overthrow 25 them, and break in pieces their s' pillars. And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water ; and I will take sickness 26 away from the midst of thee. There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land : the num- 27 ber of thy days I will fulfil. I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine 28 enemies turn their backs unto thee. And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out 29 Is. 9. 6. Jer. 23. 6. John 10 30,38. 30 Gen. 12. 3. Deut. 30. 7. Jer. 30. 20. 31 ver. 20. ch. 33. 2. 32 Josh. 24. 8, 11. 33 ch. 20. 5. 31 Lev. 18. 3. Deut. 12. 30, 31. 35 ch. 34. 13. Num. 33. 52. Deut. 7. 5, 25. & 12. 3. 36 Deut. 6. 13. & 10. 12, 20. & 11. 13, 14. & 13. 4. Josh. 22. 5. & 24. 14, 15, 21, 24. 1 Sam. 7. 3. & 12. 20, 24. Matt. 4. 10. 37 Deut. 7. 13. & 28. 5, 8. 38 ch. 15. 26. Deut. 7. 15. 39 Deut. 7. 14. & 28. 4. Job 21. 10. Mai. 3. 10, 11. 40 Gen. 25. 8. & 35. 29. 1 Chr. 23. 1. Job 5. 26. & 42. 17. Ps. 55. 23. & 90. 10. 4iGeu. 35. 5. ch. 15. 14, 16. Deut. 2. 25. & 11. 25. Josh. 2. 9, 11. 1 Sam. 14. 15. 2 Chr. 14. 14. 42 Deut. 7. 23. 43 Deut. 7. 20. Josh. 24. 12. e Or, keep sabbath, f Or, be not rebel- lious against him. g Or,' obelisks. See Lev. 26. 1. & 2 Kin. 3. 2 . EXODUS, XXIV. 117 drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. 29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year ; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. 30 By little and little I will drive them out from be- fore thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. 31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river : for I will deliver the inha- bitants of the land hito your hand ; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. 32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me : for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. CHAPTER XXIV. 1 Moses is called up into the mountain. 3 The people promise obedi- ence. 4 Moses buudeth an altar, and twelve pillars. 6 He sminhleth the blood of the covenant. 9 The glory of God appeareth. 14 Aaron and Hur have the charge of the people. 15 Moses goeth into the moun- tain, where he continueth forty days and forty nights. A nd he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, ^ Nadab, and Abihu, ^and seven- ty of the elders of Israel ; and worship ye afar off. 2 And Moses ^ alone shall come near the Lord : but they shall not come nigh ; neither shall the people go up with him. 3 ^ And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments : and all the people answered with one voice, and said, ^ All the words which the Lord hath said will we do. 4 And Moses ^ wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve ® pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace of- ferings of oxen unto the Lord. 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons ; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he ® took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people : and they said, ^ All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said. Behold the blood of the cove- nant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words. 9 ^ Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel : 10 And they saw the God of Israel : and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sap- phire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand : also they saw God, and did eat and drink. 12 ^ And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there : and I will give thee « Deut. 7. 22. « ch. 34. 12. Deut. 3 ver. 13, 15, 18. <3 Gen. 15. 18. Num. 7. IG. & 12. 30. Josh. ^ ver. 7. ch. 19. 8. 34. 3. Deut. 11. 24. 23. 13. Judg. 2. 3. 1 Deut. 5. 27. Gal. 3. Josh. 1. 4. 1 Kin. 4. Sam. 18. 21. Ps. lOG. 19, 20. 21, 24. Ps. 72. 8. 3G. 3 Deut. 31. 9. Josh. 21. 44. Judg. i ch. 28. 1. Lev. 10. 6 Gen. 28. 18. & 31. 1. 4. & 11. 21. 1, 2. 45. « ch. 34. 12, 15. 2 ch. 1. 5. Num. 11. 2 Heb. 9. 18. Deut. 7. 2. IG. 8 Heb. 9. 19. the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from be- 29 fore thee. I will not drive them out from before thee in one year ; lest the land become desolate, and 30 the beast of the field multiply against thee. By lit- tle and little I will drive them out from before thee, 31 until thou be increased, and inherit the land. And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto * the River : for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand ; and thou shalt drive 32 them out before thee. Thou shalt make no cove- 33 nant with them, nor with their gods. They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me : for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. 24 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of 2 the elders of Israel ; and worship ye afar off : and Moses alone shall come near unto the Lord ; but they shall not come near ; neither shall the people 3 go up with him. And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judge- ments : and all the people answered with one voice, and said. All the words which the Lord hath spoken 4 will we do. And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, accord- 5 ing to the twelve tribes of Israel. And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen 6 unto the Lord. And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons ; and half of the blood he 7 sprinkled on the altar. And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the peo- ple : and they said, All that the Lord hath spoken 8 will we do, and be obedient. And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said. Be- hold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you “concerning all these words. 9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, 10 and seventy of the elders of Israel : and they saw the God of Israel ; and there was under his feet as it were ^a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it 11 were the 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 unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there : and I will give thee » ver. 3. w Ezek. 1. 2G. & 10. 18. 12. 1 Cor. 10. 18. 10 Heb. 9. 20. & 13. 1. Rev. 4. 3. 18 ver. 2, 15, 18. 20. 1 Pet. 1. 2. “ Matt. 17. 2. h That is, the Eu- ver. 1. ^3 ch. 19. 21. phrates. ^2 See Gen. 32. 30. ver. 10. Gen. IG. a Or, upon all these ch. 3. G. Judg. 13. 22. 13. & 32. 30. ch. 33. conditions. Is. G. 1, 5. with ch. 33. 20. Deut. 4. 33. Judg. h Or, u'ork of bright 20, 23. John 1. 18. 1 13. 22. sapphire. Tim. G. IG. 1 Jolm4. 12. Gen. 31. 54. ch. 118 EXODUS, XXY. tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written ; that thou mayest teach them. 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua : and Moses went up into the mount of God. 14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto j'ou : and, hehold, Aaron and Hur are with you : if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and ^2 a cloud covered the mount. 16 And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days : and the se- venth day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses went mto the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount : and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. CHAPTER XXV. 1 What the Israelites must offer for the malting of the tabernacle. 10 The form of the ark. 17 The mercy seat, with the cherubims. 23 The table, with the furniture thereof. 31 The candlestick, with the instruments thereof. A nd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering : ^ of every man that giveth it will- ingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them ; gold, and silver, and brass, 4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, 5 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood, 6 2 Oil for the light, ® spices for anointing oil, and for ^ sweet incense, 7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ®ephod, and in the ® breastplate. 8 And let them make me a ^ sanctuary ; that ^ I may dwell among them. 9 ^ According to all that I shew thee, after the pat- tern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instru- ments thereof, even so shall ye make it. 10 ^ And they shall make an ark of shittim wood : two cubits and a half shall he the length thereof, and a cuhit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof ; and two rings shall he in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 19 ch. 31. 18. & 32. 23 ch. 16. 10. Num. i ch. 35. 5, 21. 1 15, 16. Deut. 5. 22. 14. 10. Chr. 29. 3, 5, 9, 14. 20 ch. 32. 17. & 33. 24 ch. 3. 2. & 19. 18. Ezra 2. 68. & 3. 5. &7. 11. Deut. 4. 36. Heb. 12. 16. Neh.11.2. 2 Cor. 21 ver. 2. 18, 29. 8. 12. & 9. 7. 22 ch. 19. 9, 16. Matt. 2.5 ch. 34. 28. Deut. 2 ch. 27. 20. 17. 5. 9. 9. 3 ch. 30. 23. the tables of stone, and the law and the command- ment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach 13 them. And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister : 14 and Moses went up into the mount of God. And he said unto the elders. Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you : and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you ; whosoever hath a cause, let him 15 come near unto them. And Moses went up into the 16 mount, and the cloud covered the mount. And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days : and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes 18 of the children of Israel. And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount : and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. 25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying. Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an ” offering : of every man whose heart maketh him 3 willing ye shall take my " offering. And this is the “ offering which ye shall take of them ; gold, and sil- 4 ver, and brass ; and blue, and purple, and scarlet, 5 and ^fine linen, and goats’ hair ‘ and rams’ skins 6 dyed red, and ‘^sealskins, and acacia wood ; oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the 7 sweet incense ; ^ onyx stones, and stones to be set, 8 for the ephod, and for the breastplate. And let them make me a sanctuary ; that I may dwell among 9 them. According to all that I shew thee, the pat- tern of the ® tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furniture thereof, even so shall ye make it. 10 And they shall make an ark of acacia wood : two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cuhit 11 and a half the height thereof. And thou shalt over- lay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold 12 round about. And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four feet thereof ; and two rings shall be on the one ^ side of it, and 13 two rings on the other 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 4 ch. 30. 34. e ch. 28. 4, 6. 6 ch. 28. 15. 2 ch. 36. 1,3,4. Lev. 4. 6. & 10. 4. & 21. 12. Heb. 9. 1, 2. 8 ch. 29. 45. 1 Kill. 6. 13. 2 Cor. 6. 16. Heb. 3. 6. Rev. 21. 3. 9 ver. 40. 10 ch. 37. 1. Deut. 10. 3. Heb. 9. 4. a Or, heare offering, b Or, cotton. c Or, porpoise-skins. d Or, beryl. € Heb. dtcelling. f Or, rim. Or, moulding, g Heb. rib. EXODUS, XXV. 119 15 The staves shall he in the rings of the ark : they shall not be taken from it. 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. 17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold : two cubits and a half shall he the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end : even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another ; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. 21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark ; and i® in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. 22 And 1^ there I will meet with thee, and I will com- mune with thee from above the mercy seat, from i® be- tween the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in com- mandment unto the children of Israel. 23 *![ 1® Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood : two cubits shall he the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. 25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. 27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. 28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 29 And thou shalt make ^^the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls there- of, to cover withal : of pure gold shalt thou make them. 30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway. 31 ^ 22 shalt make a candlestick of pure gold : of beaten work shall the candlestick be made : his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. 32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it ; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side : 33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch ; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower : so in the six branches that come out of the candle- stick. 15 on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark withal. The staves shall be in the rings of the ark : they shall 16 not be taken from it. And thou shalt put into the 17 ark the testimony which I shall give thee. And thou shalt make a ^ mercy-seat of pure gold : two cubits and a half shall he the length thereof, and 18 a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold ; of * 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 : j of one piece with the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two 20 ends thereof. And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another ; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. 21 And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark ; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony 22 that I shall give thee. And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things v/hich I will give thee m commandment unto the children of Israel. 23 And thou shalt make a table of acacia wood : two cubits shall he the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height 24 thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. 25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand- breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden 26 «rown to the border thereof round about. And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet 27 thereof. Close by the border shall the rings be, for 28 places for the staves to bear the table. And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with 29 them. And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the flagons thereof, and the bowls thereof, to pour out withal : of pure gold shalt 30 thou make them. And thon shalt set upon the table ^shewbread 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 32 flowers, shall be ” of one piece with 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 33 the other side thereof : three cups made like almond- blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower ; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower : so for the six branches « 1 Kin. 8 . 8 . 3. 25. Heb. 9. 5. Num. 17. 4. 7. 48. 2 Chr. 4. 8 . 9. 2. Rev. 1. 12. & 4. k See ver. 11. 12 ch. 16. 34. & 31. 11 1 Kin. 8 . 7. 1 Chr. is Num. 7. 89. 1 Heb. 9. 2. 5. I Or, Presence- 18. Deut. 10. 2, 5. & 28. 18. Heb. 9. 5. Sara. 4. 4. 2 Sara. 6 . 2 u d,. 37 , jq, Num. A Or, covering. bread. 31. 26. 1 Kin. 8 . 9. i5 ch. 26. 34. 2. 2 Kin. 19. 15. Ps. 4.7. i Or, turned. m. Keh. thigh. 2 Kin. 11. 12. Heb. is ver. 16. 80. 1. & 90. 1. Is. 37. 21 Lev. 24. 5, 6 . j Heb. out of the n Heb. out of the 9. 4. n ch. 29. 42, 43. & 16. 22 d,. 37. 17. 1 Kin. merey-seat. same. i3ch. 37. 6 . Rom. 30.6, 36. Lev. 16. 2. lo ch. 37. 10. 1 Kin. 7. 49. Zech. 4. 2. Heb. 120 EXODUS, XXVI. 34 And in the candlestick shall he four bowls made like unto almonds, ivith their knops and their flowers. 35 And there shall he a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. 36 Their knops and their branches shall he of the same : all it shall he one beaten work of pure gold. 37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof : and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may 24 give light over against it. 38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes there- of, shall he of pure gold. 39 a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. 40 And 25 look that thou make them after their pat- tern, which was shewed thee in the mount. CHAPTER XXVI. 1 The ten curtains of the tabernacle. 7 The eleven curtains of goats' hair. 14 The covering of rams' skins. 15 The boards of the taberna- cle., ivith their sockets ana bars. 31 The vail for the ark. 36 The hang- ing for the door. M oreover ^ thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet : with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. 2 The length of one curtain shall he eight and twen- ty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits : and every one of the curtains shall have one measure. 3 The five curtains shall he coupled together one to another ; and other five curtains shall he coupled one to another. 4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling ; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. 5 'Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second ; that the loops may take hold one of another. 6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches : and it shall be one tabernacle. 7 ^ And 2 thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle : eleven curtains shalt thou make. 8 The length of one curtain shall he thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits : and the eleven curtains shall he all of one measure. 9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. 10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. 11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. 