The first sabbath.

over every living thing that † moveth upon the earth.

GENESIS.

Before CHRIST 4004.

Heb. seeding seed,

c ch. 9. 3. Job 36. 31.

29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bear-Heb. ing seed, which is upon the face of creepeth. all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to devery beast of the earth, and to every e 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. 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.

CHAPTER II.

1 The first sabbath. 4 The manner of the creation. 8 The planting of the garden of Eden, 10 and the river thereof. 17 The tree of knowledge only forbidden. 19, 20 The naming of the creatures. 21 The making of woman, and institution of marriage.

THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and a all the host of them.

2 b 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 ne had made.

Ps. 104. 14, 15. & 136.25. & 146. 7. Acts 14. 17. 16. & 147. 9.

Before CHRIST 4004.

x Dan. 10. 4.

f

e Job 38. 41.

Heb. a living soul. Ps. 104. 24.

1 Tim. 4. 4.

a Ps. 33. 6.

b Ex. 20. 11. & 31. 17. Heb. 4. 4.

Deut. 5. 14.

3 And God blessed the seventh c Neh. 9. 14. day, and sanctified it: because Is. 58. 13. hat in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

4 dThese 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,

+ Heb. created to make.

ch. 1. 1. Ps. 90. 1, 2.

+Heb.eating thou shalt

eat.

5 And every e plant of the field e ch. 1. 12. before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not fcaused f Job 38. 26,h Prov. 18. it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man g to till the ground. 6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

7 And the LORD God formed man of the h dust of the ground, and i breathed into his knostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

ch. 3. 23. Or, a mist which went up from, &c. +Heb.dust of the ground. h ch.3. 19,23. Ps. 103. 14. Eccles. 12. 7. Is. 64. 8. 1 Cor. 15. 47.

8 And the LORD God planted i Job 33. 4. ma garden neastward in o Eden; Acts 17. 25. and there phe put the man whom k ch. 7. 22. he had formed.

9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow q 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.

Is. 2. 22.

1 Cor. 15.45. m ch. 13. 10. Is, 51. 3. Ezek. 28. 13. Joel 2. 3. ch. 3. 24. 2 Kings 19.

och. 4. 16.

12. Ezek. 27. 23.

10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden: and from pver., 15. thence it was parted, and became 4 Ezek. 31.8.

into four heads.

11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth u the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

12 And the gold of that land is

rch. 3. 22. Prov. 3. 18. & 11. 30. Rev. 2. 7. & 22. 2, 14.

s ver. 17.

u ch. 25. 18.

i ch. 29. 14. Judg. 9. 2. 2 Sam. 5. 1. & 19. 13.

Eph. 5. 30. + Heb. Isha. k 1 Cor. 11.8.

+ Heb. Ish. 1 ch. 81. 15. Ps. 45. 10. Matt. 19. 5. Mark 10. 7. 1 Cor. 5. 16. Eph. 5. 31. m ch. 3. 7, 10, 11.

n Ex. 32. 25. s. 47. 3.

172 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, a thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

18 T And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone: I will make him an help †meet for him.

19 e 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.

20 And Adam † gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field: but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof:

22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, † made he woman, and brought her unto the man.

23 And Adam said, This is now i bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called † Woman, because she was k taken out of † man.

24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

25 m And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not nashamed.

CHAPTER III.

& 20. 2.

b Matt. 10. 16. 2 Cor. 11. 3.

Heb. Yea, because, &c.

c ch. 2. 17.

subtile than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made: and he said unto the wo

man, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden

3 c But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the_gar den, God hath said, Ye shall not

The serpent deceiveth Eve.

eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

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

5 For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then e your eyes shall be opened; and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Man is cast out of paradise 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt CHRIST thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: g for dust thou art, and

4004.

e ver. 7. Acts 26. 18.

6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and at Heb. a detree to be desired to make one wise; sire. she took of the fruit thereof, fand f1 Tim.2.14. did eat; and gave also unto her husband with her, g and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, i and they knew that they were naked: and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

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.

9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden: mand I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

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?

i

g ver. 12, 17. h ver. 5. ch. 2. 25.

11 Or, things togird about. k Job 38. 1.

& 34. 15.
Ps. 104. 29.
Eccles. 3.20.
& 12.7.Rom.

5. 12. Heb.
9. 27.

Heb. Cha-i

vah.
That is,
living.
1 ver. 5.
Like Is. 19.
12. & 47. 12,
13. Jer. 22.
23.
k ch. 2. 9.

l ch. 4. 2.
& 9. 20.

Amos 9. 3.

m ch. 2. 25.

Ex. 3. 6. 1 John 3. 20. n ch. 2. 18. Job 31. 33. Prov. 28. 13. o ver. 4.

