1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.







1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon



the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the



waters.







1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.







1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light



from the darkness.







1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.



And the evening and the morning were the first day.







1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,



and let it divide the waters from the waters.







1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were



under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament:



and it was so.







1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the



morning were the second day.







1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together



unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.







1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of



the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.







1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding



seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is



in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.







1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after



his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after



his kind: and God saw that it was good.







1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.







1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven



to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for



seasons, and for days, and years: 1:15 And let them be for lights in



the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was



so.







1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day,



and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.







1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light



upon the earth, 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and



to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.







1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.







1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving



creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the



open firmament of heaven.







1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that



moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind,



and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.







1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill



the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.







1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.







1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after



his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his



kind: and it was so.







1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle



after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after



his kind: and God saw that it was good.







1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:



and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl



of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over



every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.







1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created



he him; male and female created he them.







1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and



multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion



over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every



living thing that moveth upon the earth.







1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,



which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which



is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.







1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air,



and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is



life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.







1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was



very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.







2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of



them.







2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and



he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.







2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that



in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.







2:4 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, 2:5 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



ground.







2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole



face of the ground.







2:7 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.







2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he



put the man whom he had formed.







2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is



pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the



midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.







2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence



it was parted, and became into four heads.







2:11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the



whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 2:12 And the gold of that



land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.







2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that



compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.







2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which



goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.







2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of



Eden to dress it and to keep it.







2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the



garden thou mayest freely eat: 2:17 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.







2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be



alone; I will make him an help meet for him.







2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the



field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see



what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living



creature, that was the name thereof.







2:20 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.







2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he



slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead



thereof; 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made



he a woman, and brought her unto the man.







2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my



flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.







2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall



cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.







2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not



ashamed.







3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which



the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said,



Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?  3:2 And the woman said



unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:



3:3 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.







3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 3:5



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.







3:6 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 fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto



her husband with her; and he did eat.







3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they



were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves



aprons.







3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in



the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the



presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.







3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art



thou?  3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was



afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.







3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten



of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?



3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she



gave me of the tree, and I did eat.







3:13 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.







3:14 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: 3:15 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.







3:16 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 husband, and he shall rule over thee.







3:17 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: cursed is the ground for thy sake;



in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 3:18 Thorns



also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the



herb of the field; 3:19 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 dust shalt thou return.







3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother



of all living.







3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of



skins, and clothed them.







3:22 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 life, and eat, and live for ever: 3:23 Therefore the



LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground



from whence he was taken.







3:24 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.







4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and



said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.







4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of



sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.







4:3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the



fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.







4:4 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: 4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.



And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.







4:6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy



countenance fallen?  4:7 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 his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.







4:8 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.







4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he



said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?  4:10 And he said, What



hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from



the ground.







4:11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her



mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; 4:12 When thou



tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her



strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.







4:13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can



bear.







4:14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the



earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and



a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one



that findeth me shall slay me.







4:15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain,



vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark



upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.







4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the



land of Nod, on the east of Eden.







4:17 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.







4:18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and



Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.







4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah,



and the name of the other Zillah.







4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents,



and of such as have cattle.







4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such



as handle the harp and organ.







4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every



artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.







4:23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice;



ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to



my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.







4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and



sevenfold.







4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his



name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead



of Abel, whom Cain slew.







4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his



name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.







5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God



created man, in the likeness of God made he him; 5:2 Male and female



created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the



day when they were created.







5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his



own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth: 5:4 And



the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years:



and he begat sons and daughters: 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived



were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.







5:6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: 5:7 And



Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and



begat sons and daughters: 5:8 And all the days of Seth were nine



hundred and twelve years: and he died.







5:9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: 5:10 And Enos lived



after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons



and daughters: 5:11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and



five years: and he died.







5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: 5:13 And



Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years,



and begat sons and daughters: 5:14 And all the days of Cainan were



nine hundred and ten years: and he died.







5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: 5:16



And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty



years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:17 And all the days of



Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.







5:18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat



Enoch: 5:19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years,



and begat sons and daughters: 5:20 And all the days of Jared were nine



hundred sixty and two years: and he died.