12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle. 13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the 23 ch. 27. 21. & .30. 8. 24 Num. g. 2 . Acts 7. 44. Heb. 8. 5. Lev. 24. 3, 4. 2 Chr. 2.5 ch. 26. 30. Num. 1 ch. 36. 8. 13. 11. 8. 4. 1 Chr. 28. 11, 19. 2 ch. 36. 14. 34 going out of the candlestick : and in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops 35 thereof, and the flowers thereof : and a knop under two branches ® of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches ®of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches ®of one piece with it, for the 36 six branches going out of the candlestick. Their knops and their branches shall be ® of one piece with it : the whole of it one p beaten work of pure gold. 37 And thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven : and they shall 3 light the lamps thereof, to give light 38 over against it. And the tongs thereof, and the 39 snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. Of a talent of pure 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 ® tabernacle with ten curtains ; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the 2 cunning workman shalt thou make them. The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits : 3 all the curtains shall have one measure. Five cur- tains shall be coupled together one to another ; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. 4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain ^ from the selvedge in the coupling ; and likewise shalt thou make in the edge of the cur- 5 tain that is outmost in the second ^ coupling. Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain tliat is in the second ® 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 curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle : eleven curtains shalt thou 8 make them. The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits : the eleven curtains shall have one measure. 9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent. 10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the ‘^coupling, and fifty loops upon the edge of the curtain which is out- 11 most in the second ^ coupling. And thou shalt make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent togetlier, that it may be one. 12 And the overhanging part that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remain- eth, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle. 13 And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remaineth in the length of 0 Heb. out of the g Or, set up. in- ih^vst set. same. a See ch. 25. 9. c t)r, set. p Or, turned. b Or, that is outmost d Or, first set. EXODUS, XXVI. 121 curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. 14 And 2 thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skius. 15 ^ And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up. 16 Ten cubits shall he the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall he the breadth of one board. 17 Two tenons shall there he in one board, set in order one against another : thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 18 And thou shalt make the boards for the taber- nacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. 19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards ; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. 20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall he twenty boards : 21 And their forty sockets of silver ; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. 23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring : thus shall it be for them both ; they shall be for the two corners. 25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets ; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 26 And thou shalt make bars (^shittim wood ; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward. 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end. 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars : and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. 30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle ^ according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount. 31 ^ And ®thou shalt make a vail o/blue, and pur- ple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work : with cherubims shall it be made : 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold : their hooks shall he of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. 33 ^ And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail ® the ark of the testimony : and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. 34 And ® thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. 35 And ^tliou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south : and thou shalt put the table on the north side. 36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of 3 ch. 3fi. 19. B cli. 30. 3.9. Lev. 16. « ch. 25. 16. & 40. 4 ch. 25. 9, 40. & 27. 2. 2 Clir. 3. 14. Matt. 21. 8. Acts 7. 44. Heb. 27. 51. Heb. 9. 3. ^ Lev. 16. 2. Heb. 8* 6. 9. 2, 3. the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to 14 cover it. And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of « sealskins above. 15 And thou shalt make the boards for the taber- 16 nacle of acacia wood, standing up. Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a lialf the 17 breadth of each board. Two tenons shall there be in each board, ^ joined one to another : thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, 19 twenty boards for the south side southward. And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards ; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board 20 for its two tenons : and for the second side of the 21 tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards : and their forty sockets of silver ; two sockets under one 22 board, and two sockets under another board. And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward thou 23 shalt make six boards. And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder 24 part. And they shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire unto the top thereof unto 0 one ring : thus shall it be for them both ; they 25 shall be for the two corners. And there shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets ; two sockets under one board, and two 26 sockets under another board. 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, for the 28 hinder part westward. And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass 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 : 30 and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been shewed thee in the momit. 31 And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : with cherubim the work of the cunning workman shall it be made : 32 and thou shalt liang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks shall he of gold, upon 33 four sockets of silver. And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony : and the veil shall divide unto you between the holy place 34 and the most holy. And thou shalt put the mercy- seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy 35 place. And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south : and 36 thou shalt put the table on the north side. And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, 8 ch. 25. 21. & 40. 20. ch. 40. 24. Heb. 9. 5. “ ch. 36. 37. ch. 40. 22. Heb. e Ov, porpoise-skins. 9. 2. / Oi’, morViced. (j Or, the Jirst. 122 EXODUS, XXVII. the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework. 37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall he of gold : and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. CHAPTER XXVII. 1 The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof. 9 The court of the tabernacle inclosed with hangings and pillars. 18 The measure of the court. 20 The oil for the lamp. A nd thou shalt make ^ an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad ; the altar shall be foursquare : and the height thereof shall he three cubits. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof : his horns shall be of the same : and 2 thou shalt overlay it with brass. 3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans : all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass ; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. 5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. 6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. 7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. 8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it : ^ as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. 9 ^ And ^ thou shalt make the court of the taber- nacle : for the south side southward there shall he hang- ings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side : 10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall he q/’ brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall he of silver. 11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall he hangings of an hundred cuhits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 ^ And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall he hangings of fifty cubits : their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. 13 And the breadth of the court on the east side east- ward shall he fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall he fifteen cubits : their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15 And on the other side shall he hangings fifteen cuhits : their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16 And for the gate of the court shall he an hang- ing of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework : and their pillars shall he four, and their sockets four. 17 All the pillars round about the court shall he fil- leted with silver ; their hooks shall he of silver, and their sockets q/* brass. 18 ^ The length of the court shall he an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. 12 ch. 36. 38. 1 ch. 38. 1. Ezek. 2 See Num. 16. 38. 43. 13. of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer. And thou shalt make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and over- lay them with gold ; their hooks shall be of gold : and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad ; the altar shall be foursquare : and the height thereof shall be three 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 brass. And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basons, and its fleshhooks, and its firepans : all the vessels there- of thou shalt make of brass. And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass ; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four ® corners thereof. And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass. And the staves thereof shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two ^ sides of the altar, in bearing it. Hollow with planks shalt thou make it : as it hath been shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle : for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen an hundred cubits long for one side : and the pillars thereof shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of sil- ver. And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings an hundred cubits long, and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits : their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits : their pillars three, and their sockets three. And for the other side shall be hang- ings of fifteen cubits : their pillars three, and their sockets three. And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer : their pillars four, and their sockets four. All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver ; their hooks of silver, 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 ch. 25. 40. & 26. ^ ch. 38. 9. b Heb. ribt. a Heb. ends. 37 27 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 30. EXODUS, 'XXVIII. 123 19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall he of brass. 20 ^ And ®thou shalt command the children of Is- rael, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. 21 In the tabernacle of the congregation ® without the vail, which is before the testimony, ’ Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord : ® it shall he a statute for ever unto their genera- tions on the behalf of the children of Israel. CHAPTER XXVIII. 1 Aaron and hi^ sons are set apart for the priest's office. 2 Holy gar- Tnents are appointed, 6 The ephod, 15 The breastplate with twelve precious stones. 30 The Urim and Thummim. 31 The robe of the ephod, with pomegranates and bells. 36 The plate of the mitre. 39 The embroidered coat. 40 The garments for Aaron's sons. A nd take thou unto thee ^ Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons. 2 And 2 thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. 3 And 3 thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, ^ whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. 4 And these are the garments which they shall make ; ®a breastplate, and ®an ephod, and a robe, and ^a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle : and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. 5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. 6 ^ ® And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. 7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof ; and so it shall be joined to- gether. 8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof ; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel : 10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. 11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel ; thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. 12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoul- ders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the chil- dren of Israel : and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memo- rial. 13 ^ And thou shalt make ouches of gold ; l4 And two chains of pure gold at the ends ; of 19 twined linen, and their sockets of 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 children of Israel, that they bring unto th^e pure olive oil beaten for the 21 light, ^ to cause a lamp to burn continually. In the ^ tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord : it shall be a ® statute for ever throughout their generations / on the behalf of the children of Israel. 28 And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and 2 Ithamar, Aaron’s sons. And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for 3 beauty. And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s garments to sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. 4 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 purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work 7 of the cunning workman. It shall have two shoul- derpieces joined to the two ends thereof ; that it may 8 be joined together. And the cunningly woven band, which is upon it, to gird it on withal, shall be like the work thereof and of the same piece ; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and gTave on 10 them the names of the children of Israel : six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, according to their birth. 11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Is- rael : thou shalt make them to be inclosed in ouches 12 of gold. And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulderpieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel : and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial. 13 14 And thou shalt make ouches of gold: and two chains of pure gold ; like cords shalt thou make them, of ® Lev. 24. 2. « ch. 26. 31, 33. 7 ch. 30. 8. 1 Sam. 3. 3. 2 Chr. 13. 11. 8 Ch. 28. 43. & 29. 9, 28. Lev. 3. 17. & 16. 34. & 24. 9. Num. 18. 23. & 19. 21. 1 Sam. i Niim. 18. 7. Heb. 5. 1 4. ’2ch.’ 29. 6, 29. & 31. 10. & 39. 1, 2. Lev. 8. 7, 30. Niim. 20. 26, 28. 3 Ch. 31. 6. & 36. 1. * ch. 31. 3. & 35. 30, 31. 3 ver. 15. 6 ver. 6. 7 ver. 31. 8 ver. 39. » ch. 39. 2. 10 ver. 29. 11 See Josh. 4. 7. Zech. 6. 14. c Or, to set tip a lamp continually. rf See ch. 25. 22. & 39. 7. 29. 42. & 30. 36. e Or, due. f Or, from, a Or, turban, b See ch. 25. 3. c Or, beryl. 124 EXODUS, XXVIII. wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. 15 Tf And thou shalt make the breastplate of judg- ment with cunning work ; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it ; of gold, o/blue, and o/ purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twinei linen, shalt thou make it. 16 Foursquare it shall be doubled ; a span shall he the length thereof, and a span shall he the breadth thereof. 17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones : the first row shall he a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle : this shall he the first row. 18 And the second row shall he an emerald, a sap- phire, and a diamond. 19 And the third row a figure, an agate, and an amethyst. 20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper : they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. 21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet ; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. 22 ^ And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold. 23 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 wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. 25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it. 26 ^ And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breast- plate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward. 27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod under- neath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually. 