12 And the man said, nThe woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and Is

did eat.

13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I

did eat.

14 And the LORD God said Punto 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 q dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

2 Cor. 11. 3. 1 Tim. 2. 14. p Ex. 21. 29,

32

Mic. 7. 17. q Is. 65. 25.

n Ps. 104. 4. Heb. 1. 7.

4003.

That is, gotten, or, acquired.

unto dust shalt thou return. 20 And Adam called his wife's name † Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

22 T And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, k and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, Ito till the ground from whence he was taken.

24 So he drove out the man: and he placed mat the east of the garden of Eden nCherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

& 23. 33. John 8. 44. Acts 13. 10.

1

John 3. 8.

+ Heb. a feeder.

a ch. 3. 23.

& 9. 20.

+ Heb. at the

Is. 7. 14. Mic. 5. 3. Matt. 1. 23, 25. Luke 1. 31, 34, 35. Gal. 4. 4.

t Rom. 16. 20. Colos. 2. 15. Heb. 2.

14. 1 John 5. 5. Rev.

12. 7, 17. u Ps. 48. 6. Is. 13. 8.

& 21. 3.

1 Tim. 2. 15.

15 And I will put enmity be-John 16. 21. tween thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: tit shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

wch. 4. 7. Or, subject to thy husband.

b Num. 18. 12.

c Num. 18. 17. Prov.3.9. +Heb. sheep, or, goats.

d Heb. 11. 4.

e ch. 31. 2.

Or,have the excellency? Heb. 11. 4.

the LORD.

4 And Abel, he also brought of cthe firstlings of his † flock, and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had d respect unto Abel, and to his offering:

5 But unto Cain, and to his offering, he had not respect and Cain was very wroth, e and his countenance fell.

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

7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not || be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door: and unto thee shall be his desire.

17 And unto Adam he said, y Be-z ver. 6. cause thou hast hearkened unto the a ch. 2. 17. voice of thy wife, 2 and hast eaten b Eccles. 1. of the tree a of which I commanded 2, 3. Is. 24. thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of 8.20. it: bcursed is the ground for thye Job 5. 7. sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of Eccles. 2.23. it all the days of thy life; 18 d Thorns also and thistles shall itt bring forth to thee; and e thou shalt eat the herb of the field:

d Job 31. 40. Heb. cause

to bud.

e Ps. 104. 14.

unto thee. ch. 3. 16. cir. 3875.

f Matt. 23. 35. 1 John 3. 12. Jude 11. g Ps. 9. 12. h John 8. 44.

+ Heb.

bloods.

i Heb. 12. 24.

Rev. 6. 10.

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 fslew him.

9 T And the LORD said unto Cain, g Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's † blood crieth unto me from the ground.

11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

can bear.

iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven.

Ps. 51. 11. mch. 9. 6. Num. 35. 19,

14k Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall Ik Job 15. 20 be hid; and I shall be a fugitive--24. and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, m that every one that findeth me shall slay me. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him n seven-fold. And the LORD o set n Ps. 79. 12. a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

16 And Cain pwent out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

21, 27.

oEzek. 9.4,6.

p2 Kings 13. 23. & 24. 20.

Jer. 23. 39. & 52. 3.

cir. 3875. + Heb. Chanoch.

17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and bare † Enoch: and he builded a city, q and called the name of the city after the name q Ps. 49. 11. of his son, Enoch.

18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

+ Heb. Le

19 And Lamech took unto him mech. two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of allr Rom. 4. 11, such as handle the harp and organ.

12.

Heb.

22 And Zillah, she also bare Tu-helter. bal-cain, an instructor of every Or, I would artificer in brass and iron: and the slaya man in sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.my wound, 23 And Lamech said unto his Or, in my wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, heark-s ver. 15. en unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

24 If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold, truly Lamech seventy and seven-fold.

25 T And Adam knew his wife

again, and she bare a son, and t called his name † || Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

26 And to Seth, u to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men_w to call upon the name of the LORD.

hurt.

3874. t ch. 5. 3. +Heb. Sheth. That is, appointed, or, put. u ch. 5. 6. + Heb. Enosh.

Or, to call themselves by the name of the LORD. 3769. w 1 Kings 18. 24. Ps. 116. 17. Joel 2. 32. Zeph.

3. 9. 1 Cor. 1.2.

The genealogy of Adam, &c ed their name Adam, in the day CHRIST when they were created.

Before

3874.

3679.

+ Heb.

Kenan.

3609.

+ Gr. Maleleel.

3544.

+Heb.Jered.

3382.

3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and d called his name Seth:

4 e And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: fand he begat sons and daughters:

5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

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

7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daugh

11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years; and She died.