5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 5:22



And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred



years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:23 And all the days of Enoch



were three hundred sixty and five years: 5:24 And Enoch walked with



God: and he was not; for God took him.







5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat



Lamech.







5:26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty



and two years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:27 And all the days of



Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.







5:28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a



son: 5:29 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.







5:30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five



years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:31 And all the days of Lamech



were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.







5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham,



and Japheth.







6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the



earth, and daughters were born unto them, 6:2 That the sons of God saw



the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of



all which they chose.







6:3 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.







6:4 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 same became mighty men which were of old, men of



renown.







6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and



that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil



continually.







6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it



grieved him at his heart.







6:7 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.







6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.







6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect



in his generations, and Noah walked with God.







6:10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.







6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled



with violence.







6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for



all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.







6:13 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 with the earth.







6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the



ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.







6:15 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.







6:16 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, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.







6:17 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.







6:18 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.







6:19 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.







6:20 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.







6:21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt



gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.







6:22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did



he.







7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the



ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.







7:2 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.







7:3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to



keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.







7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth



forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have



made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.







7:5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.







7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was



upon the earth.







7:7 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.







7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls,



and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 7:9 There went in two



and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had



commanded Noah.







7:10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the



flood were upon the earth.







7:11 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 windows of heaven were opened.







7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.







7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth,



the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons



with them, into the ark; 7:14 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.







7:15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all



flesh, wherein is the breath of life.







7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as



God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.







7:17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters



increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.







7:18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the



earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.







7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the



high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.







7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains



were covered.







7:21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and



of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth



upon the earth, and every man: 7:22 All in whose nostrils was the



breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.







7:23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face



of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the



fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah



only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.







7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty



days.







8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the



cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over



the earth, and the waters asswaged; 8:2 The fountains also of the deep



and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was



restrained; 8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth



continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the



waters were abated.







8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of



the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.







8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the



tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the



mountains seen.







8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the



window of the ark which he had made: 8:7 And he sent forth a raven,



which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off



the earth.







8:8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were



abated from off the face of the ground; 8:9 But the dove found no rest



for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for



the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his



hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.







8:10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the



dove out of the ark; 8:11 And the dove came in to him in the evening;



and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that



the waters were abated from off the earth.







8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove;



which returned not again unto him any more.







8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the



first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from



off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked,



and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.







8:14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the



month, was the earth dried.







8:15 And God spake unto Noah, saying, 8:16 Go forth of the ark, thou,



and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.







8:17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of



all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing



that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the



earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.







8:18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons'



wives with him: 8:19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every



fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went



forth out of the ark.







8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean



beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the



altar.







8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his



heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for



the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I



again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.







8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and



heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.







9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be



fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.







9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast



of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth



upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are



they delivered.







9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the



green herb have I given you all things.







9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall



ye not eat.







9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of



every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of



every man's brother will I require the life of man.







9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in



the image of God made he man.







9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in



the earth, and multiply therein.







9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9:9 And



I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after



you; 9:10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the



fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from



all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.







9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all



flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall



there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.







9:12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make



between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for



perpetual generations: 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall



be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.







9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth,



that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 9:15 And I will remember my



covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all



flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all



flesh.







9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that



I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living



creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.







9:17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which



I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.







9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and



Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.







9:19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth



overspread.







9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:



9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered



within his tent.







9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father,



and told his two brethren without.







9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their



shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their



father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's



nakedness.







9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had



done unto him.







9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be



unto his brethren.







9:26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be



his servant.







9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of



Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.







9:28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.







9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and



he died.







10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and



Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.







10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and



Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.







10:3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.







10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and



Dodanim.







10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands;



every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.







10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.







10:7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah,



and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.







10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.







10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said,



Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.







10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and



Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.







10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the



city Rehoboth, and Calah, 10:12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah:



the same is a great city.







10:13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,



10:14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and



Caphtorim.







10:15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, 10:16 And the



Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 10:17 And the Hivite,



and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 10:18 And the Arvadite, and the



Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the



Canaanites spread abroad.