30 ^ And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim ; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the Lord : and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the chil- dren of Israel upon his heart before the Lord con- tinually. 31 And 15 thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof : it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. 33 ^ And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt 12 ch. 39. 8. 15 Lev. 8. 8. Num. is ch. 39. 22. 13 ch. 39. 10, &c. 27. 21. Deut. 33. 8. d Or, rnhy. 1* ver. 12. 1 Sam. 28. C. Ezra 2. e Or, emerald. G3. Neh. 7. G5. wreathen work : and thou shalt put the wreathen 15 chains on the ouches. And thou shalt make a breast- plate of judgement, the work of the cunning work- man ; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine 16 twined linen, shalt thou make it. Foursquare it shall be and double ; a span shall be the length thereof, 17 and a span the breadth thereof. And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones : a row of ^ sardius, topaz, and ® carbuncle shall be the first row; 18 and the second row an -^emerald, a sapphire, and a 19 0 diamond ; and the third row a * jacinth, an agate, 20 and an amethyst ; and the fourth row a ^ beryl, and an j onyx, and a jasper they shall be inclosed in gold 21 in their settings. And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, ac- cording to their names ; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, they shall 22 be for the twelve tribes. And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work 23 of pure gold. And thou shalt make upon the breast- plate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings 24 on the two ends of the breastplate. And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold on the two rings 25 at the ends of the breastplate. And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt put on the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of 26 the ephod, in the forepart thereof. And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which is toward the side of the ephod 27 inward. And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two shoulderpieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the cunningly woven 28 band of the ephod. And they shall bind the breast- plate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be upon the cun- ningly woven band of the ephod, and that the breast- 29 plate be not loosed from the ephod. And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgement upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before 30 the Lord continually. And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgement ^ the Urim and the Thum- mim ; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the Lord : and Aaron shall bear the judgement of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually. 31 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of 32 blue. And Ut 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 33 coat of mail, tliat it be not rent. And upon the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, / Or, carbuncle i Or, chalcedony. and the Perfections. Or, sardonyx. j Or, beryl. I Or, there shall be Ov, amber. k T\\sA h, the Lights a hole in the top of it. EXODUS, XXIX. 125 make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scar- let, round about the hem thereof ; and bells of gold between them round about : 34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. 35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister : and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not. 36 ^ And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre ; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. 38 And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts ; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord. 39 ^ And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework. 40 ^ ^ And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. 41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him ; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office. 42 And thou shalt make them 23 linen breeches to cover their nakedness ; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach : 43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon liis sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congre- gation, or when they come near 24 unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they 25 hear not ini- quity, and die : 26 h shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him. CHAPTER XXIX. 1 The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrating the priests. 38 The con- tinual burnt ojfering. 45 Goa’s promise to dwelt among the children of Israel. A nd this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest’s office : ^ Take one young bullock, and two rams with- out blemish, 2 And 2 unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil : of wheaten flour shalt thou make them. 3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. 4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, ^ and shalt wash them with water. 5 ^ And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with ^the curious girdle of the ephod : ch. 39. 30. Zech. Heb. 9. 28. 1 Pet. 2. 21 ch. 29. 7. & 30. 30. 14. 20. 24. & 40. 15. Lev. 10. 7. isver. 43. Lev. 10. i» Lev. 1. 4. & 22. 22 ch. 29. 9, &c. Lev. 17. & 22. 9. Num. 18. 27. & 23. 11. Is. 5G. 7. ch. 8. Heb. 7. 28. 1. Is. 53. 11. Ezek. 20 ver. 4. cli. 39. 27, 23 ch. 39. 28. Lev. 4 . 4 , 6, 6. John 1. 29. 28, 29, 41. Ezek. 44. 0. 10. & IG. 4. Ezek. 17, 18. 44. 18. and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the skirts thereof; and bells of gold between them round about : 34 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round 35 about. And it shall be upon Aaron to minister : and the sound thereof shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not. 36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, holy 37 TO THE LORD. And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, audit shall be upon the mitre ; upon the fore- 38 front of the mitre it shall be. And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts ; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before 39 the Lord. And thou shalt weave the coat m chequer work of ”fine linen, and thou shalt make a mitre of ”fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work 40 of the embroiderer. And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and head tires shalt thou make for them, for glory 41 and for beauty. And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and upon his sons with him ; and shalt anoint them, and ° consecrate them, and sanc- tify them, that they may minister unto me in the 42 priest’s office. And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness ; from 43 the loins even unto the thighs they shall 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 shall be a statute for ever unto him and mito his seed after him. 29 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest’s offiee : take one young bullock and two rams without 2 blemish, and unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened mingled with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil : of fine wheaten flour shalt thou make them. 3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two 4 rams. And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash 5 them with water, And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the cunningly woven band of the ephod : 24 ch. 20. 2G. 1 Lev. 8. 2. 4 ch. 28. 2. Lev. 8. 25 Lev. 5. 1, 17. & 2Lev. 2. 4. & G. 20, 7. 20. 19, 20. & 22. 9. 21,22. 5 ch. 28. 8. Num. 9. 13. & 18. 22. , » cli. 40. 12. Lev. 8. m Or, turban, 2 '> ch. 27. 21. Lev, G. Heb. 10. 22. n Or, silk. 17. 7. 0 Heb. fill their hand. 126 EXODUS, XXIX. 6 ® And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. 7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. 8 And ^ thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. 9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sous, and put the bonnets on them : and ® the priest’s office shall be their’s for a perpetual statute : and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. 10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation : and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. 11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, hy the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bidlock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. 13 And i^thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. 14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp : it is a sin offering. 15 ^ i®Thou shalt also take one ram ; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. 17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head. 18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar : it is a burnt offering unto the Lord : it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 19 ^ And thou shalt take the other ram ; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him : and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him. 22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder ; for it is a ram of consecration : 23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unlea- vened bread that is before the Lord : 24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons ; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. 6 Lev. 8. 9. 8 Lev. 8. 13. 12 Lev. 8. 15. 7ch. 28. 41. & 30. 9Num. 18. 7. is ch. 27. 2. & 30. 2. 25. Lev. 8. 12. & 10. 10 ch. 28. 41. Lev.’ 11 Lev. 3. 3. 7. & 21. 10. Num. 35. 8. 22, &c. Heb. 7. 28. is Lev. 4. 11, 12, 21. 25. 11 Lev. 1. 4. & 8. 14. Heb. 13. 11. 6 and thou shalt set the ® mitre upon his head, and put 7 the holy crown upon the ® mitre. Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and 8 anoint him. And thou shalt bring his sons, and put 9 coats upon them. And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind headtires on them : and they shall have the priesthood by a per- petual statute : and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and 10 his sons. And thou shalt bring the bullock before the tent of meeting : and Aaron and his sons shall 11 lay their hands upon the head of the bullock. And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, at the 12 door of the tent of meeting. And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger ; and thou shalt pour out 13 all the blood at the base of the altar. And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul upon the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the 14 altar. But the flesh of the bullock, and its skin, and its dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the catnp : 15 it is a ^ sin offering. Thou shalt also take the one ram ; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands IG upon 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 inw^ards, and its legs, and put them ‘^with its pieces, and ‘^with its 18 head. And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar : it is a burnt offering unto the Lord : it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 19 And thou shalt take the other ram ; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the 20 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 upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the 21 blood upon the altar round about. 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 gar- ments of his sons with him : and he shall be hal- lowed, and his garments, and liis sons, and his 22 sons’ garments with him. Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right ^ 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 bas- ket of unleavened bread that is before the Lord : 24 and thou shalt put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons ; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord, 16 Lev. 8. 18. u Lev. 1. 4-9. 18 Gen. 8. 21. 16 ver. 3. Lev. 8. 22 . 20 ch. 30. 25, 31. Lev. 8. 30. 21 ver. 1. Heb. 9. 22 . 22 Lev. 8. 26. 23 Lev. 7. 30. a Or, turban, b Heb. sin. c Or, upon, d Or, shoulder. EXODUS, XXIX. 127 25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord : it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord : and it shall be thy part. 27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons : 28 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a sta- tute for ever from the children of Israel : for it is an heave offering : and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord. 29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, ^^to be anointed therein, and to be con- secrated in them. 30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the taber- nacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place. 31 ^ And thou shalt take the ram of the consecra- tion, and seethe his flesh in the holy place. 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, hy the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them : but a stranger shall not eat thereof because they are holy. ^ And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire : it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee : seven days shalt thou consecrate them. 36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement : and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it ; and it shall be an altar most holy : whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. 38 •[[ Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar ; two lambs of the first year day by day con- tinually. 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning ; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even : 40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour min- gled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil ; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. 41 And the other lamb thou shalt ofter at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 42 This shall be a continual burnt offering through- Lev. 8. 28. 30 Num. 20. 2G, 28. Lev. 22. 10. 25 Lev. 8. 29. si Num. 18. 8. & 35. ss Lev. 8. 32. Pa. 99. G. 25. so ex. 40. 12. Lev. 22 Lev. 7. 31, 34. 32 Num. 20. 28. 8. 33, 34, 35. Num.18. 11,18. Deut. ssLev. 8. 35. &9. 1, 8. Heb. 10. 11. 18. 3. 84 Lev. 8. 31. cli. 30. 2G, 28, 29. 2s Lev. 10. 15. 35 Matt. 12. 4. & 40. 10. 28 Lev. 7. 34. so Lev. 10. 14, 15, 17. ch. 40. 10. 25 And thou shalt take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar upon the burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord : it is an offering 26 made by fire unto the Lord. And thou shalt take the breast of Aaron’s ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord : and it shall 27 be thy portion. 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 28 Aaron, and of that 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 offering : and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even 29 their heave offering unto the Lord. And the holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in 30 them. Seven days shall the son that is priest in his stead put them on, when he cometh into the tent of 31 meeting to minister in the holy place. And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and seethe its 32 flesh in a holy place. And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in 33 the basket, at the door of the tent of meeting. And they shall eat those things wherewith atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them : but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. 34 And if aught of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire : it shall not be eaten, 35 because it is holy. And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I liave commanded thee : seven days shalt thou consecrate 36 them. And every day shalt thou offer the bul- lock of sin offering for atonement : and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou makest atonement for 37 it ; and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it : and the altar shall be most holy ; what- soever toucheth the altar shall be holy. 38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar ; two lambs of the first year day by day con- 39 tinually. The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morn- ing ; and the other lamb thou shalt offer * at even : 40 and with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil ; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a 41 drink offering. And the other lamb thou shalt offer ^ at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meal offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made 42 by fire unto the Lord. It shall be a continual burnt « ch. 30. 29. Matt. « 2 Kin. IG. 15. 8. 11, 12, 13. 23. 19. Ezek. 4G. 13, 14, 15. e Or, shoulder. « Num. 28. 3. 1 Chr. 1 Kin. 18. 29, 3G. / Or, ptirge the al- IG. 40. 2 Chr. 2. 4. & 2 Kin. IG. 15. Ezra tar, by thy making 13. 11. & 31. 3. Ezra 9. 4, .5. Ps. 141. 2. atonement. 3. 3. Dan. 9. 21. g Or, whosoever. ^5 See Dan. 9. 27. & ver. 38. ch. .30. h Heb. between the 12. 11. 8. Num. 28. 6. Dan. two evenings. 128 EXODUS, XXX. out your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord ; where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. 44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congre- gation, and the altar : I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s office. 45 Tf And 1 will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. 46 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them ; I am the Lord their God. CHAPTER XXX. 1 The altar of incense. 11 The ransom of souls. 17 The brasen laver. 