Man's Fall. CHAP. HI, IV. Promised Seed. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone) whom thou gavest to be with me, she of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: gave me of the tree, and I dia eat. she shall be called Woman, because 13 And the LORD God said unto the she was taken out of man. woman, What is this that thou hast 24 Therefore shall a man leave his done? And the woman said, The serfather and his mother, and shall cleave[pent beguiled me, and I did eat. unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. CHAP. III. 14 T And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: NOW the serpent was more subtil 15 And 1 will put enmity between than any beast of the field which thee and the woman, and between thy the Loan God had made. And he seed and her sced: it shall bruise thy said unto the woman, Yea, bath Godhead, and thou shalt bruise his heel. said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of 16 ¶ Unto the woman be said, I will the garden? greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy 2 And the woman said unto the ser-conception: in sorrow shalt thou bring pent, We may eat of the fruit of the forth children; and thy desire shall trees of the garden: be to thy husband, and be shall rule over thee. 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree 4 And the serpent said unto the woof which I commanded thee, saying, man, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened; and ye shall be as gods; knowing good and evil. Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. 18 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; 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the frict thereof, and did eat; and (for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt gave also unto her husband with her, [thou return. and he did eat. for out of it wast thou taken: 20 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 forever; 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 Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. CHAP. IV. ND Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cam. 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 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 respect unto Abel, and to his offering: Lamech's wives 16 And Cain went out from the prest ence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 17 T And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad and Irad begat Mehujael; and Mehu jael begat Methusael; and Methusael begat Lamech. 19 T And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, aud the name of the other Zillali. 5 But unto Cain, and to his offering, ne had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why 20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the art thou wroth? and why is thy coun-father of such as dwell in tents, and tenance fallen ? of such as have cattle. 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be bis desire, and thoushalt rule over him. S¶ 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. 21 And his brother's name was Jubal he was the father of all such as handle the harp and orgau. 22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal cain, au instructor of every artilicer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamab. 23 Aud Lamech said unto his wives, Adab and Zillah, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young mau to my 9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he said, I know uot: Am I my brother's hurt: keeper? 24 If Cam shall be avenged seven10 And he said, What hast thou done? fold, truly Lamech seventy and seventhe voice of thy brother's blood crieth¦ fold. unto me from the ground: 25 ¶ And Adam knew his wife again, 11 And now art thou cursed from the and she bare a son, and called his name earth, which hath opened her mouth Seth: For God, said she, hath appointto receive thy brother's blood from thyed me another seed instead of Abel, hand. whom Cain slew. 12 When thou tillest the ground, it| 26 And to Seth, to him also there was shall not beuceforth yield unto thee born a sou; and he called his name her strength: a fugitive and a vaga-Enos: then began men to call upon bond shalt thou be in the earth. the name of the Lonv, 13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. CHAP. V. Sidan. In the day that God THIS is the book of the generations 14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; created man, in the likeness of God and from thy face shall I be hid; and made he him; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in 2 Male and female created be them, the earth and it shall come to pass, and blessed thein, and called their that every one that findeth me shall name Adam, in the day when they slay me. were created. 15 And the LORD said unto him, 3 T And Adam Tived a hundred and Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, thirty years, and begat a son in his vengeance shall be taken on him seven-lown likeness, after his image; and fold. And the LORD set a mark upon called his name Seth. Cain, lest any finding lum should kill 4 And the days of Adam, after he had begotten Seth, were eight hundred nim. Generations of Adam. CHAP. VL Noah findeth Grace. years; and he begat sons and daugh-begat Lamech, seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and ters. 5 And all the days that Adam lived daughters. were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. 6 T And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enos. 7 And Seth lived, after be begat Enos, eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. 9 ↑ And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan. 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years; and he died. 28 T And Lamech lived a hundred eiglity and two years, and begat a son; 29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. 30 And Lamech lived, after he begat 10 And Enos lived, after he begat Noah, five hundred ninety and five Cainan, eight hundred and fifteen years, and negat sons and daughters. years, and begat sons and daughters. 31 And all the days of Lamech were 11 And all the days of Enos were seven hundred seventy and seven nine hundred and five years and he years: and he died. died. 12 T And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel. 13 And Cuman lived, after he begat 32 ¶ And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. CHAP. VL Mahalaleel, eight hundred and forty AND it came to pass, when men be years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. 