10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest



to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and



Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.







10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their



tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.







10:21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the



brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.







10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud,



and Aram.







10:23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.







10:24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.







10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for



in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.







10:26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and



Jerah, 10:27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 10:28 And Obal, and



Abimael, and Sheba, 10:29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these



were the sons of Joktan.







10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a



mount of the east.







10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their



tongues, in their lands, after their nations.







10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their



generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided



in the earth after the flood.







11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.







11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they



found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.







11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn



them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for



morter.







11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose



top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be



scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.







11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the



children of men builded.







11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all



one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be



restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.







11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that



they may not understand one another's speech.







11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of



all the earth: and they left off to build the city.







11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did



there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the



LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.







11:10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years



old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: 11:11 And Shem



lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and



daughters.







11:12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: 11:13



And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years,



and begat sons and daughters.







11:14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 11:15 And Salah



lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons



and daughters.







11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: 11:17 And



Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and



begat sons and daughters.







11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: 11:19 And Peleg



lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons



and daughters.







11:20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: 11:21 And



Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat



sons and daughters.







11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: 11:23 And Serug



lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and



daughters.







11:24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: 11:25



And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years,



and begat sons and daughters.







11:26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and



Haran.







11:27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram,



Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.







11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his



nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.







11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife



was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of



Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.







11:30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.







11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's



son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they



went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of



Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.







11:32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah



died in Haran.







12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country,



and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I



will shew thee: 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I



will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a



blessing: 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him



that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be



blessed.







12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went



with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed



out of Haran.







12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all



their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had



gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan;



and into the land of Canaan they came.







12:6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto



the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.







12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I



give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who



appeared unto him.







12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel,



and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east:



and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name



of the LORD.







12:9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.







12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into



Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.







12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt,



that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a



fair woman to look upon: 12:12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when



the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife:



and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.







12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with



me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.







12:14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the



Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.







12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before



Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.







12:16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and



oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses,



and camels.







12:17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues



because of Sarai Abram's wife.







12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast



done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?  12:19



Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to



wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.







12:20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him



away, and his wife, and all that he had.







13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he



had, and Lot with him, into the south.







13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.







13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto



the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and



Hai; 13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the



first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.







13:5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and



tents.







13:6 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.







13:7 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.







13:8 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 be



brethren.







13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee,



from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right;



or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.







13:10 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.







13:11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed



east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.







13:12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the



cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.







13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD



exceedingly.







13:14 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: 13:15 For all



the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for



ever.







13:16 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.







13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the



breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.







13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of



Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.







14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar,



Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of



nations; 14:2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with



Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of



Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.







14:3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is



the salt sea.







14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year



they rebelled.







14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that



were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the



Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 14:6 And the



Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.







14:7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and



smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that



dwelt in Hazezontamar.







14:8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah,



and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela



(the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of



Siddim; 14:9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king



of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar;



four kings with five.







14:10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of



Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled



to the mountain.







14:11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their



victuals, and went their way.







14:12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom,



and his goods, and departed.







14:13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew;



for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and



brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.







14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he



armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and



eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.







14:15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by



night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the



left hand of Damascus.







14:16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his



brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.







14:17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from



the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at



the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.







14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and



he was the priest of the most high God.







14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high



God, possessor of heaven and earth: 14:20 And blessed be the most high



God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him



tithes of all.







14:21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and



take the goods to thyself.







14:22 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,



14:23 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: 14:24 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 portion.







15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a



vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding



great reward.







15:2 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?



15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo,



one born in my house is mine heir.







15:4 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.







15:5 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.







15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for



righteousness.







15:7 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.







15:8 And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit



it?  15:9 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.







15:10 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.







15:11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them



away.







15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram;



and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.







15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be



a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and



they shall afflict them four hundred years; 15:14 And also that



nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they



come out with great substance.







15:15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried



in a good old age.







15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for



the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.







15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was



dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between



those pieces.







15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying,



Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the



great river, the river Euphrates: 15:19 The Kenites, and the



Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 15:20 And the Hittites, and the



Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 15:21 And the Amorites, and the



Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.