22 The holy anointing oil. 34 The composition of the perfume. A nd thou shalt make ^ an altar ^ to burn incense upon : of shittim wood shalt thou make it. 2 A cubit shall he the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof ; foursquare shall it be : and two cubits shall he the height thereof : the horns thereof shall he of the same. 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof ; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it ; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. 5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the ® mercy seat that is over the testimony, w'^here I will meet with thee. 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon ^ sweet incense every morning : when ® he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. 8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. 9 Ye shall offer no ® strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering ; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. 10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements : once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations : it is most holy unto the Lord. 11 ^ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 ® When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man ® a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them ; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. 13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary : (i^ a shekel is twenty gerahs :) 13 an half shekel shall he the offering of the Lord. « ch. 25. 22. & 30. G, 52 Ex. 25. 8. Lev. Lev. 4. 7, 18. Rev. 8. 3G. Num. 17. 4. 2G. 12. Zech. 2. 10. 3. 50 ch. 40. 34. 1 Kin. John 14. 17, 23. 2 3 ch. 25. 21, 22. 8. 11. 2 Chr. 5. 14. & Cor. 6. IG. Rev. 21. ■* ver. 34. 1 Sam. 2. 7. 1, 2, 3. Ezek. 43. 3. 28. 1 Chr. 23. 13. 5. Hag. 2. 7, 9. Mai. es ch. 20. 2. Luke 1.9. 3. 1. 1 ch. 37. 25. & 40. 5. 5 ch. 27. 21 51 Lev. 21. 15. & 22. 2 gee ver. 7, 8, 10. o Lev. 10. 1. 9, IG. offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before the Lord : where I will 43 meet with you, to speak there unto thee. And there I will meet with the children of Israel ; and the Tent 44 shall be sanctified 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 in the 45 priest’s office. And I will dwell among the children 46 of Israel, and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them : I am the Lord their God. 30 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon : 2 of acacia wood shalt thou make it. A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth there- of ; foursquare shall it be : and two cubits shall be the height thereof : the horns thereof shall be of one 3 piece with it. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the “ top thereof, and the ^ sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof ; and thou shalt make 4 unto it a crown of gold round about. And two golden rings shalt thou make for it under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make them ; and they shall be 5 for places for staves to bear it withal. And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay 6 them with gold. And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will 7 meet with thee. And Aaron shall burn thereon in- cense of sweet spices : every morning, when he 8 dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it. And when Aaron ^ lighteth the lamps « at even, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout 9 your generations. Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering ; and 10 ye shall pour no drink offering thereon. And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it once in the year : with the blood of the sin offering of atone- ment once in the year shall he make atonement ^ for it throughout your generations : it is most holy unto the Lord. 11 12 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying. When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, accord- ing to those that are numbered of them, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them ; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. 13 This they shall give, every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of tbe sanctuary : (the shekel is twenty gerahs :) half a shekel for an offering to the Lord. 7 Lev. 16. 18. & 23. Tim. 2. 6. 1 Pet. 1. c Or, rim. Or, 27. 18, 19. moulding. 8 ch. 38. 25. Num. 2 Sam. 24. 15. d Or, setteth up. 1. 2, 5. & 2G. 2. 2 uMatt. 17. 24. Heb. causeth to Sam. 24. 2. ^ Lev. 27. 25. Num. ascend. 8 See Num. 31. 50. 3. 47. Ezek. 45. 12. e Heb. between the Job 33. 24. & 3G. 18, ^ ch. 38. 26. two evenings. Ps. 49. 7. Matt. 20. « Heb. roof. f Or, for. 28. Mark 10. 45. 1 b Heb. walls. g Or, upon. EXODUS, XXX. 129 14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord. 15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offer- ing unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. 16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation ; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. 17 If And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash loithal : and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. 19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat : 20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congre- gation, they shall wash with water, that they die not ; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offeiing made by fire unto the Lord : 21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not : and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. 22 ^ Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinna- mon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet ^4 calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin : 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary : it shall be an holy anointing oil. 26 28 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, 27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candle- stick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, 28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his ves- sels, and the laver and his foot. 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy : ^9 whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. 30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office. 31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying. This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. 32 Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it : it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. 33 32 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whoso- ever putteth any of it upon a stranger, 33 shall even be cut off from his people. 34 ^ And the Lord said unto Moses, 34 Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum ; these sweet spices with pure frankincense : of each shall there be a like weight : « Job 34. 19. Pro. is ch. 38. 8 . 1 Kin. 22 Cant. 4. 14. Ezek. 22. 2. Eph. G. 9. Col. 7. 38. 27. 22. 3. 25. 10 ch. 40. 7, 30. 23 Pg. 45 . 8 . Pro. 7. ^“ver. 12. 20 ch. 40. 31, 32. Ps. 17. 10 ch. 38. 25. 20. 0. Is. 52. 11. John 24 Cant. 4. 14. Jer. 11 Nuin. 16. 40. 13. 10. Heb. 10. C. 20. 21 ch. 28. 43. 14 Every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall 15 give the offering of the Lord. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of the 16 Lord, to make atonement for your souls. And thou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting ; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord, to make atone- ment for your souls. 17 18 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying. Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, to wash withal : and thou shalt put it be- tween the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou 19 shalt put water therein. And Aaron and his sons 20 shall wash their hands and their feet thereat : when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not ; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering 21 made by fire unto the Lord : so they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not : and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. 22 Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Take thou also unto thee the chief spices, of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so mucli, even two hundred and fifty, and of 24 sweet calamus two hundred and fifty, and of * cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and 25 of olive oil an hin : and thou shalt make it an holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer : it shall be an holy anointing oil. 26 And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, 27 and the ark of the testimony, and the table and all the vessels thereof, and the candlestick and the 28 vessels thereof, and the altar of incense, and the altar of burnt offering with all the vessels thereof, 29 and the laver and the base thereof. And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy : * what- 30 soever toucheth them shall be holy. And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office. 31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying. This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me 32 throughout your generations. LTpon the flesh of man shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition thereof : it is holy, 33 and it shall be holy unto you. Whosoever coin- poundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his peoj3le. 34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, j stacte, and onycha, and galbanum ; sweet spices with pure frankincense : of each shall 25 Ps. 4.5. 8. 29 ch 29. 37. Gen. 17. 14. ch. 20 ch. 29. 40. 30 ch. 29. 7, &c. Lev. 12. 15. Lev. 7. 20, 21. 27 ch. 37. 29. Nnm. 8. 12, 30. 34 ch. 25. G. & 37. 35. 25. Ps. 89. 20. & si yer. 25, 37. 29. 133. 2. 82 ver. 38. h Or, costits. 28 ch. 40. 9. Lev. 8. i Or, whosoever. 10. Num. 7. 1. j Or, opohalsamum. 9 * 130 EXODUS, XXXI. 35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection 85 after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy : 36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the con- gregation, 8® where I will meet with thee : 87 it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, 88 ye shall not make to yourselves according to the com- position thereof : it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord. 38 89 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. CHAPTER XXXI. 1 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called and made meet for the work of the tabernacle. 12 The ob.wrvation of the sabbath is again commanded. 18 Moses receiveth the two tables. A nd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 ^ See, I have called by name Bezaleel the ^ son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : 3 And I have 8 filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. 6 And I, behold, I have given with him ^Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan : and in the hearts of all that are ^wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee ; 7 8 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and 8 the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, 8 And 8 the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of in- cense, 9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his fur- niture, and the laver and his foot, 10 And 18 the cloths of service, and the holy gar- ments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office, 11 11 And the anointing oil, and i5 sweet incense for the holy place : according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. 12 ^ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, say- ing, 18 Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations ; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanc- tify you. 14 17 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore ; for it is holy unto you : every one that defile th it shall surely be put to death : for i® whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15 18 Six days may work be done ; but in the ^8 se- venth is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord : who- soever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the 85 ver. 25. i ch. 35. 30. & 36. 1. 86 ch. 29. 42. Lev. 2 1 Chr. 2. 20. 16. 2. 3 ch. 35. 31. 1 Kin. 8‘ ver. 32. ch. 29. 7. 14. 37. Lev. 2. 3. < ch. 35. 34. 38 ver. 32. 5 ch. 28. 3. & 35. 10, 89 ver. 33. 35. & 36. 1. 6 ch. 36. 8. 7 ch. 37. 1. 8 ch. 37. 6. 9 ch. 37. 10. 10 ch. 37. 17. 11 ch. 38. 1. 12 ch. 38. 8. 35 there be a like weight ; and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, 36 ^ seasoned with salt, pure and holy : and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet 37 with thee : it shall be unto you most holy. And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for your- selves : it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord. 38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, he shall be cut off from his people. 31 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying. See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son 3 of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in un- derstanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of 4 workmanship, to devise cunning works, to work in 5 gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work 6 in all manner of workmanship. And I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisa- mach, of the tribe of Dan ; and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they 7 may make all that I have commanded thee : the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, and all the furni- 8 ture of the Tent ; and the table and its vessels, and the pure candlestick with all its vessels, and the 9 altar of incense ; and the altar of burnt offering 10 with all its vessels, and the laver and its base ; and the “finely wrought garments, and the holy gar- ments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his 11 sons, to minister in the priest’s office ; and the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place : according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. 12 13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying. Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying. Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths : for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations ; that ye may know that I am the Lord which sanctify you. 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore ; for it is holy unto you : every one that profaneth it shall surely be put to death : for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his 15 people. Six days shall work be done ; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord : whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath 16 day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to ob- 13 ch. 39. 1, 41. Num. 4. 5, 6, . 15. & 103. 8. & 111. 4. & 112. 4. & no. 5. & 145. 8. Joel 2. 13. ^ Ps. 31. 19. Rom. 2. 4. 8 Ps. 57. 10. & 108. 4. ^ och. 20. 6. Deut. 5. 10. Ps. 86. 15. Jer. 32. 18. Dan. 9. 4. 10 Ps. 103. 3. & 130. 4. Dan. 9. 9. Eph. 4.32. lJohnl.9. ” ch. 23. 7, 21. Josh. 24. 19. Job 10. 14. Mic. 6. 11. Nah. 1. 3. 12 Ch. 4. 31. 13 ch. 33. 15, 16. 11 ch. 33. 3. 13 Deut. 32. 9. Ps. 28. 9. & 33. 12. & 78. 62. & 94. 14. Jer. 10. 16. Zech. 2. 12. 10 Deut. 5. 2. & 29. 12, 14. 11 Deut. 4. 32. 2 Sam. 7. 23. Ps. 77. 14. & 78. 12. & 147. 20. 18 Deut. 10. 21. Ps. 145. 6. Is. 64. 3. 10 Deut. 5. 32. & 6. 3, 25. & 12. 28, 32. & 28. 1. 20 ch. 33. 2. 21 ch. 23. 32. Deut. 7. 2. Judg. 2. 2. 22 ch. 23. .3.3. 23 ch. 23. 24. Deut. morning, and w6nt up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand 5 two tables of stone. And the Lord descended in the cloud, ® and stood with him there, and pro- 6 claimed ^ the name of the Lord. And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth ; 7 ‘^keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin : and that will by no means clear the guilty ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, upon the third and upon the fourth gene- 8 ration. And Moses made haste, and bowed his head 9 toward the earth, and worshipped. And he said. If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go in the midst of us ; for it is a stiffnecked people ; and pardon our iniquity and our 10 sin, and take us for thine inheritance. And he said. Behold, I make a covenant : before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been ^ wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation : and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the Lord, for it is a terrible thing that I do with thee. 11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day : behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the 12 Hivite, and the Jebusite. Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the 13 midst of thee : but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their ® pillars, and ye shall cut 14 down their Asherim : for thou shalt worship no other god : for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is 15 a jealous God : lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one 16 call thee and thou eat of his sacrifice ; and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make 17 thy sons go a whoring after their gods. Thou shalt 18 make thee no molten gods. The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib : for in the month Abib 19 thou earnest out from Egypt. All that openeth the womb is mine ; and all thy cattle that is male, the 20 firstlings of ox and sheep. And the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a a lamb : and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck. 12.3. jud(?. 2. 2. 24 Dent. 7. 5. & 12. 2. Judg. 6. 25. 2 Kin. 18. 4. & 23. 14. 2 Chr. 31. 1. & 34. 3, 4. 2'> ch. 20. 