12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat † Mahalaleel:

13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.

15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat † Jared: 16 And Mahalalcel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years; and he died.

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

5.

3130.

+ Heb. Lemech.

lah:

22 And Enoch k walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

24 And 1 Enoch walked with God, and he was not: for God took him.

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

26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

6

The wickedness of the world.

27 And all the days of Methuse

lah were nine hundred sixty and nine years; and he died.

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

29 And he called his name || No-t ah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground m which the LORD hath cursed.

30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

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

CHAPTER VI.

1 The wickedness of the world, which provoked God's wrath, and caused the food. 8 Noah findeth grace. 14 The order, form, and end of the ark. AND it came to pass, a when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

3 And the LORD said, c My Spirit shall not always strive with man, d for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

CHAPTERS VI. VII.

Before

CHRIST

3130.

2948.

Gr. Noe.

Luke 3. 36.
Heb. 11. 7.

Pet. 3. 20. That is, rest, or,comfort. in ch. 3. 17.

& 4. 11.

2353.

2448.

n ch. 6. 10. o ch. 10. 21. ch. 7. 4, 21, 22, 23. 2 Pet.

a ch. 1. 28. bDeut.7.3,4. e Gal. 5. 16, 17. 1 Pet. 3. 19, 20.

2. 5.

Ps. 78. 39. s ch. 7. 1, 7, Or, the 13. 1 Pet. 3. wholeimasi- 20. 2 Pet. 2. nation: The 5. Hebrew

word signifi

The form, and end of the ark. 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them: q and behold, I will destroy them || with the earth.

14 T Make thee an ark of gopherwood: frooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof: with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

17 r And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven: and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

18 But with thee will I establish

my covenant: and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives

with thee.

Matt. 15. 19. 2469.

4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in un-f See Num. to the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same be

came mighty men, which were of old,

men of renown.

23. 19.

1 Sam. 15. 11, 29.

2Sam.24.

Mal. 3. 6.

16.

7 And the LORD said, I will de-i ch. 7. 1. stroy man whom I have created Ezek. 14. from the face of the earth; † both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

8 But Noah h found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

9 1 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man, and perfect in his generations, and Noah k walked with God.

10 And Noah begat three sons, 1Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: d and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth e forty days and forty nights: and every living substance that I have made will It destroy from off the face of the earth.

5 f And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

Noah entereth into the ark.

7 g And Noah went in, and hist sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had com

manded Noah.

Before CHRIST

2349.

g ver. 1.

Before CHRIST 2319.

a ch. 19. 29. Ex. 2. 24.

1 Sam. 1. 19.

b Ex. 14. 21.

seventh day.

c ch. 7. 11.

10 And it came to pass, || after Or, on the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

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 h the foun-h ch. 8. 2. tains of the great deep broken up, Prov. 8. 28. and the windows of heaven were opened.

12k And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 In the self-same day lentered 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: 14 m 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.

Ezek. 26. 19.

Or, floodgates.

ch. 1. 7. &

8. 2. Ps. 78.

23.

k ver. 4, 17.

ver. 1, 7. ch. 6. 18. Heb. 11. 7. 1 Pet. 3. 20.

2

Pet. 2. 5. 8, 9.

m ver. 2, 3,

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

earth: q and the ark went upon the q Ps. 104. 26. face of the waters.

19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; rand allr Ps. 104. 6. the high hills that were under the Jer. 3. 23. whole heaven were covered.

20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail: and the mountains were covered.

21 s 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:

22 All in t whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

Job 38. 37.

Heb. in going and re

turning.

e ch. 7. 24.

+ Heb. were

The waters assuage. CHAPTER VIII.

1 The waters assuage. 4 The ark resteth
on Ararat, 7 The raven and the dove.
15 Noah, being commanded, 18 goeth
forth of the ark. 20 He buildeth an
altar, and offereth sacrifice, 21 which
God accepteth, and promiseth to curse
the earth no more.

AND
the cattle that was with him in the
and every living thing, and all
ark: band God made a wind to
pass over the earth, and the waters
assuaged.

ND God a remembered Noah,

2 The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven were stopped, and d the rain from heaven was restrained;

3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually and after the end e of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

5 And the waters † decreased conin going and tinually, until the tenth month: in decreasing. the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

f ch. 6. 16

+ Heb. in going forthand returning.

6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened f the window of the ark which he had made:

7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.

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 Heb. caus- hand, and took her, and † pulled her in unto him into the ark.

ed her to

come.

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g ch. 7. 13.

10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

11 And the dove came in to him in 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.

12 And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him

any more.

13 1 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.

14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,

16 Go forth of the ark, 5 thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

17 Bring forth with thee hevery living thing that is with thee, of