16:1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an



handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.







16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained



me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may



obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.







16:3 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.







16:4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw



that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.







16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my



maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was



despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.







16:6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do



to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she



fled from her face.







16:7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the



wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.







16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither



wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.







16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress,



and submit thyself under her hands.







16:10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy



seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.







16:11 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.







16:12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man,



and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence



of all his brethren.







16:13 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 that



seeth me?  16:14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold,



it is between Kadesh and Bered.







16:15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name,



which Hagar bare, Ishmael.







16:16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare



Ishmael to Abram.







17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared



to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me,



and be thou perfect.







17:2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will



multiply thee exceedingly.







17:3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 17:4



As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a



father of many nations.







17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name



shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.







17:6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations



of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.







17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed



after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a



God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.







17:8 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.







17:9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore,



thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.







17:10 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.







17:11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall



be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.







17:12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you,



every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or



bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.







17:13 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 covenant.







17:14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is



not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath



broken my covenant.







17:15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not



call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.







17:16 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.







17:17 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?  17:18 And Abraham



said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!  17:19 And God



said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call



his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an



everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.







17:20 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.







17:21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall



bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.







17:22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.







17:23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his



house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the



men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in



the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.







17:24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was



circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.







17:25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was



circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.







17:26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his



son.







17:27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with



money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.







18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat



in the tent door in the heat of the day; 18:2 And he lift up his eyes



and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he



ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the



ground, 18:3 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy



sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 18:4 Let a little



water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves



under the tree: 18:5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort



ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come



to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.







18:6 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.







18:7 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.







18:8 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.







18:9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said,



Behold, in the tent.







18:10 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.







18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it



ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.







18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed



old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?  18:13 And the LORD



said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a



surety bear a child, which am old?  18:14 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.







18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid.



And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.







18:16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and



Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.







18:17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I



do; 18:18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty



nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?



18:19 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.







18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is



great, and because their sin is very grievous; 18:21 I will go down



now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of



it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.







18:22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward



Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.







18:23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the



righteous with the wicked?  18:24 Peradventure there be fifty



righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the



place for the fifty righteous that are therein?  18:25 That be far



from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the



wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far



from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?  18:26 And



the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city,



then I will spare all the place for their sakes.







18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me



to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: 18:28



Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou



destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there



forty and five, I will not destroy it.







18:29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there



shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's



sake.







18:30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will



speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I



will not do it, if I find thirty there.







18:31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the



LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I



will not destroy it for twenty's sake.







18:32 And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet



but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I



will not destroy it for ten's sake.







18:33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with



Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.







19:1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the



gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed



himself with his face toward the ground; 19:2 And he said, Behold now,



my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry



all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on



your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all



night.







19:3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him,



and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake



unleavened bread, and they did eat.







19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of



Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people



from every quarter: 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him,



Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out



unto us, that we may know them.







19:6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after



him, 19:7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.







19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let



me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good



in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they



under the shadow of my roof.







19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow



came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal



worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man,



even Lot, and came near to break the door.







19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house



to them, and shut to the door.







19:11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with



blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to



find the door.







19:12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in



law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the



city, bring them out of this place: 19:13 For we will destroy this



place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the



LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.







19:14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married



his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD



will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons



in law.







19:15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot,



saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here;



lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.







19:16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon



the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD



being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him



without the city.







19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad,



that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay



thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.







19:18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD: 19:19 Behold now,



thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy



mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot



escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: 19:20



Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one:



Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall



live.







19:21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this



thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou



hast spoken.







19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou



be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.







19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.







19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and



fire from the LORD out of heaven; 19:25 And he overthrew those cities,



and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that



which grew upon the ground.







19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a



pillar of salt.







19:27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he



stood before the LORD: 19:28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah,



and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke



of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.







19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain,



that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the



overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.







19:30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his



two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt



in a cave, he and his two daughters.







19:31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and



there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of



all the earth: 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we



will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.







19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the



firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when



she lay down, nor when she arose.







19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto



the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him



drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we



may preserve seed of our father.