3, 5. 20 So Is. 9. 6. & 57. 15. 2T Ch. 20. 5. 23 ver. 12. 20 Deut. 31. 16. Judg. 2. 17. Jer. 3. 9. Ezek. 6. 9. so Num. 26. 2. 1 Cor. 10. 27. SI Ps. 106. 28. ICor. 8. 4, 7, 10. 32 Deut. 7. 3. 1 Kin. 11. 2. Ezra 9. 2. Neh. 13. 25. 33 Num. 25. 1, 2. 1 Kin. 11. 4. 34ch. 32. 8. Lev. 19. 4. SB ch. 12. 15. & 23. 15. 38 ch. 13. 4. 37 ch. 13. 2, 12. & 22. 29. Ezek. 44. 30. Luke 2. 23. S8 ch. 13. 13. Num. 18. 15. a Or, and he stood, with him there, and called upon U*c. h Or, Jehovah by name. c See ch. 20. 5, 6. d Heb. created, e Or, obelisks, f Probably the wooden symbols of a goc^ess Asherah. g Or, kid. 136 EXODUS, shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty. 21 ^ Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest : in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. 22 ^ And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of in- gathering at the year’s end. 23 ^ Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. 24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders : neither shall any man de- sire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year. 25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven ; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. 26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk. 27 And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words : for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. 28 And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights ; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. 29 ^ And it came to' pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. 30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone ; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And Moses called unto them ; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him : and Moses talked with them. 32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh : and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in mount Sinai. - 33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. 34 But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. 35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone : and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him. CHAPTER XXXV. 1 The sabbath. 4 The free gifts for the tabernacle. 20 The readiness of the people to offer. 30 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called to the work. A nd Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, 1 These are the words which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them. 2 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest S9 ch. 23. 15. Deut. “2 ch. 23. 14, 17. 2 Chr. 17. 10. Pro. 16. 16. 16. 1 Sam. 9. 7, 8. Deut. 16. 16. 7. Acts 18. 10. •2 Sam. 24. 24. « ch. 33. 2. Lev. 18. <6 ch. 23. 18. « ch. 20. 9. & 23. 12. 24. Deut. 7. 1. Ps. « ch. 12. 10. & 35. 2. Deut. 5. 12, 78. 55. & 80. 8. ■‘s ch. 23. 19. Deut. 13. Luke 13. 14. « Deut. 12. 20. & 19. 26. 2, 10. « ch. 23. 16. Deut. 8. « ch. 23. 19. Deut. 16. 10, 13. « See Gen. 35. 6. 14. 21. XXXV. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And 21 none shall appear before me empty. Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest : in plowing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. 22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of in- 23 gathering at the year’s * end. Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord God, 24 the God of Israel. For I will cast out nations be- fore thee, and enlarge thy borders : neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou goest up to ap- pear before the Lord thy God three times in the 25 year. Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread ; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. 26 The first of the firstfruits of thy ground thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou 27 shalt not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk. And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words ; for after the tenor of these words I have made a 28 covenant with thee and with Israel. And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights ; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten ‘ commandments. 29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testi- mony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face 30 j shone * by reason of his speaking with him. And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone ; and they 31 were afraid to come nigh him. And Moses called unto them ; and Aaron and all the rulers of the con- gregation returned unto "him : and Moses spake to 32 them. And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh : and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 33 And when Moses had done speaking with them, he 34 put a veil on his face. But when Moses went in be- fore 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 was command- 35 ed ; 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 again, imtil he went in to speak with him. 35 And Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them. These are the words which the Lord hath commanded, 2 that ye should do them. " Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you BO ver. 10. Deut. 4. Matt. 17. 2. 2 Cor. 15. 32, &c. Deut. 6. 13. & 31. 9. 3. 7, 13. 12. Luke 13. 14. ch. 24. 18. Deut. bo ch. 24. 3. h Heb. revolution. 9. 9, 18. B6 2 Cor. 3. 13. i Heb. words. B2 ver. 1. ch. 31. 18. b? 2 Cor. 3. 16. j Or, sent forth & 32. 16. Deut. 4. 13. ^ ch. 34. 32. beams (Heb. horns). & 10. 2, 4. 2 ch. 20. 9. & 31. 14, k Or, while he talked B3 ch. 32. 15. 15. Lev. 23. 3. Num. with him. a See ch. 31. 15. 137 EXODUS, XXXV. to the Lord : whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. 3 ® Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habita- tions upon the sabbath day. 4 If And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, ^ This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying, 5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord : ^ whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord ; gold, and silver, and brass, 6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, 7 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood, 8 And oil for the light, ® and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. 10 And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the Lord hath commanded ; 11 ®The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets, 12 ® The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering, 13 The table, and his staves, and ail his vessels, and the shewbread, 14 The candlestick also for the light, and his fur- niture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, 15 i^And the incense altar, and his staves, ^^and the anointing oil, and ^^the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the taber- nacle, 16 The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, 17 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, 18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, 19 The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office. 20 ^ And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and ^ey brought the Lord’s offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service,* and for the holy garments. 22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and ear- rings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold : and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord. 23 And ^ every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought them. 24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the Lord’s offering : and every man. 3 ch. IG. 23. * ch. 25. 1, 2. c ch. 25. 2. e ch. 25. 6. 7 ch. 31. 6. Sch.26. 1, 2, &c. » ch. 25. 10, &c. M ch. 25. 23. . Uch. 25. 30. Lev. 24. 5, (>. 10 ^ 32 ch. 25. 31, &c. 13 ch. 30. 1. 14 ch. 30. 23. 10 ch. 30. 34. i« ch. 27. 1. an holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to the Lord ; whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to 3 death. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. 4 And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying. This is the thing which 5 the Lord commanded, saying, ^ Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord : whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, the Lord’s offering ; 6 gold, and silver, and brass ; and blue, and purple, 7 and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair • and rams’ skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia 8 wood ; and oil for the light, and spices for the 9 anointing oil, and for the sweet incense ; and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for 10 the breastplate. And let every wise hearted man among you come, and make all that the Lord hath 11 commanded ; the tabernacle, its tent, and its cover- ing, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and 12 its sockets ; the ark, and the staves thereof, the 13 mercy-seat, and the veil of the screen ; the table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the shew- 14 bread ; the candlestick also for the light, and its 15 vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light ; and the altar of incense, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the 16 door, at the door of the tabernacle ; the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of brass, its staves, 17 and all its vessels, the laver and its base ; the hang- ings of the court, the pillars thereof, and their sock- 18 ets, and the screen for the gate of the court ; the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, 19 and their cords ; the ‘^finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office. 20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel 21 departed from the presence of Moses. And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and brought the Lord’s offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all the service thereof, and for the 22 holy garments. And they came, both men and wo- men, as many as were willing hearted, and brought brooches, and ^ earrings, and signet-rings, and -^ arm- lets, all jewels of gold ; even every man that offered 23 an offering of gold unto the Lord. And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and rams’ skins dyed 24 red, and sealskins, brought them. Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the 2^ ch. 27. 9. Chr. 28. 2, 9. & 29. 9. c Or, Presence- 18 ch. 31. 10. & 39. 1, Ezra 7. 27. 2 Cor. 8. bread. 41. Nvim. 4. 5, C, &c. 12. & 9. 7. d See ch. 31. 10. 11* ver. 5, 22, 20, 29. 20 \ chr. 29. 8. e Or, nose-rings. Ch. 25. 2. & 36. 2. 1 h See ch. 25. 2-7. / Or, necklaces. 138 EXODUS, XXXVI. with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it. 25 And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair. 27 And ^^the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate ; 28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 29 The children of Israel brought a willing offer- ing unto the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. 30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah ; 31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship ; 32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. 34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cumiing work. CHAPTER XXXVI. 1 The offerings are delivered to the workmen. 5 The liberality of the people is restrained. 8 The curtains of cherubims. 14 The curtains of goats' hair. 19 The covering of skins. 20 The boards with their sockets. 31 The bars. 35 The vail. 2,1 The hanging for the door. T hen wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every 1 wise hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the ^ sanctuary, according to all that the Lord had commanded. 2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, even every one ® whose heart stirred him up to come unto the w'ork to do it : 3 And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel ^had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. 4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made ; 5 ^ And they spake unto Moses, saying, ® The peo- ple bring much more than enough for the service of the work, wiiich the Lord commanded to make. 6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying. Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the Lord’s offering : and every man, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, 25 brought it. And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the 26 scarlet, and the fine linen. And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats’ hair. 27 And the rulers brought the ^ onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breast- 28 plate ; and the spice, and the oil ; for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 29 The children of Israel brought a freewill offering unto the Lord ; every man and woman, 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 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezalel the son of 31 Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah ; and he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner 32 of workmanship ; and to devise cunning works, to 33 work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in cut- ting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to 34 work in all manner of cunning workmanship. And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the ‘ engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any workman- 36 ship, and of those that devise cunning works. And Bezalel and Oholiab shall work, and every wise hearted man, in whom the Lord hath put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord hath commanded. 2 And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up 3 to come unto the work to do it : and they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Is- rael had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought 4 yet unto him freewill offerings every morning. And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which 5 they wrought ; and they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to 6 make. And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying. Let neither man nor woman make any more 21 ch. 28. 3. & 31. G. 23 ch. 30. 23. 25 ch. 31. 2, &c. Chr. 2. 14. Is. 28. 26. s ch. 35. 21, 26. 1 <7 Or, beryl. & 36. 1. 2 Kin. 23. 7. 2^ yer. 21. 1 Chr. 26 ch. 31. 6. 1 ch. 28. 3. & 31. 6. Chr. 29. 5. h See ch. 31. 1-6. Pro. 31. 19, 22, 24. 29. 9. 27 yer. 31. ch. 31. 3, & 35. 10, 35. •» ch. 35. 27. i Or, craftsman. 22 1 Chr. 29. 6. Ezra 6. 1 Kin. 7. 14. 2 2 ch. 25. 8. 6 2 Cor. 8. 2, 3. 2 . 68 . EXODUS, XXXVI. 139 offering of the sanctuary. So the people were re- strained from bringing. 7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. 8 ^ ® And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet : with cherubims of cunning work made he them. 9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits : the curtains were all of one size. 10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another ; and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. 11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling : likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. 12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second : the loops held one curtain to another. 13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches : so it became one tabernacle. 14 If ® And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle : eleven curtains he made them. 15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain : the eleven curtains were of one size. 16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. 17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. 18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. 19 ® And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering ^ badgers’ skins above that. 20 ^ And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up. • 21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. 22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another : thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 And he made boards for the tabernacle ; twenty boards for the south side southward : 24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards ; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. 25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards, 26 And their forty sockets of silver ; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. 28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring : thus he did to both of them in both the corners. ® ch. 2(). 1. 0 ch. 2C). 14. b Or, fbai wax out- ’’ ch. 26. 5. 10 ch. 26. 15. most in the first set. 8 ch. 26. 7. a See ch. 26. 1-14. work for the ofPering of the sanctuary. So the peo- 7 pie were restrained from bringing. For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. 8 “And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work made the tabernacle with ten cur- tains ; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the cunning 9 workman made he them. The length of each cur- tain was eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits : all the curtains had one 10 measure. And he coupled five curtains one to an- other : and the other five curtains he coupled one to 11 another. And he made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain ^from the selvedge in the cou- pling : likewise he made in the edge of the curtain 12 that was outmost in the second ‘^coupling. Fifty loops made he in the one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second ^ coupling : the loops were opposite one to another. 