15 T And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared. gan to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 15 And Mahalaleel lived, after he begat Jared, eight hundred and thirty 3 And the LORD said, My spirit sha!! years, and begat sons and daughters. not always strive with man, for that 17 And all the days of Malalaleel he also is flesh: yet his days shall be a were eight hundred ninety and five hundred and twenty years. years and he died. 18 T And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch. 19 And Jared lived, after he begat Enoch, eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and be died. 21 T And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah. 22 And Enoch walked with God, after he begat Methuselah, three hun dred years, and begat sons and daugh ters. 23 And all the days of Enoch, were three hundred sixty and five veato. 24 And Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took him. 25 T And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech. 26 And Methuselah lived, after he 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 chil dren to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of re nown. 5 T And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil contínually. 6 And it repented the LORD that he had inade man on the carth, and it grieved bim 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. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. The Ark. GENESIS. 9 These are the generations of Į Noah: Noah was a just man, and per- A fect in his generations, and Noab walked with God. 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 The earth also was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. The Deluge. CHAP. VII. come thou, and all thy house, into the ark: for thice have I seen righteous before me in this generation. ND the LORD said unto Noah, 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and cis 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 the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause 13 And God said unto Noah, The end it to rain upon the earth forty days and of all flesh is come before me; for the forty nights; and every living subearth is filled with violence through stance that I have made will I destroy them: and, behold, I will destroy thein from off the face of all the earth. with the earth. 5 And Noah did according unto all 14 T Make thee an ark of gopher-that the LORD commanded him, wood: rooms shalt thou make in the 6 And Noah was six hundred years ark, and shalt pitch it within and old when the flood of waters was upon without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 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 low e, second, and third stories shall thou make it. the earth. 7 ¶ And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with bim, into the ark, because of the wa ters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a 10 T And it came to pass, after seven flood of waters upon the earth, to de-days, that the waters of the flood were stroy all flesh, wherein is the breath upon the earth. 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 thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 20 of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creep ing thing of the earth after his kind; two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alivė. 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is caten, and thou shalt gather to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did lic. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the win dows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the carth forty days and forty nights. 13 In the self-same day entered Noah, aud Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noab, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark: 14 They and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing, that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in The Delige. CHAP VIII. The waters assuage. male and female of all flesh, as Goajdow of the ark which he had made: had commanded him: aud the Lono 7 And he sent forth a raven, which shut him in. went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground: 17 T And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark; for the waters verc on the face of the whole earth. Then 19 And the waters prevailed exceed-he put forth his hand, and took her mgly upon the earth; and all the high and pulled her in unto him into the hills that were under the whole heaven ark. were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 10 And he stayed yet other seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark: 11 And the dove came in to him in 21 ¶ And all flesh died that moved the evening, and, lo, in her mouth was upon the earth, both of fowl, and of an olive-leaf plucked off. So Noah cattle, and of beast, and of every knew that the waters were abated creeping thing that creepeth upon the from off the earth. carth, and every man : 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 12 And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove, which returned not again unto him any more. 13 ¶ And it came to pass, in the six 23 And every living substance was hundredth and first year, in the first destroyed which was upon the face month, the first day of the month, the of the ground, both man, and cattle, waters were dried up from off the and the creeping things, and the fowl earth: and Noab removed the coverof the heaven; and they were destroy-ing of the ark, and looked, and, beed from the earth; and Noah only re-hold, the face of the ground was dry. mained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 24 T And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days. ND God remembered No ah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; 14 And in the second month, of the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 15 ¶ And God spake unto Noah, saying, 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sous' wives with thee. 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth 2 The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven, were stopped, and the rain from heaven was re-upon the earth; that they may breed strained; abundantly in the earth, and be fruit 3 And the waters returned from off|ful, and multiply upon the earth, the earth continually and after the : 18 And Noah went forth, and his end of the hundred and fifty days the sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives waters were abated. with him: 4 And the ark rested in the seventh 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, month, on the seventeenth day of the and every fowl, and whatsoever creepmouth, upon the mountains of Ararat. [eth upon the earth, after their kinds, 5 And the waters decreased continual-went forth out of the ark. ly until the tenth month: in the tenth 20 ¶ And Noah builded an altar unto month, on the first day of the month, the LORD, and took of every clean were the tops of the mountains sceu. beast, and of every clean fowl, and 6T And it came to pass, at the end of offered burnt-offerings on the altar. forty days, that Noah opened the win) 21 And the Lonn smelled a sweet |