19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the



younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay



down, nor when she arose.







19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.







19:37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the



same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.







19:38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name



Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this



day.







20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and



dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.







20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and



Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.







20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him,



Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken;



for she is a man's wife.







20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou



slay also a righteous nation?  20:5 Said he not unto me, She is my



sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the



integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.







20:6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst



this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from



sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.







20:7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and



he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her



not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are



thine.







20:8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his



servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were



sore afraid.







20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou



done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on



me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that



ought not to be done.







20:10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou



hast done this thing?  20:11 And Abraham said, Because I thought,



Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for



my wife's sake.







20:12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my



father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.







20:13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my



father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou



shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me,



He is my brother.







20:14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and



womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his



wife.







20:15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where



it pleaseth thee.







20:16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a



thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the



eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was



reproved.







20:17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his



wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.







20:18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of



Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.







21:1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto



Sarah as he had spoken.







21:2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at



the set time of which God had spoken to him.







21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him,



whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.







21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as



God had commanded him.







21:5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born



unto him.







21:6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear



will laugh with me.







21:7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should



have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.







21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great



feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.







21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born



unto Abraham, mocking.







21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her



son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even



with Isaac.







21:11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of



his son.







21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight



because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah



hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy



seed be called.







21:13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation,



because he is thy seed.







21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a



bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder,



and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in



the wilderness of Beersheba.







21:15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child



under one of the shrubs.







21:16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off,



as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the



child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.







21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called



to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar?



fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.







21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will



make him a great nation.







21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she



went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.







21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the



wilderness, and became an archer.







21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him



a wife out of the land of Egypt.







21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the



chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee



in all that thou doest: 21:23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God



that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my



son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee,



thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.







21:24 And Abraham said, I will swear.







21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which



Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.







21:26 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.







21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech;



and both of them made a covenant.







21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.







21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs



which thou hast set by themselves?  21:30 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.







21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they



sware both of them.







21:32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up,



and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the



land of the Philistines.







21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on



the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.







21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.







22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt



Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.







22:2 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.







22:3 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.







22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the



place afar off.







22:5 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.







22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon



Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they



went both of them together.







22:7 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 the lamb for a burnt offering?  22:8 And Abraham said, My



son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they



went both of them together.







22:9 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.







22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay



his son.







22:11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and



said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.







22:12 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.







22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind



him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took



the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his



son.







22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is



said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.







22:15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the



second time, 22:16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD,



for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son,



thine only son: 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in



multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and



as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess



the gate of his enemies; 22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations



of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.







22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and



went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.







22:20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told



Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy



brother Nahor; 22:21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and



Kemuel the father of Aram, 22:22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash,



and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.







22:23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor,



Abraham's brother.







22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah,



and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.







23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these



were the years of the life of Sarah.







23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of



Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.







23:3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the



sons of Heth, saying, 23:4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you:



give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my



dead out of my sight.







23:5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 23:6



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.







23:7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the



land, even to the children of Heth.







23:8 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, 23:9 That he may give me the cave of



Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as



much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a



buryingplace amongst you.







23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the



Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even



of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, 23:11 Nay, my



lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I



give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee:



bury thy dead.







23:12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.







23:13 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.







23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 23:15 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.







23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron



the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth,



four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.







23:17 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before



Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees



that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were



made sure 23:18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the



children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.







23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the



field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of



Canaan.







23:20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto



Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.







24:1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had



blessed Abraham in all things.







24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled



over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: 24:3



And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God



of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the



daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: 24:4 But thou shalt



go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son



Isaac.







24:5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be



willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again



unto the land from whence thou camest?  24:6 And Abraham said unto



him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.







24:7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and



from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware



unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send



his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from



thence.







24:8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou



shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.







24:9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his



master, and sware to him concerning that matter.







24:10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and



departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he



arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.







24:11 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 that women go out



to draw water.







24:12 And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send



me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.







24:13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of



the men of the city come out to draw water: 24:14 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 my master.







24:15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold,



Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of



Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.







24:16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had



any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her



pitcher, and came up.