13 And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps : so the taber- 14 nacle was one. And he made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle : eleven curtains he 15 made them. The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain : 16 the eleven curtains had one measure. And he cou- pled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by 17 themselves. And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the ‘^coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain 18 which was outmost in the second ^ coupling. And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent togeth- 19 er, that it might be one. And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of ® sealskins above. 20 ^ And he made the boards for the tabernacle of 21 acacia wood, standing up. Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth 22 of each board. Each board had two tenons, joined one to another : thus did he make for all the boards 23 of the tabernacle. And he made the boards for the tabernacle ; twenty boards for the south side south- 24 ward : 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 25 for its two tenons. And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards, 26 and their forty sockets of silver ; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 27 And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward 28 he made six boards. And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part. 29 And they were double beneath, and in like manner they were entire unto the top thereof unto '‘one ring : thus he did to both of them in the two c Or, set. e Or, porpoise-skins. o morticed, d Or, first set. / See ch. 26. 15-20. A Or, the first. 140 EXODUS, XXXVIL 30 And there were eight hoards ; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets. 31 Tf And he made bars of shittim wood ; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 32 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward. 33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other. 34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to he places for the bars, and over- laid the bars with gold. 35 ^ And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : with cherubims made he it of cunning work. 36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold : their hooks were of gold ; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. 37 ^ And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework ; 38 And the five pillars of it with their hooks : and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold : but their five sockets tvere of brass. CHAPTER XXXVII. 1 The ark. 6 The mercy seat with cherubims. 10 The table with his vessels. 17 The candlestick with his lamps and instruments. 25 The altar of incense. 29 The anointing oil and sweet incense. A nd Bezaleel made ^the ark o/ shittim wood : two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it : 2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to he set by the four corners of it ; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it. 4 And he made staves of shittim wood, and over- laid them with gold. 5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 6 ^ And he made the ^ mercy seat of pure gold : two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat ; 8 One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side : out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another ; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims. 10 ^ And he made ^ the table of shittim wood : two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof : 11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made there- unto a crown of gold round about. 12 Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about ; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. 13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the ch. 26. 26. 1 ch. 25. 10. » ch. 25. 23. 12 ch. 26. 31. 2 ch. 25. 17. t See ch. 26. 31-37. 13 ch. 26. 36. 30 corners. And there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets ; under every board 31 two sockets. And he made bars of acacia wood ; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 32 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the taber- 33 nacle for the hinder part westward. And he made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the 34 boards from the one end to the other. And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 35 * And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : with cherubim the 36 work of the cunning workman made he it. And he made thereunto four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold : their hooks were of gold ; and he 37 cast 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 linen, the work 38 of the embroiderer ; and the five pillars of it with their hooks : and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold : and their five sockets were of brass. 37 ® 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 and a half 2 the height of it : and he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a ^ crown of gold to 3 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 5 overlaid them with gold. 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 was the length thereof, and a 7 cubit and a half the breadth thereof. And he made two cherubim of gold ; of ® beaten work made he 8 them, at the two ends of the 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 9 at the two ends thereof. And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, 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 was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof : 11 and he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a 12 crown of gold round about. And he made unto it a border of an handbreadth round about, and made a 13 golden crown to the border thereof round about. And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in a See ch. 25. 10-20. c Heb. rib. e Or, turned, b Or, rim. Or, d Or, covering. f See ch. 25. 23-29. moulding. EXODUS, XXXVIII. 141 rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. 14 Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. 15 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and over- laid them with gold, to bear the table. 16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his ^ dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold. 17 And he made the ^ candlestick of pure gold : of beaten work made he the candlestick ; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same : 18 And six branches going out of the sides thereof ; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof : 19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower ; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower : so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick. 20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers : 21 And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop un- der two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it. 22 Their knops and their branches were of the same : all of it was one beaten work of pure gold. 23 And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snufPdishes, of pure gold. 24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. 25 ^ ®And he made the incense altar of shittim wood : the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit ; it was foursquare ; and two cubits was the height of it ; the horns thereof were of the same. 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it : also he made unto it a crown of gold round about. 27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal. 28 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. 29 ^ And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary. CHAPTER •XXXVIII. 1 The altar of burnt offering. 8 The laver of brass. 9 The court. 21 The sum of that the people offered. A nd 1 he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood : five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof ; it was foursquare ; and three cubits the height thereof. 2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it ; the horns thereof were of the same : and he over- laid it with brass. 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans : all the vessels thereof made he of brass. 4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of net- « ch. 25. 29. 6 ch. 30. 1. » ch. 27. 1. » ch. 25. 31. 7 ch. 30. 23, 34. g See ch. 26. 31-59. the four comers that were on the four feet thereof. 14 Close by the border were the rings, the places for 15 the staves to bear the table. And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear 16 the table. And he made the vessels which were upon the table, the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the flagons thereof, to pour out withal, of pure gold. 17 S' And he made the candlestick of pure gold : of beaten work made he the candlestick, even its base, and its shaft ; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, 18 were of one piece with it : and there were six branches going out of the sides thereof ; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side there- of, and three branches of the candlestick out of the 19 other side thereof : three cups made like almond- blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower ; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower : so for the six branches 20 going out of the candlestick. And in the candle- stick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the 21 knops thereof, and the flowers thereof : and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six 22 branches going out of it. Their knops and their branches were of one piece with it : the whole of it 23 was one beaten work of pure gold. And he made the lamps thereof, seven, and the tongs thereof, and 24 the snuffdishes thereof, of pure gold. Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. 25 ^ And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood : a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, foursquare ; and two cubits was the height thereof ; the horns thereof were of one piece with 26 it. And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top there- of, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it : and he made unto it a crown of gold round 27 about. And he made for it two golden rings under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it, for places for staves to bear it 28 withal. And he made the staves of acacia wood, 29 and overlaid them with gold. *And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer. 38 ® And he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood : five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare ; and three 2 cubits the height thereof. And he made the horns thereof upon the four corners of it ; the horns there- of were of one piece with it : and he overlaid it 3 with brass. And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, the flesh- hooks, and the firepans : all the vessels thereof made 4 he of brass. And he made for the altar a grating A See ch. 30. 1-5. i See ch. 30. 23, 24, a See ch. 27. 1-8. 34, 35. 142 EXODUS, XXXVIIL work under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. 5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. 6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and over- laid them with brass. 7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal ; he made the altar hollow with boards. 8 ^ And he made ^ the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assem- bling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 9 ^ And he made ® the court : on the south side south- ward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits : 10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 And for the west side loere hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fif- teen cubits ; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits ; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16 All the hangings of the court round about toere of fine twined linen. 17 And the sockets for the pillars were q/* brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver ; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver ; and all the pil- lars of the court were filleted with silver. 18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth loas five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. 19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four ; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver. 20 And all the ^ pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were o/ brass. 21 ^ This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of ® the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Le- vites, ® by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. 22 And ’’ Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses. 23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scar- let, and fine linen. 24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offer- ing, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after ^ the shekel of the sanctuary. 2 ch. 30. 18. 9. 15. & 10. 11. & 17. 7 ch. 31. 2, 6. 3 ch. 27. 9. 7, 8. & 18. 2. 2 Chr. « ch. 30. 13. 24. Lev. * ch. 27. 19. 24. 6. Acts 7. 44. 5. 15. & 27. 3, 25. 3 Num. 1. 50, 53. & « Num. 4. 28, 33. Num. 3. 47. & 18. 16. of network of brass, under the ledge round it be- 5 neath, reaching halfway up. And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be places 6 for the staves. And he made the staves of acacia 7 wood, and overlaid them with brass. And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal ; he made it hollow with planks. 8 ^ And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of ‘^the ^serving women which served at the door of the tent of meeting. 9 ® And he made the court : for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine 10 twined linen, an hundred cubits : their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11 And for the north side an hundred cubits, their pil- lars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass ; the 12 hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten ; the hooks of the 13 pillars and their fillets of silver. And for the east 14 side eastward fifty cubits. The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits ; their pil- 15 lars three, and their sockets three ; and so for the other side : on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits ; 16 their pillars three, and their sockets three. All the hangings of the court round about were of fine 17 twined linen. And the sockets for the pillars were of brass ; the- hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver ; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver ; and all the pillars of the court were filleted 18 with silver. And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings 19 of the court. And their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass ; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of sil- 20 ver. And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass. 21 This is the sum of the things for the tabernacle, even the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Itha- 22 mar, the son of Aaron the priest. And Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 23 made all that the Lord commanded Moses. And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. 24 All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offer- ing, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. b See ch. 30. 18. which assembled to 8. 24. 1 Sam. 2. 22. c Or, the women minister. e See ch. 27. 9-19. d See Num. 4. 23. & / Or, a craftsman. EXODUS, XXXIX. 143 25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary : 26 ® A bekah for every man, that is^ half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and up- ward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. 27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast ^ the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail ; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. 28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them. 29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. 30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, 31 And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the taber- nacle, and all the pins of the court round about. CHAPTER XXXIX. 1 The cloths of service and holy garments. 2 The ephod. 8 The breast- plate. 22 The robe of the ephod. 27 The coats, mitre, and girdle of fine linen. 30 The plate of the holy crown. 32 All is viewed and ap- proved by Moses. A nd of ithe blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made ^ cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for. Aaron ; ® as the Lord commanded Moses. 2 ^ And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined Imen. 3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the pur- ple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cun- lung work. 4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it to- gether : by the two edges was it coupled together. 5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, ivas of the same, according to the work thereof ; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 6 If ® And tliey wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel. 7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a ® memorial to the chil- dren of Israel ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 8 ^ And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod ; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 It was foursquare ; they made the breastplate double : a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. 