24:17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee,



drink a little water of thy pitcher.







24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her



pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.







24:19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw



water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.







24:20 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.







24:21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the



LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.







24:22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the



man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets



for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; 24:23 And said, Whose



daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's



house for us to lodge in?  24:24 And she said unto him, I am the



daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.







24:25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender



enough, and room to lodge in.







24:26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.







24:27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who



hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being



in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.







24:28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these



things.







24:29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran



out unto the man, unto the well.







24:30 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.







24:31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore



standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the



camels.







24:32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and



gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet,



and the men's feet that were with him.







24:33 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.







24:34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.







24:35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become



great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold,



and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.







24:36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was



old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.







24:37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife



to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:



24:38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and



take a wife unto my son.







24:39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not



follow me.







24:40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his



angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for



my son of my kindred, and of my father's house: 24:41 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.







24:42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my



master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: 24:43



Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that



when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me,



I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink; 24:44 And she say



to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the



same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's



son.







24:45 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.







24:46 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.







24:47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she



said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him:



and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.







24:48 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.







24:49 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.







24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth



from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.







24:51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be



thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.







24:52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their



words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.







24:53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of



gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her



brother and to her mother precious things.







24:54 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.







24:55 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.







24:56 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.







24:57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her



mouth.







24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with



this man? And she said, I will go.







24:59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and



Abraham's servant, and his men.







24:60 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.







24:61 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.







24:62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt



in the south country.







24:63 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.







24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she



lighted off the camel.







24:65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh



in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master:



therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.







24:66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.







24:67 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.







25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.







25:2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and



Ishbak, and Shuah.







25:3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were



Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.







25:4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah,



and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.







25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.







25:6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham



gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived,



eastward, unto the east country.







25:7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he



lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.







25:8 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.







25:9 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; 25:10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons



of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.







25:11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed



his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.







25:12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom



Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: 25:13 And



these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according



to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar,



and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 25:14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 25:15



Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: 25:16 These are the sons



of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their



castles; twelve princes according to their nations.







25:17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and



thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was



gathered unto his people.







25:18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as



thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his



brethren.







25:19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham



begat Isaac: 25:20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah



to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister



to Laban the Syrian.







25:21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was



barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife



conceived.







25:22 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.







25:23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two



manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one



people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall



serve the younger.







25:24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there



were twins in her womb.







25:25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and



they called his name Esau.







25:26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on



Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore



years old when she bare them.







25:27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the



field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.







25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but



Rebekah loved Jacob.







25:29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was



faint: 25:30 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.







25:31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.







25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit



shall this birthright do to me?  25:33 And Jacob said, Swear to me



this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto



Jacob.







25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did



eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his



birthright.







26:1 And 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.







26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt;



dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 26:3 Sojourn in this



land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and



unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the



oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 26:4 And I will make thy



seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed



all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the



earth be blessed; 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept



my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.







26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 26:7 And the men of the place asked him



of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She



is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for



Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.







26:8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that



Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw,



and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.







26:9 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.







26:10 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



have brought guiltiness upon us.







26:11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth



this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.







26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an



hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.







26:13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he



became very great: 26:14 For he had possession of flocks, and



possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines



envied him.







26:15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the



days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and



filled them with earth.







26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much



mightier than we.







26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of



Gerar, and dwelt there.







26:18 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: and he called their names after the



names by which his father had called them.







26:19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a



well of springing water.







26:20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen,



saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek;



because they strove with him.







26:21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he



called the name of it Sitnah.







26:22 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 hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful



in the land.







26:23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.







26:24 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 for my servant Abraham's sake.







26:25 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.







26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his



friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.







26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye



hate me, and have sent me away from you?  26:28 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; 26:29 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.







26:30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.







26:31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to



another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in



peace.







26:32 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.







26:33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is



Beersheba unto this day.







26:34 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: 26:35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.







27:1 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 eldest son, and said



unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.







27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my



death: 27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver



and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; 27:4



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.







27:5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went



to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.







27:6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy



father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 27:7 Bring me venison, and



make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD



before my death.







27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I



command thee.







27:9 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: 27:10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may



eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.







27:11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is



a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: 27:12 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.







27:13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only



obey my voice, and go fetch me them.







27:14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and



his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.







27:15 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:



27:16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands,



and upon the smooth of his neck: 27:17 And she gave the savoury meat



and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.







27:18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said,



Here am I; who art thou, my son?  27:19 And Jacob said unto his



father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest



me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may



bless me.







27:20 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.







27:21 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.







27:22 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.







27:23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his



brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.







27:24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.







27:25 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.







27:26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me,



my son.







27:27 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: 27:28 Therefore God



give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and



plenty of corn and wine: 27:29 Let people 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 he



that blesseth thee.







27:30 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.







27:31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his



father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his



son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.







27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I



am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.







27:33 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 camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be



blessed.







27:34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a



great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me,



even me also, O my father.







27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away



thy blessing.







27:36 And he said, 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?  27:37 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 shall I do now unto thee, my son?  27:38 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, and wept.







27:39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy



dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven



from above; 27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve



thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the



dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.







27:41 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 Jacob.







27:42 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.







27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban



my brother to Haran; 27:44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy



brother's fury turn away; 27:45 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?  27:46 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?  28:1 And Isaac called Jacob, and



blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a



wife of the daughters of Canaan.







28:2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's



father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban thy



mother's brother.







28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply



thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; 28:4 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.







28:5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban,



son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's



mother.







28:6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to



Padanaram, 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



daughers of Canaan; 28:7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his



mother, and was gone to Padanaram; 28:8 And Esau seeing that the



daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 28:9 Then went Esau



unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the



daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his



wife.







28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.







28:11 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.







28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the



top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending



and descending on it.







28:13 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; 28:14 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 families of the earth be blessed.







28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places



whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I



will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to



thee of.







28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD



is in this place; and I knew it not.







28:17 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.







28:18 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.







28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of



that city was called Luz at the first.







28:20 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, 28:21 So that I come again to my father's house in



peace; then shall the LORD be my God: 28:22 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 unto thee.







29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the



people of the east.







29:2 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.







29:3 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.







29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they



said, Of Haran are we.







29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they



said, We know him.







29:6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well:



and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.







29:7 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.







29:8 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.







29:9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's



sheep; for she kept them.







29:10 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



watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.







29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.







29:12 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.







29:13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his



sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed



him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.







29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And



he abode with him the space of a month.







29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother,



shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy



wages be?  29:16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder



was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.







29:17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well



favoured.







29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years



for Rachel thy younger daughter.







29:19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that



I should give her to another man: abide with me.







29:20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto



him but a few days, for the love he had to her.







29:21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are



fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.







29:22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a



feast.







29:23 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.







29:24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an



handmaid.







29:25 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?



29:26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give



the younger before the firstborn.







29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service



which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.







29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel



his daughter to wife also.







29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be



her maid.







29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more



than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.







29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb:



but Rachel was barren.







29:32 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.







29:33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the



LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also:



and she called his name Simeon.







29:34 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.







29:35 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.







30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel



envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I



die.







30:2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I



in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?



30:3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she



shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.







30:4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in



unto her.







30:5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.







30:6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my



voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.







30:7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second



son.







30:8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my



sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.







30:9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her



maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.







30:10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.







30:11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.







30:12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.







30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me



blessed: and she called his name Asher.







30:14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found



mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then



Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.







30:15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken



my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And



Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's



mandrakes.







30:16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went



out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I



have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that



night.







30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob



the fifth son.







30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given



my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.







30:19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.







30:20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my



husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she



called his name Zebulun.







30:21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.







30:22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened



her womb.







30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away



my reproach: 30:24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD



shall add to me another son.







30:25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob



said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and



to my country.







30:26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee,



and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.







30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in



thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath



blessed me for thy sake.







30:28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.







30:29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and



how thy cattle was with me.







30:30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now



increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my



coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?  30:31



And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not



give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again



feed and keep thy flock.







30:32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence



all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among



the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such



shall be my hire.







30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it



shall come for my