10 ® And they set in it four rows of stones : the frst row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle : this was the first row. 11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thou- sand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen she- 26 kels, after the shekel of the sanctuary : a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them that were numbered, from twenty years old and up- ward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand 27 and five hundred and fifty men. And the hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil ; an hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. 28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid 29 their chapiters, and made fillets for them. And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two 30 thousand and four hundred shekels. And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meet- ing, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grating for 31 it, and all the vessels of the altar, and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. 39 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 2 “And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and pur- 3 pie, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the 4 cunning workman. They made shoulderpieces for it, joined together : at the two ends was it joined to- 5 gether. And the cunningly woven band, that was upon it, to gird it on withal, was of the same piece and like the work thereof ; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 6 And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in ouches of gold, graven with the engravings of a sig- net, according to the names of the children of Israel. 7 And he put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 8 ^ And he made the breastplate, the work of the cunning 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 span the breadth thereof, being double. 10 And they set in it four rows of stones : a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row. 11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a 2cli. 31. 10. & 35. 10 . 3 ch. 28. 4. 0 ch. 30. 13, 15. w Nuiu. 1. 4G. 11 ch. 2G. 19, 21, 25, 32. 1 ch. 35. 23. * ch. 28. G. 0 cli. 28. 0. « ch. 28. 12. t ch. 28. 15. 8 ch. 28. 17, &c. a See eh. 28. (>-12. b See ch. 28. 15-28. 144 EXODUS, XXXIX. 12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jas- per : they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their in- closings. 14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. 15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, <^wreathen work of pure gold. 16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings ; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. 17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. 18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoul- derpieces of the ephod, before it. 19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward. 20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 21 And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 22 ^ ® And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. 23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. 24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pome- granates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. 25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates ; 26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pome- granate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 27 And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, 28 12 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and i® linen breeches of fine twined linen, 29 1^ And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework ; as the Lord com- manded Moses. 30 ^ 1^ And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 32 ^ Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished : and the children of Israel did i® according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. 33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, 12 diamond. And the third row, a jacinth, an agate, 13 and an amethyst. And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper : they were inclosed in ouches of 14 gold in their settings. And the stones were accord- ing to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names ; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, for the 15 twelve tribes. And they made upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold. 16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings ; and put the two rings on the two ends of the 17 breastplate. And they put the two wreathen chains of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breast- 18 plate. And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains they put on the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, in the forepart 19 thereof. And they made two rings of gold, and put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which was toward the side of the ephod 20 inward. And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulderpieces of the ephod under- neath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the cunningly woven band of the 21 ephod. And they did bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be upon the cunningly woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod ; as the Lord com- manded Moses. 22 ‘^And he made the robe of the ephod of woven 23 work, all of blue ; and the hole of the robe in the midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should not 24 be rent. And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 25 twined linen. And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the skirts of the robe round about, between the 26 pomegranates ; a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about, to minister in ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 27 And they made the coats of fine linen of woven 28 work for Aaron, and for his sons, and the ® mitre of fine linen, and the goodly headtires of fine linen, 29 and the linen breeches of fine twined linen, and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 30 /And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the en- 31 gravings 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 meeting : and the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. 33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the 12 ch.28.4,39. Ezek. 44. 18. 16 ver. 42, 43. ch. 25. d See eh. 28. 39, 40, e Or, turban. 40. 42. / See ch. 28. 36, 37. c See ch. 28. 31-34. 9 ch. 28. 31. 10 ch. 28. 33. 11 ch. 28. 39, 40. 13 ch. 28. 42. 11 ch. 28. 39. 13 ch. 28. 36, 37. EXODUS, XL. 145 the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets, 34 And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the co- vering, 35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, 36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, 37 The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light, 38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, 39 The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, liis staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, 40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation, 41 The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister in the priest’s office. 42 According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work. 43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, be- hold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it : and Moses blessed them. CHAPTER XL. 1 The tabernacle is commanded to be reared^ 9 and anointed. 13 Aaron and his sons to be sanctified. 16 Moses performeth all things accord- ingly. 34 A cloud covereth the tabernacle. ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 On the first day of the ^ first month shalt thou set up 2 the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 3 And 3 thou shalt put therein the ark of the testi- mony, and cover the ark with the vail. 4 And ^ thou shalt bring in the table, and ® set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it ; ®and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. 5 ^ And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the in- cense before the ark of the testimony, and put the Ininging of the door to the tabernacle. 6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 7 And ® thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein. 8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate. 9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and ® anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof : and it shall be holy. 10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offer- ing, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar : and it shall be an altar most holy. 11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. 12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. ch. ST). 10. Kin. 8. 14. 2 Clir. 30. 2 ver. 17. & ch. 2G. 1, 18 Dev. 9. 22, 23. 27. 30. Nuin. G. 23. Josh. 22. 1 cli. 12. 2. & 13. 4. ■'» ver. 21. cli. 2G. 33. 6. 2 Saiu. G. 18. 1 Kum. 4. 5. Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its 34 bars, and its pillars, and its sockets ; and the cover- ing of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of 35 O' sealskins, and the veil of the screen ; the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy- 36 seat ; the table, all the vessels thereof, and the 37 shewbread ; the pure candlestick, the lamps thereof, even the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels 38 thereof, and the oil for the light ; and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, 39 and the screen for the door of the Tent ; the brasen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its 40 vessels, the laver 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 pins thereof, and all the instrmnents of the service of the 41 tabernacle, for the tent of meeting ; the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s 42 office. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work. 43 And Moses 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 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying. On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the 3 tabernacle of the tent of meeting. And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt 4 screen the ark with the veil. And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are upon it ; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and 5 ® light the lamps thereof. And thou shalt set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testi- mony, and put the screen of the door to the taber- 6 nacle. And thou shalt set the altar of burnt offer- ing before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of 7 meeting. And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water 8 therein. And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the 9 court. And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the furniture thereof : and it 10 shall be holy. And thou shalt anoint the altar o£ burnt offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the 11 altar ; and the altar shall be most holy. And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it. 12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them 4 ver. 22. ch. 2G. 35. ver. 2G. ‘ ” Lev. 8. 1-13. <> ver. 2:5. ch. 25. 30. « ver. 30. ch. 30. 18. g Or, porpoisa- Lev. 24. 5, (5. » cli. 30. 2(). skins. 8 ver. 24, 25. 10 ^h. 29. 3G, 37. a Or, set up. 146 EXODUS, XL. 13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy gar- ments, and anoint him, and sanctify him ; that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. 14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats : 15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office : for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. 16 Thus did Moses : according to all that the Lord commanded him, 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 reared up. 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the taber- nacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 20 ^ And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark : 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 22 ^ And he put the table in the tent of the con- gregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. 23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord ; as the Lord had commanded Moses. 24 T[ And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. 25 And he lighted the lamps before the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 26 ^ And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail : 27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 28 23 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. 29 24 And he put the altar of burnt offering hy the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and 25 offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 30 ^ 26 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal. 31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat : 32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, .when they came near unto the altar, they washed ; he Lord commanded Moses. 28 And he reared up the court round about the .beruacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the jourt gate. So Moses finished the work. 34 ^ 29 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congre- gation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses 80 -w^as not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 12 ch. 28. 41. 13 Num. 25. 13. 11 ver. 1. Num. 7. 10 ch. 2G. 33. & 35. 12 . 11 ch. 2G. 35. 13 ver. 4. 19 ch. 2G. 35. 20 ver. 4. ch. 25. 37. 21 ver. 5. ch. 30. 6. 22 ch. 30. 7. 23 ver. 5. ch. 2G. 3G. 21 ver. 6. 13 with water. And thou shalt pu/ oon Aaron the holy garments ; and thou shall .i: oint him, and sanctify him, that he may minis' unto me in the 14 priest’s office. And thou shalt j- mg his sons, and 15 put coats upon them : and thov h At anoint them, as thou didst anoint their fathe ister unto me in the priest’s of ing shall be to them for an ' 16 throughout their generations, cording to all that the Lo did he. 17 And it came to pass in tl cond year, on the first da' 18 tabernacle was reared up. the tabernacle, and laid i boards thereof, and put 19 reared up its pillars. A ■ the tabernacle, and pu^ above upon it ; as thf at they may min- , and their anoint- I lasting priesthood ms did Moses : ac- ommanded him, so 20 And he took and put tl set the staves on the 21 above upon the ark : the tabernacle, and sf screened the ark of 22 commanded Moses, tent of meeting, u 23 northward, without in order upon it be 24 manded Moses, tent of meeting, 25 of the tabernach lamps before t) 26 Moses. And 1 27 meeting before cense of swe' rst month in the se- ttle month, that the nd Moses reared up ckets, and set up the the bars thereof, and e spread the tent over 3 covering of the tent aD commanded Moses, itimony into the ark, and and put the mercy-seat he brought the ark into the veil of the screen, and testimony ; as the Lord d he put the table in the the side of the tabernacle veil. And he set the bread the Lord ; as the Lord com- he put the candlestick in the against the table, on the side thward. And he ^lighted the . >RD ; as the Lord commanded V the golden altar in the tent of veil ; and he burnt thereon in- ices ; as the Lord commanded 28 Moses. And he put the screen of the door to the 29 tabernacle. And he set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meal 30 offering ; as the Lord commanded Moses. And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the 31 altar, and put water therein, to wash withal. ® And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands 32 and their feet thereat ; when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed : as the Lord commanded Moses. 33 And he reared up the court round about the taber- nacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work. 34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and 35 the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meet- ing, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory 25 ch. 29, 38, &c. 29 ch. 29, 43. Lev. Hag. 2, 7, 9. Rev, 15. 2G ver, 7, ch, 30. 18. 16, 2, Num, 9. 15. 1 8. 27 ch. 30. 19, 20. Kin. 8, lO, 11. 2 Chr. 3o Lev, i6. 2, 1 Kin. 28 ver. 8. ch. 27. 9, 5. 13. & 7. 2. Is. 6. 4. 8. 11. 2 Chr. 5. 14. 16. b Or, set up. c See ch. 30, 19, 20. 75 ch. 25, 16. LEVITICUS, I. 147 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys : 37 But ^^if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the Lord was upon the taber- nacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their jour- neys. 36 of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their 37 journeys : but if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED LEVITICUS. CHAPTER I. l The burnt offerings. Z Of the herd, of the flocks, \\ of the fowls. A nd the Lord ^ called unto Moses, and spake unto liim 2 out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, ^ If any man of you bring an offering unto the Lord, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. 3 If his offering he a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male ^ without blemish : he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord. 4 ® And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering ; and it shall be ® accepted for liim to make atonement for him. 5 And he shall kill the ® bullock before the Lord : ^ and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is hy the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces. 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fii-e : 8 And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, tlie head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar : 9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water : and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to he a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 10 ^ And if his offering he of the flocks, namely^ of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice ; he shall bring it a male without blemish. 11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward -before the Lord: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar. 12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head 31 Niim. 9. 17. & 10. 2 Ex. 40. 34, 35. Eph. 5. 27. Heb. 9. 14. 11. Neh. 9. 19. Num. 12. 4, 5. 1 Pet. 1. 19. 32 Num. 9. 19-22. 3 ch. 22. 18, 19. o Ex. 29. 10, 15, 19. 33 ch. 13. 21. Num. * Ex. 12. 5. ch. 3. 1. ch. 3. 2, 8, 13. & 4. 15. 9. 15. & ‘22. 20, 21. Deut. & 8. 14, 22. & 10. 21. 1 Ex. 19. 3. 15. 21. Mai. 1. 14. c ch. 22. 21, 27. Is. THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES, COMMONLY CALLED LEVITICUS. 1 And the Lord called unto Moses, and spake unto 2 him out of the tent of meeting, 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 offering of the herd, he shall offer it a male without blemish : he shall offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be 4 accepted before the Lord. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt offering ; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for 5 him. And he sliall kill the bullock before the Lord : and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting. 6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into its 7 pieces. And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay wood in order upon the 8 fire : and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood 9 that is on the fire which is upon the altar : but its inwards and its legs shall he wash with 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 offer 11 it a male without blemish. And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord : and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood 12 upon the altar round about. And he shall cut it into its pieces, witli its head and its fat : and the priest 50. 7. Rom. 12. 1. 8 Mic. G. 0. 12 Gen. 8. 21. Ezek. Phil. 4. 18. 0 2 Chr. 35. 11. Heb. 20. 28, 41. 2 Cor. 2. 7 ch. 4. 20, 20, 31, 10. 11. 15. Eph. 5. 2. Phil 35. & 9. 7. & 10. 24. 10 ch. 3. 8. Heb. 12. 4. 18. Num. 15. 25. 2 Chr. 29. 24. 1 Pet. 1.2. is ver. 3. 23, 24. Rom. 5. 11. “ Gen. 22. 9. n ver. 5. 148 LEVITICUS, II. and his fat : and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar : 13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water : and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar : it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 14 TT And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. 15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar ; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar : 16 And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes : 17 And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder : and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire : it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. CHAPTER II. 1 The meat offering of flour with oil and incense, 4 either bnken in the oven, 5 or on aviate, 7 or in a fryingpan, 12 or of the firstfruits in the ear. 13 The salt of the meat offering. A nd when any will offer ^ a meat offering unto the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour ; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon : 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests : and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankin- cense thereof ; and the priest shall burn ^ the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord : 3 And 3 the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ : ^ it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire. 4 And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers ® anointed with oil. 5 ^ And if thy oblation be a meat offering baleen in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. 6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon : it is a meat offering. 7 IF And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made q/’fine flour with oil. 8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the Lord : and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar. 9 And the priest shall take from the meat offering ® a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar : it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 10 And ® that wliich is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ : it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire. 11 No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made with ® leaven : for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire. 15 ch. 5. 7. & 12. 8. Luke 2. 24. iG ch. 6. 10. 17 Gen. 15. 10. 18 ver. 9, 13. 1 ch. G. 14. & 9. 17. Num. 15. 4. 2 ver. 9. ch. 5. 12. & G. 15. & 24. 7. Is. GG. 3. Acts 10. 4. 3 ch. 7. 9. & 10. 12, 13. 4 Ex. 29. 37. Num. 18. 9. shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the 13 fire which is upon the altar : but the inwards and the legs shall he wash with water : and the priest shall offer 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. 14 And if his oblation to the Lord be a burnt offer- ing of fowls, then he shall' offer his oblation of turtle- 15 doves, or of young pigeons. And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and « wring off its head, and burn it on the altar ; and the blood thereof shall be 16 drained out on the side of the altar : and he shall take away its crop with the ^ filth thereof, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of 17 the ashes : and he shall rend it by the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder : and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire : it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 2 And when any one offereth an oblation of a meal offering unto the Lord, his oblation shall be of fine flour ; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put fran- 2 kincense thereon : and he shall bring 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 frankincense thereof ; and the priest shall burn it as the memorial thereof upon the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour 3 unto the Lord : and that which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ : it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire. 4 And when thou offerest an oblation of a meal of- fering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened 5 wafers anointed with oil. And if thy oblation be a meal offering of the “ baking pan, it shall be of fine 6 flour unleavened, mingled with oil. Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon : it is a meal offer- 7 ing. And if thy oblation be a meal offering of the frying pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 8 And thou shalt bring the meal offering that is made of these things unto the Lord : and it shall be pre- sented unto the priest, and he shall bring it unto the 9 altar. And the priest shall take up from the meal offering the memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar : an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour 10 unto the Lord. And that which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ : it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by 11 fire. No meal offering, which ye shall offer unto the Lord, shall be made with leaven : for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, as an off-ering made 5 Ex. 29. 2. G ver. 2. 7 Ex. 29. 18. Sfver. 3. 9ch. 6. 17. See Matt. IG. 12. Mark 8. 15. Luke 12. 1. 1 Cor. 5. 8. Gal. 5. 9. a Or, pinch, h Or, feathers, a Ov, flat plate. 149 LEVITICUS, III. 12 IF As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall ofPer tiiein unto the Lord : but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. 13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt ; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering : with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. 14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy first- fruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears. 15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay fran- kincense thereon : it is a meat offering. 16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof : it is an of- fering made by fire unto the Lord. CHAPTER III. 1 The peace offering of the herd, 6 of the flock, 7 either a lamb, 12 or a goat. A nd if his oblation a ^ sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd ; whether it he a male or female, he shall offer it ^ without blemish before the Lord. 2 And ® he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace of- fering an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; ^ the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 5 And Aaron’s sons ® shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire : it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet sa- vour unto the Lord. 6 ^ And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offer- ing unto the Lord he of the flock ; male or female, ® he shall offer it without blemish. 7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the Lord. 8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the con- gregation : and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. 9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone ; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon tlie inwards, 10 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 11 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar : it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord. 12 ^ And if his ottering be a goat, then ® he shall offer it before the Lord. 12 by fire unto the Lord. As an oblation of firs^ruifs ye shall offer them unto the Lord : but they shall 13 not come up for a sweet savour on the altar. And every oblation of thy meal offering shalt thou season with salt ; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meal offering : with all thine oblations thou shalt offer salt. 14 And if thou offer a meal offering of firstfruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meal offer- ing of thy firstfruits 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 16 meal offering. And the priest shall burn the memo- rial of it, part of the bruised corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof : it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 3 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of “ peace offer- ings ; if he offer of the herd, whether male or fe- male, 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 meeting : and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle 3 the blood upon the altar round about. And he shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 4 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, 5 ^ with the kidneys, shall he take away. And Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt offer- ing, which is upon the wood that is on the fire : it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 6 And if his oblation for a sacrifice of peace offer- ings unto the Lord be of the flock ; male or female, 7 he shall offer it without blemish. If he offer a lamb for his oblation, then shall he offer it before the 8 Lord : and he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it before the tent of meeting : and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof 9 upon the altar round about. And he shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings 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 10 fat that is upon the inwards, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, ^ 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 fire unto the Lord. 12 And if his oblation be a goat, then he shall offer 10 Ex. 22. 29. ch.23. 10 , 11 . u Mark 9. 49. Col. 4. 6. 12 Num. 18. 19. 13 Ezek. 43. 24. u ch. 23. 10, 14. lo 2 Kin. 4. 42. 10 ver. 1. u ver. 2. 1 ch. 7. 11, 29. & 22. 2 ch. 1. 3. 3 Ex. 29. 10. ch. 1. 4, 5. 4 Ex. 29. 13, 22. ch. 4. 8, 9. c Ex. 29. 13. ch. 6. 12 . 0 ver. 1, 0 ch. 6. 18. & 7. 36. 12 Gen. 9. 4. ch. 7. 1 ch. 5. 15, 17. Num. & 17. 7. & 23. 14. 23, 26. & 17. 10, 14. 15. 22, &c. 1 Sam. 14. “ ver. 16. compare Deut. 12. 16. 1 Sam, 27. Ps. 19. 12. 2 ch. 8. 12, 13 it before the Lord : and he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tent of meet- ing : and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood 14 thereof upon the altar round about. And he shall offer thereof his oblation, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat that covereth the in- 15 wards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, 16 ^ with the kidneys, shall he take away. And the priest shall burn them upon the altar : it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savour : all 17 the fat is the Lord’s. It shall be a perpetual sta- tute throughout your generations in all your dwell- ings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood. 4 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying. If any one shall sm ‘‘unwittingly, in any of the things which the Lord hath commanded not to be done, and shall do 3 any one of them : if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people ; then let him offer for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering. 4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tent of meeting before the Lord ; and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the bullock, and kill the 5 bullock before the Lord. And the anomted priest shall take of the blood of the bullock, and bring it 6 to the tent of meeting : and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, before the veil of the sanc- 7 tuary. And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of the 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 the door of 8 the tent of meeting. And all the fat of the bullock of the sin offering he shall take off from it ; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is 9 upon the inwards, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, ^ with the kidneys, shall he take 10 away, as it is taken off from the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings : and the priest shall burn them 11 upon the altar of burnt offering. And the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its 12 legs, and its inwards, and its dung, even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire : where the ashes are poured out shall it be burnt. 13 And if the whole congregation of Israel shall err, 8 ch. 9. 2. 7 ch. 5. 9. 11 Heb. 13. 11. 4 ch. 1. 3, 4. 8 ch, 3. 3, 4, 5. J2 Num. 15. 24. 8 ch. 16. 14. Num. ” Ex. 29. 14. Num. Josh. 7. 11. 19. 4. 19. 5. e See ver. 4. 8 ch. 8. 15. & 9. 9. & 19 ch. 6. 11. a Or, through error. 16. 18. h See ch. 3. 4. LEVITICUS, IV. 151 through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord con- cerning things which should not be done, and are guilty ; 14 When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the taber- nacle of the congregation. 15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord : and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord. 16 And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock’s blood to the tabernacle of the congre- gation : 17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, even before the vail. 18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the Lord, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offer- ing, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 19 And he shall take all his fat from liim, and burn it upon the altar. 20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this : and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. 21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock : it is a sin offering for the congregation. 22 ^ When a ruler hath sinned, and done some- what through ignorance against any of the command- ments of the Lord his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty ; 23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge ; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish : 24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord : it w a sin offering. 25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering. 26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings : and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven liim. 27 V And 2"* if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty ; 28 Or if liis sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge : then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. 29 26 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. 30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof 13 ch. 5. 2, 3, 4, 17. lOver. 3. 11,12. IJohn 1. 7. & 11 ch. 1. 4. n Num. ir>. 25. Dan. 2. 2. i-'yer. 5. Heb. 9. 9. 24. Rom. 5. 11. is yer. 2, 13. 12, 13, 14. Heb. 2. 17. & 10. 10, ^ ver. 14. and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which the Lord hath commanded not to be done, and are 14 guilty ; when the sin wherein they have sinned is known, then the assembly shall offer a young bul- lock for a sin offering, and bring it before the tent 15 of meeting. And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord : and the bullock shall be killed 16 before the Lord. And the anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bullock to the tent of 17 meeting : and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, 18 before the veil.